NAACP Urges Blacks to Send Message on Remap Plan
The South Carolina NAACP calls for a May hearing in Columbia to urge the Senate remapping committee to create single member districts with black majorities. Dr. W F Gibson notes 1982 not 1952, while outlining nine possible black majority districts within the 46 seat Senate.
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State Senate
Senate
W.F. Gibson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Senate Judiciary
Gibson
Greenville
Thurmond Pushes Wage Freeze Against Congress Pay Rise
Sen Strom Thurmond urges leaders to block a 4 percent pay raise set to take effect Dec 18. He argues raising salaries amid a near 180 billion dollar deficit would mislead taxpayers. Some sources consider a 25 percent increase to offset inflation.
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Strom Thurmond
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Thurmond
Senate
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Questions Posed On Gas Tax In South Carolina
Charleston AP reports District Highway Commissioner Robert E. Scarborough questions Reagan's 5 cent federal gas tax proposal while noting potential benefits for South Carolina. He expects eventual passage in weeks and warns of how revenue would be used and duration, plus concerns over matching funds.
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Reagan
South Carolina
Robert E. Scarborough
Congress
Scarborough
E T Impersonator Drives Private Library Fund Drive
Clarendon County residents back a privately funded library project aiming for a 6,500 square foot facility. The drive started last August and has reached about 114000 dollars of a 290000 dollar goal, aided by local students and notable donors including a former U S Senator Sam Ervin.
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Emma Cottrel
U.S
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Nakasone Becomes Japan's New Prime Minister
Yasuhiro Nakasone secures Liberal Democratic leadership and Diet support to become Japan's prime minister succeeding Zenko Suzuki. He pledges pro West policy, fiscal restraint, and notes U S ties as essential while his stance on revising the pacifist constitution remains debated.
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Tokyo
Zenko Suzuki
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Bulgarian airline official arrested in Pope shooting case
A Bulgarian air line executive, Ivanov Sergio Antonov, Rome station chief for Balkan Airlines, was arrested as a fourth alleged conspirator in the 1981 pope shooting. Bulgarian officials condemned the move as illegal and unfounded while investigators explored Antonio’s role in aiding Mehmet Ali Agca.
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Sergio Antonov
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Antonov
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Agca
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Italy
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Vide
Europe
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Leonardo da Vinci
Giuseppe Balsamo
Balkan Airlines
Balsamo
Reagan Readies Latin Tour Amid Economic Struggles
President Reagan prepares a five day trip to Brazil Colombia Costa Rica and Honduras with meetings planned with El Salvador’s Alvaro Magana and Guatemala’s Gen. Efrain Rios Montt. Latin American leaders welcome the visit as a chance to showcase economies strained by inflation recession and weak agricultural demand.
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