Sumter County to seek veto of at large election system
Sumter County plans to ask the U S District Court in Washington to block its June 13 primary arguing at large council elections discriminate against minorities. Sumter County Public Awareness says nominees are chosen at large rather than from single member districts. The Justice Department has accused Sumter and four counties of violating the Voting Rights Act.
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Sumter
Sumter County
South Carolina
U.S. District Court
Washington
Public Awareness
Justice Department
Chester
Charleston
Colleton
Horry
Derrick calls credit act a wise response to farm needs
Rep. Butler Derrick says the Emergency Agricultural Credit Act, added to the Agricultural Credit Act and approved 347 to 23, is a wise move. The measure extends the Emergency Livestock Credit Act through 1979 and creates loans up to 400000 for farmers ranchers cooperatives and partnerships to sustain daily operations.
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Washington
U.S. House of Representatives
Butler Derrick
D-S.c
Derrick
Governors Meet in Washington to Oppose anti South Proposals
South Carolina Governor James B Edwards and Georgia and Kentucky governors travel to Washington for talks with four senators and five congressmen. They press against proposed limits on Southern industrial and economic development and EPA restrictions.
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Columbia
South Carolina
James B. Edwards
Georgia
Kentucky
Washington
Congress
Edwards
Bob Liming
George Busbee
Julian Carroll
Southern Governors Conference
Louisiana
Russell Long
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
John Stennis
Mississippi
Herman Talmadge
House
George Mahon
Roy Roberts
Olin Teague
Jim Wright
Texas
Carl Perkins
Liming
South
Environmental Protection Agency
Brown Gets 25 Birthday Calls From Strangers
Greenville AP report states 28 year old banker Tom Brown received 25 calls from total strangers before noon on his birthday after an unidentified friend placed a newspaper ad asking people to wish him well. The ad described Brown as a 30 year old bank manager and noted his habit of being kind. Brown mused about the odd gift and jokingly warned of possible humorous payback.
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Greenville
Tom Brown
Brown
Ae Bank
Celanese to Build Guar Processing Plant Near Charleston
Celanese Polymer Specialties Co. will construct a multi million dollar guar processing plant near Charleston marking its third such facility in the United States. Guar plays a role in textile dyeing and printing, paper strength, and oil and gas viscosity control. The plant, chosen for port access and proximity to Southeast textile mills, is due for completion in the early 1980s. Celanese employs about 6,000 people in the state.
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Charleston
Celanese Polymer Specialties Co
United States
India
Pakistan
Celanese
Mansel C. Wiley
Triplett Declares Senate Bid in Chester
Chester contractor James T. Triplett announced as a Democratic candidate for the U S Senate seat held by Strom Thurmond. The 48-year-old said he aims to raise his 3450 filing fee with $1 donations and has raised about 3000 so far, with no gift over 99. He is president of James T. Triplett Inc., a bridge contracting firm.
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Chester
James T
Tom’ Triplett
U.S. Senate
Strom Thurmond
Chester County
Triplett
Charles D. ‘Pug’ Ravenel
James T. Triplett
Frasier Makes Third Run For 1st District Seat
Benjamin Frasier Jr. files as a Democratic candidate in South Carolina coastal 1st District as the June primary deadline looms. He previously challenged Mendel Davis in 1972 and 1974 and once led the United Citizens Party bid. The contest also includes a lone Republican contender and no other Democrats. Frasier, 35, once claimed he was kidnapped during a 1972 campaign episode later called a hoax.
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Charleston
Benjamin Frasier Jr
Mendel J. Davis
L. Mendel Rivers
Davis
Frasier
United Citizens Party
Travelers Rest Body Identified in House Fire Tragedy
The body of 29 year old Jimmy Lee Grayson was found among fire blackened rubble at a small house edge of Travelers Rest. Deputy Coroner M F McManus says smoke inhalation likely caused death and an autopsy is planned. Officials consider homicide as a possibility. The fire occurred Saturday with the body found Monday by a passerby.
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Travelers Rest
Jimmy Lee Grayson
Greenville County
M.F. McManus
Grayson
Burke Faces Unclear Fate Over Hatch Act Violations
In Columbia AP reports Sgt Major Richard Burke may be fired for Hatch Act violations tied to a bid for adjutant general. He continues to work and draw pay as the Guard cites possible dismissal while the U.S. Civil Service Commission reviews the case, with April 15 set as a deadline for response.
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Columbia
Richard Burke
South Carolina National Guard
Burke
Adjutant General
State National Guard
Guard
Robert L. McCrady
McCrady
Civil Service
Commission
Westmoreland Explains Marketing Warfare To Businessmen
Retired General William C. Westmoreland spoke to 120 businessmen at a two day seminar, detailing “All American Principles of War” applied to marketing. He urged realistic goals, concentrated power at critical times, surprise and strong intelligence, and leadership to offset talent gaps.
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New York
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Westmoreland
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Jury To Decide Sentence For Teens
A jury convicted three teenagers Terry LuAnn Upchurch 19 Frank Nathan Dunn 17 and William Joey Jackson 17 of the murder of Harold E Whitfield 30 vice president of a trucking firm whose body was found in Lake Hartwell last October The same jury must decide between execution and life imprisonment under South Carolina law with sentencing set to begin Wednesday.
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Whitfield
Lake Hartwell
South Carolina
Shrimp Crop Fails Again in South Carolina
The South Carolina Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources reports another poor white shrimp crop amid unusual winter cold. Surveys show no white shrimp this year, repeating 1976-77 losses that cost shrimpers millions as income fell to about half of the 11 million dollars wholesalers paid in 1976. An offshore survey found only a few pink shrimp near Morris Island Beach and Fort Charlestown anchorage.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Morris Island
Fort
Charliéstén
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