Aiken County Politicians Weigh 1984 Election Runs
Local politicians consider races for the U S Senate House and state general assembly ahead of the 1984 general election. Rep Butler Derrick seeks another term in the Third District while Dr Henry S Jordan weighs a Republican bid. Rep Thomas E Huff entertains a possible bid for Senate District 25 as Jimmy L Snyder contemplates challenging Moore.
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Aiken County
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
State General Assembly
Anderson
Henry S. Jordan
Jordan
S.C
Huff
Augusta-Belvedere
Edgefield County
Rep
Sen. Moore
Jimmy L. Snyder
Belvedere
Rep. Huff
Christmas Charities Near Goals In Aiken County Drive
The Salvation Army aims for 33000 and has raised over 26000 through mail appeals and kettle drives. Funds fund Christmas food checks toys and gifts and support year round programs with the campaign ending on Christmas Day and kettles open until Saturday.
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Aiken County
Salvation Army
Robert Melton
P.O
Aiken
Valley
Archie Dean
the Valley Empty Stocking Fund
Clearwater
Langley
Granitevile
Marines Under Fire in Beirut Face Security Failures
A House Armed Services subcommittee report finds Marine command decisions emphasized troop presence over safety in Beirut, contributing to the truck bombing that killed 241 servicemen. The panel faulted ground leaders for lacking clear guidance and misjudging risks, while Col. Timothy Geraghty was accused of serious errors in judgment.
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Washington
Beirut
House Armed Services Investigations Subcommittee
Timothy J. Geraghty
House
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Weinberger
Abc-Tv
Good Morning America
Lebanon
Col. Geraghty
Date of Jesus crucifixion dated to AD 33 by British scientists
Oxford researchers Colin Humphreys and W G Waddington report in Nature that Christ died on Friday April 3 AD 33. Using astronomical calculations and biblical references they reconstruct the Jewish calendar and date a lunar eclipse linked to the crucifixion.
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London
Colin J. Humphreys
W.G. Waddington
Oxford University
Nature
Humphreys
Oxford
Department of Metallurgy
Science of Materials
Waddington
Astrophysics
Mayor H Odell Weeks named Senior Man of the Year at Aiken luncheon
H Odell Weeks 75 received the Senior Man of the Year award from the Senior Men's Club at its Christmas luncheon at Houndslake Country Club. Weeks has served as Aiken mayor since 1946 with a four year gap in the early 1950s, and is active in Lions Club First Baptist Church Municipal Association IPTAY and other groups.
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H. Odell Weeks
Houndslake Country Club
Roland H. Windham
Mayor Weeks
Aiken
Weeks
The
Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Municipal Association of South Carolina
Aiken Businessman’s Club
House
Eugene Lofgren
Joseph Roper
Frank Corley
Frank McCrosson
McCrosson
Ramada Inn
Bishops Study Capitalism in U.S. Economy Letter
Roman Catholic bishops in the United States are drafting a pastoral letter criticizing aspects of capitalism and urging reforms in employment welfare trade and industrial policy. Archbishop Weakland leads the panel and aims for a nonpartisan church perspective ahead of the 1984 election.
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South Bend, Ind
BNS
U.S
Rembert Weakland
Milwaukee
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