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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1996
Page
1
Wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent in December matching November as energy costs jumped the most in over five years. The PPI data arrived as Fed policymakers weighed another rate cut to spur a sluggish economy. The increases marked the steepest gain since January 1995 and beat many economists’ expectations of 0.4 percent.
Cleanup crews have removed about 12 million pounds of dioxin laced mud from the ocean floor where a barge ran aground in October. The mud dredged from about 3.4 miles offshore was loaded onto a train bound for a hazardous waste landfill in Utah. Coast Guard officials will wait on chemical test results before declaring the job complete.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Franklin Edgar Bickford Aiken Sidney Thomas Boyd Barnwell Marshall Butler Jr Edgefield Lt Col John C Gleason Aiken and other area residents with brief biographical references. The notices provide basic dates and service details typical of a local obituary page.
Philip Lord notes a mixed picture for Aiken County colleges. USC Aiken reports 2,956 enrolled, down 30 from spring 1995, yet full time equivalents rise to 2,073 from 2,040. Graduate enrollment grows from 11 to 34, lifting the graduate FTE from 6 to 11. ATC enrollment falls to 2,060 from 2,248, with FTE easing from 1,316 to 1,290. Whatley calls more fulltime students better use of resources and declares good news.
Sam and Mim Woodring honored by the Aiken Area Council on Aging for more than half a century of community service in North Augusta. Margaret Key led the praise at the Silver Anniversary meeting, noting their work with The Star weekly and support for schools churches and civic groups. The couple moved to North Augusta in the 1950s to work at Savannah River Site and later bought the town paper.
Gov Beasley and state developers propose a bill to turn the entire state into an enterprise zone. The plan would tier counties by unemployment and income, expanding incentives to rural areas like Williamsburg while reducing benefits for developed counties such as Greenville.
Prosecutors aim to connect a quarter million dollar life insurance policy to the death of Patricia Shaw Williams 21 found in a burned car near Aiken. Her husband Jackie L Williams 25 is jailed after an investigation found evidence of fuel distillates used to set the vehicle alight with the murder indictment advancing in Aiken County General Sessions Court.
In New Holland residents fear a rise in burglaries after a home invasion on Monday left about 5000 dollars in loot missing. Tim and Christy Hutto reported items including an engagement ring two VCRs three guns and Nolan Ryan baseball cards stolen. Sheriff Lt Michael Frank noted 1400 similar robberies last year, up slightly from 1904.
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