Bell Rate Hike Hearings Open Across South Carolina
In Columbia AP report Southern Bell seeks a 78.5 million dollar rate increase before the South Carolina Public Service Commission. Hearings in Greenville Columbia and Charleston run on November 30 December 1 and December 4 with few customers attending.
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Columbia
Southern Bell Telephone Co
State Public Service Commission
Southern Bell
South Carolina
Greenville
Charleston
PSC
NAACP Probes Police Actions in Fountain Inn
Greenville NAACP plans an investigation into alleged harassment of Black residents by Fountain Inn Police Department. S.T. Peden announced the probe after a community meeting addressing a fatal shooting of a Black man by a white Fountain Inn officer.
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Greenville
Greenville County
NAACP
Fountain Inn
S.T. Peden
Keith Jordan
Heating Funds To State Cut Heating Aid In SC This Winter
South Carolina faces a substantial cut in heating funds for the poor and elderly this winter though officials promise aid for all eligible applicants. The state will receive 9.5 million for heating help weatherization and emergency assistance, down from 13 million for heating last year.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Palmetto
John Rumford
Division of Economic Opportunity
Tax Revenue Under Estimate
Columbia SC General Fund tax collections totaled 143 million dollars in October, up 8.3 percent from October 1980 but about 4 percent below the 1981 82 fiscal year forecast. Board of Economic Advisers predicted a 12.2 percent rise.
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Columbia
South Carolina
General Fund
Robert C. Wasson
Binta South Istataed
Board of Economic Advisers
Delay Granted In Extradition Case For Stroman
Attorneys for Willie Blood Stroman received more time to collect witnesses to support the claim he was not in Columbia when root doctor Edward Harkless and three others were killed. Superior Court Judge Clifton Johnson postponed ruling on extradition at the request of Marshall Karro. Stroman, 43, was arrested Oct. 19 in Charlotte and is jailed in Mecklenburg County.
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Charlotte
N.C
Willie
Stroman
Columbia
Edward Harkless
Marshall Karro
Superior Court
Clifton Johnson
Mecklenburg County
Jury Weighs Bank Robbery Ring Tied to New World of Islam
A federal jury in Newark weighs if 17 defendants formed a bank robbery ring to fund the New World of Islam sect and buy a headquarters in Calhoun Falls. The defense did not present challenges as defendants claimed federal authorities were targeting their religion.
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Newark
N.J
Calhoun Falls
Bondswoman Remains In Jail On Federal Bond
Martha F. Mims a Myrtle Beach bondswoman remained in jail on a 500000 federal bond set for perjury charges tied to a drug smuggling bond of the same amount for a fugitive client.
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Columbia
Myrtle Beach
Martha F. Mims
Replacing Gressette May Alter Split Vote
Beaufort AP report notes replacing Sen. Marion Gressette on the joint conference committee could break a 3-3 deadlock over redrawing congressional districts. Sen. Tom E. Smith was appointed to the reapportionment panel after Gressette’s resignation, with the next meeting set for Friday at 11 a.m.
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Beaufort
Marion Gressette
House-Senate
Peden McLeod
Walterboro
McLeod
Beaufort Gazette
Tom E. Smith
Senate
House
Nancy Stevenson
Smith
Florence
Grossette
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Gressette
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