Homestead tax exemption urged at aging needs hearing
Wasson urged urgent action on a fixed homestead exemption from property tax to protect seniors and all homesteads up to a value of ten thousand dollars. He warned rising local taxes threaten homeowners on fixed incomes and cited Richland County’s assessment practices. Also discussed were aging services and proposed incentives for nursing home construction and regional senior programs.
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Columbia
Robert C. Wasson
S. C. Tax Commission
Wasson
Richland County
Tax Commission
William S. Hall
Crafts-Farrow State Hospital
Hall
S. C. Commission For the Blind
Cartoon puzzle circle letters reveal surprise answer
A cartoon prompt asks to rearrange circled letters to uncover a surprise answer, following the suggested hint from the image. The note directs readers to solve the word jumble for a witty reveal.
Salute To Working Women Week Opens With Events
Aiken and more than 3,700 clubs nationwide begin National Business Women's Week. The kickoff included a Prayer Breakfast led by Mrs Rubye Johnson in the Hotel Commercial Hunt Room. A banquet honoring Career Women of 1969 is planned Tuesday at 7 p.m., with spouses invited. A Sunday trip to Columbia is on the agenda.
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Aiken
United States
Rubye Johnson
Columbia
Aiken Standard publication notice and rates
The notice outlines the Aiken Standard newspaper details established in 1867, daily publication excluding weekends, mailing address in Aiken South Carolina, and wire services affiliations with AP and United Press International. It also states correction policy and subscription costs by carrier or mail.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
United Press International
Nazarene Church Revival Services Begin in New Ellenton
The First Church of the Nazarene hosts revival starting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. with guest evangelist Rev. Mickey G. Smith. He pastors in Greenville and has served churches in Mississippi and Oklahoma. Nightly services continue Tuesday through Sunday at 7:30.
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New Ellenton
Mickey G. Smith
First Church of the Nazarene
Greenville
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Aiken High Graduate Joins Ford Foundation Study Program
Joe Usry, Aiken High School graduate and USC student, has been selected for a Ford Foundation experimental program. He will study independently for a semester on a topic of his choice titled An Emmersion Into the Problem of Black Education In South Carolina to Develop a Proposal for Improvement. Usry serves as secretary for General Welfare on the President's Cabinet in Student Government and was named among the nation’s top 100 sophomores by the National Student Register.
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Joe Usry
Aiken High School
University of South Carolina
Ford Foundation
Usry
South Carolina
Betty T. Moore
Hilltop Avenue
Afrotc
Circle E Service Fraternity
National Student Register
Kopechne Case to Open Today in Exhumation Hearing
In Wilkes-Barre a hearing opens on a petition to exhume Mary Jo Kopechne for an autopsy. Massachusetts prosecutors led by Edmund Dinis may testify to justify public-interest reasons. The Kopechnes oppose the move as a grave disturbance.
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Wilkes-Barre
Massachusetts
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Armand Fernandes Jr
Common Pleas
Bernard C. Brominski
Mary Jo
Joseph A. Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N.J
Larksville
Pennsylvania
Kopechnes
Dinis
Liberty Life Names Williams Aiken Branch Staff Manager
James B. Williams named staff manager of Liberty Life Insurance Company Aiken branch. He joined in 1968 as a representative and earned a place in the 1969 President's Club. Williams is a White Pond native, Williston Elko graduate, and lives with his wife Peggy and four children. H. C. Morris remains manager at 235 Barnwell St.
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James B. Williams
Aiken
Liberty Life Insurance Company
Williams
White Pond
Aiken County
Williston Elko High School
Peggy
Shannon Lane
H. C. Morris
Barnwell St
Thurmond Urges Citizens Back Law Enforcement
Senator Strom Thurmond urged ordinary citizens to support police and law and order. He claimed a campaign of character assassination targets officers, warned of violence against law enforcers, and cited 1968 officer fatalities and assault rates to justify force in dangerous arrests.
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Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
United States
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