Hess Attorneys Claim SLED Bugged Offices
Retired Chief Justice Moss was to decide on dismissal of a six count bribery and extortion indictment against Columbia Police Chief Arthur G. Hess. His lawyers alleged office bugging and possible home listening devices tied to a probe by the State Law Enforcement Division.
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Hess
Lexington
Joseph R. Moss
Columbia Police
Arthur G. Hess
Gaston Fairey
Marvin
Bo” Mullis
State Law Enforcement
West Columbia
Columbia
Joel Hendrix
One man investigator sues pinball probe forces
South Carolina official Hess conducts a one man inquiry into pinball operations while attorneys present an electronics expert, William David Sullivan, to trace bug signals to SLED headquarters. Fairey reports finding a device in his office and says the state likely installed bugs. SLED Captain Gasque denies surveillance capability. Sullivan concedes the jamming device used in Mullis’ office was built from CB radio parts.
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Hess
William David Sullivan
Landrum
SLED
Fairey
Moss
Leon Gasque
Sullivan
Mullis
Scientists Seek Sunken Ship Near Isle of Palms
NUMA researchers using a magnetometer near Charleston found an object 18 to 20 feet down on the Isle of Palms. They believe the find could be the Civil War blockade runner Stonewall Jackson and may be connected to the submarine Hunley, which went down off Sullivan's Island on February 17, 1864 after sinking the USS Housatonic.
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Charleston
Hunley
National Underwater and Marine Agency Inc
Isle of Palms
Susan E. Wynne
NUMA
Stonewall Jackson
Sullivan’s Island
Housatonic
Autopsy Ordered On Body Remains In Georgetown
Georgetown officials report an autopsy will be performed by the Medical University of South Carolina on dismembered body parts found dumped at the Georgetown County Solid Waste Disposal site. Workers discovered a plastic bag containing two arms two legs a head and buttocks of a white female with black hair estimated age 30 to 45.
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Georgetown
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston
Georgetown County
Communion Items Stolen From St Peter's Episcopal Church
Police report theft of 1800s era silver communion vessels including altar items and brass pieces from St Peter's Episcopal Church Charleston. Break in occurred between 2 30 p m Friday and 7 15 a m Saturday after a courtyard door was kicked in.
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Charleston
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Michael C. Boss
Enoree Youth Killed in Motorcycle Collision Near Enoree
ENoree AP Spar tanburg County 17 year old Ronald Carroll Wright died Monday evening in a collision on Highway 92 three miles from I 26. Wright riding a motorized bicycle behind a farm tractor tried to turn left into a driveway and struck an oncoming car.
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Enoree
Spartanburg County
Ronald Carroll Wright
Smith E. Thomas
Wright
Hearings Open on V C Summer Nuclear Plant Safety
A three judge NRC panel opened hearings in Columbia on South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. for a license to operate the V C Summer Nuclear Plant. Residents voiced concerns about waste disposal, decommissioning, radiation, and water contamination as the process aims for a fall operating license and full online status by mid 1982.
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Columbia
V.C
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Atomic Licensing and Safety Board
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
Sce&g
Island
Brett Bursey
Patsy Bianchi
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