SC Weekend Toll Involving Trains Drowning And Heat Deaths
The Associated Press reports 18 people died in South Carolina weekend accidents. Fatal incidents include a mother and infant struck when a car entered train tracks, drownings in lakes Hartwell and Marion, a man hit by lightning, and multiple highway crashes across Sumter Charleston Spartanburg and other counties.
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Sumter County
Alice Lee LeBleu
Landon LeBleu
South Carolina
Highway
Roger Jowers
LeBleu
Tommy Owens LeBleu
Seaboard Coast Lines
Jowers
Toomey Memorial Hospital
Sumter
Tommy LeBleu
Florida
Charleston County
E. Ray Shokes
Warren B. Willis
Lakeland
Fla
Wappoo
James Island
Arthur L. Allen
Charleston
Armando Orosco
Haines
Edisto Farms
U.S. 17
Orosco
Shokes
Donnie Powe
Chesterfield County
Bernard Stubbs
Lake Hartwell
Ricky Sheriff
Easley
Sheriff
Ben Jackson Jr
Hopkins
Lake Marion
Santee State Park
George Jacobs
Columbia
Andy L. Springs
Timmonsvile
James Bradshaw
Andrews
Larry Smith
West Union
Joseph Anthony Hampton
Toney A. Lawson
Pelham
Spartanburg County
Toney Roberts
Myrtle Beach
Horry
Joseph Alan Honeycutt
Joanna
Laurens County
Horry County
Michael Pogue
Ayner
Marion County
Highway Patrol
Esterlene Robinson
U.S. 501
Conway
Bryan Anvil
Loris
Associated Press
Reagan Strategy Seeks Broad Victory Not Southern Focus
Ronald Reagan will pursue a national campaign, not Nixon style Southern strategy, aiming to win border states and other reachable Southern states while challenging Carter’s strong regional support. Campaign officials note Carter’s favorite son pull remains solid in Georgia Alabama South Carolina and North Carolina.
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Detroit
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Carter
William Casey
Reagan
South
Casey
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tax Incentives To Be Returned In South Carolina
State Development Board Chairman Max Heller says state and local governments will recoup the roughly 100 million dollars lost annually to tax incentives for industry. Tax Commission figures show incentives cost about 75.7 million to the state and 24.2 million to localities, but last year’s 1.5 billion in investments raised assessed valuations by 157.5 million, yielding about 26 million per year in local revenues.
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Columbia
State Development Board
Max Heller
Greenville
State Tax Commission
Tourism Industry Sees Strong Late Summer Drive
South Carolinians keep travel spirits high despite the recession as they vacation closer to home. Robert G. Liming of the state Parks Recreation and Tourism department expects this season to match or exceed last year. Quinton Anderson of the Carolinas Motor Club notes higher travel costs have not reduced routing requests.
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Robert G. Liming
State Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Quinton Anderson
Carolinas Motor Club
Charlotte
N.C
Man Arrested In Cutting Death In Greenville
Greenville County deputies charged 38 year old James Clifton Melton with the murder of Ray Horace Manley 48 after Manley was slashed and stabbed Saturday. A 17 year old moped rider found Manley bleeding and dazed, but Melton remained jailed without bond.
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Greenville
James Clifton Melton
Greenville County
Ray Horace Manley
Manley
David Redding
Navy Prisoners Leave Barracks In Charleston Standoff
Five men who barricaded themselves in Bar racks 31 at Charleston Naval Base surrendered this morning after a nighttime stand over living conditions. Lt Cmdr Brian Gray said the group left voluntarily at 7 35 a m and no hostages were taken. Three others had surrendered earlier and authorities counted up to 30 men in the barracks during the standoff. The prisoners faced desertion or absence without leave charges as MPs and Navy investigators guarded the scene.
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Charleston
Charleston Naval Base
Cmdr
Brian Gray
Gray
Navy
Navy Investigation Service
Snow Came To South Carolina In 1973 Storm
A first person account recalls a rare February snowfall in South Carolina in 1973. The narrator notes heavy clouds and fear of ice storms, then reports 14 inches of snow lasting into the weekend, transforming scenery and making headlines as the Storm of the Century.
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South Carolina
Rex Carter Eyes 1982 Governor Bid If Riley Sits Out
South Carolina House Speaker Rex Carter said he would run for governor in 1982 if Gov. Richard Riley does not seek the office. The Greenville lawyers are friends, and Carter notes speculation that President Carter might offer Riley a cabinet post if re-elected this year.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Rex Carter
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Dick Riley
State
Carter
WIS Radio
Riley
Greenville
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