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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1995
Page
1
The Aiken Standard will reveal its Area Football Team in Thursday’s edition. It will feature the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, plus one selected player for each position from high schools in the reading area.
Carol Thuotte, 47, of Gaston, was killed when her mini-van was struck by a CSX train at a Lexington County crossing. The incident occurred the same day South Carolina state police launched a new program to prevent railroad crossing accidents.
Obituaries appear for Nina B Baxter Aiken Hubert P Capell Williston Effie Burckhalter Ivey Graniteville Sara Mae Asbill Johnson Ridge Spring Andrew Marion Greenville Dr Richard Hill Sloan Aiken Debbie Rose Ezelle Young Salley Obituary notices on Page 2B provide minimal detail about each passing.
The Aiken Standard observes Thanksgiving with publication on Thursday but closes most departments. Circulation customer service stays open 5:30 to 7 p.m. for missed deliveries. Friday business offices open 8:30 a.m. to noon, with circulation customer service 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Settled in rolling hills and pines, the new Aiken Middle School sits along Gator Lane. Principal Dr. Randy Stowe says the outdoor pond and buffer woods will be learning labs. The building, designed by educators, opens December 4 to relieve Schofield Middle’s cramped, portable classrooms.
In Belgrade and Dayton, Bosnian Serb leaders reject the Dayton accord even as Milosevic hails it. Radovan Karadzic stays silent while Momcilo Krajisnik denounces the plan, calling maps bad and blackmailing. The Serb delegation says they did not accept the draft.
Washington outlines plan for about 20 000 American troops to join NATO peacekeeping in Bosnia before Christmas if President Clinton approves. Senate Armed Services Chair Strom Thurmond questioned U S stake while House Speaker Newt Gingrich said deployment would be examined in hearings next week.
A Serb statement by Krajisnik exposed a split within the Serb negotiating team in Dayton over land corridors. He dismissed a broader eastern westward corridor and supported a limited link from Gorazde, while a land route to the Bosnian capital remained contested.
A decade after Jeremy Grice disappeared in November 1985, his pictures remain in Aiken County storefronts and homes. Ray Grice says he still believes his son is alive, not ready to concede death, while the boy’s mother Donna Arrington and authorities review leads as a public memorial of his disappearance endures.
Emmy Scott and her husband Tom stopped at local service stations en route to Virginia as gas prices drop, easing costs for the heaviest traveled holiday period. An unofficial survey indicates the average price of regular unleaded gasoline has declined, offering relief to motorists.
The Blessing of the Hounds takes place at 11 a.m. Thanksgiving Day at Memorial Gate Hitchcock Woods. Father Jeff Smith will conduct, with Masters Sandy Cassatt Gail King and Kiki Blalock at tending. Public welcome but no dogs allowed for safety. wear sturdy shoes for a quarter mile walk from South Boundary entrance near the Aiken County Historical Museum.
Statewide averages show unleaded gas at 1.007 dollars per gallon, down 1.06 from last Labor Day. Self-serve at 90.2 cents, mid-grade at 102.8 cents, premium price unclear, and palmetto state last year averaged 1.073 dollars per gallon amid ongoing market shifts.
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