SCEA Seeks Higher Teacher Pay Amid Revenue Rise
South Carolina Education Association president Nelle Taylor urges a pay raise for teachers to match annual revenue growth. She cites 12 percent state revenue gains and calls five percent insufficient. She criticizes the Budget and Control Board for not boosting kindergarten funds and urges education to be the budget priority.
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Columbia
South Carolina Education Association
Nelle Taylor
South Carolina
United States
Taylor
Budget and Control Board
Aiken Standard Terms and Contact Details
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes weekday afternoons except Saturdays and Sundays. It lists address 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina ZIP 29801 and PO Box 456, with AP dispatches and republication rights reserved. It notes no responsibility for ad omissions but offers corrections in the next issue.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S. C
S.C
Associated Press
Highway Dept Seeks Gas Tax Increase for Roads
The South Carolina Highway Department urged at a Highway Commission meeting that the state gasoline tax be raised by at least two cents a gallon, with potential additional increases. The commission scheduled a special meeting in two weeks to formalize a proposal for the legislature.
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Columbia
South Carolina Highway Department
The
Highway Commission
Correction Notice Misidentifies Guest Speaker at Banquet
The Aiken Standard corrects a Thursday misidentification in a photo published with ge neral captions. George Anderson, executive director of the Aiken County Community Action Agency, was shown as Rev. Henry L. Grant of Charleston, who spoke at the Aiken County Community Action Agency banquet on Wednesday.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken County Community Action Agency
George Anderson
Henry L. Grant
Charleston
Grant
Reception Set Sunday For Mr. Waters
A reception will be held Sunday at South Aiken Presbyterian Church in honor of the Rev. and Mrs. G. Dana Waters III and their children. Mr Waters leaves South Aiken Presbyterian at month end to become pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Selma Alabama. The public is invited to attend from 3 to 5 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.
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South Aiken Presbyterian Church
Mr. Waters
First Presbyterian Church
Selma, Ala
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Aiken Community Playhouse
Virginia Acres Park
America
Community Calendar Highlights This Weekend
Community events list for today and Sunday include Senior Citizen's Club at SS Clubhouse 7:30 p.m. and Planned Parenthood family planning clinic at Wagener church noon to 4 p.m. Activities span Aiken County Museum 3 to 5 p.m. and Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon 8:30 p.m. at St. Bartholomew. Sunday showcases Youth Choir Life performance 7:30 p.m. at Shiloh, Rotary lunch 12:45 p.m. and multiple clubs meeting through evening.
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Aiken County
Chesterfield St
St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church
North Augusta
Baughman To Show Daufuskie Slides at Langley Church
Patrick L. Baughman of Wagener will present slides of his family mission work on Dau fuskie Island during Baptist Men's Day at First Baptist Church in Langley. He serves on local boards including Anderson College trustee Ai ken County Technical Education Commission and Aiken County Helping Hands and Red Cross. He is a 1957 Citadel graduate and a Provident Life general agent, father of three.
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Aiken County Technical Education Commission
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South Carolina Baptist Convention
SCE&G Cites Home as Example Of Poor Energy Conservation
The Lake Murray home of Mr and Mrs J P Armstrong drew a watchdog inspection after a $315 bill. Engineers cited large glass area many doors non insulated glass and underinsulation along with faulty thermostat ducts and active appliances inflating use. Mrs Armstrong urged public action and contacting PSC and elected officials.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Rudy Coward
Sce&g
Lake Murray
J.P. Armstrong
Coward
Armstrongs
Insurance Rate Hike Hearing Planned in Columbia
A public hearing set for Wednesday by the South Carolina Department of Insurance will hear a request to raise auto insurance rates. The Insurance Services Office, representing about 20 percent of SC auto insurers, seeks a 32 percent rise in liability and 18 percent increases in comprehensive and collision. Howard Clark said he sent letters to insurers to help prepare a consumer shopping guide for better rates.
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Columbia
Department of Insurance
Insurance Services Office
South Carolina
Howard Clark
House Reorganizes and Sets Rules for Next Session
The South Carolina House completed its reorganizational work and elected committee chairs then returned to adopt new rules for the two year term. Fourteen. The measures streamline the legislative process and cut debate time with a cloture compromise requiring 68 votes to end debate. The body rejected Tuesday start time and rejected eliminating guest introductions. 51 new members participate in the changes.
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Columbia
House
Ramon Schwartz
Schwartz
Committee Chairmen Selected
South Carolina House names chairmen for 101st General Assembly. Juanita W. Goggins becomes first black woman on the House Ways and Means Committee. Julian Leamon re-elected chair of Ways and Means. Eugene Stoddard wins Education chair in contest.
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Juanita W. Goggins
South Carolina
House
Ways and Means
York County
Rex Carter
Carter
Eugene Stoddard
D-Laurens
Samuel Fewell
York
House Education
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Charleston
Tom Mangrum
D-Lancaster
William J. McLeod
D-Dillon
T.W. Edwards
Spartanburg
Robert Kneece
Richland
Judiciary
James Moss
D-Beaufort
James E. Moore
L. Edward Bennett
Orangeburg
Agriculture and Conservation Committee
Dan Marrett
Anderson
Unemployment In S C Hits New High
In South Carolina the insured unemployment rate reached 8 percent for the week ending January 3, the highest weekly rate since 1966. The Employment Security Commission reported more than 66,000 continued claims and additional first claims for the New Year week.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Employment Security Commission
Judgeship Hearings Backed by Carolina Bar Associations
The Carolina Bar Association and the South Carolina State Bar endorse public hearings on lawyers' qualifications for judicial appointments. The executive committees urge merit selection and public hearings before any election or appointment to fill judicial vacancies in South Carolina. The move accompanies discussions on a resident judge for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.
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South Carolina Bar Association
South Carolina State Bar
The
South Carolina
Association
Bar Organization
South Carolina General Assembly
State Bar Council
Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
Flyway By Helen Mary Fenninger
The writer notes bleak winter weather in Scotland and a Super Bowl viewing, then shifts to birdwatching memories. She recalls finally spotting chipping sparrows with rufous caps, and recounts a vivid springlike day driving from the beach to a field of goldfinches. The piece ends with gratitude for sunshine memories and a hopeful spring in January.
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Scotland
Aiken
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