24 Jul 1998
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1998
Page
1
The city stages a 6 to 9 p.m. celebration on Newberry Street Park Avenue and The Alley for the All America Street Party with free admission and a 7 p.m. BNFL Brass Band concert in Hopeland Gardens. Attendees are asked to bring canned goods for Golden Harvest Food Bank.
The Dow Jones tumbles 195.93 points to 8992.98, its sixth worst one day loss, below 9000 for the first time since July 1. The selloff follows Boeing’s profit warning and amid White House political turbulence, with Greenspan warning of a large market correction. Investors trim gains after a week of high run and rising volume near 884 million shares.
Firefighters monitor 150 acres burned along Belvedere-Clearwater Road with arson ruled out. Dry brush and motorcycle sparks are cited as possible causes. Rain eased recurrence risk, but officials keep a Red Flag Alert as outdoor burning ban remains lifted.
Death notices list Victoria Hicks, Columbia Pearlean Sandy Davis, and Wagen er Loman M Ginyard in Wagener obituary page 2B. Names and placements indicate regional listings of local residents in the 2B section.
Children at Sandhurst Estate ride in carriages and pet miniature horses as Camp Kemp aids young cancer patients. The weeklong camp, run with Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital and Red Cross support, offers swimming and animal interactions to ease treatments and give families a respite.
The search continues for inmate John Travis Mace who escaped from the Aiken County Detention Center before noon Thursday. A 26 year old habitual offender, Mace had been detained since April and was in the recreation yard with others when guards noticed him near the fence. He allegedly lifted the fence to flee, wearing an orange jumpsuit at the time.
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