27 Sep 1995
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1995
Page
1
South Carolina transfers Death Row from Broad River to Lee Correctional Institution north of Columbia to separate guards from executions. Executions will continue at Broad River. the move aims to keep supervisors away from the execution process.
Wendy Ricks a 22 year old Campobello native and USC Spartanburg junior was paralyzed after a truck accident three years ago. She plans to compete in the Ms Wheelchair America pageant next August in Atlanta.
A doctoral student and an assistant suffered severe burns in a biology lab incident at the University of South Carolina. They were removing a sealed glass container from an autoclave when the glass shattered. One man, Jamey Watson, was listed in serious condition at the Eisenhower Medical Center Fort Gordon Georgia, while Christopher Eugene Bagwell remained in serious condition at Augusta Regional Medical Center burn unit.
Obituary notices appear on Page 2B naming Susan Tison Bradley of Columbia Arthur Kenneth Cramer of Aiken Joseph Hilton of Jackson Leroy Martin Lawrence of Burnet-town Walter Powell of Cape Canaveral Florida and Raymond D Williams and Hilda with details omitted in readable fragment.
A small plane crashed at Columbia Metropolitan Airport in foggy conditions around 2 a.m. killing two people on board. The Piper Seminole twin engine aircraft was on a flight from Macon Georgia. Victims believed to be from a Macon flight training school.
Ray Miller and local residents urge preservation of the Shamrock Hotel built in 1901 as it deteriorates and faces demolition. They highlight its historical value as Blackville’s only public three story building and recall old soda fountain days and boom years.
Republican candidate and former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander toured Aiken promoting states’ rights and a Washington critique. He urged a local focus and claimed to be the anti insider alternative for 1996, predicting a race mainly among Dole Gramm and himself.
Aiken County Council halved a proposed pay increase for 500 plus workers leaving about 400000 unencumbered dollars in the Fiscal 1996 budget. County Administrator William Shepherd said the funds can only be used for pay raises or reallocated with budget amendments. The council’s action yielded raises for about 653 employees averaging 919 dollars annually, instead of the planned 1758 dollars for 503 workers.
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