Langley Firemen Walk Off Jobs and Strike
Langley volunteer fire department resigns en masse after dispute with water and sewer commissioners over tanker use. Fire Chief Roy Smith and 18 firefighters quit, leaving town without protection and prompting a petition to remove two commissioners.
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Langley Fire Department
Water and Sewer Commission
Water and Sewer
Melvin Wisham
Alfred Rager
Roy Smith
Smith
Mac Williams
Wisham
Roger
Wisliam
Commission
Williams
Governor Warns Of Gas Shortage In Upstate South Carolina
Gov. James B. Edwards told Greenville reporters that more than 300 upstate industries relying on natural gas should brace for shortages from November through January due to heavy federal regulation. He urged less government control to spur new gas exploration and noted his trip also supported the Greenville municipal election slate. He opposed the fifth form of local government but endorsed including it to pursue home rule while courts decide its constitutionality.
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Greenville
South Carolina
James B. Edwards
Upstate
Edwards
SCE&G Raises Deposit for New Customers
In Columbia AP reports South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. raised the required deposit for new customers from 30 to 50 dollars effective Friday to curb the roughly two million dollars lost annually from nonpayers.
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Columbia
South Carolina Electric and Gas Co
High Court Weighs Venue Change in Bank Suit
The South Carolina Supreme Court reviews a request to move a class action from Saluda to Aiken County in the First State National Bank case. Five stockholders claim they represent 400 stockholders alleging fraudulent stock sales. decision in 2 to 3 months.
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S.C. Supreme Court
First State National Bank
Rufus W. Gosnell
Saluda County
Aiken County
Supreme Court
Two USC graduates named summa cum laude from Aiken
Two Aiken students, Isabel Reichert Vandervelde and Pamela Elizabeth George, were among 11 to graduate with top honors at the University of South Carolina last Saturday. Both earned summa cum laude.
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Aiken
University of South Carolina
Isabel Reichert Vandervelde
Pamela Elizabeth George
Early 16th Century Fishers on Nova Scotia Coasts
National Geographic notes French and Portuguese fishermen worked along Nova Scotia shores in the early 1500s. It says a Portuguese fishing village may have existed on Cape Breton Island as early as 1521, about 99 years before the Pilgrims reached Plymouth Rock.
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Nova Scotian
National Geographic
Cape Breton Island
Plymouth Rock
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