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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 2003
Page
1
Senator Lindsey Graham recalls family loss to emphasize reform. He argues Social Security faces solvency risks as workers shrink and Baby Boomers near retirement. He outlines three options including higher taxes or reduced benefits, warning both would harm the economy or vulnerable beneficiaries.
Highlights of legislation propose allowing Americans 54 and younger to choose between staying in the current system with higher payroll taxes or switching to stock market investments. The plan aims to shore up Social Security as baby boomers retire and projected deficits rise by 2018 and 2042 with depleted government revenue.
In a three part series, Dorothy Padgett and her daughter Tijuana Harrison illustrate Habitat for Humanity's impact. Padgett moved into a Rep Drive home in 1996, five years later Harrison followed to Warrenville, transforming their previously rundown drug infested apartment life.
The Aiken Center for the Arts receives unanimous support from the Accommodations Tax Committee for 13,800 in operating funds. Interim director Bill Reynolds cites higher costs from Horseplay success, including long distance calls and extra brochures, as reasons for the boost.
Aiken Public Safety rerouted traffic along East Gate Drive between the mall and East Gate Shopping Center for the holidays. Barricades barrels and signs direct drivers to safer routes after reviewing past crash data. officials warn the five lane crossing is a high risk area during peak shopping periods.
Motorists leaving Publix headed to Whiskey Road should turn right onto East Gate and make a U turn at the theater entrance. Through traffic should use back entrances to mall parking lots. Drivers on Gast Gate Drive from Whiskey Road may left turn into the mall. Drivers traveling between centers are advised to use back entrances.
Aiken County Superintendent Linda Eldridge did not win the Sarasota Florida superintendent job, finishing as a finalist along with Richard Hays. She still pursues the Volusia County post, with the board expected to pick a new leader Thursday, while Norris selects Salina Kansas for now.
The Bush administration announced quotas on three Chinese textile products knit fabric dressing gowns and robes and bras to give the U S textile industry temporary relief from imports. Lawmakers praised the move as protecting domestic producers. Critics warn higher prices for consumers. Senator Lindsey Graham and Representative Gresham Barrett hailed the action. Cass Johnson of the American Textile Manufacturers Institute also praised relief measures.
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