South Carolina Senate speedily handles 853 million budget bill
The South Carolina Senate delayed to noon to let the Finance Committee scrutinize an 853 million appropriations bill. Sen. Rembert Dennis aims to report next week for floor debate and mid May adjournment. A boating act provision faces debate on operator liability and renter responsibility.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
Sen. Rembert C. Dennis
Berkeley
House
Dennis
Budg
Finance Committee
James M. Morris
D-Clarendon
Five men tied to Port plywood theft in South Carolina
SLED reports five arrested for grand larceny in a $35,000 plywood paneling theft from South Carolina Ports Authority storage facilities. Two current authority workers, two former workers, and a trucking firm employee named Willie Nelson are charged. $19,000 recovered. Arrests span Jan 1972 to Feb 1973, with further arrests anticipated.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Mozingo
Willie Harth Jr
Bobby Simmons
The
Authority
Joseph H. Meyers
Warren Shokes
Willie Nelson
Meyers
Shokes
Baptists urge local action if OEO funds end
Two South Carolina Baptist leaders warn that cutting OEO funding will hurt economically and socially deprived residents. They call the program a commendable aid and urge local governments and church groups to press for legislative action to fill the gap and keep hope alive.
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Columbia
South Carolina Baptist Convention
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Harold A. Cole
E. C. Watson
Missions
500 Pounds Of Marijuana Found On Colombian Freighter
U S Customs agents uncover more than 500 pounds of marijuana hidden beneath engine room floor plates on the Colombian freighter Adriana in Savannah. 50 plastic bags contain bricks of pot valued at about 25 dollars an ounce, described as the biggest haul seen on a merchant vessel.
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Savannah
U.S
Adriana
William Hunton
Hunton
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