Varner Seeks GOP Nomination as Lone Woman in June
Marie A. Varner an Aiken housewife and GOP worker is the sole woman candidate in the June party primary for four South Carolina House seats. She cites 20 years in accounting auditing and tax work plus two years as fiscal accountant for the U S Government in Okinawa. Varner holds leadership roles in Republican clubs county and state level and serves on various local boards.
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Marie A. Varner
Aiken
Republican Party
GOP
Varner
U. S
Ment
Okinawa
South Carolina
Republican Woman’s Clubs
Aiken County Heart Unit
Friends of the
Aiken County Library
Town and Country Student Loan Fund
McNair's Sweep Not Lining Up With Legislature
Governor McNair faces a slim batting average with South Carolina lawmakers as of mid April. Only two hits in 15 at bats include a balanced budget proposal and a bill tightening penalties for armed robbery. Several key recommendations remain stalled or in committee as session winds down.
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Columbia
Robert McNair
South Carolina General Assembly
McNair
South Carolina
General Assembly
Conservation Book List Distributed by State Library
South Carolinians receive Inherit What Earth conservation book list distributed by the South Carolina State Library through public libraries this month. Prepared with the Wildlife Resources Department and Forestry Commission, the list features Silent Spring Ecology Ring of Bright Water and Our Polluted World. Aiken County librarian notes most titles are in local libraries and any missing copies can be obtained via interlibrary loan.
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South Carolina State Library
State Library
South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department
South Carolina Commission of Forestry
Rachel Carson
Time-Life
Maxwell Gavin
John Perry
James Lackey
Aiken
Unitarian Fellowship Plans Sunday Talk on Pollution
The Aiken Unitarian Fellowship meets at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Westover Drive meeting house with Dr. Claude Boyd of Savannah River Ecology Laboratory delivering A Conservative Look at Pollution. The Liberal Religious Youth gather at 7:30 p.m.
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Aiken Unitarian Fellowship
Westover Drive
Claude Boyd
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Man Convicted For Threatening Life Of Nixon
Larry Wayne Smith of Siler City was convicted in U S District Court of writing a letter that threatened President Richard Nixon. The 22 year old was sentenced to an indefinite term in a federal youthful offenders camp with release at officials discretion. Co defendant Marvin Ray Huffman of Hickory was acquitted after evidence showed Smith wrote and signed Huffman’s name.
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Marvin Ray Huffman
Hickory
Smith
Huffman
Early advertising claims for typewriters cure pen ailments
Advertising from the era urged typewriters as remedies to pen paralysis sight loss and spine curvature. It presents a graphic link between writing devices and health, reflecting historical beliefs about screenless labor and manual strain.
Berry College Choir to Perform Sacred Music at Johnston
The Berry College Choir of Rome Georgia will give an eight oclock concert of sacred music at Mt Calvary Lutheran Church in Johnston. The 50 member group will also perform at several Augusta area schools and will stay after to discuss Berry College with interested students.
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Johnston
Berry College Choir
Rome
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church
Aiken
U. S. Highway 1
Augusta
Berry College
Magistrate race draws nine Republicans in Aiken County
Nine Republican candidates qualified for eight magistrate posts in Aiken County. The slate includes William C. Burgess of Aiken District 1, J E Blakely of Jackson, Billy E Blackmon of New Ellenton and Ralph Sheridan of Belvedere, plus others from Talatha and Belvedere.
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William C. Burgess
Aiken
J.E. “Gene” Blakely
Jackson
Billy E. Blackmon
New Ellenton
Ralph Sheridan
Belvedere
Burgess
Credit Bureau of
Eva
Columbia
University of South Carolina
U.S. Navy
Republican Party
St. John’s Methodist Church
Associated Credit Bureaus of
South Carolina
Aiken Civitan Club
South Carolina Civitans
American Legion Post 26
Austrian Rotary exchange student shares Austria facts
Schreiner, an Austrian Clemson student in the Rotary Exchange program, spoke to Aiken Rotarians about Austria’s history, economy, and culture. She highlighted its neutrality since 1955, democratic government, forests and wood industry, Catholic majority, and famed art and music heritage.
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Miss Height Schreiner
America
Rotary
Aiken
Austria
South Carolina
Miss Schreiner
Mozart
Hyden
Beethoven
Vienna
Pollution Commission Meets Monday
The Aiken County Air and Water Pollution Commission will meet at 7 p.m. March 23 in The Bankers Trust Building 135 Laurens St. S.W. The directors room on the second floor will host the meeting to review the status of the Horse Creek Valley Wastewater Treatment System. The meeting is open to the public.
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Aiken
Bank
Horse Creek Valley
Raindrop Shapes Suggest Odd Common Objects
A curious note describes raindrops taking various shapes resembling hot dogs pancakes dumb bells and telephone receivers. The observation highlights how surface tension and air pressure create diverse raindrop forms in different conditions.
Derrick enters Democratic primary for House seat
W Edwin Derrick of Salley announces his candidacy for the House of Representatives in the Democratic primary June 9. He is NC State College graduate, Salley Lions Club president, Salley Development Corp vice president, Dean Swamp Masonic Lodge No 172 member, and serves as Salley magistrate. He also leads the Aiken County Magistrates Association and works as assistant manager of Salley Gin and Fertilizer Co. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W E Derrick of Charlotte and grandson of the late Mr and Mrs E G Halt iwanger of Salley.
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W. Edwin Derrick
Salley
House of Representatives
North Carolina State College
Salley Lions Club
Salley Development Corporation
Dean Swamp Masonic Lodge No
Derrick
Aiken County Magistrates Association
Salley Gin and Fertilizer Co
Omnibus Bond Legislation Blocks Early Adjournment
The near 100 million omnibus bond bill stands in the way of early adjournment for South Carolina’s legislature if House and Senate agree on the 508 million budget. It funds four year capital projects at ports USC Clemson and the state Penitentiary with a 30 year financing plan. The Senate kept most House provisions while adding a College of Charleston takeover and Medicaid increase. pay raises for constitutional officers are delayed to July 1 1971.
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Departments of Health and Public Welfare
Board of Health
Water Resources Commission
Clemson
University of South Carolina
Marion State College
Central Corrections Institute
Ways and Means
Senate
House
Columbia
South Carolina
Clemson University
College of Charleston
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Auburn University
Jackson School
Jackson City Recorder
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South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers’ Association
J. E. Blakely DuPont Employe
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Graz
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McManaway
Pollution Commission
W. E. Derrick Salley
W.E. Derrick
Ning
Odell Weeks
John Heaton
Derve Tyler
Don Courtney
Donald Heaton
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