Democrats Plan Prime Time Convention Lineup
The Democratic convention will close sessions by 8 p.m. Pacific time for four days with Carter Cuomo O’Neill and Jackson alternating as speakers. Mondale will accept Thursday night, Hart speaks Tuesday, and the mix aims to avoid the 1972 late-night fiasco.
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Mario Cuomo
Tip O'Neill
Jesse Jackson
California
George McGovern
Walter Mondale
Ma Bell Plans Rate Increase In South Carolina
Southern Bell will ask the Public Service Commission for a general telephone rate rise in South Carolina. The exact amount is not yet determined and no specific rate changes have been announced. H C Buddy Henry Jr. is the new South Carolina vice president. The utility filed a letter of intent with the commission, and state law restricts action until August.
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Buddy” Henry Jr
Bell
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Dockworkers Strike Backed by Unions Halts British Ports
Striking dockworkers vote to block cargo movement through nearly all British ports, backed by railway and seamen's unions. The action widens the four month coal mine dispute and threatens economic recovery as 78 of 204 docks were closed by midweek.
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Briain
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National Union of Mineworkers
Last Hurdle Looms In Fight Against Steel Imports
The seven month battle for industrywide protection faces a pivotal decision by President Reagan who must act on a narrowly approved package of temporary quotas and tariff hikes by Sept. 24. He can accept modify or reject the proposal after the six week window before the election.
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Reagan
U.S. International Trade Commission
Woman Sets Herself Afire After Pornography Beliefs
Ruth L. Christensen wrote to city officials that pornographers ruined her life and that men would not end women’s degradation. She said she could not live in a society that treated her as “a piece of meat” and intended to destroy those who harmed her before setting herself ablaze in a bookstore selling adult magazines.
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Minneapolis
Ruth L. Christensen
Reagan Defends Environmental Record in Kentucky Visit
President Reagan, facing a week of environmental attacks, argued the administration saved national parks and reversed dwindling conservation momentum. Speaking to the National Campers and Hikers Association at Beech Bend, he cited funding declines and disrepair, then defended energy policies and access to public lands.
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Reagan
National Campers and Hikers Association
Ahead couple killings tied to contract slayings investigator says
An investigator suggested the March 21 kidnapping and killings of George and Euclid Ahead may have been contracted. He cited a Georgia suspect, Jody Edward Allen, charged with armed robbery and conspiracy, while Emory Brooks is linked to the broader murder network under inquiry by multiple state agencies.
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Oconee County
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Williamston
Franklin County
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Vince Theron Allen
Patriarca Dies Seen As Well Liked Mob Boss And Ruler
Raymond L. Patriarca, longtime New England crime boss, died at 76 in Rhode Island Hospital after a heart attack. Described as both well liked and a vengeful chieftain, he rose from Providence’s Federal Hill to command a 30 year crime syndicate and faced more than 40 arrests and 18 convictions.
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Edgefield County Adopts Single Member District Voting
Edgefield County officials approve five district boundaries for county council seats marking a transition from at large elections. Five districts include three with majority Black populations, potentially enabling the first Black representation since Reconstruction. The move follows a long dispute reaching the U.S. Supreme Court and fits a broader trend of challenges to at large elections in South Carolina counties.
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Edgefield
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
Billy Wilkins
Council
South Carolina
Saluda
Sumter
U.S. Justice Department
Saluda County
Edgefield County
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Cuomo escapes injury after seven car crash near Buffalo
Gov. Mario Cuomo was shaken but unhurt when his car was hit in a seven car chain reaction on a suburban Cheektowaga road. Spokesman Timothy Russert said Cuomo, who has a bad back, did not require hospitalization and will speak at the Democratic National Convention. Prince Charles begins a three day West Germany inspection tour as colonel in chief of two regiments. He will visit Lemgo Deilinghofen Hemer sign visitors books and is the colonel in chief of The Royal Regiment of Wales and The Gordon Highlanders.
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