County Solons Oppose Truck Bill in House Debate
The South Carolina House adjourned without resolving opposition to a bill allowing twin tractor trailer rigs on highways. Backers seek faster passage via amendments while opponents warn of safety, road wear, and impact on small truckers, with continued filibuster threats as committees consider two related bills.
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Columbia
House of Representatives
Judson Busbee
D-Wagoner
Busbee
Wagener Democrat
General Assembly
Thomas Huff
North Augusta
Huff
Russell and Rudnick Clash In State Legislature News
Sen Norma Russell of Lexington filibustered a public school free lunch bill citing a potential 31 million dollar cost and extra staff needs. Irene Rudnick sponsored stricter penalties for illegal alcohol purchases as the House sent the measure to the Senate. The reapportionment plan would adjust Aiken and Saluda County districts with Edgefield, keeping four districts within county lines. The first known creator of a Christmas crib is Saint Francis of Assisi.
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Columbia
Norma Russell
Lexington
State Department of Education
Tinue
Aiken County
House
Irene K. Rudnick
D-Aiken
Senate
Saluda County
Monetta
Edgefield County
BNFP Plans Debated as Congress Considers Storage Options
Congress weighs two paths for the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant this year with one bill seeking a federal purchase for away from reactor spent fuel storage. The House Interior Committee blocked the purchase amendment while another AFR storage bill circulates, amid industry warnings of possible plant closures by 1985. Senate action could also place BNFP and two other facilities under DOE control.
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Congress
House Interior Committee
House Energy Committee
House
Senate
U.S. Department of Energy
Barnwell
Senators aim to strike storage provision in waste bill
Senators Thurmond and Hollings plan an amendment to remove the storage provision from the Senate nuclear waste management bill. Barnwell officials seek federal purchase at about 300 million dollars. DOE Secretary Edwards asks Congress for 16 million dollars next year for BNFP, with 10 million for ongoing Barnwell R D and 6 million for studies on using Barnwell as a commercial fuel reprocessing center.
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Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Senate
Barnwell
DOE
James B. Edwards
Congress
BNFP
Edwards
Grand jury probes tobacco allotment fraud in Pee Dee region
Horry County grand jury opens an inquiry into an allotment leasing scam tied to more than 1.2 million pounds of tobacco and over 563000 dollars in arrangements. Two men, Vernon G. Stevens and Mitchell W. Wray, face charges with bonds of 173000 and 600000 respectively. Prosecutor Jim Dunn plans to present depositions from about 50 farmers.
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Conway
Horry County
Jim Dunn
Dunn
South Carolina
Bond
Grand Jury
Oil Firm Keeps Georgetown Refinery Plan Despite Veto
The president of Carolina Refinery and Distrib uting Co says the Georgetown project will proceed even after the Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission rejected it in a unanimous vote. A local citizens group hailed the decision citing environmental risks to Sampit River and Winyah Bay, while two state agencies and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were urged to withhold permits. The Water Resources Commission will review and advise the Budget and Control Board on one permit amidst ongoing dispute over job gains versus ecological impact.
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Columbia
Georgetown
State Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission
Carolina
Trial Begins In Hiker Deaths In Virginia
In Giles County Circuit Court Randall Lee Smith faces a murder charge in the slayings of two Appalachian Trail hikers from Maine. Laura Ramsay was stabbed to death and Robert Mountford Jr. was shot in the head. A note found in Smiths locked pickup truck was ruled admissible evidence despite lacking a search warrant.
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Pearisburg, Va
Pearisburg
Randall Lee Smith
Giles County
Laura Susan Ramsay
Robert Mountford
West Pelzer shootout leaves man dead deputy wounded
The State Law Enforcement Division probes a West Pelzer shooting that killed a 49 year old man and wounded a 39 year old auxiliary sheriff's deputy Jimmy Ray Allen. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Anderson Memorial Hospital.
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West Pelzer
Jimmy Ray Allen
Anderson Memorial Hospital
South Carolina Still Attracts Industry Despite Misleading Studies
State Development Board chairman Max Heller says South Carolina remains attractive to industry despite two studies by a Chicago firm and California that allegedly created misconceptions about the state's investor appeal.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Development Board
Max Heller
Chicago
California
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