South Carolina Delegation Hearings ERA and Other Debates
The South Carolina congressional delegation held a three hour public hearing with 26 witnesses on the Equal Rights Amendment abortion labor law revisions and tax reform. ERA advocates urged against a seven year extension and federal funding for abortion and the International Year program. Participants criticized the amendment process and argued for or against abortion access and related funding.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Mendel Davis
Stop Era
U.S
Rita Owens
Charleston
Melissa Burnette
National Organization For
George Ann Pennebaker
Greenville
Melvin Burris
Afl-Cio
J. P Stevens
Edwin Schade
State Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Schade
State Chamber
James Hollingsworth
Dan Trotter
Trotter
Foundation of Our Republic
Hollingsworth
Edwards to Stress Expanded Executive Powers in State Address
Gov. James B. Edwards plans to urge a cabinet level system to give future governors more control over state agencies in his final State of the State address before a joint House and Senate session at 7 p.m. in Columbia. The move aims to empower successors even as the Democratic legislature resists ceding power to the state’s first Republican chief executive in a century.
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Gov. Edwards
Columbia
James B. Edwards
South Carolina
House
Senate
Edwards
Chiefs Comply With Law Yet Moonlighting Stirs Debate
South Carolina police chiefs say they are complying with an Ethics Commission ruling banning moonlighting in government gear. Beaufort Capt. W R Spaulding notes general compliance while some officials acknowledge salary gaps and continued need for secondary work in limited cases.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
State
Ethics Commission
Beaufort
W.R. Spaulding
Gary Baker
Beaufort Police
Jesse Altman Jr
South Carolina Police Chiefs Association
Harold McCarty
Saluda County
State Sheriffs Association
Wilmington 10 parole moves advance after governor parole decision
Gov. Hunt commutes firebombing terms for nine Wilmington 10 defendants, reducing minimums from 20 29 years to 13 17 years for several, while leaving conspiracy punishments unchanged. Eight of nine remain in prison. Ben Chavis eligible Jan 1 1980. Parole dates shift earlier by up to two years amid national civil rights scrutiny.
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Wilmington 10
Ben Chavis
N.C
Jim Hunt
Raleigh
James B. Hunt
Hunt
Ben
Oxford
United Church of Christ
New York
North Carolina
James E. Ferguson II
Chavis
Gible
Soviet Union
Anne Sheppard Turner
Joe Wright
Jerry Jacobs
James McKoy
Reginald Epps
Willie Earl Vereen
Wayne Moore
Jacobs
McKoy
Vereen
Epps
Moore
Marvin Patrick
Connie Tin
McMillan Says Teaching Is Too Easy to Enter
South Carolina Education Association president Terry McMillan argues it is too easy to become a teacher and the group is reviewing whether certification should include an on the job test supervised during student teaching. The SCEA opposed the National Teachers Examination threshold but lost a Supreme Court challenge. McMillan calls for measures assessing classroom ability.
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South Carolina Education Association
Terry McMillan
Association
State Department of Education
McMillan
Salley
SCEA
State Department
South Carolina
US Supreme Court
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