Downward Rates Make Now a Good Time to Buy a Home
Aiken experts discuss falling mortgage rates and rising home costs as demand grows. Peggy Simons of Williams-Sheen Agency notes she expects rates to dip briefly before rising, while Don Murphy of Palmetto Federal cites about 12 percent mortgage rates. Buyers are advised to consider homes needing work and to focus on south Aiken growth areas Crosland Park Gem Lakes Quail Hollow.
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Aiken Realtor
Peggy Simons
Don Murphy
Palmetto Federal Savings and Loan
Charles Blackburn
Aiken
Lokey Designs Homes Across Aiken County Area
C F Lokey, non architect designer, built in last 25 years homes across Aiken County. He moved his office to 215 Richland Ave after 26 years over Security Federal Savings, handles mail order catalogs, and stores his wife Pat’s restaurant gear nearby. Lokey came to Aiken with the Army Corps in 1951 and chose to stay, offering complete plans with 75 to 100 dollar fees.
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C.F. Lokey
Aiken
Lokey
Security Federal Savings and Loan
Richland Ave
Home Sewing Center
Pat
Army Corps of Engineers
Savannah River
Corps
Atlanta
University of South Carolina
North Augusta
Butler Derrick to Hold Constituent Meetings in Aiken
Representative Butler Derrick of South Carolina will host constituent meetings from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Monday in Room 5 of the Federal Building at 211 York Street in Aiken. Public entry for district residents.
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Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Aiken
Federal Building
York St
Miss Columbia wins talent round at Miss South Carolina pageant
Julia Diane Hill, 23, a music student from Columbia, won the second round of the talent competition with a piano rendition of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. She was noted as the best-looking contestant in the bathing suit portion of Wednesday's preliminaries at Greenville Memorial Auditorium.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Miss Columbia
Julia Diane Hill
George Gershwin
Greenville Memorial Auditorium
State Advises Boards On Absentee Ballot Use
The South Carolina Election Commission told county election boards not to issue large numbers of absentee ballots for the November general election amid abuse allegations from June primaries. Executive director James B. Ellisor cited a Dillon County joint state federal probe and stressed ballots must be personally requested.
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Columbia
State Election Commission
James B. Ellisor
Commission
Dillon Coun
Ty. Ellisor
Accused Turns State's Evidence In Trial
In Lexington AP report, George Arthur Furtick 22 pleads guilty to accessory after murder and armed robbery in exchange for testifying against two men and a woman in the Swansea policeman slaying case. The state drops murder charge and delays sentencing until co-defendants are tried. Local judge denies motions to close proceedings and to relocate trial citing the Supreme Court open trial ruling.
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Lexington
Swansea
11Th Circuit
George Arthur Furtick
Furtick
Julius H. Baggett
Donald V. Myers
Baggett
U.S. Supreme Court
State creates film office to lure movies to South Carolina
South Carolina forms a film office affiliated with ETV to attract productions, coordinate local impact, and list talent. Debra B. Rosen will lead the agency, funded by a $50 000 appropriation. ETV has aided projects like The Great Santini and The Double McGuffin and cites regional economic gains from filming.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Debra B. Rosen
ETV
Henry J. Cauthen
Santini
Beaufort
Double McGuffin
Charleston
Cauthen
McGuffin
Tobacco Auctions May Hold Fewer Leaves
South Carolina tobacco auctions open July 28 in Pee Dee with potentially less leaf than usual due to late planting from wet spring and drought. Officials expect reduced output but stable prices near 1979 levels, contingent on crop conditions in the next two weeks and foreign demand.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Pee Dee
G. Bryan Patrick
Marion Fowler
Lake City
State Warehousemen’s Association
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Smith-Hazel
Stephanie Simpkins
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center
C.F. Lakey
Kathryn Smith
Derrick
Callathen
Visory Committee
Patrick
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