Sanford questions need for increased security at State House
Gov Mark Sanford questioned the 5.3 million security upgrades at the State House complex noting he doubts it is a prime terrorist target. He suggested funds could fight violent crime instead while officials defend measures like cameras entry transmitters and extra patrols as necessary deterrents.
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Mark Sanford
State House
Sanford
South Carolina
Trance Set
Robert Stewart
Stewart
Jim Schweitzer
State Department of Public Safety
Joel Sawyer
Sawyer
Groups oppose more plutonium shipment to Savannah River
Two groups, Nuclear Watch South and the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, oppose a U S Army plan to send additional plutonium to the Savannah River site near Aiken South Carolina. They call for redesign and more environmental studies before any transfer.
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Army Department
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Savannah River
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Mexico
California
Aiken
Auce
Yucca Mountain
Nevada
Nuclear Watch ‘South
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Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Vandalism Probed as Possible Race Hate Crimes in Greenville
Greenville deputies investigate possible hate crimes after racial slurs and swastikas were found at the Golden Strip YMCA and Holly Tree Country Club about a mile apart. Vandalism included marking swastikas on turf and gravel. Club manager cited about 70,000 dollars to replace sod. Sheriff’s Lt notes uncertainty on links between incidents and warns of copycat acts.
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Greenville
Golden Strip
Holly Tree Country Club
Man charged with double murder in Gilbert campground shooting
Gilbert man Roger Clifford Cochran, 47, was arrested on two counts of murder for the Monday night shooting deaths of Vicki Newman Marcus, 50, and Gary Wayne Stone, 53, at a Lake Murray campground. Investigators say Cochran confronted the pair in a camper, then fled. Marcus and Stone died at a relative’s home in Red Bank after autopsy. Cochran faces burglary and violent crime counts as well.
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Pelton
Lexington
Roger Clifford Cochran
Vicki Newman Marcus
Gary Wayne Stone
James Metts
Cochran
Lake Murray
Marcus
Stone
Pam
Mets
Metts
Red Bank
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