Gas Discount Drives Cash buyers at major oil companies
Amoco and Exxon join independents by offering 2 to 4 cent per gallon cash discounts in Columbia. Spokesmen say the plan shifts credit costs to card users and boosts dealer profits while aiming to draw customers from independents.
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Columbia
Amoco
Ken Smith
Smith
Exxon
Dave Abshear
John Reidy
Reidy
Abshear
PUSH Officials Delay Comment On Economic Blackmail Charge
Columbia attorney for PUSH says the civil rights group has no immediate comment on charges of economic blackmail over trade talks with South Carolina firms. A news conference is planned next week to address the boycott of Anheuser Busch and comments by Norma Russell.
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Columbia
South Carolina
William L. Pyatt
PUSH
People United To Serve Humanity
Norma Russell
Taste test finds Flint River fish rival Florida catch
University of Georgia researchers used ten experienced tasters to compare fish from the Flint River with samples from Lake Okeecheechee noting similar taste above and below the Buckeye mill site. Tastes favored Flint River fish but texture differed with water from the paper mill’s watershed. The study was shared with Georgia and South Carolina environmental agencies.
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Sumter
University of Georgia
Flint River
Proctor & Gamble
Lake Okeecheechee
Florida
Union Camp
Wateree
Richland County
Buckeye
Oglethorpe
George Shuler
Florida Lake
Shuler
Game and Fish Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Paraquat Water Likely Reaches Catawba River
Officials say about 2.4 million gallons of paraquat contaminated water released last week will arrive at the Catawba River in South Carolina late today or Wednesday. Experts and Chevron Chemical agree the diluted water will be safe to drink and should not harm vegetation.
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Catawba River
Charlotte
N.C
South Carolina
Carolinas
Mike Ravera
Chevron Chemical Co
San Francisco
Hearing Delayed On Barnwell Nuclear Waste Plant License
DHEC postpones the license transfer hearing for Waste Management Inc. at the Barnwell site to September 29 to review a large volume of documents. Waste Management chairman Dean Buntrock will not testify in person due to travel. vice chairman Wayne Huizenga and other officers expected to testify.
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Columbia
Barnwell
Waste Management Inc
Chem-Nuclear Systems Inc
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Barbara Hamilton
Chem-Nuclear
Waste Management
Johnson
Dean Buntrock
Guild
Hamilton
Buntrock
Wayne Huizenga
Riley urges creative leadership as South Carolina faces budget cuts
Gov. Dick Riley tells about 60 school chiefs in Myrtle Beach to use creative leadership to absorb a 4.6 percent midyear reduction that hits public schools hardest among a 79 million state cut. He urges long term savings and possible further cuts this year.
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Myrtle Beach
Dick Riley
Riley
State Budget and Control Board
State Board of Economic Advisors
OSHA Chief Defends Deregulation Policy
OSHA chief Thorne Auchter defends deregulation saying voters want less regulation and tax dollars spent with purpose. He pledged businessfriendly enforcement and focus on the worst offenders. AFL CIO leader Randy Kiser condemns the approach as a disaster harming workers.
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Columbia
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Federa
Thorne G. Auchter
OSHA
Randy Kiser
South Carolina
Afl-Cio
Auchter
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