States seek veto over federal nuclear waste site rules
Three state representatives told the Senate Environment Committee that a state objection should survive unless both House and Senate override. They argued a two chamber override would better protect state interests amid a bill to timetable permanent underground storage and temporary sites if needed. Governor Riley condemned temporary storage as national policy by default. Mississippi Texas and Utah echoed the call for stronger state authority.
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House
Senate
Senate Environment Committee
Congress
Richard Riley
South Carolina
Riley
John W. Green Jr
Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board
Mississippi
Texas
Utah
Energy Department
Alvin E. Rickers
Utah Division of Environmental Health
Jackson says South Carolina black vote remains diluted
Greenville AP Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of Operation PUSH, warns that post 1965 voting barriers persist. He cites at large voting, gerrymandering and reapportionment as new forms of denial and calls for extending Sections II and V of the Voting Rights Act, with protests planned in the Upstate. He notes South Carolina’s black share of eligible voters is about one third.
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Jesse Jackson
South Carolina
Congress
Senate
Columbia
Jackson
Springville Baptist Church
Upstate
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Third Suspect Arrested In Root Doctor Slayings
Charlotte police arrested Frank Emmanuel McDowell 26 of Charlotte the third suspect in the September killings of Columbia root doctor Edward Harkless and three others. He was held without bond in Mecklenburg County awaiting a bond hearing.
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Charlotte
N.C
South Carolina
Columbia Root
Frank Emmanuel
Frank O) McDowell
West Trade
North Pine Streets
McDowell
Mecklenburg County
Frank-O
Dick Harpootlian
Harpootlian
Edward
Doc) Harkless
Harkless
Martha Mims Pleads Innocent and Is Released on Bond
Martha Mims pleads innocent to perjury and is released on 250000 dollar bond secured by property of her daughter Elizabeth Taylor, aunt Ruby Bolton, and former husband Ernest L. Barfield. Bond reduced from 500000 after federal magistrate recommendation. arraignment moved up to avoid extra travel.
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Martha Mims
Columbia
Myrtle Beach
Mims
Richland County
Charles E. Simons Jr
Mrs. Mims
Students Write to Reagan in Wilder Elementary PTA Drive
Fourth graders in Sumter’s Wilder Elementary wrote to President Reagan asking about the Civil War and inviting him to join PTA. A White House letter signed Ronald Reagan arrived, declining a visit but encouraging continued study.
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Reagan
White House
Ronald Reagan
Tomlinson
Beach music study planned by Coastal Carolina College
Coastal Carolina College begins an in depth study of beach music and shag led by linguistics assistant professor Stephen Nagle. The project aims to trace origins and social history of the Carolina beach music scene with a $500 initial grant and potential $10,000 over two years.
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Coastal Carolina College
North
South Carolina
Stephen Nagle
Coastal Carolina
The
Columbia Record
Carolinas
Nagle
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