Aiken’s The Mayor honored with museum room
Editorial recalls H Odell Weeks longtime Aiken mayor from 1946 to 1981 praising his ties to ordinary citizens. Museum exhibit in Aiken County Historical Museum memorializes the man seen as an icon in South Carolina municipal politics.
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Laurens Street
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Weeks
United States
Aiken County
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River
Windham
E.H. Wyman
H. Odell Weeks
TIMSS Study Shows U S Lags in Math and Science
A TIMSS report finds U S twelfth graders near last place in math and science literacy. It notes advanced U S students rank low, study time is below international average, and middle school curriculum lacks focus, with calls for higher standards and testing. Joanne Jacobs of the San Jose Mercury News weighs in.
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Europe
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Sandra Feldman
American Federation of Teachers
Pastar D. Forgione Jr
U.S
Commissioner of Education Statistics
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The
Hungary
Slovenia
William Schmidt
Richard Riley
California
Joanne Jacobs
San Jose Mercury News
Southern GOP clout on display at regional conference
In Biloxi 1600 Southern Republicans at the Leadership Conference tout their influence across 13 states with nine governors 18 of 26 Senate seats and 82 House members. The event highlighted cultural conservatism amid debate over presidential contenders led by Bush Quayle Forbes and Ashcroft with Bush seen as able to win but lacking strong unity.
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Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Senate
House of Representatives
Christian Coalition
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Steve Forbes
John Ashcroft
Missouri
Quayle
Forbes
Ashcroft
Tennessee
Lamar Alexander
Jack Kemp
George W. Bush
Texas
South
Clinton
Internal Revenue Service
Ais
Washington
Arkansas
Bush
Iowa
New Hampshire
Tom Ridge
Pennsylvania
North Augusta Pride Highlights Veterans Park Renovation
A North Augusta vice chairman defends local patriotism amid claims by an Aiken County group. The letter praises the Wade Hampton Veterans Park renovation funded by 500 bricks totaling about 50000 dollars, completed in five months, with 11 monuments and multiple flags and facilities paid for by residents.
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North Augusta
Nancy Carson
Aiken
Coalition
Aiken residents praise Dr Epstein after near fatal brain hemorrhage
A reader credits Dr Franklin Epstein and prayer for surviving a cerebral hemorrhage in fall 1996. The letter also thanks Gold en Corral Girl Scout Celebrity Server Night supporters in Aiken on February 19, raising nearly $900 for Central Savannah River Girl Scout Council.
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Aiken Regional
Franklin) Epstein
Aiken
Golden Corral
Central
Savannah River
Girl Scout Council
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Jeanne Martin
Howard Sellers
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Gary Smith
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Flo Halford
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