Marines celebrate birthday at Aiken detachment ball
Mayor Fred Cavanaugh was named an honorary member of the James L Hammons Detachment as the Aiken Marine Corps League held its second annual ball. The event marked the 221st birthday of the Marine Corps and kicked off Veterans Day observances with dinner dancing and recognitions.
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Fred Cavanaugh
Aiken Marine Corps League
City Conference Center
James L. Hammons
Ed Hammons
Hammons
Khe Sahn
Laurens Street
Barbara Rawlings
Jessie Goldman
Pat Tolton
Marine Corps Reserve Unit
Couple alleges tow crew failed interior inspection before removal
Plaintiffs claim the vehicle was in a well lit area and the recovery workers should have checked the car interior prior to towing. They detail Ms. Odom losing custody of her 3 year old to foster care, moving in with her mother, and facing threats of jail for abandonment during a 10 day period. The family spent considerable funds defending DSS court actions to win back custody.
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Diggs
Ms. Odom
DSS
Aiken Department of Public Safety
Two Arrested in Double Slaying at Nightclub
Clarendon County deputies say Bernie Montgomery and Steve Mack were charged with two counts of murder in the October 28 nightclub killings of Esau Ragin and David Frazier. A 9 mm pistol was recovered. Both suspects, brothers, are jailed. bond hearings not scheduled.
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Summerton
Ragin
S&r
Frazier
Mack
Montgomery
Mark Creech
Clarendon County
Creech
Last of death wish inmates scheduled to die next week
Cecil Lucas, slated for execution next Friday for 1983 Rock Hill murders, is the last of South Carolina’s recent death wish inmates who sought to drop appeals. He and others like Michael Torrence and Robert South faced varied paths as turnout for death wish requests rose with lethal injection replacing the electric chair.
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Columbia
Cecil Lucas
South Carolina
Death Row Oy
Lucas
Rock Hill
Death Row
Joseph Savitz
State Appellate Defense Office
Savitz
Michael Torrence
Robert South
Torrence
South
Frances Lucas
Terrence
MUSC cuts donations and rewrites grant guidelines
MUSC will distribute only 143000 to four groups after criticism over ties to university workers during a planned 740000 gift to nine organizations aiding black communities. Provost Raymond Greenberg suspended future contributions until new guidelines are set, aiming to support health and education access for black citizens and to avoid further controversy.
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Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
MUSC
Office of Diversity
Raymond Greenberg
University
Cannon Street
National Council
Thaddeus J. Bell
Greenberg
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