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* The South Carolina Library Campus Wednesday Volume LXX,No. GO University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Feb. 20,1 980 i Poorc By Ronda Tei Assistant New A former V.C. Summer Ni charged Mondav that he Sc overhiring, mismanagemen South Carolina Electric and i plant construction site. Clarence Crider testified oi rate hike hearings that 30 to [ completed at the Summer pla Crider said he worked at th he was fired last July for c employees' sloppy work conditions. PIPES INTENDED T materials were brushed wi embedded particles, which earlier than they should, Cri about poor construction prac shop where materials for in were made , he said. m trie snop, uriaer made stainless steel pipe. The supervisor who put them ui who was getting married, C the value of the bells at ar worth up to $400 were often the plant site, Crider said. Most of the work at the V.C construction site seemed to I construction was done very said he saw other workers t employment tests. Underquaiified welders w ?^K. ^^?fv u TUBM -'^UK:'V-5S^|:; i/Um1 ?TiXiyTIHj^F <<ri' v" - f* > ."^jt m jSr :. jffl j? J?|F ^flEglH JSllfSS Republican presidenti the state with former g Sen. Strom Thurmond la v.c. ;onstruct mpleton use poor *"Koi testified uclear Plant pipewelder play poke iw blatant examples of t and personal use of AFTEI Gas Co. materials at the plant, h< Commiss i the final day of SCE&G the plant iO percent of the welding dards, Cr int is faulty. Summer ie SCE&G plant site until Cridersa omplaining about other and poor construction nights O; threats si .. .. The thre; u carry raaioacuve struction th carbon brushes that Q , will make them rust Summer der said. He complained Jesse tices and was moved to a consultar stallment into the plant ^ear should be 56 percer bells from a high grade to serve J: bells were used by a ider the bed of a friend rider said. He estimated THE II ound $70(). Belt buckles thepowei made from materials at saia, so t electricit The p< Summer Nuclear Plant percent < be "practice" and actual unreason slowly, Crider said. He SCE&C >eing allowed to cheat on hike in el revenue. ere hired and allowed to peeled fo w \ 1 " V vritrfi 'Bk. '''* J&Sj '^'ivv i rBpHL K ?l^iiiI >";'". j?S f ~ - Raiifll K Pace- fl. a! hopeful John B. Connalfv stu governor James B. Edwards arte )st week. Summer plant wor ion charg methods in their work, Crider said. H< that workers at the site would often ;r or just try to look like they were work t CRIDER LEFT construction work < i complained to the Nuclear Kegul ion concerning poor working condition was cited for nonconformance with ider said. Work standards were lower plant than at any other site he has : j 1U. lild, a lawyer for the South Carolina W< rgamzation, said Crider has received nee he spoke out about poor plant prac ats are believed to come from Daniel , the company in charge of operations , plant site, or SCE&G, Guild said. Riley, a senior research associate it for CelaneseCorp..testified Friday ings that construction of the Summer ; halted immediately because it will pr it more generating capacity than is n >CE&G customers. ESIDENTS OF South Carolina will no! "generated by the new plant until 1988, hey should not be forced to pay SCE& y they are not using. }wer industry generally advocates energy reserve margin and 56 perc iable, he said. 1 has asked the PSC for an overall 10 p< eciric raies lor an aaaiiionai $30.5 mil A decision by the commission is n ?r several months. B Connc As the greyhound bus tra\ p^&pg b.<J. interstate i>, me nepi Igflrak didate looked out the windi the bus, trying to think < S?|i|p| Newberry citizens he would Something clicked as hi rolling past. After the che j?gra|g^| barbecue-eating had sett CBra||j southern drawl filled the r< mmmmi how he felt more and mor I - white sand, red clay, pyracantha in the bushes. IT HAI) HIT HOME.The governor of Texas had near Now it was easy to talk ab homosexual rights and big 1 John Connally had unlock to do now was intermix th< 'Big go ver communism. about a strong family back /?> email nrinota Kncinocc vi anion pi ivutv k/uonivijo, next town with 200 or so moi ||||gj||| South Carolina is nearl jpjgp Bowden Connally, 62, and ||?||g|j Texas governor has derive* Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-? IIS& James Edwards, there ; Connally can win the S PS March 8. His main adversary,Ron; n win but Connally is not lyinj ' to be a high-power struggle | "I recognize that Gov. R< here," Connally admits. Republican president here that's a measure of his stre Connally's staff is . w together a professional t amecock many cities as they could mped son? ^nnally bus m f U S Anderson, Greenwood Orangeburg and Beaufort I South Carolina's garden sp ker testifies ed at nucl illy campc With his Cas Platte ditor WHILE ?pans hero's welc reled the last few miles of senior citiz< ublican presidential can- speaking. ' ow from the back seat of gotten a po of how to relate to the to see him i face in a few minutes. in Greenwo e looked at the scenery "He was Bering, hand-shaking and bureau chi led down, his familiar interruptioi 30m as he told the people College. Y< e at home looking at the who he w; chinaberry trees and noon." Noon wa Caravan" white-haired, forceful ex- Houston la ly 200 people in his grasp, wards, an >out nuclear power, about ovation for business. "leadershii ;ed the door. All he needed the Connall e speech with a few quips Me and n nment means you eith That's why I'm for busine ground, prayer in schools on Connalb and then it was on to the explained, re votes in his pocket. governmer y the backyard of John The crow I although the three-iime outskirts oi d his greatest support from Connally w i.C., and former governor city by nol are serious doubts that with people C. Republican Primary HIS INC! where peo| aid Heagan, is expected to through oi K down in what is expected where Com would not s eagan is extremely strong His only "He beat an incumbent clandestine three-to-one in '76. I think nally head ngth." know he w ell-organized. They put arrived." raveling tour, hitting as Connally afford. Starting at Clem- it's an uni loved southward through trying to a Newberry, Aiken, , heart of th before resting overnight at presidents ot,Hilton Head. ear p ligns olina C IN NEWBERRY, < :ome at a barbecue [ins, many of whom d The bus is running or reaction from the it Clemson Universit od. n't good at all." sa ef who was on the I nsof applause by tl )u had people comii is. He usually does s the time for the to arrive in Newb wyer appeared with ticipation was repl the man whom the; p for America," the y campaign. ly wife have just abo er have soc tss.' John F A. Heid, a retir "He knows a lot m< it than most people w /d of about 200 cam< f Newberry at the SI fas once again avoi t walking on main s ' in their daily activit J NATION FOK smi pie are brought to it the trip. It had nally could not be rc upport him visit to Columbia J . a: ? A 41 ; meeting ai ine v-a Iquarters worker sa as going to be here refers to Columbia real environment." void the major citie ie people." Connally i! candidate to camp lant Rotvert A rial GAMECOCK aravan "onnally is given a attended by mostly on't even know who is ; late. Connally had people who ventured y and lender College id a Time magazine bus. "There were no he crowd at Lander ig out mainly to see n't come alive until Connally "Carolina erry. And when the 1 Thurmond and Edaced by a standing y hoped would install new catch-phrase in ut made up our minds sialism or Conna/ly ed Newberry resident ore about the federal ould think." i to the speech on the tirine Club. It seemed ding the heart of the ;treet and conversing ies. iller, obscure settings him seemed evident to be out-of-the-way, ;ached by people who an. 29 was an almost irolina Inn. One Con lid, "We didn't even until the morning he as "any capital city, He insists he is not s but is going "to the boasts he is the only sign in Newberry. Sm Con natty, p*ge 4