Sumter Girl Crowned Miss USA in Biloxi Pageant
Shawn Weatherly of South Carolina won the Miss USA title after a televised prelim in Biloxi Mississippi. The 20 year old Sumter native with a six figure beauty profile beat 50 contestants and is dating Dwight Clark of the San Francisco 49ers. Weatherly lists weightlifting as a hobby and runs eight miles daily.
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Biloxi
Shawn Weatherly
South Carolina
Miss Weatherly
Dwight Clark
San Francisco 49Ers
National Football League
Sumter
S.C
Mary Therese Friel
Rochester
N.Y
Spending limit amendment eyes Senate reconsideration
In Columbia AP the constitutional spending cap measure gains tentative House approval but falls six votes short of sending it to voters this November. Supporters, led by Sen. David Taylor, expect a two thirds vote for final passage and possible Senate reconsideration this session.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
David Taylor
D-Laurens
House
Thurmond Hollings Asset Totals Revealed for 1979
U S Sen Strom Thurmond and his family reported assets totaling 458900 to 1 million in 1979 with liabilities from 105000 to 215000. Sen Ernest Hollings reported assets between 642030 and 820000 and liabilities from 155000 to 430000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Secretary of the Senate
Ernest F. Hollings
Thurmond
Hollings
Riley Opposed by NAACP Over Senate Reapportionment Bill
Greenville AP report says Gov. Richard Riley faces NAACP opposition to his two term governor bill due to his stance against immediate South Carolina Senate reapportionment. Bill Gibson of the state NAACP said the group disagrees with allowing governors to succeed themselves even as black legislators backed the measure. The Legislative Black Caucus supported it 12 to 1 on a 96 17 House vote, with Rep. Hudson Barksdale abstaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Richard W
Riley
South Carolina
Senate
Bill
Bill Gibson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Legislative Black Caucus
Hudson Barksdale
Spartanburg
Rabies hits Clover area as clinic planned
Health officials report two rabid animals found in opposite ends of the state with an emergency rabies clinic set for May 28 in Clover. A 47-year-old woman seeks treatment after a pet cat bite. a rabid rat sickened a Rock Hill boy near Winthrop College Farm.
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Clover
Aiken County
Windsor
Rock Hill
Winthrop College Farm
Bill Sentell
Rain likely this weekend with thunder showers forecast
A Southwest low front brings a 50 percent chance of rain tonight followed by 70 percent tomorrow. Lows stay in the upper 60s tonight with highs in the 80s tomorrow. Winds rise from 5 to 10 mph tonight to 10 to 15 mph tomorrow and Sunday. More rain is expected Sunday and Monday with highs in the 80s and lows in the mid 50s to 60s.
Baxley and Utley Deaths Mark Georgia Obituary Notices
In Columbus and Augusta region obituaries notice Malcolm C Baxley 38 of Beech Island died Tuesday in Columbus. Funeral today at Calvary Baptist Church Jackson with burial at Jackson Memorial Gardens. Also Henry D Utley 82 of Belvedere died Wednesday in Augusta. funeral tomorrow at Poteet South Chapel with burial at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Survivors listed. services with Carpenters Union affiliations noted.
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Columbus
Malcolm C. Baxley
Beech Island
Calvary Baptist Church
Jackson
Gary L. Shock
James C. Williams
Jackson Memorial Gardens
Baxley
Virginia B. Baxley
Ginny Leigh Baxley
Lonnie E. Baxley
Cleveland
Ohio
Juanita Baxley Walters
Lonnie O. Baxley
Shirley Ison
Langley
Cathy Usry
Fairy Baxley
Ruby Squires
Route 2
North Augusta
Posey
Augusta
Henry D. Utley
Edith McDonald
Belvedere
Augusta Hospital
Poteet Funeral Home
South Chapel
Lester Clark
Hillcrest Memorial Park
Utley
Burke County
Richmond County
Carpenters Union
Louise Lowe Utley
Lavida Croft
Tuscan
Ariz
Melba Paul
Harlem
Savannah
Lurline Bodie Scott
Aiken
George Funeral Home
H.D. Wyatt
Pelanage
Bethcarpus
James Johnson
Aiken County
Williams Funeral Home
Johnson
Joan Wilson
Hephzibah
Bessie Reynolds
Rena) Sawyer
Platt
Lawrence Bradley
Westover Memorial Park
Sawyer
Curtis Baptist Church
Jeanette
Averett
Ids
Lila Smith
Eva Owens Crane
Swallow Savannah
Thomas White
Crane
Thomas E. Crane
Allendale
Augustus W
Harriet Wilson Owens
College For Women
Columbia
Union drive at Tuomey Hospital in Sumter grows
Mildred Player a 15 year nursing aide at Tuomey Hospital says union representation would be the only way to secure better pay benefits and conditions. About 65 percent of nonadministrative staff support Local 1199 of the AFL CIO with hospital administration resisting recognition amid worker complaints and intimidation claims.
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Sumter
Tuomey Hospital
Mildred Player
Tuomey
Zakkiyah Sharif
Birmingham
Ala
National Union of Hospital and Heath Care Employees
Afl-Cio
Bill Chandler
Player
Community Calendar listings for Aiken area events
Today features meetings from Senior Citizens Club Weeks Center and National Federation of Blind plus performances of Hello Dolly Pajama Game. Tomorrow lists Thoroughbred Hall of Fame events and A A sessions. Sunday offers Doll House Pajama Game and Historic Aiken Foundation events. Community notices invite submissions to Lynne Katonak at Aiken Standard.
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Senior Citizens Club
Senior Citizens Clubhouse
National Federation of Blind
Weeks Center
Dolly
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Narcotics Anonymous
York St
Aiken Community Playhouse
Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
Hopeland Gardens
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
North Augusta
Doll House
Historic Aiken Foundation
Green Boundary Club
Aiken Choral Society
First Presbyterian Church
Aiken A.A
Linden St
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NOAA
US Dept of Commere
Virginia
Wyoming
Tom Turnipseed
Lexington
S.C. Senate
Turnipseed
Public Service Commission
PSC
NAACP
Ainley Woodh Aike Day School
Ainley Woodhead
Aiken Day School
Lurline B. Scott
Scott
Bethcar Baptist Church
Christopher C. Scott
Lucy Bennett
Olin Bodie
H.T. Bodie
Leslie Bodie
Marshall T. Bodie
Bessie R. Sawyer
Nellie L. Garner
Dunbar Funeral Home
Gervais Street
Garner
Riley L. Garner
William J
Nona Cody Lucas
Southside Baptist Church
Sunshine
Hampton Chapter
The
Eastern Star
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Rebecca Friendship Lodge No. 15
Nellie Grice
Jewel Stevens
Cayce
Cecilia Phillips
West Columbia
Ronald L. Garner
Ethel Pedings
Pearl Wood
Eva O. Crane
Midland Valley Shopping Center
Clearwater
Aiken County Health Department
Midland Valley
Aiken Rotary Club
Ramada Inn
Trenton
DAR
D. L. Wise
Aiken Sertoma Club
Kalmia
Hungry Bull
Aiken Lions Club
Lions Hut
Aiken Panhellenic
Crosland Park Civic Association
Valley A.A
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
Lynne Katonak
Aiken Standard
Carrier
PBM
RED Wing Rollerwa
Redwing
Whiskey Road
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