District realignment sparks protest over Black majority seats
Aiken County Council member James Baggott reacts to a plan by Councilman Hightower and NAACP leader James Gallman to redraw District 5 and add a second Black majority district. Baggott, a District 5 Republican candidate, says the move erodes community voice and accuses supporters of pursuing quotas. The proposal would shift parts of District 5 into Districts 3 and 4, potentially creating two Black majority districts with support from Bobby Bowers’s plan to expand District 1.
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Aiken County
James B
Jim) Baggott
Dist Bay Ct 5
Counlar Hightower
NAACP
Hightower
James Gallman
Baggett
Gene Duckett
North Augusta
Baggot
Belvedere
Councilman High
Ower
Gallman
City Hears Budget Wish List for Public Safety Substation
Aiken city department heads outlined budget requests including a Whiskey Road Public Safety substation near the Aiken Mall, a new Aiken Mile Track recreation complex, and an electronic water meter reading system. The substation would help meet ISO Class 2 fire rating requirements, priced at about 500000 with equipment and four officers, plus plans for 15 more officers overall.
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Aiken
Alen Horizons
Whiskey Road
Aiken Mall
Aiken Mile Track
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U N Leaders Meet For Historic Security Council Gathering
At the United Nations Security Council summit leaders from all 15 members, including Boris Yeltsin and Li Peng, signaled a broader peacekeeping role and new nuclear arms talk. Bush urged action against Saddam Hussein's Iraq as Yeltsin takes the defunct Soviet seat.
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United Nations
Security Council
U.N
Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin
China
Li Peng
Bush
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Council
Francois
Health insurance task force proposed in South Carolina
Rep Irene Rudnick proposes a 10 member task force to study feasibility of a Canadian style health plan. The group would report to the General Assembly by July 1, 1993, to address insurance fragmentation and cost containment. She cites cases of a 65 year old divorcee losing coverage and a psychiatric patient lacking insured access.
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Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
General Assembly
Rep
Rudnick
U.S
Ance
Aiken
Rep” Rudnick
Aiken Democrat
Link Between Cholesterol and ministrokes Emerges
Iowa researchers report that high cholesterol may trigger hazardous chain reactions in blood vessels leading to transient ischemic attacks and possibly full strokes. The study, presented at an American Heart Association conference, underscores urgent cholesterol reduction after ministrokes.
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Phoenix
University of Iowa
Donald Heistad
Sanjay Kaul
American Heart Association
Edward Cooper
University of Pennsylvania
The
Heart Association
Cooper
Iowa
School series begins Sunday amid crowded halls
Aiken County Board of Education reviews a Blue Ribbon panel report urging five new schools in addition to those planned. The document highlights inadequate restrooms and portable classrooms as major issues facing the district as the series opens Sunday.
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Aiken County
Ie Aiken County Board of Education
Aiken County School Facilities Scrutiny Begins Sunday
The panel’s sweeping recommendations urge actions for many county schools. Beginning Sunday the Aiken Standard will examine the condition of school facilities and the overcrowding that threatens the county’s schools.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Cornty
Calendar notes and contact lines in classifieds page
A calendar segment lists sections like Classifieds Comics Crossword and features short notices for readers. It includes a call line 648-2511 and a list of names Alma Creighton Nettie Franzblau Carolyn Weeks Spence Isley Marian Greene Still Leon Withers and Lee Page with reference to details on page 6A.
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Alma E. Creighton
North
Augusta Nettie Franzblau
Aiken
Carolyn Ann Weeks Spence
Aiken Isley
Marian Greene Still
Leon A. Withers
Cayce
Senate votes to regulate cable TV rates and standards
The Senate approved a bill 73 to 18 to curb cable rates and boost competition. Supporters, led by Sen. Daniel Inouye, cited consumer complaints about rising prices and poor service. The measure now goes to the House. a veto by the Bush administration was expected but debated amid election-year politics.
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U.S. Senate
House
Senate
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
Sen
Daniel Inouye
Hawaii
Inouye
Ob Packwood
R-Ore
Packwood
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