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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1996
Page
1
New York reports the Conference Board’s Index of Leading Economic Indicators up 0.2 percent in March. The gain marks the first back to back monthly rise in 1.4 years, with February up 1.3 percent and January revised down 0.6 percent, suggesting job creation and higher profits through next winter.
In Fountain Inn a 6 year old girl died in a house fire and her younger sister about 2 was badly burned. Authorities said firefighters and police arrived after a 911 call around 9 50 p m Tuesday. The older girl died at Hillcrest Hospital in Simpsonville while the toddler was flown to a burn unit at Augusta Regional Medical Center. Names were withheld pending family notification. The girls lived with their grandparents.
Janet Renee Beard Bath Verna Eller Edgar Aiken Frances Boswell Harmon North Augusta Georgia Johnson Williston David L Buddy Rhoden Warrenville Evonne Robinson Beech Island Carmen S Wales Aiken Obituary notices on Page 2B summarize recent deaths and associated brief notices for six individuals across multiple South Carolina communities.
Tuesday's draw results show Fantasy Five numbers 8 9 21 22 27 and wash 3 6 48. No further details provided on prizes or winners.
The Aiken County Board of Education voted 6-1 Tuesday to enter negotiations to purchase the Brookhaven Executive Center on Brookhaven Drive for about 2.125 million. The 50,000 square foot facility with 62 acres would house roughly 130 district personnel, funded via bond issues in the Five Year Facilities Plan.
James Ronald Hudson and Joan Dorr Hudson, a Parker, Colorado couple, died in a Beech Bonanza crash near Powelton Georgia while traveling to visit the husband’s widowed mother in Aiken and relatives in Graniteville. The crash occurred off Highway 22 in Hancock County during storms. NTSB and Georgia authorities investigated. funeral arrangements awaited release of the bodies.
Wil lie Hicks, 31, convicted of murdering retired officer Andrew C. Hagan, faced a death sentence after a judge’s amended charge offered life with parole options. The jury returned a death verdict in under 10 minutes, with Hicks appealing that the state lacked a no parole option. Hicks claimed innocence as he awaited execution by lethal injection.
The 12th annual Coors Light WBBQ Lobster Races take place Friday around The Alley in downtown Aiken with heats in cold-water tanks on Newberry Street. The event includes rides, music by Eddie G, food, and a parade with a seafood themed costume contest for all ages benefiting a local cause.
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