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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1993
Page
4
Gov. Carrell Campbell recounted a twin engine plane emergency in Knoxville Tennessee where an engine failed. He described praying during the landing and expressing thanks afterward. He spoke at a state Republican convention after addressing a Louisville think-tank meeting.
A Murrells Inlet jury cleared 23 year police force veteran Player of a driving under influence charge after a 10 minute deliberation. The chief rose to captain before a 1991 wreck and DUI turmoil. The Sun reported the verdict and apology to Myrtle Beach.
Fourteen locals were arrested in Darlington County for a scam to obtain over 46000 in illegal state tax refunds. Matthew Whitley faced 36 counts including forgery and conspiracy while Herbert Benjamin was charged with 26 counts. The scheme used real names and SSNs with altered W-2s to claim federal refunds, then split funds. Police, tax agents, and deputies conducted the arrests at the Darlington County Detention Center with bond set at 50000 for Whitley and 20000 for Benjamin.
Union Camp Corp. Friday said it no longer was interested in purchasing the W.R. Mayes and Son Farm held by Bill Mayes Jr. The deal would have affected eight families who were promised lifetime residence rent free by Mayes's late father. Union Camp cited unsettled details and tenant impact as factors in backing away. an attorney noted several parties showed interest in the land.
Magna International plans an auto body assembly factory on 90 acres near BMW in Greenville South Carolina potentially creating up to 400 local jobs. Construction could start after a BMW supply contract is finalized. 72 million investment expected to boost local tax revenue and funds for county schools library museum. 90 percent of workers to be hired locally with payroll rising to 200 300 or 400 positions.
Funeral services for Leonard Shorty Carter 73 of Langley at Sunset Memory Gardens with burial there, plus Geneva Pilot McGee 82 of Ridge Spring at Cumbee Palmer Funeral Home and Mary Ella Long Coats 89 of RuuAsiA at Pine Hill Baptist Church Johnston. Memorials to Bath United Methodist Church. Funeral homes Butler and Sons Saluda and Hatcher Langley in charge.
Catherine Bush Ransey longtime nurse director for South Carolina Health Department died Saturday residing Beech Island. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. Hammond Cemetery officiated by Rev John W Oliver with burial at Lakeland Memorial Park in Monroe. Memorials to American Heart Association. Survivors include two nieces and other relatives. Friends may visit Stephen D Posey Funeral Home North Augusta.
Orangeburg County Council member Danny Covington proposes merging four western districts to form a single district with shared tax revenues from a new $450 million South Carolina Electric & Gas plant in Cope. Opponents warn the plan would create racial imbalances and shift funds to a newly created district, disadvantaging rural schools.
Leonard Shorty Carter Sr aged, husband of Betty Ort Carter, entered into rest May 7 1995 in Maine. Additional survivors include two grandsons Michael Dance Hubbard and Jonathan David Hubbard. Graveside services are set for Sunday at 1 p.m. in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev Ben Barnett officiating.
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