Thurmond Backs Reagan for GOP Nomination
U S Senator Strom Thurmond endorsed Ronald Reagan for the Republican presidential nomination after Connally quit the race following a poor South Carolina primary. Thurmond cited state support for Reagan and pledged full backing, joined by South Carolina campaign aides Ed Young Jesse Helms Billy Wilkins Phil Bradley and Jesse Cooksey.
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U.S
Strom Thurmond
Ronald Reagan
Thurmond
John Connally
Connally
South Carolina
Reagan
Ed Young
Greenville
Jesse Helms
Billy Wilkins
Phil Bradley
GOP
Jesse Cooksey
Merit Panel vows arm's length stance toward PSC
The Public Service Commission Merit Selection Panel held its first meeting and pledged to avoid close ties with the PSC. Eugene D. Allen called for distance, while attorney William P. Simpson urged an arm's length relationship. Chairman B. O. Thomason said initial weeks require limited dealings.
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Columbia
Public Service Commission
PSC
Eugene D. Allen
Commission
William P. Simpson
B. O
Tommy” Thomason
Greenville
Dick Riley
Army Medalist Lt Gen Robert McCrady Dies at 61
Lt Gen Robert Lane McCrady former South Carolina adjutant general died Monday night at 61 after a heart attack in 1975 and health problems leading to his retirement from the South Carolina Army National Guard. He was the first SC guardsman off active duty to receive the Army Commendation Medal while heading the Palmetto Military Academy.
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Columbia
Robert Lane McCrady
South Carolina
South Carolina Army National Guard
Guard
McCrady
Palmetto Military Academy
Bus and Truck Collision Injures 45 Students
A Chesterfield County school bus carrying forty five students crashed with a tractor-trailer at Green and Market Streets in Cheraw at about 3 25 pm. Students received minor injuries and were treated at Chesterfield Memorial Hospital. Bus driver Milton L Kimrey 16 of Cheraw and truck driver Ernest L O Nea 37 of Clio were involved.
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Cheraw
Chesterfield County
Chesterfield Memorial Hospital
Harold Taylor
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Milton L. Kimrey
Ernest L. O’neal
Clio
Taylor
Green
Market
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Edward D. Jones & Co
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Park Ave
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Southern Bell Phone Center
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