South Carolina minibottles face another legislative round
An evenly split 1 member panel reviews the 25 year old minibottle law as the SC General Assembly faces a potential shift to free-pour drinks. Critics cite traffic fatalities and higher taxes per bottle while supporters urge maintaining revenue and state liquor controls. The issue moves to the liquor study committee, then to the House and Senate, with voter approval required for constitutional change.
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South Carolina
S.C. General Assembly
Palmetto State
South Carlina
Hospitality Association of
Aiken
Sue Townsend
Palmetto
Sam Erb
Westside Bowery
Hospitality of South Carolina Board of Directors
Florida
Liquor Study Committee
General Assembly
House
Senate
NBC executives note no NBA game on Christmas TV
The text questions why NBC executives did not schedule an NBA game for Christmas Day and reflects on players possibly being home with their families. It suggests a wider curiosity about holiday programming and player accommodations.
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NBC Television
Beginning of a New Year Sermon at First Baptist Aiken
The sermon urges embracing the new year as a wonderful opportunity despite hardships. It highlights beginning stages of life, the need for sacrifice and service, and trusting God. It cites hope, healthful thoughts, and patience as keys, ending with a wish for a hopeful 1999. The writer is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Aiken.
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Boston Public Library
Joseph Hoyt Newton
Atlantic
the Writer
First Baptist Church
Aiken
Forecasts of a chaotic 1999 political farce
A mock 1999 calendar imagines Clinton ordering 830 cruise missiles on Bhutan, Cochran and Scheck defending him, Henry Lee tying the DNA to Jefferson, Rehnquist replaced by Judge Wapner, and a string of outlandish events including a two term limit repeal and a Thanksgiving abolition executive order. The piece satirizes impeachment, media, and politics with wild scenarios and sharp humor.
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Clinton
Bhutan
Himalayan
India
Tibet
White House
Joe Lockhart
Senate
Johnnie Cochran
Barry Scheck
FBI
Cochran
Henry Lee
O. J. Simpson
Same
Monica Lewinsky
Thomas Jefferson
Senate Republicans
William Rehnquist
Wapner
People’s Court
People’s President
Larry Flynt
Flynt
Rehnquist
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court
William Jefferson Clinton
Hustler Magazine
Susan Macdougal
Mena
Ark
al Gore
Rose Garden
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Plymouth
Congress
Hilton Head
Betty
Moderates Shape Credibility In Clinton Impeachment Vote
Dallas report notes the impeachment vote split largely along party lines but credits GOP moderates for a deliberate, credible choice. It highlights centrists like Anno Houghton and Michael Castle who favored censure and notes their districts’ swing dynamics.
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Dallas
Clinton
House
Bill Clinton
White House
Anno Houghton
New York
Michael Castle
Delaware
Tom Campbell
R-Calif
Silicon Valley
Campbell
Jim Leach
Iowa
Tom DeLay
Texas
House Gop
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Anwela R. Nalley
Asomisnan Sldopvisoe
James R. Bennett Jr
J. David Boyd
Fred Andrea
Andrea
Linda Chavez
Creators Syndicate
William McKenzie
Nertidaer Service
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