SC February unemployment dips as colleges boost hiring
Columbia reports February jobless rate at 7.6 percent, down from 7.8 in January, with 115,300 unemployed. Counties top and bottom include McCormick 19.2 percent, Georgetown 15.2 percent, Lexington 4.1 percent, Richland 4.2 percent, Berkeley 4.4 percent, Dorchester 4.7 percent, Charleston 5.4 percent. Aiken at 7.3 percent. Officials foresee further declines as spring semesters begin.
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Senator Returns After Two Month Absence in Ohio
Senator Marigene Valiquette a Toledo Democrat returns to the Statehouse in Columbus after a two month absence with no public explanation given. She last attended a Senate session in January and has not been seen in Toledo for two years.
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Columbus, Ohio
Senate
Marigene Valiquette
Toledo
Blacks Boycott Mississippi Businesses Over White Superintendent
In Indianola Mississippi schools closed after black students largely stayed home and parents boycotted white owned stores to protest the appointment of a white school superintendent. Only 317 of 3029 district students attended classes as parents marched outside businesses all day.
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Indianola
Miss
Mississippi
School Bus Overturns injuring 25 students near Beaufort
Twenty five junior high students were taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital after a school bus rolled into a ditch. Sixteen were treated at the scene by EMS with many wearing neck braces. Officials said there were no serious injuries.
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Nign
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Beaufort County Emergency Medical Service
Gazette Seeks Appeal After Jury Rebuffs Monopoly Suit
Arkansas Gazette contemplates appeal after a jury rejected its lawsuit accusing the rival Arkansas Democrat of pursuing a newspaper monopoly in violation of federal and state law. Publisher Hussman Jr. says the suit should have won. Patterson Jr. notes ethical and legal grounds and will consult counsel. Separate report: Peter C. Myers to be named deputy secretary of agriculture, moving up from assistant secretary for natural resources and environment.
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Gazette
Hugh B. Patterson Jr
Greenville Actress Sarah Cunningham Randolph Dies
Greenville native and film and television actress Sarah Cunningham Randolph has died. She and her husband, actor John Randolph, had returned to Hollywood, California.
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Greenville
Sarah Cunningham Randolph
John Randolph
Hollywood
Calif
Koop Sees End To U S Smoking In 20 Years
Surgeon General C Everett Koop says cigarette companies should prepare for a future without smoking and that the Public Health Service will aid a transition to life enhancing business. He predicts cigarette production will end within 20 years amid anti smoking pressure.
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C. Everett Koop
America
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Koop
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Walker Merryman
Washington, D.C
David Fisher
R.J. Reynolds Industries Inc
Winston-Salem
Ntte
Fisher
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Soviet Schoolgirl Hopes Trip To United States Not In Vain
Eleven year old Katerina Lycheva, on a peace tour in the United States, told DC officials she hopes her trip helps promote world peace. She planned a White House visit and met with groups but a Reagan meeting was not on the schedule.
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Reagan
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Houston
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Chicago
Samantha
Maine
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Hours Notice
Aiken Standard lists contact numbers for subscriptions advertising and news tips. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, with customer service 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. Sunday. Office address is 124 Rutland Drive, Aiken, SC, 29802.
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Aiken, S.C
Abused Persons Coalition
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Volun
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Wagener
North Augusta
Wagener Police
Aken Standard
Aken Communcations Inc
P.O
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S.C
Amen
Cable Companies Warned Not To Gauge Customers
Washington AP report notes cable operators face customer backlash when rates rise on January 1 as deregulation expands. Industry leaders warn pricing will hinge on perceived value while markets compare increases to living costs. Executives from Tele-Communications Inc., American TV & Communications, and Sammons Communications discuss strategies and consumer tolerance ahead of the new pricing freedom.
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Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
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American TV & Communications Corp
Englewood
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Rackerby
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Richard D. Roberts
Cabe
William Strange
Sammons Communications
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Texas
Bob Bolen
Sparkman
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