Budget Bill Due Reapportionment Still A Problem
South Carolina lawmakers wrestle with reapportionment as the Ways and Means Committee prepares the budget bill. A $400 to $500 teacher pay rise is proposed within Pay Board limits, while a proposed 18 year old capacity bill advances but faces constitutional hurdle. Senate plans a calendar year plate rule change and tax payment timing sparks critique from Sen. Garrison.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means Committee
South Carolina
Senate
Marshall Cain
Aiken
Sidi Limehouse
Charleston
South Carolina National Guard
Solons
Marion Grossette
D-Calhoun
Aiken Standard Publication Information
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Dunbar Proposes Raises for South Carolina Retirees
Rep. Julian Dunbar introduces a concurrent resolution in the General Assembly to use surplus funds from the South Carolina Retirement System to raise retiree benefits and provide cost of living increases. He argues Governor’s Commission savings proposal would harm state employees and teachers. Dunbar cites a 20 year teacher with $6,000 salary at age 60 would get $82.50 monthly, with substantial contributions by both employee and employer.
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South Carolina
Julian Dunbar
Aiken
General Assembly
Governor's
Management Review Commission
Dunbar
Elderly Welfare Funds Languish in South Carolina
The South Carolina Council on Human Relations says the State Welfare Department fails to meet elderly needs. In a report titled Amazing Disgrace the council notes 19,000 on old age assistance live in poverty and urges doubling the $80 monthly payments, criticizing the legislature for weak commitment.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Two Men Rescued From Five-Story Scaffold Twist
Charleston Fire Department rescued two men suspended five stories up from a twisted scaffold at the Federal Building. One man was pulled through a window, the other lowered on a 100 foot ladder. Fire Chief Guthrie said neither was injured though they were scared.
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Charleston
Federal
Wilmot E. Guthrie
Dukes enters SC Democratic primary for First District seat
Milton J Dukes, a Charleston businessman and ordained Baptist minister, filed to run in the South Carolina Democratic primary for the First Congressional district seat held by Mendel J. Davis. Dukes has repeatedly announced runs for governor and previously refused the filing fee. Separately, the Labor Department announced South Carolina received 68844 dollars to develop on the job safety and health programs.
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Columbia
Milton J Dukes
South Carolina
Charleston
Dukes
Mendel J. Davis
Washington
U.S. Labor Department
Teachers Complete Training for Aiken County
Nine Aiken County teachers completed the in service Elementary Mathematics for Teachers course offered by the South Carolina Department of Education. Instructor Mrs. Elsie P. Hall led the program with participants including Andrew R. Bouknight Kennedy Junior High and several elementary staff from Downer Ridge Spring Monetta Byrd Vauc Lu se Elementary and Gloverville.
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Aiken County
Elsie P. Hall
Ridge Spring-Monetta High
S.C
Byrd
Alonza A. Davis
Ridge Spring- Monetta
Margaret B. Nichols
Vaucluse
Kendall H. Simons
Gloverville
Ann R. Stevens
Belvedere
Cora Lee Wimberly
Downer
Camera Club to View Color Slides in April Meeting
The Aiken Camera Club will view color slides prepared by the Photochrome Club of San Francisco at a 7 30 p.m. meeting at the Aiken Day School on Grace Avenue. The public is invited. The Sky Is The Limit slides by Bill Madewell and Tom Carr of Aiken will highlight the April 19 meeting.
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Photochrome Club
San Francisco
Calif
Aiken Camera Club
Aiken Day School
Grace Avenue
Bill Madewell
Tom Carr
Aiken
Camera Club
Former Aikenite Receives Promotion
W. Larry Ricks formerly of Aiken has been promoted to branch manager of the Fort Walton Beach office of Inter State Securities Company.
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W. Larry Ricks
Aiken
Fort Walton Beach
Inter- State Securities Company
Becomes Inner Circle Member for Lincoln Mercury
Hartwell J. Beck, a salesman at Whittle Bros. Inc., earns membership in the Lincoln Mercury Inner Circle. Lincoln Mercury general sales manager Lee Whiteman praised Beck for top three percent sales performance in 1971.
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Hartwell J. Beck
Whittle Bros. Inc
Lee Whiteman
Lincoln- Mercury
Mr. Beck
Home Health Care In Aiken Aiken County Program Details
Home Health Services offers nurse visits to homebound patients after physician referral. Nurses assess need, visit to provide prescribed care, tube feeds, wound care, oxygen preparation, and stroke rehab. Most patients are over 65, but under 35 and children are served. Services reduce hospital beds and aid doctors. inquiries to Betty Le Grand, RN, at Aiken County Health Department.
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Aiken County
Health Department
Virginia Holley
Betty le Grand
Sheriff Pleads Innocent In Anderson County Case
In a U S District Court hearing two former Anderson County deputies Frank S Floyd and Roger Lee Whitmire pleaded guilty to seven charges of receiving stolen property across state lines. Sheriff James H Williams pleaded not guilty to the same conspiracy charges and his suspension by Gov. John C West remains pending. Max Stephen Hillyard awaits representation before a plea is accepted. Deputy Williams’s attorney William Fant alleges the arrest was instigated by a local group aiming to remove him.
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William Fant
William
Anderson
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