High school clubs and policy on religious groups debated
The district discussed a proposed policy allowing student led clubs including religious or political ideas while prohibiting school staff from initiating such groups. Teachers may attend in supervisory roles only. Concerns were raised about public perception and inclusion of controversial groups.
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FCA
Wagener
Aiken High
Columbia
Burkhalter
Noschoa Dtrct
Publc
Slay
Aiken County Students Show Mixed Test Gains
Aiken County students improved in nine of fifteen test areas, stayed the same in two, and fell from last year in four. Forty-four to fifty-eight percent of ninth graders scored above the national percentile in math, a sharp rise not matched by other grades. Superintendent Joseph Brooks credits strong instruction, while Mrs Nielsen questions the math surge.
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Aiken County
South Carolina
Joseph Brooks
Aiken County Race Fields For State Senate And Local Posts
Aiken County faces a crowded slate with five Republicans vying for the new state senate seat and a GOP contest for solicitor. The winner challenges Democrat William C. Kent in November. U.S. Senate GOP primary pits Tommy Hartnett against Charles Thompson, with the victor facing Sen. Fritz Hollings. County races for County Council seats and School Board are delayed pending Justice Department clearance, with filing to reopen after primary timing is set.
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Aiken County
Senate
J. Allen Brodie
Sam Juce
W. Greig
Sonn Sinders
Any Shaw
William C. Kent
North Augusta
Jim Hutt
Barbara Morgan
GOP
Carrol Bryant
Post
U.S. Senate
Tommy Hartnett
Charles Thompson
Ernest F
Fritz) Hollings
South Carolina
County Council
Board of Education
Dent Johnson
Registration and Elections Commission
U.S. Justice Department
Carrol H. Warner
LaWana McKenzie
Eddie Butler
Allen Brodie
Willar Hightower
Johnson
Justice Department
School Board
Inease P. Wiliamson
Johnny A. Shaw
James L. Verenes
James A. Moore
William Burkhalter’ Jr
Wholesale Prices Post Small Increase In July
The Labor Department reports a 0.1 percent rise in July’s Producer Price Index, the smallest up move since April, as energy prices ease 0.8 percent. Fruit prices plunge 14.7 percent, offset by an 18.7 percent rise in vegetables, with overall producer prices up 1.8 percent in seven months reflecting moderate inflation and weak demand. The fruit drop marks the largest since July 1971.
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Washington
Labor Department
Evelve
IRA Tax Breaks Aimed at Inner City Aid Draw Fire
Lawmakers criticized a proposed IRA plan that would let workers deposit 2000 dollars with untaxed earnings until withdrawal at 59½ or later, or tax free interest after five years, warning it could cost the Treasury up to 17 billion dollars annually and mainly benefits a narrow tax provision rather than aid to inner cities after the Los Angeles riots.
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Sievenants
Treasury
Los Angeles
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