Aiken Considers Zoning for Video Poker and Adult Businesses
The Aiken City Council will review a recommendation to have the Planning Commission study zoning rules for video poker machines and adult businesses. The move mirrors North Augusta’s hours law now challenged in court and aims to place machines in specified zones as a conditional use in Suburban Industrial areas.
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Aiken
Steven T.thompson
Planning Commission
North Augusta
Othe
Industral Zones
DSS Seeks 37.8 Million Boost for DSS Next Year
Columbia state officials propose a 37.8 million increase for the Department of Social Services to undo a 4 percent budget cut and restore staffing to 85 percent of recommended levels. The plan would restore welfare benefits cuts and add further aid, leveraging 60.6 million in federal funds. The Budget Board will hold hearings starting November 10 to set agency priorities.
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Columbia
State Department of Social Services
DSS
Sam Griswold
John Drummond
Senate Finance Committee
Budget and Control Board
Greenwood
Lancaster
Billy Bean
House
Ways and Means Committee
Budget Board
General Assembly
Bush Quayle rally as Clinton leads in final weeks
Aiken Republicans rally behind Bush Quayle as Bush campaigns in the South with Bart Starr urging an upset. Clinton widens lead in national polls though margins slim, while Perot’s plan is cited as risking jobs. Presidential race tightens with ten days left in a marathon campaign across southern states and battlegrounds.
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Bill Clinton
Olh Haiva
Bush
Ross Perot
South
Montgomery
Ala
Bart Starr
Starr
Louisiana
Clinton
Campbell Thurmond Lead Call Rally Aiken GOP Pushes Voter Turnout
The Aiken County Republican Party showcased Sen. Strom Thurmond and Gov. Carroll A. Campbell Jr to urge Republicans to contact voters before November 3. They urged turnout to support George Bush and other GOP candidates from courthouse to Congress, backing Jim Bland for Congress and other local hopefuls including Eric Radford, Robert Boswell, Howard Sellers, and Barbara Morgan.
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Aiken County
George Bush
USS
Strom Thurmond
Carroll A. Campbell Jr
Bill Clinton
Congress
Jim Bland
Eric Radford
Robert Boswell
Greg
GOP
Odell Weeks Center
Howard Sellers
Barbara Morgan
Doonesbury Addresses Bush Iran-Contra Ties in Strip
Doonesbury weighs in on the Iran-Contra affair as Garry Trudeau unveils six days of new strips inspired by a The New Yorker piece. The cartoons feature a fictional Washington Post reporter and allege Bush privately urged Iraq in 1986 to attack Iran to gain leverage for freeing hostages.
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Doonesbury
New Yorker
New Yorker Magazine
Garry Trudeau
Bush
Trudeau
Washington Post
Rick Redfern
Iraq
Iran
United States
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Aiken Council
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Philip Lord
Ondlet
Braves
Steve Avery
Toronto
Terry Pendleton
Sid Bream
Aiken Gop
Bush-Quayle
Newsweek
U.S. News & World
Associated Press
Eret
Mae Graham Brown
Cin
Ohio
Estelle Hudson
Barnwell
Blanche Gass Jones
Arrie G. Marshall
West, Johnston
N.C
Clemson
Terry Smith
North Carolina State
Damien Covington
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