Aiken Triple Crown Events Schedule March and April
A detailed listing of March and April Aiken sports and charity events. Highlights include a ten mile road race at 10:00 a.m. and a 2 mile jog at 10:15 a.m. on March 12, a balloon of horse show and hunts through March, and Harness racing on April 2. Proceeds benefit Jaycees Helping Hands and the American Cancer Society.
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Aiken
Aiken Recreation Department
H.O. Weeks Recreation Center
Houndslake Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Aiken Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
Aiken Horse Show
Heart of
Hitchcock Woods
Sertoma Club
Helping Hands
American Cancer Society
Wholesale prices rise in February amid weather and fuel effects
Wholesale prices increased nine tenths of a per cent in February, the largest rise in 16 months. Analysts cited higher costs for coffee poultry fruits and vegetables, droughts in the West, freezes in Florida, and higher fuel prices, while refunds from natural gas producers kept earlier months unusually low.
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Washington
Labor Department
Florida
Department
Carter Eyes Geneva Peace Conference Before Year End
President Carter announced a major U S effort to convene a Middle East peace conference in Geneva by year end He met with Israeli Prime Minister Rabin this week and will host sessions with Arab leaders next month He floated a settlement allowing Israeli forces to extend beyond borders to deter attacks and possibly deploy international forces in a demilitarized zone beyond Israel.
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Washington
Carter
Geneva
Yitzhak Rabin
Middle East
Rabin
Moore Surrenders Peacefully After White House Call
Cory Moore, armed only with a goodwill wish from President Carter, surrenders to police after a two day siege at City Hall Warrensville Heights Ohio. He is jailed in Cuyahoga County awaiting indictment on kidnapping charges with bonds set at 200000.
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Warrensville Heights
Ohio
Carter
Cory Moore
City Hall
Moore
Fom Carter
Secret Services
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
White House
Mann seeks ethics probe over Greenville coin dealer help
Rep. James R. Mann of South Carolina said he will ask the House Ethics Committee to investigate published allegations that he and his staff performed services for a financially troubled Greenville mail order coin dealer. Mann said he has spoken with a couple of ethics panel members about the matter.
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Columbia
James R. Mann
D-S.c
House Ethics Committee
Cially
Greenville
S.C
Mann
Aiken Area Weather Outlook Looks Mild With Showers
The forecast calls for warm weather with scattered showers through the weekend. Tomorrow's high should be in the lower 70s with tonight's low in the mid 50s. Rain is possible, and temperatures may rise further by Saturday with a high around 80.
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Aiken
Archie Jordan to Star on Saturday Music Hall Show
Former Aiken resident Archie Jordan will play a key role in a Saturday night Music Hall of America telecast. He arranged songs for guests B J Thomas and Barbara Mandrell and wrote the lyrics and melody for Miss Mandrell’s number. The program airs at 7 p.m. on Channel 12.
HEW Moved To Dismiss Suit Involving Community Action Agencies
HEW filed a motion in District Court to dismiss a class action brought by GLEAMS with 16 Community Action agencies against HEW and South Carolina DSS over Medicaid transportation overpayments. Assistant U.S. Attorney Glen E. Craig argues lack of jurisdiction and notes the Secretary was not a party to the DSS-CAA contract. A hearing will review the case.
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Columbia
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
U.S
Glen E. Craig
Gleams
State Department of Social Services
DSS
Frank K. Sloan
Aiken County
Craig
CAA
Community Action Agencies
Lower SAT Scores Prompt Grammar Instruction Increase
A state regulation will boost grammar and composition in language arts for the class of 1981, requiring half of language arts instruction to be grammar based. Guidance counselor L C Jones cites changing test-taker pools and math background gaps as factors, with student college plans influencing SAT scores across regions.
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Department of Education
L.C. Jones
Aiken High School
Jones
Aiken High
Savannah River
Mississippi
Deep South
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PSI
Whitney Field
Gregg
Graniteville
Akan
Fred McLean
Ernest Timothy McGhee
Khalafi Hamaas Abdul Khaalis
Allah
Abdul Khanki
Abdul Khaalis
B'nai B’rith
Jewish Social Service Organization
District of Columbia
B'nai B'rith
Jewish Service Organization
John Sharkey
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