South Carolina General Assembly items merit selection reform
The South Carolina General Assembly enters week three with bills to create a merit selection plan for Public Service Commissioners. In the Senate Sen. Harry Chapman leads 15 sponsors. Sen. Marion Gressette chairs Judiciary and opposes merit selection. A House bill with 44 sponsors advances, backed by Rep. Jean Toal and Rep. McFadden. Consumer reform also advances.
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Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
Public Service Commission
PSC
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Senate
Greenville
Harry Chapman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Marion Gressette
Calhoun
Gressette
Donald Holland
Kershaw
Verne Smith
Marshall Williams
Orangeburg
Smith
House Judificary Committee
Oe McFadden
McFadden
York
House
Judiciary Committee
Ralph Anderson
Florence
State Department of Consumer Affairs
Frank Howard retires from coaching for health reasons
Former Clemson coach Frank Howard, in North Augusta, says health concerns led to retirement. Alumni tensions were joked about as Eddie Buck and Carolyn Buck attended the North Augusta High football banquet. Aiken High’s Buck wore a green blazer, drawing attention at the event.
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Clemson
Frank Howard
North Augusta
Aiken High
Eddie Buck
Carolyn
North Augusta High
Buck
Capital Talk Topic Is Shifted During Carter Teng Talks
President Carter and Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping hold a White House meeting to push Sino American trade scientific and cultural exchanges as focus shifts from the Soviet Union. They discuss Taiwan policy and invite Hua Kuo-feng and Carter to visit each others capitals.
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Washington
Carter
Teng Hsiao-ping
China
Soviet Union
Teng
White House
Capitol Hill
Taiwan
Peking
SRP Plan Presented In Columbia
A DOE official outlined at the state Nuclear Advisory Council in Columbia the Savannah River Plant plan to solidify about 21 million gallons of radioactive wastes into a solid form for shipment to an offsite repository. DuPont operates the plant under federal contract. wastes are stored in temporary carbon steel tanks at multiple SRP sites.
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Columbia
Savannah River
Department of Energy
State Nuclear Advisory Council
NAC
Edward Goldberg
SRP
DuPont Co
Aiken County Council Seeks Special Meeting Tonight
A special Aiken County Council session is set for 6 30 tonight at the Richland Avenue office. Carrol H Warner chairman says an executive session may be called during the meeting and grounds will be announced when the private session is motioned. The meeting remains open to the public.
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Aiken County
Rockefeller Eulogy By Teen Son At Pocantico Hills
Nelson Rockefeller Jr. delivers a tender eulogy for his father as the ashes of former VP and NY governor Rockefeller are buried on the family estate. The ceremony at Pocantico Hills draws relatives and close friends with a Riverside Church memorial planned Friday attended by national figures.
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NEW York
Nelson Rockefeller Jr
Nelson Jr
Pocantico Hills
Rockefeller
John D., Rockefeller Jr
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Riverside Church
Nuclear Network May Span U S With Large Site Reactors
University of Florida nuclear engineer M Ohanian summarized a report on a possible national system of 1000 large reactors sited on a few large complexes around the country. The plan aims to limit land contamination security challenges and fuel handling while attracting skilled staff as demand grows.
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Earth
Ohanian
SRP
Savannah River
Theater Plans No Legal Action Over City Pornography Rules
Theater manager John Tucker says The Cinema Theater will not sue over Aiken's pornography ordinance for now. He plans to petition for changes to allow parents to authorize R rated movie attendance for their children and will discuss amendments with City Manager Windham ahead of the Feb. 5 council meeting.
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City of Aiken
John Tucker
Tucker
Charlotte
N.C
Public Safety Department
Roland H. Windham
Windham
Aiken County Today Highlights Growth Of Council
A local briefing notes the council’s expansion and ongoing developments as residents scan page five for details in Dear Abby, editorials, obituaries, comics, sports, television, and weather across the county edition.
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Aiken County Today
Dear Abby
Industry Seeks More Study On Waste Regulations
At a Columbia public hearing on proposed state rules for hazardous waste disposal, chemical industry reps pressed for further study. Walter Neal warned the plan could shut down small operations, while Raymond Woolette urged adherence to federal guidelines still awaiting approval. The rules, tentatively approved by the Health and Environmental Control board, require liability insurance, site testing, permits, monitoring, safe transportation, and a 20 year post closure trust fund and monitoring.
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Columbia
Walter Neal
Rock Hill
Neal
Raymond Woolette
The
American Petroleum Institute
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
General Assembly
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Jerry
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Hua Kuofeng
Atlanta
Houston
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Walter Mondale
Gerald Ford
Henry Kissinger
Martin Luther King Sr
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M. Jack Ohanian
Department of Nuclear Engineering
University of Florida
American Nuclear Society
Institute of Energy Analysis
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Kathryn Smith
Council
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