Lightning sparked fire at Apache Products plant
About 1,500 residents evacuated after a lightning strike ignited a blaze at the Apache Products Company destroying a stockpile of industrial chemicals. Firefighters faced smoke issues while 52 workers were employed at the styrofoam plant. EPA and state officials monitored air and water contamination.
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Anderson
Apache Products Company
Thom Berry
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Dillon Infant Fatally Hurt In Auto Accident
A 16 month old boy, Kendrick L. Purnell of Hamer, died after being struck by a car on secondary 23 north of Dillon about 11 a.m. Saturday. The incident was the state highway patrols only fatal accident reported this holiday weekend.
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Columbia
State Highway Patrol
Kendrick L. Purnell
Hamer
Dillon
Mistrial Declared In Biker Lawsuit Against Police
A mistrial was declared after a deadlocked jury in Spartanburg on whether police violated the rights of motorcyclists at a 1994 fundraiser. U.S. District Judge G Ross Anderson set a June 10 retrial as jurors disagreed over police videotaping and searches amid fears of gang violence.
Deaths: Buford Gibson Bishop Jr and Josie Mae Smith Goodwin
Obituary notices list Buford Gibson Bishop Jr of Beech Island and Josie Mae Smith Goodwin of Silver Spring Md. Page 6A memorials note their passing with biographical details and service information.
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Buford Gibson Bishop Jr
Beech Island
Josie Mae Smith Goodwin
Silver Springs
Georgia Lottery Winning Numbers Update
Georgia Lottery draws list Saturday results across games. Fas h 3 0 8 4 appears alongside Lotto numbers 2 4 22 30 36 45 and Powerball 9 21 39 44 48 with Powerball 37 noted.
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Fash
Georgia Lotto
Memorial Day story of a missing Korean War soldier
Jack Adkison recalls his brother Harold F. Adkison missing in action in Korea since 1951. He has heard conflicting reports on his fate and compiles information from veterans in four notebooks to seek closure. He travels to talk with servicemen and plans to continue until answers arrive.
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Bizerte
Cumgol
Dacca
Jack Adkison
Korea
Harold F. Adkison
Dumgol
North Korea
Adkison
New Mexico
5.S. Spooner
Buck wins Hofmann Piano Prize at USC Aiken
Eileen Bucks rendition of Mozart Piano Concerto in A major earned first place in the Josef Hofmann Regional Piano Competition at USC Aiken. Buck, a San Francisco native now at City University of New York, receives 2000 dollars and a February engagement with Etherredge Center Orchestra. Judges B unan imously select Buck over Aya Hamada Wen Zeng and Keith Chambers.
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Bill Bengtson
Eileen Buck
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Josef Hofmann
USC Aiken
Buck
San Francisco
The
City University of New York
Etherredge Center Orchestra
Miss Buck
Aya Hamada
Wen Zeng
Keith Chambers
Eugene Barban
Tap Cap Up For Review
City council will consider first reading Monday night a proposal by Finance Director Anita Lilly to cap sewer fees at 37.94 dollars to ease charges for customers and reduce calls to the public utilities department. The cap targets 2,400 cubic feet and aims for fairness amid high peak month usage. The budget plan also calls for a 6.1 percent spending rise for Fiscal 1997, totaling about 32 million in operating expenses and capital improvements with investments to diversify the economy and offset Savannah River Site cutbacks.
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Chasiti Kirkland
Anita Lilly
Thompson
Savannah River
Bad Start But A Good Finish For Heritage Day Celebrants
Beech Island heritage day celebrates tenth annual reenactments at Redcliffe Plantation despite an opening thunderstorm. Mud, gnats and damp air challenged attendees in wool uniforms and hoop skirts, but by noon a cooling breeze cleared the weather and the event recovered.
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Nina J. Nndiffer
Beech Island
Redcliffe Plantation
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Lynn Thompson
Mike Hitchler
Strom Thurmond
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