BMW Tax Bill Totals About 5 Million This Year
BMW will pay roughly 5.1 million dollars in property taxes this year as part of an agreement tied to its Greer area North American plant. About 99 percent benefits Spartanburg County, with District 5 the largest recipient. this is BMW’s first year on the counties tax rolls after starting operations last fall. The plant now produces about 80 cars daily along Interstate 85.
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Parlanduna Lary
BMW
Greer
Spartanburg County
Interstate 85
Mother drops suit over slapping of son in Woodstock
Lynn Kivi, arrested May 23, 1994 outside a Woodstock Winn-Dixie for slapping her 9-year-old son Chuck, has dropped her lawsuit against the city and its police. The family plans to move to South Carolina. The felony cruelty charge against Kivi was later dropped.
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Woodstock, Ga
Woodstock
Lynn Kiv
Winn-Dixie
Chuck
Kivi
Kivis
South Carolina
Obituary Notices From Aiken and North Augusta
Death notices list Lillian Young Jeffcoat Donna Richardson Epps Gray Lee Hoenshhel Tommie Jeter Philip F Rosbach Jr Rubena Thomas Stewart. Obituaries appear on Page 2B with brief notices for each individual.
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Lillian Young Jeffcoat
Aiken
Donna Richardson Epps
Aiken Gray
Lee Hoenshhel
Tommie Jeter
Philip F. Rosbach Jr
Rubena Thomas Stewart
North
Augusta
Principal Wins National Milken Award in South Carolina
Rosie Berry, principal of Schofield Middle School, was surprised by State Superintendent Dr Barbara Nielsen as she learned she is a 1995 Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipient. She is one of five SC winners and will receive 25000 dollars at a Columbia banquet on October 31 before joining 149 colleagues in Los Angeles next spring.
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Rosie Berry
Barbara Nielsen
Schofield Middle School
Nielsen
Jono Mrs. Berry
Berry
Milken Family Foundation
South Carolina
Palmetto State
Columbia
Los Angeles
O J Simpson walks free after acquittal in murder case
O J Simpson declares thanks as jurors acquit him of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman killings. He faces three civil lawsuits while his children cope with the impact of the trial and media scrutiny.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Simpson
Justin
Nicole
Juditha Brown
ABC
Nightline
Rockingham Avenue
A.C. Cowlings
Silence greets verdict at Applebee’s watching OJ case
Lunch crowd at Applebee’s in Aiken sat in silence after the jury delivered two not guilty verdicts in the O J Simpson trial. Diners described disbelief and no applause as the verdicts were read, while Applebee’s staff noted unusually early table holding.
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Applebee's
Gracie Waters
Aiken
Annexation clash pits city officials against business group
In Aiken a quarrel over a city council annexation ordinance divides leaders. Richard Alvanos of the Aiken Business Alliance claims the plan costs residents and lacks public input, while City Manager Steve Thompson defends council efforts to inform the public. Mayor Fred B. Cavanaugh Jr. backs Thompson, saying council and city staff listen to citizens and invite public attendance at meetings.
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Richard ‘Alvanos
Aiken Business Alliance
Alvanos
Aiken
Steve Thompson
Thompson
Greg) Ryberg
Fred B. Cavanaugh Jr
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Jones
Braves
Clemson
Wientson University
Southern Technology Council
Abby
O.J. Freedom
O.J
Wardell Fincher
San Francisco
Brian Neill
Jan Canady
Applebee
David Williams
Williams
Sohasitik
Aiken County
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