Plant shutdown hits 1100 workers in Greenville
Owens Corning Fiberglas Co. of Anderson halted production for two weeks due to a drop in American car sales. The shutdown affects 1,100 employees and underscores how car industry slumps hurt a wide range of South Carolina suppliers valued at about 15 percent of the state's economy.
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Owens Corning Fiberglas Co
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Jim Burch
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South Carolina Ranked 20th in National Study on Business Climate
The study rated South Carolina 0.38 percent vocational education enrollment, last among 48 states, but officials say the figure misrepresents programs they are proud of. Overall, the state ranked 20th nationwide, down from third last year, in the general manufacturing business climate.
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Anderson
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South Carolina smuggling trio pleads guilty in methaqualone case
Martha Mims of Myrtle Beach, her ex husband William Mims of Beech Mountain, NC, and James Hammett of Winston-Salem, NC, pleaded guilty in Columbia to conspiring to import methaqualone after an undercover DEA probe and a tip from an unindicted co conspirator.
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Martha (Jenks) Mims
North Carolina
U.S. Attorny
Henry Dargan McMaster
Myrtle Beach
William K. Mims
Beech Mountain
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James W. Hammett
Winston- Salem
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Charles F. Simons
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Robert John Manbeck
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Shellfish Sanitized With Lights From Pollution
South Carolina health official explains clams from polluted waters are sold after depuration in ultraviolet light illuminated tanks. Since 1970, one third of marshlands have been posted off limits to watermen, yet shellfish remain abundant and are inspected by DHEC before market.
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Little River
South Carolina
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
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