Early-morning blaze at Clearwater Finishing Plant controlled
A small fire at the former Clearwater Finishing Plant on Clearwater Belvedere Road started around 8:45 am and was under control within an hour. Capt. Lamb said no chemicals remain in the plant and no firefighters were injured. crews faced acetylene torch use by a work crew and ongoing cleanup with investigation pending.
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Clearwater
Say
Capt. Richmond Amd
Clearwater Fire Department
Lamb
Capt. Lamb
Ricky Holley
Aiken County
Holley
Seminole Mill
Clearwater-Belvedere Road
Three Die In Flaming Aiken County Crash
The Aiken County coroner said three victims in a Saturday flaming automobile crash died on impact and did not suffer from smoke inhalation. autopsy found no signs of inhalation, indicating they were dead before the fire. The victims are Lillie Mae Butler 70 Toni Lewis 9 and Gary Cunningham 21, all involved in the wreck on S C 302 east of Aiken.
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Aiken
Sue Townsend
Lillie Mae Butler
Toni Lewis
Gary Cunningham
Obituary Notices: Cunningham Murphy Shumpert
Deaths listed include Gary J J Cunningham of Aiken Edith G Murphy of Jersey City NJ and Mary Ruth Shumpert of Pelion as obituary notices appear on page 3A with brief biographical details and locations.
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Gary
J.J) Cunningham
Aiken
Edith G. Murphy
Jersey City
Mary Ruth Shumpert
Pelion
Chamber group seeks $80 million for Savannah River Site budget
A two state Chamber delegation travels to Washington to persuade Congress to add at least $80 million to the Savannah River Site budget. They aim to stabilize the workforce and keep the chemical separations plants operable, meeting Thurmond and DOE officials including Secretary Pena to gain support for Fort Gordon Eisenhower Medical Center and the Army Signal Center.
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Washington
Congress
Savannah River
Ticular Project
Doug Henderson
Aiken
N A settles suit over video poker in North Augusta
North Augusta City Council approves a resolution to enter a consent agreement with video poker operators allowing temporary electronic gambling for about 18 months. The deal ends the lawsuit over machine locations and permits pre July 1 1995 machines to operate as nonconforming until Jan 1 1999, then cease except in C-5 zones.
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North Augusta
Costa Pleiones
Lark Jones
Jimmy Martin
Bo Glover
Connell’s Amusement Co
Council votes to hold line on taxes in budget
The Aiken City Council backed no tax increase for the coming year, retaining the 79 mill rate and offsetting a $150,000 proposed rise with budget adjustments. They also proposed limited budget items and kept a 2 percent cost of living plus 2 percent merit raise for staff, with a 10 percent City Council salary increase tied to insurance costs.
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Aiken
SRS
Fred Cavanaugh
City of Aiken
Steve Thompson
Thompson
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Panany
DOE
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Georgia
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Federico Pena
N.A
General Assembly
Council
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