Inflation Dropped Below Double Digits in March Report
The Labor Department said the Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in March pushing annual inflation to 7.5 percent, led by moderating energy prices and lower transportation and housing cost gains. Social Security COLA will rise 11.2 percent for 36 million recipients, with new monthly benefits shown.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Pre Release Centers Curse Or Cure In South Carolina
The Palmetto state expands community pre-release centers to ease prison crowding. Aiken family criticizes the system after two trustees from the Lower Savannah center, once murder inmates, are placed in the program. George Roof leads the Aiken site as tensions rise over records and safety.
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Palmetto State
Aiken
L.J
Larry) Murphy
Charles
Frank Ham
Edgefield
Ham Brothers
S.C. Department of Corrections
Lower Savannah
Murphy
Aiken Center
Sam E. McCuen
Save
William D. Leeke
George Roof
Aiken County Stockade
Elizabeth Harrington
Leeke
South Carolina
Columbia
Belvedere motorcycle killings inmates up for parole
Six of seven men convicted in the 1971 Belvedere killings could be eligible for parole next year. They are in work release programs with under a year left before parole. The July 18 1971 incident at the Dixie Dragons Belvedere HQ left two men dead and two girls slashed. seven men entered to steal motorcycles.
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Belvedere
Belvedere Motorcycle Club
The
Dixie Dragons
Thomas Bolen
William Martin Wolfe
Bolen
Wolfe
Charleston
Aiken Student Wins Truman Scholarship Honors
Steven Hibbard of North Augusta, a 19 year old rising senior at the University of South Carolina Honors College, won a $20000 Harry S Truman Scholarship. USC President James B. Holderman notified him of the award last week after a three month wait following interviews.
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Harry S. Truman
Army
Truman
Steven Hibbard
North Augusta
South
Scholarship Foundation Board
Hibbard
Carol Armstrong
Midland Valley
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Rebecca Elizabeth Hoehn
Calhoun Street
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Amal Tha
Cycle Club Killers
Aiken County
Community Cendor Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Reagan
Kathy Woodham
Palmetto Boys State
Honors College
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