Teen Sentenced For Smoke Bomb At Gaffney High
A 16 year old Gaffney High School student who set off a homemade smoke bomb in a first floor restroom was sentenced to six years at South Carolina's state youth correctional facility. Willard A. Thomas pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the February 8 incident and was charged as an adult but sentenced under the youthful offender act.
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Gaffney
South Carolina
Willard A. Thomas
Thomas
Gary Clary
Trent Pruett
Autopsy Links CO Poisoning to Sisters Deaths in Home
Georgetown County coroner says preliminary autopsy indicates carbon monoxide killed Ida Mae Sessions 93 and Permilla Sessions 89. The sisters were found on the kitchen floor Saturday morning by a friend who came to buy groceries. Police reported the wood stove ventilation system was not working properly.
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Georgetown
Ida Mae Sessions
Permilla Sessions
Willson Williams
Williams
Confederate cannon stolen from Rivers Bridge Park
A $25,000 Confederate cannon dating from 1861 was stolen from Rivers Bridge State Park in Bamberg County on February 2, just before the 130th anniversary of the Battle of Rivers Bridge. The park lies on the Civil War battleground where Confederate forces opposed Union troops during Sherman’s Savannah to Columbia march. The cannon bears the inscription Blakeley's Patent No. 30 Fawcett- Preston & Co Liverpool Makers 1861.
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Orangeburg
Rivers Bridge
England
Bamberg County
William T. Sherman
Savannah
Columbia
Blakely
Fawcett- Preston & Co
Liverpool
Obituary notices list several local deaths on Page 2B
Obituary notices for Gerald O. Arthur Stella E. Hardin Margaret McKie Sadie Schambers Dora Skelton Neely Smith Mary Stroman appear in the Lexington and Aiken areas with brief death notices noting their names and residence. The notices provide recognition of recent deaths within the community.
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Gerald O
Jerry) Arthur
Aiken
Stella E. Hardin
Lexington
Margaret Elizabeth McKie
North Augusta
Sadie Schambers
Dora Ann Skelton
Neely Duane Smith
Batesburg-Leesville
Mary Stroman
Lawmen Find Private Friend In Aiken County
Carter, owner of Security of Aiken Inc., defends private security guards as the county’s right arm of law enforcement. His firm patrols Valley Homes in Gloverville and New Hope off US 1 with sheriff department frequency access. He notes the need for stickers to identify residents and asserts their authority on protected property.
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Terry Carter
Carter
Security of Aiken Inc
Security of
Aiken
Valley Homes
Gloverville
New Hope
U.S. Highway 1
Sheriff's Department
Aiken County
Beasley Warns Against Linking Landfill to Tax Cuts
Gov. Beasley's spokesman says state funds cover property tax relief and should not depend on extending the Barnwell nuclear waste landfill. He has not decided whether to support keeping Barnwell open beyond year end, while some lawmakers push an extended license to raise about 100 million annually.
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Columbia
David Beasley
Beasley
Barnwell
Ginny Wolfe
Wolfe
House
Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc
House Gop
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Rick Quinn
Irma
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Southeast Compact Commission
Wagener-Salley coach Johnson faces suspension after racial taunt incident
After a Pelion High School fan used a racial term toward Wagener-Salley coach Reggie Johnson, he received a two game suspension and a $100 fine for unsportsmanlike conduct. Community support grows as concerns about a racial situation rise.
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Reggie Johnson
Wagener-Salley
Pelion High School
Pelion
Johnson
Carolina High School League
Wagener
Thurmond Shrugs Off Criticism Of Fitness
Strom Thurmond, 92, longtime senator and Armed Services chair, faces questions about fitness but remains influential. As president pro tem he is third in line to the presidency and plans to run again in 1996, likely becoming the oldest and longest-serving senator.
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Edgefield
Strom Thurmond National Guard Armory
Strom Thurmond High School
Strom Thurmond
Senate
Sen. Thurmond
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
USCA Faces Two-Year Budget Cuts Amid Layoffs
USCA Chancellor Dr. Robert A. Alexander told the Aiken Sunrise Rotary Club that state Ways and Means plans a five percent reduction in college funding over two years. USCA would absorb 2.5 percent this year and 2.5 percent next year while 4,200 Savannah River Site layoffs loom and overall higher education budgets are slashed.
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Robert A. Alexander
Savannah River
USC Aiken
Aiken Sunrise Rotary Club
Ways and Means
Alexander
USCA
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Knight-Ridder Service
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