Names Presented To Council For County Administrator Post
The Blue Ribbon Committee will present three candidates for the Aiken County administrator job in an executive session. The post has been vacant since June after L C Greene resigned. Joe W Busby has been acting administrator. Council will interview each candidate and decide by Sept 1 with the winner starting after 30 days’ notice and Oct 1 start.
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Aiken
Hank McKinney
Conrad Hartzog
Arthur Rich
Robert Penland
C.L. Townsend
George Brelsford
N.R. Salley
School District To Get Goals
The Aiken County Board of Education meets tonight at 7 30 at the education center 843 Edgefield Ave public invited. Superintendent Dr Robert W Paskel outlines instructional objectives and district management goals while revisions to the Code of Student Conduct and capital outlay for summer projects are on the agenda. The sale of Kirk School property and renovated box cars to USC Aiken are also discussed.
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Aiken County
Edgefield Ave
Robert W
Bob) Paskel
Paskel
Kirk
USC Aiken
Ed Becker Eyes Next Sadie Hawkins Race on Bee Lane
Ed Becker looks forward to the next Sadie Hawkins Day Race on Bee Lane. Last year he hoped a young lady would catch him but she chose another bachelor. Becker recalls turning to flee when he glimpsed the gas gaining and sped up.
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Ed Becker
Bee Lane
Becker
Cuban Navy shifts from defense to offensive capacity
Rear Adm. Robert P. McKenzie says Soviet aid is modernizing Cuba's navy from a defensive force to one capable of offensive interdiction. He notes Foxtrot submarines and missile boats, with a frigate coming, increasing Cuba's threat as Ocean Venture exercises unfold in the Atlantic.
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Puerto Rico
U.S
Caribbean
McKenzie
Dennis
Atlantic
Cuba
Soviet Union
Gulf of Mexico
House Favoring Current District in South Carolina Reapportionment
The South Carolina House resumes the reapportionment fight with a plan that preserves Rep. Butler Derrick’s 3rd District, adding Barnwell and removing only Newberry County from the district while the Senate seeks broader changes and a potential 300 mile stretch along the state’s border. A House vote is expected this week to assign a conference with the Senate.
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Columbia
State House
U.S
Butler Derrick
South Carolina
State Senate
Derrick
Oconee County
House
Judiciary Committee
Newberry County
Barnwell County
Greenwood
Newberry
Barn
Senate
Tom Ervin
D-Anderson
Aiken OKs bingo despite opposition from minister
After a public hearing the Aiken City Council passed a second reading ordinance to allow licensed bingo within the city limits. AMVETS Post 88 will open a club at 1017 York St across from Northside Plaza with bingo sessions three times weekly. An annual business license fee is set at 200 dollars for the first 2000 dollars of gross receipts and 5 dollars for each additional 1000 dollars. The Rev. Jack F. Hasty opposed gambling growth, urging the club to withdraw.
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Aiken
Amvets Post 88
York St
Northside Plaza
Jack F. Hasty
Hasty
First Baptist Church
Christian Action Council
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Pete Rose
BUSE
George Bush
Meridian
Miss
Dear Abby
Erma Bombeck
Showtime Sports
Bingo
Paula Blackmon
Amvets Club
Willar Hightower
Hightower
George Thomas
Amvets
North Augusta
Educa
Thomas
Beatrice Bowman
Henry Summerall Jr
Summerall
Crosland Park
Willcox
Colleton Avenue
Central Business District
Council
City Hall
Park Ave
S.W
Aiken County Council
Duncan Ludlow
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Aiken County Public Service Authority
Stan Goodman
PSA
York and
Aldrich Streets
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