Evacuations and nerves as hurricane nears Georgia coast
Hurricane King announced planned patient moves and roadblock removals as Tybee Island, Jekyll Island, and St Simons Island faced partial evacuations. Coastal residents sheltered, watched the storm, and prepared with candles and supplies while South Carolina declared a coastal emergency.
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Georgia
Jekyll Island
St. Simons Island
Glynn County Civil Defense
Ed Stelle
Brunswick
Billy Silcox
South Carolina Shrimpers Association
Major hurricanes strike North and South Carolina coasts
A historical recap shows 1964 Hurricane Hazel killing 22 and causing 36 million in North Carolina and 27 million in South Carolina. At Long Beach near Wilmington most buildings were destroyed. Earlier storms Connie in 1965 and Diana in 1965 caused 28 million in crop damage and heavy erosion.
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Carolinas
North Carolina
South Carolina
Hazel
Long Beach
Wilmington
Connie
Cape Lookout
Diana
Coastal Residents Prep for Diana as Storm Approaches
Coastal South Carolina residents rush to stock up as Diana nears. Shoppers crowded Mount Pleasant stores for oil lamps and radios while others secured boats and boarded windows along Charleston Harbor. Shrimpers relocated vessels upriver as inland hotels filled with evacuees and military families sought shelter.
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Atlantic
Sandy Weldon
Mount Pleasant
Battery
John Davy
Ashley Marina
Charleston
Marrina
Diana
Ft. Lauderdale
Billy Silcox
South Carolina Shrimpers Association
Wanda
Cooper
Edisto
Silcox
Terrorist Risk Talk At DOE Hearing Cites Protected Sites
Martin Hershkowitz a senior physical scientist for the DOE outlined the department s need to keep operations in secure environmentally safe facilities with no acts that could threaten public health safety or national security He noted concerns since the mid 1970s about over flight restrictions and terrorist risks but said no attacks have occurred on DOE plants
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DOE
Martin Hershkowitz
Hershkowitz
Judge dismisses suspension violation in engineless car case
An 82 year old woman was sentenced under a suspension violation after Judge Peeples learned the vehicle lacked an engine. The judge ruled the car must be self propelled to count, told Deputy Solicitor Weeks he would dismiss the case, and warned the defendant not to drive again.
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Peeples
Judge Peeples
Bill Weeks
Aiken City Council Agrees on Reynolds Pond Purchase and Drainage Aid
The council accepted Columbia College trustees offer to buy 350 acres known as Reynolds Pond Tract for 135000 with timber valued at 63000 funded from contingency. It also approved seeking state and county assistance for Wise Hollow drainage Hitchcock Retention pond and Easement condemnations for USC Aiken sewer line and a DHPT widening Silver Bluff Road for bikes and pedestrians plus a left turn signal at Pine Log Road and Whiskey Road.
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E Rider
Aiken
Pinecrest
Washington Area
Foxchase
Westwood Hills
Pinehurst
Conger Woods
Aiken Estates
Trustees of Columbia College
Reynolds Pond
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Wise Hollow
Rules tighten on truancy and extracurriculars at local school
The school outlines that students must attend the end of each period with unexcused absences counting toward credit loss. After three consecutive unexcused absences or five in a year, parental intervention is required. Unlawful absences include willful truancy, while illness, family death, religious holidays, and doctor visits are considered valid with principal review. Administrators defend the changes as boosting education and school discipline.
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Clary
Clary Sai
Sheriff cites three mile response plan and staff limits
Sheriff Gunnells says the three mile service area limits response time. He has 36 deputies on four shifts covering the county and notes that closer cars cut response time. He calls for at least double the deputies as crime and population rise and thanks Graniteville Company for aid before cuts.
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Gunnells
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