Aiken Board Seeks Five-Mill Tax Increase via Court Challenge
The Aiken County Board of Education filed suit in the Court of Common Pleas seeking a five mill tax increase. It bases part of its case on a 1972 State Supreme Court ruling and cites Gunter v. Blanton as precedent. The suit names the county delegation, council, administrator, auditor and treasurer and argues the board has executive control of schools and the duty to recommend tax levies. The court may rule on the separation of powers issue and future appeals are anticipated.
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Aiken
Burkhalter
State Supreme Court
Cherokee County
Court of Common Pleas
Aiken County
Board of Education
Masters cofounder Clif ford Roberts found dead at Augusta National
Augusta Ga AP Clif ford Roberts cofounder of the Masters Golf Tournament and chairman of Augusta National Golf Club died from a personal safety related gun shot wound officials said. He had been in ill health. he is survived by his widow Betty Roberts of Los Angeles.
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Augusta, Ga
Clifford Roberts
Augusta National Golf Club
Economic Trends Improve
The Commerce Department reported August gains in the leading indicators index rising eight tenths of a percent after July. Contracts and orders for plants and equipment grew three tenths, suggesting more factories and potential job growth, though layoffs held steady and the average work week fell.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Japan to Hand Over Ransom in Highjacked Dacca Flight
Japan agrees to deliver 6 million dollars and nine prisoners to free 146 hostages aboard a hijacked Japan Airlines plane in Dhaka. Demand prompts extending the hijackers deadline. Five hostages released include two Americans, an Indian couple and their infant son.
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Dacca
Bangladesh
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
California
Walter Karabian
Krueger
Karabian
John Gabriel
Montebello
Calif
Gabriel
Carter Discusses PLO Role in Middle East Talks
The Carter administration openly discusses a direct PLO role with Arab leaders in peace talks to influence Israel. At the UN, Cyrus Vance meets Egyptian Foreign Minister Fahmy as low level PLO participants may join a joint Arab delegation if Israel agrees. delegation composition remains unresolved.
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Washington
Carter
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Middle East
United Nations
Cyrus R. Vance
Ismail Fahmy
PLO
Jerrold Schecter
White House
U.S
Nationalists Move Into Tent Camps in West Bank
Jewish nationalists have moved into tent camps in the occupied West Bank awaiting six new civilian settlements. Prime Minister Menahem Begin agreed to permit a start on the six settlements in the next months, initially as military camps. The United States and Arab world oppose the plan.
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Jerusalem
West Bank
Jordan River
United States
Menahem Be
Gin
Cooler Sunshine Fades as Aiken Sees Rain Chance
Aiken forecasts show a 30 percent chance of showers tonight and tomorrow with partly cloudy skies. Cooler temperatures are expected with highs in the upper 70s and lows around 60, down from last night’s 55.
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Aiken
Local Celebration Opens Under Sunny Skies In Aiken
Luther Bigby chairs the Aiken Makin Committee as three day festivities begin with strong turnout from industries and residents. Mary Hobbs reports an elephant ear in bloom seen as unique. Jaycee Fair notes a $2 carload admission last year with a school bus group boosting midway sales.
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Luther Bigby
Aiken Makin
Greater
Mary Hobbs
Jaycees
Industrial Exhibits Range From Bread To Switches
The Aiken's Makin exhibit at the Municipal Auditorium showcases local products from bread loaves to electric light switches to illustrate area industry. Visitors can see AMOCO Plastics displays on paper plates and platters and Hubbell's light switches with cut away models. Riegel Textile features private label diapers for major chains. 900 schoolchildren toured earlier, exhibits open today and tomorrow noon to 7, and Saturday noon to 6. Tilbury Fabr highlight stands as a restful exhibit.
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Municipal Auditorium
Park Avenue
Amoco Plastics
Harvey Hubbel
Hubbell
Riegel Textile
Aiken
Riegel
Tilbury Fabr
Aiken’s
Jackson Offers Compromise on Gas Price Plan
The Senate faces a potential breakthrough as Sen. Henry M. Jackson proposes a compromise to raise wholesale gas prices to 2.03 per thousand cubic feet while keeping federal controls. President Carter backs price controls. a filibuster and 400 amendments cloud the vote as Byrd seeks to break the deadlock and attract enough support from both pro and anti-deregulation sides.
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Washington
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Robert C. Byrd
Jackson
Carter
Byrd
Senate Energy Committee
James Abourezk
Howard H. Metzenbaum
Ohio
Carter Administration
John Tower
Texas
White House
Council Urges Halt to Nuclear Build and Waste Disposal Plan
The President’s Council on Environmental Quality urged proving safe radioactive waste disposal or stopping nuclear plant construction. It called for a deadline and a national shift from nuclear and fossil fuels to solar, presented by Gus Speth at an American Bar Association conference.
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Washington
President's Council On Environmental Quality
Gus Speth
American Law Institute
American Bar Association
Speth
Carter
Industries leader Stathy Verenes dies at 63 in Aiken
Stathy J. Verenes a 63 year old Aiken County businessman who helped locate industry in the area died yesterday afternoon. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. tomorrow at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with Rev. Howard M. Hickey officiating. Verenes owned Aiken Distributing Co and is credited with driving Aiken County industrial growth including the Aiken Industrial Park and servicing on the South Carolina Development Board.
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Stathy J. Verenes
Aiken County
Verenes
Aiken
Aiken Chamber of Commerce
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Howard M. Hickey
Aiken Distributing Co
South Carolina Development Board
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Roland Windham
Graniteville Co
Lynne Katonak
Sen. Hollings
Mr. Verenes
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