Thurmond eyes Veterans Affairs post if Specter steps down
Sen. Strom Thurmond says he would seek the chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee if Arlen Specter relinquishes the post. The 96 year old Republican veteran, the oldest senator, noted his military credentials and long service, while a GOP leadership decision on committee assignments looms before the next Congress.
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Charleston
Strom Thurmond
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Specter
Thurmond
Normandy
Army Reserve
Veterans’ Panel
GOP
Senate
Wall Street Journal
National Review
David Beasley
Beasley
South Carolina
Jim Clyburn
8.C
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Floyd Spence
RSC
Jockey Bitsy Patterson in coma after Colonial Cup fall
Bitsy Patterson, 28, a jockey from Wilmington, Del, remains in a coma and on a ventilator at Richland Memorial Hospital after a fall in the Colonial Cup steeplechase in Camden. Doctors note improvement in scans though pneumonia worsened his condition while her parents await further news.
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Columbia
Bitsy Patterson
Richland Memorial Hospital
Camden
Bitsy
Duncan Patterson
Beasie Patterson
Ms. Patterson
Wilmington
Del
Scrooge list targets charities in Miles output
Columbia secretary of state Jim Miles unveiled a Scrooge list of charities that allegedly waste funds and an angels list of exemplary groups. He cited the Reserve Police Officers Association and Grant a Wish Network for poor fundraising efficiency while highlighting John Fling Ministries of Columbia for using volunteers. Six angels charities are South Carolina based.
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Columbia
Jim Miles
Scrooge and
Angels
Miles
Reserve Police Officers Association
Grant A Wish Network
John Fling
Charlie Condon
Miles’ Office
American Institute of Philanthropy
National Foundation For Cancer Research
Arthriis Research Institute of America
Project Care
Institute
Mike Lynch
San Diego
Lynch
South Carolina
Scrooge
Make A Wish Foundation
Band safety alert warns of door to door fundraisers
Aiken Public Safety warns residents about students posing as Aiken High School band members collecting money for a Washington trip. The band does not solicit door to door. If approached, call 642-7620. Also note CAT DOT funds for road resurfacing in Aiken County totaling over $1 million and ongoing missing person case for Martha Jean McKinney, owner of Alvanos Restaurant, last seen with a green 1994 Mercury Sable and bag of receipts. Call 642-7620 or 642-1761 with tips.
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Aiken Department of Public Safety
Aiken High School
Houndslake Country Club
Washington
ADPS
DOT
S.C. Department of Transportation
Aiken County
Cookes Bridge Road
Wire Road
New Holland Road
Old Barnwell Road
U.S. 78
Pine Street
Pine Log Road
S.C. 421
Berlin Church Road
S.C. 39
Hollow Creek Road
Laurel Lakes Road
Rushton Road
Miss Aiken High Pageant Set for December 5
The Aiken High Beta Club presents the Miss Aiken High Pageant on December 5 at 7 30 pm in the James Taylor Activity Center. Admission is nine dollars.
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Aiken High Beta Club
Aiken
James Taylor Activity Center
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Veterans’ Affairs
Europe
Jim Hodges
Scott Webster
Clearwater Fire Department
Wilson Road
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George Perry
Perry
Old Wagener Road
Willow Run Road
Windham Boulevard
US. 1
Beloit Street
Taylor Pond Road
Ridge Road
Rainbow Falls Road
Satterfield Construction Company Inc
Greenwood
Orlando
Fla
Bob Besley
Los Angeles
Besley
Alvanos
Ginny Southworth
Ashley Jefferson
Tearesa Holland
VOICE
Jefferson Elementary School
Bath Ministry
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