Senate Seeks Stopgap to Force Budget Restructuring
The South Carolina Senate moves to keep the current budget alive if a deadlock delays a new spending plan. Leaders aim to pressure a restructuring this year while two weeks of House Senate talks run to finish the fiscal year budget. Senate members fault gaps in Medicaid, health care, and higher education funding, noting shortfalls and missing teacher bonuses.
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Columbia
Senate
House
John Drummond
D-Ninety Six
Drummond
Gp Department
Department of Social Services
Alcoholic Beverage Controlee
State Law Enforcement Division
Beess
Verne Smith
Nikki Setzler
West Columbia
Deficit Plan In Senate Shapes Clinton Budget Battle
Democrats push Clinton deficit plan toward final Senate vote after House approval 240 to 184. The plan calls for higher taxes on the well off, a major energy tax, and deep cuts in military spending, with Republicans and some Democrats split on its approach to spending restraint and Medicaid.
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Washington
Clinton
Senate
House
Jim Sasser
Dtenn
Senate Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
New Mexico
Domenici
Aiken County Unemployment Holds Steady at 5.5 Percent
Aiken County's February unemployment rate remains at 5.5 percent, the same as January, while South Carolina's rate drops to 5.9 percent. County officials cite manufacturing gains and renovations at North Augusta Plaza as signs of improvement and note R.E. Phelan's plant expansion creating job opportunities.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
John G. Molony
Aiken Area
SCEC
North
Jobless Claims Rise in Late March
The Labor Department reported 380,000 first time unemployment claims for the week ended March 27, the highest in over four months, up 33,000 from the prior week. Analysts had expected a slight decline, while storms in mid March contributed to shortages and plant closings later in March. The four week moving average rose to 360,500.
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Washington
Labor Department
Mitsubishi Bank
New York
Lights To Ease Traffic At Two Aiken Intersections
The South Carolina Highway Department will install traffic signals at Trail Ridge Road with Hitchcock Parkway and at Houndslake Drive by the bypass in Aiken. City Manager Steven T. Thompson notes signals won’t fully solve traffic on the bypass until turn lanes are built in 1994.
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Hitchcock Parkway
Aiken
South Carolina Highway Department
Trail Ridge Road
Houndslake Drive
Steven T. Thompson
Thompson
Highway Department
Aiken County
Karen Papouchado
Papouchado
April Fools Day Gagsters Rolicking Day
April Fools Day is celebrated with pranks and jokes on the first of April each year. The World Book Encyclopedia notes the date originated in France after the 1564 calendar reform and describes the historical shift from March 21 to January 1.
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France
Charles IX
Classifieds and Notices Row From Local Front Pages
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Locals Named in Details Section Page Three B
The snippet lists individuals including DS Lattimore Gunter Jr Wagener Mildeed Noblett N ella Parker Columbia Ralph B Saunders Augusta with a directive to see Page 3B for full details. The reference suggests a continuation with additional names and context on the page.
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Lattimore Gunter Jr
Wagener
Mildeed Noblett
Gastonia
Nella Parker
Columbia
Ralph B. Saunders
Augusta
Students Ready To Sell Spring Plants At Aiken High
Horticulture students at Aiken High School prepare a spring sale of bedding plants and hanging baskets. Teacher Joe Wilson notes geraniums bougainvilleas mandallins and vegetables alongside Easter lilies. Sales run 8 30 a m to 3 p m at the school greenhouse.
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Aiken High School
Joe Wilson
Wilson
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