Hurricane Luis Heads Toward Leeward Islands Puerto Rico
Hurricane Luis with 130 mph winds moved west toward the Leeward Islands Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as forecasters predicted strengthening over warmer Caribbean waters. The center in Miami said the storm would continue west for about three days threatening several Caribbean locations.
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Sightseeing Plane Crash Kills Eight in Mesquite Nevada
A twin-engine Cessna 421 owned by Adventure Airlines crashed near Mesquite Nevada shortly after reporting engine trouble en route to Yellowstone. Eight aboard died, including four Japanese tourists, after the pilot diverted to a nearby airfield.
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Three Die In South Carolina Holiday Crashes
AP reports at least three people died on South Carolina roads this weekend. In Sumter County a three car crash killed Colin Nelson White age 28 and Marsha P. White age 36, both of Huntsville Alabama. Larry Earl Mack, 46, of Newport News Virginia, died when his car struck a tree on secondary 77 near Anderson.
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Obituary notices for Dandy Quiller Williams and Holmes
Obituary notices for Mamie W Dandy Dorothy Morgan Quiller Aline Holmes Williams appear on Page 13A detailing deaths and basic burial notices for these individuals in the local area.
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Trials Attract Top Competitors Hopeland Horse Trials in Aiken
A cool morning and sunny afternoon welcomed 183 riders at the Carolina First Hopeland Horse Trials at Aiken Mile Track. Competitors from the southeast range from Olympic caliber to novices as the two day event, sanctioned by the U S Combined Training Association, wraps up with cross country at Hopeland Farms on Banks Mill Road from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m. The dressage and stadium jumping were held on the city owned Aiken track. With 150 stalls filled to capacity the event attracted offsite housing, and co organizer Julia Bradley credited the track and city for boosting participation from 120 four years ago.
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Serbs Balk U.N. Warns Of Strikes Over Sarajevo Siege
In Sarajevo the Serbs faced a NATO demand to remove heavy weapons and end the siege or face renewed airstrikes. NATO chief Willy Claes urged UN freedom of movement for peacekeepers and reopening Sarajevo airport, with hours rather than days left to comply. Robert Hunter called for action while Ratko Mladic pressed for an air strike halt.
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NATO holds eight hour Bosnia talks as Holbrooke pushes pace
NATO ambassadors met for more than eight hours to map the way forward in Bosnia where US envoy Richard Holbrooke pressures continued escalation. Holbrooke urged not to ease on Serbs and to prepare for more airstrikes if needed after Mladic rejected UN demands to withdraw heavy items from around Sarajevo safe areas and to halt shelling tempo.
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North Augusta Labor Day Explosion Returns at Riverview Park
North Augusta plans a Labor Day Explosion at Riverview Park Recreation Center from 2 to 10 PM featuring Tony Howard and the Faded Rose Band, T.C. and Point Blank, the Revelators, and comedian Kay Dodd. Proceeds benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association. events include rides, food, and a 9:20 PM fireworks show. City offices close. garbage collection shifts to Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Clinton marks 50th WWII end at Honolulu ceremony
President Clinton led a solemn 50th anniversary ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific atop Punchbowl hill. Hundreds of aging veterans attended, many in wheelchairs, as Taps echoed and a wreath was placed, while a radio address critiqued Republican defense budget cuts.
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