Huff Urges Filibuster Reform After 1982 Session
North Augusta Democrat Rep. Thomas Huff criticizes the 1982 General Assembly for adjourning on time amid defeats by filibusters and committees. He plans to push reform limiting speeches, aims to speed voting and curb lengthy debates affecting taxes and court wait times.
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North Augusta
General Assembly
Thomas Huff
Rep. Huff
Huff
Rep
S.C. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Rules Committee
Assembly
Stolen SPCA Greyhound Brindle Sought By Aiken Officials
Dr. John Wadley reports Brindle, a nearly two year old brindle greyhound at the Aiken Animal Shelter on Wire Road, has been stolen. The dog used as a blood donor was last seen in her cage at 9 p.m. Sunday and is identified by ear tattoos A99 and 2935 and a brown brass tagged collar. The Aiken County Sheriff's Department investigates with appeals to dog lovers to help locate her.
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Aiken
Wire Road
John Wadley
Brindle
Aiken County
Aiken Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Sheriff’s Department
Aiken County Plans Courthouse Decision by July 20
At a July 20 decision deadline the Aiken County Council will choose whether to renovate the Park Avenue Chesterfield Street courthouse or build a new facility beside the county complex on Richland Avenue. Citizens and council members weighing acoustics space and cost favor renovation or new construction with several plans proposed.
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Aiken County
Carrol Warner
William Clyburn
Park Avenue
Chesterfield Street
Richland Avenue
Homer McGee
Aiken Bar Association
Lonnie Garvin
Billie Trapp
Medwell Hill
Ralph Cullinan
Fay Hatcher
Hill
Aiken County Court House
Wells Law Group Architects Inc
W.M. Sloan
Aiken County Taxpayers’ Association
Sloan
Warner
Derrick Rules Out Ted and Mondale for Democratic Nomination
U S Rep Butler Derrick predicts neither Ted Kennedy nor Walter Mondale will secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Derrick, a Democrat from South Carolina, says the real contenders are not yet clear and that if a vote were held today John Glenn would win the nomination, with Ernest Hollings given little chance.
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Ernest F
Fritz) Hollings
PLO Denounces U S Troop Offer Amid Beirut Siege
Fighting rages in west Beirut as Israeli tanks ships and artillery attack PLO positions. PLO leader Yasser Arafat says Reagan's offer to send Marines to evacuate guerrillas is ridiculous. Police report at least 22 dead and 38 wounded as fire and smoke cover the Moslem sector.
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PLO
West Beirut
Reagan
U.S
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Iran Rescue Commandos Criticize Helicopter Pilots
Newsweek reports the Tehran rescue plan was poorly rehearsed and the ground force commander Col Charles Beckwith nearly drew his pistol on the helicopter pilots commander at a desert landing zone. Eight servicemen died in a tanker crash after refueling during the failed 1980 mission.
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New York
Iran
Tehran
Newsweek Magazine
Newsweek
U.S
Charles Beckwith
Army
Beckwith
Desert
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Kathy Woodham
Tom Huff
SPCA
Council
Council’s
Derrick
Ted
Fritz
Abby
Baabda
Philip C. Habib
Israel
Lebanon
Beirut
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