02 Jul 1995
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1995
Page
1
A 20 year old Spartanburg man Christopher Eugene Troxell drowned when sudden heavy rain swept him through a creek tunnel beneath a Spartanburg road near Westgate Mall. His friend Timothy Lee Burnett, 19, of Arcadia, was swept away but managed to crawl out and summon help.
The Aiken Standard's TV Update in today’s edition does not show changes that began Saturday for InterMedia Cablevision subscribers. The update was printed in advance and omits the new lineup.
Obituary notices name Victoria Dortch Aiken Montey Fullard John Allen Kemp Robert Edward Kenney Jr Bernice Phillips Winnie Carson Pender. Notices appear on Page 9A with brief biographical or memorial details for each individual.
Safety, Please outlines injuries and prevention tips from CDC data. Adults should handle fireworks, read labels, and avoid relighting duds. Keep water handy and avoid face exposure. Aiken restricts devices to under one fifth grain. penny bottle rockets outlawed statewide. Neighbors are reminded to keep noise down after hours.
A federal judge granted a temporary injunction stopping bans on payouts and seizure of video poker machines in 12 South Carolina counties less than a day after payouts were outlawed. Judge G Ross Anderson acted at about 7 pm Saturday after operators sued in Greenville, with local officials pledging to honor the court order as law enforcement can still remove machines.
States enact a range of measures from crime to welfare reform. South Dakota adds homicide charges for assault on a fetus and increases teen criminal stakes. Welfare changes hinge on Nebraska’s federal waiver. Georgia proclaims official fruit and world poultry capital amid Olympics buzz.
Trucks carrying low level nuclear waste converge on Barnwell County as South Carolina reopens its landfill to the nation while excluding North Carolina. The Southeast Compact Commission leaves North Carolina ineligible, extending Barnwell’s operation for seven to eight years under the new state budget. North Carolina Gov. Hunt calls the ban unconstitutional.
Bill V. Wright, 51, of 504 Heathwood Dr, is in custody after confessing to shooting and killing his wife Kathy L. Wright, 31, at their home. Deputies found her on the kitchen floor. the coroner said she died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. An autopsy is set for Monday at Lexington Medical Center.
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