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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1994
Page
1
Columbia attorney Richard Gergel plans direct appeal to the state Supreme Court to appoint a mediator to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse. He says the flag involves the public interest and meets direct appeal tests.
About 200 inmates clashed at Perry Correctional Institution just before lunch on Monday. Three inmates and three guards were injured, with two inmates released from Greenville Memorial Hospital and one in fair condition with facial fractures and a head injury. The other item notes Dean A. Willoughby confessing to 12 counts including unlawful medical practice and aggravated assault, receiving two years per charge to run concurrently, five years probation, and 500 hours community service.
Obituary notices for Varna Buckner Darlington Paul Evans Jr Aiken Captain Rupert L Fogle Springfield David Wilson and Augusta appear on Page 2B. The notices announce deaths with brief biographical references and funeral arrangements.
Pedestrian Friendly Walks Downtown Aiken will replace concrete sidewalks on Laurens Street with paver bricks as part of a streetscape facelift. The plan, supported by the Downtown Development Corporation and local architects, includes cobra streetlights, new plants, traffic signals, and underground utility work financed by a $500,000 grant, targeting completion by 1995.
Town officials dispute Cantelou explanation for a burst force main that dumped thousands of gallons of raw sewage on open land. They question oversight of the sewer system by state agencies, including DHEC, amid the Cedar Creek Utilities contract and Prather Construction roles.
A 14 year old is held in Philadelphia in a juvenile detention center on armed robbery and murder charges connected to the June 6 killing of Clearwater store owner John Reiner Sr. Two other suspects were arrested, bringing total to four. the boyfriend of the cousin is charged as an accessory.
About 6,500 Savannah River Site workers begin a one year pay freeze July 1, joining roughly 10,000 SRS staff frozen in January. In total some 70 percent of the site workforce is affected by the federal salary clamp announced by Energy Secretary Hazel O Leary and President Clinton. DOE rules limit action to contractor and subcontractor staff, not DOE employees. Local raises varied by region, with about 3 percent at SRS and up to 6.52 percent in Houston.
Aiken County Administrator William Shepherd proposes approving a 1.5 million bond anticipation note to fund a 1 million Geographic Information System for all departments, drainage projects around 400 thousand, and a 100 thousand communications center for 911. The 24.7 million Fiscal 1995 Budget maintains a 68 mill tax rate with 10 mills for debt service and 52.5 for operations. The measure comes as council meets to finalize the budget.
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