Iva Fire Chief William Burdette Murder Suspected
Anderson County coroner says Iva Fire Chief William Burdette 54 was found dead in the trunk of his car. He disappeared January 12 after leaving the Iva Fire Department and was last seen near Broadway Lake. Autopsy planned. investigators pursue leads and possible ambush theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.E. Cooley
David Crenshaw
Burdette
Mackey
Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
Chiquola Manufacturing Co
Iva Fire Department
Iva
Broadway Lake
Sybil
Greenville firm sues feds over Tris ban in $1.3 million claim
Stone Manufacturing Co. in Greenville filed a $1.3 million suit in the U S Court of Claims alleging damages from the 1977 federal ban on the flame retardant Tris. The move aims to set a precedent, said Thomas Merchant III, company director of special projects.
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Greenville
Stone Manufacturing Co
U.S. Court of Claims
Thomas Marchant III
House panel sends two sales tax bills to floor
The sharply divided Ways and Means Committee sent two property tax relief bills to the House floor. One would raise sales taxes 1.5 cents and drop the food tax. the other adds a penny with food taxed. Both offer 50 percent homestead relief up to 40 000 dollars and allocate funds to counties and schools.
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Columbia
House
Ways and Means
Bill Campbell
D-Richland
Tom Mangum
Lancaster
Crosby Lewis
Fairfield
Mangum
Campbell
Senate
Robert Woods
Charleston
Thurmond Urges Shultz to Curb China Textile Imports
In Greenville AP reports Sen Strom Thurmond plans to press Secretary Shultz to keep tight controls on Chinese textile imports as China imposes embargoes on U.S. cotton soybeans and synthetic fibers. South Carolina leaders and textile executives urge a hard line and continued quotas to shield the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Sen
Strom Thurmond
George Shultz
China
U.S
Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate
Reagan
South Carolina
Ernie Nunnery
Les Tindal
Nunnery
Johnny Kirkland
Allendale
American Agriculture Movement
Kirkland
Graniteville Co
Robert E. Coleman
Riegel Textile Corp
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
Coleman
South Carolina Textile Mannufactures Association
Rodney R. Hull
U.s.-China
Hong Kong
Korea
Taiwan
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Rep
T.W. Edwards
Edwards
Bryan Barnett
South Carolina State House
Shultz
Palmetto
Palmetto Federal
Aladdin
Waddin
Equator
Laurel- Pridgen Hardware, Inc
Richland Avenue
Aiken
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