Hornets Win and Aiken High Advances in Playoffs
Aiken High won its Class AAA playoff game against Beaufort Friday night 35-14 and will host Hilton Head next Friday in the Lower State championship. Silver Bluff fell 14-13 to Bamberg-Ehrhardt in the Class AA Lower State title, finishing 11-2. Bamberg-Ehrhardt blocked a punt for the winning TD late in Q4. North Augusta was idle. Yellow Jackets head to Union next Friday in Class AAAA Division II playoffs.
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Beaufort
Silver Bluff
Bamberg-Ehrhardt
Hornets
Hilton Head
Red Raiders
Bull
North Augusta
Yellow Jackets
Union
First Annual Really Bad Architectural Award Draws Critics
Aspen activists, Pitkin County officials, and land planner Wayne Ethridge stage a playful contest to tease costly structures. Herschel Ross helps judge while entries may be anonymous for postmarked by December 1.
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Aspen
Colo
Pitkin County
Wayne Ethridge
Herschell Ross
Man Claims Prize For Kissing Pig In Effingham Ill
Dan Hecht, car dealer, won a charity prize by kissing a female pig at a discount store during an American Diabetes Association Effingham chapter fundraiser. Hecht, a veteran pig busser, recalled kissing pigs at past fundraisers and praised this year’s choice as the “good-looking one.” Residents of Effingham, pop 11,000, voted for Hecht over six others as canisters collected donations.
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Effingham, Ill
Dan Hecht
Hecht
American Diabetes Association
Effingham
Illinois
Jane Zuber
Weather Outlook Skies Clear Tonight Then Partly Cloudy
Fair skies are forecast tonight with a low in the mid 40s. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with highs in the low 70s. Lows will stay in the 40s. See Page 10A for details.
Deaths of Cora C Baughman Aiken Nancy Teague Myers Graniteville
Notices list the deaths of Cora C Baughman of Aiken Nancy Teague Myers of Graniteville and Arthur James Woodard of Ehrhardt with reference to page 8B for full details.
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Cora C. Baughman
Aiken
Nancy Teague Myers
Graniteville
Arthur James Woodard
Ehrhardt
Hard-Line Communist Chiefs Resign in Prague Uproar
Milos Jakes resigned as Czechoslovakia’s hard-line party chief after a week of massive pro democracy protests. Karel Urbanek was chosen to replace him as the Politburo shrank to nine members. Thousands filled Wenceslas Square in jubilation over the news and the return of Alexander Dubcek, who urged looking to light after darkness.
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Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Milos Jakes
Jakes
Europe
Karel Urbanek
Central Committee
Urbanek
Josef Ci
Miroslav Huscava
Miroslav Zajic
Mier Ladislav Adamec
Wenceslas Square
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Czech Republic
Local Shoppers Begin Holiday Rush
Crowds filled area stores Friday as shoppers sought early Christmas deals. With 7 am openings, parking at Heritage Square was scarce and traffic heavy, while inside Wal-Mart J.B. White's and the Aiken Mall shoppers hunted for gifts amid festive music and crowds.
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Heritage Square
Wal-Mart
J.B. White’s
Aiken Mall
Stores Packed Around Nation Signals Holiday Shopping Wave
Shoppers flocked to stores nationwide marking the start of the peak selling season. Suburban malls and downtown districts filled with bargain hunters seeking Nintendo games, electronics, jewelry and gifts as retailers extended hours. Sears manager Walt Holland reported growing traffic and sales above projections, while Lionel Smith of Lionel Smith Ltd. said downtown Aiken enjoyed a banner day and anticipated holiday sales to top last year.
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Lee
Santa Claus
Walt Holland
Sears
Lionel Smith
Lionel Smith Ltd
Dubcek Urges Reforms In Prague Rally Returns to Power
In Prague 300000 pro democracy protesters greet Alexander Dubcek on a public return after years in seclusion. He pledges democratic reform and humanized socialism as banners raid the square and calls for end to Communist monopoly rule.
Bush and Thatcher discuss NATO before summit
Bush and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spoke at Camp David on NATO amid East bloc changes and supported glasnost and perestroika. They stressed European stability and did not expect major summit surprises. Both leaders favored democracy as a first reform step and highlighted NATO's vital role for Europe.
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Margaret Thatcher
President Bush
Bush
NATO
Mikhail Gorbachev
Europe
Marlin Fitzwater
Thatcher
Jeop
Ardy
Washington
Fitzwater
Soviet Union
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