Rep Mann Denies Story Of Coin Venture Exaggeration
Rep James R. Mann of South Carolina rejects a Washington Post report as exaggerated. The release notes he loaned $38,000 to Ben Gause to start US Coin Co and that staff did minimal favors for a constituent while countering claims of personal gain. Mann says main favors were occasional and did not involve coin errands beyond himself. He cites House rules restricting commercial activities in the building.
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D-S.c
Greenville
Associated Press
Washington Post
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Gause
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South Carolina
Washington
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Hollings Blocks S C Swamp Land Purchase Stand
Sen. Ernest Hollings says he will block National Park Service plans to acquire part of the Congaree Swamp unless the Dean Dempsey Lumber Corp is paid a fair price. NPS offered 243000 for 28 acres. Hollings and the firm seek 372170 to cover lost profits. Byrd withholds reprogramming funds until Hollings agrees.
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Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
National Park Service
Congaree
Orangeburg Lumber Company
NPS
Dean-Dempsey Lumber Corp
Hollings
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
Interior Appropriations Committee
Byrd
Lily Tomlin Returns to Broadway with One Woman Show Appearing Nicely
New York report notes Lily Tomlin, once a waitstaffer at a midtown Howard Johnsons, returns to the city for her Broadway debut in Appearing Nicely a one woman piece featuring her recurring characters Bobbi Jeanine Edith Ann and Ernestine. She plans to perform as Mrs Judith Beasley a Red Cross volunteer serving coffee and doughnuts to ticket buyers.
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Lily Tomlin
Manhattan
Television
Lily
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Edith Ann
Ernestine
Judith Beasley
Red Cross
Mrs. Lewallen Still At Large
Convicted kidnapper Rosa Lee Lewallen remains at large after walking from Columbia's Women's Correctional Center with a guard's permission Saturday. State officials described her as a seriously ill, aged inmate sought since May 1976 crime. no leads as authorities tighten security for Margie Bowers.
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Columbia
Rosa Lee Lewallen
South Carolina
Corrections Department
Sam McCuen
Lewallen
Newberry
Raymond H. Roton
Mrs. Bowers
Department of Corrections
McCuen
John Swindler Sentenced to Die in Fort Smith Shooting
John Swindler, 32, of Columbia, was condemned to die in the electric chair after a Sebastian County jury convicted him of capital felony murder for the shooting of Patrolman Randy Basnett. The verdict came after nearly three hours of deliberation and a separate capital murder conviction on September 24. The jury fixed August 26 as the execution date.
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Ark
John Swindler
Columbia
Sebastian County
Swindler
Randy Basnett
Aiken Standard Publication Details 1867 Establishment
The Aiken Standard, established 1867, publishes each afternoon except weekends from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken SC 29801. Associated Press dispatches are reserved for local news. republication rights, advertising corrections policy, and payment terms are stated.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
Firemen Push Plan for State Fire Commission
South Carolina firefighters explore a seven member State Fire Commission to centralize policy making and training and secure federal funding for training. The panel would oversee education arson safety research and set minimum qualification standards while allowing expansion of the Fire Academy in Columbia.
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South Carolina
William F. New
Joint Council of South Carolina Fire Service Organations
Fire Academy
Columbia
North Charleston
Doctor Said Stable After Threat Cut
A 68 year old South Carolina physician, Dr. Kenneth G. Lawrence of Florence, was found in stable condition after being abducted by two hitchhikers in their mid 20s. They tied him to a tree in Taliaferro County Georgia, slashed his throat, and took his money and car before fleeing. Police reported he used his necktie to stem the bleeding and walked to a road for help.
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Augusta, Ga
South Carolina
Taliaferro County
Georgia
Bureau of Investigation
Ken Cox
Kenneth G. Lawrence
Florence
Cox
Lawrence
Atlanta
Adelphi University Opens Nation's First Suburban Studies Program
Garden City New York Adelphi University launches the nations first graduate degree program dedicated to suburbia. Sponsored by the Institute for Suburban Studies established in 1973 the program aims to study the effects of Americans moving from cities to suburbs. Professor Hugh Wilson notes universities created urban studies after the mid 1960s riots.
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Garden City
N.Y
Adelphi University
Adelphi
Institute For
Hugh Wilson
Nationwide forecast highlights coastal rain and inland snow
Rain is predicted today for the coastal areas of the northwest while snow flurries are expected inland. Clear or partly cloudy skies are forecast for most regions with warm to mild temperatures from the West to the Mississippi Valley and cooler weather along the Atlantic coast.
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