F-16 pilot rescued after offshore eject near Myrtle Beach
Captain Theodore Schultz of the 55th Fighter Squadron ejected from an F-16 40 miles off Myrtle Beach on a training flight. He suffered broken legs facial cuts and a broken wrist and was ferried to a Charleston hospital after rescue by Coast Guard and a Navy vessel via a small boat.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Coast Guard
Theodore Schultz
Shaw Air Force Base
Myrtle Beach
Tad Wilson
Shaw
Schultz
Bryan Cox
Cox
Jonathan Ardan
Ries
Wilson
Navy
South Carolina Subcommittee OKs Cigarette Tax Increase
A House subcommittee approved two cigarette tax bills raising the per pack tax by 30 to 39 cents. One bill would fund Medicaid and health coverage for low income workers, the other would cut state income taxes later. Supporters say higher taxes curb smoking while opponents warn impact on low income residents.
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Columbia
House
South Carolina
Mark Sanford
Rex Rice
Rice
Easley
Renee Martin
The
South Carolina Tobacco Collaborative
Liston Barfield
R Conway
Tobacco Company
Fred Allen
Allen
Free 4 year old classes move to subcommittee
A House subcommittee approves a bill to fund free early childhood education for at risk four year olds in eight rural and poor districts. The plan would allow enrollment in state approved public or private programs with $6 million allocated in the 2006 07 budget.
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Columbia
House
Allendale
Dillon
Florence
Hampton
Jasper
Lee County
Marion
Orangeburg
Thomas Cooper
Mittee
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