Budget Panel Nears Final Action On 1.2 Billion Bill
House Ways and Means Committee plans final polish on a 1.2 billion state budget for 1977-78. It weighs restoring a 12.4 million DSS cut for Medicaid and seeks permanent budget provisions including license plate pricing for lawmakers and a 2 percent local tax on golf green fees. The dispute centers on Medicaid funding and agency administration.
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Blue Laws Under Scrutiny In South Carolina Assembly
In Columbia AP reports growing scrutiny of blue laws that regulate Sunday sales and activities. A Senate measure proposes a nine member study committee to study repeal or amend laws, while a House bill seeks to repeal all blue laws.
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Vian Awaiting Drug Trial Man Escapes Detention Cell
John Mobley of Columbia fled the Richland County Courthouse detention cell while awaiting trial on drug charges. He used a bar pried from a partition to loosen bars and escape, two escapes from the facility in under a year. Mobley faces possession with intent to distribute marijuana charges.
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Mobley
Aiken Standard Mission and Publication Details
The notice outlines the Aiken Standard's establishment in 1867, publication schedule, postal address, and AP dispatch rights. It states no liability for ad omissions with corrections in the next issue and warns about advance payments beyond five weeks.
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Students Build Solar Heater From Aluminum Cans
At York County Technical College in Rock Hill a group of 18 students built a solar water heater using 189 aluminum cans. The device, framed with glass and a metal plate, heats water twice as fast as a normal unit and costs about 125 dollars to make.
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Donnie Hill
York County Technical College
Rock Hill
York County
White
Green Charged With Murder In Georgia Slaying
Roosevelt Green 20 of Conway South Carolina was extradited to Georgia after waiving extradition He is charged in the December 21 armed robbery and linked to the discovery of Teresa Carol Allen 19 whose body was found December 14 in a Monroe County wooded area She had been shot in the head and stomach with a .30-06 rifle.
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South Carolina
Cochran
Georgia
Roosevelt Green
Conway
P. A. Bedell
Teresa Carol Allen
Monroe County
Repeal Of Right To Work Laws Warns South Decline
Dr Richard S Lesher president of the United States Chamber of Commerce tells South Carolina businessmen that repealing federal right to work provisions could slow Southern industrial growth He notes the Taft Hartley act authorizes states to bar union membership as a condition of employment Carter supports repeal but calls it an open question Cyril B Busbee SC Superintendent warns against delays in school finance reform and potential court imposed funding.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
South Carolina
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South Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Economists criticise Carter budget promise as unrealistic
Five economists at a Greenville conference call Carter's pledge to balance the budget by 1981 unrealistic and wishful. Bert Lance defended the plan noting a $14 billion stimulus would push the deficit beyond $70 billion. he urged careful stimulus and forecast a good business outlook.
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Government Plans Major Boll Weevil Offensive This Spring
A three year trial begins on 45000 test acres in Virginia and North Carolina. The program uses conventional insecticides and sterile boll weevils to curb the pest. Dr E P Lloyd announced at the Beltwide Cotton Conference.
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