South Carolina Senate backs higher mortgage interest rate
The South Carolina Senate tentatively approves raising home loan interest from eight to 10 percent up to 50 000 dollars and a companion stamp tax bill to fund parks. A reapportionment plan advances, with the Judiciary Committee endorsing a 124 district at large system sparking debate on numbered seats.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
John C. West
State Department of Parks, Recreations and Tourism
Finney
Sam P. Manning
Spartanburg
Joseph P. Riley
Charleston
Greenville County
Michael R. Daniel
Cherokee
George W. Gregory Jr
Chesterfield
Daniel
Oconee County
Pickens
Anderson
Abbeville County
Laurens-Greenwood
Gold Miners Move In On Southern Gold Deposits
Experts report renewed interest from major mining firms in the South as gold rises after the dollar gold link ends. South Carolina hosts 135 abandoned mines prompting cautious moves by industry and government geologists. Limited equipment and WWII closures delayed Southern mining but prices at 105 dollars per ounce spur exploration.
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Associated Press
U.S
North Carolina
Eldon Allen
Vernon Hurst
University of Georgia
Georgia
South Carolina
Dade Howell
South Carolina State Development Board
South
NAACP backs Bowman School boycott in Orangeburg County
The South Carolina NAACP endorsed the Bowman pupil boycott in Orangeburg County as about 900 Black students join a 1,050 student district. Leaders seek the resignation of Superintendent Carter and two white trustees whose children attend private schools. Carter reports attendance rising to 175, with protests continuing after talks failed to reach a compromise.
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Bowman
Orangeburg
South Carolina
NAACP
Isaac Williams
Bowman Chapter
The
W. Be Carter
Carter
Chimps on Bear Island show dominance but no offspring yet
Jiggs the chimp on Bear Island in the Ossabaws has become dominant and independent after roaming with a three female harem since June 1972. Scientists at Yerkes report no offspring yet though one mate was pregnant before dying from toxic plants. they plan to add three more females and continue semi free housing with regular care.
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Bear Island
Jiggs
Michael Keeling
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
Emory University
Atlanta
Yerkes
Keeling
Georgia
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