Storm floods Aiken area. power outages and water damage reported
Last night’s storm drenched Aiken with about two inches of rain causing stranded vehicles and standing water. Ten cars stalled in Kalmia Hills and water damage was noted at the Doughnut Shop and Quick as a Wink cleaners while several homes and stores faced power loss and flooded streets. No evacuations occurred.
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Aiken
Kalmia Hills
Carrol Busbee
Doughnut Shop
Quick As A Wink Cleaners
Kalmia Plaza
Busbee
Aldridge Street
Crosland Park
East Richland Avenue
Chesterfield
York
Richland Avenue
Attempted Kidnapping Trial Opens in General Sessions Court
Gary Leonard Camp 37 also known as William A Miller Jr faces four additional charges including attempted armed robbery two counts of aggravated assault and carrying a concealed pistol in a North Augusta case. He is accused of forcing entry to Ellen Thomas s home on May 12 firing at her and her son and being found face down in nearby woods.
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North Augusta
General Sessions Court
Gary Leonard Camp
William A. Miller Jr
Camp
Florida
Ellen Thomas
Ms. Thomas
Belvedere South Carolina Eyes Regional Nuclear Waste Talks
South Carolina plans to leverage its position in a Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact meeting in Birmingham. Rep. Tom Huff says SC aims to keep sovereignty over site selection and ensure state health and safety protections while coordinating with six other states on language for congressional approval.
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Belvedere
South Carolina
Tom Huff
North Augusta
Huff
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
North Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
Tennessee
Riley
Chem-Nuclear
Barnwell
Congress
S.C
Nikki Setzler
Lexington
Bergner Proposes With Ice Cream Cake After Work
Kevin Bergner asks Carla Muntz to marry him using an ice cream cake as a surprise hidden in a freezer. Carla cries and Bergner asks if that means yes, then suggests they can eat. A separate note from Laurens Street defines a three three girl as a young lady too large for a tutu.
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Kevin Bergner
Carla Muntz
Bergner
Carla
Laurens Street
Iran and Iraq Clash Over Basra Oil Port
Iran hauls troops tanks and planes into Iraq in a bid to capture Basra while Iraq claims a fierce counterattack halts and surrounds the invaders. Both sides report heavy losses and hundreds of prisoners in a disputed border engagement along the Shatt al Arab.
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Iran
Iraq
Basra
Shatt-al-Arab Waterway
Kharg Island
Persian Gulf
Iraq-Iran
Shatt-al-Arab
Tehran
London
Tannumah
INA
Islamic Republic
Shultz Signals Shift in U.S. Mideast Policy
In testimony before the Senate, George P. Shultz suggests a more even handed U S stance toward the Arab world and a break in U S Israeli alignment. He criticized Israel for the Lebanon invasion and implied willingness to oppose Israel when U S interests diverge, stressing peace over military strength.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
U.S
Mideast
Shultz
White House
Israel
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Haig
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lebanon
Caspar Weinberger
Reagan
Sen
Rudy Boschwitz
R-Minn
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Phil Ones
Rollingwood
Jim Ray
South Carolina Electric and Gas
Thomas Huff
Richard W. Riley
Waste
Compact
Kathy Woodham
Aiken County
Dear Abby
The
Associated Press
George Shultz
U.S. Mideast
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