Aiken County Likely To Gain Two Senate Seats
House reapportionment tentatively approved would place Aiken County in two districts with Sen. Moore in District 25 and a new resident senator from District 24. The plan extends District 24 to New Ellenton and Jackson, narrows District 26, and draws District 18 into four counties.
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Senate
State House of Representatives
Aiken County
Irene Rudnick
Aiken
House
New Ellenton
Jackson
Windsor
Wagener
General Assembly
Lexington
Edgefield County
Thomas L. Moore
D-Aiken
Nikki Setzler
Saluda
Newberry
Union
Moore
Sen. Moore
Rep. Busbee
Senate Budget Committee halves Reagan 1984 military buildup
The Senate Budget Committee voted 17 to 4 to cap the 1984 defense increase at 5 percent excluding inflation, a major defeat for President Reagan as Republicans urged compromise while he insisted on a 10 percent rise to counter Soviet growth.
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Washington
White House
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Congress
Senate
Massacre Survivors Describe Chilling Pursuit Through Streets
Survivors of an Easter Sunday massacre in Ayacucho report more than 50 peasants killed by leftist guerrillas over two hours. Witness Pedro Quincho Quispe says bullets sprayed women with children, and no one was spared in the chaos.
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Ayacucho
Peru
Pedro Quincho Quispe
South Carolina medical schools backed to share board
The Commission on Higher Education rejected a merger of South Carolina’s two medical schools and endorsed a joint governing board for Charleston and Columbia campuses. Commissioner Louis Wright said the move reduces competition and past disagreements as panel members voted 9-6 for the amended Health and Medical Education Committee plan to set enrollments and budgets.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Commission On Higher Education
Charleston
Louis Wright
Higher Education
Twin-Trailer Trucks Cleared to Roll in South Carolina
Columbia AP Twin-trailer trucks can operate in South Carolina with approval from the Highway Patrol and the state attorney general. Attorney General Travis Medlock advised Gov. Riley on Thursday to follow a federal directive permitting the trailers.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Highway Patrol
State Attorney General’s Office
Travis Medlock
Dick Riley
Flooded Louisiana braces as four rivers surge toward record highs
Governor Treen declared a state of emergency in 14 parishes after nearly a foot of rain paralyzed parts of New Orleans. National Guard units were deployed statewide to assist 40 000 homes, with three drownings reported as floodwaters stranded vehicles.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Dave Treen
Treen
Mobile National Guard
Baton Rouge
Mack White
East Baton Rouge
Senate OKs Tough DUI Bill Passed 36 0 in Senate
The state Senate unanimously approved a strengthened drunken driving bill 36 to 0 and sent it to the House. It repeals provisional licenses, imposes three month suspensions for first offenders, raises fines, and requires mandatory jail time or community service for second and later offenses.
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Columbia
State
Senate
Fenses
Norma Russell
Senate Judiciary Committee
Watt backs down over rock acts on Mall during fireworks
Interior Secretary James Watt withdrew his suggestion that rock groups not be allowed to perform on the Mall for the Fourth of July. He rode onto the White House lawn in drizzle with a plaster foot, saying Reagan family love for the Beach Boys influenced the reversal. Watt had cited the acts as drawing the wrong element.
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Washington
James Watt
Beach Boys
Eating Crow
White House
Secretary of the Interior
Grass Roots
Watt
Reagan
Ronald
Nancy Reagan
Lauren Chapin Calls for Wholesome TV and No Child Stars
Lauren Chapin formerly of Father Knows Best urges more wholesome programming and warns against children in show business citing exploitation risks. Andy Griffith marries Cindi Knight in a quiet Manteo ceremony after a five year romance, Knight once a dancer in The Lost Colony and later appeared with Griffith in Murder in Coweta County.
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Lauren Chapin
Raen
Andy Griffith
Manteo
N.C
Cindi Knight
Ms. Knight
Jacksonville, Fla
Griffith
Jacksonville
Coweta County
Johnny Cash
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Thomas E. Huff
D-Belvedere
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Aaron Broussard
Kenner
South Central
Bell
Coma
Gail Purpura
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Mid-City
Chapin
Vooven Wy All
Ms. Chapin
Hollywood
Holley Tractor & Equipment
Richland Avenue
Aiken SC
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