Jenrette urged to resign after Abscam indictment runoffs
Florence South Carolina Rep. John Jenrette faces calls to resign from opponent State Rep. Hicks Harwell after Jenrette was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington for conspiracy and bribery related to the Abscam probe. Jenrette, 44, suspects acquittal and re election amid a runoff durability. He is accused of taking a $50,000 bribe to sponsor legislation allowing a fictitious Arab businessman to stay in the United States.
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State Takes Authority For Nuke Shipments
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control sets its own rules to regulate radioactive waste transport into and through the state. Effective July 1, the regulations remove any federal exemption for shipments by DOE or contractors, tying all waste under state oversight. Governor Riley signed the measure May 26 to ensure monitoring of shipments regardless of origin.
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Construction Industry Still Builds In State
Cecil Clay president of the South Carolina Building Trades Council says the state’s heavy construction sector remains buoyant despite the national recession. He notes power plants hospitals and military projects in Columbia and Charleston and factory work in the Piedmont, while homebuilding lags.
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Seven Die In South Carolina Weekend Traffic Crashes
Seven people died on South Carolina roads over the weekend in multiple wrecks. Victims include William May Banks 31 of Pawleys Island who crashed into a tree in Georgetown County, Jane Faye Norman 20 of Nichols in a head on collision near Myrtle Beach, Tony Cook 19 of McConnells in a rural road crash near York, Kenard Headley Stone 22 of Scranton in Florence County, and George Wright 50 of Eutawville in Orangeburg County. Five others were hospitalized including Wright’s son Arthur.
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