Sidewalk Project Aims for Belvedere Elementary
Belvedere parents press for sidewalks after several children were hit by cars on a traffic stretch near Belvedere Elementary. Rep. Tom Huff reports a $48,000 estimate and efforts to divert funds from road paving to the sidewalk plan, with possible construction by next school year if landowners agree. Roads along Monterey Avenue and Belair Road are involved, led by Grace Harris.
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Belvedere
Tom Huff
D-Belvedere
Huff
Aiken County
Mike Toole
Robert Bell
Monterey Avenue
Spring Garden Street
Edisto Drive
Belair Road
Rhomboid Street
Palmetto Avenue
Grace Harris
Less Heart Disease May Mean Cancer Instead
An AP report notes the American Cancer Society projects fewer deaths from heart disease allow more people to live to ages when cancer rises as a leading threat. The society estimates one in three people born this year will develop cancer and about 22 percent will die of it, up from previous estimates for those born in 1970.
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New York
American Cancer Society
Society
Weather Outlook Sees Warmer Trend Through Monday
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with a mid 20s low. Tomorrow reaches the upper 40s. Fair skies Saturday give way to increasing cloudiness and a warming trend through Monday. Chance of showers Monday. Lows Saturday through Monday in the 30s and 40s. Highs in the 50s and 60s.
Aiken Planning Commission Urged for Quick Meeting
MIKE ANACLERIO urged the Aiken Planning and Zoning Commission to hold a speedy meeting Tuesday after a rustling sound from the municipal building roof. Beverly Lee’s new floor wax stripping method is described as very inexpensive though not sold in groceries.
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Mike Anaclerio
Aiken Planning and Zoning Commission
Anaclerio
Beverly Lee
Love at first sight in Aiken area leaders’ marriages
Aiken officials recount long courtships and rapid turns to marriage, from City Councilman Michael Anaclerio and Sally to Mayor H Odell Weeks, Assistant City Manager Steve Thompson and Chris, and others like Beth Perry, Dr. J B Hamrick, Rev. Henry L Chennault, and Public Safety Director J Carroll Busbee, with marriages ranging from five to 46 years.
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Aiken
Michael Anaclerio
Sally
Anaclerio
Cupid
H. Odell Weeks
Weeks
Steve Thompson
Thompson
Chris
Beth
Skipper
Perry
Undertaker
Cincinnati
Anne Perry
J.B. Hamrick
Dolores
Dr. Hamrick
Hamricks
Henry L. Chennault
Chennault
Maxine
First Baptist Church
Aiken Public Safety
J. Carroll Busbee
Niie
High Court Voids Castration Penalty in Rape Case
South Carolina Supreme Court rules the castration option as cruel and unusual punishment and voids Circuit Judge Victor Pyle's sentence in a brutal 1983 rape case. The trio Roscoe Brown Michael Braxton and Mark Vaughn face possible resentencing during the next court term with prosecutors seeking the 30 year maximum.
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Columbia
South Carolina Supreme Court
Victor Pyle
Roscoe Brown
Pendleton
Michael Braxton
Sarasota
Fla
Mark Vaughn
Clemson
Anderson
George Ducworth
Brown
Braxton
Vaughn
Perry Correctional Institution
Greenville County
Dueworth
Pyle
Senate Deadlock Maintains Blue Laws as Is in South Carolina
In Columbia the Senate rejected a repeal of blue laws by eight votes, sticking to a modified Sunday closing rule. Supporters pressed for full repeal, while opponents warned of erosion of family life and religious restraint. The chamber approved limited hours and added penalties for unlawful dismissal over Sunday work.
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Columbia
I. DeQuincey Newman
Senate
Newman
Caldwell T
Red” Hinson
D-Lancaster
Ed Garrison
D-Anderson
John Hayes
Hayes
D-York
Theo Mitchell
Greenville
Parsons Buck Are Sentenced For Lying To Jury
Former South Carolina women’s basketball coach Pam Parsons and former player Tina Buck were sentenced to four months in prison and five years probation after pleading guilty to perjury. Judge Clyde Hamilton sentenced them to three years in prison, suspended to four months, with probation. They must undergo psychiatric evaluation and report to prison as directed.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Pam Parsons
Tina Buck
U.S
Clyde Hamilton
Ms. Parsons
Hamilton
American TV Reporter Escapes Captivity in Lebanon
Jeremy Levin, CNN Beirut bureau chief, escaped captors in Baalbek near 2 a.m. local time and appeared at a Syrian army base. Family in the United States sought confirmation as US officials hesitated to confirm the incident.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jeremy Levin
Voice of Lebanon
Levin
Baalbek
United States
Lucille
Nbc-Tv
Clare Moss
Washington, D.C
Cable
U.S. State Department
William Buckley
U.S
Wisnews
William L. Eagleton
Syria
Damascus
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