Teen to Return for S C Murder Trial
A 17-year-old charged with murder in the death of 15-year-old Melanie Richey from Columbia County Ga waived extradition from Maryland. He was held in Montgomery County Md and expected to be returned to South Carolina this week after his arrest.
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Augusta
South Carolina
Maryland
Joe Kelsey
Montgomery County
Kelsey
Melanie Richey
Columbia County
Strickler
Local Obituaries Noted from Page 2B Notices
Obituary notices list several individuals including Timothy Jon Bagshaw, Clarence Bing, Gladys Rey, Stephen Jackson, Sarah Hopkins Keighley, Helen McCleskey, Quinton Outts Jr., Robert H. Poole, Anita Schlotzhauer, and residents from North Augusta Williston Lincolnton Springfield Ridge Spring and Aiken. Dates and funeral details are referenced in the page 2B obituary section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Jon Bagshaw
North Augusta
Clarence
Gator) Bing
Williston
Gladys Rey
Lincolnton
Stephen Jackson
Sarah Hopkins Keighley
Springfield
Helen McCleskey
Aiken
Quinton Outts Jr
Johnston
Robert H. Poole
Anita Schlotzhauer
Ridge Spring
Welfare reality contradicts public stereotype in Aiken County
Eric K. Ward profiles welfare use and work among LA county residents. About 38 percent of 4000 county households on Food Stamp and AFDC programs have adults working full or part time. DSS notes $8 million yearly in food stamps and $3 million for AFDC to about 8.9 and 3.5 percent of the population. Many eligible families do not apply due to misconceptions.
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the Dole
Aiken County
AFDC
Department of Social Services
M.J. Hamburg
DSS
Hamburg
Ms. Hamburg
Welfare reform at local level cuts 12 food stamps and 47 benefits
The Aiken County Department of Social Services reports 12 food stamp ceases saving 2154 annually and 47 benefit reductions saving 7415 annually since January. M J Hamburg says reductions follow households with new work income and the goal is self sufficiency with two DSS programs to assist those unable to find work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Ms. Hamburg
DSS
Nuke Waste Ships Dock At N C Port
Wilmington reports the arrival of 153 spent nuclear fuel assemblies from Europe through Sunny Point in Brunswick County. The cargo is bound for Savannah River Site storage, following a South Carolina court ruling against a delay for an environmental impact study.
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Wilmington
N.C
Europe
South Carolina
Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal
Brunswick County
Savanah River Site
Travis Medlock
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Dillon
Charleston
SRS
Cecil Logan
Consultants To Promote Industrial Development In Aiken
Wilbur Smith and Associates will study Verenes Industrial Park and Aiken Municipal Airport to spur growth. The council, citing no undeveloped sales since Teledyne in 13%, unanimously approved the contract. The scope includes Youth Correctional Center land and 80 surrounding acres, per assistant city manager Frances Thomas. A quit claim deed for Lancaster Street through Aiken Preparatory School was approved to support a strategic building plan near the roadway.
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Wilbur Smith & Associates
City of
Aiken
Verenes
Teledyne
Tional
Frances Thomas
Lancaster Street
Aiken Preparatory School
Old Street
Rezoning Aiken Area I aims to balance school enrollments
Area I in Aiken County will re zone middle and high school attendance areas for the 1995 96 school year. Middle school boundaries shift due to the new Aiken Middle School on Wire Road redistributing students among Aiken Kennedy and Schofield Middle Schools. High school changes address overcrowding at South Aiken and smaller enrollment at Aiken High to balance sizes.
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Aiken County
Area I
Elizabeth Benton
Pass
Aiken Middle School
Wire Road
Aiken
Kennedy
Schofield
South Aiken High
Benton
Aiken High
South Aiken
GOP and Dem Candidates Split on Contract Pledges
Republican Lindsey Graham supports signing the Contract with America to back budget cuts, term limits, and a line item veto. Democrat James Bryan calls the pledge surrender of South Carolina independence and warns it invites political manipulation in Washington. Both seek the Third Congressional Seat in the November election.
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Lindsey Graham
James Bryan
South Carolina
Graham
Bryan
Oconee County
Washington
America
Capitol
Ted
Congress
Laurens
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Palmetto’ Review
S.C
U.S. Coast Guard
James Island
Brian Swan
Swan
Atlantic Ocean
Barnwell
Columbia
Corrections Depart‘ment
Randy Darrell Fail
Walden Correctional Institution
Fail
Barnwell County
Abby
Cormick
Scott Webste
Martha
Eric K. Ward
Nuke Waste Ships
N.C. Port
Logan
Robeson County
David Carter
Ann Winchell
GOP
Dem
Carl Langley
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