Miracle 31 Hour Kingdom Hall Built By Volunteers
About 1,500 volunteers, including 500 non members, helped construct a 4,000 square foot Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall in North Aiken near State Road 1303 in roughly 31 hours. The effort featured continuous work, a makeshift kitchen feeding crews, a first aid tent, and shared funding via congregation contributions and a loan.
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North Aikien
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North Airicn Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses
United States
Webb City
Former Soldier Returns From Time In Jail
David Messer, 24, a former Marine, returns to Chester after 30 months in a Japanese prison for marijuana possession and an earlier suspended sentence. Neighbors celebrate as his father laments a lack of help from politicians, Marines, and Japanese authorities. Messer describes the emotional toll and the monotony of prison life.
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Chester
Edward Messer
David
David Messer
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Edward
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Japan
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Pilot Concedes Engine Trouble Before Lake Wylie Crash
Tape recordings show the pilot believed he had engine trouble prior to the Beechcraft Baron crash on Lake Wylie. FAA investigator Phil Powell said the extent of trouble is unclear as workers moved the mangled twin engine plane to Rock Hill Airport hangar. Three of six aboard were killed.
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Lake Wylie
Federal Aviation Administration
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