Aiken woman linked to staged abduction over theft charges
Dana Michele Koontz 30, secretary at Tripp Land Surveying, is charged with stealing more than $5,000. Suspected to have staged her abduction to flee criminal charges. Taken by Edisto Beach authorities, returned to Aiken, bonded out at 50,000. Husband expresses relief.
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Dana Michele Koontz
Tripp Land Surveying Co
Aiken
Edisto Beach
Koontz
Aiken County
David Koontz
Michele Koontz
Secretary Accused Of Stealing From Local Company
Businessman Bill Tripp discovered a roughly $12 000 shortfall in his company books since May, coinciding with hiring a new secretary Dana Michele Koontz. He planned to review records before confronting her, told her to go home for the weekend, and left a Sunday message not to return Monday. He says he never verbally informed her of suspicions.
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Bill Tripp
Tripp
Dana Michele Koontz
Koontz
Isabel bears down on North Carolina as flood fears rise
Isabel, a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, lashes the North Carolina coast and threatens inland flooding as forecasters warn of potential ruinous floods like Floyd. Over 300,000 residents urged to evacuate to higher ground. warnings span from Cape Fear to Virginia.
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Atlantic Beach
N.C
Isabel
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Barrier Islands
Virginia
Wally Courie
Sportsman’s Pier
Cape Fear
Virginia-Maryland Line
Sandy Hook
New Jersey
New York
Long Island
Cape Hat
Funding for pit facility survives Senate vote
The Senate rejected an amendment that would have scrapped funding for a Savannah River Site nuclear pit facility, keeping next year’s tech development and site preparation funds near $22.8 million with potential total annual grants reaching about $200 million if approved. South Carolina and Georgia lawmakers warn a larger fight looms as House lawmakers propose $10 million less, leaving negotiators to settle final figures amid strong objections over the project.
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Washington
Savannah River
Senate
South Carolina
Georgia
Bush Administration
Dianne Feinstein
D-Calif
Energy Department
Feinstein
Senate approves over one billion for Savannah River Site
The 2004 Energy and Water Appropriations bill allocates about 1.3 billion dollars for SRS operations as part of the U S Energy Department budget. The measure, approved 92 to 0 in the Senate, backs ongoing SRS missions and praises USC for a new nuclear engineering graduate program.
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Savannah River
U.S. Senate
House
Senate
U.S. Department of Energy
Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
Graham
SRS
South Carolina
Senate Armed Services Committee
University of South Carolina
DOE funds outlined for nuclear facilities and USC program
A government bill allocates 402 million dollars for a mixed oxide fuel facility 75 million for a Tritium Extraction Facility 20.259 million for a second glass waste storage building 13.6 million for a pit disassembly and conversion facility 1.134 million for container surveillance and 2.75 million for cleaning and loading modifications in the last 20 years The bill urges DOE to back the new USC program Contact Philip Lord at plord aikenstandard com.
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DOE
USC
Philip Lord
plord @aikenstandard.com
Korean POW recalls life in Death Valley during Korean War
Aiken resident George Hook, born in New York, recalls three brutal years from November 29, 1950 to August 15, 1953 as a prisoner of war held by North Korea and China. He describes fighting from Inchon to the Chosin Reservoir, near freezing temperatures, and near-fatal conditions before capture.
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Aiken
George Hook
Hook
New York
Ft. Benning
Fuji
Japan
Korea
Inchon
Seoul
Iwon
North Korea
Chosin Reservoir
Ginny Southworth
Leonard Paiguta
James L. Hammons
Marine Corps League
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Lee Missing
Michael Hunt
Aiken Public Safety
Wendell Hall
Steve Simmons
Rodanthe
Abby
Death Valley
Army
A Co. 32Nd Infantry
Lee
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