SCE&G Wins Federal Approval for Partial Rate Hike
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accepts for filing SCE&G's 53.9 percent wholesale rate rise in two steps. Beginning June 29 customers in Orangeburg Winnsboro and McCormick plus nearby cooperatives face a 29.9 percent rise with a further 24 percent increase on November 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
Barbara Connors
Orangeburg
Winnsboro
McCormick
Central Electric Power Cooperative
Little River Electric Cooperative
Abbeville County
Sce&g
Insecticide Cloud Triggers Large Evacuations At Texas College
A parathion cloud from nine pesticide bombs set off by biology students at Stephen F. Austin State University forced 1,500 residents to evacuate and left eight people hospitalized including the mayor. The incident began Wednesday night in the college greenhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Parole Board Looks At Release For Kennedy Assassin
Sirhan Sirhan told a California parole panel he was provoked to kill Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, to protest Palestinians' plight after the Six Day War. The 39 year old waited as the state Board of Prison Terms began a hearing on whether to set a new release date. A prosecutor urged the board to consider the gravity of his crime. Deliberations were to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soledad
Calif
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
State Board of Prison
Sirhan
States Rights Party Founder Claims Outfoxing FBI
Avowed white supremacist J B Stoner says he outfoxed the FBI during four months as a fugitive and may write a guidebook for others on the run. In a hand written letter to The Atlanta Constitution he called his four months on the run a pleasant vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J.B. Stoner
FBI
Atlanta Constitution
Stoner
Andropov Elected Soviet President Consolidates Power
Yuri Andropov was unanimously elected president by the Supreme Soviet, filling the post left vacant after Brezhnev's death seven months earlier. The 69 year old former KGB head pledged to use his experience to justify the trust. Foreign Minister Gromyko called for improved U S Soviet relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Yuri V. Andropov
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Supreme Soviet
Andropov
Communist Party
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Soviet Union
Abortion Ruling Triggers Praise and Proposals for Action
Supporters hailed the Supreme Court rulings as stronger than hoped while foes pledged renewed congressional efforts for a constitutional amendment. The decisions limit state and local rules on abortion and require hospital care, patient information, and a 24 hour waiting period. Leaders like Nanette Falkenberg and Archbishop Cooke weighed in, with calls for a human life amendment and renewed debate from Orrin Hatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Congress
High Court
Nanette Falkenberg
National Abortion Rights Action League
Terence Cooke
New York
Cooke
Barbara Lewis
Ohio Right To Life
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Peter Gemma
National Pro-Life Political Action Committee
Space Shuttle Challenger Prepares For Seventh Mission
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Sally Ride the first American woman on a space flight and four male astronauts ready for liftoff on Saturday The countdown began 40 hours before launch at 7 33 am with 12 hours 33 minutes hold time Test conductor Robert Webster ordered more than 50 engineers to consoles as crews checked the external fuel tank computers navigation and crew drinking water The crew including commander Robert Crippen pilot Rick Hauck and mission specialists John Fabian and Norman Thagard arrived from Houston by T 38 jets after training in Houston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
America
Sally Ride
Robert Webster
Ms. Ride
U.S
Robert Crippen
Rick Hauck
John Fabian
Norman Thagard
Houston
Presbyterians End First Reunion Assembly with Central America Critique
The reunited Presbyterian Church U.S.A. wraps an eight day assembly in Atlanta calling for negotiated solutions in Central America and an end to U S military aid to El Salvador and destabilization efforts in Nicaragua The report applauds interchurch unity and a nuanced stance toward transnational corporations, inviting four conservative evangelicals as advisory members of the interim council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
U.S
Central America
Church
el Salvador
Nicaragua
New Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
North
South
Designer Calvin Klein Denies Death Rumors In Interview
Calvin Klein 40 denies rumors of illness or death in a Women’s Wear Daily interview saying he is in great health. Rumors linked him to treatments in Sweden and Switzerland and to a West Coast death report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Klein
Klein
Women’s Wear Daily
Switzerland
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Parole Board
States Rights Party
Yuri Andropov
Politburo
Dinmukhamed Kunayev
Vladimir Shcherbitsky
Nikolai Tikhonov
The
Associated Press
Sally Ride Woman
Space Crew
Presbyterian Church
First Assembly
Robert Redford
Bernard Malamud
Mark Johnson
Buffalo, N.Y
Redford
War Memorial Stadium
Beverly Hills, Calif
Sheika Dena Al-Fassi
Sheik Mohammed Al-Fassi
Jackie Applebaum
Sheika
Calvin
Dena Al-Fassi
Allstate
Sears Financial Network
Allstate Insurance Company
Northbrook
Illinois
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!