River Plans Worry Delegation
Aiken County legislators agreed to meet with the state attorney general on Augusta canal hydroelectric plans. They backed a bill for a Savannah River Plant reactor study and considered public hearings on environmental impact, while addressing highway patrol staffing concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Augusta
Tom Huff
D-Belvedere
Travis Medlock
Augusta Canal
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
North Augusta
Savannah River
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
General Assembly
U.S. House of Representatives
Secretary of Energy
Idaho
DOE
Thomas Moore
Senate
Billy Jones
D-Clearwater
Aiken
S.C
State Revenues Increase Fueled by Tax Growth
The Board of Economic Advisers reports a 13.9 percent quarterly revenue rise driven by sales tax gains of 14.4 percent and a 22 percent jump in personal income tax receipts. Industrial and corporate taxes diverge with corporate down 5.5 percent while regular revenue grows 8.4 percent despite a $32 million shift from the Insurance Reserve Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Board of Economic Advisers
State Budget and Control Board
Wreck Injures 16 Near Augusta In van collision
A car ran a stop sign at Henry Street and Monte Sano Avenue injuring 16 people, including two 3 year olds and a 22 year old woman. The van carried nine preschoolers from Beech Island to Augusta and was taken to University Hospital with one patient later moved to Talmadge Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Beech Island
Augusta’s University Hospital
Talmadge Memorial Hospital
David Jones
Henry Street
Monte Sano Avenue
Gospel Deliverance Evangelistic Church
Local Doctor References Aiken Talent at My Fair Lady Night
Dr Loton H Rasmussen longtime physician for the original My Fair Lady cast in New York says there is great talent in Aiken during a Friday or Saturday theater audience. John Wells of Wells Law Group Architects Inc teases at an Aiken County Council meeting about paper used for courthouse renovation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
My Fair Lady
Loton H. Rasmussen
My Fair Lady Company
New York
Rex Harrison
Julie Andrews
Aiken
John Wells
Wells Law Group Architects Inc
Aiken County
Aiken County Court House
Unemployment Drops to 9.3 Percent in September
The Labor Department reports the national jobless rate fell to 9.3 percent in September, the lowest in 17 months, with about 400,000 workers finding jobs. Total civilian employment rose to 101.9 million while the labor force increased to 112.4 million. The alternate rate including military personnel eased to 9.1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
U.S
United States
Giving And Getting For 10 Years Aiken Diabetes Show
Clarence Jolly has directed a fundraising musical for the Aiken Diabetes Association for a decade. His son Rankin’s diabetes changed his view, renewing resolve to continue for all diabetics despite planning to quit. A kindly donor inspired him to keep going.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Jolly
Aiken Diabetes Association
Jolly
Rankin
University of Mississippi
Atlanta
Memphis
Shreve
Oxford
Clarence Rankin Jolly
Clarence
Diabetes Association
Ginny Southworth
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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