Parimutuel Racing Debate Surfaces in South Carolina
Budget shortfalls push SC lawmakers toward new revenue and the chance of parimutuel horse racing. Aiken, a major training center, could benefit from tourism jobs and farm demand, while proponents cite policing and revenue, and opponents warn of crime. The issue faces months of decision.
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South Carolina
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Aiken
Augusta
Columbia
Atlanta
Charleston
Carolina Piedmont
South Carolina Thoroughbred Association
Camden
Vietnam Veterans Merit Memorial Honored in Columbia
A new Vietnam Memorial on Gadsden Street in Columbia honors 980 South Carolinians who died in the conflict including 30 from Aiken County. The dedication marks a step to acknowledge Vietnam veterans and their sacrifice while reflecting on memories of the war.
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Gadsden Street
Columbia
Aiken County
Dwane L. Adams
Joseph B. Adams
Wayne Boyd
Clifton E. Callahan
James L. Douse
W. Hunter Kilburn
Harold P. Leaphart
Roy G. Matthews
Caesar Murray
Charles H. Parks Jr
Franklin H. Penn
Aiken
Jack E. Gell
Montmorenci
James N. Gay
Joseph L. Ruzicka Jr
Michael H. Tuten
Harold D. Ulmer Jr
North Augusta
Linnell Butler
Allen H. Clark
Isaiah Samuels
Wagener
Joseph L. Brown
Clearwater
Donald R. Sizemore
Langley
Kenneth M. Hatcher
Roy J. Weatherford Jr
Warrenville
Alonzo Garrett
Ramon Moreno
Calvin Williams
Belvedere
Anthony Golson
R. J. Smith
Salley
Melvin E.white
Windsor
Jere A. Barton
Graniteville
Vietnam
Jane Fonda
Hanoi
Sinatra mocked for cruelty in Grizzard column
Lewis Grizzard asserts Frank Sinatra is mean to women in Kitty Kelley’s unauthorized biography. The piece cites alleged infidelities and cruel remarks from Sinatra, including divorces, marriages, and alleged spousal treatment. It also notes Mecham’s first speech promising to rescind Martin Luther King Day leave for state workers in Arizona.
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Lewis Grizzard
King Features
Kitty Kelley
Frank Sinatra
Grizzard
Sinatra
Arizona
Evan Mecham
Carnegie Report Sparks Broad Campus Critique
The Carnegie Foundation questions the lofty claims of U.S. higher education noting high costs, large classes, underprepared freshmen, emphasis on sports, and weak ties between intellectual work and campus life. It urges reforms in teaching priorities and a responsible approach to funding amid a system that remains the world’s most extensive but flawed. Knight-Ridder Service
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Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Academe
Carnegie Report
the State University
Carnegie
Hick
William Bennett
Farewell to the Yellow Dawg as voters break old party vows
A veteran observer notes a shift from rigid party loyalty to swing voters across states. He highlights split tickets in New York and Idaho, with governors and senators from different parties, and cites Californias mixed delegation and several states electing candidates from both parties. The piece laments the decline of strict party labels and uses Rhett Butler to describe voter indifference.
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Washington
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Senate
New York State
Mario Cuomo
Alfonso D’amato
Idaho
Steve Symms
Cecil Andrus
Oregon
Bob Packwood
Neil Goldschmidt
Pennsylvania
California
South Carolina
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Robert Kasten
Nicaragua
Proxmire
Kasten
Alan Cranston
Democratic Action
Pete Wilson
Cranston
Reagan
Wilson
Colorado
Tim Wirth
Bill Armstrong
Iowa
Texas
Georgia
Mack Mattingly
Wyche Fowler
Fowler
Wyoming
Florida
Alabama
Rhett Butler
Scarlett Baby
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Mia Farrow
Zeppo Marx
Barbara
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Farewell the
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