Speed limit increase roadblock comes down
Columbia Senate leader John Land ends opposition to raising interstate speed limits to 70 mph on rural portions of South Carolina highways. The bill would also set 60 mph on multi lane divided roads and 30 mph urban, 45 mph unpaved. Senate panel to take up the measure early February with House subcommittee discussions noted.
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Columbia
Senate Transportation Committee
South Carolina
Senate
John Land
Manning
Land
Harvey Peeler
R-Gaffney
Peeler
House Education and Public Works Committee
House
Congress
States
District of Columbia
Deaths William Altman and Roderick Watson Obituary Notes
Obituary notices for William Altman of WA and Roderick Melver Watson of Aiken Ridge Spring, plus Francetta Latasha Williams of Edgefield, appear on page 2B detailing their passing and basic tributes.
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William (Wa.) Altman
Aiken
Roderick Melver Watson
Ridge Spring
Francetta
Latasha Williams
Edgefield
Georgia Lottery Draws Cash 3 Midday and Evening
Cash 3 Midday numbers were 8 7 5 and Cash 3 Evening numbers were 1 0 0. The Pantany 5 drawing shows 16 21 26 28 35. Details at www.aikenstandard.com.
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Pantany
Birds flock to winter fair at Aiken Jaycees grounds
The Aiken Bird Club hosts the third annual Winterfest Bird Fair at the Aiken Jaycees Fair Grounds on February 6 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and February 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More than 150 vendors from the Southeast offer birds, cages, food, toys, and supplies. Admission is 3 dollars. proceeds support avian research and conservation projects.
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Jaycee Fairgrounds
Aiken Bird Club
South Carolina
Aiken Jaycees
Southeast
Anita Engel
Senators prepare written questions on charges
Senators draft written questions for White House lawyers and House prosecutors in Clinton impeachment proceedings. Chief Justice Rehnquist will read questions, with responses due in trial sessions today and tomorrow. Republicans and Democrats alternate, while senators remain seated on pain of imprisonment. The exercise aims to narrow the record beneath perjury and obstruction charges.
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Washington
White House
House
Clinton
William Rehnquist
Monica
Lewinsky
Betty Currie
Ms. Lewinsky
Clinon
Mrs. Currie
Paula Jones
GOP
Sen
Robert Torricelli
D-N.j
NBC
Suspect released in Augusta shocks South Carolina prosecutor
Solicitor Barbara Morgan said Shayna Lively, charged with three counts of felony DUI in Aiken County, was freed on a $20,000 bond in Richmond County Georgia. She fought extradition after a magistrate released her following an Augusta hospital stay, prompting Morgan to seek a new hearing and possible bond vacatur.
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Barbara Morgan
Shayna C. Lively
Aiken County
Richmond County
Ms. Lively
Bernard Hearn
Zainad Hearn
Imani K
Lively
Ms. Morgan
S.C. Highway Patrol
New report challenges plutonium disposal plan
A private watchdog group warns that using civilian reactors to burn plutonium from old weapons could cause thousands more deaths if a major reactor accident occurs. The Nuclear Control Institute says Energy Department underestimates risks in the MOX fuel plan at Savannah River Site with Cogema.
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Washington
The
Nuclear Control Institute
Energy Department
Department
Cogema
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Wwwaikenstandard.com
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Ennquist
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McGuire
Charlotte
N.C
Catawba
Rock Hill
Virginia
Power Co
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