Out Called On Columbia Brawl Players and Fans
A West Columbia judge fined two Columbia baseball players and three spectators 108 each for foul play after a Saturday night brawl over a third out call. The melee at Gabby's All Stars versus West Columbia Braves drew about 900 people with several injuries and one man needing 20 stitches. Police chief Vernon Boatwright warned residents to be more thick skinned.
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West Columbia
Columbia
Kellum Allen
Gabby
All Stars of Columbia
West Columbia Braves
West Columbia Police
Vernon Boatwright
Landowner Wins Part of Lake Murray Shore from SCE&G
After almost four decades, Jessie Burkette receives title to 39 acres along Lake Murray shore while the South Carolina Electric & Gas Co gains the remaining 48 acres. SCE&G plans public access on its portion, tracing ownership to 1943 when it absorbed Lexington Water Power Co.
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Lexington Water Power Co
Lake Murray
Dorchester Democrats Seek Ballot Seizure in Sheriff Runoff
Dorchester County Democratic Party asks a circuit judge to seize all ballots from a sheriff runoff for safekeeping after protests by losing candidate J C Woodberry. Incumbent Sheriff Carl Knight leads by 115 votes. concerns include about 200 absentee ballots and precinct voting at Givhans. Woodberry has until Monday to file his protest for review at a St George meeting next Thursday.
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Dorchester
Dorchester County Democratic Party
Chuck Schwartz
J.C. Woodberry
Carl Knight
Woodberry
Givhans
Knight
Schwartz
St. George
Evacuation Plan Considered for Possible Dump Hazards
Columbia civil defense and state officials weigh evacuation procedures for two Richland County sites storing hazardous chemicals. Assessments vary over disaster potential at Bluff Road and Dreyfuss Road. DHEC opposes cleanup and evacuation plan, citing private ownership and uncertain response methods.
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Columbia
Columbia Civil Defense
Richland County
Bluff Road
Dreyfuss Road
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Civil Defense
Hugh Boyd
Boyd
DHEC
Robert S. Jackson
Jackson
State Fairgrounds
John Freeman
Columbia Fire
Harvey Evans
Freighter Captain Dies Saving Sailor From Fumes
In the ship Torm Jessie off Charleston Captain Elias Arkulis died saving crewman Mohammad Aly Hassan from poisonous fumes. Hassan survived to be treated in Charleston at the Medical University hospital as officials probe the cause with no toxic cargo found aboard.
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Charleston
Elias Arkulis
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Mohammad Aly Hassan
Arkalis
Hassan
Medical University of South Carolina Hospital
Jehovah's Witnesses District Convention Aims for Campaign
Nearly 10 000 Jehovah's Witnesses gather in Columbia for a four day district convention and a large scale canvassing drive planned to reach 100 000 homes. The event features sermons lectures baptisms and a strong emphasis on preaching as part of the fundamentalist program. Women are not elders and the faith rejects abortion and blood transfusions.
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Columbia
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Muskie pledges increased US aid to Thailand against Vietnamese attacks
Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie, after a NATO session, promised accelerated military support to Thailand to counter cross border assaults by Vietnamese forces. Thailand's Siddhi Savatsila said the pledge came during Muskie's meeting with Thai officials before ASEAN talks. Muskie criticized Vietnam's aggression in Cambodia and warned the conflict could widen.
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Edmund Muskie
Left
Thailand
Siddhi Savetsila
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Edmund S. Muskie
NATO
Afghanistan
U.S
Siddhi Savatsila
Muskie
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Siddhi
Vietnam
Cambodia
Egyptian Official: Begin Holds Obsolete Peace Ideas
Vice President Hosni Mubarak accuses Israeli Prime Minister Begin of obstructing peace since the 15 month old treaty. He rejects imposed faits accomplis on East Jerusalem as Egypt resumes autonomy talks with Egypt and Israel envoys in Washington.
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Cairo
Egypt
Begin
al Ahram
Hosni Mubarak
East Jerusalem
Israel
U.S
Washington
Menachem Begin
Middle East
Mubarak Said
Food Influx Luxuries Yet Famine Grim in Uganda Karamoja
Relief workers report increased foreign food shipments for 400000 famine stricken Karamojong in northeast Uganda while daily deaths run about 200 from starvation and disease. The three year drought and post Amin unrest intensify the crisis. The death rate would equal 1.5 percent of the tribe per month.
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Kampala
Uganda
Karamoja
Melissa Wells
United Nations Development Program
Idi Amin
Soviet Tokyo Express TU-16 Crashes Off Niigata
The Soviet TU-16 bomber from the Tokyo Express reconnaissance pair crashed into the sea off Niigata about 180 miles northwest of Tokyo after circling a Japanese patrol boat Nemuro. Two crew members were recovered, while the remaining five were lost at sea. a second Badger circled the crash site for 90 minutes.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Express
Niigata
Japanese Defense Agency
Sado Island
Nemuro
The
Defense Agency
Japan
Heat Wave Brings 113 Degree Dallas Reading
A brutal Texas heat wave sent Dallas to a record 113 degrees as the area sweltered with no relief expected until next week. Power failures shut down cooling, air conditioner thefts rose, and two heatstroke deaths were reported with a possible third under review in the Dallas Fort Worth region.
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Dallas
Texas
Mike Killingsworth
Nelson- Brantley Glass Co
Dallas-Fort Worth
Newsprint Shortage Looms as Strike Looms
U S publishers brace for a possible strike at Abitibi Price Inc the Canadian supplier providing about 20 percent of newsprint used by papers. A longer inventory cushion exists but a prolonged stoppage could force cutbacks in news, ads or circulation.
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United States
Abitibi-Price Inc
Canada
U.S
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Potts Appeals Repeatedly In Death Penalty Case
Convicted killer Jack Howard Potts seeks federal relief after U S District Judge William C O Kelley denied a stay of his July 1 execution The judge noted Potts abandoned earlier appeals waiving federal review and said he may proceed to the federal appeals court Potts has twice fired lawyers and insisted he would die in the electric chair rather than live in prison
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Atlanta
Jack Howard Potts
Georgia
William C. O’kelley
Potts
O’kelley
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