Rural crime climbs as violence hits small towns
In Orangeburg and beyond rural crime rises with drug gangs and better mobility. Officials say strangers victimize residents as 1990s violence climbs nationally. Orangeburg County records eight homicides in less than three months this year, with clerks and officers targets of robberies and shootings.
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Joe Donnermeyer
National Rural Crime Prevention Center
Ohio State University
Donnermeyer
Mississippi River
Ohio
Bloch
FBI
South Carolina
Orangeburg County
Orangeburg
Aiken Community Groups Meet Across City
City notices list meetings at the Municipal Building and libraries including Aiken City Council at 7 30 p m and the County Public Library 10 a m 6 p m Various groups gather at churches clubs and centers such as Al Anon Co Dependency Anonymous and the Aurora Resource Center to discuss support for alcohol related issues mental health and abuse topics with contact numbers provided for information
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Aiken
Al-Anon
St. Paul's Methodist Church
New Ellenton
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Anne
Charles Wesley United Methodist Church
Trolley Line
Sandra A
Melanie B
Aurora Resource Center
Coalition
Park Avenue
Midland Valley Lions Club
Lions Clubhouse
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Chesterfield St
Josey
The
Mental Health Association
Muslims Rally Outside Mosque Over Bomb Link Claims
Hundreds of Muslims gathered outside a Jersey City mosque to protest what they call false terrorism accusations against Islam after the World Trade Center bombing. Community leaders from New Jersey and New York spoke at the outdoor rally near the mosque where Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman often preached.
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Jersey City
N.J
New Jersey
New York
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman
Amin Awad
Sheik
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