Burglar damages Graniteville home for valuables
A thief broke through a wall to steal a VCR a TV three beef steaks and a saw from a Graniteville residence between 8 15 a m and 2 p m Thursday. A sheriff s deputy reported the break in. Aiken man Jimmie Lee Baldwin 38 of 1354 Cabinet Drive was later arrested after a fight at a construction site on Thursday afternoon for assault and battery.
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Graniteville
Sheriff’s Department
Jimmie Lee Baldwin
Cabinet Drive
Aiken Public Safety Department
Baldwin
Ridge Spring and Edgefield Council Meetings Planned
Ridge Spring Town Council schedules a 7:30 p.m. meeting at town hall to discuss drainage problems and a HUD grant along with smoke alarm distribution to seniors. Edgefield Town Council meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building conference room to receive a status report from the downtown revitalization committee and to read and adopt changes to personnel policy.
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Edgefield
Ridge Spring Council
Ridge Spring
C. David Sawyer Jr
Bus Strikes 18-Year-Old Girl Near Allendale
A charter bus carrying 39 NJROTC cadets from Midland Valley High School struck Pearlie Mae Doe 18 as she rode a bicycle on S C 125 near Allendale. Doe died instantly. the bus was en route from Beaufort after viewing the Navy Blue Angels air show.
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Allendale
Njrotc
Midland Valley High School
Pearlie Mae Doe
A.W. Poston
Ms. Doe
S.C
Highway Patrol
Beaufort
Navy
Blue Angels Air Show
S.C. 125
Cmdr
Fred Burton
Naval Science
Midland Valley
Burton
Arts talk on community involvement at Aiken breakfast
Katie Gleichauf director of the Aiken County Arts Council will discuss The Arts are Everybody's Business at Tuesday's Aiken's Wakin breakfast at Hounds Lake Country Club. Sponsored by the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce the event begins at 7 19 a.m.
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Katie Gleichauf
Aiken County
Denver
Colo
United Press International
Washington, D.C
Colorado Senate
Denver University
Gleichaus
University of Colorado
Greater
United Way Workers Hit 1987 Pledges Milestone at Luncheon
United Way workers celebrated surpassing the 1987 goal with pledges totaling 1 195 304 dollars and a 13 6 percent rise over last year. The campaign chair called it the end of the drive and the beginning of expanded services, with 350 volunteers touring agencies to show fund usage.
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United Way
Houndslake Country Club
Steve Thompson
Thompson
Mike Williams
The
Ing
Larry Chandler
Aiken
South Side
Frank Thomas
Kevin Parker
West Side Bowery
Perry Smith To Be Retried In Lexington
Perry Smith’s second murder and assault retrial is tentatively scheduled for November 10 in Lexington. The case concerns the August 19, 1983 shotgun death of Johnston Postmaster Charles McGee and a shooting of postal worker Allen Thomas. The prior trial in McCormick ended in a mistrial after jurors could not reach a verdict.
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Eleventh Judicial
Donnie Myers
Smith
Gaston Fairy
Columbia
Lexington County
McCormick County
Sesson
Lexington
Bob The Cat Returns Home To Aiken After Wandering
Bob the cat, adopted in Chester and later living in Charleston, reappeared at the Aiken SPCA after six months away. A resident from Couchton area reported a gray, tattooed feline visiting her home, leading to the reunion with Dr. Mark Stamey and his sister in Aiken.
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Bob
SPCA
Chester
Mark Stamey
Charleston
Dr. Stamey
Aiken
Marie Renwick
Stamey
Couchton
Sandy Larsen
Edgefield votes test new single member districts
Edgefield conducts its first elections under single member districts for the school board and town council. Five of 21 school board candidates are black, while six of 14 town council hopefuls are black. District maps and safe seats questions shape close contests amid variable black majorities.
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Edgefield
Edgefield County School Board
Dorothy Owens
John R. Brighthorp
George Smith
Willie P. Lewis
Ernest Gordon
Gordon
Edgefield Town
Embre Scurry
Robert Thomas
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Florida
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Delaine Snipes
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Up Your Alley
Ms. Snipes
Bud Light
Durban Laird
Aiken Center
Savannah River Ecology Lab
Southern Bell
City of Aiken
USC Aiken
Kroger
Hitchcock Plaza
Ginny Southworth
Perry Smith
Myers
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Carol Woodward
Priscilla Boatright
U.S. Justice Department
Edgefield County
Sam Wooten
American Civil Liberties Union
Justice Department
Johnston
Lynda Lee
Mark Adams
Joseph McCain
Ward
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Sam) Griffin
Adams
McCain
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