Briefly Presidential Hopefuls To Appear In Aiken
Aiken County GOP rally on February 29 will feature at least four Republican contenders. Lamar Alexander Patrick Buchanan Bob Dole and Alan Keyes are listed as speakers with no surrogates allowed for absent candidates. The event runs 7 to 10 p.m. at the USC Aiken activities center as a lead into South Carolina's March 2 primary.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Republican Party
Lamar Alexander Patrick Buchanan
Bob Dole
Alan Keyes
Usc Aiken Activities Center
South Carolina
Truck Explodes After I-85 Crash Injures Driver
Spartanburg AP report says fuel truck driven by John William Duncan of Greer overturned on Interstate 85 and exploded, spilling waste oil near a river. Duncan, 41, was thrown clear and suffered burns over 60 percent. he was in surgery en route to burn center in Charleston as a second tractor-trailer wreck occurred while avoiding slow traffic.
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Spartanburg
John William Duncan
Greer
Sullivan
Duncan
Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Highway Patrol
Steve Sullivan
I-85
U.S. 29
S.C. 290
Obituary notices for Horton Jr Porter Rhoden on page two B
Death notices list Thomas Horton Jr of North Augusta Dale Shellie Porter of Aiken and Harry Derrick Rhoden of Johnston as obituary subjects with brief identifications and locations.
Georgia Lottery Monday Winning Numbers Report
Georgia Lottery draw recap lists 3 as the third number in the daily game with 8 5 7 and notes Fantasy Five results 2 8 18 29 95. No further context or prizes provided.
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Fantasy Five
Riverfront plan adopted for 15 year growth program
North Augusta approves a nearly 27 million riverfront development plan financed by public and private sources. The 15 year blueprint features four stages with riverfront improvements, a new town center, visitors center and museum linking to the Best Friend rail history. Design firms City Design Collaborative Inc. and Lane Frenchman and Associates drew the draft. Mayor Greene and Councilwoman Baggott praised the effort and opportunity.
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North Augusta
Sth
13Th Street
Hamburg
Charleston
Lane Frenchman and Associates
City Design Collaborative Inc
Boston
Thomas Greene
Carolyn Baggott
Waste Bill Up For Debate In South Carolina House
State Rep. Billy Keyserling seeks to require an environmental impact statement before transporting any spent nuclear fuel or high level radioactive waste in South Carolina. The measure aligns with Gov. Beasley on federal storage at Savannah River Site and has 74 co sponsors but has stalled for over a year in the Agriculture Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee chaired by Rep. Charles Sharpe.
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Columbia
Billy Keyserling
David Beasley
Beaufort
South Carolina
Keyserling
House
Beasley
Savannah River
House ‘Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee
Charles Sharpe
Educators Attack Bill Over School Accountability Act 1996
A South Carolina House subcommittee plans to start debate at 2 p.m. on the School Accountability Act of 1996. Educators warn the 15 page bill risks destroying the public education system without substantial revisions. The bill ties state funding to benchmarks and could threaten jobs for principals teachers and superintendents if scores fall short. Students would face a 75 percent passage rate.
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S.C. House of Representatives
House Education and Public Works
S.C
Mary M. Greene
S.C. Education Association
State benchmarks push for high school exit exam targets
Ms. Greene notes the plan sets 80 percent pass by 1998 and 95 percent by 2001 for standardized tests, with 90 percent by 1997 and 99 percent by 2000 for exit exams. Schools missing one-year benchmarks face advisory status and a three-week summer professional development, likely with no extra pay, risking 190-day contracts. Repeated failure moves schools to warned and substandard, leading to possible firing of principals and non-renewal of teacher contracts.
Aikenite Covers Bosnian War Zone
Ruth Walker from Aiken High became a war correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. She reports from Bonn and Bosnia after stints in Bonn and as editor at The Aiken Standard. She travels via France and Ljubljana to reach Zupanja for a Sava River crossing, wearing a flak jacket and helmet when necessary.
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Ruth Walker
Aiken High
Miss Walker
Aiken
Bosnia
Sharyn Walker
The
Christian Science Monitor
Aiken Standard
Monitor
Bonn
Germany
the Monitor
Moscow
Paris
London
Austria
Europe
France
Ljubljana
Zobres
Zupanja
Sava River
Probe Continues Into Fire at Seminole Mill
Investigators seek the cause of a weekend blaze that gutted the old Seminole Mill as ownership disputes flare. DHEC officials will inspect asbestos. SLED agents join the scene to conduct an investigation.
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Clearwater
Seminole
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
State
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Ginny Southworth
East Aiken Elementary School
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