Minorities Become Majorities in U S Communities
The Census Bureau reports that racial and ethnic minorities are the majority in more than 2,000 counties and municipalities. It groups blacks Asians Pacific Islanders American Indians Eskimos and Aleuts as minorities, with non Hispanic whites as the majority in many areas. The study covers 1990 census data and notes majorities exist in six of the eight largest cities and in rural places like Tuskegee Alabama. Altogether 186 counties and 1,990 municipalities are minority dominated.
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Pageant Plans Honor Nancy Thurmond in Greenville
The Miss South Carolina pageant in Greenville from June 30 to July 3 will honor Nancy Moore Thurmond who died in a car crash this year. Nancy, once Miss Aiken County, led fingerprinting of Aiken County children as her community service. The Nancy Moore Thurmond Community Service Award debuts with a $3,000 cash scholarship. Greenville will feature Karen Raquel Jones and another local runner up as Aiken County's entrants. The pageant has boosted cash scholarships to $40,000 and in kind aid to $2.456 million. Preliminary rounds run June 30 to July 2, with finals July 3 televised by WSPA and affiliates. Tickets remain at Greenville Memorial Auditorium.
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Derrick Appoints Manager For Third Congressional District
U S Rep Butler Derrick named Wayne Adams as District Manager for the Third Congressional District. Adams began June 1 and will run offices in Anderson Aiken and Greenwood serving constituents across Pickens Oconee Anderson Laurens Abbeville Greenwood McCormick Saluda Edgefield and Aiken. Adams is a USC Aiken graduate and former Marine Corps reservist who has worked in Derrick's Washington and South Carolina offices since 1989.
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Lawmakers Fracture Over Environmental Hold on Restructuring
Negotiators believed a wide restructuring of state government offered a deal but a dispute over the environmental agency DHEC blocked progress. Gov Carroll Campbell proposed a last minute compromise to break the logjam, rejected by allies in the House. The six conference members face renewed talks as the legislature nears an extended session.
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Medlock Mulls Constitutional Challenge to Video Poker Payouts
Attorney General Travis Medlock plans to test the constitutionality of cash payoffs on video poker machines after an earlier criminal challenge failed. He may file in Lancaster, where a 1991 ruling allowed payouts by an attendant, sparking political and regulatory debate as lawmakers weigh county by county bans and establishment limits.
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