Riley Delays Bonds for New Capital Projects in South Carolina
Gov. Dick Riley won a postponement from the Budget and Control Board on bonds for new capital improvements including 1.4 million for the USC A library due to revenue shortfalls. The board did approve bonds for ongoing projects and others not affecting the general fund. Riley, who chairs the board, urged delaying new projects until the revenue picture improves.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
State Budget and Control Board
Usc-A
Riley
Administration Faces Fallout From Beirut Massacre Report
The Reagan administration reacts to an Israeli commission report blaming Defense Minister Ariel Sharon for September Beirut camp killings. US officials fear the findings could paralyze the Jerusalem government and hinder moves toward a broader Middle East peace plan.
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Washington
Reagan
Beirut
Jerusalem
Mideast
Israeli Commission
Defense
Ariel Sharon
Ireland pulls out of St Patrick's Day parade over IRA link
The Irish government withdraws from participating in New York City’s St Patrick's Day events after Michael Flannery, an admitted IRA gunrunner, is named grand marshal. The consulate cites the link to support for violence in Ireland and breaks with a long tradition of participation.
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New York
St. Patrick’s Day
New York City
Ireland
Michael Flannery
Irish Republican Army
Social Security Rescue Plan Hearings End Early
House Ways and Means subcommittee wraps up social security hearings amid critics calling the process a mockery. Nearly 50 witnesses were heard as a marathon session closes with draft legislation planned for next week.
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Washington (Ap
House
Ways and Means
Social Security
Udall declines run for 1984 Democratic nomination
Rep Morris K Udall of Arizona a former presidential hopeful will not seek the 1984 Democratic nomination. Sources say he decided against two years of campaigning due to Parkinsons disease and to avoid spoiling liberal rivals like Alan Cranston and Gary Hart.
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Washington
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Democratic Party
Udall
Jimmy Carter
Sens
Alan Cranston
California
Gary Hart
Colorado
Jury Convicts Bigamist After 90 Minute Deliberation
Phoenix witnesses recount a San Diego motel abandonment as Giovanni Vigliotto 53 is found guilty of fraud and bigamy in Maricopa County. He admitted marrying more than 100 women and vanished with Patricia Ann Gardiner 43 of Mesa taking $36 500.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Giovanni Vigliotto
Maricopa County Superior Court
Vigliotto
Patricia Ann Gardiner
Mesa, Ariz
San Diego
Snowfall compare and memories of the Blizzard of ’73
State Climatologist notes February’s snow chances rise with colder wetter pattern though past Februarys show only 25 percent snow. Ten years ago the Blizzard of 1973 dumped 24 inches at Rimini and stranded 17 000 motorists while triggering disaster declarations and large scale airlift evacuations.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Rimini
Manning
John Purvis
Purvis
John C. West
Nixon
Army
National Guard
Trav
Financiers Work On Rescue Plan
The IMF leadership and interim committee prepare a two day meeting in Washington to boost lending by about 50 percent and expand a special fund to nearly triple emergency loans. The plan aims to provide 28 billion dollars in hard currency to help debt ridden developing nations weather the global recession and avert defaults that could destabilize the financial system.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Mexico
South Africa
House Defeats Riley's Sales Tax Plan in South Carolina
In Columbia Gov. Dick Riley faces a setback as the House defeats his tax equity proposal by 64 to 55. The plan sought a 1 cent sales tax increase, a 50 percent homestead exemption up to 10,000, and income tax changes to aid 1.2 million taxpayers while raising 200,000. A second rally attempt may come in the Senate, but opposition cites property tax lobby and debates over constitutional terms for Riley.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
Riley
House
Bob McLellan
Oconee County
McLellan
Senate
John Bradley
Charleston
Bush Urges United Stand in European Nuclear Talks
Vice President George Bush arrives in Britain at the end of a seven nation tour to rally NATO unity behind zero option arms policy. He meets Prime Minister Thatcher and Foreign Secretary Pym as protesters gather near Greenham Common where 96 cruise missiles are slated for deployment.
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London
NATO
George Bush
Britain
U.S
Bush
Church of England
Heathrow Airport
Europe
Gallup
London Daily Telegraph
Paris
Margaret Thatcher
Francis Pym
Soviet Union
U.S. Air Force
Greenham Common
Plan To Divert Savannah River Worries Officials
Officials worry Augusta Ga plan to divert more than four miles of the Savannah River for hydroelectric power could dry up the river stretch for up to half the year. Experts warn impacts on striped bass shad largemouth and other fish habitats and overall fishery systems.
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Columbia
Savannah River
Augusta
Federal Energy Regulatory Agency
Augusta Canal
Dianne Dunne
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
Charleston
Lewis Cleared To Return To Work After Heart Surgery
Comedian Jerry Lewis 56 underwent double bypass surgery in Las Vegas six weeks ago. After tests by Dr. Michael DeBakey at Methodist Hospital, he was released and told he could return to work. Actress Elizabeth Taylor denies eighth marriage reports. Rock musician Sly Stone and four others jailed on illegal sawed off shotgun charge in Ford County.
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Jerry Lewis
Michael DeBakey
Lewis
Las Vegas
DeBakey
Methodist Hospital
Colleen Fox
Sly Stone
William Roberts
Ford County
Lloyd Falck
Falck
Stone
Champaign
Chicago
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Orangeburg
Benjamin Gordon
Williamsburg
Dewitt Williams
Berkeley
House of Representatives
Ed Duncan
South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department
Savannah
Duncan
Elizabeth Taylor
London Daily Express
Miss Taylor
Victor Gonzales Luna
Luna
Irma
Chen Sam
Toronto
Taylor
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