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S.C.'s growth in revenues !
give lawmakers extra millions
Associated Press
Continued growth in state revenues will give South
Carolina lawmakers about $129 million more next year,
but also some tough decisions about how to spend it, the
state's chief economist said Thursday.
"There's no recession in our forecast, and we think it's
unlikely we'll have one despite what you read," James
Morris told lawmakers and members of the state Budget
and Control Board during the last day of hearings on the
1985-86 state budget.
Morris, chairman of the Board of Economic Advisers,
said South Carolina's economy is moving with the rest of
the nation, and he predicted the state's budget will grow by
$129 million, or about 5.5 percent, to almost $2.5 billion
during the next fiscal year.
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that they will still face a shortfall because of budget commitments
to education and local governments made this
spring, and more than $500 million in new requests
presented by state agencies.
"We've got $103 million in commitments, not including
any pay raise for state employees," said Rep. Tom MarD
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million short before we open the book on state agency
requests."
Morris said it would be premature to use the figures to
begin planning the budget, because the board's first official
projection will not be released until Nov. 1.
"I feel intuitively that the figures could be higher by
then, but whether they'll be big enough to solve your problem,
1 don't know. I doubt my intuition would let me go
to $78 million," Morris said.
HK SAID by the time lawmakers reconvene in January,
"the situation will be greatly clarified. The election will be
over so there should be some commitment toward reducing
the deficit, and we will have six months of revenue collections
behind us."
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should increase almost 8 percent in fiscal 1985-86, more
than $63 million will be lost because of changes in tax laws
made last year to soften the impact of the 1-cent sales tax
increase for public education.
He said the board had reviewed dozens of conflicting
projections before preparing their estimate. "The concensus
is that we have inflation under control, and productivity
and wages will continue to increase moderately above the
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The board's estimate assumes no major strike in the
labor force, and that the federal government will take steps
to combat the growing federal deficit by next spring, Morris
said.
LOCALLY, HE said, the lagging textile industry will
continue to impede state revenue growth becausc of competition
from foreign imports.
"I'm not trying to put the finger on the textile industry thev've
contributed so much economv throueh the vears.
But if one section is not growing, the other segments will
have to grow faster to maintain this momentum," he said.
Gov. Dick Riley, chairman of the Budget and Control
Board, blamed the industry's problems on the surge of.
foreign textiles into the country, while Marchant said the
strong U.S. dollar and the lack of uniform import quotas
has compounded the problem.
Morris said South Carolina's farmers "should do a little |
better, or at least hold their own." while the state's tourism
industry should continue to grow at a good rate.
"The key is continued development in the manufacturing
and service areas, and in small business. We have an
outstanding industrial development program, but so much
is contingent on lower interest rates and the impact may not
show up for a year or two," he said.
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Reagan well-pre
Associated Press
WASHINGTON ? White House
officials on Saturday portrayed President
Reagan as actively engaged and in
command of his own material ? "not
reading his notes" ? as he conducted
his first meeting ever with a senior
Soviet official.
One aide, who sought out several
reporters to review Reagan's meeting
Friday with Soviet Foreign
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after the president had been given the
customary position papers,
background material, "taking points"
and staff briefings, "he sat down and
wrote out nine pages" on the yellow
legal pad he normally uses to make
notes.
"He did not read from what he had
written out, but he used that to kick
off the meeting," the official said,
describing the talks on condition he
not be named.
"After that, there was a back-andforth,
give-and-take with him and
Gromyko doing the talking on various
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Sumter street
Associated Press
SUMTER ? Four street preachers
brimstone messages raised the ire of locc
cleared of disorderly conduct charges
police in May.
Charges against Anthony Hill, John
and Michael Truell, all of the Gethsemar
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Burchstead said.
Burchstead said the charges were dr
reached an agreement with city official:
acceptable conduct for their preac!
sidewalks.
"We never had any objection to the
said," he said, "but it was the manner in
to whether it would obstruct pedestrian ?
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pared for Gromyk
issues, again with the president not using
notes but making these points."
The White House aide and other officials
who described Reagan's closeddoor
talks with the veteran Soviet
leader sought to dispel any impression
that the president was less expert than
Gromyko, who has the reputation of a
tough, savvy negotiator.
Reagan "made it clear that he is putting
highest priority on U.S.-Soviet
relations, that he is personally hanging
the issues and intends to remain personally
involved," one official said.
Another said, "the president did
most of the talking. . . He was not
reading from notes."
That would be uncharacteristic of
Reagan, who takes typed index cards
to practically every meeting and reads
even the most informal of public
remarks. When he says a few words
after talks he has just held with
another leader, he reads from a text
prepared before the discussions took
place.
As for the Soviet foreign minister's
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behavior, the White House aide said,
"This was not a new Gromyko. He is a
tough negotiator. He's plaved the
game for a long time."
As officials described the meeting, it
was apparent that they regarded
Reagan's performance to be as important
as his messsage.
One official said, "We feel the
Soviets are going away with the sense
of having met a strong, confident
leader, a man who is reasonable, flexible
but not an easy mark."
After the meeting, Gromyko issued
a statement indicating ne was not impressed
by what he had heard. He said
it was apparent the United States was
not willing "to take a realistic stand on
the substance of the acute problems of
war and peace."
But White House officials appear
optimistic nonetheless that, as one put
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is the personal factor of Ronald
Reagan. They now have a basis for
judging him. So we think they achieved
their purpose in coming here."
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ts of other people."
:hstead said one of the men was standing
mobile while preaching, and this caused
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s representing the four men. He said the
' prohibited the men from preaching atop
street preachers had preached in Sumter
nd "they haven't had any trouble."
were arrested May 12 while preaching
harges were dropped when Burchstead
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