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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1997

Page

3

Airport proposal goes viral on arrival in St Louis

Charles Smoak plans a public airport proposal for Beth, enlisting 200 strangers aboard a plane. Passengers hand out roses as Beth arrives in the Southwest terminal and realizes the plan. The couple, to wed today in Aiken, anticipated a taped keepsake from a fellow flyer.

Charles St. Louis Beth Tran America Beth Smoak Aiken

Regional landfill authority breaks ground across eight counties

The Three Rivers regional landfill authority, spanning Allendale Bamberg Calhoun Edgefield McCormick Orangeburg Saluda and Aiken, held a ground breaking with officials including David K Summers and former Gov Robert E McNair. SRS will lease land to the authority for waste disposal and transportation plans remain to be decided.

Allendale Bamberg Barnwell Calhoun Edgefield McCormick Orangeburg Saluda Aiken Authority Board David K. Summers Calhoun County Representa Tives Robert E. McNair Charleston Authority SRS Mario P. Fiori McNair Three Rivers Tommy Moore Clearwater Charles Sharpe Wagoner Summers

Higher ed director ends decade at helm

Fred Sheheen leaves after ten years as head of South Carolina’s Higher Education Commission. He notes a passive turn as government restructuring in 1994 targeted leadership change. He sought USC and resigned May 1, amid a job search that brought Charles Rayburn Barton to the top post.

Columbia South Carolina Higher Education Commission Fred Sheheen Sheheen Eddie Floyd University of South Carolina John Palms Commission Charles Rayburn Barton

Westinghouse Loses Bid Over Tax Reimbursements in Aiken Case

Westinghouse argued the contract allowed income tax and Social Security reimbursements for employee moves. Aiken trial heard that the contract omitted the words income tax by error, but officials testified it did not create a silent deviation. Judge Harkins upheld that without a formal deviation, reimbursements failed under federal and energy department rules.

Mario Fiori DOE SRS Energy Department Westinghouse Poirer Harkins Federal and Energy Department

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