Senate Avoids Replay Of Winthrop Coeducation Debate
The South Carolina Senate adjourned without voting on any statewide bills as Sen. Marion Gressette threatened to filibuster over Winthrop College coeducation. A recall motion on the Rock Hill women’s college bill stalled after a 22 to 13 adjournment vote, with leadership gaps due to illness and Guard duties.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Lew Wallace
York
Education Committee
Winthrop
Robert Scarborough
Charleston
Head Start Openings Announced For Aiken County
The Aiken County Head Start program funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity and run by the School District will host a seven week summer session starting June 14. Five centers in North Aiken Aiken Downer Clearwater Wagener and Ridge Spring Monetta will serve eligible children entering first grade or kindergarten. Registration forms are available at local schools or the Community Action Office in Aiken with a May 19 deadline. Applications may also be obtained from the OEO in Aiken or Sam Putnam at the Central Office.
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Aiken County
Office of Economic Opportunity
North Aiken
Aiken
Downer
North Augusta
Clearwater
Wagener
Ridge Spring-Monetta
Monetta
OEO
Community Action
Sam Putnam
South Carolina Enacts Personalized Vehicle License Plates Law
The South Carolina General Assembly authorized the Highway Department to issue personalized motor vehicle plates for a $15 fee plus regular registration. Signed by Governor John C. West on April 28, the act creates two plate types and sets eligibility rules, including limits on applicants with suspended licenses or poor driving records within two years.
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South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina Highway Department
John C. West
Highway Department
House Takes Another Peep At Skin Flick Business
The South Carolina House revisited movie previews requiring theaters to block X rated previews when a feature is not rated X. Reps Lucius Forth and Jarvis Klapman proposed a ban on previews at any theater showing non X films. A prior senate move to create film censors failed while the house approved a rule barring such images at drive ins visible from public highways.
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Columbia
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Lucius Forth
Jarvis Klapman
Lexington
Senate
Board of Censors
House
Nixon Names Chapman and Blatt for South Carolina Judges
President Nixon announced nominating Robert F. Chapman and Solomon Blatt Jr. as U S district judges in South Carolina. Blatt, a Democrat, faced Republican criticism while Chapman, a GOP ally and former state chairman, is a USC graduate. Both are married with three children and will fill vacancies in Spartanburg and Barnwell.
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Washington
Nixon
Robert F. Chapman
Solomon Blatt Jr
South Carolina
Blatt
C. Kenneth Powell
J. Blake Edens
Strom Thurmond
House
Chapman
Isaac Williams
NAACP
GOP
Thurmond
Albert Watson
University of South Carolina
Roger Milliken
Spartanburg
Donald Russell
4Th Circuit
Area 3 Council Meeting Slated
GRANITEVILLE The Area 3 School Advisory Council will meet in the library of Leavelle McCampbell High School at 7 30 p m Thursday. The public is invited.
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Graniteville
Area 3
Leavelle McCampbell High School
Two Aikenites Selected For Research Program
Two University of South Carolina rising seniors, Thomas E. Howell and Michael G. O'Rear, are among 11 science and engineering undergraduates chosen for summer research at AEC laboratories in Aiken Savannah River and Oak Ridge. The program, run by Oak Ridge Associated Universities, offers 10 to 12 week stipends and travel allowances.
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Aiken College
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River Laboratory
Thomas E. Howell
Michael G O’rear
University of South Carolina
Atomic Energy Commission Laboratores
Aiken and
Oak Ridge
National Bureau of Standards
Gaithersburg
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
AEC
Federal
National Science Foundation
Ecological Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Jim McClintock
Bandit
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Frank M. Thomas, Jr
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American Institute of Banking
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