Auto Insurance Hikes Named for South Carolina Drivers
About 125000 motorists face higher rates as 200 insurers representing a third of the state's motorists proposed a 29 percent auto rate hike to the state Insurance Commission. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. won a 10.7 percent increase on private passenger rates. ISO's 200 members seek a 29.1 percent rise in private passenger liability rates for about 550000 insured drivers.
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Columbia
State Insurance Commission
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co
The
Insurance Services Office
Allstate
American Mutual
Southern Farm Bureau
ISO
Day care centers blamed for spreading intestinal disease
Chicago report cites Centers as networks for diarrhea and dysentery spreading to children and parents. Dr. Stanley H. Schuman in JAMA notes insufficient vaccine and funds, urging basics of sanitation to curb outbreaks.
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Chicago
South Carolina
Stanley H. Schuman
Journal of the American Medical Association
Schuman
Soviet Troops May Staff SAM-5 Sites In Syria
U S intelligence specialists study reports that Soviet troops may place long range SAM-5 anti air missiles in Syria. If Israeli air strikes hit these sites it could spark a dangerous crisis as Israel seeks air superiority.
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Washington
U.S
Syria
U S Dismisses Soviet Bloc Non-Aggression Pact
Washington reports the Reagan administration dismisses a Soviet bloc proposal for a non-aggression pact though officials would consider it within an arms control package. No shift in Soviet policy is seen as the U N charter cited. Officials say NATO allies would be consulted on the idea.
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Washington
Reagan
NATO
U.N
Afghanistan
Tax relief plan faces $85 million budget cut
Columbia AP reports the House Ways and Means committee unanimously approved cutting $85 million from the 1983-84 budget, risking pay raises and education funding as state revenue shortfalls loom. The panel also advanced a property tax relief proposal tied to a 1.5 percent sales tax increase, with exemptions for homeowners and adjusted business taxes, costing about $264.9 million.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means Committee
State Budget and Control Board
Ways and Means
Tom G. Mangum
Budget and Control Board
Mangum
Lancaster
Bill Campbell
Richland
State Tax Commission
Medlock appoints Black aide team to run South Carolina office
Attorney General elect Travis Medlock outlined staff cuts from 120 attorneys and named Joseph A. Wilson II C. Tolbert Goolsby Jr. and Frank K. Sloan as top deputies. Wilson will handle legislative liaison reapportionment and organized crime unit as Medlock pushes tougher drug trafficking penalties after a Sumter cocaine seizure.
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Columbia
Travis Medlock
Joseph A. Wilson II
C. Tolbert Goolsby Jr
Frank K. Sloan
Wilson
Attorney General
Medlock
Sumter
Earthquakes Shake Sierra Resort Residents Leave Area
Centred near Mammoth Lakes California a series of quakes rattled the eastern Sierra region causing power outages and a brief panic. Hundreds of aftershocks were recorded since Thursday with magnitude up to 5.6 and no serious injuries reported.
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Mammoth Lakes
Calif
California
Don Finley
U.S. Geological Survey
National Earthquake Information Center
Golden, Colo
Sierra Region
San Francisco
Derrick Derrick Budget Posting on House Committees
Columbia AP Butler Derrick of South Carolina confirmed to serve on the House Budget Committee while remaining on the House Rules Committee. Derrick said it is historic and noted he will be third to the chairman on the Rules Committee.
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Columbia
U.S
Butler Derrick
S.C
House
Derrick
Congress
Hull Textiles To Emerge Leaner And Stronger
Columbia AP report quotes Rodney R. Hull president of the South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association saying the industry will emerge leaner and stronger after the recession. He cites tighter inventories, productivity gains, and capital investment, while noting many of the 15 000 lost jobs may not return.
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Hull
Columbia
South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association
Rodney R. Hull
SCTMA
Allied Corp. Fiber and Plastics
Textile Makers Claim Dumping By Japan And Korea
Greenville AP reports that ATMI and seven textile firms accuse Japan and Korea of illegally dumping lightweight polyester filament fabric for blouses and dresses in the United States. They allege sales below production cost harming the U.S. industry and filed petitions with the Commerce Department and ITC.
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Greenville
Japan
Korea
United States
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
U.S. Department of Commerce
International Trade Commission
ATMI
James A. Morrissey
South Carolina
Morrissey
Advisers Gloomy On Economy Ahead of 1984 Budget
Washington sources say President Reagan’s economic team favors a realistic forecast, predicting a slow recovery and unemployment above 10 percent for the rest of the year. The projection, prepared by Feldstein Stockman and Regan, will accompany the fiscal 1984 budget plan to Congress.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Martin S. Feldstein
David A. Stockman
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Congress
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Aiken
Black
Joseph A. Wilson
Don Clausen
Gene Snyder
R-Ky
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
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Drew Lewis
Heritage Square
Laurens
Dial
Rep
Enoch N. Tsai, M.D
American Board of Ophthalmology
Gregg Avenue
Polly's Place
Mel St
Laurens St
Buncombe St. Aiken Edgefield
York Street
Alken, S.C
Main St. N.E
New Ellenton, S.C
Alken Drug Co
Laurens SW
Alken
Woodruff Drug Store
Whiskey Rd. Alken, S.C
Bath Pharmacy
Bath, $.c
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