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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 2002
Page
1
The White House faces a widening Enron investigation as Congress presses for answers. Officials insist no favors were granted while acknowledging frequent and unusually free access by Enron executives to senior administration figures, signaling White House attempts to distance itself from the scandal.
The NAACP says it will persist in pressuring South Carolina to remove the Confederate flag from State House grounds. Nelson B. Rivers III, national field director, states the organization will urge athletes entertainers and other prominent figures nationwide to boycott the state.
Obituary notices list four individuals Vera M. Bussey of Windsor Lula Leech Kelley of Aiken Delmus Prophet of Norway Cody Lee Stephens of Jackson. Obituaries appear in the 4A section.
Aiken County coroner Sue Townsend faced the night her son Doug, 30, was killed in a single car crash on S C 802 near Shaws Fork. He reportedly fell asleep at the wheel in a 2000 Nissan XTerra returning from a wedding, buckled by circumstance rather than failure to wear a seatbelt.
In a tight budget year the Hodges administration sees a major battle over First Steps, a pre school education program. Counties run their own projects with Aiken County budgeting 1.37 million dollars as officials tour funded programs amid partisan debate led by Governor Hodges and AG Charlie Conner.
In Columbia, Secretary of State Jim Miles reported a $160,000 RV for his campaign while Republican fund raising surged for Sanford Peeler Wingate Branton and Sutherland. Hodges led with $4.5 million raised and $4.3 million cash, $767,959 in Q4. A federal redistricting trial looms, possibly delaying the GOP primary.
A rally by white supremacists in York, Pennsylvania drew hundreds of demonstrators who were kept at bay by police as the city grapples with the event. Authorities described tense scenes as counter protests formed nearby.
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