Budget Showdown Looms In Bush Budget Plan Clash
Washington battles over the freedee deficit cutting plan as President Bush and top lawmakers wage a major lobbying push. By Wednesday both parties faced roughly 40 vote shortfalls in the House with many members uncommitted. Bush pressed 27 Republican congressmen at the White House while aides toured the Capitol in a broad effort to win support for the largest tax hike and spending cut package in history.
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House
White House
Capitol
Weather Partly Cloudy With Chance Of Rain
Partly cloudy skies linger across the region with a chance of scattered showers later. Temperatures remain mild, with light breezes and no strong storms expected on this page’s forecast.
Boy Becomes Angry Over Recess Reprieve At School
A year-old boy attempted to poison his fifth grade teacher after being barred from recess, claiming the idea came from the film Heathers. He told authorities the plan involved rat poison in tea but would not have been lethal. Dale Ewart, a Willow Drive Elementary teacher, reported colleagues stopped the attempt.
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Bruce Crawford
Crawford
Willow Drive
Dale Ewart
Notable deaths listed for Aiken Allendale and surrounding areas
Obituary brief lists deaths of Doris M. Beaver and James R. Bell in Aiken, Myttis H. Baughman in Orangeburg, Florrie E. Cooper in Columbia, Edith A. Hartzog in Allendale, Thomas Hastings in Edgefield, Brittany N. Poling in Augusta, and Annie Steward in New Ellenton with a note to see Page 8A for details.
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Doris M. Beaver
Aiken
James R. Bell
Myttis
H. Baughman
Orangeburg
Florrie E. Cooper
Columbia
Edith A. Hartzog
Allendale
Thomas Hastings
Edgefield
Brittany N. Poling
Augusta
Annie Steward
New Ellenton
Circus Delights Aiken With Upbeat Family Show
Roberts Brothers Circus entertained more than 400 spectators at the 7:30 pm show at the Aiken Jaycees county fairgrounds on US 1. A death defying bunny and a rope jumping terrier impressed the crowd alongside Roddo the Clown and aerial acts. The performance featured a keyboard and trumpet player and ended with a light comment from the ringmaster about beauty and the beast.
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Miss Yvonne
Roddo
Roberts Brothers Circus
Aiken Jaycees County Fairgrounds
American Legion Post No. 26
Hollings Denounces Budget Plan as Disaster
Washington senator Fritz Hollings denounces the federal budget agreement as wrong and a disaster. He criticizes it for not raising enough revenue to balance the budget and for tying hands for five years by banning domestic spending increases. He accuses leaders of fraud for borrowing from trust funds and cites a trillion-dollar problem with only 16 billion in new taxes.
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Hollings
Mutinous Soldiers Challenge Aquino in Philippines Crisis
Hundreds of mutinous soldiers on Mindanao seized Butuan and overran Cagayan de Oro, declaring independence from President Aquino. Led by Col. Alexander Noble, about 300 to 600 rebels paraded, while loyal forces blocked the city airport. A battalion from Luzon was sent to reinforce Aguinaldo’s headquarters as the nation went on alert.
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Philippines
Corazono Aquino
Mindanao
Butuan
Cagayan de Oro
Noble
Luzon
Armed Forces
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Alexander Noble
Mrs
Aquino
Emiliano Templo
Cagayan del Oro
Temple
Textile Man Of Year Receives National Prize in DC
Herman Lyle Edwards of Aiken County earned the National Textile Citizen of the Year award from ATMI at a Washington luncheon. The foster parent to 44 children, Edwards opened one of South Carolina’s first foster homes nine years ago and received a $1,000 prize from Rep. Derrick amid praise from industry leaders and officials.
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Herman Lyle Edwards
Aiken County
Edwards
American Textile Manufacturers Association
ATMI
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Textile Caucus
Marilyn Lloyd
D-Tenn
Marjorie Judith Vincent
Oak Park, Ill
South Carolina
Derrick
Saudis Pick Up 5 Europeans Who Fled Iraq by Boat
Five Westerners including three Britons and two Frenchmen were found in a small boat drifting in the Persian Gulf shipping lane near the Saudi Kuwait border. They had spent about 25 hours at sea after leaving southern Iraq’s marshes and the Shatt al Arab waterway. The men, who worked on an oil installation near Basra and included two French barge masters, were among a dwindling group denied permission to leave. Iraq holds about 2,200 Westerners hostage in Kuwait and Iraq as U.S. military moves mount in the region. Saddam Hussein toured occupied Kuwait as foreign leaders sought a peaceful solution, with Primakov and Kaifu meeting Iraqi officials in Baghdad and Amman. Gorbachev said the crisis would not deter war.
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Persian Gulf
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Yevgeny Primakov
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Gorbachev
Toshiki Kaifu
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Amman
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Heathers
Abby
Biar Orrell
Funday
Brittney Diggs
Robert Brothers Circus
Gail Diggs
Daisy
Kathy Kadane
States News Service
Eileen Guerrero
Associated Press
Pine
Andrea Hamilton
Shatt-al-Arab Waterway
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