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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 2008
Page
1
A barge and tanker collision released over 400000 gallons of oil into a river segment from New Orleans to the Gulf, prompting cleanup by vacuum skimmers as crews work to contain the spill.
A Domino's delivery driver was assaulted and robbed by two attackers at an abandoned address on Wednesday. Police are investigating the incident and seeking suspects.
Amid drought and rising cereal and fuel costs East Africa faces severe hunger. Ethiopia hosts 10.3 million affected. Somalia 2.6 million. Kenya 1.2 million. Uganda 707,000. Djibouti 80,000. Oxfam warns 400 million U.S. dollars is needed to avert disaster.
Ruth Evans Wagener and John Dewey Woodward II are listed in the Anderson Deaths and Funerals notice. Details on services and memorial arrangements appear in the 6A section.
Two Windsor residents Freda Tomlin and Linda Scott test orgone generators to balance atmospheric energy and induce rainfall. They describe aiming tubes at the sky to reduce storms while achieving needed moisture, noting Tomlin's son Wes used the method in North Carolina with perceived fog and downpours.
State troopers say a mid-1990s green Saturn S Series with a gold pinstripe likely struck 43 year old Noel E. Barrett on Urquhart Drive around midnight. Investigators seek the driver and urge public and body shops to watch for front-end damage as more details emerge.
Ambrose L. Schwalbe, former president of Westinghouse Savannah River Company, was nominated by the White House to serve a five year term on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. The board oversees safety for DOE nuclear weapons facilities including the Savannah River Site.
Aiken Technical College will become one of six U.S. colleges to provide radiologic control certificates and an associate degree starting August 2009. The program aims to supply SRS and industry with technicians as retirements rise, with instructors from SRS and Ft. Gordon. The plan includes a 29 credit certificate and a 68 credit associate degree with pathways to engineering programs at USC, DC State, and Francis Marion.
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