Barnwell man's trial to begin this week
After 29 days of jury selection the murder trial of Henry Louis Wallace a 30 year old Barnwell man is set to start this week in Charlotte He is charged with killing 11 women in the Charlotte area including nine strangulations and is accused of additional killings in Barnwell and another Charlotte victim Police say Wallace claimed to have killed 10 Charlotte women over 22 months and later added another victim in South Carolina
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Barnwell
Charlotte
South Carolina
Henry Louis Wallace
Wallace
D.C
Obituary notices for Dora Newsome Naomi Rauton and others
Obituary notices for Dora Bell Newsome of Aiken Naomi Rauton of Ridge Spring Ernest L Sheppard of Aiken Freeman Ellison Wood of Edisto Beach appear on page 6A detailing death notices and brief biographical notes for each individual.
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Dora Bell Newsome
Aiken
Naomi Rauton
Ridge Spring
Ernest L. Sheppard
Aiken Freeman
Ellison Wood
Edisto Beach
Scott's gin mill keeps traditional cotton weaving alive
Scott Mackie Jr runs a small, aging gin mill on S.C. 302 still operating after decades. Built by his father in 1937, the mill processes about seven bales per hour and 3,000 per season, producing the 41 by 54 by 28 inch long old style bales weighing about 500 pounds each as other mills close across the county.
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Scott Webster
Mackie Scott Jr
S.C. 302
Scott
Aiken Schools Open House Week For Education Day Observance
Education week brings open doors as Aiken County public elementary on Tuesday middle schools on Wednesday and high schools on Thursday host parent visitation from 9 am to 1 pm. Teachers plan activities including Book Character Day with a senior citizen reader from a local church.
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Aiken County
Aiken Elementary
Marie Vaughn
Hav
Charles Baum
Four children slain in Laurens as father questioned
Laurens authorities describe the killings of a 16 year old girl and three boys ages 10 13 and 14 as the worst homicide in over two decades. Father Johnny Satterwhite 37 is being sought for questioning after a note and a .22 revolver were found at the scene. The children were last seen at school Thursday and were found dead in their beds Sunday in a single story Laurens home. The case is led by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division with Laurens police and coroner's office assisting.
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Laurens
Bertha Satterwhite
Laurens County
Zack Seymour
Seymour
Johnny Satterwhite
Satterwhite
Robin Morse
Satterfield
Brenzella Hill
South Carolina
Law Enforcement Division
Clinton vacation turns thriller as space craft plummets
In Hawaii President Clinton faced a dramatic space incident as a seven ton Russian satellite with plutonium powered generators plunged toward Earth. Tracking from Cheyenne Mountain and White House aides in Honolulu kept leaders alert while the president abandoned a restful day on the porch.
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Honolulu
Hollywood
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Chile
White House
Clinton
Hawaii
US Space Command
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado
Washington
Mary Ellen Glynn
Santa helper ferries letters for North Pole Use
In Aiken County Woody Bates of the Summerall Post Office at Centre South delivers more than 800 letters to Santa each year and, with his wife Cindy, writes an equal number of handwritten replies. He recalls a girl who sent a secret letter to Santa to prove his existence.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Aiken County
Woody Bates
Santa
Bates
Summerall
Centre South
Cindy
Elf
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TWA
Smithtown
FBI
Pakistan Airlines
National Weather Service
Edward Yandrich
Joseph Valiquette
Kennedy Airport
Frankfurr
Germany
WCBS
Wajid Shah
Abby
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