Food Aid Cut Off in Haiti Sparks Hunger Threat
In Gonaives Haiti a fuel embargo by the United Nations has halted food aid shipments to northern Haiti threatening hundreds of thousands especially children with hunger. CARE the main aid provider has begun ending hot meals and has only grain and oil left for a program serving about 300000 more people. The halt reflects pressure on Haiti to restore elected President Aristide after the 1991 coup.
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Gonaives
Haiti
U.N
U.s.-Based
CARE
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Tax increases target high earners and retirees in 1994
The Associated Press reports a set of 1994 tax changes from the Clinton plan. High wage earners and top retirees face new taxes while many workers with stable incomes may pay less due to automatic inflation-linked adjustments. The changes raise Medicare taxes for high earners and tax up to 85 percent of Social Security benefits for higher income retirees and disabled individuals.
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Washington
Enery Oene
Clinton
Congress
Woodside completes sale of 219 lots in Woodside Plantation
Woodside Development Co subsidiary of PALFED Inc announces multi million sale of about 219 developed lots in Woodside Plantation a private residential golf course community. The deal includes seven outparcels and Phase II undeveloped land options totaling about 1000 acres with $4.1 million in property value and $850000 in assumed liabilities. Palmetto Federal Savings Bank financed the transaction.
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Woodside Development Co
Woodside Plantation
Palfed Inc
Silver Bluff Road
Woodside Development
Palfed
Palmetto Federal Savings Bank of South Carolina
Woodside Plantation Club
Club Corporation of America
Community News Tip Line Contact
Readers are invited to share news ideas by calling the tip line at 648 2311 for tips, notices, or story suggestions. The notice emphasizes direct public engagement with the newspaper team.
Local Deaths Noted For Aiken Bath In Brief Page
Death notices list Craig Brown Jr. Lorene Weaver Chalker Roy Edward Sweatsman among local names with brief references on page 5A. Further details likely on continuation page.
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Craig Brown Jr
Aiken
Lorene Weaver Chalker
Bath
Roy Edward Sweatsman
Ill Fated Sewer Project Dominates New Ellenton News
In 1993 New Ellenton faced a failed 5 million sewer project that left the town nearly broke with only a dime in treasury. Mayor Randy W. Shaw resigned, Art Hanna was elected, and the town depended on borrowed funds as investigations into falsified easements and misused bond money continued. DSS also faced a public confidence crisis amid ongoing welfare agency scrutiny and a settled lawsuit with Krystal Scurry.
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New Ellenton
State Department of Social Services
Aiken County
Randy W. Shaw
Art Hanna
Shaw
Aiken
DSS
Krystal Scurry
Time To Set Resolutions For 1994
The article recalls New Year traditions and personal goals. Victoria Todd from a Starvin Marvin store in Aiken cites 13 resolutions including forgetting the first 12, visiting family more, saying rosary prayers, and increasing patience. Maggie Tennyson plans quitting smoking and losing weight with a positive mindset as key to sticking to them.
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Victoria Todd
Starvin Marvin
York Street
Aiken
Ms. Todd
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Woodside
CCA
South Carolina
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Ceese
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