Aging Council Forms to Promote Senior Citizens Month
The Aiken Area Council on Aging launches Senior Citizens Month in May with O T Kelley as chair and a planning committee including Florence Mooney Maud Rogers Clyde Shute and Blanche Johnson. The council aims to promote activities for older adults and collaborates with agencies. Meetings are third Thursdays at St John’s Methodist Church. Members may join with a one dollar fee to E S Sawyer.
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Clyde Shute
Maud Rogers
Florence Mooney
Blanche Johnson
Arliss Epps
S. C. Interagency Council On Aging
Aiken Area
Edward Koch
Aiken-Edgefield
Aiken
E.S. Sawyer
D. Bath
Koch
St. John’s Methodist Church
James Trowbridge
John Price
R. H. Jackson
O.E. Powell
Surfside Beach Wins $240,000 HUD Sewer Grant
Surfside Beach in Horry County South Carolina received a 240000 federal grant from HUD to upgrade water and sewer systems and to build a water storage tank. Sen Strom Thurmond announced the award.
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Washington
Surfside Beach
Horry County
S. C
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R.S. C
Man Could Weigh Two Tons on Sun’s Surface
A description notes that a person standing on the sun would carry a weight of about two tons, illustrating extreme solar gravity and mass effects in simple terms.
Tax Relief Bill Advances In South Carolina Senate
The South Carolina Senate sent to the House a plan offering property tax relief for seniors over 65 with a November vote on a constitutional change exempting a dwelling and up to five thousand dollars of land value. Also approved were bills on pooled maintenance funds for Whitten Village, leasing vehicle returns, and boosting tobacco promotion assessments up to two dollars per acre. Senators Gasque and Lindsay criticized sending the bill to a compromise.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
House
State
Mental Retardation Commission
Whitten Village
Whitten
Ralph Gasque
Marion
Jack Lindsay
Marlboro
Drys In Driver's Seat On State's Liquor Laws
In Columbia AP report, South Carolina senators fell five votes short of the two thirds needed to liberalize liquor laws. The debate centered on liquor by the drink, a November constitutional referendum, and a five cent mini bottle tax. Senators Scarborough and the Charleston-Berkeley delegation led the drive, with five absences, and votes indicated shifting positions among supporters and opponents.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Robert Scarborough
Dcharleston
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Scarborough
James B. Stephen
Spartanburg
Nets
John Long
D-Union
Long
Ralph Gasque
Marion
Lew Wallace
York
Gasque
Wallace
Charleston-Berkeley
Fighting Cop Farrell Joins Denver Rocks in IBL
Jim Farrell, a Denver Rocks middleweight contender in the International Boxing League, works as a policeman in Aurora, a Denver suburb.
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Aurora
Colo
Jim Farrell
Denver Rocks
International Boxing League
Denver
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