Panthers In Upheaval Briefly Vol 8 million push SOS
In Columbia South Carolina potential extra eight million in federal highway funds hinges on end to helmet and belt law penalties. Senate and House measures would let states spend all highway dollars on road building without helmet mandates. If approved SC could add three million to road work this year.
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Volumbia
South Carolina
Congress
U.S. Senate
House
Bob Farrell
Transportation Department
Body of missing dredge worker found near Sampit River
Georgetown authorities found the body of Luis Toro 24 who had been missing from a dredge aboard a Sampit River barge since last Thursday evening. Coroner Mack Williams said an autopsy would determine the cause of death.
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Georgetown
Sampit
Luis Toro
Toro
Mack Williams
Williams
Deaths Emma Harden Jones and Aiken Walter F Stang
Obituary notices for Emma Harden Jones and Aiken Walter F Stang appear on Page 6A, detailing their deaths and brief biographical notes. The items note dates and localities associated with each passing and provide funeral details.
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Emma Harden Jones
Aiken
Walter F. Stang
Ridge Spring
South Carolina moves to fingerprint child care workers
South Carolina enacts a new law requiring state and FBI background checks for all child care workers. Only a small portion of workers have submitted fingerprints so far, but regulators expect a surge as providers must pass both checks once, even if they switch employers. Helen Ayer of Lexington County supports the policy.
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Columbia
South Carolina
FBI
Helen Ayer
Lexington County
CPR Proves Itself An Aiken Mother's Quick Save
An Aiken mother, Amy Weeks, credits a Red Cross First Aid and CPR class with saving her daughter Megan after she choked on candy at lunch. Megan lost breath but recovered after Weeks performed abdominal and shoulder blade thrusts, the candy dislodging and Megan crying.
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Gregory Road
Amy Weeks
Bill
Megan
Mrs. Weeks
Suit Could Include Aiken Area
Columbia reports that South Carolina lawmakers may challenge district maps in federal court citing the Georgia ruling on race in redistricting. State Sen. Greg Smith seeks to restore geographic ties and broaden Black voter influence, with potential challenges to eight majority black districts in the state House.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Georgia
Coumny
U.S. Supreme Court
Greg Smith
Murrells Inlet
Tim Rogers
House
Smith
Dick Harpoothan
Richland
Kershaw
Harpoothan
Charleston
Extension Granted On Serb Deadline
NATO and the United Nations offered a 72 hour extension as Bosnian Serb forces near Sarajevo pledged to complete removal of heavy weapons threatening the capital. Officials cited partial withdrawals, with 156 to 170 weapons reportedly moved beyond the 12.5 mile exclusion zone, while about 300 heavy arms remained in the vicinity.
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Bosnia
NATO
Beaufort Marine Air Corps
U.N
Sarajevo
Italy
Bosnia-Herzegovina
United Nations
Banja Luka
Haris Silajdzic
Dragomir Milosevic
Adm
Leighton Smith
Former
Yugoslavia
Bernard Janvier
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