Reagan Defends Augusta Club Answering Discrimination Questions
President Reagan says Augusta National bylaws contain no discrimination. He plans a weekend at the private club with George P. Schultz Donald T. Reagan Nicholas Brady and their wives, arriving at Bush Field, staying in the Eisenhower cabin, and leaving Sunday. He notes seeing black players in a recent national tournament at the course.
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Washington
Reagan
Augusta National Golf Club
Bush Field
George P. Schultz
Treasury
Donald T. Reagan
New Jersey
Nicholas Brady
Eisenhower
Boosting Teacher Pay Tops South Carolina Education Package
A 300 million package from Gov Riley's Committee on Financing Excellence in Public Education includes 50 recommendations to raise teacher salaries and add incentive pay. The plan aims to bring pay to the southeastern average at an estimated 100 million, with strong backing from educators. Remedial work for students below state benchmarks is another costly item.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Richard W
Dick) Riley
Riley
Tion
Jail Fix Deadline Is Today
Aiken County Jail faced state noncompliance after a Tuesday morning escape occurred due to faulty cell locking. Sheriff Gunnells warned that ongoing lock failures could trigger a jail closure and noted many individual cell locks do not work despite working block doors.
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Aiken
Ralph Gunnells
Gunnells
S.C. Department of Corrections
van Ray
Protesters Face Stiff Penalties at Savannah River Plant
U S District Judge Charles Simons orders a broad injunction to stop anti nuclear protests at the Savannah River Plant, citing national security and plant operation needs. Attorney Daniel Sheehan vows appeal to the 4th Circuit and protesters face enhanced trespass penalties under the ruling.
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U.S
Charles Simons
Savannah River
Daniel Sheehan
Anti-Nuclear Natural Guard
Simons
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Sheehan
Brett Bursey
Natural Guard
Officials Hint At Court Action Over Augusta Plan
State and local officials, led by S C Attorney General Travis Medlock, oppose Augusta’s proposed hydroelectric plant on the Savannah River. They warn their input may drive federal court action as studies gauge acceptable river flow levels, with a two month deadline for a final decision.
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Augusta
S.C
Travis Medlock
City of Augusta
Aiken County
Savannah
Danny Johnson
S.C. Water Resources Commission
Vannah
Augusta Canal
Johnson
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Belvedere Man Indicted Over Bingo Tax Returns
Robert E. Gary of Belvedere has been indicted by the Aiken County Grand Jury on 11 counts of filing false and fraudulent admissions tax returns for bingo. He is charged with underpayment of gross receipts and admissions tax for the garrison from August 1 1981 through June 30 1982. Gary pleaded guilty March 14 for failure to produce bingo records.
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Belvedere
Aiken County
Grand Jury
Robert E. Gary
Army-Navy Union
S.C. 25
Gary Turner
S.C
Gary
Thomas E. Huff
D-Belvedere
Study finds interest groups fund South Carolina elections
A USC Aiken study shows South Carolina House members relied more on special interest financing than U S representatives. It notes a narrow, dominant donor base mostly from business, health care, and law sectors with no PACs from consumer or labor groups, shaping campaign funding in 1982.
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S.C. House of Representatives
U.S
House of Representatives
S.C. House
Robert E. Botsch
Usc-Aiken
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Water Resources Commission
DR. Botsch
USC
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