Teachers Take Case To State House Steps
In Columbia the Aiken County Education Association led 20 teachers to urge state funding for public schools. ACEA president elect Ken Weaver said a millage increase must come from the General Assembly to meet needs for 1980 81.
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Columbia
Aiken County Education Association
S.C. State House
Ken Weaver
ACEA
South Carolina
General Assembly
Aiken County
Weaver
Rep. C
Marshall Cain
Aiken
State Senate
Cain
State House
Elizabeth Harrington
Fed Cuts Lending Fee to Banks
The Federal Reserve Board lowers its lending fee to banks, a move analysts see as easing rates for consumers amid a recession. The piece notes unemployment claims hitting record highs, with 675,000 initial claims for the week ending May 17 and an estimated May unemployment rate around 7.5 percent.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
China commits to nuclear weapons development
Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng said China will develop strategic weapons to break the nuclear monopoly but will not be first to use atomic arms. He warned anti-government protests in South Korea increase peninsula instability while North Korea shows no intent to attack the South.
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Tokyo
Hua Guofeng
Peking
South Korea
Korean
Seoul
North Korea
South
Shots Fired At U S Embassy Sparks Tehran Mashhad Incident
The Associated Press reports gunfire outside the U S Embassy in Tehran and at a Mashhad residence where hostages are held. No injuries were reported as guards fired in the air when a suspicious car approached. the car then vanished and no shots were verified.
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Associated Press
U.S
Tehran
Mashhad
Urban League Director Shot in Fort Wayne
Vernon E. Jordan Jr., ex executive director of the National Urban League, was shot twice as he left a car near a motel in Fort Wayne Indiana. Police reported no suspects or motive. Jordan, 44, remained critically but stably hospitalized with wounds to the stomach and leg.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Vernon E. Jordan Jr
National Urban League
Jordan
Dan Gibson
Parkview Memorial Hospital
Marriott Inn
Gibson
Bob Williams
Fort Wayne Urban League
Chicago
Jesse Jackson
Daniel S. Davis
New York
Houston
Davis
Shirley
John Jacobs
Urban League
Fifth Avenue
Greenwood County Builds New Courthouse In Place Of 1897 Structure
Greenwood County replaced its 1897 courthouse with a brick court building finished in 1967 that now houses most county offices. Jones H. Buchanan oversaw construction with a building committee steering the project after the 1960s legislative delegation decided to condemn the old courthouse. Aiken County nearly followed a similar path in 1971 but drainage issues halted the plan.
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Greenwood County
Jones H. Buchanan
Aiken County
East Aiken
Hallman and Weems
Cour
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