Extras in Silence of the Lambs win at local bar awards
A Pennsylvania bar gave out 12 homemade Oscars to non speaking extras from Silence of the Lambs. Nancy McCartney and her daughters appear in the Pittsburgh area scenes shot 19 months ago. Josie Markoski wins best actress. her husband Whitey is shown near the film’s climactic home scene.
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Tinkers Bar
Jodie Foster
Anthony Hopkins
Nancy McCartney
Ptsburgh
Megan
Sarah
Josie Markoski
Crescent Township
Whitey
Foster
FBI
Clarice Starling
Starling
Whitey Rake
Josie
J.D. Kriger
Crescent
Deaths Frances Leaphart Fulmer Alken
Frances Leaphart Fulmer and Alken are noted in a deaths notice with reference to Page 6A details forthcoming. The brief item records two individuals and directs readers to the page for full obituary information.
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Frances Leaphart Fulmer
Alken
Knowles Family Bets On Frank At The Aiken Hunt Meet
Frank at the Bank a six year old gelding trained by Alice Knowles heads a muddy track entry list at the Hunt Meet in Aiken where 17 runners vie for a 1 mile race in the second event. The purse for Frank at the Bank’s Bayard Warren is 1500, with other big rewards on the card including the 12500 Coors Gold Cup and 20000 Palmetto Federal Imperial Cup. Bobby Knowles, a noted local sportsman and Alice’s father, owns the horse and enjoys a storied career in golf clubs worldwide.
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Alice Knowles
Birmingham
Bob
Master McGrath
Occum
Razor
Mister Samurai
Frank Argument
Victorian Hill
Nose
Bold Blood
Bank
Clark Field
Bobby Knowles
Knowles
Alice
Aiken County
South Carolina
Knowlsie
Palmetto
Want To Go Aiken Hunt Meet Today March 23 1991
The Aiken Hunt Meet occurs today at Clark Field off Audubon Drive between Two Notch and Powder House roads. Post time is 1 30 pm with gates opening at 10 am. Tickets range from 5 general admission to 250 guarantors for four and tent packages, with railside options and reserved parking available.
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Aiken Hunt
Clark Field
Audubon Drive
Notch Ang
Aiken Seatoma Club
Aiken Steeplechase Association
18 Famous for Inventing Memorable Weekend Golf Tourney Rules
The note recalls a historic weekend golf tournament years ago known for an unusual rule allowing any golfer to lift his ball when the ball lay within the bottom of the leather on the putter grip. Refer to KNOWLES, Page 9A for full details.
Oil Overcharges Bring $600000 to Aiken Schools
Senator Thomas L. Moore announced that Aiken County schools will receive over $600,000 in oil overcharge funds to upgrade energy facilities. The $275,000 will fund boiler replacements at South Aiken Midland Valley and Silver Bluff high schools, with a design by an engineering firm. North Augusta Highway School gets $328,000 to upgrade heating. Funds flow via the governor's energy office with Joint Energy Committee approval.
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Columbia
Thomas L. Moore
D.clearwater
Aiken County
Governor's Energy Office
Sen. Moore
South Aiken
Midland Valley
Sliver Bluff
North Augusta Highway School
North Augusta
County to revise tax bills in Aiken County
Aiken County Council approves a measure to overhaul the tax bill format and assign clearer tax lines to county operations and the Board of Education. The change, costing about 5200 dollars, aims to show school taxes and county taxes separately and reflect annual increases, addressing taxpayer confusion and blame.
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Aiken County
James
Bland
Willar H. Hightower
Gene Duckett
Reauanor
Ms. Newsome
Kuwaitis Freed By Iraq Defuse Tense Cease Fire Talks Progress
Iraq agreed to free thousands of Kuwaiti detainees within days as part of truce talks in Riyadh while a US warplane downed a second Iraqi fighter violating the cease-fire. POW repatriations accelerate with hopes of 2,000 more Iraqis home within two months and 1,000 Kuwaitis daily moved toward the Saudi border town of Arar.
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New York
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Arar
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Roland Huguenin
International Committee of the Red Cross
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Emirate
Redha Meqwar
U.S. Central Command
Ich
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
U S
Site Muslim Branch of
Islam
Ayatollah
Abul
Kassem al-Khoei
United States
Saddam Hussein
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