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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
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MEETING ? Reside
ference Room at 8 p.m
INTRAMURALS and
co-rec waterpolo er
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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
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>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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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. \
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"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."
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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.