Miners Rescued After Flooded Quecreek Mine Strike
Miners aged 30 to 55 were trapped when they broke into a water filled, abandoned mine 300 feet away near Pittsburgh. After three days of drilling a rescue shaft broke through at 10 16 am lifting the men to safety amid extensive water pumping and careful pressure management.
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Dave Lauriski
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Lauriski
Quecreek
West Virginia
Schweiker
Pittsburgh
SCE and Lake Murray Dam Rate Hike Consideration
SCE&G and parent SCANA Corp face a federal order to reinforce the Lake Murray dam with work that may be included in next year’s rate case. CFO Kevin B. Marsh said any single digit rate increase would reflect new project costs, with expenses including studies and analyses for the 72 year old dam. Construction could start November 1 and end in 2006, as tax credit hopes dim.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Electric and Gas
Murray Dam
Scana Corp
Kevin B. Marsh
Aiken Community Playhouse History and Upcoming Show
Aiken Community Playhouse traces its roots to Parker Deans and Will Cole in the early 1950s with streetcar and Lion in Winter and My Three Angels among early hits. The Two Notch theater became the permanent home after barn and auditorium stages and a key loan from early president Ben Bowman. The Sweet Adelines join for a 3 pm matinee Saturday and an 8 pm show that night.
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House
My Three
Aiken Jr. High
Aiken Municipal Auditorium
Two Notch
Harris
Playhouse
Two Notch Theater
Early Playhouse
Ben Bowman
Aiken Community Playhouse
Sweet Adelines
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Sce&g
Lake Murray Dam
Barton
Aiken CO
Aiken County
Lynette Lowe
Warrenville
First Baptist Church of
Aiken
Office
Charles Barton Home
Christy Williams
Jackie McKinney
Whiskey
Free Regions
RegionsNet
FDIC
Regions.com
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