Thurmond hints at stepping aside for wife to take Senate
Sen. Strom Thurmond said he would consider resigning before his term ends in 2002 so his wife Nancy could assume the seat. He noted he might serve two or three months less if that would please her, warning Hodges would appoint a replacement if he left early.
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Charleston
Strom ‘Thurmond
Thurmond
R-S.c
Post and Courier
Jim Hodges
Hodges
Senate
Clemson University
Dave Woodard
Nancy Thurmond
South Carolina gets C on higher education report card
A national study gives South Carolina a C for college preparation a D for participation and a C for affordability. The state ranks behind peers in SAT scores college-going rates and income share for tuition while Georgia and North Carolina show mixed results. The commission acknowledges efforts to improve higher education.
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Columbia
National Center For Public Policy and Higher Education
South Carolina
North Dakota
Iowa
Utah
Wisconsin
Georgia
North Carolina
Dalton Floyd
South Carolina Higher Education Commission
Bluff Bulldogs Fight Abbeville Panthers For State AA Title
Silver Bluff High School in Columbia prepares for a Saturday showdown with Abbeville High School Panthers for the state AA football title. Players Matt Rutz and Ashley Hooks express excitement as the team tours Williams-Brice Stadium and refines routines before a shortened school day.
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Scott Webster
Silver Bluff
Columbia
Bulldogs
Abbeville High School Panthers
Williams-Brice Stadium
SBHS
Petticoat Junction
Matthew Rutz
Ellenton
Jackson
Ashley Hooks
Pastors wager hats over Aiken Greenwood high school game
The Rev. Dr. Bill Johnston of First Presbyterian Aiken and Rev. John White of Westminster Greenwood pledge a charity hat bet on the state football final. If Aiken High wins, White wears an AHS cap while aiding Habitat for Humanity. if Greenwood wins, Johnston dons a Greenwood High cap while bell ringing for the Salvation Army.
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Bill Johnston
First Presbyterian Church of
Ripped Aiken
Ahs
White
Habitat For Humanity
Greenwood
GHS
Johnston
Salvation Army
Aiken
Ballots Headed to Tallahassee in Recourt Action
A convoy carrying more than 450000 Palm Beach County presidential ballots left for Tallahassee under armed escort. The 450 mile drive drew reporters and motorists as law enforcement followed on the Ronald Reagan Turnpike in a high profile vote recount effort amid the Florida recount stalemate.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Palm Beach County
Sherif
Tallahassee
Ronald Reagan Turnpike
America
al Gore
Texas
George W. Bush
Dennis Newman
Reform Party
Pat Buchanan
Gore
County clerk files discrimination complaint against council chair
Susan Pate, clerk for Aiken County Council, files a work discrimination complaint with state and federal agencies alleging unequal pay and unfair treatment by Chairman Ronnie Young. She says she was targeted after the June primary and punished with restricted hours and required overtime approval.
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County Council
Aiken County
Ronnie Young
Susan Pate
State Human Affairs Commission
Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Young
Resolution
Bill Shepherd
Jason McKinney
Nate
Pate
Council
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