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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1980
Page
3
South Carolina welfare officials boasted a July increase to 367 for a family of four with no income, but DSS staff concede the standard of need dates from seven years ago. Average payments remain among the lowest nationwide, with food stamps added on.
Aiken and North Augusta officials announce appeals after preliminary census totals undercount residents. City of Aiken cites 400–500 missing among 14,298 total, citing water records and annexations. North Augusta pegs 200 more residents than its 13,374 figure. Officials warn funding allocations for the next decade depend on accurate counts.
Commissioner William S. Hall urged the Budget and Control Board to provide 11.3 million more for the Mental Health Department in 1981-82. Funds would create 100 nursing positions at Crafts-Farrow State Hospital to raise accreditation standards. The request lifts total to 91.9 million while South Carolina State Hospital also faces probation over safety and staffing concerns.
Florida Attorney General urges a federal law limiting appeal avenues for condemned murderers. Jim Smith, who represented Florida in John Speakelink's case, says courts override the will of the people as capital punishment is suspended. The remarks came at the inaugural conference of the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation with reps from 22 of 38 states attending.
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