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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1976
Page
2
The South Carolina House approved a bill to strike the word attitude from traffic ticket notes arguing it fuels conflict with officers. The bill passed 74 to 23 and heads to final approval next week.
Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes each afternoon except weekends. Office at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801. Box 456. Second class postage paid. AP dispatches licensed for local news. republication rights reserved. No responsibility for ad errors. corrections in next issue. Advance payments limited to five weeks.
Columbia AP The South Carolina Medical Association proposes a Medical Disciplinary Commission to broaden actions against doctors who drink, use drugs, or perform incompetently. The 18 member panel would investigate, hear cases, and report findings to the Board of Medical Examiners with potential license suspension, revocation, or reprimand, subject to circuit court review.
Airman Lafayette A. Baskett graduates at Keesler AFB Mississippi from the Air Training Command administrative specialist course. Baskett, a North Augusta High School alumnus, is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry R Baskett of North Augusta. Army Spec 4 Hans E Ready, son of Mr and Mrs Earl W Ready of Graniteville, assigned to the 8th Infantry Division in Germany.
A psychiatrist testifies that polygraph tests might reveal lies in Patricia Hearst's fear account from underground life. Defense seeks the results while prosecutors warn against admitting polygraph evidence as testimony in the Hearst trial.
Former Congressman W. J. Bryan Dorn warns a funding delay for the University of South Carolina medical school could kill the project. He says VA funding and a related $44 million Columbia hospital may be jeopardized if the school is scrapped. Bills by Reps. Cooper Hawkins and Sen. Drummond seek a one year halt and study before continuing state support.
A state grand jury probes the 1957 death of Willie Edwards Jr after he was forced from a bridge into the Alabama River by three Ku Klux Klan members. William Kyle Livingston Henry Alexander and James York face murder charges while free on bond as the investigation unfolds.
State Democratic Party chair Donald Fowler told AP he expects a substantially larger turnout for the Saturday precinct caucuses in South Carolina due to active campaigning by candidates and county officials. He said any Democrat with a valid voter registration can attend and vote, even if certified the day of the caucus. Fowler stressed the race will hinge on pledged delegate counts and uncommitted votes, and he himself remains uncommitted.
South Carolina House members paid tribute to 81 year old Speaker Blatt with a Greek rendition of Happy Birthday. Reps. Gelegotis and Theodore sang in Greek to honor Blatt, the son of Jewish immigrants, who praised the moment and received a cake with a Gamecock emblem. Blatt supports the University of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission ruled that restaurants must have a functional kitchen and visible menus to sell mini bottles. The decision, issued Thursday, provides little relief for nightclubs claiming restaurant status.
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