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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1978
Page
7
Aiken Public Safety Detective A L Whittington warns Christmas shoppers and merchants about rising shoplifting losses. He notes new South Carolina penalties for first to third offenses and urges reporting incidents to managers.
James Hamlin DuPre, president of DuPre Construction Co and longtime South Carolina Republican figure, died Sunday in Charleston at 62. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at St James Episcopal Church James Island with burial in McClellanville Cemetery. survivors include his widow Lila Leland and children James Jr Andrew Ohlandt Laval DuPre and others. He chaired finance for Gov. Edwards 1974 campaign and served on state ethics and boundary dispute panels. DuPre was a Citadel Brigadier Club member and key GOP organizer in the state.
Sen. Strom Thurmond calls for abolishing the master lever and changing South Carolina election laws to allow ticket splitting. He says stronger black turnout could have occurred if voters could mix tickets, citing an 8 percent black vote in his race and noting many voters opt for a party label to avoid ballot mistakes.
Applications for the Aiken County Vocational Center School of Practical Nursing are now being accepted for the July 1979 class. The deadline is January 31, 1979. For information call 593-5313 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The Aiken High Booster Club will gather at 7 PM in the school library. Members discuss upcoming events and fundraising plans.
A representative of low income families will be elected to the board of directors of the Aiken County Community Action Commission at a public meeting tomorrow. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Center on S C 421 in Langley.
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