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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 2008
Page
1
An American tourist was hit by a train at a Rome station after walking on the tracks in a daze following reports of being drugged and robbed. Railway police provided the account on Monday.
Obituary note lists V. O. Dick Snelgrove and Gilbert Herbert Herb Terry among recent deaths with funeral details. Names, dates, and service notes reflect a regional record of obituaries in the 6A section.
President Bush paid tribute to America’s fallen servicemembers at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend. He praised their courage and urged leaders to follow their example to preserve peace and freedom. He highlighted troops who died in Iraq, including Army Spc. Ronald Tucker and Navy SEALs Nathan Hardy and Michael Koch, and thanked their families amid a solemn, flag‑filled ceremony.
President Bush’s motorcade left the cemetery as cannons fired and gray smoke rose from tombstones. In the Oval Office he met five NCAA head football coaches who had just completed a seven day tour of military bases in the Middle East to boost troop morale. Coaches include Mark Richt, Randy Shannon, Jack Siedlecki, Tommy Tuberville, and Charlie Weis.
Innova tive Solutions, facing higher energy and fuel costs, shifts to a proactive schedule starting June 1. Owners Debbie Renew and Rae No guts, no glory say the change cuts expenses and eases staff burden while the full service printer reduces operations Fridays ending in reduced energy use and daycare savings.
A Beech Island resident Olvin Interiano, 27, died in an apparent drowning near Clarks Hill in the West Dam area of Thurmond Lake around Memorial Day noon. Coroner Vernon W. Collins said the body will be autopsied in Richmond County Georgia. several swimmers attempted a rescue but could not reach him in time. This marks the second Aiken County drowning this month, with a May 3 Lake Murray incident claiming 29 year old Nicholas Moore. Public safety officials warn as summer arrives and note DNR and state patrol intensify road and waterway enforcement during the holiday period.
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