Rotary Exchange Students Visit Aiken From Austria
Eleven Austrian students are hosted in the United States with American youths hosted by Rotary clubs in Aiken and North Augusta. The visitors tour Kiawah Island Six Flags and sample local foods while sharing experiences and language studies. The group departs for a six week USA itinerary including Denver El Paso Anchorage San Francisco and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan George
Rotary Club of
Aiken
North Augusta
Helene Starzer
Linz
Austria
Markus Seiller-Tarbuk
University of
Vienna
Ines Leeb
U.S
John Wayne
John Travolta
America
Eva-Maria Pichler
University of Graz
Aiken County
Kiawah Island
Karin Pottinger
Grieskirchen
Karin
Six Flags
McDonalds
Kentucky Fried Chicken
South Carolina
Claudia Thun- Hohenstein
Carinthia
Denver
Colo
el Paso
Tex
Anchorage
Alaska
San Francisco
New York
Break-Ins and Thefts Reported Across Aiken County
Aiken County Sheriff's Department logged multiple overnight crimes including a Ye Old Grocery Store cash theft of $2 from a Beech Island hiding place, a Sunday car wreck on U.S. 278 involving Ronald Beard, and break-ins causing extensive property damage. Additional incidents spanned Belvedere, Langley, Jackson, and Monetta with missing cash, vehicles, weapons, electronics, and animals totaling thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Jackson
Thomas David
Belvedere
Ray Chipley
Chipley
Langley
Virginia Hill
Hill
Auto Wholesale
Clearwater
Mike Day
Bank Robber Hails Police After Fake Bomb Explodes
In Las Vegas a bank thief used a fake bomb to divert police then hailed a passing patrol car as money from the heist exploded releasing tear gas and red dye. The stunt shut a busy Strip section for almost three hours near a McDonald's two blocks from First Interstate Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Strip
L.C. Kennedy
McDonald’s
First Interstate Bank
Paul Conner
Arrest Warrants Served by Aiken County Sheriff
Warrant executions last week included Gary Leonard Cooper of Graniteville charged with malicious injury to property, Dana H. Mosely of Aiken charged with common law assault, Sara E. McBroom and Aaron Thurmond of Salley charged with simple assault and battery related to a July 15 choking, Andy Lewis Royal of Aiken arrested for passing a fraudulent check at Carolina Barbecue, and Daniel Mazone of Aiken charged with simple assault on Larry Rainey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Sheriff’s Department
Gary Leonard Cooper
Main Street
Graniteville
Dana H. Mosely
Cherokee Street
Aiken
Sara E. Mc
Great white shark breaks state record in Cape May
Charles L. Stulz, a Leesburg State Prison guard from Williamstown, hauled a 501 pound great white ashore at Cape May after a 2% hour fight. He used mackerel bait, a fishing pole, and two 12 gauge shotgun blasts to subdue and tow the 42 foot creature to his 22 foot motorboat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape May
N.J
Charles L. Stulz
Leesburg
Williamstown
Abandoned Georgia Car Found on U S 1
Deputies found a white Chevrolet with Georgia plates abandoned on U S 1 in Aiken County. The vehicle was towed to Groom's Paint and Body Shop after deputies located it Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belvedere
John W. Oliver
Aiken
U.S. Army Reserve Center
Outing Club Road
Ruben Riley
Tom Cumbee
Car Country
Augusta Road
U.S. 1
Aiken County
Sheriff's Department
Georgia
Groom’s
Aiken Standard Photo Contest Offers $100 Prize
Readers are invited to identify 10 Aiken scenes shown in consecutive editions. Collect all 10 fine pictures, prepare entries with name address and phone, and send all at once after the final edition. Draw for winner if multiple correct entrants. employees and families are ineligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken Standard
Jackson council approves 250 repair to avoid race suit
Jackson Town Council voted at a special meeting to pay 250 for a car repair to avoid a racial discrimination suit. Police chief Robert Funk said Vanessa Neals faced discrimination by former chief Michael Caddell after an accident on January 28 near the Savannah River Plant. He stated the Justice Department would be informed the matter is resolved upon payment and a signed statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Robert Funk
S.C. Human Affairs Commission
Vanessa Neals
Michael Caddell
Savannah River
Funk
Caddell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary
Sissy Brodie
Peter Kadlett
University of Vienna
Barbara Gantner
Eva- Maria Pichler
Peter Kadletz
Robert Lee Nalley
Harold E. Platt
Wright’s Pest Control
Robert Tarrant
Windsor
Neal Stevens
Clifford Kirby
Tae Lee Yaa Arn Na NI
Christina Wockenfuss
Nutri System
Whiskey Rd
Rich Plaza
North America
Fee
Weve
SCN
NewVisa
Atscn
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