Morris named chairman of Carolina Investors Inc
Earle Morris will become full time chair of Carolina Investors Inc after leaving public office in January 1999. The 69 year old former state comptroller general has led board meetings for five years and will actively run daily operations from 1999 onward. The firm, founded in 196, manages 165 million in assets for over 4500 customers.
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Columbia — State
Earle Morris
Carolina Investors Inc
Morris
Carolina Investors Board
Pickens County
General Assembly
Larry Owen
Carolina Investors
House
Senate
Emergent Group Inc
USC offers a real lab path to medical careers
Spartanburg students at Dorman High toured USC medical school’s anatomy lab to explore future roles in medicine. Teachers Lesa Banks and Philip Watson highlighted access to hospital resources such as bicycle ergometers and spirometers, offering hands on exposure beyond typical high school labs. The visit helped students decide if they want to be surgeons or therapists by seeing the inner workings of human bodies up close.
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Spartanburg
Lesa Banks
Dorman
University of South Carolina
Banks
Philip Watson
USC
Dorman High
Columbia
Man jailed for pet abuse in Midlands case
Kevin Ackridge, 21, pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals after admitting he slammed a 3 month-old retriever into a tree killing it. He received two months in jail, a $500 fine, and 18 months probation, with weekend confinement possible. Six children witnessed the incident in September 1996.
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Columbia
Pontiac
Kevin Ackridge
Duane Shuler
Ackridge
Midlands Humane Society
Senate
Army expands background checks on enlistees in new policy
In Columbia the Army announces stricter local police background checks for all future troops. A commissioned officer will review cases of arrests with no convictions to assess moral character before enlistment. Checks started January 2 to catch concealing arrests earlier, aiming to prevent disruptive recruits at induction.
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Columbia
Frank Shaffery
U.S. Army Recruiting Command
Army
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