Williamson to play for South Carolina Gamecocks next fall
Luca notes Troy Williamson, a Silver Bluff High senior running back, earned All-State honors and national recognition from ESPN and The Sporting News as a top player. He is among eight state nominees for Mr. Football and will join Lou Holtz at Columbia next fall.
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Troy Williamson
Silver Bluff High
ESPN
The
Sporting News
Williamson
Columbia
Lou Holtz
South Carolina Gamecocks
State credit officials weigh Hodges 496 million plan
Officials from national credit agencies express concern over Gov. Hodges proposals to raise nearly 496 million to cover a budget shortfall. The discussion unfolds as lawmakers consider options and potential impacts on state finances.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
Obituary notices list multiple individuals from Wisconsin and South Carolina
Obituary notices from Milwaukee Wisconsin and Orangeburg South Carolina list Virginia S Behrens Lona Quinn Bishop Paul Ercell Boswell Edgetild Virgil Leroy Lamb Isabel Matthews Doris Anne Simpson and others. notices filed in section 7A noting their deaths and brief biographical details as published by the newspaper.
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Virginia S. Behrens
Miwaukee
Wis
Lona Quinn
Orangeburg
Paul Ercell
Boswell Edgetild
Virgil Leroy Lamb Aiken
Isabel Matthews
Aiken
Doris Anne Simpson
Classifieds and Puzzles Row From The Paper
A compact index row lists Classifieds, Crossword, Cryptoquote, Dear Abby, Horoscope and Opinions sections along with Sports Stocks and TV listings. The page signals where to find entertainment, advice, and market data across the 420 and 120 sections.
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Abby
Hodges presses for clear plan on plutonium shipments
Gov Jim Hodges met with Energy Department officials for nearly an hour seeking a timetable and details on the 34 tons of plutonium planned to be shipped to South Carolina. He demanded written commitments from Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and said he will block borders until shipments’ arrival and departure dates are clarified.
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Columbia
Jim Hodges
Energy Department
South Carolina
Hodges
Colorado
Savannah River
DOE
Joe Davis
Department
Energy
Spencer Abraham
Brooks Honored by Chamber as Citizen of the Year
North Augusta Bob Brooks received the Chamber of Commerce highest honor at the annual banquet at North Augusta Community Center. Presenter Kelly Zier praised his quiet, diligent service to the community. Guest speaker Bob Pedde spoke on homefront security and Savannah River Site missions.
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Scot Webster Chamber
North Augusta
Bob Brooks
North Augusta Chamber of Commerce
Brooks
Chamber
Kelly Zier
Hamper
Commerc
North Augusta Community Center
Bob Pedde
Savannah River
Briton Williams
John Felak
Condon accused of grandstanding on NAACP border patrols
South Carolina NAACP leaders clash with Attorney General Condon over planned border patrols and economic boycott. NAACP President James Gallman says meetings with Condon are futile while he defends the protest against the Confederate flag. Gallman cites past boycotts and urges officials to reconsider state recognition of the flag.
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NAACP
Says
S.C
Cave Condon
S.C. Naacp
James Gallman
South Carolina
Notorists
Gallman
All Man
Aiken
Pfc
Dennis E. LaPage
Charleston
Incorporation option eyed to solve Merriwether school issue
Merriwether residents push incorporation to gain a voice and access funds as Edgefield County weighs a centralized high school in Trenton for about 1,400 students. Critics say taxes or grants would be needed. supporters see improved funding and local control without raising taxes. The school board favors a referendum on a new central high school.
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Edgefield
Merriwether
Edgefield County Board of Education
Trenton
Strom Thurmond High
Johnston
Kathy Sullivan
Bob Ross
Meriwether
Ross
Sai
Blackwell
Board of Education
Brad Coward
Lawmaker seeks ban on welfare recipients gambling in lottery
Rep. John Graham Altman of Charleston proposes a bill to bar welfare recipients from purchasing lottery tickets, frames it as protecting taxpayer funds and targeting prizes over 600 dollars. Col. John Scott of Columbia cautions constitutional issues and says the plan may not advance. The measure, referred to the House Judiciary Committee, would require forfeiture of earnings for those on public assistance who win.
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Columbia
South Carolina
John Graham Altman
John Scott
Altman
House Judiciary Committee
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Two Notch Road
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