Freed spy recalls flag raise question before Ames betrayal
Vladimir Potashov, a former Soviet prisoner, recalls raising a homemade Russian tricolor above a red flag in a Perm camp. He questions Aldrich Ames, noting the spy's betrayals and the payoff, while Potashov builds a new life in Charleston with his wife and child.
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Henry Lee Charms Midland Valley Chamber Crowd
The Rev. Louis Swanson of Hillview Baptist Church in Granderville performs as Henry Lee a hillbilly alter ego entertaining a Chamber of Commerce audience. He jokes with the crowd sings folk songs and shares tales while noting the character began in the 1960s to entertain children.
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Midland Valley Chamber of Commerce
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Space prom crowds greet Columbia launch
Tens of thousands gathered for Columbia's afternoon liftoff with notable guests including Neil Armstrong and Wally Schirra. Easter and spring break traffic clogged roads to Cape Canaveral as technicians addressed a hatch O-ring issue delaying ignition slightly.
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Wally Schirra
Kennedy Space Center
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Mission Control
Welfare to Work Drives Jobs Across South Carolina
In Florence Sumter Summerton and Kingstree on Monday about 40 employment agreements will be signed by the end of next week. In Williamsburg County the unemployment rate reached 20 percent in February as DSS job developer Bill Cox notes more welfare recipients are finding work, many in manufacturing or sewing, with some employed out of county in Horry. The county logged over 350 placements last year and Cox estimates 100 more this year, as Beasley underscored the moral obligation to outreach.
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Summerton
Kingstree
Williamsburg County
DSS
Bill Cox
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Horry
Local peach growers face financial squeeze as imports rise
Vance notes peaches no longer sole summer staple with imports and other produce available year round. He says 43 counties were declared disaster areas last year but few growers got low interest loans since credit problems limited qualification. If this year’s weather damages the crop, about 250 Georgia growers could suffer under added loan burdens.
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