McGwire 70 Homers Tops Season In Final Game
McGwire finishes with 70 homers in a season defining home run race for the Cardinals. Sosa remains in contention with 66 as Chicago hosts San Francisco in a one game playoff telecast on ESPN. Detroit. (Note: This line preserves entities and context from the source.)
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Atlanta
New York
Boston
Cleveland
San Diego
Houston
Atlanta Braves
Obituary notices for seven residents across Aiken and nearby areas
Death notices list Dolly Bostwick Alice W Damon Margie Hartzog Dixon Samuel Howard Maynard Kaiman Leonard Kneece Jeanne Lee and Catherine Warlick. The deceased hail from Aiken North Augusta Belvedere Eureka and related communities with no further biographical details provided.
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Dolly Bostwick
Aiken
Alice W. Damon
Margie Hartzog Dixon
Samuel Howard
North Augusta
Maynard Kaiman
Belvedere
Leonard (Ray) Kneece
Eureka
Jeanne J. Lee
Catherine Warlick
Gulf coast battered as Georges hammers Gulf region
Hurricane Georges slammed the Gulf Coast with winds up to 172 mph from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. New Orleans avoided the worst, no deaths reported. In Gautier a community college gym roof collapsed forcing 404 shelterees to flee. Trent Lott Middle School roof damaged in Pascagoula. Power outages, closures, and evacuations affected 1.5 million along the coast.
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Gulf Coast
Georges
Florida Panhandle
Louisiana
New Orleans
Community College
Gautier
Hank Turk
Jackson County
Trent Lott Middle School
Laurel
Alabama
U.S. 9
Mississippi
Ronnie Jones
Louisiana State Police
Georges Hits Gulf Coast as Hurricane Dims Near Biloxi
A hurricane made landfall along the Alabama Mississippi coast with sustained winds around 105 mph and severe rain totals. The storm slowed toward the north northwest near Biloxi by 6 am CDT, easing fears of a New Orleans surge while Mississippi and Alabama endured the worst of the impact.
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New Orleans
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Moses honored for long service with Smith-Hazel recreation
Aiken native Clinton Moses, who works at Holiday Inn Express on Whiskey Road, received the Ethnic Minority Branch Law Award from the S C Recreation and Parks Association for decades of volunteer work with Aiken Parks and Recreation. Since 1984 he created the annual Father’s Day program at Smith-Hazel, expanding from 50 to about 700 spectators, and has organized senior citizen events and Black History Month activities.
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Whiskey Road
Aiken
S.C. Recreation and Parks Association
City of Aiken Parks and Recreation Department
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
Augusta) Civic Center
Bell Auditorium
Moses
Park and Recreation
NAACP marks 80th anniversary in Aiken service
The Aiken NAACP celebrated 80 years with a Sunday service at Cumberland AME Church. Dwella Moton hosted, and Rosie Berry urged action for minority hiring and the Confederate flag issue. State NAACP President James Gallman spoke on reform and a Columbia protest planned for the flag removal.
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NAACP
Cumberland Ame Church
Bethlehem Baptist Church Choir
Dwella Moton
Aiken County
Rosie Berry
Paul Knox Middle School
James Gallman
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Pensacola Bay
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Smith-Hazel
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Smith Hazel
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