Poll Finds Little Enthusiasm For Clinton Tax Plan
A May poll by ICR Survey Research Group shows limited support for President Clinton's tax plan to raise 242 billion over five years for deficit reduction. Only 42 percent favor, 32 percent oppose, with 26 percent unsure or mixed. Lower income groups expect higher taxes. many say they will pay hundreds yearly.
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Government College Loan Program Wins First Congressional Step
President Clinton's plan to give the government direct loans to students wins a first congressional test as the House Education and Labor Committee endorses the measure. The plan would replace guarantees by banks, with savings projected from cutting default costs and lower interest rates for students, though bankers oppose it citing loss of guaranteed interest.
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Community Calendar for Friday May 14 in Aiken area
Local groups list events for Friday May 14 including ACCIST support group at 1 p.m. at 149 Chesterfield St and Aiken Crisis Pregnancy Center free testing 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 130 Waterloo St. Also Aiken County Historical Museum hours and libraries, Odell Weeks Center programs, Overeaters Anonymous, Western line dance, and VFW meeting. Deadline notice for calendar submissions.
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Chesterfield St
Aiken County Historical Museum
Newberry St
Aiken County Public Library
Aiken Crisis Pregnancy Center
Waterloo St
Ponce de Leon Avenue
North Augusta
Odell Weeks
H. Odell Weeks Center
Whiskey Road
Overeaters Anonymous
Charles Wesley United Methodist Church
Trolley Line Road
V.F.W
Hudson Road
Blob Herman
Local lawmakers split on schools funding deadlock risk
Delegation brief quotes indicate a potential 4-4 split on the issue, risking a costly deadlock for school funding. Senators Moore and Reps Shai Sand Halif Nick, along with Sen Nikki Sealer and Reps Thomas Huff and Charles Stone, weigh positions from West Columbia and Edgefield.
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Shai Sand Halif Nick
Niki Sealer
West Columbia
Thomas E. Huff
North Augusta
Charles H Stone
Edgefield
Planners discuss growth, conservation shift in environmental thought
Dr. Steirer traced a history of man’s impact on environment and noted a shift from preferring a man made setting to protecting natural habitats. He cited a 1948 moratorium on industrial development and urged better energy use and safer products as civilization’s path to stewardship.
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Strom ‘Thurmond
Earth
Violent Gangs Blamed In South Carolina Prisons
Corrections officials warn gang violence is growing in two South Carolina prisons after stabbings this week. Spokeswoman Robyn Zimmerman and Corrections Commissioner Parker Evatt describe a worsening gang problem and shifts in inmate housing, with some inmates expected to recover.
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Robyn Zimmerman
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Corrections
Parker Evatt
Evatt
Libertarian ballot dispute sent to state commission
State Council non tabulation left Lib ertarians unable to tally District 3 results. Libertas charges include ballot box security delays and deputy sheriffs at Beech Island polling place. Aiken County votes 5-0 to reject claims after 90 minute hearing, sending case up. Libertarians plan to seek state Supreme Court review.
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Beech Island
Aiken County
Trucker in Fatal Wreck Near Mauldin Leaves Car Hit
Three dead police report a crash involving a tractor trailer and a car. The driver Gary Buff and two children from Ms Franklin were hospitalized at Self Memorial in Greenwood after the wreck. Rescue workers spent over an hour freeing occupants as 2000 to 4000 gallons of chemical spilled, mostly contained in a ditch with limited environmental risk.
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Christopher Michael Crapps
Stacie Nicole Reid
Gary Ellis Buff
Mauldin
Self -Memorial Hospital
Greenwood
Stacie Reid
Christopher Craps
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Tuten
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