Leatherman aims to speed budget to Hodges by June 7
Senate Republican leader Hugh Leatherman plans to finish the state budget by June 7, delivering it to Governor Jim Hodges earlier than in recent years. Leatherman, Florence, chairs the Finance Committee and emphasizes timely action as the legislature ends its regular session.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
Senate
Hugh Leatherman
Senate Majority
Finance Committee
Leatherman
R-Florence
Obituary notices list regional names and towns
Death notices for Melvin Thomas North Augusta Rufus Jones Jr Jersey Cry NJ Chris Day Walterboro Frances W Chadwick St Cloud Fra Robert D McCrosky Falls Church Va Mary D Jackson Saley Dr Charles Whitaker Aiken Ashley M Johnson Aiken Vernon Mayes published on page 5A reflect local obituaries listing multiple individuals and origins.
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Melvin Thomas
North Augusta
Rufus Jones Jr
Jersey Cry
Chris Day
Walterboro
Frances W. Chadwick
St. Cloud
Fra
Robert D. McCrosky
Falls Church
Mary D. Jackson
Saley
Charles 8. Whitaker
Aiken
Ashley M. Johnson
Vernon Mayes
Bridgestone Firestone to Stop Selling Tires to Ford
Bridgestone Firestone announced it will cease tire sales to Ford, ending a 95 year relationship tied to the Firestone recall crisis. CEO John Lampe cited eroded trust and diverging analyses with Ford, following talks at the Nashville headquarters. BFSC officials expect replacement business at the Aiken plant.
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Bridgestone
Firestone Inc
Ford
Firestone
Lons
Firestones
Snaneu
John Lampe
Ford Motor Co
Jacques Nasser
Lampe
Nashville
South Carolina
Aiken
BFSC
Mary McLaughlin
Thurmond pushes study on nuclear sites for commercial power
Sen. Strom Thurmond introduces a bill directing the Department of Energy to study using federal nuclear reservations for civilian electric power with a 90 day report to Vice President Cheney. Savannah River Site highlighted as a potential major contributor to grid power.
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Sen
Strom Thurmond
R.S.C
Department of Energy
Thurmond
Secretary of Energy
Spencer Abraham
Dick Cheney
Savannah River
United States
Cheney
Autopsy finds severed neck artery in teen death
Aiken teenager Ashley Marie Johnson, 17, of Vaucluse Road, died from a severed neck artery after stab and cut wounds. Jason Charles Sheahan, 19, of Dougherty Road, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. Johnson was found in the Dougherty Road home as deputies arrived at 2 15 p.m. Saturday.
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Aiken
Ashley Marie Johnson
Vaucluse Road
Aiken County
Tim Carlton
Carlton
Jason Charles Sheahan
Dougherty Road
Johnson
A. Michael Frank
Sheriff's Office
Aiken County Detention Center
Court upholds shield for Aiken Public Safety in truck collision
The South Carolina Court of Appeals affirms a circuit ruling that Aiken Department of Public Safety bears no blame for a September 1996 accident that injured 15 year old Lora Cunningham at Helping Hands. The court orders Helping Hands to defend itself at trial on negligence.
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Aiken Public Safety
State Court of Appeals
Aiken Departent of Public Safety
Helping Hands
Henry Floyd
Lora Cunningham
Brother remembered after WWI loss at Camp Wadsworth
Bath Glendora Hamlet recalls her elder brother Cpl. John Pullen Cobb who served in the US Pioneer Infantry during World War I. He fell ill with a severe flu while stationed at Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg and died as the war pressed on.
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Bath — Glendora Hamlet
John
Cpl
John Pullen Cobb
Happy Hill
Warrenville
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
US Pioneer Infantry
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
Armed Services
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Sarah
London Ward
Sibin
Hopelands Gardens
Aiken Civic Ballet Company
Gram
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Bush Administration
Carl Langley
Sandy Nesmith
Newberry Festival
Union Street
Park Avenue
Veterans Memorial Park
Gabriel Princips
Sarajevo
Serbia
Austria-Hungary
Hamlet
Mandella Weathersbee
John Cobe
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