Eight South Carolina schools show high loan default rates
Secretary Terrel Bell released data on National Direct Student Loans with eight South Carolina schools posting defaults above 25 percent. Clemson and USC campuses posted lower rates while Rice Business College Rutledge College Columbia Junior College of Business Voorhees Friendship Allen Claflin Morris reported the highest figures. Bennie Walker of Furman notes NDSL payments make up about 20 percent of federal aid on many campuses.
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South Carolina
Terrel Bell
Clemson
University of South Carolina
Columbia
USC
Rice Business College
Rutledge College
Columbia Junior College of Business
Voorhees
Friendship College
Allen University
Claflin College
Morris College
Bennie Walker
Furman University
NDSL
South Carolina Congressmen Push To Block AFR Nuclear Waste Plan
Washington AP The House Energy and Commerce Committee weighs the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. South Carolina lawmakers Derrick and Thurmond oppose away from reactor AFR storage arguing cost and national risk. Derrick proposes an amendment to bar AFR facilities. industry backers argue for centralized disposal at Barnwell, costing hundreds of millions.
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Washington
House Committee On Energy and Commerce
South Carolina
Barnwell
S.C
Butler Derrick
Ds.c
Barnwell Plant
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
Carolina Power & Light
Jean Neal
Derrick
Senate
Allied General Nuclear Services
Allied
California
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Energy and Commerce Committee
Hearing Set On Waste Management Takeover Of Chem Nuclear Dump
Public licensing hearing before the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control will review Waste Management Inc s application to continue and amend licenses for the Chem Nuclear low level radioactive waste facility. The hearing date moves to September 2 at 10 am after prior injunctions and court orders.
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Columbia
Waste Management Inc
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
U.S. District Court
Waste Management
U.S
Ross Anderson
Barbara Hamilton
Lone Vote Cast Against Voting Rights Proposal
Louisiana Governor David C. Treen cast the lone vote against a Southern Governors Association resolution praising the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Treen argued his state could handle protecting citizens’ voting rights without federal praise while South Carolina Governor Dick Riley supported the resolution at the four day meeting on Hilton Head Island led by outgoing chairman Riley and Texas Governor Bill Clements.
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Hilton Head Island
Louisiana
David C. Treen
Congress
Treen
Southern Governors Association
Barrier Island
South
South Carolina
Dick Riley
Winter
Texas
Bill Clements
Death penalty not sought in clerk killings case
Anderson AP reports Tenth Circuit Solicitor George Dueworth will not seek the death penalty for 20 year old James Eric Simpson accused of murdering two convenience store clerks, Raymond Mark Howell and Michael Holcombe. Trial expected August or September in Anderson County General Sessions Court.
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Anderson
Tenth Circuit
George Dueworth
Dueworth
James Eric Simpson
Simpson
Raymond Mark Howell
Michael Holcombe
Saylors
Shell
Anderson County General Sessions Court
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