Local candidates generate interest as polls open
Voters head to the polls in Aiken with 41 000 residents deciding eight state senate seats and a county council race. Incumbent Charles W. Prosser faces Carrol Warner for chairman while council challengers demand unity and responsiveness. Election day actions include long counting hours after polls close at 7 p m.
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Aiken
Aiken County
Charles W. Prosser
Carrol H. Warner
F Als
Senate
Judson Busbee
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Michigan
Aiken County Election Ballot Races and Local Offices
Voters will choose in Aiken County on the presidential race and U.S. Congress as well as state senate house and county offices. The ballot includes two school referendums and amendments to the state constitution.
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Aiken County
Sylvia W. Westerdahl
Peanut Brigade Targets Undecided Voters in Aiken
About 25 Carter supporters rode a bus wrapped with Carter Mondale slogans through Aiken as part of a Georgia led Peanut Brigade swing across South Carolina. Coordinator Jack Trulock said the drive focuses on undecided voters and dispels fears about Carter while tracing the group’s circuit through Greenville Columbia Anderson Greenwood and Spartanburg before tomorrow’s election.
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Peanut Brigade
Carter
Aiken
Jimmy
Star
Lin Smithwick
Carter - Mondale
Washington
Peanut Power
South Carolina
Atlanta
Carter Jack Trulock
Palmetto State
Trulock
New Hampshire
South
Carolina
Marshal Wood
Catherine Howard
Plains
Voters Decide Ford or Carter in Michigan Rally Finale
The race ends with Ford in Ohio then Michigan and Carter in California ending with rallies in Grand Rapids and Flint. Gallup shows Ford 47 Carter 46 with undecided voters and both candidates bought TV time for final appeals. The near tie persists as national polling remains split and uncertain.
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Ohio
Michigan
Grand Rapids
California
Flint
Georgia
Carter
Ford
Plains, Ga
Albany Ga
Texas
Bruce Edwards
the Plains Church
Clennon King
King
William J. Greener Jr
Ford Committee
Harris
Prayer vigil planned for Albert George at St Pauls Lutheran
Holly Perkins reports a vigil for Albert George, patient at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, to be held at St Pauls Lutheran Church from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. for personal devotion and prayer. A criminal court session featured a defendant acting as his own attorney who calmly asked a witness if she saw him.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Albert George
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta
Sessions
Council Grants Funds To Rescue Squads
Aiken County Council approved an ordinance to allocate 26000 dollars to four rescue squads and two Civil Air Patrol units. Each rescue squad received 2550 dollars in capital and 1600 to 4200 dollars for operating costs, with Salley earmarked 2000 dollars once its unit begins operation. Civil Air Patrol units were allotted 500 dollars each.
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Aiken
Civil Air Patrol
Harold V. Graybeal
Two Men Sentenced 22 Years for Armed Robbery
Myron B. Foxworth and Windell Gary Wilson, both in their early 20s from Mullins, were found guilty in General Sessions Court of armed robbery. Judge E Harry Agnew sentenced them to 22 years each for the Aug 27 Belvedere Zippy Mart heist.
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E Harry Agnew
Myron B. Foxworth
Windell Gary Wilson
Mullins
S.C. Highway 25
Belvedere
Bernadette Hill
Foxworth
Wilson
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Bill) Knotts
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McMillan
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Dooley
Gerald R. Ford
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Lester G. Maddox
Robert Dole
Walter Mondale
Rufus Shackelford
William D. Dyke
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William E. Knotts Jr
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Joe) G. Wilson
S.C. House
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Marion D. McGowan
Richard Freeman
Irene K. Rudnick
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Marvin E. Dunbar
Charles Jackson
Cleve Edmunds
Mim Woodring
Laurie Livingston
John H. Pound
Homer L. McGee
Sandra Gray
James K. Gregory
Ralph F. Cullinan
Forest L. Kirby
Walter C. Guy
George A. Williams
Shirley Langdon
Sue H. Roe J. Martin Posey
James L. Gregory
Carl M. Hair
Mesne
Cleo J. Scott
Virginia R. Ergle
Paul D. Grant
George B. McCormick
Margie H. Plunkett
William C.busch
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