Aiken Trials Set for Saturday at Aiken Training Track
Gates open at 10 a.m. with post time at 2 p.m. at the Aiken Training Track on Two Notch Road. Sponsors include the Aiken Jaycees. Advance tickets cost 4 for adults and 2 for children 6 to 11, with gate tickets 5 for adults and 2 for children. Tickets and T shirts sold via multiple local outlets. additional area visit charge and parking fees noted.
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Aiken
Two Notch Road
Aiken Jaycees
Aiken Drugs
Woodruff Drugs
Leminick’s
Body Talk
Screen Print Factory
Whiskey
Pine Log
Silver Bluff
Heritage Cleaners
Lionel Smith Ltd
South Carolina National Bank
Wal-Mart
Heritage Square
Aiken Sulky Races at Aiken Mile Track
The Aiken Sulky Races will occur Saturday April 5 at the Aiken Mile Track on Banks Mill Road. Sponsors are Aiken County Shrine Club and Wendy’s. Gates open 10 a.m. with post time 2 p.m. Tickets cost 4 for adults 2 for children 6 11. railside parking 40 for four adults. Tickets available at the Chamber, Aiken Drug, Leminick's Pharmacy, Woodruff Drugs, and Lionel Smith Ltd.
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Aiken
Banks Mill Road
Aiken County Shrine Club
Wendy's
Chamber
Aiken Drug
Leminick’s Pharmacy
Woodruff Drugs
Lionel Smith Ltd
Libya weighs court action over New York tax bill for UN mission
Libya, unhappy with its New York property tax for a 23 story Manhattan building housing its U N mission, considers court action to win greater exemptions. Last year the entity paid 386000 dollars under protest for the 308 East 48th Street property. The lawyer named is Robert Thabit.
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New York
Libya
Manhattan
Robert Thabit
East 48Th St
United Nations
Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast With Showers Tonight
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a 20 percent chance of showers tonight with a low near 40. Tomorrow, expect partly cloudy conditions and a high in the mid 70s. Details on Page 13A.
Local Deaths Listed for Several North Augusta and Area Residents
Brittany Riedel Margaret 8 Tulloch Lloyd E Donahoe William D Wilkins Herries A Mondy Luella H Brown Elverd L Leach noted in obituary page with details on Page 13A.
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Brittany Riedel
North Augusta
Margaret
Tulloch
Lloyd E. Donahoe
Aiken
William D. Wilkins
Augusta
Herries A. Mondy
Luella H. Brown
Wagener
Elverd L. Leach
West Columbia
6th Fleet Halts Gulf of Sidra Exercises
The United States ends 6th Fleet Gulf of Sidra operations with the three carrier battle group remaining in the central Mediterranean north of Libya. Pentagon spokesmen say last flights conclude by 8 a.m. EST if no Libyan challenges occur, and ships will stay on standby north of Tripoli through Saturday or longer.
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Washington
U.S
Gulf of Sidra
Mediterranean Sea
Pentagon
Fred Lash
6Th Fleet
Ae Adeltee
Gulf
Libya
Muammar Khadafy
Mediterranean
Tripoli
United States
Oil Prices Boost Deficit as Trade Gap Shrinks
Washington AP reports the U S foreign trade deficit totaled 12.5 billion dollars in February, 24 percent below January’s record, aided by lower petroleum prices. Commerce data show oil imports averaged 5.4 million barrels daily, down from 6.2 million in January, with prices at 24.85 dollars per barrel, down 2.29 dollars.
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Washington
The
Commerce Department
Libyan Media Urges Death by Own Action Attacks on U.S.
Libyan state media urged Arabs to carry out death by own action attacks against American targets worldwide. In Tripoli the capital and the Gulf of Sidra remained quiet. U.S. officials warned of potential danger as the 6th Fleet stayed on alert after recent clashes with Libyan forces.
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Tripoli
Libya
Gulf of Sidra
State Department
Charles Redman
Washington
U.S
Liberty
U.S. 6Th Fleet
US S
6Th Fleet
Owens-Corning Begins Testing Applicants For Illegal Drug Use
Owens-Corning starts pre employment drug screening for new hourly and salaried applicants from March 15, contracting Roche Biomedical Labs. Tests target illegal substances with alcohol and prescription drugs noted. current staff face no immediate testing.
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Owens-Corning
Jeanne Utroske
ens-Corning
Roche Biomedical Laboratories
Utroske
du Pont
America
Teachers Below Standards Will Get Another Chance
The Missouri Senate Education Committee approved a plan allowing up to 900 teachers who fail to meet minimum knowledge standards to keep their jobs if they receive a satisfactory evaluation from their superiors. The Education Improvement Act requires teachers to meet one of four standards by July 1, including a valid professional certificate or specified test scores. a fifth option was added for satisfactory school evaluations. Most affected are long-tenured black teachers.
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Columbia
Senate Education Committee
Education Improvement Act
Aiken County Officials Review Teacher Recertification
Aiken County public schools assess how many teachers fail to meet the Education Improvement Act recertification scores. Up to 15 of 1,275 educators may be affected though officials will confirm with state records. Associate Superintendent L L Willis notes some hold B certificates after scoring 415 to 490 on the National Teachers Examination, while EIA requires 425 or higher.
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Aiken County
L. L. Willis
EIA
Willis
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Aiken Trials
Abby
Weathe
U.S. Navy
Frank B. Kelso
Saratoga
Taal
Kelso
Khadafy
Nana Farris
IBM
General Motors
Ford
American Airlines
Amoco
Boise Cascade
the New York Times Co
Greyhound Corp
Alcoa
Burlington Northern
Unocal
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