Industry expansion pause in Aiken shifts focus
Industry leaders in Aiken pause the spec building project after two industrial sites become available. Aiken 20/20 votes to fund a study detailing design, tenants, and costs, but board cites economic logic in delaying. City initiatives continue with Verenes and Beaufort Street park plans, housing incentives, and GALEF education programs.
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Aiken 20/20
Wade Brodie
Corporation
Teledyne
Verenes
A & L Food Services
Skipper Perry
Aiken
Interstate 20
Beaufort Street
Commerce Village
Aviation Business
Aiken Ventures
Habitat For Humanity
S.C
Olympics bring locals together at Waffle House
In a crowded Atlanta area Waffle House, vendors, waitresses, and patrons share mixed Olympic moods. Workers describe boredom and pride, lament coverage choices, and recount a nearby robbery as police with 30 000 security personnel chase suspects. Christine Ewing recalls tears at opening ceremony while patrons discuss Confederate carvings and Southern heritage.
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NBC
Hudson
Atlanta
Robert E. Lee
Stone Mountain
Waffle House
Cpl
James Meadows
Widow of Civil War soldier seeks pension in Alabama
Alberta Martin, 89, plans to fly to Virginia for the Sons of Confederate Veterans Centennial Reunion in 1996 and apply for a Confederate Widow's pension of about 150 dollars monthly. She married three men connected to the Confederacy and says she joined to help raise her son after hardships.
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Elba
Ala
Alberta Martin
Martin
Virginia
Sons of Confederate Veterans
William
Alabama Department of Human Resources
Howard Farrow
Farrow
William Jasper Martin
Augusta
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Habitat
Area 1
GALEF
Diane Mangiante
The
Education Foundation
South Aiken
Department of ‘Transportation
ACTS
Park Avenue
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Heart Unit
Aiken Center For the Arts
Cumberland Village
Citizens Park
Rye Patch
U.S. S
Tyeam
Tunisia
Olympic
Ned
Net
Evans
United States
Betty Seymour
Pete Hudson
Christine Ewing
Buford Highway
Aining
Ikiein
John Sanders
John
Associated Press
ComputerWorks of
486
Intel
Waterloo Street
Leminick’s
Beretta
Aiken Mall
Rod
Prt
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