Riley To Air School Plan In South Carolina
Gov. Richard Riley prepares a televised address to push a $210 million education plan funded by a proposed 1 cent sales tax hike. A Riley backed committee will run paid ads statewide amid General Assembly opposition. The package targets remedial pupil programs higher teacher salaries and better facilities as lawmakers weigh tax changes.
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Columbia
Richard W
Dick) Riley
South Carolina
Riley
S.C
General Assembly
Russ McKinney
McKinney
Ramon Schwartz
D-Sumter
Tom Mangum
D-Lancaster
House
Ways and Means Committee
Learning Fast for Ambassador's Wife in Washington
Julie Bouhabib has learned on the job as she presides over the Lebanese ambassador's official residence in Washington since her husband Abdallah Bouhabib was named to the post. She describes learning etiquette by trial, entertaining dignitaries, and meeting Mrs Reagan during a White House visit.
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Washington, D.C
Julia Cole Bouhabib
Julie Bouhabib
Aiken
Lebanon
U.S
Abdallah Bouhabib
Amin Gemayel
George Bush
White House
PSA Increases Cushion Fund With General Funds
Aiken County Public Service Authority raises the cushion fund to 83529 using general funds to meet bond-ordinance requirements. Four major customers have not yet paid their shares, while the depreciation and contingency funds remain nonexistent per the 1983 audit. The audit and fund actions follow last night’s PSA meeting ahead of tonight’s county council session.
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Aiken County
Griffin, Wade and Company
PSA
GWC
Graniteville Company
United Merchants and Manufacturers
Aiken
North Augusta
Stan Wagher
Horse Creek
Don Hartwig
W.G. Smith
Smith
J.W. Cunningham
Msgr. Smith to Lead Annual Blessing of the Hounds
The Aiken Hounds open their season with the Blessing of the Hounds at Memorial Gate in Hitchcock Woods. Monsignor George Lewis Smith will officiate and prayers for a safe hunt will be offered. The Stirrup Cup precedes at 10 30 a m with joint masters Mrs G H Bostwick and Mrs William D Haggard guiding spectators to parking and a half mile woodland walk.
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Aiken
George Lewis Smith
G.H. Bostwick
William D. Haggard
Memorial Gate
Hitchcock Woods
Chitlin Strut attracts William Price Fox autograph session
Salley’s annual Chitlin Strut adds a new feature with William Price Fox signing his book Chitlin Strut and Other Madri gals. Fox notes the festival’s Southern, playful spirit and jokes about chitlins and the Strut’s heavy, boisterous nature.
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William Price Fox
Chitlin’ Rut
Fox
Salley
TV Newsman Buys Aiken WPBM Radio Stations
David Schoumacher leads a broadcast group purchasing WPBM AM and FM in Aiken with FCC approval expected by year’s start. Diane Foskett of Air South notes the deal keeps stations oriented to Aiken, rejecting a rival bid aiming at Augusta. Schoumacher, a former CBS ABC correspondent, now anchors in Washington. his group also owns outlets in Delaware and West Virginia.
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WPBM
David Schoumacher
Federal Communications Commission
Diane
Foskett
Air South
Schoumacher
CBS
ABC
Washington
Delaware
West Virginia
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