Aiken weighs sign ordinance drastic curb on displays
The Aiken Planning Commission will consider a proposal Tuesday to require ground level signs and reduce sign sizes from 100 to 40 square feet and heights from 50 to eight feet with a 15 foot limit for certain pole signs. Shopping centers would face a 140 square foot max. Existing businesses get 10 years to conform. Ed Evans cites safety and appearance. Lynn Zody argues it will drive business away.
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Ed) Evans
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Cease Fire Reached In Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina signed a nationwide cease-fire to begin at noon Sunday and to demilitarize Srebrenica and Zepa. U.N. peacekeepers to receive weapons in eastern towns by deadlines. Ratko Mladic and Gen Sefer Halilovic signed the accord with Gen Philippe Morillon as witness.
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Panel Dims Hopes For New SRS Jobs
An independent panel questions moving 200 Ohio Mound plant jobs to South Carolina's Savannah River Site amid broader cuts. The review cites unresolved issues and incomplete cost estimates as DOE plans to close Mound and shift recycling operations to SRS face scrutiny.
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Energy
Hazel O'Leary
Village to bring a village atmosphere to Aiken downtown
The Downtown Aiken Development Corporation finalized a streetscape plan to create a pedestrian friendly downtown with parkways brick intersections lowered lights and new lighting modeled on Park Avenue posts. Richland Avenue between Pendleton and Newberry will gain a parkway and traffic signals move to poles over lanes.
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Contact names and numbers listed to share news tips
Readers are invited to call BA8-2311 with news tips. Names Leonard Carter Mary Ella Long Eunice Doster Geneva McGee Catherine Bush Ramsey Janice Gunter Storey Lee Page 4A details follow.
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Augusta
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Arkenites Plan Special Mother's Day Activities
Local residents share plans for honoring mothers ahead of Mother's Day. Robin Glenn will visit her mother in Orangeburg, bake an unusual dish, and gift a poem titled loveprint. David Towles plans a Charleston visit with garden freshness for his mother. Helen Adams calls her mother her best friend and a central figure in her life.
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers
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