State Parks Could Shed Services Without $1.1 Million
South Carolina faces reduced park services at 31 of 42 parks unless 1.1 million dollars is found by October to hire 71 new workers to meet federal wage and hour rules. Ten parks and Charles Towne Landing would stay open though many operate at a loss.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Charles Towne Landing
Myrtle Beach
Hunting Island
Huntington Beach
Edisto Island
Table Rock
Santee
Dreher Island
Hickory Knob
Hamilton Branch
Oconee
Aiken State Park
Fred Brinkman
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
State Budget and Control Board
Brinkman
Riegel Textile Consumer Division Sold to Georgia-Pacific
Georgia-Pacific officials announced the purchase of Riegel Textile Corp s Consumer Products Division, which operates in Aiken with about 150 employees. The sale ties to an August 1 negotiation with Mount Vernon Mills and aims for a final merger by September 30 pending regulatory steps.
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Riegel Textile Corp
Georgia-Pacific Co
Georgia- Pacific
Riegel
Aiken
Georgia-Pacific
Mount Vernon Mills Inc
Mount Vernon Mills
Atlanta
Shiny knight in red Toyota aids parking lot mishap
An unidentified man in a red Toyota pickup honked to warn a woman in Winn Dixie where groceries were toppled from her car. The woman retrieved the bag and waved as the rescuer sped away.
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Winn Dixie
Public Safety Substation Planned For West Aiken
Aiken plans a west side Public Safety substation within five years to improve coverage as the city grows. No. 3 station would be near Kalmia Hill, reducing travel distances from Laurens Street and easing strain on south and main stations while boosting preventive measures and patrol capacity.
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West Aiken
Department of Public Safety
J. Carrol Busbee
Kalmia Hill
Busbee
Laurens Street
Usc Aiken
Aiken
South Africa Riot Police Scatter Protest Marchers
Riot police with truncheons and rubber whips dispersed about 200 protesters aiming to march for Nelson Mandela. Residents reported larger marches from two other city areas as thousands joined demonstrations. Police detained around 15 demonstrators, including several clergymen, amid curbs on a student alliance.
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Cape Town
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
Congress of South African Students
Pollsmoor
Mandela
University of
P.W. Botha
Ple
Jan de Waal
Dutch Reformed Mission Church
Riley Seeks Austere Budget for 86 87 Fiscal Year
Gov. Riley and the Budget and Control Board urged agency heads and employees to tighten spending. The plan calls for a seven percent general revenue increase only to meet current commitments with several million dollars needed for raises, prisons, and crime bills.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
State Budget and Control Board
Tom Mangum
Lancaster
House
Ways and Means
State Board of Economic Advisers
General Assembly
Jesse A. Coles Jr
Riley
Senate
Rembert C. Dennis
Berkeley
Tha
Riley Will Be Busy in Aiken County Friday
Gov. Richard W. Riley schedules a busy Aiken County day with a 4 to 5 30 p.m. reception at South Aiken High School to discuss the Education Information Act of 1984 and quality education. He later attends a Democratic party dinner at John S residence and closes with a CPA 2 benefit banquet at North Augusta High School. More than 200 tickets sold. attendance projected at 300 to 350.
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Richard W. Riley
Aiken County
South Aiken High School
Gov. Riley
South Carolina
South Aiken
Democratic Party
John S
North Augusta Senior High
Paul Hyer
CPA 2 Group
Board of Education
Robert H. Slay
Pawleys Island Votes to Incorporate as Town
Pawleys Island residents chose incorporation by 71 to 47, making it South Carolina’s newest municipality. Island officials say nonpartisan elections will occur in about 90 days for a mayor and town council with an annual budget of about 60 thousand dollars funded by state taxes and licenses.
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Pawleys Island
South Carolina
Page Oberlin
Sea View Inn
Pawleys
Stacey Clardy
Island Incorporation Commission
Myrtle Beach
James ‘‘Sparky” Bourne
Peo
Ple
Clardy
Ms. Oberlin
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Jewel Reynolds
Trish Reynolds
Patsy Blanton
Mrs. Blanton
Oak Hill
New Ellenton
George Burgess
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