WGSG plan advances new Westinghouse building in Aiken
The Aiken Corporation Executive Committee endorsed MOUs with the City of Aiken and Westinghouse to authorize signing of documents for a WGSG headquarters on land leased from the city. The city will own the land and the Aiken Community Playhouse side of the building. WGSG will lease from the corporation. The panel also weighing incentives to attract vacant commercial properties and possible city tax breaks as incentives.
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Aiken Community Playhouse
South Carolina Moves to Remove Confederate Flag
Lawmakers clear a House vote on a compromise to remove the Confederate flag from the State House dome and place a similar banner at a State House monument to Confederate soldiers. The bill faces Senate approval. Gov Hodges supports removal as protests from NAACP continue.
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Ove Land
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NAACP
James Gallman
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Aiken lawmaker criticizes flag vote outcome at Capitol
Rep. James Roland Smith and colleagues opposed the flag removal bill saying the 63 to 57 vote failed to resolve the dispute. Smith warns boycott will persist as conditions for replanting at the Capitol remain offensive to opponents.
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James Roland Smith
Langley
Smith
Bill Clyburn
D-Aiken
Charles Sharpe
R Wagener
Health of South Carolinians details infant mortality trends
The state report The Health of South Carolinians 2000 notes mixed outcomes for children in South Carolina. Infant mortality rose in 1997 and 1998 to 9.5 per 1000 live births, with 494 and 511 infant deaths. Neonatal mortality held at 6.7, while postneonatal deaths rose slightly to 2.8 per 1000.
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Ment of Health and Environmental Control
Horse trainer Buddy Raines dies at 89 in Aiken
Buddy Raines a longtime horseman with more than 70 years in the industry died Wednesday at Pepper Hill Nursing Center in Aiken at age 89. Fellow trainers mourn his generosity and knowledge with tributes from Mack Miller and Ron Stevens. Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist.
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Pepper Hill Nursing Center
Aiken
Mack Miller
Raines
Buddy
Ron Stevens
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