Filibuster Blocks Action On Monthly Interest Rate
In Columbia AP reports a filibuster may block Senate action this week on a House backed bill to curb revolving credit plans with sanctions and set a maximum monthly rate of 12 percent. Senator Allen Carter aims to extend a talkathon though most expect no quorum challenge. Carter argues the 18 percent annual rate violates the eight percent state usury limit and seeks consumer protections or a consumer agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Carter
Charleston
Ralph Gasque
Marion
Carter
S.C. Senate
Columbia
Senate
House
South Carolina
Charleston Real Estate and Insurance
Consumer Protection Agency
Gas Consumption Averages 1104 Gallons Per Car
Columbia AP reports that South Carolina motorists average 1104 gallons of gasoline per registered passenger car. The Petroleum Council notes 11500 jobs in petroleum retailing with $47 million in wages, two billion gallons annual consumption, and 15 percent of state revenue from fuel taxes. Port of Charleston ships Petroleum products account for over half of tonnage. Gas stations move $272 million in sales and bulk facilities about $319 million yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
The
Petroleum Council
Oil Industry Organization
Port of
Charleston
House Limits Lawmakers Subsistence Pay In South Carolina
South Carolina lawmakers would lose automatic $25 daily subsistence if the Senate adopts a House bill. The measure requires attendance at a legislative session to claim the $25, replacing an earlier Senate plan allowing pay without attendance for county business. The debate highlighted tension with the media over pay increases and coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
House of Representatives
Charlie Powell
D-Abbeville
House
General Assembly
Rep
B.L. Hendricks
D-Pickens
Hendricks
Joseph Coker
Clarendon
Edmund Grant
Richland
Williams Praises Passage Of Bill Benefiting Workmen
In Columbia the House approved a workmen's compensation bill on a unanimous vote. The measure would cover all businesses with six or more employees, raise death benefits to 25 000, boost total disability payments, extend maximum weeks to 300, and allow unlimited medical treatment for total and permanent disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Columbia
David Taylor
Dlaurens
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Taylor
House
James Moss
D-Beaufort
Senate
Columbia Murder Suspect Arrested In New Jersey
FBI agents arrested Harry Taylor 23 of Newark on unlawful flight to avoid prosecution bond 10 000 in New Jersey. The warrant from Columbia South Carolina ties him to the December 6 holdup slaying of Walter Carlisle Kannady at the J G Warn Drugstore where he helped behind the counter.
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Newark
N.J
South Carolina
New Jersey
FBI
Harry Taylor
Taylor
Columbia
S.C
Walter Carlisle Kannady
J. G. Warn
Kannady
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Greenwood
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Drummond
Gary Byrd
Darlington
Grant
Waddell Byrd
Powell
Byrd
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York
York Ave
Dacron
Cannon’s Schiffli
Aenee
Monogram
White
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