Drunken Driving Laws Big Priority For South Carolina
Gov. Dick Riley names raising the drinking age to 19 for beer and wine and 21 for hard liquor, open container bans in moving vehicles, and per se BAC 0.10 as top DUI measures. He backs task force recommendations and will extend the DUI group as an advisory and outreach body. A public service alternative to jail for some offenders is debated.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
Riley
Highway Safety Committee
House
Senate
Charleston County
Anthony O'Neill
D C Black Baptists Plan Voter Registration Drive
South Carolina black Baptists launched a drive to add 50 000 black voters to the state rolls. The Baptist convention met at Mt Zion Baptist Church and outlined county voter registration networks to promote black participation in elections.
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Belton
South Carolina
Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
James C. Rich
Black Baptist Convention
Rich
Anderson County
The
NAACP
State Election Commission
Greyhound Seeks to Drop Charlotte to Sumter Route
Greyhound Busline seeks to terminate the 123 mile Charlotte to Sumter route after confirming ongoing losses. The Public Service Commission has until January 26 to rule amid strong local opposition from Lancaster Kershaw Heath Springs business and residents who rely on the service for daily needs and rural accessibility. Ridership has fallen, with the company losing about one dollar per mile.
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Columbia
Greyhound Busline
Charlotte-to-Sumter
Public Service Commission
Lancaster
Kershaw
Heath Springs
Red Hinson
Eugene Given
Greyhound
Strikers Call Off Walkout at Williams Furniture Plant
Striking workers at the Williams Furniture plant in Sumter called off their monthlong walkout and returned to work. About 678 hourly workers were on the job after Local 273 of the United Furniture Workers of America voted to end the strike. Union officials say negotiations will resume this week with Turner Holdings Inc.
State Public School Package Passes Its First Legislative Test
Gov. Dick Riley’s $210 million public school package gains early approval in the House Education and Public Works Committee. A penny sales tax hike is dropped for now, with debate shifting to Ways and Means. An amendment would freeze judges’ salaries to boost teacher pay toward the regional average.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
Riley
Russ McKinney
McKinney
House Education and Public Works Committee
David Beasley
Darlington
John Bradley
Bradley
House
Ways and Means Committee
W. Richard Lee
Spartanburg
Sal Ries
South Carolina
Lee
North Carolina
Georgia
Retired Librarian Fights Fear After Break-Ins in Columbia
Cora Greene a former Ohio librarian living in north Columbia endures constant fear after vandals stripped her home of windows and fixtures and robbed her in August taking irreplaceable items. She now owns a gun fenced yard keeps to daylight hours and vows not to become a statistic while insisting she stay where she can afford.
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Columbia
Cora Greene
North
Ohio
Haskell Heights
Air Force Jet Crashes in Smoky Mountains Tennessee
An Air Force RF-4C Phantom with two aboard crashed into a Great Smoky Mountains site near Gatlinburg Tennessee during a routine reconnaissance flight from Shaw AFB Sumter. Witnesses described a red fiery explosion and a swift loss of radar contact as snow and fog hindered initial searches.
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Gatlinburg
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Judy Chobanian
National Weather Service
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Charles Rudd
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