Child Receives Drum Sticks After Statler Brothers Visit
Four year old Ryan Orr and his parents attended a Statler Brothers concert in Columbia. Drummer Don Mousey Morton gifted Ryan drum tricks during the show, while two anonymous Aiken residents repaired the courthouse clock for free and County Administrator L C Green praised their effort.
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Ryan Orr
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Statler Brothers
Columbia
Little Ryan
Don
Mousey) Morton
Aiken County
Aiken
L.C. Green
Prices Jump as Wholesale Inflation Surges in October
Labor Department data show wholesale prices rising 0.9 percent in October for a second straight month with food at the farm and mine level up 3 percent. The report signals broader inflation, as costs at early production stages climb and feed into consumer prices later.
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Washington
Labor Department
Carter
Riley in Aiken backs Textile Bill and education push
Democratic candidate Richard W. Riley urged President Carter to sign the Carson City Silver Dollar bill to remove textiles from trade talks. He telegraphed support, noted Carter has 10 days to act, and pressed for renewed public involvement in public education ahead of the election. Riley predicted high turnout and contrasted with Ed Young.
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Aiken
South Carolina
Richard W
Dick) Riley
President Carter
Carson City
Carter
Riley
Edward L
Ed) Young
Greenville
GOP Chairman Warns Demos Block Nuclear Energy Plans
South Carolina GOP leader Daniel I. Ross accuses Dick Riley Pug Ravenel and Carter supporters of halting nuclear energy, urging voters to back Ed Young and Strom Thurmond to spur growth. He stresses nuclear power as key to jobs and immediate energy promise and opposes a no growth ticket.
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Republican Party For
South Carolina
Dick Riley
Pug Ravenel
Carter
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Ross
Blackville
Ed Young
GOP
Strom Thurmond
U.S. Senate
Riley- Ravenel-Carter
Savannah River
Cain Cands on State Spending Caps and Tax Hikes
South Carolina candidate Marshall Cain an Aiken attorney pledges to back legislation tying state spending growth to the economy and to raise requirements for tax increasing bills He also warns against bond-financed debt threatening the state's credit rating and taxpayer burden Cain cites tax revolt trends as support for his stance
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Thean
South Carolina
Marshall Cain
Aiken
Cain
General Assembly
U.S
Taxes dominate North Augusta Aiken races at forum
At a North Augusta Chamber of Commerce event about 40 people heard six candidates discuss taxes as a central issue. Republican Cecil Collins L Kline Paulk and Randy Huff spoke for House seats 83 84 while Democrats Billie Trapp Thomas Huff and Thomas Moore addressed House and county council candidates.
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North Augusta
Thurmond Faces Ravenel in 1978 Senate Campaign Clash
U S Sen Strom Thurmond, a 32 year veteran, tailors a hard working bid for re election as energy dominates the race. Opponent Ravenel campaigns across South Carolina on civil rights taxation energy unemployment inflation and welfare reform as issues.
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Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Senate
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Strom Trek
Nancy
Palmetto
Ravenel
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Pug) Ravenel
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