Experts link infant death to video poker addiction
The Jasper County case of 26-year-old Army sergeant Gail Baker facing homicide charges highlights concerns that video poker addiction can be deadly. Other incidents in Cowpens show similar risks as experts warn about widespread gambling, noting 83,928 machines in South Carolina generating about 1.4 billion dollars and 1 billion in payouts last year.
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Columbia
Gail Baker
Jasper County
Cowpens
Carlton Carlin
Carey Crantford
South Carolina Coin Operators Association
Willie Johnson
West Columbia
South Carolina
State Revenue Department
Carlin
Zona Lee
Hickory
N.C
Lee
Eric Lawson
Spartanburg County
Frank Quinn
Carolina Psychiatric Services
Quinn
Saturation patrols credited with safer Labor Day weekend roads
South Carolina North Carolina and Georgia troopers posted every 10 miles on interstates during Labor Day. Officials report fewer crashes and high ticket counts for speeding drunken driving seat belt and child restraint violations. Deaths declined in SC and NC with Georgia injuries and accidents down except fatalities similar to last year. Spokesmen urge expansion to other states.
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Columbia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Sara Kempin
Eddie Gunn
Public Safety Department
Gordy Wright
Georgia Public Safety Department
James Caulder
Highway Patrol
Tennessee
Alabama
Florida
Wright
All Schubert recital at USC Aiken Etherredge Center
The University of South Carolina Aiken Music Department presents an all Schubert recital at 3 p.m. Sunday Sept 7 on the Etherredge Center main stage. The program features Jennifer Rosinski violin Arthur Ross viola Rochelle Garman cello Barry Garman bass Ruth Lamborn piano and soprano Katherine Stapleton with Willian House clarinet and Mary Losey piano performing songs and the Trout quintet reflecting Schubert birth bicentennial.
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USC Aiken Etherredge Center
Jennifer Rosinski
Arthur Ross
Rochelle Garman
Barry Garman
Ruth Lamborn
Call
University of South Carolina
Aiken Music
Etherredge Center
Franz Schubert
Schubert
Dem Felsen
Katherine Stapleton
Willian
House
Mary Losey
der Wanderer
Ronal Wilcott
Trout
Town weighs proposal for state hearing on corrections plan
Mayor Paul Parker says officials weigh factors and prepare a proposal to the state with public hearings possible. The plan must reach the South Carolina Department of Corrections by Monday before noon.
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Paul Parker
S.C. Department of Corrections
Intergenerational Chorus Forms Across Aiken Schools
A Schofield Middle project unites Future Homemakers of America students with Croft House performers to stage musicals. The Aiken Area Council on Aging and United Way of Aiken County support, with Gloverville Elementary Aiken Elementary Langley Bath Clearwater Middle also participating. The program runs through December 1998.
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Jackson Library
Schofield Middle
America
Croft House
Aiken Area
Inhalant abuse charges filed in North Augusta incidents
Six juveniles and one adult face inhalant abuse charges after Monday incidents at Evons Field. A witness saw two 11-year-olds and two 12-year-olds sniffing aromatic hydrocarbons from containers. Later, a 19-year-old woman and two 16-year-olds were charged with sniffing hydrocarbons and underage alcohol possession in separate North Augusta Public Safety cases.
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North Augusta
Evons Field
Somc
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