Job Placements High In S C Despite Economy
The South Carolina Employment Security Commission reports 53,000 permanent full time job placements in the latest fiscal year amid an unemployment average of 9.3 percent, peaking at 12.8 percent in April. Aiken Conway Marion offices led in matching job seekers, with Horry County exceeding its quota by 42 percent. Marion County credited government contracts, tobacco pricing, and local Easter basket production for strong placements.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach
Marion
Curtis W. Floyd
Income Lags Behind Inflation in South Carolina Gains
Government unemployment benefits in the Palmetto State rose 918.7 percent from late 1973 to March 1975 while total personal income climbed 9.7 percent. National consumer prices increased 14 percent, and nonfarm income rose 10.3 percent, placing South Carolina 35th among states in nonfarm gains over 15 months.
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Columbia
Bureau of Economic Analysis
U.S. Department of Commerce
South Carolina
Commerce Dept
Palmetto State
Professor Alfred Schneider to join Georgia Tech in Nuclear Engineering
Dr Alfred Schneider of Aiken has been named professor of Nuclear Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and will join the faculty in September. He has spent a decade with Allied Chemical and Allied General Nuclear Services, contributing to the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant project and leading its Nuclear Technology unit.
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Alfred Schneider
Aiken
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Schneider
Allied Chemical
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
Argonne National Labora
Aiken County Scouts Attend Norway World Jamboree
Five Aiken County scouts joined 2,500 Americans and 15,000 scouts from 98 countries at the 14th World Scout Jamboree in Norway. Participants from Aiken included Michael Chandler Stuart Frontroth Andrew Marine Shawn Connelly and Robert Mills Jr as they navigated language and cultural hurdles at the Nordic hosted event 100 miles north of Oslo.
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Aiken County
Norway
Oslo
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Iceland
Michael Chandler
Stuart Frontroth
Andrew Marine
Aiken
Shawn Connelly
Robert Mills Jr
Clearwater
Aiken Grad Wins Missile Command Engineering Award
William D. Hyman, formerly of Aiken, received the Missile Command Scientific and Engineering Award for 1975 for infrared test programs that broadened the Army’s technology base. Maj. Gen. Vincent H. Ellis presented the honor. Hyman works in the Advanced Sensors Directorate and is an Aiken High School and Wofford College alumnus. He studied at the University of South Carolina and is married to Patti Smith of Aiken.
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William D. Hyman
Aiken
Missile Command
Vincent H. Ellis
MICOM
Army
Hyman
Advanced Sensors
Aiken High School
Wofford College
University of South Carolina
Patti Smith of
James R Smith
Grass Roots Plans Meeting Tomorrow
Aiken County Grass Roots Citizens Committee will meet tomorrow to adopt bylaws and elect officers. The public non profit is part of the Lower Savannah Grass Root Citizens Advisory Council. meeting at Smith Hazel Recreation Center at 7 30 p m is open to the public.
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Aiken County
Grass Roots Citizens Committee
Lower Savannah
Grass Root Citizens Advisory Council
Smith- Hazel
Dorn Farm Site Hosts Young Democrats Picnic
W. J. Bryan Dorn will again honor Young Democrats of South Carolina with a picnic on Thursday August 14 at 6 p.m. The annual gathering at the Dorn farm on the Callison Highway near Greenwood will be attended by Young Democrats and Democratic officials from across the state.
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W.J. Bryan Dorn
South Carolina
Dorn
Callison Highway
Greenwood
Service Master Opens Cleaning Business Here
Mitchell Elliott opens ServiceMaster cleaning service in Aiken County offering carpet and furniture care wall and floor cleaning and fire and smoke damage restoration. As owner he sits with a global network of over 1 000 licensees and 750 other U S and Canada stores plus 250 in Europe and Japan. Elliott, a Central Piedmont Community College graduate, moved to Aiken from Charlotte in July with his wife Linda.
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Aiken County
Mitchell Elliott
New Concern
ServiceMaster
ServiceMaster International Ltd
Downers Grove
Illinois
Elliott
United States
Canada
Europe
Japan
Elliot
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte
Linda
Elliots
Aiken
Edwards proposes interim ethics panel to start work
Gov. James B. Edwards says six nominees should begin meeting on a voluntary basis to establish rules for implementing South Carolina ethics statutes while waiting for full confirmation. He cites attorney general advice that interim appointments lack constitutional authority, urging rapid action to avoid delays. The six would be from the state’s congressional districts and could organize within two weeks.
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Columbia
James B. Edwards
State Ethics Commission
South Carolina
Edwards
General Assembly
Daniel R. McLeod
Ethics Commission
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