Commission on Aging Denies Appeal from Appalachia Council
The South Carolina Commission on Aging rejected the Appalachian council of Governments appeal for a larger share of Older Americans Act funds. Appalachia, among 10 districts, argued its 28.6 percent elderly population justified more aid, but chair Dr. Ernest A. Finney noted new regional agencies elsewhere receive extra funds as they establish. The commission maintained current allocations without reducing Appalachia, as four other regions launch aging programs in Central Midlands, Santee Wateree, Waccamaw, and Lowcountry.
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South Carolina
Appalachian Council
Commission
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Finney
Appalachia
Central Midlands
Santee-Wateree
Waccamaw
Lowcountry
Jackson Blames KKK for Black Marines Attack
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson told reporters at Camp Pendleton that the Ku Klux Klan provoked the November raid by black Marines on white Leathernecks. He pressed Maj. Gen. Hoffman to address racial tensions and questioned military leadership on communication and accountability.
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Camp Pendleton
Ku Klux Klan
Jesse Jackson
Chicago
PUSH
People United To Save Humanity
Jackson
KKK
Carl Hoffman
Los Angeles
Hoffman
David Duke
Friday seeks removal from Carter cabinet consideration
Dr William C Friday of the University of North Carolina asked that his name be withdrawn from fulltime cabinet consideration in President elect Jimmy Carter's administration He told Joseph D Duffey he would continue education work as he did this summer chairing Carter's education task force Duffey called him Monday Friday is highly regarded by Carter supporters and could have joined a number of posts but the secretary of Health Education and Welfare was most often mentioned.
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N.C
University of North Carolina System
William C. Friday
Jimmy Carter
Joseph D. Duffey
Carter
Hamilton Jordan
Duffey
Friday Friday
Johnson
Nixon
Child Development Center Board Sets Monthly Meeting Date
The Board of Directors of the Child Development Center of Aiken County changes its meeting date to the second Monday of each month. Meetings start at 7 30 p.m. at the Child Development Center.
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Child Development Center
Calhoun County Schools Boycott Report Timetable Set
Calhoun County School Board expects a biracial six member committee report within a month to six weeks on a black student boycott. The panel was appointed Nov. 24 by the legislative delegation. The boycott began Nov. 5 with marches and rallies aimed at ousting Superintendent H Thad Ott and principals Ernest W Stokes and Walter Lee Funderburk. Stokes said only a few blacks have returned to school.
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ST. Matthews
Calhoun County
Bruce Davis
Camden
Excise Tax Cut on Telephone Service Scheduled
Luther Rigby, local manager for Southern Bell, explains the federal excise tax on telephone service will drop by one percentage point from 6 to 5 percent starting January 1. The 10 year reduction ends with total phasing out on January 1, 1982, and applies to local and long distance charges.
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Luther Rigby
Southern Bell
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Shayne
Massachussetts
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Pecorsii
Aiken Standard
Aiken
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St. Matthews High School
Walter Lee Funderburk
St. John High School
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Franzblau
Richland
Asnhurst
Dan Bacot
John Thomas
SEARS
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Swartz Oil Co
Sears Agency
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Poke Mitchell
Wayne 4
Park Avenue
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Louisville
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Nawal
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