Hospitals Near Aiken Regional Eye Merger Deal
Columbia Healthcare Corp would acquire Hospital Corporation of America for 5.7 in stock in a merger forming the nation’s two largest for profit systems. Shareholders of both firms must approve. The deal signals health reform moves while patients may see little change in care.
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Aiken
Columbia Healthcare Corp
HCA Hospital Corporation of America
RSS
Stalin
HCA
Hospital Ptain Itn
Smith
Lost Trust Trial Set After Appeals Reversal Rejected
Former state legislator Luther Taylor, jailed for corruption in the Lost Trust cases, failed to disqualify federal Judge Falcon Hawkins from a retrial on six charges. Judge Charles Simons Jr. ruled no extrajudicial bias shown. Retrial planned for November 8. Taylor was sentenced to 6 ½ years.
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Joe Collins
Luther
Luke) “Taylor
U.S. District Court
Afen
Falcon Hawkins
Taylor
Charles E. Simons Jr
Tol Collins
Hawkins
Simons
Collins
4Th Circuit of Appeals
General Assembly
FBI
U.S
Gail
HUD Funds Housing For Disabled
Federal grants totaling 1.3 million will fund new housing for disabled residents in the Ai sen area. The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the project to build 20 one bedroom units for an independent wing at 601 York, with the Heart Association in Ri sen County receiving 1,001,900 to develop the complex for mentally disabled residents.
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Aisen Area
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Monabythroject
Nerd Heart Association
Ri Sen County
York
Bridge Calendar Classifieds Comics Dear at
Readable items note bridge schedules calendar events and classified snippets. Cryptoquote and crosswords appear amid comic offerings and notices in the page.
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Meaniewall Caper Threatens Newberry Harlem Hustle
Notable names James Blount Savannan Tonn George H Fields Delorise Freeman Gloverville Frances Jackson Harlem are listed with a note to see Page 118 for details regarding the Meaniewall Caper activity.
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James Blount
Savannan, Tonn
George H. Fields
Newberry
Delorise
D. Freeman
Gloverville
M. Frances Jackson
Harlem
Meaniewall Caper
N.C
Cable Seeks More Time in WIBF Negotiations
Palmetto CableVision seeks delay to avoid immediate shutdown of WIBF under federal rules. A letter to WIBF general manager Louis Wall proposes continued retransmission until a new agreement that includes compensation is reached, as Intermedia Partners presses for a favorable deal.
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Palmetto Cablevision
WOBE
Angas Adc
Asi
Gilheim
Bee
WIBF
WBF
Louis Wall
Lawrence R
Larry) Greenberg
WJBF
ABC
Wall
Augusta Ileusion
China defies nuclear test moratorium with underground device
The Chinese government announced a nuclear test at Lop Nor in Linjiang province defying a global moratorium. Beijing said the test was for self defense and pledged to work toward a treaty by 1996, while international monitors reported seismic activity and condemned the move.
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Clinton
China
Beijing
China Central Broadcasting
United States
Verification Technology Information Center
Defense Research Agency
FAO
Vipin Gupta
Verification Technology Information Enter
Word
Russia
France
Britain
Ober 1902
Caty
Gupta
DeKalb
Ill
The
Center
Lop Nor Test Site
Taklimakan Desert
Linjiang Province
UN seeks safe return of captured American helicopter pilot
The United Nations urged Somalis to treat captured U S helicopter pilot Mike Durant humanely amid calls to recover Durant and remains of missing U S soldiers after a Mogadishu incident. Photos showed a U S serviceman's body. U N spokesman Maj David Stockwell described the display as barbaric and noted efforts to obtain Durant's release and recover casualties.
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Nairobi
Kenya
United Nations
Piot
U.S
Mogadishu
Mohamed Farrah
Army
Mike Durant
Durant
David Stockwell
U.N
Clinton
United
Defense
Les Aspin
Toope
Stockwell
Midland Valley to Be Featured in County Section
The Midland Valley area of Aiken County will be spotlighted in a special county section appearing Wednesday. The feature previews the types of stories in the Midland Valley by pointing readers to Page 1B for a look at local recreation and area highlights.
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Midland Valley
Aiken County
Midand Valley
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