Ex Candidate Calls for Abolishing Lieutenant Governor Post
Senator Thomas E. Smith Jr. of Florence proposes a constitutional amendment to eliminate the lieutenant governor job, a $35 000 a year, largely ceremonial post he once pursued funding for. He notes voters viewed the position as ceremonial after his 1978 defeat by Nancy Stevenson and questions the need for a functionless role. He suggests potential duties on boards if kept.
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Hospital Honors Mrs. Seamster Dedication at Aiken Hospital
The EKG room at Aiken Community Hospital was dedicated to Jean Seamster, an EKG technician and first supervisor of the EKG department. She began in radiology in 1972 at the old hospital and helped establish the EKG unit in 1976. Rev. W James Rivers led the dedication service with friends coworkers and family present.
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Bob The Boss Byers To Be Returned To State
Karl Robert Byers known as Bob the Boss is a convicted drug smuggling kingpin who escaped from the Charleston County jail in September and will be returned to South Carolina once his identity is confirmed. He was among 15 most wanted fugitives listed by the U.S. Marshals Service and was arrested in Frisco Colorado at 4 35 p m EST Saturday according to Mike Brown Chief Deputy Marshal in Columbia.
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Mark Baynham to Represent N A Demos in Mayoral Race
North Augusta Democrats will field city councilman Mark A. Baynham for mayor against Republican and independent rivals. Baynham will resign his council seat to run. A special election will fill the seat after the mayoral vote on April 30. The party also backs Robert Smith Don Smith and Terrell Wiggins for three council seats. Greene and Woodring challenge Baynham for mayor.
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Farmers struggle as prices fall and costs rise in South Carolina
In Columbia AP report, 28 000 SC farmers face debt and rising costs with poor crop prices. Rudisill, 65, laments bills at season end while economists warn the family farm may bear the biggest losses of the 1980s. 1983 average SC farm lost 639 dollars as agriculture output reached 1.1 billion.
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