15 Nov 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1996
Page
1
Partly cloudy with a high near 65 degrees expected for the fifth Aiken Fall Steeplechase at Ford Conger Field on Saturday. Post time 1 pm, gates open 10 am, cars in by noon. Six races feature a $10,000 Holiday Cup and a $41,500 total purse. tickets from $6 to $100.
Luther A Bussey and Mary Tyler Newson are among the deceased with notices alongside Aiken Janie Daniels Alva Fla and Bath resident Charles Reese. The brief notices provide names and places but no further details.
Thursday's draw shows numbers 645 and 32631 with a 195 percent payout or prize indication, reflecting the latest draw results and potential winnings for participants.
The Aiken Department of Public Safety and the Aiken County Coroner’s Office launch a holiday safety program “Wrap Presents Not Trees” featuring three wrecked cars on York Street Richland Avenue West and H Odell Weeks Activities Center to dramatize the consequences of high speed driving. The Odell Weeks car honors three local youths Benjamin L Banks Heather N Ledbetter and Ashley Jean Hunt killed October 26 on Banks Mills Road. Coroner Sue Townsend notes rising county fatalities this year and urges buckling up and slowing down. ADPS officers emphasize teen holiday activities and heightened road awareness as cars donated by local body shops are displayed with student crafted signs.
Doyle Cecil Lucas, 41, was put to death by lethal injection at Broad River Correctional Institution at 1:28 a.m. for the 1983 murder and robbery of Rock Hill couple Bill and Evelyn Rayfield. He read a final statement apologizing to their family and his wife, alleging premeditated killings by officials, and noted he waived appeals.
Westinghouse plans to divide into Westinghouse Electric Co and Westinghouse Electric Corp will not disrupt Savannah River Site operations, WSRC says. About 1,100 positions will be cut from corporate and non-SRS holdings while WSRC employs about 16,000 at SRS. The breakup aims for leaner, more agile businesses with severance, benefits, and retraining for laid-off staff.
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