09 May 2002
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 2002
Page
1
University of South Carolina coach Lou Holtz will speak to the Aiken County Gamecock Club Friday at 6 p.m. in the USC Aiken gymnasium. Tickets are not sold at the door.
The Citadel prepares for a historic graduation as seven women, including the first black female cadets, receive diplomas this Saturday. Jamey McCloud of Wadmalaw Island credits Shannon Faulkner for opening the doors to women at the state military college.
Herbert Cooley Trenton Linda Herlong Holley Siken Wille Bee Moore Edward Endon Plat it Green Cove Springs obituary notices list several local deaths with brief mentions of names and locations in Florida.
Edward E. Platt Ill, 71, of Green Cove Springs Florida, visiting sister Julianne Gilstrap and her son Lynn in Aiken, dies after a fire at 121 Riviera Road. Neighbors reported the 6 a.m. blaze originating near a grill on a wooden deck.
In Columbia the House rejected a last chance tobacco tax increase aimed at funding Medicaid without cutting school or agency spending. The 55 to 50 vote tabled the measure, likely ending its chance to reappear in the budget taking effect July 1 as the House addressed the Senate’s $5.6 billion state budget.
Bethlehem in the West Bank sees another breakdown in efforts to end a five week standoff at the Church of the Nativity. Negotiators blame each side for refusing to implement terms and sending a European monitor, while Jordan reportedly rejected taking displaced Palestinians. The siege began April 2, 2008, and the crisis remains unresolved.
Washington Nevada faces dwindling hopes to block the Yucca Mountain project as the House approves Bush plan by about three to one. Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn vows continued battles in Senate and courts, while Senate must decide by July on overriding a Nevada veto after a 306 117 House vote.
In North Augusta the Aiken County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Council marked the first National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy with a luncheon. Betty Ryberg warned that inaction could yield over one pregnancy daily, a new school yearly, and doubled childcare centers if left unre strained.
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