Senate weighs postponing vote on judgeship election date
In Columbia AP, the South Carolina Senate will consider delaying the joint House Senate ballot that would fill 16 judgeships including 9th Circuit seat held by Klyde Robinson who withdrew for health reasons. Potential successors include Charleston figures Mallard Richter Jr Rivers Jr and Franklin Robson III.
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Senate
9Th Circuit
Klyde Robinson
Robinson
House
Family Court
Charleston
Robert R. Mallard
9Th Judicial Circuit
Lawrence E. Richter Jr
L. Mendel Rivers Jr
Franklin E. Robson III
House Mulls Rules to Avert Fixes for Convicted Officials
The House Rules Committee proposes rules to suspend any member convicted while in office to avoid a Carmichael style crisis. This follows the Senate's failure to expel Eugene Carmichael after his 1980 vote buying conviction, leaving him in limbo during appeals. The state Constitution lets chambers judge their own members, with no suspension provisions currently available.
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Columbia
House
State Senate
Eugene Carmichael
House Rules Committee
Senate
Carmichael
D-Dillon
Dillon County
Senator Russell vows no intimidation after Harwell case
State Senator Norma Russell says a Richland County grand jury’s decision not to indict former Representative Hicks Harwell on a bribery charge won't deter her. She cites a lie detector test backing her 1980 bribery allegation and urges others to stay involved in public life.
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Columbia
Norma Russell
Richland County
Hicks Harwell
Russell
Senate
Harwell
Lexington
Eugene Carmichael
Murdered Edgefield widow slain by rifle butt and car
Edgefield County Sheriff Billy Parker reports 70-year-old Frances Boatwright was abducted Monday night and found dead in a field Tuesday after being struck on the head with a rifle butt and run over by her own car. Investigators have no suspects or motive at this time.
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Edgefield
Edgefield County
Billy Parker
Frances Boatwright
Parker
Boatwright
Divi
Woman killed near S C 191 in Phillips community
South Carolina officers say Mrs. Boatwright was abducted from her home, tied with a telephone cord, driven to a nearby field where she was killed. A rifle stock found near the body, the car returned to a garage beside the house, and the body found around 11 am by two fishermen.
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Sion
Lena Thomas
Oscar “Buck
Herron
Phillips
Margaret Ann Noels
Edwards Denies Quitting as Energy Secretary for MUSC Presidency
Energy Secretary James B. Edwards denies resigning to take the presidency of the Medical University of South Carolina. He says he may take the job but has not decided, while MUSC trustees offered him the post and the board considered an acting president option. He hopes to finish dismantling the Energy Department, possibly by July 4, but a deadline is not set.
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Charleston
James B. Edwards
Medical University of South Carolina
Edwards
News and Courier of
Musc Board of
South Carolina
Wards
Washington
Department of Energy
MUSC
Reagan
News and Courier
Charles B. Hanna
Associated Press
Spartanburg
S.C
Hanna
Marcus Newberry
Musc College of Medicine
Statewide alert for two inmates after Columbia prison escape
Two inmates Willie Furtick and Jimmy Graves escaped from the Central Correctional Institution in a hijacked prison van. An outside accomplice aided the escape during a medical clinic return. Furtick, 28, has a 25 year armed robbery sentence, Graves, 26, a 262 year term with prior escapes.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Central Correctional Institution
Willie Furtick
Sumter
Jimmy Lee Graves
Tommy Pope
State Corrections Department
Sam McCuen
CCI
McCuen
Furtick
Graves
State Hospital
Richland County
West Columbia
Citizens Group Plans Lawsuit to Block Union Camp Mill
A citizens group in Columbia says it will sue South Carolina to block the 600 million Union Camp paper mill on the Wateree River. The group challenges the water quality permit and DHEC certificate, potentially moot an admin appeal set for today.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Union Camp Corp
Wateree
Santee Cooper
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Citizens
David McCracken
Sumter
DHEC
Richland County Judicial Center
Eastover
Waste Of Tax Money in Capitol Security Fight
Rep. Francis Archibald of Berkeley argues public officials face more danger on streets than in the State House and helps trim 450000 to cut added security in the 1982 83 budget.
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Columbia
State House
Francis Archibald
Berkeley
Archibald
Capitol
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