Huff Upset Over Contempt Citations Bill In PSC Rates
Rep. Thomas Huff joined 24 lawmakers in voting for a measure giving the Public Service Commission power to cite rate case participants for contempt with fines or jail. The bill, filed by Rep. John Felder, passed the House Judiciary Committee 24-1. Huff says it is a procedural guideline, not an attack, and plans to address the House on floor debate amid pressure he says came from a district senator. The measure targets conduct in PSC proceedings during rate hearings involving utilities.
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Thomas E. Huff
North Augusta
Public Service Commission
House Judiciary Committee
John Felder
Orangeburg
PSC
Tom Turnipseed
Lexington
S.C. Electric and Gas Co
Turnipseed
Judiciary Committee
Huff
House
South Carolina House Passes Open Container Ban and Wrecker Rule
The House approved a ban on open beer and wine containers in moving vehicles by a 72 to 18 vote with lawmakers Cain Moore Huff supporting. A lone dissent came from Rep Marc Westbrook. A second measure to restrict wreckers from accident scenes unless invited or ordered was referred to the House.
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Huff
Marc Westbrook
Lexington
Turnipseed
House
C. Marshall Cain
R-Aiken
Thomas L. Moore
Clearwater
William Reel Jr
Reapportionment Delay Sparks Black Protest in South Carolina
Black groups accuse the Carter administration of delaying Senate reapportionment to boost black political support. NAACP and Legislative Black Caucus explore legal action to switch from 46 numbered seats to single-member districts. Some officials say DOJ could have sued earlier over the map.
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Columbia
State Senate
Carter
NAACP
State Legislative Black
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South Carolina Association of Minorities For Public Administration
Alvin Hinkle
Justice Department
Former worker accuses V C Summer project of neglect and pranks
Clarence Crider of Columbia testified at Public Service Commission hearings that construction workers hid, played poker and emptied already empty trash cans at the V C Summer Nuclear Plant instead of working. He also said some work was done "for practice" as the PSC weighed a 38.5 million rate increase for South Carolina Electric & Gas. The hike would raise overall utility costs about 10.9 percent, with no decision expected for months.
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Columbia
V.C. Summer
Clarence Crider
Daniel
Construction Co
Public Service Commission
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Four Die in Dorchester County Car Crash
Four occupants of a car were killed and another seriously injured when a car and a four wheel drive vehicle collided Monday night in Dorchester County. Bodies were taken to a St. George funeral home and not expected to be identified until Tuesday.
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ST. George
Dorchester County
Jimmy Dial
Fernandez Campaign Stop Highlights South Carolina Visit
Republican presidential hopeful Benjamin Fernandez touts a South Carolina swing with a College of Charleston talk and a GOP fundraiser at Oaks Country Club Goose Creek. He urges the FEC to set aside Puerto Rican primary results and accuses ballot box stuffing poll watchers and false dropout notices.
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Associated Press
Benjamin Fernandez
South Carolina
Los Angeles
College of Charleston
Senate OKs visitors center for Fort Sumter in Charleston
Sen Ernest Hollings announces Senate approval of an amendment authorizing the Interior Department to provide a site for a Fort Sumter National Monument visitors center. The plan calls for a Concord Street location at Market Street edge, developed and run by the National Parks Service.
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U.S. Senate
Fort Sumter National Monument
Charleston
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Hollings
Department of the Interior
Concord Street
Market Street
National Parks Service
Southern Bell Phone
Bell
Wagener Plans Public Hearing on CDBG Application
The Town of Wagener will conduct the first of two public hearings on its Community Development Block Grant application on Tuesday February 19 1980 at 7 00 PM in the Town Hall. Residents are invited to attend.
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