Few Protestors Register At South Carolina Post Offices
On the first day of draft registration for 19 and 20 year olds in South Carolina a small number of activists handed out leaflets while many youths complied. Post offices in Columbia Greenville and other cities reported low turnout with some registrants expressing mixed views on war and service.
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South Carolina
Jim Raynor
Grass Roots Organizing Workshop
Columbia
Raynor
Charles James
James
Supreme Court
Greenville
Jay Mills
Chattanooga, Tenn
Mills
Mark Richardson
Newberry
Ricky Wynn
Bowers Tax Fraud Trial Delayed For Study of Documents
Karl S. Bowers former Federal Highway Administrator faces an income tax fraud trial delayed a day as defense and prosecution review and exchange documents. The case cites 1974 and 1976 returns with alleged underreporting. Bowers 36 of Estill waived his right to jury trial. He was previously convicted May 30 on conspiracy and embezzlement tied to government repossessed houses.
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Columbia
Karl S. Bowers
Bowers
U.S
Robert W. Hemphill
Estill
PSC Seat Field Narrowed
PSC seat candidates narrowed from 25 to 16 for the vacant 6th District post as the merit panel chaired by B C Tommy Thomason partakes interviews and a public hearing. The panel will likely send two names to the Legislature to fill the August 28 vacancy. The panel reopened filing for the 3rd District seat with Guy Butler of Greenwood not recommended for re election.
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Columbia
State Public Service Commission
B.C
Tommy” Thomason
Greenville
T. Basil Barrineau
Georgetown
Thomasson
Guy Butler
Greenwood
Butler
General Assembly
Building Costs In Rates Criticized In South Carolina
The South Carolina Public Service Commission faces criticism from Assistant State Consumer Advocate Steve Hamm for allowing Duke Power Co to include plant construction costs in its rate base. Hamm argues the practice hikes bills for facilities not needed and objects to a 48 hour study window for new testimony. The PSC hearings consider a $25.8 million annual hike and over $20 million in accounting adjustments. Hamm will cross examine Duke Vice President William Stimart.
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Columbia
South Carolina Public Service Commission
Duke Power Co
Steve Hamm
South Carolina
PSC
Duke
Hamm
William Stimart
Riley cites four key higher education issues in South Carolina
Gov. Richard Riley outlined four critical education challenges at the Southern Regional Education Board conference in Hilton Head Island. Declining enrollments, teacher training, continuing education and medical training were named as urgent problems for South Carolina and other states. He urged lawmakers to invest in education to ensure future regional leadership.
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Hilton Head Island
South Carolina
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Riley
Southern Regional Education Board
Hunley search suspended off Isle of Palms
NUMA suspended its systematic search for the Confederate submarine Hunley off the Isle of Palms. Secretary Wayne Gronquist said 6 to 10 possible sites were found and will be checked later, with unlikely resumption of area searches. Electronic scanning may have detected remains of two Civil War vessels, but specifics were not disclosed.
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Marvin Scott
Columbia
Keith Oliver
Charleston
Keith
Kevin
College of Charleston
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Robert Kerrison
Isle OF Palms
National Underwater and Marine Agency Inc
Hunley
NUMA
Wayne J. Gronquist
Gronquist
Postal Worker Registers Her Only Son in Draft
In Gray Court, Marion Cooper, a Gray Court post office employee, registered her 19-year-old son Eddie for the draft. Cooper, a Furman University student in Greenville, said the moment carried a special feeling and that she was glad to do it yet saddened to see him register.
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S.C
Gray Court
Marion Cooper
Eddie
Cooper
Furman University
Greenville
Roach Letter Called Ploy To Delay Execution
Circuit Solicitor James C. Anders Jr says a Roach letter asking to die is a defense ploy to halt the death sentence in the murders of 17 year old Thomas Taylor and 14 year old Carlotta Hartness in Columbia. Roach wrote the note against his father’s wishes, asking the Supreme Court to set an execution date immediately while prosecutors call it a staged effort to influence the case.
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Columbia
James Terry Roach
Roach
Circuit
James C. Anders Jr
Anders
State Supreme Court
Gilmour
Gary Gilmour
Utah
Grady Query
Charleston
Terry
Query
Supreme Court
Clyde A. Eltzroth
Mother’s call ends Summerville store hostage crisis
A New York mother persuaded 21-year-old George Michael Garvey to release four hostages at a Summerville K Mart and surrender. Garvey, who had shot Clayton Hughes, was surrounded by state and local officers as Lt. Roger Hudson negotiates. Hughes remained in stable condition after surgery. Hostages unharmed.
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Summerville
New York City
George Michael Garvey
New York
K-Mart
Roger Hudson
Garvey
Hudson
James Moore
Clayton Hughes
Hughes
Myers
Highway Patrol
Dorchester County Sheriff's Department
City Police Department
State Law Enforcement Division
Florida
North Charleston
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Hunley Search
Ernest F. Hollings
Hollings
Senate Budget Committee
Moore
Thing
George E. van Giesen, Jr
George R. Spooner Ill
M.D
Aiken Dialysis Center
University Parkway
Aiken, S.C
Timmerman Toyota
Toyota
General Motors
Jerry Timmerman
Immerman
Richland Ave
Aiken SC
Augusta
Eveeby
Aiken
Park Ave
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