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T)atelinE _____zizz; digest Layoffs coul BENNETTSVILLE second-snitt workers ; could affect the unen county, a state officia Officials of the Sou Co.'s Mamat Division day. Plant manager company had complet doesn't have enouerh employees busy. The plant, which do with the federal $ heatable field rations Ray Drafts, of the Commission, says unit ty's economy absorb there will probably b< area's unemployment "It's all going to d other areas," Drafts i The latest unemplo County show the coi rate of 17.5 percent in the 16.9 percent rate t n 1:1 in it smtin wuui) nr than 12,000 people in jor plants, Drafts sai< could have a signifies ment rate. Although Broneske long the layoffs woulc permanent as if we'l back." "We're always bid< when a new contract people," Broneske sa RiV.ahle contract, to hri He said the second-s company's workforce time the plant laid o 1983, but "we had Broneske said. The layoffs represei tion in employment than three months. Project see PHILADELPHIA condor and a buff-bi could only find an E Mvore Hirppf.or < Philadelphia's Acade collecting the larges in the world. The project's goal photos that will help general public study At last count, the photographs of ever Myers hopes 150,00( some of the Eskim( r>rvirf ftirrv imovo iiua t? twvj o. Project VIREO s1 ornithology, and vir of warbler-like bird: Artist want MIAMI (AP) - ( the nation's eye last cayne Bay islands fabric, now wants t German Parliament But his plans foi propriately sedate the color of eggshe L 1 v^nnsLU iias ueen years/' said Jeane< tist's wife and spo might get all the cl Most of the Par Berlin's British ter ^ ssian property, 5 [use toda tJSC ? First day of i MEETING ? Reside ference Room at 8 p.m INTRAMURALS and co-rec waterpolo er , i ? ' > d affect county I (AP) ? The layoffs of 147 at a field rations plant here nployment rate in Marlboro 1 says. thern Package and Storage t announced the layoffs FriGeorge Broneske said the ed its current contracts and npw nrHprs tr? kppn nil thp es 95 percent of its business government, manufactures for the military. state Employment Security 3ss other sectors of the counsome o f' the idled workers, ; a significant impact on the rate. epend on the labor force in said. yment figures for Marlboro unty had an unemployment November, an increase from reported in October. le Marlboro, which has fewer the workforce and a few mai any change in employment int impact on the unemploysaid he couldn't predict how I last, he added that "it's not 1 never bring (the workers) ding on new contracts, and comes in, we'll put on more id. "But we'd need a pretty \T\rr /\n anfi'ro c Lli^ VIA 1/1IV VI1UU V U11AXV* >hift layoffs have reduced the to 205 employees. The last ff workers was in February everybody back by April," nt the second major interrupin Marlboro County in less ks bird photos (AP) ? Peter Myers has a floofnr] ear?Hrnnf?r Tslnw 'if Vl?> VUQ WVt UUri A 1 \y w w y aa skimo curlew. of Project VIREO, an arm of my of Natural Sciences that is t archive of bird photographs is to create a storehouse of researchers, scientists and the and appreciate birds. ; project has amassed 50,000, ything from robins to falcons. ' ) other photographs, including ) curlew, can be added in the bands for visual resources for eo is also the name of a family s that inhabit North America. s to wrap building vhristo, the artist who caught , year when he wrapped 11 Bisin $3.5 million worth of pink ,o get his hands on the former ; building in Berlin. the imposing edifice are ap ? he plans to wrap it m iaoric 11. working on that project for 11 ^-Claude de Guillerbon, the arkeswoman. "But we think we earances by June of 1984." liament building is located in ritory, but the back wall is on she said. y classes and registration. nro Hall Association meets in Towers Con - One on one basketball, wrestling (M,W! itries open. Indexing may s COLUMBIA (AP) - The state House of Representatives plunges headlong into the state's General Appropriations Bill this * i i i. weeK, ana at least une provision in the 826-page document is likely to stir up a fuss. The income tax indexation law has been controversial since it was passed in 1980, and some lawmakers want to repeal it, while others swear they will fight. long and hard before letting it be repealed or put off again. The tax indexation law is part of the permanent provisions of the budget, a section that frequently includes some farreaching and controversial measures. The law is intended to put taxes on a scale to prevent taxpayers from being hoisted into another tax bracket because of inflation. i I ?><{' ... f Chatting Sen. Heyward McDonald (R) and I. DeQuincy Newman (L) have a discussion during debate at the pl|j#| General Assembly this past week. ?ij|| The General Assembly passed a izl"bill v ..ning open beer and wine mja,v containers in a car. mm m m m right again! COLUMEIA (AP) - Now that the General Assembly has passed a new law barring open beer or wine containers from moving vehicles, lawmakers and citizens groups say they will step up their efforts to force drunken drivers off South Carolina highways. Jane Overton, fund-raising />KoiiMirr\mQn fr*T* MntViorc A orninct V.11CJ.J1 V? UU1U1. J.UWWl'XtJ Drunk Drivers, said Friday she still couldn't believe the news of the bill's passage. "I thought I was hearing things yesterday," she said. "It's great All across the country, there's e spreading awareness that we must fight this problem." "WE'VE WAITED so long foi this piece of legislation,' Richland Rep. Joyce Harn said "When I introduced it four yean ago, it was considered a 'do gooder' bill. I was virtually laugh ed out of the House." But opponents were silem Thursday as representative: gave second reading to th< Senate-passed bill and agreed t< I set final reading on Friday. Th< final reading was a procedura sten to ensure adoption with n< jj jr A J members orpsent. tir controversy in If indexation was started up fig^ next year, the state would have las Pv millifkn locc in rovoniiPQ Rut ^ JLU ilUlllV/11 AVUU MM M 4 Vf VllMVUi J^V*v supporters of indexation say tax- ^ payers are being cheated by infia- j^a tion. me ret The head of the House Ways allc and Means Committee wants to sta repeal indexation. tra "The biggest objection I have *] to it is the loss of revenue," said sta Tom Mangum, chairman of the to committee that puts together the bill. i Mangum, D-Lancaster, said if bil indexation was in place and infla- ar: tion rose to double-digit figures Le again, "We would be taking the gr chance of losing $45 million to ag $50 million in revenue for the state." Mangum said he hopes the tr House would vote to repeal in- ve dexation, but he said he expects a of irV 3Bt BhK ';*R| ^;;i^^H^BK bj^BHuJ '^^j^^BmBm^gnfr *. ^HpEr ij?vM?-Mw *hHPP^^ v 1 ' 'sSKrVf*# r?.7j\3_~ 4*-:-If;-~ 1-V?t F-' J PlP HKXi < T"-i,:-?- 7- --vj,n-'^=f-rft'-^'r Jv BT7']f * Hj * PJjN < HP^j it drunk drivinc "This is just another message o: to tell our people that drinking C alcoholic beverages and driving a ^ vehicle is not acceptable," said o Greenville Sen. Verne Smith, h who began fighting to get the measure through the General Assembly six years ago. "I can't 1( tell you how happy I am." c Bart Cox, president of the s South Carolina Beer Association. said his group has supported the bill for three years. o a i COX COMMENDED Smith a and Hearn for their diligence, but a l predicted a tougher fight over a i i House-passed bill that would c raise the legal drinking age for c beer and wine from 18 to 20. \ r 2 "We don't think it will keep our product from the reach of those 3 legally arinKing it now, Lvox said. "They will just turn to undesirable ways, like drinking it in a car. If we thought it would achieve the desired results, we'd t be for it." s r? ii j.. i_: L!ll_ 2 lJupiicaLe open container oiiib f :> passed the House and Sewate < b during last year's session, but ' .1 failed to clear the other chamber < :> before lawmakers went home in ] July. Hearn credited the efforts i r * ? * leaislature ht. "It was quite controversial t year." imong the other provisions ngum's committee recomnded is a measure giving state ailers a sales tax deduction to >w them to bid lower than non te retailers on federal concts. The state now imposes the mdard sales tax on retail sales the federal government. \nother proposal in the budget 1 would allow the investigative m of the legislature, the jgislative Audit Council, eater access to records of state encies. rhe council ran into problems yring to get records when it instigated the state Department Mental Health. I persists f citizen groups such as MADD, litizens Aganist Substance K, lco o n H tho ctnt-fk PTA with k. KS WtUV/ CVi lVt VIIV M w?v\^ ? ? ? rganizing public support that elped pressure lawmakers. Hearn said she thinks the 3agal drinking age bill will pass virtually as easily" as the open ontainer legislation later this ession. UNDER THE new law, drivers >r their passengers caught with m open beer or wine container ire guilty of a misdemeanor and 1 -J A (til Art f OA J ~ UDjeci to a $iuu line or au uays> n jail. The law does allow open . :ontainers to be kept in the trunk >r luggage compartment, along vith the transportation of beer ind wine in closed containers. Russ McKinney, spokesman for jk>v. Dick Riley, said he didn't enow when the governor would eceive and sign tne measure, but tliley was pleased with the egislature's quick action. "The bill was one of his priorities mentioned in the State :>f the State address," he said. "We increased the penalties for irunk driving last year, so the big niece left is raisins the drinking age.