South Carolina House Hears Utility Rate Hike Reform Bill
The South Carolina House debates a bill to curb bond based rate hikes and curb PSC rulings to six months. It preserves consumer advocate access to records with limits and updates trucking rate regulation to open competition. The bill also refrains from new rules on electric cooperatives and the Public Service Authority.
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Columbia
House of Representatives
State Public Service Commission
House
Jean Toal
D-Richland
PSC
Irene Rudnick
Daiken
Judiciary Committee
Consumer Advocate
Rudnick
Utility-Regulating Commission
Bob Sheheen
Public Service Authority
Soviet arms expert warns MX missiles widen US superiority
Moscow analyst Oleg Bykov says deploying the MX will tilt the strategic balance in the United States favor and provoke countermeasures by the Soviet Union. He calls the MX plans sinister and urges halting the arms race and reducing strategic forces instead.
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Moscow
United States
U.S
Oleg Bykov
Soviet Union
Panel seeks ban on US aid to Nicaragua rebels
The House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere subcommittee approved a bill to ban all U S support for military actions inside or against Nicaragua over CIA backing for rebels. The party line vote sends the measure to the full committee for consideration in Washington.
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Washington
House
CIA
U.S
Nicaragua
House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere
Arafat Says Negotiations On Peace Plan Will Continue
PLO chief Yasser Arafat states talks between his movement and Jordan's King Hussein will go on Swedish radio reported this. Arab sources in Morocco said President Reagan is drafting a new Middle East peace plan Israelis said they will expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip a step likely to upset U S and regional leaders who favor a settlement freeze to aid talks.
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
Jordan
Hussein
Morocco
Reagan
Middle East
West Bank
Gaza Strip
U.S
Shultz Urges Arab League to Strip PLO Mandate
Secretary of State George Shultz told reporters the Arab League erred in naming the PLO as the sole Palestinian representative and should withdraw that mandate. He blamed the PLO for setbacks to Reagan's Middle East peace plan and criticized Arab states for accepting PLO excesses.
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Washington
Palestine Liberation Organization
George Shultz
Shultz
PLO
Reagan
Middle East
Dennis urges Jobs and Economic Development Authority plan
Columbia South Carolina Senator Rembert Dennis says a proposed Jobs and Economic Development Authority could aid the state’s economy and he expects the bill creating the program to reach the full Senate in a couple of weeks. Dennis chairs the Senate Finance Committee and notes strong committee support for favorable reporting.
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Columbia
Rembert Dennis
Jobs and Economic Development Authority
South Carolina
Senate
Dennis
Senate Finance Committee
State Employees Push Beyond 5 Percent Hike
State Employees Association spokesman Larry Ellis says 5 percent cost of living raise recommended by the House Ways and Means Committee is insufficient. He represents 55,000 workers and seeks 5 percent COLA plus a 3 percent merit increase.
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Columbia
State Employees Association
Larry Ellis
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ellis
House Expected To Pass Nuclear Freeze Amid White House Push
Washington AP supporters expect the House to pass a nuclear freeze resolution calling for U S Soviet negotiations toward a mutual verifiable halt and reductions. President Reagan aides, including Larry Speakes and Caspar Weinberger, push a toned down GOP alternative and bolster hot line links to avert accidents.
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Washington
House
Reagan
White House
Larry Speakes
Congress
Speakes
United States
Soviet Union
Defense
Caspar W. Weinberger
Weinberger
Pentagon
U.S
Adelman nomination gains as White House presses to win votes
The Reagan administration conducts a last minute lobbying push to save Kenneth L. Adelman as arms control chief. Senate debate tightens with undecided Republicans under White House pressure while opponents count possible committee rerun to block confirmation. Tsongas reports 47 43 Adelman lead, Bush calls to undecided senators.
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Washington
Kenneth L. Adelman
Adelman
Senate
Paul Tsongas
D-Mass
White House
Tsongas
George Bush
Senate backs bill freeing insurers from collision coverage
Senate approved a bill that would remove mandatory collision insurance from the state's Reinsurance Facility. Sen. John Lindsay doubts the measure, warning it could cause underwriting havoc and leave high risk drivers unable to buy cars. Insurance officials oppose the bill, and Lindsay plans to contact the Insurance Commissioner for opposition validation.
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Columbia
State Senate
John Lindsay
D-Marlboro
Senate
Top USDA Official To Testify In Milk Case
Attorneys for U.S. Agriculture Secretary John Block planned to fly in a top assistant to defend Block's proposed dairy assessment in court. The move follows testimony before U.S. District Judge Matthew Perry as the government seeks to start charging part of the milk assessment Friday.
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USDA
Columbia
U.S. Agriculture
John Block
Block
U.S
Matthew Perry
Archie Campbell Inv invitational may miss its namesake
Arch Campbell of Hee Haw likely will not play in next week's Archie Campbell Invitational Golf Tournament in Nashville. Campbell broke a wrist in February and remains in a cast though he may attend. his son Steve says the 68-year-old founder plans to be there with other celebrity guests including Chet Atkins Pee Wee King and the Hager twins. In other notes, Dr Jonas Salk receives the 1983 Truman Good Neighbor Award to be presented May 6 in Kansas City. Lorne Greene earns 1983 Outstanding Service Award from IFAW for hosting New Wilderness. he helped release four sea lions in Laguna Beach California.
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Archie Campbell
Nashville
Tenn
Campbell
Steve
Chet Atkins
Pee Wee King
Hee Haw
Hager Twins
Jonas Salk
Salk
Henry J. Talge
Kansas City
Lorne Greene
Ben Cartwright
Greene
Friends of the Sea Lions
Laguna Beach
Calif
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