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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1975
Page
12
Real estate ad excerpt highlights brick ranches and multi level homes in Elmwood Park Gregg Forrest Briar Cliff and Huntsman Drive listings. Prices range from 23 900 to 49000 with features including 3 bedrooms 2 baths fire places garages and fenced backyards.
61. Houses listed for sale by owner include a 12 story colonial in Aiken Estates with a 1-acre fenced lot, 8 rooms, 2 baths, 2 fireplaces, 2,000 sq ft, heated and central air, contact 648-5044. Also a 4 BR 1,200 sq ft frame home on 1.3 acres with well and septic between Springfield and Williston, Craig Lawson reaching 794-6772 8 to 10 AM, price reduction. 3/8 pole horseman kitchen privileges. Phone 649-7860.
The South Carolina Public Service Commission faces sharp criticism over rate increases as commissioners held a historic news conference. Five of seven commissioners are up for re election while their pay and perks, including company supplied phones, draw questions about independence and conflicts.
Columbia AP report quotes South Carolina SLED chief J P Strom, noting a 1974 shift in drug dealer profiles with more blue and white collar arrests. He cites nearly half a million dollars in drugs seized, over 540 cases, increased illegal drugs, eight major distribution systems eliminated, and 80 percent of arrestees violating gun laws. Domestic marijuana and import patterns shifted with smaller but more frequent runs of 150 to 160 pounds.
Sea Pines Co. reports a nine month loss of more than 6.8 million dollars with earnings per share at 2.55. The company compares this to a 2.8 million profit last year or 1.07 per share. Senior Vice President Lee C. McClurkin Jr. cites weak homesite and condo sales and says talks with major financing groups are progressing to support communities during the economic slump. Sea Pines develops and runs resorts and recreational communities mainly in the Southeast.
A tornado touched down in Lexington County near Chapin causing minor damage with a small building toppled. No injuries reported. A tornado warning was issued for Fairfield Richland Lexington Kershaw and Aiken counties.
The 1975 South Carolina session moves into week three with ethics and oversight on the agenda. The House will read a Senate bill to create separate ethics committees for House and Senate. A companion Senate bill and a House bill to set ethical standards for officials are under consideration.
The $1.2 billion general appropriations bill, recommended by the Budget and Control Board, is before the House Ways and Means Committee. Subcommittees handle its sections as Chairman Julian LeaMond aims to report it for debate by March 1.
A resolution calling for a joint House Senate rule to require public hearings for officials elected by the legislature passed the Senate and went to the House Rules Committee. It would cover candidates for judgeships and leaders of boards and agencies including the Public Service Commission and the Dairy Commission.
A bill to end the State Dairy Commission price fixing at retail and processor levels remains in committee after Rep. John LaFitte failed to move it out. A concurrent measure to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment was sent to the House Judiciary Committee. Identical resolutions stalled in both chambers last year.
Subcommittees of the House and Senate will meet with the Tax Study Commission Wednesday to discuss classification of real property by use and to consider uniform assessment ratios across classifications.
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