Arguments For and Against Shorter Legislative Sessions
Columbia lawmakers revive debate on trimming January to June sessions. Senators discuss shifting start to February and adjournment by May 15 to save costs and speed work, while noting budget timing concerns and constitutional hurdles. Leaders promise proposals and possible voter approval.
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D-Ravenel
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Senate Judiciary Committee
John Land
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John Drummond
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Proescuters Demand 10 Year Prison for Three Rapists in Okinawa Case
Prosecutors in Naha demand ten year terms for Marine Pfc Rodrico Harp Marine Pfc Kendrick Ledet and Navy Seaman Marcus Gill accused of confining and raping a 12 year old Okinawa girl. The father urged a life sentence as the trial proceeded with statements describing an exceptionally vicious crime.
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Rodrico Harp
Griffin, Ga
Kendrick Ledet
Waycross
Marcus Gill
Woodville
Texas
Naha District Court
Aiken Mayor backs club halt on hunting in woods
Mayor Fred B. Caravan augh supports the club’s decision to suspend hunting until policies and rules are clarified. Hitchcock Wools Foundation chair Jack Seabrook says residents with dogs may still enter the woods, but new restrictions will be enforced.
Celebrities and athletes star in quirky Bud and sports ads
The piece catalogs a string of commercials featuring Jack Palance driving cattle, Hakeem Olajuwon buying lunch with a Visa, Eddie George visiting NFL stars for advice, Deion Sanders amid Wheaties and Pepsi cameos with Michael Jordan, plus a Road Runner animated Pepsi spot where Sanders lip synchs “Meep Meep.” The mix includes two Clydesdale horse football bits and a stranded man with a six pack near a canyon.
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Bud Light
Jack Palance
Houston Rockets
Hakeem Olajuwon
Eddie George
NFL
Reggie White
Ohio State
Deion Sanders
Minister Finds Path to Growth Through Van Ministry
Rev. Williams notes 30 plus active teens at his church and 25 to 30 more occasionally active. Of about 200 members, only two live within two miles of the 26 mile distant church, drawing worshippers from Aiken Augusta Edgefield Graniteville and Trenton. He jokes about renaming van ministry, saying the world can be Christian and have fun. Leaving SRS led to a tangible, mature transformation as he sacrificed past habits to better know Clifford.
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Augusta
Aiken
Edgefield
Graniteville
Trenton
van Ministry
Rev. Williams
SRS
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