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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 2001
Page
1
Two top ten teams meet in the Class AA playoffs second round as Silver Bluff, riding a 26 game win streak, faces Central, on a delayed game night at 8 p.m. Central has won five straight.
Battery Creek travels to Aiken, Conway meets North Augusta, Williston-E ano faces Great Falls, and Wardlaw Academy plays Holy Trinity Academy at 8 p.m. All matchups start simultaneously as local teams vie for late season wins.
President Bush plans to expand the National Guard's role at airports to bolster confidence in the U S air travel system before the busy holiday season officials say the official announcement is expected today Page 118
Obituary notices from Searle Washington and nearby communities list Eugene H. Smith Odeal S Spivey Louise McManuson Dorothy Durst Dutts and Larry Steven Moseley. brief notices appear in the local SA listings for North Augusta and Aiken.
The EEOC Greenville office sent a letter alleging a racially hostile work environment at the Westinghouse Savannah River site. Westinghouse spokesman Will Callicott said the company disputes the four year old charges and has submitted extensive documentation. The class action status was dismissed, while individual cases remain pending and further EEOC action is uncertain.
USC faces Florida in a high stakes SEC clash that tests Lou Hott and the Gamecocks. The Gators enter favored, aiming to reverse last year’s Swamp fade after Florida wiped out momentum with quick punishments including blocked punts.
By Kathy Gannut a persisted Press in Kaput Afghanistan reports American warplanes bombing Taliban positions near Kabul. Fierce fighting around Mazar e Sharif with Taliban control, opposition forces claim confidence of victory. Explosions near Kabul and smoke along the front line 80 miles north. Taliban use anti-aircraft fire as front lines shift with reinforcements of about 2000 mainly Arab and Pakistani volunteers. US bombing urged to accelerate. See STIFF page 8A.
General Tommy Franks defended his Afghanistan campaign stance at a Pentagon briefing with Defense Secretary Rumsfeld. He said the war would be lengthy and rejected claims he was too reserved, arguing patience is needed against Taliban and al Qaida targets.
A proposal to build a curving bike path inside Hitchcock Woods was rejected Thursday evening. Richard Alvanos presented the idea arguing for better use of the natural resource, but the plan would have required removing several trees. See BIKE, Page 6A.
The Aiken Comprehensive Plan's envisioned future for the southside would alter development patterns. Tar get would not have been built in the current design, with clusters or nodes guiding commercial ventures. The plan, approved by the Task Force, also calls for a See TRAFFIC note on wage 6A.
Janie Faircloth leads Jefferson Elementary students in a patriotic Veterans Day program honoring veterans and their service. Veterans with family among students are invited, and grandchildren hug their veterans on stage as a World War II grandparent and a Korean War veteran express pride in the moment.
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