Aiken TEC Plans for Industrial Boom and 80s Centers
Sonny Epps, dean at Aiken Technical College, outlines South Carolina technical schools expanding to meet industry needs with five innovative centers in robotics, CNC tools, data processing and microprocessors. Centers will open at Piedmont TEC Greenville TEC York TEC Midlands TEC and a data handling unit at Midlands TEC, with three mobile training units planned across the state. Funding cuts of 3 percent loom, prompting calls to lawmakers to prioritize technical education funding.
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Aiken Technical College
Graniteville Exchange Club
Sonny Epps
South Carolina
Epps
Piedmont Tec
Greenville Tec
Tri-County Tec
Pendleton
York Tec
Rock Hill
Midlands Tec
Columbia
State Budget and Control Board
Buddy Coward
George Mitchell
Duff's
North Augusta
Aiken High Band Presents Christmas Program Tonight
The Aiken High School Symphonic Band performs Christmas selections at 8 p.m. in the school gym on Rutland Drive. Admission is 1 for students and 2 for adults, free to band boosters. Other pieces include Messiah overture, Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring, and Sleigh Ride.
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Aiken High School Symphonic Band
Aiken High School
Rutland Drive
Aiken High Band Boosters Club
Bach
Leroy Anderson
Midland Valley Christmas Parade Scheduled At 2:30 P.M.
Midland Valley Community Action sponsors a Christmas parade this Saturday at 2:30 PM starting from L B C Middle School and ending at Langley Shopping Center. Participants should arrive by 1:30 PM.
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Midland Valley
Midland Valley Community Action
L-B-C Middle School
Langley Shopping Center
Shipments Not Affected by Local Nuclear Ordinance
An Anderson County ordinance restricting nuclear material transport will not affect 300 shipments of spent fuel from Oconee Nuclear Station to McGuire Nuclear Station. Duke Power Company spokesman Hank Cheney noted the route uses about three miles of S.C. 153 plus S.C. 28 and the Anderson bypass for low level waste.
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Seneca
Anderson County
Oconee
McGuire
Duke Power Co
Duke
Hank Cheney
Charlotte
N.C
Anderson
S.C. 28
Barnwell
Airlines Test Lighter Aluminum Seats
Airlines are testing thinner lighter but stronger aluminum seats. Three new seats weigh about 55 pounds versus 75 pounds now. Savings from hundreds of lighter seats would be substantial since every extra pound costs about $25 annually in fuel.
Johnson Signs 1965 Immigration Act Reform
President Johnson signed a law on October 3 1965 amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to abolish the national origins quota system and reshape U S immigration policy.
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Johnson
Immigration and Nationality Act
Suspended Sentences In Dillon County Vote Fraud Case
Two Dillon men who aided the federal probe into Dillon County voting fraud received suspended sentences. Lloyd Mickey Meekins, 28, got one year unsupervised probation. John C. C Boy Woods, 32, faces five years of supervised probation on his suspended sentence.
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Columbia
Dillon
Dillon County
U.S
Charles
E. Simons Jr
Lloyd
Mickey”’ Meekins
John C
C-Boy” Woods
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Aiken Standard
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