Gressette Resists Quick Reapportionment Conclusions
In Columbia Senate President Pro Tem Marion Gressette vows not to quit on remap efforts as leaders warn of court intervention. The House and Senate disagree on 46 single member districts with key fights over Orangeburg Calhoun and Charleston areas. Matthews and Gressette clash over district shifts while black caucus politics draw sharp debate.
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Mike Daniel
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Bob Sheheen
D-Kershaw
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Pee Dee
Gressette
Conference Committee
Rep
John Matthews
Calhoun
Orangeburg
Matthews
Bowman
Legislative Black Caucus
Charleston
Sheheen
Abducted Woman Found Alive After Week of Death Threats
Patricia Hively, 42, was released by two men in Gettysburg after a weeklong abduction during an armed robbery in Taneytown. Police report she was bound and blindfolded and received death threats with knife and gun.
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Taneytown, Md
Taneytown
Bruce Moore
Patricia Hively
Gettysburg
Moore
Hively
New Research Indicates AIDS Can Be Transmitted Heterosexually
Boston AP reports that new research from Montefiore Medical Center shows AIDS may spread through heterosexual contact. Seven women with regular exposure to male AIDS patients were studied. one has AIDS and five show abnormal signs suggesting possible infection.
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Boston
Neal H. Steigbigel
Steigbigel
Montefiore Medical Center
New York
Hollings Attacks Glenn Plan On Pollution Control
In Concord New Hampshire Sen. Ernest Hollings attacked rival Sen John Glenns acid rain proposal during a 1984 campaign stop calling it naive and indefensible He criticized the plan to tax electricity consumers using coal plants to fund pollution controls as an ineffective approach to curbing sulfur dioxide emissions blamed for acid rain Remarks came at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests as environmentalists link coal plant emissions to lake and forest pollution.
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N.H
Ernest Hollings
South Carolina
New Hampshire
John Glenn
Society For the Protection of
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Glenn
Ohio
Midwest
Gary Hart
Colorado
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Senate
Senate Clinches Last Chance Budget Fight in 1984 Plan
The Senate debates a Republican budget proposal aiming to keep deficits near 200 billion for four years with modest tax raises and a 7.1 percent defense rise next year. Sen Domenici says leaders will try to pass it, while five moderates reportedly resist on a near identical plan.
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Senate
Senate Budget Committee
Reagan
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Senate Gop
Domenici
Lowell Weicker
Connecticut
Charles McC Mathias Jr
Maryland
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Robert Stafford
Vermont
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Reagan tells EPA chief to get tough with polluters
President Reagan swears in William D. Ruckelshaus as EPA administrator praising him as the Mr. Clean who will lead a new start. He orders a tough drive on acid rain hazardous waste cleanup and strict enforcement of environmental laws. House votes to cite former EPA executive for contempt of Congress during the transition.
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William D. Ruckelshaus
Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Environmental Protection Agency
White House
Reagan
Washington
EPA
House of Representatives
Congress
Clean
Ruckelshaus
Lavelle Faces Prosecution for Refusing to Testify
Rita M. Lavelle, former EPA assistant administrator in charge of the superfund program, faces criminal prosecution after defying House subpoenas. The House voted 413 to 0 to cite her for failing to testify before the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on investigations, amid her February firing by President Reagan.
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Washington
Rita M. Lavelle
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
House
Ms. Lavelle
Reagan
House Energy and Commerce
Audit Finds SC Highway Dept Mismanages Road Repair
The Legislative Audit Council reports the South Carolina Highway Department disassembles funds by building new roads while neglecting repairs and reducing maintenance staff. About 10,553 miles need resurfacing and face a 40 year wait at a 2 percent repair rate. The panel cites a potential conflict of interest involving internal auditors and notes the Motor Vehicle Division has not been audited in a decade.
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Columbia
State Highway Department
South Carolina
Legislative Audit Council
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Audit Council
Paul Cobb
Cobb
Emory Austin
Harold Austin
William Shatner to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
William Shatner will get a star on Hollywood Boulevard near Manns Chinese Theater, becoming the 1,762nd star in the sidewalk. Monique Moss of the Chamber of Commerce confirms the event and Shatner's ongoing role in T J Hooker. The news places the Star Trek star among Hollywood’s legendary figures.
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William Shatner
Capt
James T. Kirk
Los Angeles
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
Monique Moss
Chamber of Commerce
Shatner
Mann’s
Grauman’s
Kirk
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