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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1982
Page
10
State Senate Republicans prepared to resume the battle against a tax checkoff for political campaigns. Senator Glenn McConnell of Charleston launched a filibuster last week. Supporters reportedly planned to move to end debate and push the $1 earmark measure through despite the six day rule.
Hicks Harwell, a Democratic candidate for the 6th District, energizes about 2,000 attendees at the Galivants Ferry Stump Meeting with biting rhetoric aimed at Washington and a petition for broader economic relief beyond cheese for the district. He targets a movie actor impersonating a president while urging stronger policies for the poor and consternation over national economic policy.
The five state march supporting a strong Voting Rights Act extension arrives in Columbia. Marchers protest Reagan economic policy and military spending increases and plan a 4 p.m. rally on the capitol steps with a 7:30 p.m. caucus hearing in the Blatt Building.
Columbia police have no clues about who left a newborn baby boy in a Downtown Medical Center elevator. Investigator Gordon A. Crews says the infant weighs 5 pounds 8 ounces and investigators have not progressed.
The piece argues Toyota remains a bright spot in the U.S. economy while calls for U.S. auto industry reform. It notes import restrictions cost consumers billions and mentions GM's merger discussions with Toyota on joint U.S. production. The tone is optimistic about a soon finalized collaboration.
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