Thurmond says no plan to resign before term ends
Strom Thurmond, 96, plans to serve full six year term ending in 2002. A spokesman said he has four years remaining and will not leave office early. Reports followed questions after Hodges upset Beasley in South Carolina race, with no discussion of stepping down ever broached.
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Columbia
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
DeCrosta
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
Beasley
Carroll Campbell
Hodges
Senate
South Carolina
John Glenn
Deaths Hattie Ruth Usry Rearden and Mary H Willingham
Obituary notice notes the deaths of Hattie Ruth Usry Rearden of Burnettown and Mary H Willingham of Aiken with memorial details and burial plans forthcoming.
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Hattie Ruth Usry Rearden
Burnettown
Mary H. Willingham
Aiken
Lottery results brief from Georgia Wednesday drawing
In Georgia a Wednesday drawing produced results across multiple games. Midday figures show 8 6 in Cash 3 Evening draws yielded 48 8.
Silver Bluff band defends state title
Silver Bluff High School bagged another statewide honor defending its state marching band crown at the Class AA finals in Batesburg Leesville. The 150 member Silver Spirit, led by director Chuck Deen and drum major Jason Hodges, performed a nautical fantasy Setting Sail with four crow s nests and props of ships and famous wrecks. Students voiced pride in the year round effort and close band family.
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Scott Weber
Silver Bluff
Chuck Deen
Petticoat Junction
Silver Bluff High School
South Carolina
Batesburg-Leesville
Silver Spirit
Jason Hodges
New Ellenton
State
Junior Terrell Pressley
Jason
Deen
Titanic
la Trese Lawrence
Matt Glover
Beasley loses bid as Hodges wins South Carolina race
In South Carolina Governor David Beasley loses reelection to Democrat Jim Hodges in a political shift linked to education emphasis. Democrats seize statewide offices including treasurer and superintendent while the GOP loses ground in the House. Exit polls show anti-Beasley sentiment across GOP counties and higher turnout with over 1 million voters.
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Columbia
David Beasley
South Carolina
Jim Hodges
Beasley
Rice University
Earl Black
Ernest “Fritz” Hollings
Grady Patterson
Republcan
Richard Eckstrom
Jim Lander
John Courson
Inez Tenenbaum
David Eckstrom
State House
Mickey Whatley
Neal Thigpen
Hodges
Greenville
Spartanburg
Upstate
Aiken Plan Seeks Traffic Study For Excel Plant Access
The Aiken County Delegation to request a traffic study for the Whiskey Road intersection before Excel Communications Corp begins its large industrial project. The study aims to find alternatives to Stratford Drive as the sole access route to the plant site near Whiskey Road and Powderhouse Road and Stratford Drive. The development seeks a 5 acre site parking lot to house over 800 employees, with Centennial American pushing for city approval.
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Aiken County
Whiskey Road
Excel Communications Corp
Powderhouse Road
Stratford Drive
Chukker Creek Road
Charles Sharpe
R-Wagener
Stratford Boulevard
Centennial American
Sharpe
Aiken
Election director chosen amid county voting contest
Sen. Tommy Moore warned that posts under legislative control need a majority vote by delegation senators as the Aiken County Legislative Delegation named Stuart Bedenbaugh director of county voter registration and elections. Bedenbaugh, a Clearwater native and former Legislative Audit Council staffer, won over Kevin Barrett and Frances Pennington after Pennington, deputy elections director, was also a finalist.
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Tommy Moore
Clearwater
Moore
Aiken County
Stuart Bedenbaugh
Legislative Audit Council
Kevin Barrett
Frances Pennington
Bedenbaugh
Pennington
Aiken County Driver Not Charged In 45rd Traffic Fatality
An 80-year-old Aiken man, Leonard C. Miller, died after being struck while crossing Whiskey Road near College Acres. The 1967 Ford Taurus, driven by Aundreya Hill, 42, was northbound. no charges filed. The death raises the county's year total to 45 traffic fatalities.
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Aiken
Whiskey Road
College Acres
Aiken Regional Medical Centers
Leonard C. Miller
Cpl. Jones Gamble
S.C. Highway Patrol
Gamble
Miller
Aiken County
Sue Townsend
Aundreya Hill
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