Judge Overrules SC Phone Rate Hike by Southern Bell
A South Carolina judge overturned the Public Service Commission's $21 million rate increase for Southern Bell. The PSC had approved the March hike amid hearings, while the Department of Consumer Affairs argued the company overcharged basic users by about $4.9 million and challenged the decision.
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Columbia
State Public Service Commission
Southern Bell
South Carolina
PSC
State Department of Consumer Affairs
Blessing of the Hounds Rescheduled for Tomorrow at Hitchcock Woods
The Blessing of the Hounds opens the Aiken Drag Hunt and will be held at Memorial Gate in Hitchcock Woods at noon tomorrow. Dr. John H. Law of First Presbyterian Church will lead the service, postponed from Thanksgiving Day due to rain. Spectators should walk in from South Boundary Avenue and cars are not allowed.
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Memorial Gate
Hitchcock Woods
John H. Law
First Presbyterian Church
South Boundary Avenue
Aiken
Held Americans in Tehran Standoff Faces US Return Move
Washington reports say Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher may fly to Algeria as the United States weighs its next response to Iran. Islamic militants deny transferring the 49 to 52 hostages to Iran and offer no near-term release prospects amid ongoing talks.
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U.S
Iran
Tehran
Today
Foreign Ministry
CBS
Evin
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
NBC
Chitlin Strut Set to Boil Four Tons in Salley
The 15th annual Chitlin Strut begins tomorrow in Salley with McMillian in charge of boiling four tons of chitlins at his mother’s Bamberg farm. Proceeds fund a town project and Crescent School renovations as more than 30,000 visitors are expected to descend on Salley, a town of 500 in northeastern Aiken County.
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Bamberg
Terry McMillian
McMillian
Salley
Aiken County
Aiken
S.C
Columbia
Wagener
Cresent School
McMillan
Atomic City on the Savannah River Plant plans announced
On November 28, 1950 the U S Atomic Energy Commission revealed a new production complex to be built by Du Pont in Aiken and Barnwell counties South Carolina named the Savannah River Plant The move required relocation of about 1500 households within 18 months affecting Ellenton and nearby towns The announcement followed briefings with community leaders and included assurances of cooperation from local officials and residents Several communities were erased or renamed including New Ellenton born from Ellenton and the reaction mixed among residents with protest signs visible in Ellenton
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Aiken County
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Wilmington
Del
Aiken
Barnwell
S.C
Savannah River
SRP
Ellenton
New Ellenton
Dunbarton
Myers Mill
Robbins
Hawthorne
Leigh
du Pont
Richmond
Augusta
South Carolina
Georgia
AEC
H.M
Mike) Cassels
H. Odell Weeks
Atomic Energy Commission
Army Corps of Engineers
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Beirut
Lebanon
Department
Sondra McCarty
Jack West
King of
the Strut
Larry Nipper
Larry Wood
Chitlins
Greenwood Packing Company
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