Gibson Rejects Charges About NAACP Misuse Money
Gibson, seeking re election as president of the South Carolina NAACP conference, denies misspending funds and calls for intensified effort against a rising right wing threat to civil rights gains. He previously lost a national chairmanship amid impropriety allegations and vows service spanning 36 years. A separate Columbia case sets bond at 50000 for a man charged with molesting his 6 year old nephew and assaulting the boy with a sexually transmitted disease.
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Orangeburg
William F. Gibson
South Carolina
NAACP
Gibson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Columbia
Obituary notices list several local deaths on page 2B
The Williston and surrounding area mourns Margie Thomas Flowers Katherine Lundy Hodges J.P. Jackson Willie Gene Mays Carroll Pritchard Matthew Russell Smith James H. Thomas with notices appearing on page 2B. Names span Williston North Augusta Johnston Aiken Langley Graniteville and local communities.
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Margie Thomas Flowers
Williston
Katherine Lundy Hodges
North Augusta
J.P. Jackson
Johnston
Willie Gene Mays
Aiken
DuPont Planetarium opens at USCA with Digistar II system
The Ruth Patrick Science Education Center at USC Aiken unveiled a new 45 seat planetarium using the Evans & Sutherland Digistar II with Sky-Scan effects. The $940,000 facility, funded by an NOAA grant, debuts publicly on Science Education Enrichment Day with private showings this weekend. The system, one of only three in the world, promises immersive tours from DNA to black holes, aiming to engage students and the public in science and math.
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Ruth Patrick
Usc Aiken
DuPont Planetarium
USCA
Evans & Sutherland
James Mullaney
Planetarium
Mullaney
London
Salt Lake City
Jeff Priest
Ruth Patrick Science Education Center
University
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Digistar
Graham Leads Drive For Tritiум Production Reform
Rep. Lindsey Graham chairs a House Task Force urging reallocation of a 50 million tritium budget and tying plutonium disposition to tritium output. The plan backs privately funded multi purpose reactors to burn plutonium, generate electricity, and produce tritium, with equal funding for existing and new reactor options.
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Department of Energy
Washington
House
DOE
Third District
Lindsey Graham
R-Seneca
Sincino Known As Friendly Before Horrific Shooting
In Blackville South Carolina 16 year old Toby Sincino opened fire in Blackville Hilda High School injuring John Thompson 38 and causing the death of student teacher Stacie Harrison 56 from trauma. Sincino then killed himself after turning the gun on his head.
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Sincino
Blackville
Toby Sincino
Blackville-Hilda High School
John Thompson
Aiken Regional
Phyllis Senn
Math
Thompson
Robert Stewart
Danny Atkins
Ms. Senn
Stewart
Stacie Harrison
Blackville-Hilda Middle School
Brian Neill
Jannine Bunn
Lakisha Gusworn
David Beasley
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Scott Webster
Deidre Martin
Saturn
Graham
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The
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
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