Aiken Chamber Spotlights Outstanding People at Annual Dinner
The Aiken Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting with an Old South theme. Diane Toole Miss South Carolina and Lucille Studley Junior Miss among the belles. honors awarded to Man Woman and Youth of the Year. Mayor H Odell Weeks named Man of the Year. speaker Morgan Hunter unable to attend due to weather.
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Aiken
John H. Law
Aiken High School
Njrotc
Chamber
Samuel A. Cothran
Aiken Standard
Diane Toole
Gasper L. Toole III
Miss Toole
Aiken County
South Carolina
Linda Christine
Life of Georgia
The
Chamber of
Have You Heard in Aiken Chamber Meeting and School Note
Have You Heard that Lynn C. Brown agreed to be master of ceremonies at the Aiken Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting Friday with a condition that nothing he said or forgot to say would be printed. Sally Ferrara must run a tight sixth grade class at Pinecrest Elementary. The Year of the Horse has a 1979 replacement according to Fred Dilendik who comments on Aiken’s cold weather and a Year of the Fuel Companies.
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Lynn C. Brown
Aiken
Sally
A.S.) Ferrara
Pinecrest Elementary
Fred Dilendik
North Augusta Council Set to Discuss HUD Purchase
The North Augusta City Council will meet tomorrow at 8 in the public safety training room at 400 Buena Vista Ave to consider first reading of an ordinance authorizing the city to buy the North Plaza Apartment complex from HUD and discuss a pre-application for a HUD community development block grant. The session will also introduce an ordinance on animal control fees and set dates for the 1979 municipal general election. A public resolution on the Augusta Railroad Relocation Project will be presented. A pre-council meeting is slated for 7 in the same room.
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North Augusta
Public Safety
Buena Vista Ave
North Plaza
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Augusta
HEW delays probe of SC colleges includes USC and USCA
HEW postpones civil rights investigations of several South Carolina schools including the University of South Carolina and USC Aiken due to department backlogs. USC Aiken dean Dr. James F. Kauffman notes open admissions and regional recruitment. plan focuses on minority percentage comparisons with regional figures. James Solomon of the state Commission on Higher Education says outcomes are unpredictable, with other states already required to submit desegregation plans.
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South Carolina
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
South Carolina State College
Lander College
University of South Carolina
Clemson University
Francis Marion College
College of Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
Usc-Aiken
James F
Jim) Kauffman
USCA
Aiken County
Kauffman
James Solomon
State Commission On Higher Education
Carter Eyes Another Summit for Mideast Peace
President Carter proposes inviting Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin to meet again to push a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. He spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta after accepting the MLK Non Violent Peace Prize and linked his arms control push to Senate consent on the SALT pact. Alfred Atherton Jr. heads a renewed U.S. Middle East mission to Cairo and Jerusalem.
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Washington
Carter
Israel
Egypt
Sunday
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Atlanta
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Soviet Union
Senate
White House
Rex Granum
Howard Baker
Middle East
U.S
China
Iran
Alfred L. Atherton Jr
Cairo
Jerusalem
Sadat
Gunnells Seeks Hearing Over Sheriff Firing Dispute
Ralph Gunnells, ex lieutenant in the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department, sought a public hearing after his dismissal by Sheriff Paul D. Grant. The county council declined, citing legal opinions that a sheriff may hire or fire at will. The dispute prompted deputies to resign in protest and sparked a legal question under Home Rule and state statutes. Gunnells planned further consultation with his attorney to decide next steps.
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Ralph Gunnells
Aiken County
Paul D. Grant
Gunnells
Council
John H. Williams
Grant
Karen LeCraft Henderson
Williams
Henderson
Richard Murphy
Carrol H. Warner
Warner
Cleve Edmunds
Edmunds
Council Resolution To Oppose S C Location Of Augusta Rails
Aiken County Council will hear a resolution opposing alternate rail routes that would relocate Augusta rail lines through Beech Island and North Augusta. North Augusta officials may introduce similar legislation as residents protest Augusta plans at a recent meeting.
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Council
S.C
Augusta
Huff Pushes State Role in Employment Discrimination Cases
In Columbia last week the House advanced a bill to let the Human Affairs Commission hear private sector employment discrimination claims. Rep. Thomas E. Huff says the move keeps cases in state hands, potentially speeding resolution. The measure, co sponsored by 29 representatives, would extend the commission’s oversight from government to private industry.
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Columbia
State Human Affairs Commission
House
Judiciary Committee
Thomas E. Huff
North Augusta
Huff
Aiken County
State Commission
Human Affairs Commission
Commission
General Assembly
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC
Greenville
William A. Rees
Edgefield
Insurance Commission
York
Robert McFadden
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Bigby
Brown
Morgan Hunter
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Hunter
N.A. Council
Aiken County Today
Usc-A
James Gersten Zang
Associated Press
Ralph Gunnels
Beech Island
L. C. Greene
Greene
Businss
Corbie Company of Columbia
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Tom Huff
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