South Carolina ERA battle shifts to referendum tactic
Senate opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment unveil a plan to let voters decide ERA ratification in a November referendum. Sen. L Marion Gressette signals an anti ERA push while Lt. Gov. Brantley Harvey, an ERA advocate, could cast a deciding tie breaking vote if needed. Lobby funding questions also surface amid claims of well funded campaigns on both sides.
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L. Marion Gressette
Gressette
Brantley Harvey
Harvey
House
David Taylor
D-Laurens
South Carolina
ERA
South Carolina League of Women Voters
Democratic Women's Council of South Carolina
Thomas E. Smith
Florence
Smith
Volunteer Army In Trouble With Rising Costs
The Pentagon warns recruitment costs and a shrinking pool of eligible youths threaten the volunteer force into the late 1980s. Annual spending nears 500 million to sustain 2.1 million personnel, with 411 000 enlistees costing about 1 200 each last year.
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Pentagon
Richard M
Cos
Armed Services
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John Becker
Legislature Passes Tech School Tuition Bill in Senate
Columbia AP reports the South Carolina Senate approved a bill lowering tuition age for state technical schools from 65 to 60 by voice vote. Other actions include measures on judicial candidate disclosures and a permanent aging services committee advancing to the House.
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Senate
South Carolina
House
House committee debates South Carolina utility rate changes
The House Judiciary Committee discussed bills to alter the state utility rate picture. Proposals include switching the Public Service Commission to popular election abolition of the fossil fuel adjustment and barring rate increases under bond. An NY banker warned against restricting rate increases.
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