Published: January 15, 1997

State Journal

Barbara Stock Nielsen, the South Carolina state schools superintendent, hasn't heard the end of suggesting that the state stop flying the Confederate battle flag above the Statehouse in Columbia.

While Gov. David Beasley, a fellow Republican, holds the same position, Ms. Nielsen has become a target of flag supporters, one of whom suggested she go into hiding.

Ms. Nielsen received the correspondence from Republican Rep. John Graham Altman 3rd shortly after she asked state education associations "to approve a resolution supporting the effort to find a suitable compromise...