04 Jun 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1996
Page
1
The Ariane 5 rocket fails seconds after launch from Kourou French Guiana. Footage shows burning wreckage as four satellites ride the failed mission. The disaster mirrors the Challenger catastrophe in public memory and undermines Ariane Space’s commercial satellite leadership.
The Aiken Civic Ballet will perform Wednesday at 7 p.m. as part of Hopeland Gardens Summer Concert Series. The show was rescheduled due to bad weather. Hopeland Gardens lies between Dupree Place and Ber rie Road on Whiskey Road with Rye Patch Parking for general use and the disabled lot at Hopeland Garden.
Death notices record the passing of Steve Couvillon Natalie Durham John Farr Maxine Harris Annie Lewis Mary Merchant Dorothy Williams and others from Aiken Bath Graniteville New Ellenton and nearby communities with basic biographical notes and surviving family mentions.
Georgia Lottery results show Cash 3 draw is 3 with a 3 in the sequence and Fantasy Five numbers drawn are 2 16 18 23 30. No prize breakdown provided.
John Fanning, 60, rebuilt his 34 foot Irwin sloop after hurricane damage and plans a lifelong voyage. He will begin from Beaufort on June 10 with wife Dorothy, sailing to Chesapeake Bay, then to Key West, Bahamas, Texas for winter, Panama Canal, California, Hawaii, and possibly China.
Japanese destroyer Yuugiri accidentally hit a U S attack bomber during joint exercises 1600 miles west of Hawaii. Both American crew members were rescued in good condition and will return to Honolulu. Japan apologized and halted live ammunition firing.
Aiken Standard reports that District 26 politics are roiled as GOP candidates Pelion farmer Bob Mitchell and Cayce Mayor Avery Wilkerson accuse a Republican establishment aligned with Sen Setzler of rigging the June 11 primary. Mitchell claims Len Joe Wilson and other Lexington Republicans marshal a “good old boy” system to pick the nominee, while Wilkerson labels Mitchell’s charges excessive as the race intensifies with preview coverage through the week.
U S Sen Strom Thurmond’s campaign attacks challenger Harold Worley on his record and conservative credentials in Greenville Charleston and Columbia news conferences. GOP lawmakers question Worley’s Republican philosophy while Worley says Thurmond’s team uses secondhand attacks and that the 98 year old senator is too old to serve another term.
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