DeMint Wins G.O.P. Senate Nomination Over Beasley in Runoff
Rep Jim DeMint defeated ex Gov David Beasley 59 to 41 percent in unofficial returns for the Republican U S Senate nomination. In Aiken County DeMint won 69 percent of 8 370 ballots while turnout was lower in runoff with 11 099 of 75 000 registered voters voting countywide.
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Columbia
Jim DeMint
David Beasley
U.S. Senate
DeMint
Greenville
Aiken County
Associated Press
Beasley
Stuart Bedenbaugh
R-S.c
Glen Bolger
Scott Howell
Warren Tompkins
Kids Learn Firefighting Basics At Cadet Camp
Ai ken area youngsters spend a week learning firefighting skills with teams of hoses and hydrants at Fire Cadet Camp run by Aiken and North Augusta Public Safety. Campers race to start water flow and aim streams at targets, with the top team defeating a traffic cone quickly. See CAMP, Page 10A.
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Ginny Southworth
Nicole Pearce
Cole
Ance 12
Public Safety
Beatriz Lambrano
Fire Cadet Camp
Aiiken
Aiken
North Augusta
Departments of Public Safety
Palmetto Parkway 1-520 bridge milestone marked in ceremony
The first leg of the Palmetto Parkway 1-520 crossing over the Savannah River opened amid celebration. Ronnie Young and Lark Jones led the ceremony with remarks praising the project as economic to attract industry and promising completion in six to seven years.
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Georgia
South Carolina
Palmetto Parkway
Savannah River
Ronnie Young
Aiken County
Over the Rainbow Tops US Movie Song List
The American Film Institute ranked Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz as the No 1 movie tune in a poll of about 1500 industry professionals. Casablanca’s As Time Goes By and Singin in the Rain’s title song ranked second and third respectively. Judy Garland’s performance drew praise from peers like Burt Bacharach.
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Los Angeles
Kansas
Dorothy Gale
American Film Institute
Judy Garland
U.S
Hollywood
Burt Bacharach
Arthur
Garland
Bing Crosby
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Iraq
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Baghdad
Middle East
Fallujah
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Kim Sun-il
Loai Ali Zei
United States
Irene Browder
Warrenville
Campbell
North Charleston
Abby
Seoul
U.S. Highway 1
Sand Bar Ferry Road
Atomic Road
Augusta
Lark Jones
Phyllis Britt
Aiken County Council
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