Grand Strand Sees waning summer as Labor Day crowd thins
Myrtle Beach area officials note fading end of tourist season with about 200000 visitors for Labor Day weekend and 75 percent hotel occupancy. After Tropical Storm Dennis drove a two week slowdown, merchants report slow business as locals brace for winter, while golf courses prepare for fall and spring rushes.
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Myrtle Beach
Grand Strand
Ashley Ward
Myrtle Beach Area
Ward
Farris Crocker
Myrtle Beach Pavilion
Dennis
Labor Day
Grand Strand Golf Courses
Merchants Cash In As College Football Season Opens
In Clemson South Carolina 60 000 fans watched Clemson Tigers beat Wofford Terriers 45 10. Merchants in several Carolinas towns welcomed the 1981 season with games in Raleigh Winston Salem Greenville Boone Newberry and more as shopkeepers anticipated weekend business and extra cash from fans.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
James Ensley
Clemson
S.C
Clemson Tigers
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina State
Richmond
Winston- Salem
Wake Forest
South Carolina
Greenville
East Carolina
Western Carolina
Lenoir- Rhyne
Appalachian State
Boone
Newberry
Davidson
Ensley
NAACP Plans Mail Campaign Over Voting Rights Act Extension
The South Carolina NAACP announces a mail campaign to press for extending the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Project coordinator Adell Adams says more than 30,000 postcards will be distributed and mailed to the state congressional delegation, while citizens are urged to contact their congressmen directly.
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Columbia
South Carolina
The
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Adell Adams
SRP Alcohol Program Put On Hold In South Carolina
Clemson DOE pilot plant for 1 million gallons of ethanol using SRP reactor heat is on the back burner as momentum fades. DOE funding narrowed under Reagan, private sector favored, though SC still sees two loans for plants to yield 20 million gallons annually.
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Clemson
Savannah River
Clemson Department of Energy
State Energy Research Institute
Clemson University
DOE
du Pont Company
Ronald Reagan
Irwin Dublinsky
Office of
Alcohol Fuels
South Carolina
David Legman
Steve Pettigrew
Superfund May Help Waste Dumps in South Carolina
South Carolina officials say Richland and Chester County toxic waste dumps could join the EPA 1.6 billion Superfund program. DHEC Commissioner Robert S. Jackson says Bluff Road site in Richland and the Carolawa site in Chester may qualify for cleanup money if listed on EPA Hot 100. Cleanup estimated at 2.1 million for Bluff Road near Columbia adjacent to Williams Brice Stadium.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Richland
Chester Counties
Environmental Protection Agency
Robert S. Jackson
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Bluff Road
Richland County
Carolawa
Chester County
EPA
Jackson
DHEC
University of South Carolina
Williams-Brice
Services Held For Judge Price
Circuit Judge James Hardy Price Jr. died Saturday after a long illness at 66. A Greenville native and Furman graduate, he began practicing law in 1939 with his father, became a county judge in 1961 and a circuit judge in 1976, later serving as administrative judge for the circuit.
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Greenville
James Hardy Price Jr
Price
Furman University
Civil War Renewal Of Ancient Battle
Two University of Alabama history professors argue the Civil War echoed ancient clashes between English and Celts. Grady McWhiney and Forrest McDonald relate 1860 American regional roots to Celtic influence in the South and Anglo-Saxon influence in the North.
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Ala
South
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
University of Alabama _ history
Grady McWhiney
Forrest McDonald
McWhiney
America
North
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White House
Saudi Arabia
U.S
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John Jenrette
Atlantic City
Palmer Fence Company
Dial
Odell
Gregg Park
Knights of Columbus
Jacki Sorensen
Jacki
Aerotic
Odell Weeks
Professional Dental Services
Augusta
Greyhound Bus Station
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