Five arrested in Halloween attack on homeless men
Five youths faced arraignment on charges of attacking homeless men with bats pipes and meat cleavers in a Halloween rampage on Ward's Island. One man Carlos Melendez died from a slashed throat and nine were injured as victims were beaten and robbed near a homeless shelter. Police said more arrests are expected.
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NEW York
Carlos Melendez
Tina Mohrmann
Ward’s Island
East River
Air Fares Set to Rise Up to Eight Percent
Geneva AP International Air Transport Association says passenger fares on international flights will climb 4 to 8 percent by mid December to offset higher fuel costs. Cargo rates are also expected to rise 3 to 7 percent. Moves await government approval.
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Geneva
International Air Transport Association
Local Obituaries List Names From Several South Carolina Towns
Death notices for Phyllis Andrews Olin C. Brock Minnie C. Brunner Sarah B. Eubanks James Jonas Haskins Myrtle Deaf Hodges Moses LaBoard Joshua Lazenby and Nancy J. Mims referenced with locations North Augusta Ware Shoals White Rock Spartanburg Blackville Gloverville Edgefield and Augusta. Details available on Page 4A.
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Phyllis Andrews
North Augusta
Olin C. Brock
Ware Shoals
Minnie C. Brunner
White Rock
Sarah B. Eubanks
Spartanburg
James Jonas Haskins
Blackville
Myrtle Deaf Hodges
Gloverville
Moses LaBoard
Joshua Lazenby
Augusta
Nancy J. Mims
Edgefield
Candidates Rally Across State In Final Election Push
Candidates hit the road for last minute votes as polls prepare to open early Tuesday. Gov. Campbell seeks a second term against Mitchell and Peeples with a likely large victory margin. Local referendums on water sewer service and a penny sales tax shape Aiken County politics.
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USC Aiken
Water and Sewer Service
Grand Jury
Aiken
Theo Mitchell
John R. Peeples Jr
Campbell
Reading and Study Skills class aims to foster love of reading
Susan B. Malizia head of Reading Department at Aiken Technical College seeks to improve student reading efficiency and foster a love of reading. She will speak at the South Carolina Developmental Education Conference in Hilton Head, and present a paper at the national conference in Nashville March 6 to 9.
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Reading
Belinda Stamper
Samuel Dillard
Susan Malizia
Aiken Technical College
Sharon
Malizia
South Carolina Association of Developmental Education
Hilton Head
National Asso
Nashville
Tenn
Lee Deason
Aiken County Study Shows Retail Money Drifts to Augusta
A USC Aiken institute analysis finds Aiken County in 1989 generated over 1.48 billion in buying income but only 44 percent stayed in local shops, with 56 percent spent in outside retailers mainly in Augusta. The report compares Aiken to York Sumter Orangeburg and Kershaw counties and notes a long trend of leakage despite modest gains.
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Aiken County
Augusta
USC Aiken
Walter F. O’connell
USCA
Robert Botsch
Amy Boyette
O’connell Institute
Olin Corp
Botsch-Boyette
Aiken
York County
Charlotte
Sumter
Orangeburg
Kershaw
Columbia
York
Hostages Call Home Amid Iraq Kuwait Crisis
The U S secretary of state met exiled Kuwait’s emir as Iraq signals pressure by allowing hostages to phone home. The USS Midway entered the Persian Gulf as a show of force, joining the Independence.
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U.S
Kuwait
Iraq
United States
Britain
Midway
Persian Gulf
Independence
Gulf
Foreign Office
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Brockton
Mass
Baghdad
John
Mary Trundy
John Stevenson
Florida
Campbell Signals Possible Senate Bid If Thurmond Retires
Campbell says he would consider running for the Senate if Strom Thurmond retires in 1996 but stresses he has no plans to leave his current term. The South Carolina governor notes Thurmond would be 93 at the next ballot and remains a heavy favorite for re-election.
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Columbia
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Carroll Campbell
Strom
Campbell
Charlotte
N.C
Thurmond
Senate
Ernest Hollings
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Atlanta
Abby
Etree
Aiken-Edgefield
By Scott Webster
Bledsoe
Richard Wright
Susan B. Malizia
Baker
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