Westinghouse named among 10 best manufacturers to work for
A survey commissioned by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers cited Westinghouse Electric Corp along with American Telephone & Telegraph Apple Computer Boeing Co Digital Equipment Corp Eastman Kodak Co Ford Motor Co General Electric Co Hewlett Packard and IBM as top employers. The study measured pay benefits stability safety location supervision education development ambiance and job challenges across U S manufacturers.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
U.S
American Telephone & Telegraph
Apple Computer
Boeing Co
Digital Equipment Corp
Eastman Kodak Co
Ford Motor Co
General Electric Co
Hewlett-Packard
International Business Machines
Browder Drug Trial Set for Monday in Federal Case
Five defendants tied to Aiken Drug Co and Woodruff Drug Store face trial starting Monday on 131 counts of falsifying prescriptions and 19 counts of defrauding Medicaid. Leonard Browder and four employees, all pharmacists or staff, are charged with conspiracy, records tampering, and obstruction of justice in a decades-long scheme dating to 1983. Potential penalties include four to five years per count and fines up to 250,000 per count. Agencies involved include DEA and state health offices.
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Cen
Leonard Browder
Aiken
Aiken Drug Co
Woodruff Drugs
Marian O’rear
James M. Locklair
Leonel Blanton
Sam) Ergle
Martin T. Johnson
Browder
Locklair
Egle
Johnson
O'Rear
U.S
Woodruff Drug Store
Ergle
US S. District Attorney's Office
Marion J.caughman
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
S.C. Attorney General’s Office
U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
S.C. Health and the Human Services Finance Commission
Aiken County Deputy Awarded For Bravery
Deputy William E. Pegram received the South Carolina Legionnaires Law Enforcement Award for Bravery at a June 24 Greenwood dinner for his actions during a Feb 24 hostage incident. He spoke with the armed husband while backup arrived, keeping the woman safe and preventing further harm.
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Aiken County
South Carolina Legionnaires
Ty William E. Pegram
Greenwood
Pegram
Legionnaires
Carrol G. Heath
Steven Lott
American Legion Post
Aiken County American Legion Post
South Carolina Police Chiefs Association
Ben D. Ferraro Jr
Robert J. Burns
SCPCA
Ferraro
Lt. Burns
Sheriff's Department
Piney Heights Road
Law Enforement
Pkumam
Heath
Garden Theater Begins 10th Year Festival Opens Tonight
Garden Theater Festival marks its 10th anniversary with four summer productions at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in Hopeland. Dorothy and the Wiero Of the Dorothy Wiza opens series tonight, with Bradley Watts directing and Ginger Ingram co directing. Cast features Tiffany Mauk as Glenda, Stephanie Mauk as Dorothy, Cliff Duches and Rochelle Tolton as the Scarecrow, Carla Cloud as the Tinman, Carol Couch as the Cowardly Lion, Christine Connelly as the Wild Witch, and audience munchkins. Audience participation urged. Remaining plays: Last Stop July 20 and 27, Impromptu Aug 3 and 10, Dance Fantasy Aug 17 and 24, with one act plays each Thursday through Aug 24.
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Garden Theater Festival
Spratt in USSR to discuss sea going nuclear weapons
Rep. John M. Spratt and two Democratic House colleagues travel to the Soviet Union with scientists to discuss limiting sea launched nuclear weapons. The trip, organized with the Soviet Academy of Sciences and a Washington lobby group, lacks official Bush administration sanction and centers on verification methods for SLCMs.
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Spratt
Ussr
Washington
John M. Spratt
D-S.c
Democratic House
Soviet Union
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Natural Resources Defense Council
Oace
U.S
Greenpeace Flagship Set to Protest Oil Off Cape Hatteras
Greenpeace plans to dock its 200 foot M V Greenpeace at Morehead City July 25 for an educational visit to spur local input on offshore drilling near Cape Hatteras. Corrie Smith says the campaign aims to heighten awareness of Mobil Oil's exploratory well plans and Interior lease sales along North Carolina's coast. The vessel, known for stopping nuclear tests, features an on board theater, satellite links and a helicopter pad to dramatize the issue.
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Washington
Greenpeace
Morehead City
Iion
North Carolina
Corrie Smith
Mobil Oil
Cape Hatteras
Mobil
Department of Interior
Smith
Carteret County
Manteo
M/V
French Polynesia
New Zealand
Secret Service
Ar Heel
Miss Tonya Smith Optimistic After Talent Contest
Tonya Marie Smith of Aiken, USC Aiken student and Miss Berea contestant, remains hopeful for an overall Miss South Carolina title after not winning the Wednesday talent event. Kimberly Bryant won the talent segment from Berea, with Smith praised for her performance amid strong competition.
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Miss Berea
Tonya Smith
Tonya Marie Smith
Miss Smith
USC Aiken
Aiken County
Greenville
WRDW
Smith
Alfed
Nancy Smith
Aiken
Nerater
Alfred Smith
Kimberly Bryant
Berea
Bryant
Manhattan School of Music
Miss Bryant
Tonya
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Westinghouse
South Carolina
National Rehabilitation Association
Columbia
Mt. Vernon Mills
Riegel
Gorham
South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department
Ex- Carlisle
Sais
James H. Carlisle
Aiken Vocational Rehabilitation Center
National Association of Rehabilitation Secretaries
SCARS
Ben P. Stewart Jr
Aiken Area
Graniteville
Sharon Anne Thomas
Tomas
Scott Webster
TOTOS
Stephanie Mouk
Dorothy
Tiffany Mauk
Good Witch
Philip Lord
West Columbia
Garden Theater
Christine Connelly
Administration
United States
Barry Daniels
Carol Woodward
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