South Carolina Sets Record Industrial Growth for 1969
Gov. Robert E. McNair and Martin D. Watkins announced a new industrial development high for 1969 with expenditures at 706,289,000. The decade saw about 4 billion in industrial construction and 223 projects, creating an estimated 20,218 jobs and nearly 110 million in new payrolls.
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Columbia
Robert E. McNair
State Development Board
Martin D. Watkins
Development Board Research Division
Watkins
Development Board
Sloan W. Gable
Recommendations Aimed at Auto Liability and Consumer Credit Reform
Two South Carolina legislative study committees report findings on auto liability insurance and consumer credit. The auto liability panel headed by Sen. Charles Garrett plans changes in policy termination and rates, while the consumer credit panel led by Rep. Charles Godwin weighs a uniform credit code and revamping statutes. Both groups prepared after months of hearings and state records review.
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Columbia
General Assembly
Charles Garrett
D-Greenville
Garrett
Robert McNair
Greenville
South Carolina
State Insurance Department
Consumer Credit Committee
Charles Godwin
D-Florence
Textile group opposes tax money for new pollution controls
The South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association denounces using tax dollars to fund pollution control for a proposed $200 million chemical plant in Beaufort County. John K. Cauthen cites decades of industry self funding and warns against political remedies while urging proper permits and stronger pollution controls through existing authorities.
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Columbia
South Carolina Textile Manufacturers Association
Robert E. McNair
BSAF
Plans
Beaufort County
John K. Cauthen
Cauthen
Budget and Control Board
South Carolina Pollution Control Authority
Rifle Safety Program Set By 4 H Aiken County Clubs
Aiken County 4 H clubs and Aiken Electric sponsor a free NRA basic rifle safety course for boys ages 9 to 19. The first meeting occurs Thursday at 4 p.m. in the 4 H Club Center on Williamsburg Street Ai ken. NRA certified instruction will guide the course with a concluding rifle match and a talk on the 1968 Gun Control Law by Jack LaBoone of the U S Treasury. door prizes available. Enroll by calling 649 6671. pre registration not required.
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Aiken County
4-H Clubs
Aiken Electric Corp
Williamsburg Street
Aiken
Jack LaBoone
U.S. Treasury Department
Son Of Aiken Couple Awarded Bronze Star
Navy Hospital Corpsman Richard Joseph Nolan son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Nolan of Banks Mill Road Aiken received the Bronze Star with Combat V and a certificate of achievement for meritorious service in Vietnam from February 1968 to September 1969. He organized seven medical civic action programs treated over 3500 civilians and assisted in three medical evacuations during the Tet Offensive. The award was signed by Vice Admiral Zumwalt and General Abrams. Nolan is married to Lerline Thornton.
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Richard Joseph Nolan
USN
Paul J. Hulette
USNR
Savannah
Nolan
Aiken
Navy
Joseph Nolan
Banks Mill Road
Republic of Vietnam
United States
Saigon
Sa Dec
Duc Ton
Rach Sa Dee
United States Naval Service
FE. R Zumwalt Jr
U.S. Naval Forces
Vietnam
Public Choosing Up Sides On Abortion Laws
In Columbia AP the public debate on a pending bill to liberalize South Carolina abortion laws has begun. The South Carolina United Methodist Church and a doctors association took early action as the 1970 General Assembly session opened. Catholic groups opposed, Rep. Samuel Mendenhall spoke for floor forces, while the Methodists sent a House resolution urging enactment. Members of the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society joined in backing the measure.
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Columbia
South Carolina
General Assembly
Collegians To Visit Wall Street
Newberry College plans a Wall Street study tour for 19 male students during the January Interim period. They will tour the American and New York Stock Exchanges, the Cocoa Exchange, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and attend stock market seminars. Fred Lester will direct classroom instruction on stock market basics. Two students from Aiken, Richard Stephen Murthason and John B. Simpson, are named in the group.
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Newberry
Newberry College
Wall Street
New York
Newberrans
Cocoa Exchange
Federal Reserve Bank of New
Fred Lester
College
Aiken
Richard Stephen Murtha
R.P. Murtha
Clemson Dr
College Acres
John B. Simpson
O.B. Simpson
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