Ku Klux Klan Marches Toward Civil Rights Site Near Selma
About 50 robed Klan members began a 50 mile white power march from Selma toward the 14 year old civil rights worker killing site near Montgomery. Their numbers dwindled to about 30 by nightfall as a bus carried the rest to the campsite for a crossburning rally.
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Selma
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Montgomery
Martin Luther King Jr
Bill Wilkinson
the Invisible Knights
PSC Suspends Rates From Southern Bell
The South Carolina Public Service Commission suspended Duke Power and Southern Bell rate hikes, delaying final action. Hearings will determine acceptance, rejection, or reduction with orders to be issued in about two weeks. Duke seeks a 6.7 percent rise effective Sept. 1. Southern Bell seeks 6.1 percent.
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Columbia
South Carolina Public Service Commission
Duke Power Co
Southern Bell Telephone
PSC
Duke
Southern Bell
Joe Jones
Dennis Fights For Hospital Expansion Fight in SC Senate
Sen. Rembert C. Dennis vows to oppose Gov. Riley on at least one veto item. Riley cut a $165 million capital bond, including a $48 million MUSC children’s wing in Charleston. Dennis supports MUSC expansion citing SC infant death rates as a reason. Legislators reconvene to review vetoes and end the 1979 session.
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Riley
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Dennis
MUSC
South Carolina
Berkeley Democrat
State House
25 Year Terms For Two In Bank Robbery
A federal judge sentenced Riley Evans and Chester Ford, both of Jacksonville, to 25 years each for the March 13 robbery of a South Carolina Federal Savings and Loan branch in Charleston. They were found guilty in May. Also, Judge Simons gave John T. Miller six months in prison for a false job application to the Beaufort Jasper Economic Opportunity Commission, suspending a two year term.
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Columbia
Florida
Savings and Loan
Charleston
Riley Anthony Evans
Chester Miller Ford
Jacksonville
South Carolina Federal Savings and Loan Association
Simons
Beaufort-Jasper
FBI Agent Killings Linked to Pacifist Beliefs and Protests
James A. Maloney, 30, killed two FBI agents at the El Centro office and then himself after seeking files under FOIA. A third agent died in Cleveland during an arrest attempt. Maloney was said to be a pacifist tied to Vietnam protests and UFW support. notes cited opposition to capitalism.
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EL Centro
Calif
James A. Maloney
FBI
Maloney
Cleveland
Ohio
United Farm Workers Labor Group
Lyn Lesicka
Robert Young
San Diego
Charles Elmore
Robert Porter
Young
Porter
Kidnap Suspect Trial Set In Daytona Beach Case
James Keith Tucker 18 of High Point North Carolina pleads innocent to kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle in the abduction of five year old Caroline Thompson of Dunwoody Georgia. Trial set for October 9 with $250000 bond. The girl was taken from her father's car near a Myrtle Beach arrest after July 28 incident.
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Orlando
Fla
James Keith Tucker
Daytona Beach
Tucker
High Point
N.C
Caroline Thompson
Dunwoody
Donald Dietrich
Florida
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Russell Thompson
Rachel
Power consumption records set across Carolinas in heat
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. reported 2 299 megawatts late afternoon breaking 2 271 megawatts from 1978 as residents cooled in 90 degree weather. Carolina Power and Light Co. logged 5 907 megawatts in its North and South Carolina service area, surpassing 5 878 megawatts a day earlier. Duke Power Co. also set a second straight day record with 9 833 megawatts, up 10 megawatts from Wednesday.
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Associated Press
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Carolina Power and Light Co
North Carolina
South Carolina
Duke Power Co
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Charles E. Simons Jr
Miller
Elmore
Richard W. Riley
S.C. National Guard
Fort Stewart
North Aiken
Assembly OF God
Joshua Chavis
Kim Cooper
Cablevision
First Baptist Church
Aiken
Henry L. Chennault
Hungry Bull
University Parkway
N.W
Washington Road
Augusta
Breezy Hill Baptist Church
Graniteville, S.C
Evangelist Dennis Michelson
S. C
Cayce
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Brother Michelson
Charlotte
N. C
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The
Ringling Brothers Circus
Walt Disney Productions
Michelson
United States
Cayman Islands
Sanctuary
Roger Hammond
Graniteville
Jean
Franklin Hammond
Dennis Michelson
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