Retired Bishop Fills Methodist Vacancy
A retired United Methodist bishop from Tennessee is assigned to fill the vacancy created by the death of Bishop Joseph Bethea. Bishop Robert H. Spain of Brentwood will serve as Columbia area bishop, term expires September 1, 1996. Bethea died at age 62 from an apparent heart attack on March 12.
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Columbia
United Methodist Church
Tennessee
Joseph Bethea
Robert H. Spain
Brentwood
Child Protection Urged In Reforms
Betsy Wolff leader of the Alliance for South Carolina's Children spoke at a public forum as lawmakers debate welfare reform. The House package approved March 1 would require Aid to Families With Dependent Children recipients to join job training, with Senate approval needed before Beasley can sign.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Betsy Wolff
Alliance For
House
Senate
David Beasley
State Revenue Dept bars refunds for illegal video gambling permits
The Revenue Department says owners of illegal slot style video gambling machines cannot obtain refunds for permits paid up to 3 000 dollars and permits cannot be transferred. More than 21 000 machines licensed in the state will be affected as law enforcement plans to allow time for compliance before enforcement begins.
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Columbia
State Revenue Department
Obituary notices list several local death entries
Obituary notices on page 2B report deaths of Mary Foreman Allen Virginia Ashmore Michael Augeri Johnnie Butler Alice Cobb Lockwood Dowling P L Griffin Ronald Hale and Floria Williamson in New Ellenton Wagener Aiken Williston Johnston and North Augusta. The notices provide basic information for these individuals.
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Mary Foreman-Allen
New Ellenton
Virginia Ashmore
Wagener
Michael Augeri
Aiken
Johnnie Butler
Augusta
Alice Cobb
North Augusta
Lockwood Dowling
Williston
P.L. Griffin
Johnston
Ronald D. Hale
Floria Williamson
Manic mood in focus in film about a family's struggle
Mindy Harmon, diagnosed with bipolar manic depressive disorder, shares how mood swings feel like riding a dark horse through a lightless tunnel. A seminar at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church features "Breaking the Dark Horse," a personal video by Harmon's family detailing onset at age nine and the family coping journey.
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Mindy Harmon
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ms. Harmon
Writer’s Group
Trident Productions, Inc
Mindy
Harold
Charleston
Aiken
Nude Paintings Suit Scheduled For Federal Hearing
The ACLU filed a federal suit to return eight oil nude paintings by Robert Sherer to the Barnwell County Museum and restore display. The exhibit was locked and later removed after March bookings, with claims of First and Fourteenth Amendment rights being violated and damages sought up to ten million dollars.
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The
American Civil Liberties Union
Barnwell County Museum
Aiken
U.S. District Court
Atlanta
Robert Sherer
ACLU
Charleston
Edmund H. Robinson
Barnwell County Museum Board
Sherer
Jennings Roundtree
Museum
Robinson
Barnwell County
Barnwell Museum Board
Universal Health to Buy Aiken Regional in Trade Deal
Universal Health Services signs a purchase agreement with Columbia/HCA to buy Aiken Regional Medical Centers in a property trade with Dallas Family Hospital and Westlake Medical Center plus undisclosed cash. The deal could close in late spring pending FTC approval and aims to protect employee benefits.
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Universal Health Services Inc
Columbia
HCA
Aiken
Mnartn
Satcher
Universal Health
Dallas Family Hospital
Dallas
Westlake Medical Center
Westlake Village
Calif
Aiken Regional
Ricky Satcher
Universal
Federal Trade Commission
Columbia/HCA
Mammoth Health Care
Patience Key To Training Horses For Aiken Steeplechase
Trainer Cassatt operates Gum Branch Farm in Aiken since 1986 and Chesterbrook Stables. He plans three or four entries at the Aiken Hunt Meet on Saturday including Glit ter, Glimmer and January Man in the Palmetto Federal Imperial Gold Cup a $25 000 stakes race. January Man set a course record last year while Glitter and Glimmer placed well in Georgia. Gates open at 10 a.m. with races starting at 1 p.m.
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Cassatt
Happy Friar
Gum Branch
Aiken
Chesterbrook Stables
Glitter and Glimmer
January Man
Glitter and
Glimmer
Georgia
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Palmetto Review
Abby
Into the
Ginny Southworth
Kitchings Mills
Nature
Sandy Cassatt
Aiken Training Track
Mie Withi Hcby
Chukker Creek
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Illinois
Ford Conger
Audubon Drive
Aiken Mile
Aiken Hunt
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