Thurmond Second In Line For Presidency For 72 Hours
Sen. Strom Thurmond moves to second in line for the presidency for a 72 hour period due to the gap between Congress sessions. The shift begins at noon today as President Reagan prepares for prostate surgery and Speaker O'Neill's term ends.
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Thurmond
Washington
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Reagan
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Senate
South Carolina
Bush
Aiken
S.C
Four Laurens Men Among 16 Killed On State Roads
The Associated Press reports sixteen people died in South Carolina road crashes over the New Year holiday. Four Laurens men perished when their car struck a bridge on Highway 308 near Clinton. Other victims include a Sumter man and a Wedgefield woman in a head on collision on U S 76, plus multiple other fatal crashes across Lexington, Hampton, Dillon, and Spartanburg counties, naming victims and locations.
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Laurens
South Carolina
Richard Edward Prince
Clinton
Laurens County
State
Scott David Taylor
Gordon Ray Snider
Christopher David Rodes
Sumter County
Sumter
Wedgefield
Ben Leon Davis
Mary Taylor
U.S. 76
Wateree Swamp
Gregory Robert Farnsworth
Batesburg
U.S. 1
Lexington County
Shawn Williams
Fort Campbell
Estill
Hampton County
North Carolina
William Ray Butler
Spartanburg
Debora Pressley Lipford
Great Falls
Fairfield County
Archie Crouch
Chester
Chester County
Lewis Thompson Glasco
Cheraw
Campbell Inauguration to Cost 225000 With Fundraising
Gov elect Carroll Campbell will celebrate with two formal parties a prayer service and a parade at the January 14 inauguration. Ticket sales and donations cover the 225000 price tag. The state covers only minor construction costs for a podium, with events including a black tie dinner and a beach music dance to retire campaign debt.
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Columbia
Carroll Campbell
Statehouse
Campbell
Tucker Eskew
General Assembly
Dick Riley
Carolina Coli
Sium
Nick Theodore
U.S
Strom Thurmond
Theodore
John Andrew Theodore
Greenville
Trinity Cathedral
Main Street
Capitol Rotunda
Statewide Palmetto Fellows merit scholarship proposed
The South Carolina Commission on Higher Education will consider a program to fund up to 75 students with five thousand dollars a year for four years toward college costs. Recipients must rank in the top 20 percent, score at least the 90th percentile on PSAT SAT or ACT, be recommended by officials, and enroll in a state accredited nonproprietary college.
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Columbia
Commission On Higher Education
South Carolina
Virginia
Charles A. Brooks Jr
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
University of Georgia
Brooks
Harvard
MIT
University of Virginia
Palmetto
Water Corrosive Water Leads Outbreaks Tied to SC Supplies
South Carolina drinking water tests reveal higher corrosivity and lead levels often above federal standards. State officials say the problem is not urgent yet acknowledge a lead issue. Environmental Engineer William Rowell notes difficulty assessing the extent. EPA reports up to 40 million Americans consume water exceeding 50 ppb. Rowell expects a new 20 ppb limit before spring.
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Columbia
South Carolina
William C. Rowell
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Rowell
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