Jury Selection Underway In Turner Bailey Trial
F Lee Bailey joins a dozen defense attorneys to assemble a jury for the federal mail fraud trial of him Orlando businessman Glenn W Turner and seven others. The government accuses defendants of mailing fraud to sell Turners distributorships in Koscot Interplanetary and Dare To Be Great.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner, Bailey
Jacksonville, Fla
F. Lee Bailey
Orlando
Glenn W. Turner
Bailey
Boston
Turner
Theodore Koskoff
Bridgeport
U.S. District Court
Gerald B. Troffat
South Carolina
Federal
Koscot Interplanetary Inc
Dare To Be Great Inc
West presses stamp tax rise amid homebuilders opposition
Gov. John C. West urged legislative approval for a documentary stamp tax hike to fund land for recreation while warning against opponents' tactics. He noted lenders and the homebuilding industry back higher mortgage rates from 8 to 10 percent, saying a rate rise could raise a 25 year $20,000 loan by about $8,220 and a 7 to 10 percent jump by over $12,000 in total cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
John C. West
West
South Carolina Homebuilders Association
Busbee Urges $900 Teacher Pay Raise in S C
South Carolina Education Chief Cyril Busbee told Greer audiences that keeping quality schools requires higher funding. He cited a proposed $900 annual pay raise for classroom teachers and noted state salaries lag behind neighbors. The Board of Education has asked lawmakers for the next fiscal year raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Cyril Busbee
Busbee
Greer
State Budget and Control Board
General Assembly
Textile firm sued after firing 13 workers before election
The Textile Workers Union of America charges unfair labor practices by J P Stevens Co after at least 14 workers were fired at the Delta 2 and 3 finishing plants in Wallace two days before a union election. The union filed with the NLRB amid a separate federal case over alleged motel room bugging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta 2
National Labor Relations Board
Stevens
Delta
Graves Seeks Gas Tax Hike to Fund South Carolina Roads
South Carolina Highway Commissioner Graves urged raising the gasoline tax by at least one cent a gallon and boosting motor vehicle license fees. He warned the state cannot meet road needs without more revenue, citing a 77 percent rise in revenues over eight years versus a 115 percent rise in operating costs. He called for action on rural roads and an urban arterial system in Greenville, Charleston, Columbia and other cities including Spartanburg, Florence, Greenwood, Sumter, Anderson, Rock Hill, the Grand Strand and Marion.
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South Carolina
Greenville
Charleston
Columbia
North Augusta
Spartanburg
Florence
Greenwood
Sumter
Anderson
Rock Hill
the Grand Strand
Marion
75 Per Cent Legislative Pay Hike Recommended
A state study committee proposes a $3,000 yearly raise for South Carolina lawmakers, boosting pay to $7,000 with $1,000 increases for top leaders. The plan also envisions a legislative research office, a public accounting office, a secretarial pool, and an ethics code. It calls for earlier adjournment and tighter limits on bill introductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
General Assembly
House
Senate
Hugh P. Harris
The
Citadel
Harris
Public Accounting
Colorado man beams as wife gives birth to sextuplets
Eugene Stanek of Lakewood Colorado beams at a Denver news conference after his wife delivered sextuplets four boys and two girls. A Colorado General Hospital spokesman said the mother and six children are in satisfactory condition. Stanek said he and his wife wanted a second child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Stanek
Lakewood
Colo
Denver
Colorado General Hospital
Four-Week Truckers Strike Ends at Bowman Transport
Bowman Transportation Co. reaches settlement with United Steel Workers Local 220 at the Charlotte terminal after a four week strike. Key disputes included union seniority over nonmembers and a two week charge review clause. Amnesties granted. terms of the new contract not disclosed. Other North Carolina terminals at Charlotte Atlanta Kernersville.
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Charlotte
N.C
Bowman Transportation Co
Jack Beaty
United Steel Workers
Beaty
Atlanta
North Carolina
Kernersville
Winston-Salem
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Wounded Knee
Wound Knee
Dennis Banks
Russell Means
Clyde Bellecourt
Carter Camp
Gordon Harrison
Homebuilders Association of
Greater Columbia
Harrison
Thomas Bagnal
S.C
South Carolina Board of Education
Buie
Thomas S. Buie
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation Society of America
Graves
Asheville
Mundy ‘S Jewelers
Graniteville, $.C
Charleston Cruises
Nassau
Haiti
Jamaica
Crest Travel
York St. SE
Bowman
L.R. Boykin
Jim Harrison
Lambert
Arts & Crafts
Laurens SW
Dia
Edgefield
Incupine
Maino
Yim Id
Colo . Persimmon Black
Tilt Kid
Ena
Maxwell “Brothers
Laurens Street
S.E
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