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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 2005
Page
1
Graniteville schools Leavelle McCampbell Middle and Byrd Elementary reopen after January 6 disaster that killed nine. Air tests show no chlorine residue and counselors available for displaced students, though few major concerns emerged.
In Graniteville, Byrd Elementary School teaching assistant Marilyn Abellan quickly activated an emergency plan after a Norfolk Southern train collided with a parked locomotive, triggering a chlorine gas leak. Abellan phoned 20 families with Byrd students to urge them to stay indoors, helping to keep children safe.
Tremors centered between Lake Thurmond and Evans Georgia rattled some windows near Aiken but caused no damage. Seismologists placed the first quake around 11 48 p m Monday at magnitude 2 4 followed by 2 3 and 2 0 quakes before dawn Tuesday.
Chauncy Gary, who earned a biology BS at USC Aiken, plans graduate and medical studies. He cited Minnie Kenner and Dr Martin Luther King Jr as influences at the Etherredge Center observance sponsored by Aiken Technical College and USCA Multicultural Affairs. Rev Doug Slaughter urged Destiny and unity in King’s memory.
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