Million Pager Users Hit By Galaxy 4 Outage
LOS ANGELES millions of pagers that keep loved ones and colleagues in touch stopped working nationwide when the Galaxy 4 satellite failed. PanAmSat reported loss of satellite control and orientation, with 80 to 90 percent of US pagers affected and service expected down until at least this morning. ground-based connections spared some users.
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Los Angeles
Dan Marcus
PanAmSat
Marcus
Scott Barndell
PageNet
John D. Beletic
PageMart Wireless Inc
Barndell
Death notices for Brian Watson and Jeremy Whitaker
On page 2B Belvedere and Aiken publish death notices for Brian Watson and Jeremy Whitaker. The brief items confirm the passing and note forthcoming funeral arrangements and memorial details.
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Brian Watson
Belvedere
Jeremy Whitaker May
Aiken
Georgia Lottery The Big Game Draw Big Money Ball
The Big Game drawing in Georgia lists numbers 12 21 31 47 50 with the Big Money Ball 2. No additional context or outcomes provided.
Aiken Braces for Hot Weather as Bermuda High Strengthens
Meteorologist Chuck Hunter notes early summer heat arriving in Aiken with highs in the 90s this week. Expect scattered afternoon storms as a subtropical Bermuda High flexes its muscles. A cooler spell is forecast next week bringing temperatures back below 90.
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Chuck Hunter
Savannah River Site Weather Center
Aiken
Hunter
Sheriff Moves to Limit Calls Despite Budget Beat
Sheriff Howard Sellers told Aiken County Council that budget restraints will change how his office handles calls. He said some reports will be by phone or mail, and uniformed officers may be dispatched only when a need exists. Calls have more than doubled in a year as the Fiscal 1999 budget faces a red start.
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Howard Sellers
Aiken County
Sellers
Aiken County Awards Jail Contract To M B Kahn Co
The Aiken County Council on Tuesday night voted to award M B Kahn Construction Co. the contract for planning design and construction of a new detention center. The unanimous decision marks start of the project with completion possibly by the end of 2000 or a few months later. Final cost figures were not provided, but are expected to exceed.
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Aiken
M.B. Kahn Construction Co
Teen dies in Edgefield wreck near Martintown Road
An 18 year old Aiken resident, Jeremy May, died in a single vehicle crash on S C 230 near Edgefield at about 5 a m. His 21 year old Warrenville passenger, Bradley Bush, was listed in critical condition at Medical College of Georgia. May attended Aiken Technical College and was a 1997 graduate of South Aiken High School.
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Aiken
Jeremy May
Edgefield
Warrenville
Bradley Bush
Medical College of Georgia
Bush
Edgefield County
Thurmond Burnett
Burnett
May
South Aiken High School
Pheasant Run
Aiken Technical College
Cecil
Mary Ann Whitaker May
Michael
Simmons
S.C. 230
Martintown Road
Mark Gosnell
S.C
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