Tax millage vote sought over Aiken County schools ask
Sen. Tommy Moore requests a state attorney general opinion on a 0.7 mill tax increase by the Aiken County Board of Education to cover debt and operations. If approved, property tax bills would be reprinted delaying mailing from September to December, with costs around 20 000 for reprinting and about 30 000 loss if operational funds are blocked.
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Tommy Moore
D-Aiken County
Aiken County
Sen. Moore
Sen
W. Scott Barnes
Board of Education
Dougie Center Opens In Portland For Children With LifeThreatening Illness
A counseling service for children with life threatening illnesses opened in Portland Oregon named for the late Doug Turno. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Donald H Turno of Aiken. Aiken residents Nancy Wilds and Jo Whitson assist with the center and board respectively. Mrs Turno calls it a fitting memorial as Dougie cared for others while he was sick.
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Portland
Ore
Dougie
Doug Turno
Donald H. Turno
Aiken
Regan Says Fed Eased Policy Amid Economic Worries
Treasury Secretary Regan cautions officials fear a deeper recession or low mood, but credits the Fed’s summer money supply loosening for lower interest rates. He notes Fed aims to curb inflation, while stock markets rose as rates fell and unemployment concerns persist.
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Washington
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Reagan
Regan
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Fed
Associated Press
Federal Reserve
Textile Week speech ties gov’t cuts to SC textile future
Rodney R. Hull of Allied Corp. in Columbia urges cutting government and state spending to avoid crowding out private capital as textile week highlights SC's industry. He cites 25 percent of U.S. fabrics, 40 percent of cotton cloth, and 40 percent of dyeing and finishing. The sector accounts for over one third of SC manufacturing jobs, with $1.8 billion payroll in 1981 and $7.4 billion in product value. SC is a leading producer of manmade fiber with major contributions to colleges, hospitals, and United Way.
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Augusta
South Carolina
South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association
Rodney R. Hull
Allied Corporation
Columbia
Hull
Congress
United Way
Aiken Colleges Seek Ways To Cut Budgets
Aiken colleges face a 4.6 percent state funding cut with USC Aiken losing 163 787 dollars and Aiken TEC 80 058 dollars. Chancellor William Casper says a viable budget is possible but thin, while USC Aiken awaits a formal plan next week. TEC covers gaps by delaying hires, cutting non training equipment, and deferring vacancies based on urgency.
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Aiken
Usc-Aiken
Aiken Tec
Technical College
USC Aiken
William Casper
Casper
S.C. Commission On Higher Education
Larry Snapp
FBI reports first half crime down 5 percent from 1981
The FBI says crimes in the first half of this year fell 5 percent versus the same period in 1981, the first decline since 1978. Experts caution against overinterpreting the drop amid lingering concerns about previous highs.
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Washington
FBI
William French Smith
Albert D. Biderman
Bureau of Social Science Research
William H. Webster
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Donald Regan
Cathy Hughes
Rodney Hall
Smith
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