Family seeks answers from Army after Green Beret disappearance
In February an Army Green Beret and two helicopter pilots vanished while patrolling the Peru Ecuador border on an OAS peacekeeping mission. The Defense Department says no mystery. the family of Sgt Steve Grisham of Bennettsville SC seeks information and has enlisted Rep John Napier.
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Charlotte
N.C
Defense Department
South America
South Carolina
Donna Grisham
Bennettsville
Steve Grisham
Peru
Ecuador
Jerry Grochowski
OAS
Organization of American States
Grisham
State Department
Army
Napier
David Sooter
Clio
Ala
Michael Foley
Provo
Utah
Hobcaw Barony Ages on South Carolina Coast Near Georgetown
Hobcaw Barony, a 17 500 acre coastal estate near Georgetown, hosts university forest and marine research, education programs, and historical preservation. The property links early Spanish settlement in 1526 to a 1905 Baruch land purchase and a 1964 foundation upon Belle Baruch's will to use the land for teaching and research.
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Georgetown
Grand Strand
Hobcaw Barony
Garden City
Hobcaw
University Forest
America
George I
England
Georgetown County
Bernard Baruch
Wall Street
Baruch
Clemson University Forest
George Askew
Hobcaw House
Franklin Roosevelt
Clemson Plans Hormone Traps In Medfly Battle
Clemson University entomologist Clyde Gorsuch describes pheromone traps to lure male medflies as part of South Carolina's effort to detect and deter a potential infestation. The program uses environmentally safe pheromones to mimic female signals, with traps planned for farmers markets and additional pheromone research at the Experiment Station.
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Clemson
South Carolina
State Plant Pest Regulatory Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Clyde Gorsuch
Clemson University
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Gorsuch
Fripp Island Shellfish Grounds To Be Tested This Week
Beaufort AP Tests will continue this week to locate pollution source for Fripp Island state shellfish grounds. DHEC official Luke House says officials are chasing a phantom. Grounds near Fripp marina were closed in March then extended in April after tests showed high bacteria. Geologists prepare monitoring wells and inspectors may flush red dye or use smoke tests to reveal sewer leaks.
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Beaufort
Fripp Island
Luke House
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Fripp Marina
Hause
DHEC
Broadway Beaches Urged Closed by State Health Agency
The South Carolina DHEC urged Anderson County to close three Broadway Lake beaches Bill's Landing Muldrow Park and McFall's Landing due to unsafe deplorable conditions trash litter and deteriorating bathhouses A recent inspection found diapers and other waste near the lake and lack of lifeguards and safety equipment Officials cited multiple state violations and urged immediate posting of no swimming signs with funding cuts contributing to unsanitary conditions
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Anderson
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Anderson County Council
Broadway Lake
Bill’s Landing
Muldrow Park
McFall
Johns
DHEC
Broadway Lake Commission
Main
South Carolina authorizes California fruit quarantine
Agriculture Commissioner Bryan Patrick announced a quarantine on California fruits and vegetables begins today in South Carolina. He noted the state's rules may differ from other southern states and will allow produce from California counties free of Mediterranean fruit flies.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Bryan Patrick
California
Patrick
Palmetto
Second Trial May Lead To Life Term
Ronald Woomer faces a possible life sentence on retrial after the South Carolina Supreme Court overturned his death penalty for a 1979 coastal crime spree. The second sentencing hearing, begun after jury selection, weighs whether he should die or serve life in prison for the murder of Della Sellers of Pawleys Island and related killings. Woomer, a Huntington West Virginia native, was convicted of two murders and pleaded guilty to two more during the spree.
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Circuit
Jim Dunn
Woomer
Cleveland Stevens
Ronald Woomer
Huntington
W.va
South Carolina
V C Summer Hearings Pause Amid Seismic Testimony
Licensing hearings for the V C Summer Nuclear plant near Columbia are suspended likely until September, risking millions in costs for the owners. Key issues include seismic questions and whether physicist Michio Kaku of City College of New York may testify on his meltdown scenario for a class 9 accident.
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Columbia
V.C. Summer
City College of New York
Michio Kaku
Brett Bursey
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Grochowski
U.S
Askew
Winyah Bay
Belle
the Foundation
Fripp Island Fish Grounds
Plaza Carpet
Saxony
Plaga Carpets
Aiken
Ronald
Rusty) Woomer
Horry County
Broadway
Commission
CETA
V.C
Professional Dental Services
Augusta
Locross
Greyhound Bus Station
Broad ST
Greene St
Kalmia Plaza Shopping Center
Jim Harrison
Liniment & Tonic
Phillip Crowe
the Bandits
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