Two Marines Die in Collision During Large War Games
CAMP LEJEUNE N C AP two Marine Corps helicopters carrying 16 people collided early today in the largest U S British war games in decades. At least two Marines were killed and at least two survived with the fate of the others unclear. Maj Steve Little said two survivors are confirmed and fatalities exist but gave no total. Injured were taken to Camp Lejeune hospital with no condition details available.
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Wholesale Prices Rise 0.4 Percent in April
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent April rise in the Producer Price Index, offset by a food cost drop and led by a 6.1 percent surge in gasoline. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, rose 0.1 percent. Markets remain jittery amid energy and food price pressures and faster growth signals.
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Washington
Labor Department
Obituary Notices Include James Clark Jordan Medlock and Williamson
Obituary notices on Page 2B list deaths of James Jock Clark Johnston Clarence L Jordan Warrenville James Medlock Washington DC James M Williamson Burnettown with brief confirming details of passing.
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James
Jock) Clark
Johnston
Clarence L Jordan
Warrenville
James Medlock
Washington, DC
James M. Williamson
Burnettown
Georgia Lottery Fantasy 5 Winning Numbers Revealed
Thursday drawing in Georgia shows Fantasy 5 numbers 13 17 19 20 28. No further prizes announced.
City earns seventh Municipal Achievement Award in aiken
The City of Aiken wins the Municipal Achievement Award for the seventh straight year in its size category. City officials credit the award to public safety outreach programs such as MOMS and COPS plus the PACT team, which reduced infant mortality from 12.1 to 7.2 per thousand births. Mayor pro tem Karen Papouchado and Capt. Tom Galardi note community collaboration and officer dedication.
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Chasiti Kirkland
Aiken
Karen Papouchado
Papouchado
Tom Galardi
S.L. Spooner
J. Carrol Busbee
PACT
Wendell Edwards
Meyers
Karl Odenthal
John Edwa
Kirk Owens
Construction Workers Get Job Cut Reprieve
The moratorium on layoffs through 1996 at the Savannah River Site has been extended to construction workers. SRS trades, including electrical and carpentry, face no immediate layoffs this summer, with up to 400 craft workers protected and an analysis of long term needs underway.
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Roddie Burris
Savannaher
Chuck Bill
Painter and Allied
New Ellenton
SRS
Department of Energy
DOE
Westinghouse
Bechtel Savannah River Inc
Wackenbut
Lef
Tim Yarbrough
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Augusta
Lawmakers weigh voters deciding 6 percent sales tax swap
Negotiators near a plan to ask voters to raise the sales tax from 5 to 6 percent on most items in exchange for abolishing residential property taxes. The proposal would require a supermajority for tax increases and could be advisory or binding depending on the chamber, with Gov. Beasley undecided and local tax limits proposed.
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Senate
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
David Beasley
Doug Smith
Spartanburg
McConnell
Beasley
House-Senate
Mead Hall Students Witness Clinton Ste phanopoulis Meeting at White House
Thirty three Mead Hall sixth to eighth graders joined President Clinton and Greek President Constantine Stephenopoulis on the White House lawn for a 21 gun salute during a week in Washington. They viewed the ceremony from front row near the rope line and later met the first lady. The trip included a Senate dinner with Senator Strom Thurmond and a performance of Shear Madness.
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Constantine Stephanopoulis
Greece
White House
Mead Hall
Washington
Conni Mixon
Mixon
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