Bomb threat shuts Paramount Studios. man surrenders
A man claimed 5000 pounds of dynamite in a truck forced evacuations at Paramount Studios for nearly four and a half hours. He sought to speak with Janet Reno, spoke with police by cellphone, and walked away into custody near KCAL-TV after police sealed a seven-block area. Police reported a banner on the truck demanding restitution, while Clinton seeks 43 million dollars for a food safety warning system in a separate note.
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Washington
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Painter held on $1 million bail after flower shop attack
Kalvin Michael Smith, 26, a Winston-Salem house painter with prior arrests, was arrested Friday night and charged with armed robbery and assault in the December 9 1995 attack on Jill Marker at Silk Plant Forest. Marker was more than three months pregnant and gave birth five months later in a coma-like state.
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Winston-Salem
Ncc
Kalvin Michael Smith
Jill Marker
Deaths of Richard Curzon Edwards Garapic Matthews McCarty Sears
Obituary notice lists six individuals by last names Curzon Edwards Garapic Matthews McCarty Sears, with given names Richard Earl Jackson Barney Gary Thelma Thelma W Matthews, James Henry and James Fred Sears. No further details provided.
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Richard Earl Curzon
Jackson
Barney Edwards
Springfield
Gary Garapic
Aiken
Thelma W. Matthews
James Henry McCarty
New Ellenton
James Fred Sears
Willistor
Georgia Lottery Draw Weekend Numbers
The Saturday drawing in Georgia produced numbers 11 83 7 15 94 17 with 1 winning number. Lottery officials confirm results and unclaimed prizes follow standard process.
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Georgia Loto
Customer service matters in business success says shoppers
Al Maddox praised Sears for fixing a 30 year old drill at no charge and noting the value of strong customer service. USC Aiken official Jackie Moore adds good service attracts and retains customers, with surveys showing high costs to win back patrons and many will spread negative word of mouth.
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al Maddox
Maddox
Sears
Jackie Moore
USC Aiken Small Business Development Center
A-plus service study kicks off in four part series
The Aiken Standard begins a four part series on why customer service matters in today’s market. It will feature local business people who prioritize service and invite readers to share good and bad tales of customer service to be published in later installments. Readers can mail, fax, or email comments to the newspaper.
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Aplus
Aiken
Editorial
Scescape
Super Bowl began as a novelty in NFL history
New Orleans notes that the Super Bowl, now a billion-dollar success, started as a borrowed idea from college football. Tex Schramm recalls the planning by Pete Rozelle to pair NFL and AFL champions two weeks after league championships to build anticipation and timing.
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New Orleans
Tex Schramm
Schramm
Dallas Cowboys
Pete Rozelle
National Football League
Rozelle
NFL
American Football League
AIDS babies show mixed response to new treatment attempt
Washington report on a pioneering treatment given to HIV infected newborn twins. The girl shows apparent viral suppression after 18 months on three drugs begun at 10 weeks, while her brother’s virus has resurged. Doctors aim for long term suppression or eradication, noting uncertainty about curing AIDS.
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Washington
Bay
Katherine Luzuriaga
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Luzuriaga
Rotary clubs fund new Children’s Place playground
Children’s Place in Aiken will debut a new playground on Barnwell Avenue after Sunrise Rotary Club donated over 2000 dollars and the Aiken Rotary Club added 1000 dollars. Volunteers spent Saturday installing a large wooden maze with slides tunnels and bridges addressing a hazards issue from the prior equipment removed last spring.
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Barnwell Avenue
Aiken
Sunrise Rotary Club
Aiken Rotary Club
Children’s Place
Peggy Ford
Department of Health and Environmental Services
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