Tougher DUI penalties signed into law in South Carolina
Gov. Dick Riley signed a tougher drunken driving law amid calls for a higher drinking age and open container ban. Estah Dean, whose daughter died in 1980 caused by a drunk driver, said the measure acts as a deterrent. The law imposes mandatory jail for habitual offenders and higher fines for first and second offenses with options for community service.
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Columbia
Orangeburg
Estah Dean
State House
Dick Riley
Dean
Mothers Against
Riley
Ron Joye
State Highway Department
Joye
President Reagan to visit Columbia for Thurmond fund drive
President Reagan will travel to Columbia to aid Sen. Strom Thurmond's re election bid. A White House aide said the president would be in South Carolina for Thurmond in late summer or early fall to host an event. Thurmond said no final decision has been made.
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Columbia
Reagan
Strom Thurmond
White House
South Carolina
Sen. Thurmond
Lee Atwater
Faulty Alarms Blamed for Five Hotel Fire Deaths
Investigators cited corroded alarm batteries and lack of sprinklers and detectors as factors in a pre-dawn Ramada Inn Central fire in Fort Worth Texas that killed five and injured 34, displacing more than 100 guests with about 1 million dollars in damage.
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Fort Worth, Texas
Ramada Inn Central
Hijacked Eastern Jet Returns From Havana with 95 Aboard
A Eastern Airlines jet carrying 95 people returned to Miami from Havana after a hijack by a shipyard worker who shouted Cuba and threatened to blow up the plane with a bottle of liquid. It was the fourth U.S. airline hijacking in two months and the first since armed sky marshals were returned to some flights last month.
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Miami
Eastern Airlines
Havana
Cuba
U.S
USC Clemson Students Pay Highest Tuition in South
The Columbia Record surveyed 19 state universities in the South and reported that Clemson charges the highest tuition while USC ranks fourth. It also placed Clemson third and USC fourth in overall charges for in-state students.
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USC
Clemson
South
Columbia
University of South Carolina
Columbia Record
Senate bill clears way for cable TV saturation nationwide
The Senate approved a bill by 87 to 9 to replace local rules with a single national standard allowing cable operators to double households served in the coming years. Local governments retain franchise granting authority while a national standard guides expansion.
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Senate
Washington
House
Contingency fund stalls progress on 1984 budget talks
Negotiators from the House and Senate labor to finalize a contingency fund proposal of up to 12 billion dollars aimed at anti recession programs. If Congress enacts the related laws the money would be spent. if not or if vetoed it would remain unused. Leaders caution final agreement may not come until week’s end.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Reagan
James Jones
D-Okla
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan criticizes education politics at PTA convention
President Reagan says education must escape partisan fights as PTA members debate tax credits and teacher pay. aides say he plans to criticize the NEA over bonus pay while some PTA officials accuse him of mixing education with politics.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Reagan
America
PTA
White House
Larry Speakes
Arnold Fege
National
Ruckelshaus Faces Mixed Reviews on EPA Actions
Environmental groups lament the new EPA chief William Ruckelshaus showing little sign of policy shift on Capitol Hill while industry groups praise political courage to press for changes. He testified on the Clean Water Act and echoed Burford proposals while budget battles shaped funding to 1.1 billion, not 1.3. Critics warn of ongoing anti environmental trend despite the new administration.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Capitol Hill
Ruckelshaus
Congressional
EPA
Anne M. Burford
Senate Environment Subcommittee
Appropriations Committee
Elder
Daniel J. Weiss
Izaak Walton
Notable Hollywood Settles Swindle Case and Other Updates
Theatrical agent Marty Ingels says he and Shirley Jones face a quarter of a million loss after being swindled by former business agent Abram Landau who pled guilty to the scheme. Landau could face six years in prison. Merle Haggard avoids prosecution after a May 20 onstage drinking incident in an amicable resolution. Former Kansas Governor Alf Landon recovers from a hip surgery in Topeka and expects discharge within a week. Millicent Fenwick, the Bernardsville congresswoman and longtime pipe smoker, is sworn in as a State Department senior foreign service officer in Italy.
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Marty Ingels
Shirley Jones
Ingels
Abram Joseph Landau
Miss Jones
Patrick Cassidy
Landau
FC Financial Co
Sherman Oaks
Los Angeles
Merle Haggard
Buncombe County
Robert L. Harrell
Asheville
N.C
Ronald C. Brown
Haggard
Kansas
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Kan
Landon
Jan Cookson
Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center
Millicent Fenwick
Bernardsville
N.J
United Nations
Italy
New York
State Department
Foreign Service
Mrs. Fenwick
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Riowa
Edward Kennedy
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Thurmond
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