Winthrop Hikes Tuition as State Budget Shortfall Hits
Winthrop College faces a 17 percent tuition rise this fall due to a smaller state budget allocation and expected administrative cutbacks. Tony Nolan, director of information, reported the Friday decision. In Newberry County, about 560 staff did not receive paychecks amid a cash-flow crunch.
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Rock Hill
Winthrop College
Tony Nolan
Winthrop
Newberry
Newberry County
J.W. Roche
Gerald Mount
Hart Submits 15 Page Outline for Unfinished Presidential Book
Gary Hart sent publishers a 15 page outline outlining his public life from the Kennedy assassination onward. The draft covers Hart’s Senate years his 1984 presidential bid arms control work and a panel role on intelligence matters. It omits the Miami Rice episode and the May 8 campaign ending details.
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NEW York (Ap
Gary Hart
New York Times
New York Literary
du Ader
Adler
the Times
Hart
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Miami
Donna Rice
Miami Herald
Miss Rice
William Morrow & Co
Groom Killed In Honeymoon Balloon Ride
A newlywed in Charlotte was killed when a hot air balloon ride gift crashed into power lines. The groom George Thomas McVaney 26 died, his wife Kathy 31 unharmed, and pilot Steven William Page 40 was hospitalized with burns and in stable condition.
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Charlotte
N.C
George Thomas McVaney
Barbara Barnette
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Steven William Page
Charlotte Memorial
Mercy Hospital
Balloon crash in Maryland kills girl in charity flight
A hot air balloon in a charity fleet collided with 69,000 volt power lines during landing near Gaithersburg Maryland. The teenage passenger Christine Lynn Van Newkirk died in the gondola fire while her father pilot Robert Van Newkirk 39 of Pittsburgh was rescued.
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Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
George Luddington
Luddington
Robert van Newkirk
Pittsburgh
Christine Lynn van Newkirk
Prisoner Convicts Girl by Phone Threat. Slits Her Wrists
Randall Lee Littleton a Kinross inmate was sentenced to 10 to 20 years for persuading a 13 year old girl by phone to cut her wrists under threat that her father would be harmed. He admitted making about 700 calls from prison to Michigan and Ohio.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Randall Lee Littleton
Kinross
Sault Ste. Marie
Kent County
Littleton
East Grand Rapids
al Darznick
Quakes Strike Yellowstone Park Visitors Feel Tremors
Two tremors hit Yellowstone National Park on Saturday with magnitudes of 4.0 and 3.5. The first quake occurred at about 6 40 a.m. about 15 miles south of Grants Village, felt by dozens of visitors. A smaller 3.5 quake followed before 11 a.m. in the same area, seismologists reported.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Grants Village
Park
Ethan Brown
University of Utah
USC President Halts Major Gifts From Expense Account
University of South Carolina President James Holderman cut discretionary expense spending by about 50 000 in four months versus last year with potential 150 000 annual savings If the trend continues funds may shift to private university foundations to aid promotion While gifts to officials have mostly stopped public officials meals persist but funded privately
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Columbia
University of South Carolina
James Holderman
Holderman
USC
Steuben
Boehm
Johnny Gregory
Anti Klan Protesters March Through Greensboro Streets
About 600 anti KKK protesters marched in Greensboro under police protection for two hours. The demonstration used the same route the Klan plans to take, turning out to counter the Sunday march and recalling Greensboro’s 1979 clash that left five CWP members dead.
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Greensboro
N.C
Communists Workers Party
CWP
Christian Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Maurice Wilson
Predicted Clashes Between Sheheen and Campbell Don’t Occur
The session saw few clashes as Gov. Campbell avoided conflicts and maintained a cautious approach with House Speaker Sheheen. A Winthrop professor credited Campbell’s tactful dealings, while observers noted Sheheen pushed a 5 cent gas tax, which Campbell later relented on with conditions.
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Sheheen
Campbell
Columbia
Bob Sheheen
Carroll Campbell
Winthrop College
General Assembly
Glenn Broach
Democratic House
House
Highway Department
Malloy McEachin
McEachin
Senate
Camden
Herb Kirsh
D-York
Kirsh
Aiken Standard Subscription and Contact Details
The Aiken Standard lists phone numbers for subscriptions and classified ads and provides office hours and location. It notes offices at 124 Rutland Drive and a mailing address in Aiken South Carolina with subscription rates and payment instructions.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Emergency Numbers from The Aiken Standard
List of local emergency contacts for North Augusta Salley Wagener and Sheriff departments includes fire police and ambulance lines. Provides 800 number for long distance sheriff fire or ambulance and notes publication by Aiken Communications Inc with mailing address and postmaster info.
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Poison Control Center
S.C. Highway Patrol
Salley Fire
Salley
Volunt Fire Departments
Wagener Fire
Wagener Police
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Jackson
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New Holland
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