Aiken Native Smoak Named to Reagan Transition Team
Col. Marion H. Smoak from Aiken has joined San Reagan’s transition effort as part of the State Department team. Former chief of protocol under Nixon and Ford, he now practices law in Washington and owns Montmorenci farmland. He expects swift policy changes as Reagan takes office.
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Aiken
Col
Marion H. Smoak
San Reagan
Smoak
United States
Nixon
Ford
Shipley, Smoak and Akerman
Washington
Montmorenci
Reagan
State Department
White House
Aiken Delegates Confident On All American City Effort
Aiken delegates told the All American city jury they focus on three goals Croft House Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center and Helping Hands. They emphasized community support economic value and public image as key reasons for success.
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Houston
William C. Clyburn
William F. Bassham
Aiken
Bassham
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Littlejohn
Lies] Clark
George Gallup
George Gallup Jr
William F. Quinn
Hawaii
Dorothy Ridings
League of Women Voters
Croft House
Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center
Hitchcock
Savannah River
Littlejohn
Hitchcock Center
Hitchcock Rehabilitation
DHEC Orders Drums Moved Over Hazardous Chemical
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control plans to issue an order this week directing John Sonneborn and Continental Trading Co to stop operations and move 2,4 Dinitrophenol from 55-gallon drums near Owens-Corning Fiberglas to a proper disposal storage facility. If not obeyed, enforcement steps follow.
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S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
Jackie Dickman
DHEC
John P. Sonneborn and
Continental Trading Company
Sonneborn
United States
Reagan Seeks Better Ties With Congress on Budget Plan
President elect Reagan moves to improve White House Congress relations with courtesy calls and heavy work sessions. He aims to cut income taxes 30 percent in three years and reduce federal spending by 2 percent annually. Meese notes careful, phased legislative pursuit.
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Washington
Ronald Reagan
White House
Capitol Hill
Edwin Meese
Reagan
Congress
Carter
Meese
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Nazi Leaders Praise Acquittals After Greensboro Rally
A Nazi leader calls the acquittal of six Klansmen and Nazis a great victory for white America while the Communist Worker Party condemns the verdict as enabling Hitler like attacks. The all white jury deliberated seven days after a 23 week trial over a deadly November 3 1979 clash between white supremacists and demonstrators. The CWP plans a December rally in Greensboro to protest the outcome.
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Greensboro
N.C
America
Communist Worker Party
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Justice Department
Drew S. Days
Hosea Williams
Robert A. Williams
Indictments Expected In December Court Term
Murder indictments will be sought in the December term of Aiken County General Sessions Court against Paul F. Koon of Warrenville and Woody Dean Alexander of Aiken. A third Aiken County man faces assault charges. 17 year old Mark Ritchie awaits further action on a contingency docket.
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Aiken County
Second Circuit
Sylvia W. Westerdahl
Paul F. Koon
Warrenville
Woody Dean Alexander
Aiken
North Carolina
Westerdahl
Mark Ritchie
Reading Campaign Aims to Help Non readers in Aiken County
The Aiken County Adult Reading Campaign targets 4958 residents with less than a fifth grade education. Volunteers are being trained in Laubach literacy to offer one to one instruction, using pictures and phonics to enable adults to read newspapers, fill job forms, and navigate daily tasks.
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Aiken County
United States Census Bureau
Jeanne Knotts
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South Carolina Department of Education
Office of Adult Education
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