Almanac Pushes Columbus Dollar to Replace Dollar Bill
The Farmers Almanac urges replacing the dollar bill with a $1 coin called the Columbus Dollar and eliminating the penny and 50 cent piece. It backs Rep. Jim Kolbe's bill to mint the coin and halt the $1 bill after 18 months in circulation, noting the $2 bill could rise in popularity.
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Lewiston
Maine
Farmers’ Almanac
Almanac
Columbus
Jim Kolbe
R-Ariz
Treasury
Ray Geiger
Weather outlook with mild evening and warm midweek
Fair skies forecast tonight with a 20 percent chance of an evening thunderstorm and a low near 70. Partly cloudy Wednesday with a 30 percent chance of an afternoon storm and a high in the low 90s. Page 4B contains full details.
Local Deaths Across Several Areas
Notices list Mary M. Chapin Newberry Raymond S Cochran Beech Island Dorothy B Kemp Denmark Ethel B Kennedy Graniteville Evelyn T Kirkland Clearwater Jim Norman Ridge Spring Raymond J Stokes Corona N Y Dennis Sullivan North Augusta Betty H Walden Waynesboro Ga Mollie W Wall North Augusta Simmie A Wood Decatur Go See details on Page 8A.
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Mary M. Chapin
Newberry
Raymond S. Cochran
Beech Island
Dorothy B. Kemp
Denmark
Ethel B. Kennedy
Graniteville
Evelyn T. Kirkland
Clearwater
Jim Norman
Ridge Spring
Raymond J. Stokes
Corona
N.Y
Dennis Sullivan
North Augusta
Betty H. Walden
Waynesboro
Mollie W. Wall
Simmie A. Wood
Decatur
Services Post First Trade Deficit In Three Decades
The Commerce Department reports the U S current account deficit rose to 30 99 billion in the April June quarter, the first services trade deficit since 1958, signaling potential long term impact on living standards as the dollar strengthens and export growth could slow.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
United States
Hollings Proposes Extra Funds To Fight Drug War
U S Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina on Monday urged Congress to raise President Bush's drug war package by 1 5 billion dollars. He said the added money would go to anti drug law enforcement interdiction and education. He suggested trimming all federal 1990 appropriations by six tenths of 1 percent, affecting Social Security civil service and military programs.
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Washington
U.S
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Bush
Hollings
Buffalo Room Faces Liquor License Review in Discrimination Probe
The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission will hold a license revocation hearing on October 12 to probe alleged racial discrimination at the Buffalo Room in North Augusta. Rose Salter of Salter Enterprises, Inc. received notice. six government and NAACP officials were refused service. The commission cites good moral character and potential criminal conduct as grounds. The Justice Department continues a civil rights investigation under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Columbia
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
North Augusta
Nicholas Sipe
Commission
Rose Z. Salter
Salter Enterprises, Inc
Buffalo Room
NAACP
T. Travis Medlock
Medlock
Sipe
Justice Department
Deborah Burstion-Wade
Department
Salter
Bruce Salter
SCEG Edges Ahead in Aiken Power Rights Battle
South Carolina Electric and Gas won the first round as Aiken City Council introduced an ordinance granting a franchise to Aiken Electric Cooperative while naming SCE&G primary power supplier for new annexed areas. The measure protects Aiken Electric’s existing customers but risks coop growth, with a second reading set for Oct 2.
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South Carolina Electric and Gas
Aiken
Cathy B. Novinger
Sce&g
Pate
Aiken Electric
Public Service Commission
Aiken Elec
Aiken City Council Advances land deals and leases
The Aiken City Council approved buying 72 acre Woodward Tract for 720000 and agreed to supply Beaver Creek Development with city water for 142acre Beaver Creek subdivision off Silver Bluff Road. It annexed 142.75 acres near Southwood, 7.5 acres on Two Notch for a medical complex and four Hamilton Drive lots, accepted utilities in Gatewood Subdivision, and appointed Frederick B. Cavanaugh Jr. to the Future of Aiken County. First reading approved a lease possibility for a private hangar at Aiken Airport and Martin Buckley was named architect for terminal renovations.
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Pine Log
Banks Mill Roads
Beaver Creek Development Inc
Beaver Creek
Silver Bluff Road
Southwood Subdivision
Two Notch Road
Hamilton Drive
Gatewood
Powderhouse Road
Frederick B. Cavanaugh Jr
Frederick B. Cavanaugh Jr. To City Position On the Commission On the
Aiken County
Aiken Airport
Martin Buckley
Bakker Style Lavish Condo and Air-Conditioned Tree House
Witnesses in the Jim Bakker case describe the PTL founder’s luxury properties, a $5,000 Christmas tree, and a two story air conditioned tree house. Tax evasion convict James Taggart testified Bakker ordered a glamorous Highland Beach condo makeover costing $500,000 in 1982 with mirrors drapes and motorized features.
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Bakker
Charlotte
Jim Bakker
PTL
James Taggart
Taggart
David
Highland Beach
Fla
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New York
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Lawrence Taylor
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