Cross Anchor gun battle leaves dead and four wounded
Spartanburg County magistrate issues warrants for Charles Lee Murphy on two counts of assault with intent to kill after a gun battle along the South Tyger River that also wounded James C. Morgan who had earlier faced charges in the slaying of Raymond Bradley. In Greenville, jurors are seated in the Swansea policeman murder case against Eddie Lee Wannamaker Raymond Smith and Lizzie Fields for the June 7 1979 death of assistant police chief David McIver.
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Cross Anchor
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Cross
Roland Jones
Charles Lee Murphy
James C. Morgan
Roebuck
Morgan
Murphy
Tyger
Raymond Bradley
Greenville
Swansea
Eddie Lee Wannamaker
Raymond Smith
Lizzie Fields
David McIver
McIver
Lexington County
Republicans adopt nuclear waste plank at convention
Detroit AP reports delegates to the GOP National Convention adopt a platform plank urging a federal policy on nuclear waste disposal. South Carolina delegate Joyce Hearn of Columbia says the plank requires a definitive program to establish a central repository for nuclear waste by 1984.
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Detroit
South Carolina
Joyce Hearn
Columbia
State funds $3.1 million for MUSC to run Charleston County Hospital
The Budget and Control Board approved a $3.1 million allocation to allow the Medical University of South Carolina to operate the Charleston County Hospital for two years. The decision followed plans to contract to avoid service duplication and improve education at both institutions.
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Columbia
State Budget and Control Board
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston County
Tal
Tech college to teach farmers gasohol stills this fall
North Charleston area instructors led by James Ekhami will teach farmers to build and operate distilleries for gasohol using sugar cane. A $14,859 grant funded two months of work to create a system that yields 95 percent ethyl alcohol and 5 percent water, with a molecular sieve reducing water content for gasoline blending.
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North Charleston
Trident Technical College
James E. Ekhams
Ekhami
Nuclear Plant Attacked as Duke Faces Rate Hike Debate
Columbia AP Duke Power confronts opposition to a 25.8 million rate increase for nuclear plant construction. Attorney Robert Guild of Piedmont Utility Consumers Association urges channeling funds to insulation and conservation, while Duke president William Lee defends the project as essential after testimony. Clemson group seeks Piedmont hearing to protect small customers.
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Duke Power Co
Robert Guild
State Public Service Commission
Duke
Piedmont Utility Consumers Association of
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William Lee
Lee
South Carolina
Commission
Piedmont
People For A
Frieda Bregger
NBC Chairman Relieved Of Job As Ratings Lag
NBC chairman Jane Cahill Pfeiffer is relieved amid lagging ratings including the lowest prime time Nielsen score in nearly four years. Fred Silverman, NBC president, says Pfeiffer will likely be out in six months as RCA-publicized shakeups unfold.
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Fred Silverman
NBC
Jane Cahill Pfeiffer
Tle
Pfeiffer
Associated Press
Silverman
RCA
RCA Corp
Maurice R. Valente
Edgar H. Griffiths
Valente
CBS
ABC
Coffee Prices Fall as Roasters Cut Wholesale Rates
The three largest U S coffee roasters General Foods Procter & Gamble and Hills Brothers all reduced wholesale ground coffee prices by 15 cents per pound led by Maxwell House Folger and Hills Brothers The cut could show in retail prices within a month with some loss leaders selling below wholesale in New York markets Green coffee from Brazil has dropped to 1 70 a pound this week from 2 earlier in the year.
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General Foods Corp
White Plains
N.Y
Maxwell House
Procter & Gamble Co
Cincinnati
Folger
Hills Brothers Inc
San Francisco
New York City
Procter & Gamble
General Foods
Hills Bothers
Brazil
Abscam leak timing discussed in federal hearing
U S attorney says reporters using government leaks helped identify the Abscam undercover operation weeks before its public reveal. He recalled NBCs Brian Ross warning of a political fix and noting names, some correct, some not, while officials urged restraint.
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FBI
Abscam
Justice Department
Peter Vaira
U.S
Pennsylvania
John Fullam
Department
Vaira
Brian Ross
NBC
Sen
Harrison) Williams
New Jersey
Ross
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