Ballot Box Voice for Aiken School Board Elections
Our view urges Aiken County voters to participate in the April 27 school board election. With 700 additional students expected and a over two million dollar shortfall, leadership matters as candidates face tough budget choices for 1993 94 and a low turnout is forecast. Aiken Technical College hosts a candidate forum from 7 to 9 p.m. to help voters evaluate contenders.
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Aiken County
County Board of Education
Aiken Technical College
Aiken Phar-Mor To Stay Open At Aiken Mall
Local relief followed Phar-Mor announcement that several stores nationwide will close while the Aiken location at the Aiken Mall remains open. Community leaders say the decision supports a stable business environment and ongoing growth for decades to come.
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Aiken Phar-Mor
Aiken
Phar-Mor
Aiken Mall
Aiken County MADD faces possible inactivity meeting planned
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Aiken County seeks new members as the chapter risks losing its charter. A meeting is set for April 20 at 7 p.m. at the Aiken Church of Christ to decide if the group can retain its status.
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Mothers Against
Aiken County
MADD
Madd Aiken County
Aiken Church of Christ
Whiskey Road
Arby's
K.L S.S
Sheriff Sellers
Sue Townsend
Schofield and
Kennedy
Aiken Standard Public Letters and Local Civic Callouts
The Aiken Standard invites signed letters to the editor with mailing addresses. Letters should be legible and concise, subject to editing. Send to The Editor Box 456 Aiken SC 29802. The notice also mentions student involvement and MADD Aiken County seeking active members and plans for projects next year including video cameras for law enforcement.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
Aiken, S.C
Madd Aiken County
MADD
Fresh freshmen face hard lessons in Capitol reform effort
The 110 new House members, the largest class in 44 years, came with hopes for change but find partisan power dynamics and leadership barriers hindering a bipartisan reform push. Many veterans note the tie between party apparatus and stalled collaboration, while some see both sides seeking limits on perks and money.
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Ashington
House of Representatives
Washington
Tom Foley
Bob Michel
Capitol Hill
Peter Blute
Massachusetts
Blute
Congress
Women in Florida embrace sterilization and fertility control
A Miami Herald column notes low income Florida women increasingly choose sterilization and long actin methods as more options emerge including emergency contraception and the abortion pill. The piece argues empowering women to control fertility can lift them from poverty and shift gender dynamics, while warning of potential coercive risks. Robert Steinback writes.
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Pamela Ferdinand
The
Miami Herald
Florida
United States
U.S
Clinton
Reebok
Nike
Campaign fund checkoff faces 1996 shortfall risk
The piece notes rising 1992 turnout but warns the federal campaign fund may face a $75 million shortfall for 1996. Checkoffs remained at one dollar and funding could dip as inflation rises or more taxpayers skip contributing. Politicians weigh inflation indexing and soft money concerns within Clinton reforms.
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Ashington
John F. Kennedy
Ross Perot
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Commission
Clinton
Swift
Congress
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Sandy Maisel
Colby College
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Boston Globe
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