Budget split stalls reserve fund replenishment in South Carolina
The House and Senate clash over redirecting 12 million dollars to the General Reserve Fund with talks of cutting 19 million in Senate expenses. Conferees set an April 15 deadline for budget passage, and a plan to repay reserve funds from surpluses faces debate amid agency pay raise cuts and constitutional questions.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House
Robert McLellan
D-Oconee
General Assembly
Sen
Rembert Dennis
Berkeley
McLellan
Sen. Rembert Dennis
James Waddell
Tom Mangum
Parker Evatt
Rep
Robert Sheheen
D-Kershaw
Ways and Means
Sheheen
Dick Riley
Ways and Means Committee
Mangum
D-Lancaster
Reagan revised arms plan may ease MX approval hurdle
Reagan new arms control proposal could improve congressional votes for the MX missile program but only if the Soviet Union sees no one sided aim. The Eureka College framework, rejected by the Soviets as weakening their long range force, is replaced in Geneva by this revised approach.
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Reagan
Geneva
Soviet Union
United States
Eureka College
Edward Roway
President Campaigns Today For Tougher School Standards
President Reagan travels to Hopkins Minnesota to join a panel with educators and politicians on how to respond to the National Commission on Excellence in Education's call for sweeping reforms in public education. The trip aims to boost federal aid as critics hope his personal involvement shifts support.
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Washington
Reagan
U.S
Hopkins
Minn
Minneapolis
National Commission On Excellence In Education
Stiffer DUI Penalties Pass in South Carolina
South Carolina moves to tougher drunk driving penalties with mandatory fines and jail terms for habitual offenders. The bill creates felony DUI for causing great bodily harm or death and sets fines rising to 5 000 dollars plus jail time. Gov. Riley to sign.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Tom Ervin
Ervin
D-Anderson
General Assembly
House
Senate
Dick Riley
Thomas Hughston
Hughston
Greenwood
Defense Budget Talks Focus on 5 Percent Increase
Congressional negotiators in Washington clash over a defense spending hike tied to a 5 percent limit, likely splitting the difference between House and Senate figures. The approach, amid warnings of potential chaos for the economy, faces intense bargaining as leaders push contrasts with Reagan’s 10 percent request and GOP veto threats.
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Reagan
House
Senate
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
Sen
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Senate Budget Committee
Congress
James Jones
D-Okla
House Budget Committee
Ed Bethune
R-Ark
Governor Signs Into Low Nuclear Waste Compact
Governor Dick Riley signed legislation making South Carolina a member of the eight state Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The Barnwell site will function as a regional facility and the state aims to exit the low-level waste business, with timelines noting regional exclusions by 1986 and a 1992 dump role.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Dick Riley
Riley
Barnwell
Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc
Notable Figures In The News And Public Figures
Yale grad and cartoonist Gary Trudeau urged Harvard students to expect renewed protest activity, while Richard Pryor discussed a four film Columbia deal after a near fatal 1980 cocaine related blast. Mozelle Wallace reported doing fine after hospitalization as Governor Wallace eyed reelection. Nixon supporters form a group to rehabilitate his legacy citing the Marshall Plan and extensive travels.
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Trudeau
Doonesbury
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Richard Pryor
Pryor
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Nixon
Pat Hillings
Beverly Hills
Hillings
Congress
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