Navy Nominee C T Ties Spartanburg Roots to Nomination
President Reagan names William L Ball III to be Navy secretary nominee The South Carolina native previously served as chief lobbyist for the State Department and the White House He succeeds James Webb who resigned amid a budget dispute with Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci Ball’s father the Rev William Ball Jr is retired in Spartanburg and was the first pastor of Oakland Baptist Church in Rock Hill
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Pentagon
South Carolina
White House
William L. Ball III
Capitol Hill
State Department
James Webb
Navy
Defense
Frank C. Carlucci
Webb
Defense Department
Congress
Frank Carlucc Ball
William Ball Jr
Oakland Baptist Church
Rock Hill
Texaco to pay $1.25 billion in overcharge settlement
Texaco Inc will pay 1.25 billion dollars to the government to settle eight years of price-control overcharges. The payment begins with 400 million and continues over 50 years, with the company saying earnings will not be impacted.
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Texaco Inc
Pennzoil Co
Energy Department
Texaco
James W. Kinnear
Clear and Cold Tonight then Sunny Tomorrow
Weather forecast calls for clear skies and a cold low in the upper 20s tonight. Tomorrow brings mostly sunny skies and a high in the upper 50s. See Hage 2B for further details.
Obituary notices list several deaths across South Carolina towns
Deaths include Rose H. Barfield in Columbia Wilbur Creech in North Augusta Annie S. Goodman in Lancaster Chester W. Heyward in Wagoner Mattie D. Padgett in North Augusta William E. Stewart in Modoc Robert S. Taylor in Aiken and Julia C. Whitton in North Augusta Details appear on Page 2B.
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Rose H. Barfield
Columbia
Wilbur Creech
North Augusta
Annie S. Goodman
Lancaster
Chester W. Heyward
Wagoner
Mattie D. Padgett
William E. Stewart
Modoc
Robert S. Taylor
Aiken
Julia C. Whitton
Dole First In Midwest GOP Contests Amid Super Tuesday Push
Republican Bob Dole led in Minnesota and South Dakota as he captured both races, delivering decisive wins over George Bush. Democratic contenders Gephardt and Dukakis scored victories in Minnesota and South Dakota, with Dukakis noting a long campaign ahead. Dukakis won Minnesota. Gephardt won South Dakota while Dukakis placed second. Bush trailed in both contests as Robertson and Kemp boosted the field. Cole headed to South Carolina for rapid campaigning.
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Bob Dole
George Bush
Richard Gephardt
Michael Dukakis
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Dukakis
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Paul Simon
Gephardt
South Dakota
Dole
Bush
Pat Robertson
Jack Kemp
Sike
Robertson
Cole
South Carolina
Campaign Funding Debated And South Strategy
Campaign coverage notes Bush's South Dakota third and Minnesota fourth finishes after a weak Iowa result. Dole leads in Iowa then gains in New Hampshire while Bush shifts south as front runner. Gephardt and Dukakis praise Midwest wins amid a volatile GOP race dynamics.
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Midwest
Cole
Bush
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
New Hampshire
Reagan to face tough questions in first news conference
President Reagan's East Room session will cover hostage-taking in Lebanon, Israel's crackdown, and GOP rifts as he returns to the podium after four months without a news conference. He may also address Edwin Meese III's probe and the convictions of Lyn Nofziger and Michael Deaver.
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Reagan
Lebanon
Israel
Edwin Meese III
White House
Lyn Nofziger
Michael K. Deaver
House Democrats
Nicaragua
East Room
Reagan On The Air Plans TV News Conference Coverage
New York AP NBC CBS ABC and CNN plan to televise President Reagan's news conference tonight. ABC will break Olympic coverage from Calgary to carry the event live at 8 p.m. EST. Reagan has spoken little since recent developments and has largely been in isolation.
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New York
NBC
CBS
ABC
CNN
Reagan
Calgary
Taxpayers and IRS Struggle With New Tax Law Provisions
The IRS and taxpayers struggle with the 1986 tax law changes. IRS telephonic help accuracy ranges from 57 to 74.8 percent, with three problem areas: standard deductions for non itemizers, dependent status on Form 1040EZ, and deductibility limits on miscellaneous expenses above 2 percent of AGI. Commissioner Gibbs cites widespread changes as a factor.
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Internal Revenue Service
IRS
General Accounting Office
House
Ways and Means
Lawrence B. Gibbs
State House Panel Faces Unpleasant Budget Realities
The House Ways and Means Committee in Columbia weighs a revised budget plan cutting higher education and TEC schools funding to 15.4 million and reducing state pay raises to 4 percent. A $24 million deficit remains as members consider whether to embrace the proposal and how to address remaining gaps.
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House
Ways and Means
Tim Rogers
D-Richland
Robert McLellan
Doconee
Pri
Rogers
GOP Stump Rally draws big turnout in Aiken County
Three GOP presidential candidates Jack Kemp Robert Dole and Harold Stassen are set to appear at the Saturday rally in USA Aiken gymnasium with an expected crowd over 2 500. Pat Robertson backed out George Bush sends George Jr. Other speakers include Gov Carroll Campbell and Sen Strom Thurmond. The event airs on S C Educational Television at 10 p m and tickets for the barbecue dinner are on sale. The rally is the last chance for contenders to appear in South Carolina before the primary.
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Aiken County
Republican Party
GOP
Jack Kemp
Robert Dole
Harold Stassen
Pat Robertson
Robertson
George Bush
George Jr
Skipper Perry
Bush
Mike Brisson
S.C. Educational Television
Brisson
Usa-Aiken Gymnasium
Thoroughbred Inn
Carroll A. Campbell
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Henry Jordan
Jordan
Butler C. Derrick
D-S.c
Augusta
South Carolina
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