Transplant Patients Leave Augusta Hospital After 16 Day Stay
Two heart transplant patients, James Stephens Jr. and Kenneth Burke, left University Hospital in Augusta after a 16 day stay. Stephens, 47, received a donor heart on May 5 following multiple prior heart events. Burke, 38, underwent a piggyback transplant with his heart kept beating alongside the new organ.
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Augusta
James Stephens Jr
Beech Island
Kenneth Burke
Tifton Ga
University Hospital
Stephens
Burke
Lionel Zumbro
Air Force C141s On Maneuvers Over Aiken County
FAA spokesman at Bush Field says large Air Force C141s flying between Charleston AFB and Bush Field were seen at about 3000 feet. The jets, second largest after the jumbo, appeared to hover near tree tops over Windsor Wagener and Laurens Street in Aiken. Flights are not routine but not extremely unusual.
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Aiken County
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Bush Field
Augusta
Air Force
Charleston Air Force Base
Windsor
Wagener
Laurens Street
Aiken
Harriett Heath Works Freely Without Pay in Sheriff Office
Harriet Heath, wife of Aiken County Sheriff Carrol Heath, keeps an unpaid daily vigil in the sheriff’s office. She handles calls and meets visitors when he is busy, explaining she joined to be with him after raising ten children. Her family supported his 1980 campaign and he won a close rematch four years later.
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Fran Chapman
Harriet Heath
Mrs. Heath
Aiken County
Carrol Heath
Florida
City of
Sheriff Heath
Partly Sunny Warm Return To Aiken
It will be partly sunny and warm tomorrow in Aiken with highs near 90 and southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight is partly cloudy with a 20 percent shower chance and lows in the mid 60s. A 20 percent shower chance returns late tomorrow afternoon ahead of the warm day.
Aiken Rotarian Seeks Child Manners Insight
Randy Davidson told fellow club members that modern children's manners reflect many woodsheds becoming garages. He attributed the shift to changes in upbringing and discipline practices during the 1980s era.
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Aiken
Randy Davidson
Davidson
Taste Test Panel Reviews Coin With Several Judges
John Hunter leads a coin tasting panel to rate a specimen while Gloria Altman Sylvia Kennerly Michelle Bradford and Allen E Bayles observe and judge the evaluation process during a tasting session.
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John Hunter
Gloria Altman
Sylvia Kennerly
Michelle Bradford
Allen E. Bayles
Aiken Banks Trim Prime Rate After Fed Move
Aiken banks reduced their prime rate to 10 percent following the Federal Reserve Board action lowering rates by a half point to 7.5 percent. Citizens and Southern National Bank and Bankers Trust in Aiken moved to 10 percent, with officials noting potential further cuts and faster reactions than savings and loans.
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Paula B. Daniel
Aiken
Federal Reserve Board
Citizens and Southern National Bank
Charles H. Hughes
New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Citibank
Fed
Bankers Trust
Tommy B. Wessinger
South Carolina National Bank
John L. Cagle
Aiken Bank
SCN
S&ls
Palmetto Federal
Richard Garcia
Palmetto
Garcia
Savings and Loans
Security Federal of
Michael Hosang
Security
Hosang
Federal Reserve
Delegation Holds Off on Secession Decision
The Aiken County Legislative Delegation told CPA II no secession decision will be made until the domino effect is explored. CPA II presented a budget cutting district estimates by 400000, claiming no tax increase for the remainder if Area Two secedes, while lawmakers seek broader impact data.
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Mary Anne Browder
Columbia
Aiken County
Area Two
CPA II
Paul Hyer
Trict
Nikki G. Setzler
D-West Columbia
Thomas L. Moore
D-Clearwater
Coke takes brink of test as new formula stirs mix
In a taste test of five Ai ken residents, new Coke ties or trails across four drinks, with 55 percent preferring the new formula over old and 52 percent over Pepsi. Fortune notes Pepsi led supermarkets by two points, about $80 million, while Coke posted $7.4 billion in last year sales and spent $4 million on the test.
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Paula B. Daniel
Coke
Aiken
Pepsi
Fortune Magazine
Coca-Cola Co
Gloria Altman
Sylvia Kennerly
The
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
Shasta
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Sheriff's Department
Kennerly
Altman
Bradford
Bayles
Aiken Sesquicentennial
USC Aiken
Clemson Extension Service
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