Rush Pleads Guilty to Speeding Charge in Lexington Court
COLUMBIA AP State Highway Commissioner Margaret H Rush pled guilty to a speeding violation and was fined 43 in a Lexington County magistrate court. She also faced two license points under state law. She was cited for 81 mph in a 55 mph zone near Columbia while driving a car borrowed from Highway Commissioner James Bilton en route to a University of South Carolina football game.
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Columbia
Margaret H. Rush
Lexington County
Boy Rescued In Coma From Icy Ditch Tragedy
Kendall Smith, a 9-year-old Dillon boy, spent about 40 minutes under ice in an irrigation ditch and remained in a coma at Medical University Hospital. Doctors express grave concern for brain swelling and possible infections as he stays sedated on a respirator in critical condition.
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Charleston
Dillon
Medical University Hospital
Kendall Smith
Smith
Denise Reynolds
Nancy Davidson
Cold Morning Expected With Mild Afternoon Rise
A cold night drops into the low 20s under fair skies. Tomorrow will see partly cloudy skies with a mid 40s high as warmer air moves in. Details on Page 9B.
Deaths in Washington Augusta and Upland noted
Obituary notices list Wilbert Brown of Washington D C Minnie Lee Mackie and Mrs Boyce H Pantoja of Augusta and Jerry Sapp of Upland California. Details appear on page 98 with full biographical notes and funeral arrangements.
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Wilbert Brown
Washington, D.C
Minnie Lee Mackie
Augusta
Reagan Takeshita Meet To Stabilize Dollar Market
Washington AP report says President Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita used their first summit to reassure markets about the dollar. They announced arrangements to provide funds to support the currency and said the Bank of Japan would ease short term rates. Takeshita faces questions at a National Press Club luncheon and later meets Senate leaders before traveling to Canada.
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Noboru Takeshita
Reagan
White House Oval Office
Takeshita
U.S
Washington
Bank of Japan
National Press Club
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D-W
Canada
Retail Sales Rose 0.7 Percent in December
The Commerce Department reports December retail sales up 0.7 percent to $126.7 billion, led by auto sales. November faded 0.1 percent, October fell 0.9 and September dropped 1.7. Full 1987 gains total 3.5 percent, with autos rising 2.4 percent in December amid a year-end spurt.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Conomists
Superpower Negotiators Push Toward Nuclear Treaty
In Geneva US and Soviet arms negotiators opened a ninth round aimed at cutting intercontinental nuclear forces by 50 percent. A summit in Moscow later this year may formalize a treaty. Leaders Obukhov and Kampelman voiced cautious optimism amid remaining gaps on timetable and verification.
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Geneva
Moscow
Alexei Obukhov
Soviet Union
Max Kampelman
United States
Obukhov
Lem Masterkov
Yuri Kusnetsov
U.S
Kampelman
S. Read Hanmer
Mastersov
Henry Coover
Kusnetsov
Washington
CPA2 Members Renew Talks Of District Deconsolidation
North Augusta area educators and CPA2 members met with the Aiken County Board of Education to discuss deconsolidation and decentralization. The session aimed to improve relations between Area 2 and district leaders, with leaders noting potential changes and closer decisions at local levels.
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CPA2
North Augusta
Area 2
Aiken County
Hyer
James A. Moore
James Roland Smith
James L. Verenes
Sheran B. Proctor
Johnny A. Shaw
Joseph R. Brooks
L. Troy Nobles
Thomas E. Huff
Dyer
North Augusta High School
Dianne Smiley
Janice Ward
Reagan To Have Colon Examined
Washington AP report says President Reagan will undergo a routine colonoscopy at Bethesda Naval Hospital to check for cancer recurrence, plus a CAT scan chest X ray and stress test. White House spokesman Fitzwater stressed the exam is not related to the stomach illness that disrupted his Tuesday night schedule.
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Washington
Reagan
White House
Marlin Pitewater
Fitzwater
Bethesda Naval Hospital
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Rush
Boy
Fred Tecklenburg
MUSC
Abby
Long
Japan
U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative
Cooper and Kusnetsov
Christina Johanningmeier
South Carolina
Paul Hyer
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