Graniteville and Galey & Lord announce merger plan
Graniteville Company will merge into Galey & Lord Inc in a deal led by Trare Companies. Galey & Lord would assume about 174 million dollars of Graniteville debt, with Trare receiving 6.4 million Galey shares. Arthur Wiener of Galey & Lord touts 1 billion in annual sales and global position.
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Graniteville Company
Galey & Lord, Inc
Triare Companies Inc
Graniteville
Galey & Lord
Trare
CH. Patrick Inc
Arthur Wiener
Triare
Arby's
Royal Crown Company
Mistie
National Propane
Obituary notices on Page 8A list nine local deaths
The notices record nine obituaries from Blackville Aiken Monetta Aiken Hurricane W Va Warrenville Graniteville North Augusta detailing Martha Black Dr Free Mason Johnson Inma Hair Eileen Passmore Richard Praete Theodore Roscoe Lillie Smoak Otis Thompson Alice Yaun and others with their respective towns. The page compiles brief memorials for each deceased individual.
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Martha Black
Blackville
Free Mason Johnson
Aiken
Inma Hair
Monetta
Eileen Passmore
Richard A. Praete
Hurricane
W.van Theodore Roscoe
Lillie Eubanks Smoak
Warrenville
Otis B. Thompson
Graniteville
Alice O'Banion Yaun
North Augusta
Wet Weekend Dampens Aiken County Outdoors
A cold Canadian front dumped heavy rain across Aiken County from Friday through Sunday, flooding some streets and fields but causing no major floods or weather-related accidents. Roads such as Richland Avenue, Beaufort Street and Dougherty Road saw brief inundations while polo, golf, and tennis schedules were disrupted. Forecasts anticipate cooler, wetter spells and normal winter rainfall overall.
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Aiken County
Policy On Metal Detectors Up For Approval In Aiken County
Aiken County Board of Education weighs a policy to regulate metal detectors in area schools amid rising detector use and prior incidents of students carrying weapons. The plan aims to set guidelines and improve detection and safety across schools.
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Aiken County
School board weighs sweeps to boost safety
A proposed policy aims to prevent weapons at schools with a revision allowing district wide sweeps during first reading. Metal detectors would be used only with reasonable cause or prior weapon incidents. The Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. at District Offices on Edgefield Avenue.
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Board of Education
Edgefield Avenue
NAACP Endures Tough Year in South Carolina
James L. Felder outlines a tough 1995 for SC NAACP at the 77th anniversary of the Aiken Branch. He cites political battles in Aiken and Richland County, including Sen Greg Ryberg’s bid to unseat Theo Mitchell and attempts to block Judge Abigail Rogers’s progression, framing these as unspo ked rules impacting Black leaders.
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Felder
Mt. Hill Missionary Baptist Church
Allen University
Columbia
Elder
Aiken
NAACP
South Carolina
Greg Ryberg
R-Aiken
Theo Mitchell
Mitchell
Senate
Richland County
Abigail Rogers
Abigail
Army
MIT Freshmen Back To Basics
CAMBRIDGE Mass MIT freshmen face stronger writing standards with about three quarters needing help. Only 17 percent bypass the writing requirement, 7 percent qualify via advanced English exams, while many return to basic or individual tutoring as MIT tightens the course.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Leslie Perelman
Michael Barboza
Lamesa
Texas
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G’ville
Abby
Virginia Acres
Aiken Polo Club
Whitney Field
United States
Ginny Southwor
Colleton Avenu
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