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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1996
Page
1
The Aiken County Board of Registrations and Elections will be open Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon for absentee voting. Absentee ballots also available Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The registration office is at 786 Richland Ave West.
American Legion Post 212 honored founder and World War II veteran Winthrop Hall during a ceremony on Thursday. Members laid a wreath on Hall's grave at Pine lawn Memorial Gardens as the post commemorated Memorial Day. Hall died in 1945 aboard a ship in the South Pacific and grew up in Aiken. Six people were pulled from the Congaree River after three canoes flipped during a riverfront cleanup project. they were hospitalized for exposure to cold water, during a Columbia City Year program event involving about 35 workers.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Ernest Hoot Gibson Sibyl Haggardens Rev Horace Randall Jr Corene F Ridgell Johnny Ray Tindall and Lee McCoy Walker across Wagoner Burnettown Belvedere Springfield Aiken with brief biographical notices and funeral details.
FBI moved black armored cars and a rescue helicopter to a staging area near the Freemen ranch 30 miles northwest of FBI HQ as talks faltered. Officials said the display was to show seriousness, not imminent action, with negotiations described as terminated despite ongoing efforts to reestablish contact.
Gov. David Beasley hailed the five month legislative session as a pro child, pro education budget that includes 20 million for school technology and 55 million for school district aid. Democrats credited first, while Republicans acknowledged the public support for all day kindergarten. Beasley signaled pace to finalize tax incentives for rural areas and retained a 65 mph interstate limit despite Senate moves to 70.
Aiken Technical College staff and faculty spent 90 minutes Friday examining the new accountability legislation affecting South Carolina's 16 technical colleges during College Information Day. Dr. Mike McCall, executive director of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, led the discussion, noting the bill's shift from raw numbers to performance and community impact with strong support from Sen. Nikki Setzler.
Timothy Leary, the LSD propagandist once Harvard professor turned counterculture icon, died at 75 from prostate cancer in Beverly Hills. His funeral plans involve sending the ashes of Leary and other notable figures into space on a Celestis Inc. mission, a $4,800 orbital memorial.
Senior residents in Langley will maintain a nearby post office after Elizabeth Wisham urged using Wisham Park for the new building. Joyce Heatherly of the Langley Water Commission notes the park land was offered by the Wisham family to keep the post office within walking distance for seniors.
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