Myrtle Beach base closure plan announced amid controversy
The Myrtle Beach base will be shut down by mid 1998 with phased deactivations of its three fighter squadrons. Pilots and flight mechanics assignments end by November and personnel and jets begin leaving by January. Retired Col. Coupe De Ville denounces the timing as suspicious and laments wasted effort lobbying against closure.
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Myrtle Beach
House of Representatives
Air Force
Coupe de Ville
DeVille
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Washington
Sailors Return From Persian Gulf Mission Meet Families
Long deployed crew members from the ship returning to port are greeted by hugs and handshakes from family members including Mayor Joseph P and Rep Arthur Ravenel. The aboard life proved taxing with cramped berths and limited facilities. crew members spoke of exhaustion and cultural adjustments in Muslim society.
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Arthur Ravenel
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Gan Ark
Paul Defibaugh
Pennsylvania
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Randall
Evergreen
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Doane
Rew
Steve Edmonson
Dothan
Ala
Sisters Deliver Same Day Babies in Shared Hospital Twist
Barbara Robinson and Brenda Gibson, both of Barnwell, gave birth to sons on July 13 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers under the care of Dr. Clovis Pierce. The sisters, unaware of each other’s pregnancies until after delivery, welcomed Paul Timothy Robinson II and Lamar Gibson four hours and ten minutes apart, tying them as grandsons born the same day.
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Brenda Gibson
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
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Gibson
Barnwell
Elizabeth Jenkins
Mrs. Gibson
Tsai
Barbara
Paula Keatol
Doublejoy
Brandon
Paul
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Medical College of Georgia
Aiken SC municipal leaders elected to state association board
Delegates at the Municipal Association of South Carolina meeting in Charleston on July 19 elected Wagener Mayor James C. Brown to the board of directors and named City Councilwoman Lessie B. Price as third vice president. Mary Y. Clark of Camden was chosen association president with Steve Greech of Sumter as first vice president and William Workman of Greenville as second vice president. New board members include Miriam E. Patterson of McCormick Winston Searles of Rock Hill Olivia Cohen of Fairfax Dick Johnson of Surfside Beach Bob Coble of Columbia and Bob Rowell of Spartanburg.
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South Carolina
Wagener
James C. Brown
Aiken
Lessie B. Price
Association
Charleston
Mary Y. Clark
Camden
Steve Greech
Sumter
William Workman
Greenville
Brown
Miriam E. Patterson
McCormick
Winston Searles
Rock Hill
Olivia Cohen
Fairfax
Dick Johnson
Surfside Beach
Bob Coble
Columbia
Bob Rowell
Spartanburg
Woman Soldier Remains Committed To Service After 7 Months
Miss Edwards recounts seven months in service amid racial policy debates in a public setting. She cites equality issues, contemplates re enlisting for a Korea tour, and expresses readiness to return to defend country and prevent future military actions she opposes.
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Miss Edwards
Korea
Middle East
Mguddam Flusgein
Bush
Prior Deaths Probed After Mother Charged
In Alabama and New York investigators probe the 1981 and 1980 deaths of two Reid children, Olivia and Jane, as a South Carolina mother Rebecca Watt Reid faces murder charges in the 1990 choking death of her 3-year-old son Clayton Thomas Reid.
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Anniston
Ala
South Carolina
Alabama
New York
Rebecca Watt Reid
Aiken
Clayton Thomas Reid
Alabama Bureau of Investigation
Reid
Olivia Reid
ABI
Greg Cole
Jacksonville
Cole
Olivia
Noble Army Hospial
Thomas Watt Reid
Fort McClellan
Jane
Salamanca N.Y
Korea
University Hospital
Augusta
Aien
Calhoun County
Group Votes On Mascot But Decision Kept Secret
Byrnes High School weighs its Rebel mascot as a 10 member advisory panel votes between keeping the Rebel name with Confederate soldier imagery or dropping the mascot. Votes are sealed and to be opened by the district board.
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Byrnes High School
Spartanburg County
Writer Skinner to publish military history monograph
Skinner, who last week sent his second manuscript on Marine Corps campaigns in the Pacific during World War I to the Marine Corps Historical Center, received praise but was told a WWII 50th anniversary series would take priority. A later letter invited him to write a monograph, and he said he loves writing despite the hard work.
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Skinner
Marine Corps
Pacific Islands
Marine Corps Historical Center
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