Senate Approves 1984-85 Budget With Education Push
Gov. Riley and Sen. Drummond reach a budget accord after a tough debate. The 32 to 9 Senate vote clears a $2.7 billion appropriations plan funded by a penny sales tax to support Riley’s education package, including remedial programs, teacher raises, and school construction.
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Columbia
Dick Riley
Greenwood
John Drummond
Senate
Drummond
Riley
South Carolina
House
Senate seeks local option on Sunday liquor sales in Columbia
The South Carolina Senate advances a local option plan allowing cities and counties to stage referendums on Sunday liquor sales for hotels restaurants and public establishments with a 150 permit. House and Governor must agree. A statewide Sunday sales law remains if the amendment fails.
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Columbia
State Senate
House of Representatives
Dick Riley
Senate
Verne Smith
Thomas Moore
D-Aiken County
House
Smith
Tornado Toll and Aspen Mudslide Fear Prompt Evacuations
Thunderstorms spawned more than 30 tornadoes across the midwest and into the east, killing five and injuring 71. A mudslide threat prompted evacuations in Aspen Colorado as storms lash Minnesota Nebraska and Kansas with high winds. In Barneveld Wisconsin a tornado damaged the town injuring nine people, per Dane County emergency planners.
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Aspen
Colo
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
Barneveld
Wisconsin
Merrill Hough
Dane County
House backs 21 drinking age to win federal road funds
The House approved a bill requiring states to raise the legal drinking age to 21 or face loss of federal highway funds. An amendment to disperse 5.2 billion dollars in federal gasoline tax money was added to the legislation.
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Washington
House
Udall to Mediate Between Hart and Mondale Ahead of Convention
Rep. Morris K. Udall of Arizona is tapped to mediate between Gary Hart and Walter Mondale in the six weeks before the Democratic National Convention. Hart seeks to stay in the race as Mondale leads with 1,982 delegates to Hart's 1,222 and Jesse Jackson's 368 according to AP tallies.
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Hart and
Mondale
Washington
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
Gary Hart
Walter F. Mondale
Hart
Capitol Hill
Associated Press
Jesse Jackson
New State Welfare Department Faces Financial Setup Troubles
The Health and Human Finance Commission in Columbia faces serious problems in establishing its financial system by next month. The welfare agency will likely continue fund administration through summer, with a takeover aimed for September or October requiring personnel help from Social Services, the controller general, the auditor, and the Budget and Control Board.
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Columbia
New Health and Human Finance Commission
Department of Social Services
Comptroller General’s
Auditor’s Office
Budget and Control Board
Don Dixon
Arthur Anderson & Co
Tax Reform Deals Include Home Loss, Trans-Alaska Provisions
Negotiators reached agreements on about 34 billion dollars in tax increases and several cuts as they bridge House and Senate bills. Provisions favor Californians with damaged homes, Roseann York who won a tax‑paying home, and Trans‑Alaska Pipeline workers facing pension sharing limits.
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Congress
Senate
House
IRS
Roseann York
Chicago
Congressional
Western N C Methodists Record Year of Giving
The Western North Carolina United Methodist Church reported a record year with 38 839 members contributing over 532 000 in 1983 Delegates at the annual conference were told Thomas L Mallonee of Candler president of United Methodist Men said 378 fellowships gave more than 356 000 to missions and national projects Dr Ernest Fitzgerald of Greensboro was nominated bishop for the July Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference Karen Y Collier staff member at the Board of Discipleship became the first clergywoman to deliver a major sermon to the conference challenging the 2100 delegates to face the churchs third century with courage.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
North Carolina
United Methodist Church
Thomas L. Mallonee
Candler
United Methodist
Ernest Fitzgerald
Greensboro
Southeastern
Karen Y. Collier
Board of Discipleship of
Nashville, Tenn
Roy Scheider roots Tigers as Tiger Town hits theaters
Actor Roy Scheider says filming Tiger Town made him a Detroit Tigers fan. He returned to Tiger Stadium to watch a 5-3 Tigers win over the Blue Jays and tossed out the first ball. The film opens tonight in Detroit theaters after Disney Channel debut, with Scheider portraying Billy Young, a waning right fielder. The AMC Cancer Research Center weighs withholding Jimmy Snyder's $6,500 speech fee after a May fund-raiser controversy and three minutes of verbal abuse.
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Tiger Town
Detroit Tigers
Tiger Stadium
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Tigers
Toronto Blue Jays
Detroit
Disney Channel
Billy Young
Tiger
Kaline
Boston Red Sox
Carl
Yastrzemski
AMC Cancer Research Center
Jimmy
Snyder
Manfred L. Minzer Jr
Summit Talks Start In Shadow Of Politics
President Reagan and leaders from six major economies gather at Lancaster House London for a two day economic summit shadowed by terrorism arms control and East West tensions. The session opens in a lavish Louis XV room as Thatcher hopes for a strong political statement alongside an economic communique.
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Margaret Thatcher
Ronald Reagan
United States
Francois Mitterrand
France
London
Lancaster House
Gaston Thorn
Reagan
Buckingham Palace
Victoria
Chopin
Helmut Kohl
Canada
Japan
Italy
Democratic Alliance
U.S
Thatcher
Britain
West Germany
Soviet missiles supplied to Iraq threaten Iranian targets
A Baghdad diplomat said Iraq has received Soviet AS-4 AS-5 and AS-6 missiles and modified SS-12 systems capable of striking Kharg Island and deep inside Iran. He noted Saddam Hussein had earlier announced plans to acquire weapons to hit Iran's economic targets.
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Iraq
Iran
Persian Gulf
Kharg Island
Saddam Hussein
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