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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1997
Page
1
The Jewish New Year begins at sundown marking the days of awe ending with Yom Kippur. Observances include shofar blasts, prayers, tashlikh, and sweet foods. Local events at Adath Yeshurun Greenville Street list Shabbat Shuv service Oct 3, Kol Nidre Oct 10, and Yizkor Oct 11.
The Aiken County Transportation Committee approved a state program to provide matching funds covering $1 million in paving. Using $500,000 of county construction funds, the panel aims to match state money from a gas tax. Projects include Eve Street Old Cherokee Indian Road Joyner Pond Springfield Church Old Jordan roads with White Pond Road given a special $250,000 allocation to relieve traffic on the south side. Also eyed are Adams Road Union Church Lane Green Acres Road and Springfield Church Road. Cable Crossing Road was added to the special projects list to bypass new priority listings.
Sen Thomas L Moore chairs a Senate subcommittee and will be subpoenaed to testify about the 1988 capital gains tax break amid a decade-old investigation. The panel, 4 Democrats and 3 Republicans, seeks nonpartisan facts on how the budget and tax provisions were crafted and applied.
Committee Chairman Earl Sasser won unanimous support to place Cable Crossing in a separate division after it had been dropped from listings by mistake. Sasser said the ranking had been inflated by the error, noting it was 300 points worse than any county road. The panel allocated 100000 for Aiken and 100000 for North Augusta, but did not act on Pine Log Road Huntsman Casaba intersection improvements amid traffic jams near Aiken Elementary School.
Obituary notices list Lonie Mae Wood of Winder Georgia Pauline Hynes of Bath Florence McKie of North Augusta and John S. Gracey of Aiken. Page references indicate a multi entry memorial roundup with brief life details and survivors.
Pantasy 5 drawing on Tuesday in Georgia produced numbers 5 10 11 17 21. No further details on prizes or payouts are provided in the readable text.
In Charleston 99 volunteers were paid 600 each to be exposed to rhinoviruses. They received BIRR4 nasal spray or powder or a placebo. Turner's team reports about a 50 percent reduction in cold symptoms versus placebo during a controlled hotel study.
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