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...South Carolina, Charleston's Sword Gate Inn, an 18th century house belonging to David and Suzanne Redd, rents five antique-filled bedrooms for $55 per night; they come with a sumptuous breakfast (including freshly squeezed orange juice, cinnamon apple casserole, homemade sausage balls and locally blended "Carolina coffee") and complimentary bicycles for seeing the sights. The Vendue Inn's 18 rooms are organized around an 18th century courtyard, where wine and cheese parties take place each day to the strains of chamber music...
Most B & B proprietors, even those who are full-time innkeepers, are not trying to make big money. Says Suzanne Redd of Charleston's Sword Gate Inn: "We're in it for the pleasure. We love to entertain." Marian Binkley, owner of San Francisco's Hermitage House, agrees: "It isn't a business, it's a hobby. It's like having ten sets of house guests every night. The B & B owner has got to want to mother the world...
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...reason that South Carolina now has the third fastest growing industrial sector of any state in the U.S. is Charleston International Airport. Among the companies that have set up factories within an easy drive of the twin-runway airport: Cummins Engine, Du Pont, Levi Strauss, Memorex, Celanese and Exxon. Says Michael Kazeef, a manager for Alumax Inc., a leading aluminum producer: "In Washington State, the airport is 120 miles from our plant and going there was a big inconvenience. For any large company, an airport close by is a necessity. Vendors, salesmen, parts, cargo, company officials, you name...
...recent Saturday night, a larger-than-average crowd of 4392 saw the Mud Hens crush Charleston, 8-1. It's the kind of thrashing Toledo is more used to receiving, mired as they are this season in eighth and last place. A sizeable portion of the crowd came great distances to see the Minnesota Twins' top farm team smash the Cleveland Indians of the future...