Factory defrauded buyers with cheap foreign pipes
Ray Miller Inc. pleaded guilty in Charleston to selling altered and mislabelled foreign made pipes to U S customers including a Barnwell reprocessing plant and chemical firms. Ten companies were named in the information and 125 buyers will receive notice of the plea. A $10000 fine was imposed, with civil actions possible.
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Charleston
W.va
South Carolina
Ray Miller Inc
U.S. District Court
New Jersey Corporation
South Charleston
U.S
Ruth Lynette Ranson
Goodyear Atomic Corp
Piketon, Ohio
Allied General Nuclear Services
Barnwell
Union Carbide Corp
E.I. DuPont DeNemours Inc
FMC Corp
Japan
Israel
West Germany
United States
John T. Copenhaver
Copenhaver
Ashland Synthetic Fuels Co
Monsanto Corp
Babcock and Wilcox Co
South Carolina towns move to buy stake in reactor
Ten Piedmont Municipal Power Agency towns seek 25 percent ownership of Duke Power Co.’s No. 2 reactor at Catawba Nuclear Station for about 1.2 billion dollars. Interim GM H F Crater says purchase would lower customer utility bills, while Palmetto Alliance opposes. Public Service Commission hearings address permission to finalize the sale.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Public Service Commission
Piedmont Municipal Power Agency
PSC
Duke Power Co
Catawba
H.F. Crater
PMPA
R.W. Beck and Associates
Duke
Palmetto Alliance
Drought Hits Aiken Farmers Hurting Yields and Planting
Four South Carolina counties including Aiken face rain shortages with 4 to 9 inch deficits. Farmers report corn yields down from 115 120 to about 60 bushels per acre and many install irrigation or drill wells. Meteorologists cite dry spell from central Georgia to Columbia as cause.
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South Carolina
Orangeburg
Barnwell
Aiken
Allendale
Pat Scott
John Purvis
S.C. Water Resources Commission
Georgia
Augusta
Columbia
Purvis
Bernie Palmer
National Weather Service
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