Aiken County Signs Letter For Cecil's Nursing Home Deal
The Aiken County Council chairman signed a letter promising to sign a 1.2 million contract with Cecil's Inc. to build a county nursing home. Cecil's seeks a state certificate of need still pending before DHEC, with review set for Tuesday night. If the county fails to sign, ownership will revert to Cecil's. Cecil's may withdraw its DHEC filing.
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Aiken County
Cecil's Inc
Carrol H. Warner
Cecil's
Aiken
Warner
Cecil
Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Warmer
Cecil’s
Forest L. Kirby
Brezhnev Calls Moratorium on All Nuclear Explosions
Brezhnev proposed a moratorium on all nuclear explosions peaceful or military during the 60th anniversary celebrations. He tied the speech to a joint party and parliamentary meeting and noted a disappointing 1977 grain harvest of 194 million tons, 19 million below target and 29.8 million below last year. He criticized China while warning that the Soviet Chinese split may not be permanent.
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Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party Central Committee
Russian Federation
Soviet Communist Party
China
SCEG gas rates rise for winter bills in South Carolina
South Carolina Electric and Gas announces residential gas rates will rise 5 to 10 percent this winter as Southern Natural Gas increases costs by 19 percent. Gas cost adjustment charges will reflect part of the rise on monthly bills. Congress summit fails to field votes on a federal consumer agency. President Carter signs the biggest wage hike raising the minimum to 2.65 per hour Jan 1 1979 and 3.35 by Jan 1 1981.
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Columbia
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Harry G. Boylston Jr
Sce&g
Southern Natural Gas Co
Boylston
Washington
Carter
America
Absentee Ballots for Aiken City Council Election
Voters out of town on election day may vote early in the city clerk treasurer office at the Municipal Building during business hours 9 to 5 through Monday. Hospital and nursing home patients can request ballots from this office and university students may obtain ballots by mail.
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Kirby
Warner
Aiken County
Aiken
Weather Outlook Sees More Rain and Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for persistent drizzle with a 40 percent chance of showers tonight and 50 percent tomorrow. Temperatures stay mild with a high near records and cooler weather later in the period as scattered showers continue.
Football Ticket Drive Averts Lines At Aiken North Augusta
Advance sales for Friday's Aiken High versus North Augusta High game will run 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at Hagood Stadium and 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. tomorrow and Friday at North Augusta High cafeteria. Student tickets 1.25 dollars, adult tickets 2.25.
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Aiken High
North Augusta High
Aiken
Hagood
Silver Bluff Listed on National Register of Historic Places
Silver Bluff a 175 acre tract at the Savannah River end of Silver Bluff Road is Ai ken County's new National Register site. The Audubon Society plans development as a wildlife and timber management research area. Historian Car lisle Blakeney notes Galphin established a 1739 trading post attracting traders from St. Augustine Mobile Savannah and Charleston. Ft. Galphin formed during the Revolutionary War with Galphin serving as Indian affairs commissioner for the British.
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Silver Bluff
Silver Bluff Road
Savannah River
Aiken County
Audubon Society
Wise Wildlife and Timber Management
Carlisle Blakeney
National Audubon Society
George Galphin
Galphinton
Galphin
Blakeney
Atlanta
St. Augustine
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Ft. Galphin
Energy Pact's Fate Lies With Congress
The fate of President Carter energy program rests with House-Senate conferees after floor action. The negotiators must reconcile House measures aligning with Carter’s request and Senate bills rejecting many proposals. Senate tax bill approval enables serious conferee work on energy conservation and tax provisions.
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Washington
Carter
U. S
House-Senate
House
Senate
Phillip Morris Still Weighs South Carolina Plant Site
Phillip Morris officials say South Carolina remains under consideration for a new manufacturing plant amid political tensions. The search covers Tennessee Georgia and North Carolina with no decision yet. Ravenel criticizes Edwards and Thurmond but Bateman declines comment on politics.
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Phillip Morris Company
South Carolina
Charles
Pug) Ravenel
James B. Edwards
Strom Thurmond
Edwards and Thurmond
Phillip Morris
Robert E. Bateman
Richmond
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
Ravenel
Bateman
G.E. Shrine Company
Greenville
Thurmond
Edwards
Charleston
Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Phillip Mor
Work Release Candidate Mrs Scott Seeks Outside Job
Former Aiken County clerk of court Cleo J. Scott, sentenced to six months, qualifies for the work-release program. She is housed at Columbia's women's prison and may work in a Columbia area office facility before returning each day.
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Aiken County
Sam E. McCuen
South Carolina Department of Corrections
Cleo J. Scott
McCuen
Scott
Women’s
Columbia
Energy program fate as Congress debates key proposals
A review shows the House backs the crude oil tax to raise gasoline prices by 1980 and rebates to consumers, while the Senate omits the tax. Natural gas pricing splits House approval for raising ceilings and Senate call to decontrol, complicating conference negotiations.
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House
Conference Committee
Carter
Senate
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S.C
Consumer Agency
Thomas P. O'Neill
D-Mass
Feltham James
Don Pennington
James
Pennington
Whiskey Road
Denver
National Register
Energy Pact
Congress
Cara
Mrs. Scott
Job
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