Aiken County Education Association plans parent questionnaire end of term
Ruth Walker reports the ACEA and Aiken County Board of Education will issue a parent questionnaire and a basic information sheet on school funding. A committee of teachers board members and staff will draft the wording as discussions continue. The district seeks a 35 mill tax increase plus existing levies to fund major maintenance salaries supplies art music athletics and counseling programs and to hire staff and eliminate elementary school fees.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Chamber Gains 30 New Members This Week
The Chamber of Commerce reports 30 new member signups after visits by a 20 member committee led by Lionel Smith. About 30 prospects were to be contacted today as the drive continues through the week proclaimed Chamber of Commerce Week by Mayor H Odell Weeks. total prospects were around 550 with 400 current members.
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George Wallace and his impact on national politics
Wallace rose from Alabama segregationist to a defining conservative figure in U S politics. He served three governorships after defying desegregation orders and ran for president in 1964 1968 1972 and 1976. His 1968 American Independent bid carried five states and 46 electoral votes while an assassination attempt in Laurel Maryland in 1972 left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.
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American Independent Party
Laurel
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Senate Panel Approves 18.5 Million Barnwell Plant Funding
The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources moved to provide 18.5 million dollars to keep Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant operating in FY 79 after debate. A motion to cut funding was defeated. Senator Thurmond urged continuation of FY 78 programs despite Carter's 1977 deferral of reprocessing.
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Mark Hatfield
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Strom Thurmond
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Energy Research and Development
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LSCOG Board Meeting Set for Tomorrow in Orangeburg
The Lower Savannah Council of Governments directs a public meeting at 7 p.m. in the LRC Building student lounge at Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. Topics include A-95 project notifications HUD 701 funds FY 79 program name change resolution and Title II funding recommendations.
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