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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1979

Page

3

Tax Levy Authority Debates Stir Aiken County Meeting

Rep. C Marshall Cain urges a central governing body to decide school tax levies and warns the General Assembly or courts may resolve the issue. He notes Aiken County facing over 1 million dollars in red paying allocations and highlights paving allocation concerns under the C fund. Cain expects Ways and Means to report the 1979-80 appropriations bill by mid March and states state employee raises will stay at 7 percent. A tax forms help session is scheduled with a state tax commission field representative in Aiken.

C. Marshall Cain R-S.c Cain House of Representatives General Assembly Seary Aiken County Council Ways and Means Committee Aiken House Ways and Means Carter Seat 85 Richland Avenue State Tax Commission

Secretary's Course Begins At TEC

A five session course on communications and decision making for secretaries starts tonight at Aiken Technical College. It runs 7 to 9 30 p m with Tuesday meetings and ends March 27 taught by Mary Biggar relocation administrator for Dupont from North Augusta. Tuition is 15 dollars.

Aiken Technical College Mary Biggar

Saudi Arabia Keeps Fixed Oil Price for 1979 First Quarter

Cyprus dateline reports Saudi Arabia will maintain the OPEC price for Q1 1979. A royal decree calls for urgent talks among exporters and consumers to regulate use and stabilize prices amid Iran's cut and a flurry of increases. Kuwait raises to about 14.55 a barrel. Iran seeks 18 to 20 with new spot sales. The base price remains 13.35, with a 3.9 percent rise planned for April 1.

Nicosia Cyprus Saudi Arabia Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Riyadh Radio OPEC Iran Kuwait

Suspect List Narrows In Augusta Rape Cases

Augusta Georgia police chief A L Scott told residents at a weekend meeting that investigators have narrowed the list of suspects to two in a spate of rapes in the inner city. He said police know where the suspects live and their routine. If further incidents occur, these two are the prime suspects.

Augusta, Ga A.L. Scott Augusta Scott

SCE&G Spends Big to Clean Power for South Carolina

The utility notes expenditures over 40 million dollars to install filters on smokestacks to reduce soot and emissions and to build taller stacks spray ponds and cooling towers. It emphasizes this pollution control is required by government and funded by customers through electricity bills to preserve South Carolina’s environment.

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