Holiday Travel To Be Heavy
Americans plan heavy Thanksgiving travel with 28.9 million taking trips 100 miles or more. AAA projects growth in auto travel though airline, bus, and rail traffic vary. Weather disruptions and a sluggish economy shape routes from Wednesday through Sunday as Greyhound Amtrak and airlines forecast modest gains or declines.
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American Automobile Association
Sur
AAA
Texas
Oklahoma
Minesota
Wisconsin
Bernie Flax
Guymon
Bill Kula
Greyhound Lines, Inc
Greyhound
Amtrak
Howard Robertson
Aiken Standard operates with Thanksgiving Day schedule
The Aiken Standard will deliver today’s edition in the morning so staff may spend Thanksgiving with their families. Offices will be closed today and open 8 20 a m to noon Friday. Normal publication resumes Friday.
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Truly Thankful By Nina J Nndiffer Staff Writer
Leigh Ann Woodward faces Thanksgiving with immense gratitude after a double lung transplant. She thanks her donor and Florida donor family whose organs saved her, a heart and kidneys aiding others. Now home in six weeks, she plans to share two Thanksgiving dinners and cherishes breath and freedom she once lacked.
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Leigh Ann Woodward
Grace
Mrs. Woodward
Florida
Woodward
Chapel Hill
N.C
Thankfulness Should Occur Every Day
This opinion piece by Denzil Smith sr of the Church of the Nezaren urges daily thankfulness beyond Thanksgiving. It frames gratitude as essential to Christian life, highlighting God’s provision and the season as a reminder to praise toward heaven.
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Denzil Smith Sr
Church of the Nezaren
New Ellenton
Smith
God
Pilgrim Thanksgiving Reflections on Gratitude and Providence
A ministerial reflection cites Psalm 136 as a refrain of gratitude for mercy and divine providence. It links the Pilgrims Thanksgiving to belief in God's sovereignty and lasting mercy, pondering the scope of Christian thankfulness from daily blessings to salvation.
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Plymouth Colony
Nunn warns of nuclear smuggling from former Soviet republics
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn reported that nuclear materials have likely been smuggled from at least one former Soviet republic. The Georgia Democrat, returning from a trip with Sen. Richard Lugar, described cases of intercepting uranium at Belarus borders as smugglers sought to cross into Poland. He urged concern over potential transfer to nations seeking nuclear weapons amid the Bush administration’s foreign policy.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Sam Nunn
Nunn
Richard Lugar
Inc
Bush
Georgia Democrat
Belarus
Poland
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Bipartisan call for smooth Bush Clinton transition
Cordell Leaphart and Camille Pomeroy report that the Bush administration is pulling back from talks with Russia on arms control trade and free markets. Lugar says a high risk period awaits and urges better understanding between Bush and Clinton on how to handle post election relations while nuclear weapons remain on alert. Nunn adds that presidents Bush and Clinton must work together amid Russia’s unrest and economic distress.
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Russia
Lugar
Clinton
U.S
United States
Nunn
Holiday Fund Drives Help Spread Cheer
Local charities in Aiken County gear up for annual holiday drives. Salvation Army kicks off Friday with bell ringers at retailers to fund toys and food baskets for needy families. Aiken Jaycees plan the county’s oldest tour aiding children, with shopping spree grants of about 100 dollars per child. Secret Santa serves low income children through South Aiken Presbyterian Church.
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Salvation Army
Aiken County
Aiken
K-Mart
Wal-Mart
Aiken Mall
Roses
Richland Ave
J.B. White
Hackbarth
Cording
P.O
S.C
Aiken Jaycees
Nancy Sample
Ms. Sample
Jaycees
South Aiken
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