South Carolina vote runs smoothly as turnout tops half
In Columbia on Tuesday the general election was described as the smoothest in state history by James B. Ellisor, with 610000 plus residents casting ballots. Turnout reached about 55 percent, well above the national 37 percent. Results certification begins, with 24 new House members to be sworn in and the 103rd General Assembly to organize. Carroll Campbell won a U.S. House seat and will resign his Senate seat. a special election will fill the vacancy.
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Columbia
South Carolina
James B. Ellisor
State Election Commission
State Board of Canvassers
State House of Representatives
House
Carroll A. Campbell
Greenville
Congress
Campbell
Brantley Harvey
Senate
Con
Gressman
Harvey
Oil Tanker Explodes Offshore Manila Bay Killing One
Rescue teams searched the sunken Feoso Sun in Manila Bay for at least 30 missing crew after a blast ripped the 20824 ton tanker apart. Five dead and 21 hospitalized. crew largely Indonesian and Hong Kong Chinese. The ship, Hong Kong based and Panama registered, had offloaded Chinese crude oil before the explosion offshore Limay near Bataan.
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Manila
Philippines
Manila Bay
Philippine Coast Guard
Feoso Sun
Hong Kong
Panama
Feoso Sun Tankers
S.A
Coast Guard
Simeon Balitas
Balitas
Ng Wing Sum
Limay
Bataan
Here
Rene D. Herrera
Foster Care Meeting Set in Aiken County
The Aiken County Department of Social Services will hold a meeting on November 16 at 7 p.m. at Kalmia Hill School for those interested in the foster care program. Abused and neglected children need homes both temporarily and long term. contact 127 Williamsburg St. if unable to attend.
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Aiken County Department of Social Services
Kalmia Hill School
Aiken County
Williamsburg St
Aiken Community Calendar Highlights Evening Events
Today schedule lists numerous meetings and activities in Aiken and surrounding areas. Vasectomy Clinic at Rural Health Services Midland Valley Shopping Center Clearwater. clubs meet at St Pauls Church Pine Log Road Odell Weeks Center and other venues. Evening events include theatre arts, dances, chess and support groups.
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Midland Valley
Clearwater
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Pine Log Road
Aiken
Odell Weeks Center
Senior Citizens
Aiken Camellia Club
Aiken-Augusta
National Audubon Society
Richmond County
Al-Anon Family Group
Linden St
Aiken A.A
Aiken County Museum
Trinity United Methodist Church
Aiken Community Playhouse
USC- Aiken
Queen City
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Narcotics Anonymous
York St
S.E
A.A
Myrtle St
New Ellenton
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America
CSRA
Laurens SW
Renee
Scholl
Rick Rack Brown
Black
Leverett’s Shoes
Whiskey Rd
Lowe's
Perm Press
S.C
Molly Pond
Augusta
Thur
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