Discrimination Suit Terms Remain Secret
U S District Judge Matthew Parry ordered both parties in a discrimination suit to refrain from discussing settlement terms. The suit by J Wilbur Walker former principal at a Green ville all black high school alleged race discrimination after desegregation and sought reinstatement retirement benefits damages and pay for demeaning janitorial work. Perry issued the April 3 order stating the suit had been settled and prohibiting publication of the settlement terms.
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Greenville
Matthew Parry
Perry
J. Wilbur Walker
Walker
Davis backs Ravenel for Congress in open race
U S Rep Mendel J Davis announced he would give his endorsement to Charles Pug Ravenel as he leaves the 1st Congressional District race Ravenel praised Carter’s distance from the contest and declined any Carter endorsement Ravenel is a Charleston investment banker and veteran candidate with prior bids for office
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Washington
U.S
Mendel J. Davis
Charles
Pug
Ravenel
Davis
Carter
Charleston
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Democratic Party
Hollings' Seat Not Likely To Be Lost
The Associated Press reports two Democratic challengers face long odds in taking Ernest F. Hollings U.S. Senate seat as three Republicans compete in a South Carolina primary. Hollings, newly named Senate Budget Committee chair, stays in Washington while opponent Nettie Dickerson and USC professor William Kreml vie for the Democratic nomination in Columbia.
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Ernest F. Hollings
U.S. Senate
Hollings
Senate Budget Committee
Washington
South Carolina
Columbia
Nettie Dickerson
University of South Carolina
William Kreml
South Carolina Senate Race Block Goes to Appeals Court
Black leaders ask the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to delay next Tuesday’s state Senate primary while a 3 judge federal court reviews claims that multi member districts disenfranchise 875000 Black voters. They seek immediate reapportionment into single member districts mirroring the House.
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Richmond
South Carolina
Senate
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Appeals Court
U.S. District Court
House of Representatives
Aiken Standard Runs Correction On Damages Award
The newspaper retracts a prior error stating Jim my Dean was awarded damages in a Charleston suit. The actual award exceeded $12,000 went to architect David LeRoy Parrott, who built a Charleston home for Dean.
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Aiken Standard
Jimmy Dean
Charleston
David LeRoy Parrott
Dean
Plane Seats Yield Pot Haul at Camden Airport
Camden police seized four aircraft seats containing marijuana worth an estimated 38 thousand dollars after a single engine plane was seized at Woodward Field. Two Columbia men, Harry Gambrell and William Barfield, were charged with possession with intent to distribute and released on ten thousand dollar bonds. Deputies recovered 95 pounds of marijuana and two bales, following tips from local residents near the airport.
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Camden
Woodward Field
Kershaw
Pia L.L
Hector”’ DeBruhl
S Department
Columbia
Harry Michael Gambrell
William Odell Barfield
Debruhl
Arkansas Bus Crash Kills 20 in Fatal Mountain Route
A Texas charter bus plunges 50 feet into a wooded ravine in Newton County Arkansas. Forty nine people were aboard. 20 died including four decapitations. Investigators cite possible brake failure as driver Jimmy Thigpen steered to absorb the impact and save others.
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Jasper
Ark
Lorene Fancher
Texas
Arkansas
Buren Jackson
Billy Bob Davis
Arkansas State Police
Harrison
Ross Goodwin
Central Texas Buslines Inc
Newton County
Ray Watkins
C.J. Easley
Jimmy Thigpen
Easley
Dallas Morning News
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Dunbar County Council Chairman
Marvin E
Rusty” Dunbar
County Industrial Commission
Aiken County
Jessie Morgan
Westerdahl
Office of the Attorney General of
S. C
General Sessions Court
Wheeling & Dealing
Aiken
Bamberg
Barnwell Counties
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