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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 2009
Page
1
A 72,000 square foot medical office center is proposed across from the Centre South Shopping Center. Details and official actions appear on COUNCIL page 5A.
Mae Weeks remembers the Laurens Street blast at Jones Electric six decades earlier. Firefighters feared collapse as a beam pinned her legs while local chiropractor Dr C C Thrasher and medical responders tended victims. Weeks asked for aid before the rescuers resumed, the Standard and Review reported.
The Wagener area notices list the deaths of Norman Barnett and Carolyn T Harsey along with other local obituaries. Jackson Mary E Shields Becker and Keith W Noziglia are also named in the Wagener notices with funeral details forthcoming.
Deputy Larry Cleveland, 56, wounded in a Southside convenience store robbery, was moved to the ICU after a medical setback. Officials cited patient rights for not disclosing details while investigators review the shooting and suspect Rodney Hamilton Jr.
Local papers recount Miss Mae Weeks perishing in a fiery Aiken blast on Tuesday morning. An 8:43 explosion toppled a ceiling beam, trapping her as debris injured others. Amid flames she kept calm, urging others to safety before succumbing.
Midshipman becomes the first Aiken trained horse in 12 years to win the Eclipse Award. Godolphin’s champion joins the 39th horse trained over the historic Aiken Training Track as the season’s top horse.
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