South Carolina Top News of 1976 Mass Slayings Dominates
The Prospect mass slayings dominated 1976 SC coverage. AP voters list convictions of two men, discovery of three more bodies, and Gaskins Neeley murder life terms as leading stories. Gasque indictments and political fallout also rank highly amid other crimes and court actions.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Associated Press
J. Ralph Gasque
State Central Correctional Institution
Louisiana
Department of Social Services
Margie Bowers
Rosa Lee Lewallen
Dorchester County
Victoria DeLee
Marion
James P. Stevens
Horry
James P. Harrelson
Colleton
John Edward Swindler
Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas City
James B. Edwards
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Donald ‘‘Pee Wee’’ Gaskins
Walter Leroy Neeley
Florence
Williamsburg
Sumter
Gaskins
North Charleston
Neeley
Silas Barnwell Yates
Lake City
Williamsburg County
Sen
Gasque
Aiken Standard Info Page Note
The Aiken Standard established 1867 publishes daily except Saturdays and Sundays from 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29801. Leased wire dispatches are from the Associated Press and no responsibility is assumed for omissions or errors in advertisements though corrections are made in the next issue. Advance payments beyond five weeks may not be accepted.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken
S.C
Associated Press
Aiken Standard - Pbm
Pride Favors Life Imprisonment Over Capital Punishment
Columbia attorney Hemphill Pride argues life sentences allow redress if innocence is proven later, while capital punishment is final. He testifies as the SC House subcommittee weighs a bill allowing a jury to impose death for premeditated murder with mitigating options.
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Columbia
Hemphill Pride
Pride
Capital
South Carolina
House Judiciary
Ralph K. Anderson
Florence
Carolina
Strom
Emergency Gas Cut Could Hit 170 NC SC Industrial Users
North and South Carolina may see natural gas rationing to as many as 170 large customers if Transco does not obtain emergency supplies. Piedmont Natural Gas says cutoff could begin Jan 11, risking industrial shutdowns and job losses. FPC granted temporary allowance for Transco to buy unregulated gas from Houston Pipeline, with hearings set for Jan 13.
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Greenville
North Carolina
South Carolina
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
Transcontinental Pipelines Co
Piedmont
Federal Power Commission
Transco
FPC
Houston Pipeline Co
Houston
Texas
United Pipeline Co
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Forest B. Collier
United
Roger Standwood
Standwood
U.S
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Richard Dunham
Former Physician Seeks 2 Million Dollars in Civil Suit
Kenneth G. Lawrence of Florence filed a civil rights suit seeking 2 million against state officials tied to his drug conspiracy trial. U S District Court Judge Robert F. Chapman dismissed the case, noting only that Lawrence’s attorney had agreed to the dismissal.
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Columbia
Kenneth G. Lawrence
Florence
Lawrence
Daniel R. McLeod
12Th Circuit
T. Kenneth Summerford
Clarence E. Singletary
David Harwell
William C. Barnes
John P. Wood
Florence County
Eddie Tallon
Florence City
Eugene Lessmeister
U.S. District Court
Robert F. Chapman
J. Franklin Spears
Edwards chides South Carolina Development Board over lagging investment
Governor James B. Edwards told the State Development Board to boost activity after figures show 1976 industrial investment at the lowest level since 1971. He criticized board participation and warned some members they may be removed, while noting 1976 investment reached 488 million dollars.
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Development Board
Leak
Edwards
Columbia
South Carolina
James B. Edwards
State Development Board
Bob Leak
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Ernest Finney
Lao
Seto
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Eastern
Gulf
mid-Atlantic
Great Lakes
Mayo Pet Clinic
Planned Parenthood
Yellow Pages
Tashhurst Agency
Dan Bacot
John Thomas
Arlis L. Roberts
Atlanta
Trinity United Methodist Church
Whiskey Rd
Holy Land
Radio Shack
Kalmia Plaza
Security Federal
Denmark
North Augusta
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