Waste Dump Cleanup Near Fort Lawn Planned
EPA official George Moein said cleanup of a hazardous waste dump near Fort Lawn will start next week and run for two to three weeks. The Charlotte Observer reports EPA will detail the effort at the site next week, as a news conference was canceled due to the federal budget crisis. State Rep. Ernest Nunnery seeks funds from companies to reimburse the 1.2 billion superfund used for the Carolawn cleanup.
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Lancaster
Fort Lawn
U.S. Environmental Protection Administration
EPA
George Moein
Charlotte
N.C
Ernest Nunnery
D-Chester
Loss of Books at Winyah High Threatens Accreditation
Georgetown AP reports Winyah High School faces a slow rebuild after a November 6 arson destroyed much of its library. Superintendent Thomas E McIlville warns the lack of dictionaries encyclopedias and other texts risks accreditation and diploma prestige. The Santee Cooper Public Service Authority donated 5000 dollars to replace books. The Winyah Fund stood at 942 dollars last week at the Georgetown National Bank.
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Georgetown
Georgetown County
Thomas E. MclInville
Winyah High School
Santee Cooper Public Service Authority
Bus overturn injures many in Oconee County
In Oconee County a school bus overturn injured 26 to 30 students as it carried 45 home from school. Lisa Emerson 11 was admitted with a fractured spine and listed in fair condition. most pupils were treated and released from Oconee Memorial Hospital.
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Seneca
Oconee
Oconee Memorial Hospital
Robert Gambrell
Lisa Emerson
Henry Stubbs
Miss Emerson
Judge Convicts 22 in Large South Carolina Drug Bust
A federal judge found 22 suspects guilty on marijuana smuggling and conspiracy charges from one of South Carolina s largest drug busts. The group was among 26 arrested last Thanksgiving at Ben Nett Point. Authorities seized 59000 pounds of marijuana in the Ashepoo River raid. Judge Falcon Hawkins presided over non jury trials several months earlier.
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Charleston
Bennetts Point
South Carolina
Ashepoo
U.S
Falcon Hawkins
Dillon County vote case brings seven to prison
Federal judge in Columbia sentenced Alan H. Schafer and six codefendants to prison for conspiring to buy absentee votes in the 1980 Dillon County Democratic primary. Hoff man ordered 3½ years for Schafer and $12,000 in fines, with appeals due by December 4.
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Columbia
Alan H. Schafer
Dillon County
Schafer
Dillon
Norfolk, Va
South Carolina
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