Hilton Head Island votes in first city election
Hilton Head Island voters queued for the first municipal election with 3 mayoral candidates and 17 council hopefuls. About 6,000 of 9,000 registered voters were expected to cast ballots as polls opened at 8 a.m. The election uses at large voting with no runoff required if a candidate has most votes. A NAACP bid to halt the vote was denied in circuit court pending federal suits.
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Hilton Head Island
W.S
Woody” Montgomery
Island Incorporation Commission
Montgomery
Barrier Island
Long Island
N.Y
State Attorney General’s Office
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Luke N. Brown
NAACP
U.S
Solomon Blatt Jr
U.S. District Court
Charleston
Paisley Plans to Avoid Politics in U.S. Visit
Northern Irish Protestant leader Ian Paisley says he will speak on religion only during his Greenville visit for the World Congress of Fundamentalists at Bob Jones University. He notes no U.S. restrictions and recalls visa revocation in 1981 for political statements. About 2,500 delegates from 20 countries attend the week-long conference themed The Authority of Scripture.
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Greenville
Ian Paisley
U.S
United States
Paisley
Bob Jones University
Tallon Moves To Avert L'eggs Pantyhose Boycott
Rep. Robin Tallon of South Carolina works to head off a National Organization for Women boycott of Hanes L'eggs division after complaints that workers at plants in Hartsville Florence Bennettsville and Marion are fired for disability tendonitis from repetitive toe stitching duties. The congressman defended plant conditions after addressing NOW members in Washington.
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Florence
Robin Tallon
South Carolina
Florence Democrat
L’eggs
Pee Dee
Hanes Corp
Hartsville
Bennettsville
Marion
National Organization For Women
Tallon
NOW
Washington
South Carolina ethics come up short in disclosure and campaign rules
A USC Public Affairs Bulletin finds SC lax on ethics with weak lobbyist rules and anonymous political contributions. States limit campaign funds more. SC lacks contribution caps and spending rules, while a House subcommittee weighs reforms and nepotism laws focus on state department heads.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Public Affairs Bulletin
University of South Carolina Bureau of Government Research and Service
Steven Hays
USC
Department of Government and International Studies
Secretary of State
Hays
State Ethics Commission
Gary Baker
Baker
Political Action Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Vic Rawl
Dcharleston
Rawl
General Assembly
Senate
State Department
Governors rail against Reagan plan amid tax cut defense push
Democratic governors from several states denounced the Reagan administration's tax cut and defense spending plan. They argued the strategy has produced a $200 billion deficit and a too-strong dollar. Nebraska Governor Bob Kerrey led a letter signed by five others at the National Governors Association meeting, criticizing Vice President George Bush.
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Portland
Maine
Nebraska
Bob Kerrey
National Governors’ Association
George Bush
Greenwood Council To Appeal Travel Ruling
The Greenwood City Council unanimously votes to appeal a state judge decision finding five members and the mayor violated travel rules by funding spouses’ LA trip expenses. The council argues Home Rule Act allows use of city funds for public purposes and will take the case to the state Supreme Court.
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Greenwood
William K. Charles Jr
James E. Moore
State Supreme Court
Charles
Moore
Thomas D. Wingard
Floyd Nicholson
David Hill
Perry Smith
John McGee
National League of Cities
Los Angeles
Fred Quattlebaum
Nelson Brown
Charlotte Dent
William Fuller
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Catawba Nuclear Station
Duke Power Company
Reagan
Greenwood Council To Appeal
Aiken
Dial
Carolina
Paratryl Sa
Mance
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