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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1994
Page
1
Jim Bakker, once head of PTL, is expected to begin a federal minimum security sentence today and move to a halfway house in Asheville, North Carolina. He has served about 4 1/2 years after conviction for defrauding followers of about 150 million dollars.
Dorothy Clay Davis, Aiken Walter Edward Parker, Langley Marion Estelle Branch Smith, Beech Island Marjorie C. Wilson, North Augusta are memorialized in notices appearing on page 4B with brief biographical details and funeral arrangements.
Jeff Flanders the ventriloquist and Gertrude Daduk performed an anti-drug and alcohol message for Aiken Day Camp attendees at the Weeks Activities Center. Michaela Berley said about 60 children ages 5 to 12 attend the camp with 80 youths at Smith-Hazel Recreation Center as the session ends.
The Savannah River Site could gain 147.5 million dollars if a conference committee approves the bill. Of this, 97.6 million would fund environmental restoration and waste management, while 50 million supports the materials program to provide nuclear materials for defense and research. Thurmond notes 38 million for environmental health projects and 12 million for construction. The act also adds 20.6 million for Army Corps work in the state amid over 1 billion in cuts from last year. He praises the bill for funding key projects while reducing overall spending.
A knife fragment surfaced in an O’Hare Airport bathroom-waste tank hours after witnesses testified about Simpson buying a folding knife weeks before the killings. Prosecutors show blood in Simpson’s Bronco and on a glove. Shapiro seeks to suppress estate evidence.
Aiken County shows higher minor cigarette sales than the state average during a 65 day period. The study found 12 to 17 year olds attempted 2525 purchases statewide with 57 percent succeeding. In Aiken County about ten youths had a 62 percent success rate aided by clerks not asking for IDs and sometimes covering cash shortfalls.
New Ellenton records raise questions about Foreman Memorial Baptist Church funds used for paving the church parking lot. M T Sargent, the church signer, cites checks showing church money funded two paving projects in 1988 and 1990 and notes Beam's Paving Maintenance later billed the work in 1992.
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