Carter proposes $27 billion 1961 tax cuts and jobs
President Carter unveils a roughly $27 billion tax cut plan for individuals couples and businesses to spur growth aiming to create about one million jobs in two years while widening the deficit to about $40 billion in the 1962 fiscal year. The package includes social security offset credits and accelerated depreciation to speed write offs and plant updates.
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Carter
Reagan
Senate Finance Committee
Pickely
Two More Charged in Aiken Drug Probe
Aiken Department of Public Safety adds two more arrests in its ongoing drug investigation. Josh Stanford, 34, faces one count of sale and distribution of cocaine and simple possession of marijuana. Diane Jackson, 22, charged with simple possession of marijuana after a residence search.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Josh Stanford
Kershaw St
Aiken
Diane Jackson
Florence St
Ms. Jackson
Employment Downturn Predicted Spark Job Losses
Columbia AP reports over 9,000 South Carolina workers will lose jobs to recession in the coming months. Labor Commissioner Edgar McGowan blames the downturn on low productivity and negative worker attitudes, warning that July unemployment at 8.3 percent will worsen as disillusionment grows.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Edgar McGowan
McGowan
Multi talented tellers mix roles at Security Federal event
At the company headquarters reception several tellers acted as bartenders. Former Aiken Standard reporter Jan Boylston, now studying in Texas, remains tied to her past as her editor pressed for that day's news.
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Security Federal Savings and Loan
Aiken Standard
Jan Boylston
Texas
PSC Member Decision Ends Legislative Session
The South Carolina General Assembly, meeting on the final day of its 103rd session, considered the vacancy on the Public Service Commission. Three merit nominees for the 6th PSC District seat faced uncertain support amid past controversy, as Lt. Gov. Nancy Stevenson and House Speaker Rex L. Carter predicted the nominees would be approved. The day also included election of a successor to retiring Circuit Judge Robert W. Hayes.
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State Public Service Commission
South Carolina
B.J. Gordon
Stevenson
House
Rex L. Carter
Senate
Richard W
Dick) Riley
State House
Carter
Greenville
PSC
16Th Circuit
Robert W. Hayes
Rock Hill
Robert L. McFadden
House Judiciary Committee
Caroline Maass
Pawleys Island
Samuel J. Selph
Williamsburg County
Ralph W. Strong
Legislative
Selph
Strong
Gordon
General Assembly
Guy Butler
Greenwood
Catto Admits and Denies Killing Woman in Savannah Trial
Michael Charles Caffo told Chatham County detectives he grabbed a young woman at the DeSoto Truck Stop and dumped her unconscious body into Salt Creek after a March 25, 1979 disappearance. He described a berserk rage and a struggle in which she attacked him with a knife before he tied her and fled in her car. FBI palm prints tied Caffo to the crime.
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Savannah
Michael Charles Catfo
Chatham County
DeSoto
Salt Creek
Chatham Superior Court
Caffo
Aiken
Leslie Bower
W.C
Mike) Freeman
Caffe
Ms. Bower
Dean Forest Road
FBI
Polish Strike Leader Urges Halt to Spread of Walkouts
Lech Walesa appealed for a temporary halt to extend talks with the government over Poland’s labor crisis. He said three to four days without results could see strikes spread, as labor leaders press for free independent unions amid a walkout that now involves about 300,000 workers.
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Walesa
Gdansk Area
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Baltic
Mieczyslaw Jagielski
Gdansk Radio
Andrzej Gwiazda
Jagielski
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