School Board Seeks OK For Area Changes
Aiken County Board of Education proposes high school zones replacing four administrative areas with 5 to 7 zones linked to seven high schools. Delegation asked to repeal current local legislation and create a model bill and organizational chart for review.
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Aiken County
J.P. Kneece
Silver Bluff High School
I and I
Kneece
Silver Bluff
Gilbert E. McMillan
R-Aiken
Willis
Lynn T. Hilley
Clifton Williamson
Thomas E. Huff
Thomas L. Moore
Recession Foreseen as Economy Drops Across Sectors
The United States shows signs of a mild but likely prolonged recession as housing, industry, and retail activity slide. Unemployment could rise to 1 2 million, with inflation easing and consumer prices easing next year.
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Washington
William Cox
Commerce Department
Carter
Nancy Teeters
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Treasury
G. William Miller
Senate Finance Subcommittee
Midland Valley High School T shirts Ignite Local Debates
In a colorful note readers hear about Midland Valley High School official T shirts in bright orange. Al McKay vows to cheer for orange on Fridays while a Aiken father explains to his child the eyes in a potato and the Ides of March. The Gear Rotary Club newsletter is referenced in a humorous contrast about fitness and shopping.
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Midland Valley High School
al McKay
Ayatollah Khomeini
Gear
Rotary Club
Moyer Found Guilty of Murder in Graniteville Shooting
Oscar Moyer, 50, was convicted of murder by a six woman six man jury in Aiken General Sessions for the December 21 1979 shotgun killing of his wife June Evan Moyer 40. The jury took about two hours to reach the verdict.
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Graniteville
Oscar Moyer
General Sessions
Aiken
Moyer
June Evan Moyer
James E. McIntosh
H.L. Maguire
Edward Kuglar
Kuglar
Judge Peeples Teaches North Augusta Students Drug Law Fear
Second Circuit Judge Rodney A. Peeples met ninth grade visitors from North Augusta Junior High for a court talk on marijuana risks. He demonstrated with a burned sample to show how possession can implicate all in a car or group, urging students to avoid drug users and explaining court operation.
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North Augusta
Second
Rodney A. Peeples
Peeples
South Carolina
New Job Takes Hilleys To Washington
Roger Hilley receives a Washington DOE appointment as counselor to Dr. Gilbert for nuclear materials production. Lynne Hilley will resign from the Aiken County School Board to accompany him. Appointment starts May 1. SRL post remains unfilled. they keep their North Augusta home.
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Hilleys
Washington
Roger Hilley
Department of Energy
Lynne T. Hilley
Aiken County
Hilley
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Julie Dunn
Carol Ratchford
Scott Hunter
Fed
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Henry Kaufman
Salomon Brothers
Chase Manhattan Bank
Labor Department
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Erma Bombeck
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