Six Die In County Wrecks County crashes claim six lives in Aiken County
A weekend spree of traffic accidents in Aiken County leaves six dead. Three Salley teens Twanna Milhouse 19 Harrison Odom 18 and Phillip Garvin 20 died in a 5 p.m. collision near Perry with an empty tanker truck. Survivor Betty Odom 36 was treated and released. Additional fatalities include Belle K Gray 62 of Warrenville in a 8:35 a.m. crash along Secondary 481, Mitchell Lee Scott 30 of Aiken in a 12:20 a.m. crash on Secondary 87, and Charles R Hatcher 57 of Graniteville in a 9:45 p.m. crash on Secondary 33.
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Aiken County
Salley
Perry
Twanna Milhouse
Harrison Odom
Phillip Garvin
Sue Townsend
Betty Odom
S.C. 389
S.C
S.C. Highway Patrol
Aiken Community Hospital
Belle K. Gray
Warrenville
Aiken
Mitchell Lee Scott
Charles R. Hatcher
Graniteville
Shoplifter Drama Ends With Car Escape In Parking Lot
Piggly Wiggly employee Chris Fulmer confronted a shoplifter who stole $127.59 worth of top-grade steaks in a leather bag. The suspect dragged Fulmer about 30 yards as the thief escaped in a Datsun with Georgia tags. The car later picked up a woman near Richland Avenue and headed toward Augusta. the suspect remains at large.
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Chris Fulmer
Waste defined by Texas businessman sparks legal joke
A Texas businessman defines waste as a busload of lawyers going off a cliff with three empty seats, framing a sharp quip about the legal profession. The remark targets lawyers while illustrating a colloquial view of wasteful spending.
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Texas
Cuts Said Hurting The Mentally Ill In South Carolina
Federal efforts to purge able bodied from disability rolls threaten chronically mentally ill patients. Carol Garvin of Aiken warns mental health centers report patients skipping meds due to cost after benefits end, risking relapse and required care. An estimated 5400 could lose Medicaid coverage, affecting housing and daily functioning.
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Columbia
Mental Health Association of
South Carolina
Carol Garvin
Aiken
Ms. Garvin
General Accounting Office
Washington
GAO
Women march to mass grave in Beirut refugee camps
Hundreds of women in Beirut, at Chatilla, gather to pray at a mass grave for massacre victims as French and Italian peacekeepers arrive and U S Marines wait offshore for Israeli withdrawal. The crisis sparks calls for fuller inquiries in Israel and renewed Lebanese demands for force redeployment.
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Israel
U.S
Lebanon
United States
Tel Aviv
Menachem Begin
Israel Radio
West Beirut
Begin
Ariel Sharon
Moshe Nissim
Maariv
Sabra
Italy
France
Palestine Liberation Organization
Belvedere Fire District Growth Discussed at Public Hearing
Belvedere residents to discuss expansion of the Belvedere Fire District at a public hearing tomorrow night at 7. The Aug. 17 council meeting explained the need to extend services beyond the original 1962 boundaries.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Fire District
Aiken County
Patrick D. Sizemore
Sizemore
Blanchard Road
Country Place
Budget Cut Strategy On Agenda For North Augusta Board
Aiken County Board of Education in North Augusta discusses coping with a 4.6 percent state cut and considers borrowing up to 2.5 million to cover fall expenses due to delayed tax revenues from reassessment. The meeting also covers line item transfers, roof repairs totaling 870000, nursing education contracts, a law related education grant, pay raises for board members, and review of the 1981-82 audit.
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North Augusta
Aiken County Board of Education
North Augusta Junior High School
Millbrook
North Aiken
Busbee
North Au
Greater North Augusta
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