Brady Earns Honorary Degree Amid Commencement Cheer
Coast Carolina College honors White House Press Secretary Jim Brady with an honorary Doctor of Public Service as 360 graduates receive diplomas. Brady, who recovered from injuries after the 1981 assassination attempt, urges graduates to persevere with humor and returns part time to the White House press office.
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James S. Brady
Reagan
Carolina Coastal College Board of Trustees
Alberta Grimes
Brady
Bear
University of South Carolina
James Holderman
Coastal Carolina
North Myrtle Beach
White House
Officials Warn Little Chance of Washington Paying for Land
The U S Army Corps of Engineers studies renourishing 37 miles of Grand Strand beaches at an estimated cost up to 100 million while federal funding appears unlikely. Local officials report no environmental obstacles to renourishment though sand supplies offshore remain uncertain. The study began in 1982 and should wrap by fall next year with 425 thousand spent and a further 250 thousand requested.
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Corps
Lee Smith
Charleston
Radiation from Chernobyl detected in air in South Carolina
DHEC reports first trace levels of radioactivity in air possibly linked to the April Ukraine nuclear accident. SC officials note levels are very low, not dangerous, with iodine-131 and cesium identified. Rainfall may carry more reads in coming weeks.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Ukraine
Hagan Thompson
Aisman
Environmental Protection Agency
Atlanta
Jolan Bivens
Environmental
Moni
Toring
Department of Health and Environmental Control
Bivens
DHEC
Thom Berry
Berry
Jenrette Freed After Abscam Prison Term
Former South Carolina congressman John Jenrette, released from a Atlanta federal prison for family business, reflects on his 13 month Abscam sentence and uncertain return to politics. He plans two months at a Florence halfway house before reporting.
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Galivants Ferry
South Carolina
John Jenrette
Jenrette
Atlanta
North Myrtle Beach
FBI
Abscam
USS
John Garrett Penn
6Th
Cunette
Robin Tallon
Florence
Trans
General Assembly
Mike Daniel
Marion
Gubernatorial Candidates Pledge Support For Farmers
At a 106th Democratic stump meeting in Galivants Ferry three of four candidates pledged aid to South Carolina farmers. Frank Eppes urged a moratorium on farm foreclosures, Phil Lader lamented the decline of small farming, and Hugh Leatherman promised continued work for tobacco farmers in the General Assembly. John Jenrette attended. Mike Daniel missed due to weather.
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Galivants Ferry
South Carolina
Frank Eppes
Winthrop College
Phil Lader
Hugh Leatherman
Eppes
Lader
Leatherman
Florence
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