Derrick elected leader of Textile Caucus in Congress
Rep. Butler Derrick of South Carolina is elected unanimously as chair of the 102 member Congressional Textile Caucus succeeding Rep. Ed Jenkins. The caucus plans to sponsor legislation to roll back import quotas on textiles and apparel and broaden support to overcome veto fears.
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Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Congressional Textile Caucus
Derrick
Ed Jenkins
America
Bill Hefner
Rep
Congress
Ridge Spring Fire Chief Steadman Elected in January Vote
Robert Steadman was chosen Monday as the third chief of Ridge Spring Fire Department succeeding Robert S. Householder who retired after 35 years. Other officers elected include E P Boatwright assistant chief Homer Vaughn captain Curtis Johnson lieutenant Brian Derrick lieutenant C David Sawyer Jr secretary and Rev John Gambrell chaplain. J Carroll Williamson named 1987 Heart Fund Chairman for Aiken County, a former SC electric gas manager and longtime community leader with Navy service and USC education.
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Ridge Spring
Robert Steadman
Steadman
City of
Aiken
Robert S. Householder
E.P. Boatwright
Homer Vaughn
Curtis Johnson
Brian Derrick
C. David Sawyer Jr
John Gambrell
Chaplin
J. Carroll Williamson
Heart Fund
Aiken County
Stephen D. Posey
Aiken County Heart Unit
Williamson
South Carolina Electric and Gas Company
Rotary Club
Salvation Army Advisory Board
U.S. Navy
University of South Carolina
Thurmond seeks priority funding for South Carolina highways
Senator Strom Thurmond pushes for federal priority funding to accelerate the Bobby Jones Expressway bypass from Interstate 20 to 520 in Georgia and a Florence to Myrtle Beach connector. He urges inclusion in a top priority list after both projects appeared in last year’s Omnibus Federal Highway Bill but stalled in conference. The release notes urgency due to highway expansion needs. In Jackson, Vanburen J. Ray Jr. was sworn in as police officer and the council authorized drafting a drought ordinance with water works counsel.
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Washington
D.C
Strom Thurmond
S.C
South Carolina
Georgia
Sen. Thurmond
Florence
Myrtle Beach
House
Senate
Jackson
Vanburen J. Ray Jr
Jackson Town Council
Jackson Water Works
Independent SRP hearings urge outside reactor inspection
At USC Aiken last night a National Academy of Sciences committee heard calls for independent safety oversight of Savannah River Plant reactors. Fifteen speakers pressed for outside regulation, licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and transparent reporting of past accidents and emissions.
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USC Aiken
Savannah River
U.S. Department of Energy
National Research Council
DOE
The
Research Council
Washington, D.C
Energy Department
Bill Lawless
Lawless
Paine College
SRP
Mary Kelly
S.C. League of Women Voters
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Ruth Thomas
Columbia
Environmentalists Inc
Ms. Thomas
Frances Hart
Energy Research Foundation
Academy Committee
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
W.B. Daspit
NRC
Daspit
Department of Energy
Richard Meserve
Meserve
Washington
Hanford
Richland
Wash
John Herrington
Aiken
du Pont
Richland County Council
Aiken man convicted in criminal sexual conduct case
Nathan Bush a 26 year old in Aiken County received a 15 year sentence the maximum for attempted criminal sexual conduct in the first degree. The case centered on a 4 year old victim who tested positive for gonorrhea alongside Bush. The trial involved confidential health records and testimony about how the disease may have been contracted and reported.
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Aiken
Nathan Bush
Aiken County General Sessions
Carole Cox
Charles H. Hewitt Jr
Area 1 Rezoning Plan Faces Parent Protests
Parents in Area 1 oppose an ad hoc rezoning plan to bus more than 300 Aiken students to different schools this fall. The plan, presented at South Aiken High School, would move 119 white and 19 black students to Aiken High and shift 80 middle schoolers to Schofield. The board will decide, with a Feb. 24 briefing at Aiken Elementary, and committee changes possible.
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Area 1
Aiken
Area 1 Advisory Council
Meg Jones
Aiken County School Board
South Aiken High School
Aiken High School
South Aiken High
Aiken High
Oakwood
Montmorenci
Couchton
Kennedy Middle School
Schofield Middle School
James Wingate
First Baptist Church
Windsor
Tee
Wingate
Gem Lake-Huntcliffe
Kennedy
Schofield
Miller
Kalmia Hill
Commit
Clyde Ward
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Thurmond
W.B. Daspir
Trice Gravatte
Victor J. Reilly
Reilly
USC Aiken Administration
Ginny Southworth
Brenda Broome
Ms. Broome
Hewitt
Health Department
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Susan Lake
Richard Parker
Robert Perick
Ms. Lake
Dr. Parker
Department of Social Services
Bush
Cox
Rodney A. Peeples
Harte
Area One
Julie Patrick
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