23 Nov 1996
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1996
Page
1
Aiken Lancaster S Thurmond Daniel 24 Johnsonville Williston Elko playoff results teased. coverage begins on page 1B with sports.
Douglas C Beard 34 of Leesville Route 4 died when his Pontiac Trans Am left the road on a curve near Nazarene Road and plunged down an embankment. Bearden of the Aiken County Coroner's Office reports the car flipped at least three times and Beard was thrown 60 feet from the vehicle. He died of head and body trauma.
Obituaries note deaths of Douglas C. Beard Leesville Elizabeth Crouch Ridge Spring Walter Gaines Columbia and Grace B Lackey Olar. Community members mourn the passing and remembrance services are planned locally.
A cryptic numeric entry shows fantasy game scores and money totals. The sequence 7 17 24 20 83 appears with a separate line 68 14 32 35 and a note 19 related to monetary amounts.
The article covers the Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club with quotes from Fred Ferguson and Mary Jo Langford. It explains bridge basics, including partnership play, seating, 13 cards per player, and how tricks are won. It notes the social and competitive appeal attracting hundreds in Aiken County.
OJ Simpson testified in Santa Monica that it is absolutely not true he killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. He answered a lawyer’s questions with intensity while denying taking gloves, a hat or a knife to Nicole’s condo on June 12, 1994.
The Aiken County Sheriff's Office seeks James Duvaut Harrel a 39 year old man from 1460 Herndon Dairy Road who vanished after leaving home November 17 en route to Newark New Jersey with a planned stop in Lenoir City Tennessee Harrel is 6 feet 1 inch tall 215 pounds with sandy blond hair green eyes and tattoos on both arms driving a white 1994 Oldsmobile Achieva four door with South Carolina plate MFL 625 Contact Investigator Robert Anderson at 642 1761 or 1 800 922 3211 with any information
Washington plans allow disabling air bags for motorists who prefer less forceful deployment and require five bright warning labels on new cars. The strategy includes smart bag tech by 1999 and extended cutoff switches for passenger bags in vehicles with no rear seat until December 1, 2000.
North Augusta Public Safety searches for a man who robbed Nations Bank on Martintown Road at gunpoint around 3 pm. He fled with cash, attempted to enter a rear car, and a red dye pack exploded, tainting money and clothing later confiscated as evidence.
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