Blind voters better informed on election issues in South Carolina
South Carolina’s visually impaired voters total about 10,000. The state Commission for the Blind explains how blind voters access the ballot with a poll worker and a third party, and notes a volunteer driver program to aid those without transportation. A closed circuit radio network provides detailed news reading to inform voters.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Tom Peach
State Commission For the Blind
Peach
Election Commission
Commission
Judge rejects networks bid to release Abscam tapes
A federal judge denied NBC ABC and CBS access to audio and video tapes from the Abscam bribery trial of Rep. John W. Jenrette. Judge John Garrett Penn will later explain his ruling, saying broadcasting the tapes is not the same as presenting full evidence to a jury.
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Washington
Abscam
John W. Jenrette
D-S.c
U.S
John Garrett Penn
NBC
ABC
CBS
Floyd Abrams
Penn
Abrams
Windblast Likely Fells Air Crewman in Phantom Ejection
Air Force report says Capt. Ryan Cobb probably died from a windblast after ejecting from an F4 Phantom during a training flight over the Atlantic. Cobb, 35, from Starr South Carolina, was in the rear cockpit when the two seater suffered mechanical failures and the canopy detached before his ejection.
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Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
Ryan Cobb
Starr
S.C
915 Tactical Fighter Group
Atlantic Ocean
Russell R. Hammer
Weather May Help Determine If S C Has Record Turnout
South Carolinians eligible to vote reached a record level with 1,235,516 registered voters including 100,000 new voters. Polls opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 7 p.m. in most counties, with Lancaster staying open longer for in line voters. Officials predicted turnout around 850,000, while tempers and hostage concerns in Iran influenced undecided voters.
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S.C
Associated Press
State Election Commission
Lancaster
Ellisor
Iran
First Black contenders in South Carolina Senate face stiff race
Charleston radio executive William Saunders and Columbia publisher Isaac Washington head races for 170 General Assembly seats amid party clashes. Several incumbents face tough opposition. women and Republicans fight for gains as races in Lee County and other districts shape the election outcome.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
General Assembly
House of Representatives
House
William Saunders
Wpal Radio
Saunders
Charleston County
Glenn F. McConnell
McConnell
North Charleston
Georgetown County
Isaac Washington
July Publications
Alex Sanders
Jeff Richardson
Greenville
Tommy Hartnett
Congress
Gilbert McMillan
Aiken
Norma C. Russell
Lexington
F.W
Billy” Caughman
Tom Turnipseed
Marilyn G. Ayers
Sumter
Phil Leventis
John E. Miles
Patricia Haskell-Robinson
Nick Theodore
Charles Garrett
Fountain Inn
David Turnipseed
Spartanburg
William E. Knotts Jr
Barnwell
Allen R. Carter
William A. Carr
Knotts
Ryan C. Shealy
Lexington County
Carter
Joint Legislative Committee On Energy
Arthur Ravenel
Alexander S. Macaulay
Valhalla
Hugh K. Leatherman
Florence
Macaulay
Sen
Herbert Morgan
D-Oconee
Thomas Moore
W. Paul Cantrell
C. Julian Dunbar
Don C. Gibson
Education Committee
Harry A. Chapman
Robert Terrell
Richardson
Benjamin Bowen
Greenville County
Labor, Commerce and Industry
John Drummond
Nelson Brown
Greenwood
McCormick Counties
John A. Martin
Fairfield
John R. Harvin
Nikki Setzler
Ray V. Moseley III
GOP
Bowen
Lee County
Edward B. Baskin
Isaac C. Joe
Mount Pleasant High School
Baskin
Sumter Daily Item
Joe
Black Rock Hill
Samuel R. Foster
Elden Bagley
Thomas Broadwater
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, S.C
Jenrette
George Graham
Republican Party
Graham
Bryan Dorn
James Ellisor
Thomas L. Hughston
Charles E. Drake
Richland
Archie Hardy
Harold L. Roach
Lloyd I. Hendricks
C. Eben Young
James E. Kinard Jr
William B. Barber Jr.Aiken
Thomas E. Huff
William L. Gray
Larry L. Koon
Michael A. Aun
Marc Westbrook
Ronnie C. Wood
G. Martin Langston
Dalton Sheppard Jr
Southern Railway
Harold H. Hall
President
Southern Railway System
Washington, D.C
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