Westinghouse weighs sale of Savannah River unit run by WSRC
The Pittsburgh based Westinghouse Electric Corporation now CBS Corp plans to sell its remaining industrial units including Energy Systems at Columbia uranium plant and Government Operations at Savannah River Site. Deadlines passed for bids with few names released and no foreign buyer confirmed.
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Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Westing‘house Electric Corporation
CBS Corp
Siemens AG
Germany
Westinghouse
Energy Systems
Columbia
Savannah River
Deadine
Pittsburgh
Jack Herrmann
WSRC
Obituary Notices: Crosby Harris Matthews and Aiken
Death notices list Robert Edward Crosby Ruffin Ronnie Harris and Bath Cora Lee Matthews in page 2B obituaries. The brief records honor their lives with dates and affiliations as published by the newspaper.
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Robert Edward Crosby
Ruffin
Ronnie Harris
Bath
Cora Lee Matthews
Aiken
Georgia Lottery Thursday Winning Numbers Report
Georgia lottery results for Thursday show Ash 3 Adda 9 0 0 Cash 3 Evening 73 8, Cash 62323, Fantasy 8 27 18 17 91.
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Ash
Aiken Coroner Defends Painted Crosses At Fatal Crashes
Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend defends painting crosses at road crash scenes to mark fatalities. She says coroners have the right to mark crime scenes and that the crosses alert motorists, while critics call the symbol religious. Townsend notes no local complaints despite scrutiny and plans to continue.
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Aiken
Sue ‘Townsend
Cities and Government
Florida
Lee Deitz
South Carolina
Secular Humanists
Scott Webster
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Three Die In Beech Island Truck Crash On SC 125
A four door Chevrolet Monte Carlo collided with an 18 wheeler at the SC 125 Sheridan Ave intersection. Three men, Matthew Flowers 26 Marcus Flowers 24 both of Augusta and Mark Strodridge ? Hephzibah Ga were killed. Robert Rosier 23 of Augusta was critically injured and hospitalized. The wreck involved a third vehicle that veered off to avoid the crash.
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Beech Island
S.C. 125
Sheridan Avenue
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Jackson
Matthew Frederick Flowers
North View Avenue
Augusta
Marcus Jerome Flowers
Mark Anthony Strodridge
Castletown Drive
Hephzibah
Robert Rosier
Medical College of Georgia
Donald
Three Die In Beech Island Car Truck Crash At 10:50 PM
A Beech Island collision at 10:50 p.m. on Sheridan Avenue left three dead and one seriously injured. Victims include Matthew Flowers, Marcus Flowers, and Mark Strodridge, with Robert Rosier severely hurt. Carol Brooks, driver of the tractor-trailer from New London, Wis., was uninjured. The Monte Carlo crash remains under investigation by the Highway Patrol, including autopsy to check for alcohol. This adds to 24 highway fatalities in Aiken County for the year, matching 1997 totals through May.
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Patrick Taylor
Hephzibah
Kimberly Clark
Wisconsin
Carol Brooks
New London
Wis
Highway Patrol
Monte Carlo
Aiken County
Aiken Retirees Spotlighted by Howells Work
California author John Howells surveys Aiken for retirement fit as he and his wife plan future moves. He praises the area as a quality, diverse community near Augusta, noting personal visits and conversations shaped by feedback from local Chamber figures. The Fall 1998 Consumer Digest feature will include Aiken.
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John Howells
South
Consumer Digest
Aiken
Howells
House Senate clash over school class size drive
The House and Senate fight over education initiative funding with a $40 million price tag. The House would fund 81 underperforming elementary schools to trim classes, while the Senate and Education Superintendent Barbara Nielsen demand universal reductions, targeting 15 students per teacher in grades 1-3 and arguing the House plan is insufficient.
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Columbia
House
Senate
Barbara Nielsen
South Carolina
Nielsen
Education Department
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