Southern threat to Mondale centers on Jackson
Washington AP report says Jesse Jackson is seen as the Southern challenge to Walter Mondale, with Fritz Hollings remaining in the race through Super Tuesday. Mondale campaign officials foresee South Carolina as Hollings’ turf while polls show Mondale gaining Southern support aided by Carter endorsements and labor and teacher group backing.
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Washington
Walter Mondale
Jesse Jackson
Ernest Hollings
Mondale
James Quackenbush
Columbia
South
Hollings
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Jackson
Quackenbush
Fritz Hollings
Reagan
Butler Derrick
Derrick
D-Edgefield
Ohio
John
Glenn
Fritz Mondale
Dixie
Darden
Atlanta
Jimmy Carter
Minnesota
Organized Labor
Southeast Construction Rebounds With 1983 Record Contracts
Atlanta AP reports that the Southeast's 1983 construction total through November neared 33 billion, up 33 percent from 1982 and 21 percent from the prior year. Housing led with 18.6 billion, while public works fell 61 percent to 2.2 billion. overall regional and national contract volumes rose as the economy recovered.
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Atlanta
Southeast
F.W. Dodge
McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co
New York
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Dodge
W. Bethel Minter
Trust Company of Georgia First
Minter
Holiday Claims Six S C Lives
Six people died in South Carolina during the long New Year weekend in traffic incidents. Sara Lee Langford, 24, of Silver Street died when her car hit a tree near Newberry at 3 a.m. Monday. Carl Fraser Brown Jr., 38, of Columbia died from injuries after a crash on I 26 near Harbison Road. James Robert Jumper Jr., 20, of Lexington was killed when his car hit a tree on Beach Creek Road west of Lexington. Lizzie Britt, 69, of St George died after a collision with a train east of St George.
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South Carolina
Sara Lee Langford
Silver Street
Highway Patrol
Newberry
Carl Fraser Brown Jr
Columbia
Interstate 26
Harbison Road
Richland County
James Robert Jumper Jr
Lexington
Beach Creek Road
Rhonda Goodwin
Stennis Celebrates New Year in Hospital Dining
Sen. John Stennis 82 of Mississippi, the nation s oldest senator, celebrated a delayed New Year by dining with his daughter and granddaughter at Greenville Memorial Hospital where he has been treated for pneumonia since Dec 26 after leaving St Luke s Episcopal Hospital in Houston.
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Greenville
John Stennis
Greenville Hospital System
Dave Partridge
Stennis
D-Miss
Partridge
Greenville Memorial Hospital
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Houston
Educators Tour State In Support Of Riley Plan
Five statewide education groups leaders toured Columbia Charleston Myrtle Beach Florence and Greenville to back Gov Riley s 210 million plan for public school improvements funded by a rent sales tax hike The package would raise 1 3 billion over five years with 210 million next year to raise teacher pay toward the Southeastern average expand remediation reach and fund school building upgrades amid South Carolina s low rankings in teacher salaries and per pupil spending
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Crain
S.C. School Boards Association
W.T. Cooke Jr
S.C. Pta
Dorothy Murphree
S.C. Association of School Administrators
Vivian Watson
SCEA
Hannah Baker
Palmetto State Teachers Association
Columbia
Gov. Riley
Dick Riley
South Carolina
North Myrtle Beach
South Carolina School Boards Association
Charleston
Myrtle Beach
Florence
Greenville
Crain
Mike Daniel
Riley
W.T. Cooke
PTA
General Assembly
Cooke
South Carolina Education Association
State Association of School Administrators
District of Columbia
Burial For Nuclear Waste Could Take Two Decades
COLUMBIA AP The nation’s bid for a permanent high level nuclear waste repository faces at least a 20 year delay says John Stucker a policy aide to Gov. Riley The 1982 law set a 1987 site selection deadline but the DOE pushed it to 1990 Morgan of the civilian waste project notes extended studies prevent meeting 1987 target South Carolina hosts the nation’s largest high level waste facility with over 30 million gallons stored in 51 Savannah River Plant tanks near Aiken
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Columbia
John Stucker
Dick Riley
Congress
Stucker
Ation
Department of Energy
Robert Morgan
Proim
Department
South Carolina
Savannah River
Aiken
Security Precautions Increased at Charleston Bases
Charleston AP reports a global rise in terrorist activity prompting tighter security at Charleston Air Force and Naval Bases. Lt Cmdr Stephen Clawson notes ongoing actions over two years and recent reviews to bolster base readiness amid bombings in Beirut and attacks on embassies and the U.S. Capitol.
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Charleston
U.S
Charleston Air Force Base
Charleston Naval Base
Beirut
U.S. Capitol
Cmdr
Stephen Clawson
Naval Base
Clawson
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Southeastern Construction
Holiday
S.C
State
Aiken Standard
Aiken, 8.C
Fiberfar International, Inc
Laurens St
Bates & Sons Inc
Mastic Corp
Bethlehem Steel
Reynolds
John Bates
Tom Bates
Don Bates
North Ame
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