Miss Oklahoma Allison Brown Wins Miss Teen USA
Allison Brown 17 of Edmond Oklahoma wins Miss Teen USA title and 150000 dollars in cash and prizes, defeating 49 states and DC. She notes her mother Suzanne Brown once picketed pageants but now supports her. First runner up is Miss Texas Becky Pestana, with New York Claudia Liem second and Virginia Angela Thigpen fourth runner up Valerie Marsden.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Allison Brown
Miss Brown
Edmond
Okla
District of Columbia
Michael Young
Suzanne Brown
Fairfield optimism for Mack Truck plant in Winnsboro area
Fairfield County development officials express optimism about landing an $80 million Mack Truck Inc. manufacturing plant that could employ about 1,000. Mack representatives visited the county to consider a 153 acre site on U S 321 south of Winnsboro as the company weighs relocation from Allentown Pennsylvania amid wage and benefit dispute with the United Auto Workers.
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Winnsboro
Fairfield County
Mack Truck Inc
Pennsylvania Truck Manufacturing Company
U.S. 321
Mack
Allentown
United Auto Workers Union
South Carolina
Development Board
Fayetteville
N.C
Richland County
Replacement Auto Tags May Cost Less
A bill passed by the House would cut the replacement fee for lost or stolen license plates from 17 to 6 dollars. State Rep. Sara Shelton of Greenville says the lower cost addresses repeat thefts in some neighborhoods and fewer expenses for motorists.
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Columbia
House of Representatives
Sara Shelton
Greenville
Blacks Seek Permit For Florence March Protest
Black residents plan to seek a city permit for a march in Florence to protest the fatal shooting of James Fulton a mentally ill Black man by police Lt. Rick Gould. Fulton was shot after a struggle at his home following a call to police threatening an officer.
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Florence
James Fulton
Rick Gould
Fulton
Guardsman Charged In Soldier's Death At Fort Pickett
An argument between South Carolina National Guard members led to a stabbing death. Spec. 4 Michael Dean Davis, 22, of Union was pronounced dead at Kenner Army Community Hospital. Kenneth Lipscomb, 21, of Pacolet was charged with murder.
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Fort Pickett
South Carolina National Guard
Michael Dean Davis
Union
S.C
Kenner Army Community Hospital
Fort Lee
Kenneth Lipscomb
Pacolet
Savannah Place residents seek 2 million payment over sinking homes
Attorney Harry James told the Richmond County Commission that the state's 50 000 relocation fund is a Band AID and residents in Savannah Place deserve 2 million in compensation for homes built over a landfill. Residents urged action after the meeting but the commission took no action.
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Augusta
Harry James
Richmond County Commission
Savannah Place
Bell Auditorium
Law Enforcement Center
James
Commission
Oil price slide seen helping U.S. economy
Crude oil prices level off decline with West Texas Intermediate at 20.60 and Brent at 19.70 as analysts warn of chaos for exporters. Prices have fallen about 37 percent since November and 20 percent since Jan. 15, while gasoline and heating oil rise slightly on the NYMEX.
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New York
U.S
West Texas
Brent North Sea
New York Mercantile Exchange
Rosario Ilacqua
Tlac
Probate Code overhaul clears Senate committee Stage now to full Senate
The South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed a 677 page House-passed probate code overhaul to simplify modernize and economize state estates law The measure backed by the governor probate judges Bar and civic groups would shift probate judge salaries to state funding cutting county costs from 1 4 million to about 1 8 million overall and tie scale to county population
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Columbia
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Thomas E. Smith
Florence
Smith
South Carolina
Bar
Senior Citizens
League of Women Voters
Israel refunds part of US aid to help deficit targets
Israel will return 51.6 million dollars of U S economic assistance to the United States to aid deficit reduction and avoid higher shares for other aid recipients. Prime Minister Shimon Peres agreed after a personal appeal by U S ambassador Thom as Pickering, with Dan Halpern noting it as good public relations. Under Gramm Rudman, 4.3 percent cuts apply to non military programs in fiscal 1986.
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Washington
Israel
U.S
United States
State Department
Dan Halpern
Shimon Peres
Thomas Pickering
Tel Aviv
Hague
Netherlands
Peres
Gramm-Rudman
Reagan
Senate Advances Bill on Jury Selection Method
The South Carolina Senate approved a bill changing juror selection while preserving elderly and professional exemptions. It removes county jury commissions from disqualification powers and places qualification determinations with presiding judges amid past racial bias concerns in Fairfield County.
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Columbia
State Senate
Senate
Mark Dillard
Attorney General’s Office
Aiken Standard Publication Details
The Aiken Standard established in 1867 is published weekday afternoons by Aiken Communications Inc. P O Box 456 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802 Second class postage paid at Aiken South Carolina.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O
Aiken
S.C
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