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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 2002
Page
1
Governor Jim Hodges signed a law outlining the state lottery spending plan. The measure funds LIFE and Palmetto College scholarships, new school buses, and faculty supplements for professors at state universities.
The CIA and FBI knew by January 2000 that a future hijacker would attend a suspect al Qaeda meeting, a CIA office said amid growing evidence of intelligence failures. Congress vowed to investigate what went wrong before the September 11 attacks.
Pearteaner Carthee Aiken James Steve Rowland obituary notices from New Ellenton appear on page 5A with brief biographical notes and funeral details for local residents.
A severe late afternoon storm in Aiken County caused fires and downed trees as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes. A home at 202 Magnolia Lake Road in Woodside Plantation was destroyed after lightning struck a front yard pine, with the attic blaze spreading rapidly and delaying containment until early morning. The owner is Douglas Holford, a local physician, and officials say the lightning jumped from a tree to the house.
Aiken area meteorologists warn of another round of thunderstorms as a stationary frontal boundary lingers. Temperatures near mid 90s and high humidity raise the risk of severe storms with potential power outages. Aiken County reports many downed limbs and lines. about 2500 SCE&G customers lost service briefly.
Secretary of State Jim Miles retires after 1991 term opening the post to Lois Eargle Mark Hammond and Ed McMullen. The June 11 primary or June 25 runoff will decide the Republican nominee to face Democrat Rick Wade in November.
A tractor-trailer and a 1992 Chevrolet Caprice collided Tuesday at about 5:15 am, sending three to treatment including one by medical helicopter. In a separate Monday morning crash in Lexington County a man died. details say the Westbound U S 78 driver crossed center line, the truck veered right, and a passenger in a Jeep was airlifted with others injured.
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