27 Mar 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1996
Page
1
Aiken City Council approved on first reading a business license ordinance to lure manufacturing plants and corporate headquarters. Manufacturers meeting criteria would face up to 1500 dollars annually. HQs must have at least five other locations. New firms pay a graduated rate: base then 40 percent then 60 percent over three years.
Death notices for Percy E Beasley Lois Burton Burckhalter Gertrude Coward J P Connelly Curtis Cummings Susie Mae Evans Mary Jane Grant Frank D Hall William Alfred Jacobs John Key Lillie Mae Hipp Mills Norris Robinson Jr Ian Riot Schweitzer appear on Page 2B with Tuesday winning numbers Cash 3 81 1 and Fantasy Five 8 10 17 20 95 listed.
A fire on Richland Avenue gutted a tin garage owned by Richland Avenue Motors after mechanics fled for a extinguisher. The adjacent Iglesia Bautista Cristo Te Ama Church was slightly blistered but unharmed. Estimated damage at $60,000 with three engines, 25 firefighters, and one EMS unit responding. no injuries reported.
An Israeli court sentenced Yitzhak Rabin's assassin Yigal Amir to life in prison for murdering Rabin and injuring the bodyguard. He claimed he acted to save Israel, dismissing the proceedings as a show trial. The judge ordered the life term for murder and six years for the bodyguard injury, to be served consecutively.
The City of Ai ken begins decontamination at the Richland Avenue Chesterfield Street site formerly JimBo's Gas N Goodies. Four underground storage tanks are being removed and Southeastern Technology Center oversees the cleanup with subcontractor S&ME Environmental Service installing a phosphate releasing remediation system. Geologist Mac McRae states tanks should be removed today with system installation over the next weeks.
Aiken County Public Schools faces a $773 443 shortfall and may seek a 3 mill tax hike this year to meet state benchmarks. The legality of board authority is under review as dialogue with legislators and local officials begins. Homeowner impact varies by assessed value with state aid offsetting much of the local rise. final budget figures hinge on House Senate funding and April approvals.
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