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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 2001
Page
1
Judy McCormick and Faye Barron describe cancer tragedy and triumph as they join the American Cancer Society Relay for Life at Hagood Stadium Aiken High School tonight.
In Denver and nationwide, thousands await disclosure of FBI documents wrongly withheld from Timothy McVeighs trial, potentially delaying his execution. In Lexington Kentucky, over 1000 farm managers breeders and veterans hear concrete reasons for foal deaths and mare fetal losses on central Kentucky horse farms.
Obituary notices list JC Corbitt Sr of Orangeburg Thomas E Davis Swansea Katie Johnson Jackson Nicole Mile Salley and Myra E Moris Windsor among those remembered in 5A notices, with brief memorial expressions and survivors noted by local newspaper.
A Graniteville man Andrew Buck Taylor, 48, died Thursday when his 2000 Ford Mustang was struck at the Aiken Road and US 1 intersection by a 1985 Freightliner logging truck. Cecil Brown, 61, of Neeses faces pending charges as autopsy set for today in Newberry.
Washington a fractured Congress approved a final budget for next year that promises deep tax cuts and bridged spending awarding a victory to President Bush though there were signs the road to achieving those goals may be bumpy. Included in the budget was additional funding for cleanup at sites that produced nuclear is during the Cold War. The initial Bush budget would have resulted in a cut in the budget at the Savannah River Site of over 156 million. Sen Strom Thurmond and Rep Lindsey Graham have fought to restore funding for SRS programs. With centrist Democrats providing pivotal support, the Senate cleared a 91.90 million budget on a near party line vote. Defections by Republican Sens James Jeffords and Lincoln Chafee were outweighed by five Democrats who backed the GOP plan.
Local businessman couple the R Dale Phelans donate to the Aiken Community Playhouse relocation campaign. The auditorium will bear the Phelans name as funds push the drive past the 1 million mark toward the 1.6 million goal. The couple praised the theatre for boosting Aiken’s cultural resources.
York County judge set bail at 100000 for Arthur Messersmith, charged in the 1969 killing of a black woman during York riots, but suspended it after another inmate testified Messersmith discussed fleeing to Mexico. Messersmith remained in York County Prison as the court reviews his background and mental status amid ongoing defense and prosecution discussions.
Mary Howell Snelling, 69, received a degree after a long wait at the University of South Carolina Aiken Student Activities Center. Honorary degree recipient Ambrose Schwalbe urged resilience and community care as graduates including William Harbert and Timothy Sutherland, both summa cum laude, celebrated with families from across the country.
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