Bumper Peach Crop Won’t Cover Losses
South Carolina peach farmers expect a record crop this year but warn profits won’t erase two years of losses from freezes in 82 and 83. Prices likely fall below 1982 83 levels with about 480 million pounds to harvest and a market influenced by other fruit arrivals.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Gene Hall
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Columbia
Marvin Owings
Clemson Extension Service
Spartanburg
Hall
Jim Rothwell
Clemson University
New Jersey
Rothwell
McCormick Residents Back Proposed 480-Bed Prison
About 200 people at a public meeting in McCormick County voiced support for a new 480 bed medium security prison. Only 14 opposed location and 115 25 rejected a countywide advisory referendum. Residents cited jobs and economic growth as key reasons for backing the project.
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McCormick
McCormick County
Jennings McAbee
D-Mccormick
Charles Jennings Jr
Plum Branch
Woodrow Wilson Price
Eddie White
Department of Corrections
Gary Wayne Nelson
Twin's Condition Stable After Siamese Separation
An infant, "Baby A," remains in critical but stable condition in the MUSC Hospital ICU after surgery to separate Siamese twins. Her sister died of a heart attack during the operation. The surviving baby weighs about 6 pounds and has two pancreases and two gall bladders. Doctors warn prognosis depends on multiple factors and risks include infection and nutrition issues.
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Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
Musc Hospital
Margaret Mohrmann
Ex Manager Charged With Trust Breach At Greenville Museum
Rudy Allen Gary 35 was arrested and charged with breach of trust over more than 20000 dollars allegedly missing from the Greenville County Museum of Art. He raised his own salary by about 20000 dollars in four years while serving as operations manager from 1980 to a resignation in May.
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Greenville
Greenville County Museum of Art
Rudy Allen Gary
Gary
Simpsonville
Tom Styron
Styron
Capt
D.M
Bridges
Jack Morris
Arthur
Holly Magill
James Bowne
Less
Southern Baptists Forming TV Network in South
The Southern Baptist Convention plans a new television network offering sports drama music comedy and news along with worship services and talk shows. Two Charlotte area station applications are in with more pending in Greensboro Charleston Columbia and Greenville. The service will also appear on cable in Gastonia Greensboro High Point and Lincolnton and aims to provide three hours of local programming weekdays and five on Sundays.
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Charlotte
Southern Baptist Convention
Jimmy Allen
The
Baptist Convention
Radio and Television Commission
Allen
Federal Communications Commission
Greensboro
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
Gastonia
High Point
Lincolnton
Country Crossroads
Jerry Clower
Insight
Fort Worth
Texas
Man convicted in 155 killing
Roosevelt Pollard, 20, of St. Louis was found guilty by a Circuit Court jury of murder and armed robbery in the December 26, 1983, shooting death of 12-year-old Aly Thao, a Laotian immigrant, as the boy rode home from a Christmas trip to Arkansas with his brothers and missionary father.
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Hillsboro, Ill
Arkansas
Roosevelt Pollard
St. Louis
Aly Thao
Stevenson assails Reagan on defense budget handling
Columbia RP reports Nancy Stevenson, Democratic congressional candidate, denounces the Reagan administration for defense budget mismanagement and insufficient arms control progress. She cites Grace Commission findings of 137 billion potential savings and urges scrutiny of waste while stressing the need for readiness and public support for military sacrifices.
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Columbia
Nancy Stevenson
Stevenson
Ken Mosely
Floyd Spence
America
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White House
Washington, D.C
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Connie Marshner
Child and Family Protection Institute
Washington
Harold Sawyer
R-Mich
Southern Baptists
T&mcrafts
Silver Bluff Road
Southern Bell Business Office
Southern Bell
Bellsouth Company
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