Beer tax proposal sparks SC distributor objections
Local beer and wine distributors protest a proposed 10 percent surtax saying it would burden the industry in South Carolina. Supporters cite education funding, while opponents warn of higher consumer prices and cross border shopping with Georgia. Page 4A.
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House of Representatives
Thomas L. Moore
Clearwater
Thomas E. Huff
North Augusta
Huff
Moore
South Carolina
Palmetto State
United States
Joseph H. Stout
AB Beverage Co. Inc
Aiken
Stout
Arthur Verenes
Aiken Distributing Co
Verenes
Georgia
J.D. Herman
Southern Beer
Have You Heard The Laurens Street Philosopher Wise Words
The Laurens Street Philosopher offers overtones of wisdom on wood burning and cautious shopping as a U S Commerce executive boasts about a smile handshake and hemorrhoids and Lou and Rudy Mason feature in a rehearsal and a beans and hamhock bid tale with a quip about the brain starting work at birth and pausing at public speaking.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Laurens Street
LSP
Lou Mason
Heart Fund
Rudy
Iranian Generals Reported Slain as Revolution Rages in Tehran
Tehran grapples with upheaval as two generals are reported killed in clashes with rebels. Provisional government forces secure key sites, while armed youths mass in the capital threatening symbols of the Shah and foreign allies.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Abdul-Ali Badrei
Imperial Guard
Bahrat Jafarian
Khuzestan
Ahwaz
Intercontinental Hotel
Radio Tehran
Niavaran
Sultanabad Barracks
Series On Nuclear Waste Begins Today
A four part series on what is being done with nuclear waste starts today in the Aiken Standard. Reporter Thur mond Whatley writes the pieces appearing today and tomorrow on Page 4B.
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Aiken
Barnwell
Aiken Standard
Thurmond Whatley
Council Sets Tonight Aiken Meeting Agenda
Aiken City Council meets at 8 in the Municipal Building council chamber to discuss a zoning ordinance amendment to pornog raphy rules, sewer system ordinances, and annexation of Houndslake property. Also on the agenda are traffic investigations at Hitchcock Parkway Huntsman Drive and Williams Drive Silver Bluff Road, annexation on Two Notch Road for multifamily housing, bids for a Hopeland Garden piano, an audit on community development projects, and a resolution to the EPA regarding the sewer system.
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Aiken
Council Chamber
Houndslake
Hitchcock Parkway
Huntsman Drive
Williams Drive
Silver Bluff Road
Two Notch Road
Hopeland Garden
Environmental Protection Agency
G V W Fire Department Cuts Insurance Costs in County
Graniteville Vaucluse Warrenville Fire Department improves its insurance rating from Class 8 to Class 6 for a three mile radius. Homeowners with wood frames save about 17 percent and masonry buildings about 25 percent. Effective March 1 after a Columbia Insurance Service Office inspection. Fire Chief Charles L. Yaun leads the 30 member department founded in 1973.
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Graniteville
Graniteville-Vaucluse- Warrenville Fire Department
Insurance Services Office
Columbia
Phillip Napier
Napier
Aiken County
Weekend Ice Storm Restores Power and Communications
Utility crews report nearly full service by weekend with power restored for most residents. South Carolina Electric and Gas says only one customer remained without power late Friday, Aiken Electric Co-op and Cablevision confirm widespread restoration by Saturday, with about 100 cable lines still offline. A damaged main trunk line required repairs Saturday.
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Jim Ray
South Carolina Electric and Gas
Aiken Electric Co-op
Hammie Chaplin
Edgefield
Southern Bell
Luther Bigby
Aiken Cablevision
Archie Luther
Cablevision
Luther
Log Cabin Life Changes Since Lincoln Sees Page
Page 2B content lists sections such as Aiken County To Comics Dear Abby Editorials Obituaries Sports Television Weather day 7A 2A, indicating a newspaper page layout and section labels rather than a cohesive article.
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Aiken County
Abby
Conspiracy Trials To Begin In Aiken County Court
Three men from Aiken County face criminal conspiracy charges as General Sessions court opens the February term. W O Bradley, former South Carolina Highway Patrolman. R C Graham, ex patrol officer. and Charles E Jackson, former Aiken County Council candidate, appear before Judge Rodney A Peeples. Jury roster sounding and guilty pleas are on today’s docket with additional cases planned for the week.
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Aiken County
General Sessions Court
W.O. Bradley
South Carolina
Highway
Rodney A. Peeples
Second Circuit Court
White collar crime on the rise study at USC seminar
A University of South Carolina seminar reviews white collar crime, noting up to 1 percent of cases are reported. Estimated annual costs rise from 40 billion in 1974 to a projected 80 billion by 1983, with checks and credit card fraud as common forms. Banks struggle to track daily transactions, shifting burden to merchants.
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Columbia
Justice System
University of South Carolina
James L. Swain
Bank of America
Los
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