Election At A Glance Primary Candidates List
A list of Democratic and Republican primary candidates for statewide and local offices in Aiken County. Republicans vote on governor and lieutenant governor. no GOP primary for attorney general. Includes names for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller general, superintendent of education, and district seats.
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Aiken County
Savannah River
Edgefield County
George L. Brighthorp
Thomas A. Mims
William A. Rees Jr
Beech Island
Valley Area
Robert M. Bell
Barbara F. Gunter
Marion D McGowan
Aiken
Lexington
M Judson Busbee
W. Edwin Derrick
Medwell Hill
Aiken Area
George W. Brelsford
Dale Blevins
Forest L. Kirby
The
Leroy V. Davis
Charles W. Prosser
Republican Party
Questions Voters Ponder on Primary Rules and Registration
Voters may participate in only one primary and must sign an oath. crossing parties is not allowed. Absentee ballots available for military, students, transportation workers, and the disabled with mailing delays possible. Registration books close one month before elections. Citizens 18+ years who are registered and not felons may vote, with no obligation to support nominees in November.
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Aiken County
House of Representatives
U.S
Youth on Motorbike Stops and Voting Calls Stir Local News
A 16 year old was stopped twice by police on a motorbike with conflicting suspicions. An irate voter threatened to skip the polls over campaign calls but eventually kept their vote. David Skeen, 16, of Aiken will perform magic for Children's Story Hour at Banksia tomorrow, including rabbit tricks.
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Aiken County
David Skeen
Aiken
Banksia
Impeachment Data Released Details IRS Pressure Case
The House Judiciary Committee released 440 pages of IRS related impeachment evidence on Nixon administration efforts to punish enemies and aid allies. The material repeats Senate Watergate findings and includes affidavits from former IRS directors and testimony about White House pressure to influence the tax agency.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Internal Revenue Service
Senate Watergate Committee
Judiciary Committee
Nixon
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
IRS
Tax
John W. Dean III
John Caulfield
Treasury Department
Vernon D. Acree
Randolph Thrower
Thrower
Acree
Westmoreland Edwards Lead In South Carolina GOP Primary
Voters in South Carolina held party primaries amid light to moderate turnout. Westmoreland and Edwards led a tight Republican contest while Dorn Morris Ravenel contested the Democratic top two. precincts in Columbia and Florence reported subdued participation.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Greenville
Florence County
Columbia Area
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
James B. Edwards
Charleston
Westmoreland
Edwards
W.J. Bryan Dorn
Earle E. Morris
Charles ‘Pug’’ Ravenel
Polls Close Today In Statewide Primaries Across South Carolina
Voter turnout for the Democratic and Republican primaries stood light at mid morning with Democrats six times more active in general. In Ohio labor strikes spread as 7,000 AFSCME members join ongoing action while National Airlines pickets continue and Pittsburgh and Baltimore see resumed service and garbage collection.
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Carroll Allen
Aiken County
South Carolina
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
National Airlines
Ohio
Federal Mediation Service
Washington
D.C
American Federation of State
Picket clash and county primary ballots in Kentucky and South Carolina
In Kentucky, about 25 State Police remain in Harlan after eight United Mine Workers pickets were arrested for disorderly conduct at Eastover Mining Co's High Splint mine amid a Monday morning scuffle. In South Carolina, voters face primaries for governor and other races with key precincts showing Democratic leads. voters an evening deadline at 7 pm and strict rules against voting in both party primaries.
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Harlan
United Mine Worker
UMW
Eastover Mining Co
Aiken County Authority Accepts EPA Grant for Plant Design
The Aiken County Public Service Authority voted to accept a federal grant of 932400 from the EPA. Funds go to Davis and Floyd Engineers of Greenwood for design and architectural work on the 22 million Horse Creek Valley wastewater treatment plant. The authority will seek a construction manager to oversee design, construction, and later staffing.
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Aiken County Public Service Authority
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Davis and Floyd Engineers, Inc
Greenwood
Horse Creek Valley
Anderson Says Resignation Won’t Alter Aiken CEO
The Aiken Edgefield Community Action Agency leader says OEO's fate, amid Nixon’s budget stance and Senate action to move Community Action to HEW, won’t derail local social services. Director George Anderson attacks Washington bureaucracy, urges state led funding and notes 40 percent of the budget comes from OEO with other sources filling in. He remains hopeful money will continue for local programs.
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White House
Alvin J. Arnett
Office of Economic Opportunity
Nixon
Aiken-Edgefield
OEO
George Anderson
Washington
Atlanta
Anderson
Community Action Agency
Community Action
HEW
Department of Agriculture
Weather outlook calls for warm, dry today and tomorrow
The forecast shows little chance of rain through tomorrow with temperatures rising into the mid 90s. Tonight will be fair and warm with a low near 70. An extended outlook calls for fair weather Thursday and Friday with scattered thundershowers each day.
Lipe voted for hospital letter of intent in Aiken County
Dr. Robert C. Lipe of Aiken voted in favor of approving the letter of intent for Hospital Corporation of America to build a new hospital, stating the hospital be public, at its present site, and coordinated with existing medical facilities. The Aiken Standard regrets an earlier error.
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Robert C. Lipe
Aiken
Hospital Corporation of America
Aiken County
Lipe
Lower Savannah
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Brantley Harvey Jr
Alex Sanders
Horace C. Smith
Jrnor Carroll A. Campbell Jr
N. Welch Morrisette Jr
Daniel R. McLeod
Turnipseed
William M. Garrett
John H. Mills
Comptroller General
Cyril B. Busbee
Carlos Gibbons
S.C. House OF Representatives
William A. Reel Jr
Barbara F. Gunter Marion D. McGowan
M. Judson Busbee
W. Edwin Derrick Medwell Hill
Aiken County Commission District No
Dale Blevins Forest
L. Kirby
Ames
U.S. Congress
Jack Anderson
George C. Wallace
Gerald Wallace
Clark R. Mollenhoff
Aiken No. 1
Teen Town
Wendell Hall
Dr. Lipe
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