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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1996
Page
9
A Higher Education Commission panel endorsed 37 indicators to judge efficiency at two and four year colleges, covering mission alignment and teaching load. The definitions go to the full commission for approval with a meeting set for Oct 3.
Seven workers remain hospitalized after an 18 inch pipe burst at the Oconee Nuclear Station in Seneca. Four are in critical condition. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon near turbines and steam generators, away from the reactor cooling area. Reactor Unit 2 was being restarted after routine maintenance when the pipe ruptured. The heated water around 350 degrees flashed to steam. Duke Power Co spokesman Joe Maher and station VP Jim Hampton described the events.
Former Public Safety Director Boykin Rose took the witness stand to challenge his suspension and firing by Governor Beasley. He seeks at least 25000 in damages, arguing Beasley lacked authority and cause. Beasley says Rose was insubordinate for failing to provide documents and alleges Rose lied about forged signatures by Otis Rawl.
Greenwood Larry Gene Bell, who has claimed the murders as a sacrifice, is deemed not competent for execution by at least three state mental health experts. A second day of competency hearing testimony identified Bell as suffering from a major mental illness like schizophrenia. He believes he is Jesus Christ and that his trials were persecution, hearing voices and responding aloud at times. Bell, 47, plans electrocution over lethal injection and is scheduled to die October 4 for the 1985 deaths of Shari Faye Smith and Debra Mae Helmick.
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