Edwards Plans to Push State Employee Pay Raises
Gov. James B Edwards says he will work with the legislature and the State Employees Association to honor a gentlemen's agreement for merit pay raises in January while preserving fiscal integrity. The Budget and Control Board had recommended an eight percent raise for 1977-78, with four percent base and four percent merit increases, and the plan may be spread over two years if needed.
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Columbia
James B Edwards
State Senate
Ase
Legature
State Employ& Association
Edwards
State Budge and Control Board
Budget and Control Board
Sen. Rembert
C. Dennis D Berkeley
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Governor Pushes Equal School Financing Across South Carolina
Governor James B. Edwards urges legislation for uniform school funding to close the gap in per pupil spending between districts. He notes Sparsburg District 7 spends 1147 per pupil while Dorchester District 2 spends 68 per pupil and calls for priority from the legislature, plus better teacher pay and free grade school textbooks.
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Myrtle Beach
James B. Edwards
South Carolina School Boards Association
Southrolina
Edwards
Sparsburg County
South Carolina
Thurmond Praises Ford as Veto President in Mississippi
U S Senator Strom Thurmond told a University of Southern Mississippi student crowd that President Ford is a good veto president, noting the federal budget has balanced only once in 17 years and that deficits will be borne by the nation.
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Thurmond
Ford
Hattiesburg, Miss
Sen. Stromhurmond
R-S.c
Thursay
University of Southern Mis-sissippi
Lasser consults psychiatrist over drug case after arrest
Louise Lasser, star of Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, says she will seek psychiatric help rather than attend drug rehabilitation following cocaine possession charges in Los Angeles. She declined to discuss details, claiming the judge penalized her celebrity.
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New York
Louise Lasser
Mary Hartman
Tomorrow
Miss Lasser
Woody Allen
Beverly Hills
Leonard Wolf
Los Angeles
Swine Flu Vaccine Doses To Reach South Carolina
South Carolina will begin distributing 140000 doses of swine flu vaccine to high risk patients on Tuesday. Health officials say the bivalent vaccine covers swine and Victoria strains, with monovalent swine-only vaccine not yet available for non high risk groups. The CDC notes national immunization programs began today and SC plans phased rollout starting October 11 for high risk patients.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
County Agent Reports Aiken County Corn Yields High
Aiken County corn yields impressed with high per acre outputs on long sandy loams. Bob Scott produced 4 830 bushels on 52 acres near Jones Crossroads amid favorable June water. Some fields yielded 75 bushels per acre. drought hit 35 acres planted late. A plan to honor top producers who exceed the national 82 7 bushels per acre includes bronze ear plaques. Coastal bermuda hay making highlighted for an Edisto Station tour on Oct 5.
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Aiken County
Aiken
Bob Scott
Jones Crossroads
Windsor
Robert Sis
Ralph Roe
Johnson
E. M. Riley
Tommy Coward
Oe Scott
Sheldon Dawsey
ASCS
Gregg Jeffcoat
Palmetto Production Credit
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Education For Democracy Inc
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A&m Records
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