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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 2001
Page
1
Aiken City Manager Roger LeDuc checked into Aiken Regional Medical Centers Sunday evening with general body pain. Mayor Fred Cavanaugh planned to visit, noting a stressful week for city leaders. LeDuc was undergoing tests and described as peaceful and resting at about 9:30 a.m.
Manuel Gaetan lis tens to South Carolina. Attorney General Charlie Condon calls for an attack on illegal immigration. Officials fear a witch hunt amid calls for stricter measures.
Obituary notices list Ann Lawrence Glenn Aiken Brenda Horne Kelley Joel McLane Y regener Mary Frances Turner Warenvile Lemuel Usry Bath among residents reported dead. Names appear in a fragmented Wort Texas area death notice column.
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Health officials await test results from five patients with anthrax symptoms after a postal worker was diagnosed with a rare lethal form. More than 2,200 employees are being tested and two facilities were closed. The man is in serious but stable condition at a Virginia hospital. The Postmaster General said the USPS is increasing security and adding sanitizing technology.
An early morning wreck at Wire and Beaver Dam roads killed one, lifting the county’s traffic fatalities to 39 for the year. The South Carolina Highway Patrol responded but had no update by press time. Authorities note a recent go cart tragedy and call for heightened patrols statewide led by Aiken County Coroner Sue Townsend.
Four Bath Volunteer Fire Department firefighters escaped injury after being trapped when the 421 Flea Market building collapsed its front and a large metal awning gave way. They were treated and released from area hospitals with back and ankle injuries. Jyrell Shedd 36 and Jeffrey Jones 19 reported back and ankle injuries respectively. Rusty McGee 19 and Dean Ott 30 also treated.
The Western Carolina State Fair features a new midway by Pugh Shows of Ohio with rides and concessions. Tony Fallon, visiting with his children, says this year’s changes, including separated rides for youngsters, reduce congestion and improve friendliness. The Hutto family also attends, noting positive differences.
Greenville report notes the state Health and Human Services Department trims Medicare and Medicaid payments to doctors and providers to operate with less funding. Oncologist Dr. Mark O Rourke from Cancer Centers of the Carolinas says clinicians must keep services but with lower reimbursements, while agency spokesman Frank Adams cites a $20 million saving and the money gap as reality.
Kerry Haltiwanger spent 25 years seeking justice for her father James Gray's killer. Jose Martinez High, dubbed gang ringleader, is set for lethal injection on Nov 6 at Jackson State Prison for the murder of Bonnie Bulloch in Crawfordville, while Gray's killers were active earlier in Bath. High's death sentence, tied to Bulloch's killing, has endured multiple appeals after an August 1976 shooting and robbery spree.
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