Mason Leaves Hospital Moves Toward Home
State Rep. Rudy Mason of Aiken has been released after a cardiac arrest. He rests in a local motel and plans to return home by Friday or Saturday, with doctors optimistic about a full recovery following angioplasty to clear two blocked vessels. Mason had a clean bill of health in September and seeks re election in House District 81 against Brian Lisk and Sarah Flemming.
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Hilton Head Island
Rudy Mason
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Brian Lisk
Sarah Flemming
Obituary notices brief for four individuals on page 2B
Obituary notices list Robert Franklin Day Aiken Edward J Eidson Graniteville Yolanda Johnson Aiken and Frank Walker Aiken. Records indicate their deaths with standard notice details and family mentions on page 2B.
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Robert Franklin Day
Aiken
Edward J. Eidson
Graniteville
Yolanda Johnson
Frank Walker
Key witness faces contempt charges in murder case
Deborah Bouchillon, main witness in a murder trial, was ordered to appear today before Judge Charles Whetstone for sentencing on a contempt citation. She shouted that Raymond Day lied about an ammunition cartridge in her home and was jailed briefly. the judge later modified the order directing her return to court.
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Charles Whetstone
Day
Cecil Wayne
Whetstone
Ms. Bouchillon
Judge confronts reactions as Day testifies in self defense
Judge Charles Whetstone admonishes courtroom reactions as Day resumes testimony in the Renew shooting case. Day stands on the witness stand asserting self defense while Ms. Bouchillon provides pivotal testimony for the state, detailing events leading to Renew's shooting.
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Day
Renew
Late senator linked to tax cut in budget probe
A dead senator may hold clues to a 40 percent tax cut for 21 people slipped into the state budget without most lawmakers realizing. The 1988 proviso subcommittee member Jack Lindsay died in 1991, while others denying authorship of the provision admit their roles. Senate and House figures note possible broader involvement and warn against pinning blame on a single member.
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Jack Lindsay
Senate
Tommy Moore
D-Clearwater
John Land III
D-Manning
Peden McLeod
D.walterboro
Jim Waddell
Beaufort
Waddell
House
Senate Budget Conference Committee
Billy Bean
R-Kershaw
Robert McLellan
D-Seneca
Moore
Senate Capital Gains Investigation Subcommittee
Lindsay
Jack Rogers
Bennettsville
FBI
Ron Cobb
Plant construction ahead of schedule
Construction has begun on the Bridgestone Firestone tire plant in South Carolina and progress is ahead of the original projection. Project manager Clyde Fish says the building will be about a quarter of a mile long and three football fields wide while using many South Carolina companies for the work.
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Firestone
South Carolina
Clyde Fish
Fish
Local firms named for project work in Columbia
AMDGESTONE has engaged Richardson Construction Hardaway Concrete and Law Engineering all based in Columbia. Baker Construction Co of Ohio and Cline Iron and Steel of Columbia are also involved. Bechtel Construction Management is the prime contractor with no general contractor on site. Local subcontractor opportunities are expected.
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Richardson Construction
Hardaway Concrete
Law Engineering
Baker Construction Company
Ohio
Cline Iron and Steel
Bechtel Construction Management
Fish
Aiken Rescue Squad lifeline in United Way aid
Aiken Rescue Squad chief Bob Besley credits United Way of Aiken County with keeping the volunteer unit afloat by funding a new truck with Jaws of Life gear and paying insurance and fuel costs. The squad, with 50 trained volunteers, backs up EMS in Aiken County and covers events such as high school football, the Jaycee Fair, Makin and Steeplechase, serving New Ellenton, Aiken and Windsor.
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Aiken Rescue Squad
Bob Besley
United Way
Aiken County
Besley
Aiken Rescue
Aiken
Apport
New Ellenton
Windsor
Security Federal Bank
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