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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1974
Page
8
William A Reel Jr. 53, Edgefield native, former mayor, longtime legislator, and SC National Guard colonel seeks the District 82 seat. George L Bright harp, 29, Edgefield resident, educator and author, serves as Paine College history professor and Montmorenci Baptist Church minister as he runs.
Robert M. Bell 38 an attorney from Langley with USC degrees has practiced in Anderson Greenville and Darlington and clerked for Judge J. Robert Martin Jr. Marion D. McGowan 46 a Graniteville graduate served in the Air Force and ran for local and state offices including magistrate and House races while operating McGowan Furniture and Appliance in Warrenville.
M Judson Busbee, 27, Wagener High graduate with A degree from Anderson College and B A in government and history from Lander. Army veteran of Vietnam with Purple Heart. secretary treasurer of VFW and active Jaycees. Busbee co-owns Busbee's Hardware with his father. Medwell Hill, 46, former Merchants Marine and DuPont worker, is a farmer and magistrate for New Ellenton Talatha district. EPA Local 1756 representative since 1964. active in New Ellenton Association and Youth Sports Club. led Talatha Democratic Precinct and served on an executive committee.
County Commission District George W. Brelsford 46 a Vanderbilt graduate and Owens Corning Fiberglas Plant director in Aiken. He is president of the Aiken Kiwanis Club vice president of the Aiken Chamber of Commerce and chairs the S C Chamber Human Relations Committee. Forest L. Kirby 53 a retired Aiken businessman and veteran affairs leader. He is a DA V Chapter 43 member VFW Post 5877 American Legion Post 26 state chaplain of SC Veterans of Foreign Wars and active in local Shrine Club and St Johns United Methodist Church.
In a crowded forum near Rock Hill more than 2,000 attendees heard Ravenel, Dorn, and others spar over quotas, voting records, veterans aid, and the Equal Rights Amendment. Ravenel defended voting in SC while endorsing ERA, Dorn defended attrition-based hiring and track records amid campaign questions. State leaders Horace Smith Harvey Roddey and Ken Holland advanced in key races.
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