Fire rescue hero saves two children from burning apartment
Donald Simpkins, 35, who has lupus and cannot work, pulled a two year old and a three year old from a second floor apartment fire on Friday morning near Pace's Run Apartments. He had just walked neighbors' children to the school bus when smoke drew him back. He urged neighbors to call 911 and ran upstairs to aid the children as flames appeared from a bedroom window.
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Simpkins
Yellea
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Cleanup plan head resigns from Energy Department
Alm, assistant secretary for environmental management, announced his departure effective at the end of January 1998. He led the 10-Year Plan to accelerate cleanup of the weapons complex, aiming to cut costs and finish most work by 2006, with about a $200 billion baseline project and aggressive contractor targets. Energy Secretary Pena praised Alm for speed, lower risk, and substantial taxpayer savings, noting his courage and difficult decisions.
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Energy
Federico Pena
Pena
SRS Named in Suit Over Race Bias at Savannah River Site
Savannah River Site employees file a massive class action in Augusta federal court alleging racial discrimination by Westinghouse Savannah River Co and co-contractors Bechtel, Babcock & Wilcox, and British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. The suit claims promotion denial, unfair wages, training access limits, and targeting blacks for high radiation exposure jobs.
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Savannah River
Westinghouse
Savannah River Co
SRS
Bechtel Savannah River Inc
Babcock & Wilcox
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
Savannah River Corp
Obituary notices list several deaths across multiple towns
Death notices from page 5A report the passing of Cook Williams Wagoner Harris Watkins in Bath Earl Harris Watkins in Cleburne Ala Mary C Holman Blackville and Johnnie I Tindall Aiken among others obituary entries name the deceased and locate their communities.
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Wagoner
Earl Harris Watkins
Bath
Larry Marks
Cleburne
Ala
Mary C. Holman
Blackville
Johnnie I. Tindall
Aiken
Georgia Lottery Winning Numbers Report
Georgia lottery Friday results list Cash 3 53 Cash 45 496 Fantasy 5 4 20 23 25 28 The big game numbers 7 36 18 25 2 plus a Money option 17 noted in the feed.
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United Way exceeds its goal by 300000 in Aiken County drive
The 1987 United Way campaign in Aiken County ended Friday with volunteers announcing a total of 2,578,379.42 dollars, 300,000 above the 2.2 million goal. Agencies and businesses boosted last year’s pledges with notable gains from Intermedia, North Augusta Middle School, Belk of Aiken, UCB Chemicals, and others, while Phelon employees expressed interest in starting a campaign.
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Aiken County
United Way
Final Report
Intermedia
North Augusta Middle School
Enloe Aluminum
Belk of Aiken
UCB Chemicals
Metal Service & Supply
Schofield Middle School
Thermo Savannah River Ventures
Henna Chevro
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Charles Griffin
John Paveglio
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