Aiken area community events calendar highlights
Local listings summarize ongoing club meetings and plans in Aiken County across groups such as the Aiken County Board of Education, Lions Club, Jaycees, and recreation department events. Notable items include the Aiken Trials horse race on March 12 at the training Track, and the Second Annual Aiken Harness Races on March 18 at Jefferson Aiken Center, benefiting the Cancer Society. The document notes public access for many groups and dates for civic and social gatherings around Aiken.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Aitken
Park Avenue
Aiken County Board OF Realtors
Aiken County Health Department
Aiken County Museum
Arthur Courtney
Aiken County Licensed Practical Nurse Association
Aiken Jaycees
Jaycee Hut
Aiken Aiken Duplicate Bridge Club
Senior Citizens
Crosland Drive
American Association OF Retired Persons
Crosland Park
American Posts
American Legion
Old Airport Road
City OF Aiken
Virginia Acres
Aiken Pilot Club
Aiken Aiken Rotary Club
Civil Air Patrol
Center
Crosland Park Cive Association
Aiken Crosland Park Garden Club
National Association OF Retired Federal Employees
Aiken Cancer Society
Jefferson-Aiken Training Center
Banks Mill Road
Powderhouse Road
Aiken Hunt
Aiken County Hospital
Aiken Standard Information Page
The Aiken Standard established in 1867 publishes weekday afternoons except Saturdays and Sundays. Located at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801 with postal box 456 and rates for mail and carrier delivery. The paper uses AP and UPI dispatches and offers correction in the next issue if errors are found.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken. C
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
South Carolina Lawmakers Score Poorly With Conservation Group
The League of Conservation Voters graded SC lawmakers on environmental votes last session. Among six congressmen, Mendel Davis scored one point, Tom Gettys led with 20, and Bryan Dorn, John McMillan, James Mann each had four, while Floyd Pence, the lone Republican, had seven.
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Washington
League of Conservation Voters
South Carolina
Tom Gettys
Mendel Davis
Bryan Dorn
John McMillan
Hearing Set To Reclassify Some Streams In District 3
The South Carolina Pollution Control Authority will hold a public hearing in Greenwood to reclassify streams in District 3, five in Aiken County. On March 30 at 4 p.m. discussions will cover Horse Creek Graniteville Little Horse Creek Savannah River Horse Creek CA Wilkerson Creek from Aiken Sewage Plant at the Greenwood County Court House, comments accepted until 7 p.m.
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South Carolina Pollution Control Authority
Greenwood
District 3
Aiken County
Horse Creek
Graniteville Corporation
Little Horse Creek
Clearwater Dam
Savannah River
Thirteenth Street
Upper Three Runs
S.C. 191
Wilkerson Creek
Aiken
Greenwood County Court House
Winthrop College Coeducation and Tax Reforms on Agenda
South Carolina lawmakers open the ninth week of the 1972 session facing property tax revisions coeducation at Winthrop College and repeal of the full state voting law. Milk price fixing debates may also arise as the Senate Agriculture Committee meets Wednesday to review Sen. Gordon's bill.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Winthrop College
House
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
Gordon
Garrett
Charleston
State Dairy Commission
Charleston County
John McEvoy
Dairy Commission
McEvoy
Agriculture Committee
Lew Wallace
York
Senate Education Committee
Marion Grossette
D-Calhoun
Reapportionment ruling delays SC candidate filing
A federal judge delayed candidate filings for the South Carolina General Assembly pending questions about reapportionment plans. The NAACP suit against the House plan looms with a March 17 hearing, while a June Democratic primary remains on the horizon.
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Columbia
J. Robert Martin Jr
South Carolina General Assembly
Justice Department
Senate
NAACP
House
Martin
Mathew Perry
Perry
C. Goolsby Jr
Goolsby
General Assembly
Harry M. Lightsey
Lightsey
Charleston students walk out over deplorable facilities
Burke High School students walked out en masse amid protests about deplorable facilities including a crowded cafeteria and too few teachers. About 1,800 pupils left Monday, marched around the school and six blocks nearby with police present but no arrests.
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Charleston
Burke High School
Charleston County School Board
Thornton Rejects Minor Incident
AP dispatches report a minor incident marred Rock Hill High School’s opening Monday. The article also notes Secretary Thorn ton rejected the Ku Klux Klan faction’s request for a state charter, citing name similarity to an existing Klan entity.
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Rock Hill
Rock Hill High School
Charter For Klan
Columbia
U. Frank Thornton
Ku Klux Klan
Thornton
South Carolina
Robert H. Scoggin
Spartanburg
Scoggin
Invisible Empire Knights of
Pruitt Case Heads to Jury in Spartanburg Murders
In Spartanburg, Allen Carroll Pruitt, 35, faces murder charges in the deaths of William Pappy Gault, 42, and Douglas Chesney. The defense offered no witnesses as the state tied Pruitt to the two men at a gambling party the night before their bodies were discovered.
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Spartanburg
Allen Carroll Pruitt
Spartanburg County
Pruitt
Francis Nicholson
John Nolen
William ‘‘Pappy
Gault
Douglas Chesney
Nationwide Weather Outlook Warns Of Cold Front Tuesday
Colder weather expected for most of the nation Tuesday with mild conditions along the Atlantic coast and Southwest. Rain from the mid Atlantic to northern New England, snow flurries in the Midwest and lower Great Lakes, showers in the central Gulf, and rain in parts of the Pacific Northwest.
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Atlantic
Southwest
mid-Atlantic
New England
Midwest
Great Lakes
Central Gulf
Pacific Northwest
Principal Appointed To Advisory Board
L. T. Nobles, principal of Leavelle McCampbell High School in Graniteville, was named to the National Advisory Board for the Committee on the Smaller Secondary School of the United States. He will serve a three year term after six years leading the Leavelle school.
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Graniteville
L.T. Nobles
Leavelle McCampbell
United States
Nobles
Leavelle School
Augusta Ballet to Stage Two Shows in Dance Concert
Augusta Ballet Company leads with Symphony 13 and Love Song pas de deux plus new Time Further Out jazz ballet by Ron Colton. Zanne Beaufort and Michael Saunders perform with local dancers and designers aiming for Southeastern Festival prestige. Tickets $3 adults $2 students.
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Augusta
Ron Colton
Augusta Ballet Company
Augusta College Performing Arts
Duncan Noble
Haydn
Tampa
Zanne Beaufort
North Augusta
Michael Saunders
North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston-Salem
Jimmy Thomas
Belvedere
Jacksonville
Colton
Dave Brubeck
Aiken County
Karen Brown
Bath
Marjorie Kemp
Aiken
David McKenney
Ballet
Walton Way
Augusta College Theater
Mena’s
Aiken School of Ballet
Medicare Money Misspent by Insurers Drives Audit Findings
Federal audits reveal millions in Medicare payments mishandled by insurers due to inefficiencies and excessive doctor payments. Reports cite overpayments, duplicates, and unnecessary services across Blue Shield and other insurers, with some claims challenged as projections. Officials say some deficiencies have been remedied while current files remain closed to reporters.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Florida
Colorado Medical Service
Blue Shield
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co
Aetna Life Insurance Co
Medicare
Florida Blue Shield
Massachusetts Blue Shield
Occidental Life
Surance Co
California
Social Security Administration
HEW
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Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
Hwy
Ownes Corning Fiberglas Womens Club
Fiberglas
ST. Angela
St. Angela Academy
ST. Mary's Women’s Club
Senior Citizens Club
Commercial
Sertoma Club
Aiken Town and Country Club
Fermata Club
Whiskey Road
Aiken Town
Pet Dairy
Aiken- Barnwell
Bethlehem Lutheran Women's Guild
Two Notch Road
Winthrop
S.C. News
Jeff Savage Jr
Mars
Nasional Weashen Service
Tocol F
Free
Plaza Carpets
Kalmia Plaza
Dial
Inaugusta
Pam Willingham
Mary Dicks Clark
Peggy Howard
Jo Pirkle
Augusta Ballet
Federal Auditors Fund
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