D C Leaders Blame TV and Judges For Reagan Attack
South Carolina lawmakers and others reacted with shock to the Reagan assassination attempt. Thurmond faced added security while Hollings blamed television. Hartnett and others blamed liberal judges and loopholes.
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Judiciary Committee
Thurmond
South Carolina
Ernest F. Hollings
Secret Service
First District
Thomas F. Hartnett
Hartnett
South Carolina Reacts to Reagan Shooting Across State
Reactions spread from Myrtle Beach to Columbia as South Carolinians express shock and condemnation after the Monday shooting of President Reagan. Residents call for nonviolence while others note the political climate and the impact on USC dorms and local shops.
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Reagan
Secret Service
Washington
Jamie Broadhurst
Myrtle Beach
W.W. Fifield
Pawleys Island
Kern Williams
Laurens
Lincoln
Kennedy
Sharon Leroux
Anderson County
Iva
Charles B. Garrett
Mt. Emmanuel Baptist Church
Greenville
Gay Hawkins
Parker High School
Nofziger recounted Reagan shooting moment at White House
In a Washington office meeting Lyn Nofziger and Lee Atwater heard a urgent call saying there had been a shooting. Reagan was shot in the chest but maintained calm as doctors attended him at George Washington University Hospital.
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Lyn Nofziger
Reagan
Lee Atwater
Nofziger
Atwater
Columbia
George Washington University Hospital
White House
Lyn
State Officials Dismayed By Reagan Shooting
In South Carolina Gov. Richard W. Riley and Republican Party Chairman George Graham voiced shock and outrage over the attack on President Reagan in Washington. They urged the public to demand punishment for the attempt to destroy the government.
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Richard W
Dick) Riley
Republican Party
George Graham
Man applauds Reagan shooting cited for contempt
Abraham Waring, 26, was jailed in Manning after applauding news of the Reagan assassination attempt in court. Circuit Judge James Morris cited him for contempt and deferred sentencing until later in the week, with possible imprisonment up to a year.
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Morris
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