Portrait tweaks and political sparks from quotes of week
The piece gathers brief remarks from five South Carolina figures and national figures. Chief Justice Moss complains a new portrait resembles him too closely. Russell Kinard quips about hog pasture speeches. William Erwin urges rural appeal to keep people from moving to cities. Rep Manning urges conscience over ambition in beer franchise talks. Rep Spence condemns antiwar radicals and criticizes Vietnam policy critics.
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Associated Press
Joseph R. Moss
South Carolina Supreme Court
Samuel F. Manning
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Floyd Spence
R-S.c
Orlando
Fla
America
Miss Tolbert To Be Honored By Winthrop
Educator Marguette Tolbert will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters at Winthrop College May 6 commencement. Sen. Ernest Hollings will address the class, about 530 bachelor’s degrees will be awarded, and Tolbert is a 1914 cum laude graduate and former supervisor of Winthrop Training School.
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Rock Hill
Marguette Tolbert
Winthrop College
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Miss Tolbert
Winthrop Training School
Furman University
Columbia
New York Universities
Peabody College
The
University of South Carolina
Snow’s Island Listed in National Register
Snow’s Island in the Lynches and Pee Dee rivers area is added to the National Register of Historic Places. The site served as a retreat and camp for Francis Marion during the Revolutionary War, a base near enemy lines where arms were stored and attacks against the British were launched starting in December 1780.
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Columbia
Snow’s Island
Francis Marion
Marion
Lynches
Pee Dee
Losses Lower This March Forest Fires in Missouri
The State Commission on Forestry reports March wildfires totaled 589 across 3,141 acres, the smallest for the month in 35 years. In March 1972 there were 1,591 fires burning 12,466 acres, helped by heavy rains that reduced damage.
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Columbia
State Commission On Forestry
The Shaggy Carpet Story Boosts Floor Fashion
By Neil A. Ladd the piece highlights multilevel shag rugs with long and short fibers creating texture. It notes brigh ter colors and new patterns offering decorating versatility and invites readers to view displays from leading America designer manufacturers.
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America
Power bill explained by South Carolina Electric and Gas
A public service message explains how electric bills are a record of usage, measured by a home meter and priced at a regulated rate. It argues the rate is fair, compares current costs to 20 years ago, and invites consumers to consider value and personal use before complaining.
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Sce&g
South Carolina
Protest Urging Tax Reform Set
Washington action campaign led by ex senator Fred Harris urged sweeping tax reform with rallies in 31 cities. ITT faced a Tax Avoider award while critics argued corporations paid too little and workers bore the burden. Congress debated tying reform to a trade bill amid limited momentum this year.
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Washington
Tax Action
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Harris
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
New York Stock Exchange
ITT
Bernie Goodrich
IRS
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
Boston
Milwaukee
Edmund S. Muskie
George McGovern
House
Ways and Means Committee
McGovern
Congress
Nixon
Mills
Blood Test Bill Pushed By South Carolina Student Legislature
Myrtle Beach AP report says the State Student Legislature will lobby for a law requiring venereal disease blood tests for marriage license applicants. Governor Lee Atwater calls VD epidemic and urges detection. Rep George Dean Johnson has filed the measure in the General Assembly.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
South Carolina
Lee Atwater
State Collegiate Press Association
George Dean Johnson
Spartanburg
General Assembly
4 000 Greet POW On His Return Home
Former POW 1st Lt. Samuel R. Vaughan returned to Georgetown South Carolina to a Mile long welcome by about 4000 people on Main Street. He was captive 15 months in North Vietnam and told a packed National Guard Armory audience he kept his sanity by sketching a map of his hometown.
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ST. George
Samuel R
Dickie’’ Vaughan
Georgetown
S.C
National Guard
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Russell L. Kinard
Colleton County
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U.S. Agriculture
Erskine College
Winthrop
Earle Morris
Glenn Smith
National Audubon Society
National Register
By Neil A. Ladd
Shaggy Carpet
ING Wits Ilseil
Reni
Sce&G’s
Electing & Gas Company
Wilbur Mills
White House
Donald Corman
D-Calif
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
First Baptist Pre School
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