Battle Lines Form Over PSC Reform in New Assembly
Gov. Riley pushes merit panel for PSC picks with support drafting and co sponsor plans. House leaders align behind reform while Senate opposition from Sen. Gressette and Sen. Dennis threatens to block. Some say enough votes exist to push merit selection to the floor.
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Public Service Commission
PSC
General Assembly
Richard Riley
Riley
State Senate
Marion Gressette
Judiciary Committee
Gressette
Calhoun
Rembert Dennis
Berkely
Dennis
Senate Finance Committee
House
Rex Carter
D-Greenville
Sol Blatt
D-Barnwell
David Taylor
D-Spartanburg
Taylor
Senate Judiciary Committee
Toal
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon to join Carter and Teng for White House dinner later this month
Former president Richard Nixon will dine at the White House with President Carter and China's vice premier Teng Hsiao-ping later this month. The invitation, confirming Nixon's role in normalizing relations with China, comes as Teng begins a U.S. tour and a state dinner is planned. Gerald Ford may attend but will be away on a Middle East trip.
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Nixon
White House
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Carter
China
Teng Hsiao-ping Nixon
Peking
Mary Hoyt
Rosalynn Carter
California
Executive
Teng
United States
Gerald Ford
Middle East
Hubert Humphrey
Administration
Holland Reintroduces Textile Bill in Congress
Rep Ken Holland proposes removing textiles and apparel from Geneva tariff talks after a vetoed bill in 1979. The measure gained broad support with about 100 co sponsors and passed the House 198 29 and Senate 48 13. He cites a 1978 textile trade deficit of over 5 billion dollars and 2.3 million jobs affected by imports.
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Washington
Ken Holland
Geneva
Carter
House
Senate
Holland
South Carolina
United States
Community Calendar Highlights for Aiken and Nearby Areas
Today events span health clinics, club meetings, auditions, council sessions and support groups across Midland Valley Clearwater Augusta and North Augusta. Tomorrow schedules feature museum hours garden group senior clubs Thoroughbred Hall of Fame and Toastmasters with evening A A meetingsそこ.
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Midland Valley
Clearwater
Aiken Optimist Club
DeMasi’s
Aiken Choral Society
First Baptist Church
Aiken County Council
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
North Augusta
Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home
15Th St
Augusta
Aiken County Mental Health Association
Jaycees
Jaycee Hut
Parents Without Partners
First National Bank
Aiken County
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
Aiken
Farmers Press Expanded Overseas Markets At AFBF Meet
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Miami Beach leaders push for stronger foreign markets. Robert S. Strauss outlines U S trade efforts under GATT while Libyan visitors attend a trade expedition. Federation officials argue government subsidy and storage programs distort prices and storage bins remain a poor market.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Robert S. Strauss
Carter
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Strauss
U.S
Ing
J. Patrick Batts
Federation
GATT
Allan Grant
Duke Alumni Meet in CSRA Thursday Night
Duke University alumni in the Central Savannah River Area gather Thursday from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Commercial Motor Inn in Aiken. The Duke Wake Forest game will be shown on video. Admission is $1. Sponsored by the CSRA Duke Alumni Association.
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Duke University
Savannah River Area
CSRA
Commercial Motor Inn
Aiken
Duke
The
Csra Duke Alumni Association
King Holiday Disrupts Operations Across South Carolina Agencies
Martin Luther King Jr. Day created a first time holiday under a 1978 law, letting state employees miss King’s birthday or three Confederacy oriented holidays. Agencies must track 56,000 workers across 100-plus agencies while staff absences vary and some offices stay open. Commissioner Joe Dusenbury notes the system causes many problems as agencies cope with the three of four holiday rule.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Legislation Introduced To Set Budget Timetable
District 85 Rep. Marshall Cain co sponsors a bill to require a timetable for budget review. It would set mandatory dates for the Budget and Control Board to report to Ways and Means and for committee actions in the House and Senate. The measure, 18 sponsors strong, awaits committee action. Cain questions committee support. A companion bill is in the Senate Finance Committee.
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House Judiciary Committee
Riley
Florence
Toal
Anderson
PSC
Judiciary Committee
Constitutional Laws
Richland
District
Marshall Cain
House of Representatives
Budget and Control Board
House Ways and Means Committee
House
State Senate
Cain
Aiken
Ways and Means Committee
General Assembly
Senate
Finance Committee
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D-Richland
Robert McFadden
York
Ralph Anderson
Valley A.A
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
Friedman's Jewelers
Tesses
Paul Harris
Aiken Rotary Club
Benjamin Josey King
Lucile Neely Jones
W. G. Howell
W. L. King
Lucille Jones
Ted Jones
Ted B. Willis
Ted Willis
Thurmond Whatley
Mekena
King Holiday
Highway Department
Joe Dusenbury
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Aiken County Board of Realtors
Houndslake Country Club
Reba Blackmon
South Carolina Association of Realtors
Doris Johnson
Jan Canady
Annette Hair
Etta Findley
Charles Blackburn
Kathy Sheen
Frank M. Thomas, Jr
Laura Tarleton
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