Williams Defends Expanded Programs Amid Education Costs
South Carolina Superintendent Dr Charlie Williams says new federal and state laws expanding special education and adult vocational programs have raised costs. He notes 85 000 handicapped students enrolled this year vs 5 000 in 1971 and argues funding and public willingness are crucial during recession.
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Charlie G. Williams
S.C
Dr. Williams
Williams
South Carolina
J P. Kneece
Aiken County
Army Engineers Grant Union Camp Mill Permit
The Army Corps of Engineers will issue a permit for Union Camp Corp.'s Wateree River paper mill near Eastover, a $600 million project seen as South Carolina's largest initial investment. Opposition from environmentalists remains over air and water pollution fears, but Col. Bernard Stahlmann approved the assessment as adequate and no environmental impact statement will be required.
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Columbia
USS
Army Corps of Engineers
Union Camp Corp
Wateree River
South Carolina
Eastover
Corps
Bernard Stahlmann
Stahlman
Richland County
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
National Marine Fisheries
al Combs
Combs
Marchant Seeks $30 Million in State Budget Cuts
State Rep. Thomas Marchant of Greenville plans to urge the House Ways and Means Committee to approve more than 30 million dollars in cuts to close a 34 million dollar projected deficit for 1982 83 He proposes to cut raises to 4 percent instead of 6 percent cap salaries at 40000 and reduce aid to subdivisions by half among other reductions.
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Greenville
Thomas Marchant
House
Ways and Means
Greenville Republican
Richard Riley
Marchant
Greenville Piedmont
Charleston Chief Reuben Greenberg Takes Command
Charleston Police Chief Reuben M Greenberg started his duties with a pistol badge oath at City Hall. The 37 year old, the first black urban police chief in South Carolina, will earn 39300 dollars annually and succeeds the late John F Conroy after his death.
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Charleston
Reuben M. Greenberg
Greenberg
Joseph P. Riley Jr
City Hall
South Carolina
Riley
Reuben Morris Greenberg
John F. Conroy
Charles L. Sands
Conroy
Pulitzer Prize Wins for Mary Chesnut Civil War Edition
Yale history professor C Vann Woodward received the Pulitzer Prize for history for editing Mary Chesnut s Civil War published by Yale University Press. The 73 year old scholar called the award a surprise and praised Chesnut as an intelligent observer and gifted writer while noting his work on four manuscript versions and restored passages from the diary.
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New Haven, Conn
Yale
C. Vann Woodward
Mary Chesnut
Yale University Press
South Carolina
Woodward
Sterling
Riley Deficit Plan Sparks State Employee Backlash
Governor Dick Riley proposes trimming a 6 percent state pay raise to 5 percent and may impose unpaid two day furloughs to close a projected $50 million deficit through June 1983. State Employees Association president LeGrand Rouse criticizes the plan as unfair to workers.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
Associa
Riley
LeGrand Rouse
Association
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Army Engineers
Union Camp Mill
SUN
Xerox
Saint Angela Academy
Aiken
College Prep
Bob Shipstad
Jim Henson
VEE Corp
Children’s Television Workshop
WED
THRU
Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center
Civic Center
Supreme Fashions
Pyramid Music
Ogeechee Valley Bank
Millen
Milton's
Thomson
Aiken Drugs
Xerox Corporation
Rochester
N.Y
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