USCA Breaks Ground on 7.9 Million Science Building
Groundbreaking for the University of South Carolina Aiken Science Building, a 56 800 square foot four story facility costing 7 9 million, drew Gov Carroll Campbell U S Sen Ernest Hollings U S Rep Butler Derrick Lt Gov Nick Theodore and other leaders. The project supports biology chemistry geology and physics programs and features a passive solar system with a thermal recovery unit for student and public demonstration. The event highlighted USCA ties with SRP the Department of Energy and Du Pont to bolster South Carolina's scientific training and NPR location.
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University of South Carolina Aiken
USCA
Robert Alexander
Palmetto State
Carroll Campbell
U. S
Ernest F. Hollings
Butler Derrick
Nick Theodore
Thurmond
Washington
Nancy
Aiken
Carolina
Columbia
South Carolina
Savannah River
Alexander
SRP
Department of Energy
du Pont Co
Hollings
Rep
Derrick
James Holderman
Columbia-based
University
Campbell
The
du Pont
NPR
Cushman Honored With U S 1 Segment Named For Him
Former Senator Edward C. Cushman Jr. heard praise for public service at a ceremony marking a section of U S Highway 1 from Gregg Avenue to Warrenville named in his honor. Speakers noted the tolls he cannot collect as reminder of his by pass naming. The event was held at the University of South Carolina Aiken campus, linking Cushman to the school he helped establish.
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Edward C. Cushman Jr
Aiken County
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Gregg Avenue
Warrenville
Aiken
Cushman
Robert M. Bell
Aiken By-Pass
University of South Carolina Aiken
Sound And Fury Over Deficit Reduction
Washington editorial condemns post crash deficit talks as lip service while urging real cuts. It criticizes farm subsidies, defense waste, and social programs, calling for taxing higher earners on Social Security andEnding nationwide spending excesses deemed politically unpalatable.
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Congress
Armed Services
Air Force
Norman W Younts Pioneered Real Estate and Development in Aiken
Norman W Younts, longtime health physicist turned real estate developer, built Williams Younts Real Estate and Construction Co and helped develop K Mart Bi Lo Ramada Inn on Augusta Road and shopping centers in Orangeburg Swainsboro and Waynesboro. He served as president of the Aiken Board of Realtors and Aiken Homebuilders before retiring due to illness and dying at HCA Regional Medical Centers.
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Virginia
Fountain Inn
University of South Carolina
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Savannah River
Pope Williams
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Younts
du Pont
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K-Mart
Bi-Lo’s
Ramada Inn
Econo Inn
Augusta Road
Lowe’s
University Parkway
Orangeburg
S. C
Swainsboro
Waynesboro
Hitchcock Parkway
Owensby
Buick- Cadillac
HCA
Aiken Board of Realtors
Aiken Homebuilders
First Baptist Church
Houndslake
Aiken
Water supply ambitions spark debate over Santee Cooper role
In a broad column Ashley Cooper questions Santee Cooper’s future as a wholesale water supplier in the Lowcountry. He traces its 1930s origins under FDR, notes its hydroelectric and tax status, and asks who controls it as it expands into water projects. The piece blends local sports notes and Civil Rights debate with reflections on regional power politics.
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Santee- Cooper
FDR
Santeecooper
Charleston
Columbia
N&c
Santee Cooper
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