South Carolina Homebuyers Older and Pricer in 1979 Study
The Associated Press reports Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp in Milwaukee found SC borrowers averaged 35 years old in the first quarter of 1979, three years above the national average. The typical SC home cost $48,317, up 18.6 percent from 1978, with only Vermont, Louisiana and Hawaii posting larger price increases.
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Officers Shot In Two Incidents Across Three Cities
Authorities hunted at least two suspects after two Blackville officers and a Charleston officer were shot. Pat Stroman was critically wounded in the head and Pat Stroman is listed in critical condition at University Hospital in Augusta. Henry King was shot in the arm and listed in fair condition at Barnwell County Hospital. In Charleston, Eugene Irwin, 21, underwent early surgery for a gunshot wound to the arm.
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State DSS challenges federal welfare rule change
South Carolina Department of Social Services rebutts a federal decision by HEW to cut welfare spending in the fourth quarter. Commissioner Virgil Conrad says the change would cost the state about 6.5 million dollars.
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Crime Reports Rise In Year In Columbia
The State Law Enforcement Division reports a 20.3 percent rise in robbery, rape, and murder in the first quarter of 1979 from 1978, with overall crime up 9 percent and nonviolent crime up 7.9 percent. DSS sues a federal agency over a summer cutback affecting indigent medical services amid a $1 billion HEW reduction.
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