PSC Selection Method May Face Clout Test
Greenville attorney B O Tommy Thomason Jr chairs the Merit Selection Panel to remove politics from PSC candidate picks as seven seats open June 30 1982. Applicants due Aug 31 about 200 expected. panel to screen November through January and forward nominees to the Legislature for final selection.
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Greenville
State Public Service Commission
B.O
Tommy” Thomason Jr
Thomason
PSC
General Assembly
Freshmen Reshape South Carolina Senate With Conservative Bloc
In Columbia AP reports that 11 of 45 new senators, mainly first-year lawmakers, wield outsized influence by aligning with older conservatives. They backed key measures on reapportionment and Riley tax plans, with several Republicans and Democrats among the freshmen forming a pivotal voting bloc.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
L. Marion Gressette
Rembert C. Dennis
Gressette
D-Calhoun
Dennis
Berkeley
Phil Leventis
Sumter
Dick Riley
Riley
Chamber
Arthur Ravenel
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
Norma Russell
Ryan Shealy
Lexington
Harvey Peeler
Union
Hugh Leatherman
Florence
Alexander Macaulay
Oconee
Paul Cantrell
Nick Theodore
Greenville
Thomas Moore
Aiken
Sen
Jeff Richardson
Break Ends For House Senate Has Extra Week
The 1981 South Carolina General Assembly enters a brief pause with the Senate on vacation and the House returning Tuesday. Key items pending include reapportionment, a gasoline tax increase, a $165 million capital improvements bond bill, gubernatorial vetoes, and a voter intent dollar checkoff.
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House
Senate
Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
House of Representatives
Congressional
Worker Sucked Through Drain Pipe At Peach Farm
Albert Moore 51 of Johnston remained in serious condition at the Medical University of Georgia hospital after being pulled into a 15 inch drain pipe while fishing at J W Vance’s peach farm. Foreman Mike Ransom said the incident occurred Saturday afternoon as Moore freed a snag.
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Johnston
Albert Moore
Medical University of Georgia
Augusta
Julia Guillebeaux
Moore
Spiker Harvesting Co
Mike Ransom
J.W. Vance
Spiker
Ransom
Rains May Be Factor In South Carolina Traffic Deaths
The South Carolina Highway Patrol cited rainy roads as a possible factor in 17 weekend traffic fatalities across the state. A deadly Pickens County crash, a Marlboro County rollover, and a pattern of higher weekend deaths were noted alongside prior holiday and weekend totals.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Pickens County
Delores Martin Davis
McColl
Marlboro County
Clio
Death Penalty Sought in Parkman Murder Case
Jury selection to begin for Lancaster County man John Weaver 37 charged with abducting 18 year old Crystal Parkman and killing her after driving her to an abandoned bus. Prosecutor says death penalty sought if convicted. Body found in a well two days later.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Crystal Parkman
John Weaver
Miss Parkman
John Justice
Weaver
Justice
David Threatt
Threatt
Henry Threatt
Mrs. Riley Returns to Governor's Mansion After Surgery
Ann Tanky Riley, wife of Gov. Dick Riley, left Duke University Hospital and is recuperating at the Governor's Mansion for several weeks following a mastectomy and breast surgery.
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Dick Riley
Columbia
Ann
Tanky” Riley
Governor’s Mansion
Nation's Oldest Labor Dispute Settled After 25 Years
About 400 former workers began receiving checks Friday from a back pay settlement between the National Labor Relations Board the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union and Milliken & Co owner Roger Milliken. The dispute over Darlington Manufacturing closed in 1956 after a union victory and Supreme Court loss.
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Darlington Manufacturing Co
National Labor Relations Board
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Milliken & Co
Roger Milliken
South Carolina
Milliken
Darlington Manufacturing
NLRB
Milliken’s
Darlington
U.S. Supreme Court
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