Boan Outlines Four Year Phaseout of School Tax
South Carolina House Ways and Means Chair Billy Boan proposes ending residential school property taxes within four years with initial $22 annual homeowner savings. By 1997 all homes under $54,000 would have school taxes eliminated and by 1998 the average $100,000 home could save about $420 yearly. The plan seeks alternate funding for schools while easing tax relief amid mixed support from educators.
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Columbia
House Ways and Means
Billy Boan
Bean
South Carolina
Jim Greens
South Carolina Education Association
Two Bills Give Voters New Voice
Two measures in the South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee seek more citizen power. A joint resolution would amend the state Constitution to bar tax increases without voter approval. A second bill allows petitions to place local ordinances before city and county councils. Rep. Charles Sharpe notes broad support and potential ballots in 1996.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means
Charles Sharpe
R-Waener
Sharpe
Wagener Republican
Senate
Rep
Warm Trend Drives Arctic Cold From South Carolina
Warm air replaces the Arctic mass blamed for at least four deaths as temperatures reach the 40s in most areas. A Spartanburg man, David James Berringer, 29, died when his car slid on ice into a pool through a fence. Alcohol was a contributing factor in another death under a porch in Johnson County. Carolina Power & Light urges conservation amid avoided blackouts while area schools close due to a water line break. The Burlington Coat Factory reports rising sales following cold snaps.
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South Carolina
Spartanburg
David James Berringer
Berringer
Richard Seay
Anderson
Anderson County
Greg Shore
Mary Ann Johnson
Johnson
Shore
Cohol
Carolina Power & Light Co
Pee Dee
Lancaster County
Andrew Jackson
Heath Springs
Kershaw
Burlington Coat Factory
Columbia
David Bradley
South
State argues for death penalty in McWee murder trial
The sentencing phase of the McWee murder trial continued in Aiken County with testimony about physical and sexual abuse and the robbery of 350 dollars at the 19 Corner Shop. Barbara Morgan pressed for the death penalty while Beth Huff testified about violent fits.
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Jerry McWee
Carroll Bryant
General Sessions
Jerry B. McWee
McWee
Aiken County Judicial Center
John Perry
George W. Scott
S.C. 19
Aiken
Eureka
Perry
Scott
Second Judicial Circuit
Barbara R. Morgan
Beth Huff
Ms. Huff
Jerry
Accusatory Replies Filed In N E Sewer Fund Suits
Two defendants in separate suits by New Ellenton filed answers at the Aiken County Judicial Center. The town seeks tens of thousands toward a $5 million sewer system, with about $160,000 remaining and the project only a third complete.
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New Ellenton
Aiken County Judicial Center
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Local Residents Named in Separate Notices
A list of individuals including Myrtis C. Folk Blackville Millage Z. Gadsden Aiken Paul M. McLean Jr Greenwood Eleanor B. Pressley Nesmith James Price Edgefield Catherine B. Raulerson North Augusta Ethel M. Solomon Johnston Nancy L. Thomas Aiken appears in a community notices section.
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Myrtis C. Folk
Blackville
Millage
Z. Gadsden
Aiken
Paul M. McLean, Jr
Greenwood
Eleanor B. Pressley
Nesmith
James Price
Edgefield
Catherine B. Raulerson
North Augusta
Ethel M. Solomon
Johnston
Nancy L. Thomas
Suspect Arraigned in Gloverville Woman Slaying
Kenneth L. Moyer, 24, of 64 Pecan Street, Gloverville, was arrested by the Aiken County Sheriff’s Department on a murder charge in the January 13 death of Idell Barton, 70. Barton’s burned mobile home on Pecan Street was found after a Langley Fire Department response. autopsy reports multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma. A related arson charge carried a $25,000 bond.
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Gloverville
Idell Barton
Kenneth L. Moyer
Pecan Street
Aiken County
Moyer
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