Tornadoes and floods sweep Dixie causing deaths and injuries
A fast moving front triggered tornadoes and flash floods across Dixie killing at least three and wounding more than 100. In Tennessee and Alabama, homes trailer parks and an elementary school were damaged while rivers rose and rescues continued.
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Jackson
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West Pushes State Insurance Plan To Replace Assigned Risk
Gov. John C. West urged the next General Assembly to replace the assigned risk auto plan with a state operated fund for high risk drivers. He criticized industry tactics and said clean risk motorists face 60 to 70 percent higher costs for an inferior product. The forum was hosted by the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters Association.
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Columbia
John C. West
South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter
Pine Forest litter case ends with cleanup sentence
Magistrate J F Stephens sentences 15 Pine Forest residents near Columbia to one day of picking up garbage after convictions for littering. The group includes 11 women and four men who faced a choice between 30 days in jail or clearing the area.
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Columbia
J.F. Stephens
Pine Forest
Stephens
Group May Reject 2nd Medical School
A special task force is expected to reject a proposal for a second medical school in South Carolina. The study group will present its report to the Health Advisory on the decision today.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Health Advisory
Civil Defense Directors Urged to Aid Winter Fuel Plan
Civil Defense directors were urged to help supply fuel to those hardest hit by the coming energy crisis. South Carolina Energy Management Office head David S. Harter directed reviews of hardship requests and noted CD agencies may assist in home heating oil applications. Executive secretary A Baron Holmes warned of possible inequities in fuel oil distribution to small homeowners as distributors seek profits.
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Columbia
Civil Defense
David S. Harter
South Carolina Energy Management Office
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A. Baron Holmes
Governor's Energy Policy Council
Columbia Sets Record High
Record high temperatures were reported in Columbia Tuesday as the mercury climbed to 84 degrees.
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Don Huston
National Weather Service
Atlanta
Macon
Columbia
Caroline Kennedy Loses Secret Service Protection on Sixteenth Birthday
Washington AP reports Caroline Kennedy turned 16 and, per policy, lost her Secret Service protection as legal guardianship ends at 16. Her brother John Jr. is 13. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis also shed protection after remarriage.
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Washington
Caroline Kennedy
Caroline
John F Kennedy
John Jr
Kennedy
Jacqueline
Aristotle Onassis
Ford Wins Senate Backing for Vice Presidency
Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford wins 92 to 3 in the Senate with broad support from lawmakers who praise his honesty while a few oppose due to Vietnam war support and civil rights views. House action expected to confirm him by end of next week under the 25th Amendment.
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Gerald R. Ford
Senate
House
Ford
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
House Judiciary Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Gerald Ford
Panel Seeks Solution to South Carolina Tax Controversy
The special Tax Study Commission aims to resolve a dispute over 26 million dollars earmarked for South Carolina’s 46 counties. Chairman Sen. James Waddell may meet Gov. West to find an answer after 75 protests by 400 industrial plants alleging unconstitutional taxes. The funds are in escrow as federal court challenges proceed.
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Special Tax Study Commission
South Carolina
Tuesday
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D-Beaufort
John C. West
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