Seen Any Wildlife Lately and the Pigeon Pill Debate
A reader recalls a black capped chickadee at a feeder and muses on close wildlife encounters. The column then shifts to Scotland Neck North Carolina where flocks of grackles starlings and cowbirds roost on a 40 acre tract. The piece humorously questions a hypothetical pigeon pill to curb urban bird problems and wonders about its broader linguistic impact.
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Siskin
Scotland Neck
N.C
Department of the Interior
GOP Candidate Night At New Ellenton
New Ellenton GOP Candidate Night will be held at 7 30 p m Thursday at the New Ellenton Civic Center. GOP mayoral candidate James M Bradham will speak along with council hopefuls Wallace T Brock Jack R Cofer Ralph M Meeler Ken E Merriott James E Metts and John L Snider. Refreshments will be served and citizens are invited. The GOP primary was canceled as no additional candidates qualified.
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New Ellenton
New Ellenton Civic Center
GOP
James M. Bradham
Wallace T
Minibottles liquor bill eyed for revenue gain in SC
In Columbia AP report Senator Robert Scarborough and Charleston colleagues push a constitutional amendment to allow sale of liquor in one tenth pint miniatures in restaurants and public places. They say annual state revenue would exceed 5 million with 1 million more to counties for education and may ease future tax hikes.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Robert Scarborough
Charleston
Senate
Scarborough
Tax Commission
Contested 2 Million White Education Trust in SC Court
In Columbia, Amelia Mann and other Fairey descendants challenge the Oct 1 1962 will gifting up to half the cost of college to “worthy members of the caucasian race.” They seek invalidation under the 13th and 14th Amendments and distribution of the trust to family heirs. The case questions public trust status and state college obligations.
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Columbia
Kittie M. Fairey
South Carolina
Amelia M. Mann
Ft. Motte
Mann
Science Fair Winners Named At North Aiken
North Aiken Elementary announced winners from its grades with first place in sixth grade going to Douglas Temples for Microorganisms. Second place went to Francis Corey and Olivia Thurmond for Bacteria, third to Patricia Washington for Cactus Plant. Fourth and fifth grades also scored with top projects advancing to the district science fair in Augusta.
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Douglas Temples
North Aiken
McManaway
Francis Corely
Olivia Thurmond
Patricia Washington
Debbie Lanier
Bonnie Ely
James Duffie
Samuel Washington
Mary Ann Warren
Judy Lanham
Carlos Gallman
Cliffette Widener
Bell Auditorium
Augusta
WMU Opens Meeting In Greenville
More than 1 000 early registrants attended the South Carolina Women’s Missionary Union annual session in Greenville where speakers urged expanding missionary personnel and services to meet global needs.
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WMU
Greenville
S.C. Women’s Missionary Union
Three Firms File Suit Against BASF Over Dye Plant
Three Hilton Head Island development firms filed a federal suit to halt construction at BASF’s sea island dye plant project. The second suit follows a prior action by fishing interests worried waste would ruin oyster and shrimp beds in St. Helena and Port Royal Sounds. The Hilton Head Co Port Royal Plantation Inc and Island Development Corp joined in the new case.
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Charleston
Hilton Head Island
Sea Island
BASF
St. Helena
Port Royal Sounds
Hilton Head Co
Port Royal Plantation, Inc
The
Island Development Corp
Winthrop Coeducation Bill Faces Senate Hurdle in Columbia
The South Carolina Senate weighs bringing a Winthrop College coeducation bill to a full vote as Sen. James Mozingo's status delays a committee hearing. Wallace’s recall bid fails 20-14, with Gressette opposing and Mozingo listed as absent or nonvoting among 12. The 2014 vote records show 20 Yeas? and 14 Nays on recall.
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Columbia
Winthrop College
James P. Mozingo
South Carolina Senate
Darlington Democrat
Senate
Rock Hill
Winthrop
Sen
Lew Wallace
D-York
Wallace
Marion Gressette
D-Calhoun
Gressette
Mozingo
York County
John West
Bristow
Brockington
Chapman
Dennis
Floyd
Charles Garrett
Grimes
Harris
Lake
Owens
Rentiers
Richardson
Riley
Roddey
Spence
Stevens
Waddel
Williams
Wofford
Bonner
Gordeon Garrett
Holland
Laughlin
Martin
McDonald
McMillan
Moore
Rubin
Scarborough
Schumacher
Smith
Stephen
Brown
Carter
Drummond
Garrison
Gasque
Harrelson
Lindsay
Long
Earle Morris
James Morris
Zeigler
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Helen Mary Fenninger
Samuel Johnson
Scotland
Chickadee
Maxwell “Brothers
Bunting
BIG Savings
Aiken
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