Eight Teens Dead In Two Collisions In South Carolina
AP reports two fatal wrecks in Colleton and Greenville counties Friday night claim seven teens and a 39 year old. In Colleton a 1981 Ford hit a 1986 Pontiac at midnight, ejecting four teens Irvin Grant Jr. 19 Dywrall Grant 19 Eric Murray 17 and Erica Singleton 14 all of Ritter and Walterboro. Three Pontiac occupants injured treated and released. In Greenville a Mazda and a Nissan collided around 9 pm on Verdue Boulevard killing three teens Patrick Gallagher 18 Douglas Becker 15 Allison Burrows 14 and injuring others. The Mazdas driver Tony Rosser 39 survived. Home towns of the dead not released.
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Colleton
Greenville
Irvin Grant Jr
Dywrall Grant
Eric Murray
Ritter
Erica Singleton
Walterboro
Patrol
Lance Cpl
Eric Flowers
Colleton Regional Hospital
Verdue Boulevard
Patrick Gallagher
Douglas Becker
Allison Burrows
Mazda
Tony Rosser
Nissan
Hunter Elected SCPA President
Scott B. Hunter publisher of the Aiken Standard was chosen president of the South Carolina Press Association at the winter Greenville meeting. Also elected were Sadie Buchanan vice president weeklies Terry Plumb vice president dailies and Steve Robertson treasurer. The three day gathering drew over 300 journalists as the 120 year old association operates statewide.
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Greenville
Scott B. Hunter
Aiken Standard
S.C. Press Association
Sadie Buchanan
Simpsonville Tribune Times
Terry Plumb
The
Rock Hill
Press Association
Aiken Battle Reenactment Opens Weekend Civil War Event
A crowd near 4000 watched mock Civil War maneuvers at Sporting Days Horse Farm six miles east of Aiken. The Battle of Aiken reenactment featured Joe Wheeler’s Confederate and Kilpatrick’s Union forces in a scripted opening clash. Organizers aimed to make it an annual event and planned a trap finale at 1 p.m. Readers saw vendors, period goods, and volunteers preparing for the event.
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Montmorenci
Battle of Aiken
Joe Wheeler
Kilpatrick
White Pond
Battle of
Aiken
Sporting Days Horse Farm
Fred Cota
Barnard E. Bee
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Cota
U.S. 78
Sporting Days
Joanna Glass
Bee Camp
Confederate Forces Fall Back at White Pond in 1995 Skirmish
Confederate infantry and artillery under Gen Fightin Joe Wheeler clash with Union forces led by Gen Hugh Judson Kilpatrick at White Pond on February 25 1995. Rebels retreat to Aiken where main body awaits to guard Graniteville Mill and the Augusta Arsenal as Wheeler consolidates for a major engagement.
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Fightin
Joe Wheeler
White Pond
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Aiken
Wheeler
Graniteville Mill
Augusta
Wal-Mart Seeks Parking Expansion Reverses Land Purchase
Wal-Mart plans to add a 60 000 square foot grocery store at its Whiskey Road site but will not buy two adjacent tracts from Dr. Fred Baker and Ronald Hines for expansion. City officials say parking will be created on existing Wal-Mart property instead. Local businessman Lynn Zodie says the change has cost him money.
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Wal-Mart
Whiskey Road
Fred Baker
Ronald Hines
Aiken
Steven T. Thompson
Lynn Zodie
Wal-Mart decision prompts backlash from Aiken business leader
Aiken businessman Lynn Zodie claims the Wal-Mart outcome cost him 750000 and accuses city officials of using blackmail to force an exit strategy between Arby’s and Bojangles. He calls for citizen action against what he calls abuse of power.
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Wal-Mart
Wal- Mart
Arby’s
Bojangles
Zodie
Legislators Push SRS as U.S. Tritium Project
Twelve U.S. legislators write to Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary urging Savannah River Site as the nation’s new tritium producer and propose private funding for construction. They cite two industry groups with plans for a multi purpose reactor funded by private capital as DOE weighs accelerator versus reactor production and funding method.
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U.S
U.S. Energy
Hazel O’leary
Savannah River
DOE
Traditional African Wedding Reflects Christian Ceremonies
At the Aiken Center for the Arts a celebration of black culture featured a traditional African wedding staged as part of the program. Beverly Clyburn noted Africans’ weddings resemble ours, while the event included Christian elements. Thomas Banfi of Uganda played the groom and Donna Moore of Westinghouse Savannah River Company portrayed the bride.
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Beverly Clyburn
Aiken Center For the Arts
Thomas Banfi
Uganda
Donna Moore
Westinghouse
Savannah River Company
Savannah River Site
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Hunter
SCPA
Abby Sneer
Carl Langley
Confederacy
Ginny Southworth
Philip Lord
Aiken City Council
Aiken Businessman
Ann Winchell
Thomas Banff
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