Milliken Workers Win $5 Million After 24 Year Closing Dispute
In Florence, 427 surviving Milliken employees and 124 families receive back pay totaling 5 million after a 24 year dispute over the Darlington Manufacturing Plant closure. The plan from the National Labor Relations Board passed 472 to 8, with union officials urging faster, larger awards and federal labor law changes.
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Florence
Milliken & Co
Darlington
National Labor Relations Board
Milliken
Deering- Milliken
Textile Workers Union of America
Deering-Milliken
Scott Hoyman
TWUA
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Hoyman
Three Die In Weekend Accidents In South Carolina
Three people died in weekend traffic crashes in South Carolina. An infant of 17 months, Aldaton Benjamin Lambright, was run over by his father James Lambright who backed the car outside the home in Holly Hill. the death was ruled accidental. Fred Anderson Jr., 34, of Travelers Rest, died when the car he rode in crashed into a tree north of Greenville on U S 25. Joseph Teel, 30, of Georgetown, was killed when his car struck a pole near Georgetown. The state counts fatalities from Friday 6 PM to Sunday midnight.
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Lennon
South Carolina State House
John Lennon
Associated Press
South Carolina
Holly Hill
Aldaton Maurice Benjamin
Orangeburg County
A. Will Stroman
Stroman
James P. Lambright
Fred Anderson Jr
Travelers Rest
Greenville
U.S. 25
State Highway Patrol
Joseph Lawrence Teel
Georgetown
Peeme Centare
Attitude Of Some Judges Tops Lawyer Complaint List
South Carolina lawyers list the attitude and actions of some judges as their top concern. Bar president Saunders Bridges notes many complaints cite judges who treat attorneys jurors and clients with little consideration. Chief Justice J Woodrow Lewis says there are numerous reports of dissatisfaction with remarks by judges and some cases are referred to the judicial standards commission.
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Columbia
Judiciary
South Carolina
Bar
Saunders Bridges
J. Woodrow Lewis
Judicial Standards Commission
Bridges
Slayings Probe After Drive Inn Worker Abducted in Florence
Authorities search for a white man seen leaving with Van Morgan 51 of Effingham after an early Sunday holdup at Charley’s Drive Inn in Florence. Morgan’s body was found near National Cemetery Road. coroner awaits autopsy results. In Marion County a taxi driver, Lacy Wheeler 55 of Zion, was found murdered in his cab on a rural road north of Mullins.
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Associated Press
Florence
van Morgan
Effingham
Charley’s Drive Inn
South Irby Street
Marion County
Morgan
Florence County
Billy Barnes
National Cemetery Road
Barnes
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Jerry Richardson
Lacy Wheeler
Zion
Mullins
South Carolina Ranks Third in Business Climate
Charleston AP report says South Carolina places third among 48 contiguous states in favorable business climate. A Chicago firm study for the Conference of State Manufacturers Associations measured 18 criteria including labor union membership energy costs and taxes. Only Mississippi and North Carolina ranked higher.
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Charleston
Palmetto
Conference of State Manufacturers Associations
Chicago
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
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Aiken
Holmes
Jewelers
Gemologist
Laurens SW
Santa Nerds
Coyote
Lucey Akota
Silevan Wholesale Electric, Inc
Park Ave. S.E
Williamsburg St
Ust
HAM
Carl Buddig
Carl Buddig & Company
U.S
Carl Ddi & CO
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