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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1981
Page
3
A federal jury found General Motors not liable in the May 12 1977 crash near Marion North Carolina that killed four Anderson College tennis players and their coach. The two week civil suit alleged a GM truck gear failure caused the wreck.
In Haber sham County Georgia lawmen seized more than $500000 in counterfeit $20 bills. Two Georgians were in custody in South Carolina over the weekend on counterfeiting charges, per a Secret Service agent. The seizure was described as the largest in at least the last year.
The U S Justice Department withdrew from supporting blacks in a voting rights suit over Edgefield County. The reversal followed new information and aimed to allow full case presentation without Justice Department participation. The suit targets the 1966 switch to an elected form of government and alleged lack of preclearance. Edgefield is linked to Sen. Strom Thurmond.
Rock Hill AP Aides say Congress shows rising support for a bill to end the Catawba Indian land claim and similar suits affecting about 40,000 potential litigants. Rep. Ken Holland aide John Winburne says the Lee bill is the only feasible avenue with even a chance of consideration by Congress.
In Columbia AP report the South Carolina Board of Education notes that 68 percent of eighth graders and 56 percent of sixth graders failed to meet the Basic Skills Assessment Program writing standards from the first spring tests. Paul Sandifer, DOE research director, presented the results.
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