Convicted Felons in South Carolina Legislature Face Fresh Run
Citizens urge action as five ex-lawmakers with guilty pleas push to regain seats amid election-law questions. Senate hesitation stalls House plan to bar felons from office, while judgeships and JEDA audits raise reform debates in Charleston and Myrtle Beach papers.
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Clinton Sees Civility Handshake as Election Year Signal
In a weekend radio address President Clinton echoed a Claremont handshake with House Speaker Gingrich as a bid for a bipartisan lobbying reform commission. He named John Gardner and Doris Kearns Goodwin to consult with Gingrich, while criticizing Gingrich’s response and urging a return to civil political norms.
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Bipartisan Commission On
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Common Cause
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Lyndon Johnson
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LBJ
Clinton calls for bipartisan commission amid reform debate
The piece reviews Clinton’s proposal for a bipartisan commission with up or down voting in Congress and discusses reactions from Gingrich allies. It notes past base closing debates, concerns over lobbying reform, and the partisan stalemate expected in Senate action on reform measures and lobbying curbs.
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Clinton
Controversy Over Commerce Village Plan in Aiken
In a letter from residents, the proposed industrial complex Commerce Village is criticized as unnecessary sprawl. The plan covers land along Richland Ave Ext to Wire Road and Wrights Mill Road near the By-pass, with concerns about a 200 acre land grab, lack of resident participation, vacant commercial space, and Westinghouse moving offices away from the city. The author warns residents about the development and potential hostility.
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Wire Road
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Wright's Mill Road
Westinghouse
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Aiken County
Local trucking school promised jobs but left couple broke
Gina Hilton Windsor describes a young couple misled by a local truck driver school that guaranteed a job after four weeks. The husband, with juvenile driving record, could not find work despite 50 applications and paid an $8000 loan. They face debt, harassment, and broken hopes in Augusta area.
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Aiken
Augusta
Gina Hilton Windsor
Aiken Standard Contact and Publication Details
The Aiken Standard lists delivery contact numbers 649 5316 for subscriptions and 649 5318 for re-delivery and broad hours 8 30 a m to 5 30 p m Monday through Friday with weekend times 7 a m Saturday and 8 a m Sunday. Switchboard 648 2311 and fax 648 6052 plus tips line 648 2911. The paper is published weekday afternoons and Saturday, Sunday mornings by Aiken Communications Inc P O Box 496 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29802.
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