Cocaine Found Near Beaufort After Aerial Chase
In Beaufort County authorities recovered 4.5 million dollars worth of suspected cocaine believed thrown from a twin engine plane during a chase. The search continued through the weekend with officials not disclosing exact locations. Hal Stillings, head of the Savannah customs office, urged caution to prevent looting.
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Beaufort
Beaufort County
Hal Stillings
U.S. Customs Office
Savannah
Teen May Have Died From Her Disease
A coroner says 17 year old Shari Faye Smith died during an abduction in Lexington County. She suffered from a rare form of diabetes known as water diabetes and may have died from dehydration or asphyxia. The death is ruled a homicide. Her body was found in Saluda County after being abducted from her Lexington County home.
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Columbia
Shari Faye Smith
Miss Smith
Lexington County
Saluda County
Bruce Horne
Lexington Y Sheriff’s
State School Students Score Above Average
South Carolina public school students scored above the national norm on the 1985 Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills at all four grades tested. State Superintendent Charlie G Williams presented a preview to the State Board of Education. full results arrive at the July 12 meeting.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Charlie G. Williams
State Board of Education
Furman President Refuses Faculty Purge Pressure
Furman University president John Johns told the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas that he will resist pressure to purge non fundamentalists from the campus. He said his job is to protect his faculty amid conservative Baptist pressure to remove liberal thinkers from Southern Baptist campuses.
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Greenville
S.C
Furman University
The
Baptist Convention
John Johns
Southern Baptist Convention
Dallas
Southern Baptist
Weekend Showers Forecast With Cooler Temperatures Ahead
The forecast calls for a 40 percent chance of thunder showers tomorrow and through Sunday. Readings will dip to the low 60s tonight and highs reach the low 80s. After Sunday, conditions improve with fair weather expected Monday and Tuesday.
Food Prices Fall in May as Fresh Produce Leads Decline
The Labor Department reports May wholesale prices dropped 1.1 percent, the steepest since April 1984, with fresh vegetables and fruits, beef, veal, fish, and coffee falling the most. Energy and consumer goods energy sectors showed mixed results while overall inflation for the first five months of 1985 runs at 1.8 percent.
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Labor Department
Nuclear battlefields: global warhead sites and infrastructure
AP report outlines a sprawling network of war related facilities around the world supporting major powers arsenals. Authors say over 50 thousand warheads exist with some on alert and many outside arms control. US sites span 28 states plus Guam and eight foreign countries.
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United States
Soviet Union
England
France
China
William Arkin
Richard Fieldhouse
Guam
Belgium
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Turkey
Britain
West Germany
South Korea
South Carolina
New York
North Dakota
Naval Weapons Station
Charleston
Seneca Army Depot
Barksdale Air Force Base
Louisiana
Kirtland Air Force Base
New Mexico
Lake Meade Base
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Hungary
Poland
America
Delaware
West Virginia
Presbyterians Move Toward Center On Abortion Policy
The 197th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) adopted a center-leaning abortion policy, strengthening pastoral care for pro life supporters and rejecting abortion as birth control. Dr. William R. Johnston, a minister from First Presbyterian Church of Aiken, noted the shift amid 670 commissioners at the Indianapolis gathering.
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197Th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA
First Presbyterian Church of
Dr. Johnston
Johnston
State budget talks stall as House opposes helicopter
In Columbia the House and Senate remain at impasse over a $2.8 billion budget, motor vehicle fees, and county road funds. The House backed away from a $2.9 million twin engine helicopter and rejected a $100 in district expense increase, while dispute over who controls C funds for county roads continues.
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Senate
House
General Assembly
John Lindsay
D-Marlboro
House-Senate
Highway Department
Sen
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
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Peter Johann
Aiken County
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Norman Black
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