Hospital Angioplasty Bill Clears Both Houses Quickly
Aiken Regional Medical Centers may perform angioplasty under a shared provision after a swift legislative path. An amendment allowing Piedmont Hospital in Rock Hill faced a tight vote in the House but passed, with Providence Hospital objecting to Piedmont's inclusion before final Senate concurrence.
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Utilities For RSR Reviewed
Aiken City Council met with RSR Corporation officials to discuss utility service for a proposed 60 million dollar battery recycling plant near Montmorenci. No action was taken after an executive session while RSA Corporation plans the 1000 acre site between South Carolina routes 78 and 302. RSR recycles lead acids and operates plants in several states.
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Sheriff Objects To Budget Dispute In Aiken County
Aiken County Sheriff Howard Sellers criticizes budget sniping and trivia focusing on the process. He spoke after alleging County Administrator William Shepherd distorted the sheriff’s budget proposals and that the council yields excessive power. He seeks funding to better meet community policing needs.
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Hollings Took Five Paid Trips Amid Gift Ban Debate
U.S. Sen. Fritz Hollings D SC and his wife took five paid trips last year as disclosures show. Destinations included Phoenix Anchorage and Hilton Head with purposes ranging from charity tennis to fisheries hearings. Fellow Senator Strom Thurmond R SC supported the ban while his children received cash gifts.
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Dispute Not First For Aiken County Sheriff Office
Aiken County Sheriff Howard Sellers clashed with County Administrator William M. Shepherd and council over budget funding, drawing shock from three council members. The article notes past friction, recalling 1990-91 disputes over overtime pay and budget overruns involving Sheriff Heath, Administrator Barnes, and the council.
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Howard Sellers
Aiken County
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William M. Shepherd
Shepherd
Carrol G. Heath
W. Scott Barnes
Sheriff Budget Hearing Sparks County Council Tension
Acting County Council Chairman Ronnie Young and members LaVana McKenzie and Eddie Butler voiced shock and dismay at Sheriff Sellers press conference. They criticized rushing the multi million dollar budget justification before the budget process. Sheriff Sellers defended himself saying the process was working as last year and he was given ten minutes to present.
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LaVana McKenzie
Eddie Butler
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Window Into AIDS Awareness From Aiken
In March 1988 Aiken County recorded 11 AIDS cases and by March 1994 state reports rose to over 100. The Aiken Standard begins a five part series May 25 by Shannon Baynham to explore behind the statistics, community impact, laws, medical services, and steps for those infected.
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Hospital Releases Jackie Onassis After Home Return
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 61, with non Hodgkin's lymphoma, was discharged from New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center to go home after serious cancer complications. Sen Edward Kennedy and other family members gathered at her Fifth Avenue apartment as nurses and visitors arrived, including John Kennedy Jr and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Maria Shriver, and Lee Radziwill.
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