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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1996
Page
7
The Catawba Indians completed purchases expanding holdings by about 400 acres, with plans for a 5.1 million dollar project including 66 adjacent acres as tribal leaders map a development near Interstate 77.
A South Carolina wetlands restoration project converts a 7.3 acre tract near Crestwood High into an outdoor science laboratory. Under a federal program, landowners receive up to 750 per acre to forgo development and remove drains to rehydrate land. Since 1995, 4,000 acres have been preserved at 3.3 million dollars. The effort returns swamp habitat and filtration function, reversing two centuries of ditching.
In Columbia the state Supreme Court weighs whether a judge should have considered TV camera impact on a jury before upholding a death sentence for Jason Scott Byram, who stabbed Julie Johnson during a 1993 botched robbery as her family slept upstairs. Jeff Johnson, widower and father of three, calls it technicality while awaiting the court’s ruling.
In South Carolina ten solicitors face re election without opposition after the 1996 primaries. Only one new name appears Jay Hodges who defeated C Gordon McBride for the 4th Circuit in Pee Dee. Republicans Walter Bailey Barbara Morgan Holman Gossett David Schwacke George Dunworth Donnie Myers Tommy Pope and Democrats William Jones Randolph Murdaugh coast to their seats.
Gary W. Ridge, 48, former Navy chief petty officer, was placed on five years probation after pleading guilty to practicing law without a license. He advised clients on divorces, bankruptcies, and adoptions, prompting concerns that divorces may be invalid. Ridge said he believed he acted within legal bounds.
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