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The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 7

The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 7

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The Index-Journali
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Greenwood, South Carolina
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8 lftJi Jorflol. Gfnoo4, C. Wcif ftb. 10, 1971 Minor Oufbreafe Of frcs Tocay Troubled Wilmington Tries To Return To Normalcy i ly MItVIN LAVG turned lo Home station In Carolina' tthU and rollrre: munon on Racial Jauke. said pAemin Mid rtlatfvet had thell and mallalibfr Cir Akla(H Prr Urtier 'Mofehrad Cy and peuknille ilo attend memorial erut in Ralneh that iht servka tnofroed auihoruie rh cr- irkle found Muide lha churth WILMIS'CTON.

NC fAP There no Indication when lhurday for a Neiro ecnrer: would be held al lha would ha KrlJ at a indicate -finri had con iA minor ouibfrk of fim 5x- w' fuardmMi int4ilufd ktiird bv H4 8wf'fe Diunn In Wif. mtncinn furwul home. from tihin" n't Hiiimirr.k om mirpm, rM pvimc inwmr nim na rracnea in Nrtro community rrprr-fiUtiva of the ment rd h-e md Of rrvfirsory thurth Monday. Wtl-1 liceme a havf been pttd out- luday at lha larlalty lorn ttly A ought rrtum lo rvmU urr crrfl wi out in ivm win com-jke lor 19 youtn. Ouara iMmKw ttj thai pmt botjtia'wde 0 thurth uc Hxxuy.

City offwiali liflrj an ovrr-nijht furfrw Twrtday. Put VA National and fnorr than 100 law mfortfnvnt otll News Events In Southeastern States tfn maintaind lull patrul dur wt lh dark hour. I0 lofr and butirw nf (h tt damad by hal an thortura trntativrly drtr)brd at firftnmha. drvnirn driving panel dttcuuion Tueday on. nffirri Cfana ihrer, c- I) Peniftnliary Investigation Difficulty Finding Jurors Then rtr no tonfirrrwd In the rurrrnt trial.

Hill to Soa ad a brxrn' Fviction Raid porta of further aniprr fir evj orrvi cri uiKirr ay. own and iUi a heavy board; LNLMll Itrin. (AP) mrr couniv conMablra Artie, ithen Ka m' HIGH POINT. NC. (API rrM-nrfd fChtly wnce Iat Mill, (AP) W(SJncaay.

arm auimmnr rv A ()k in u.S. DiMrkt 1 hit ffM. lrnmMil r- in rvi a a City police and aherirf't officer ih.i bbJenr .7 w. v. namry, Ajvm uu axhool.

It Mlercd at Sunday after lo men had ll'n. hU John Lhhorn are lffed l.kt amm.ta and Pretty imged an eviction raid al dawn today on a Idgh Point hom they aaid wa ued a Black Panther headquarter. One officer, It. Shaw Cooke, a rrporled er)ouly wounded by gunfire and one occupant of killed in an.per and -7 1 IT. 7 charted tonp.rinf 10 we beEn to believe lire during Uw-nce Earned on'0 u4fd Pl'Vf juror depr.v titwena of their dvll wtrt anlmaU.

a iJarki I A (if thallensr in thP riphi, hv eafnrlin brthrt In ri-1 nf nuhlie Ihev VT. fw cxhuaMrd an In-'iurn for t.ninfi dmnken drlvlnal confronted Juvenile Or fit i i i I is JTllil'al lit prmptTlive ii 'tlu "imtion Commiwioner BlaneJhe hoo reportedly received had aked more black atudira teuton tuperficml woundi. r7.n. :X.Vrr,"r: w. M.l v.ere ecued be I i nanel of 11 lu-lMadianti during the di and an rod to atlffed hara- 7.1 1 ItauM they Mid they had knrml ihrr alternate ttii ikfd him.

"1 that Imfnt of Negroe by achoo! au- any four otcufunu of (he bout ttf a kLl fn Atwavf anMinaY Kt nan ui lour pnionrri. of BJ, pn.prnmf Ca (he lurv bo when court rehabilitate (hortlie cwJ ntl.rl.li 1V thMtfti that mrnc Jfom i. rfadinf account of litMtnc4 Tuesday. One more al-! "It tenalnly I. not.1 MQdiftAft tavrr Immwlialau Sightseeing t.

near normal Inmate are "in cnnMant fear wwthb nri iriai. in nirn ioc needed br ore ance TWevjay wa near normal .1.1. the replied. "It's completely ton. 10 policy and I regret.

lor the firu time tnc Feb, 7 a u-m-b lafe irnrwri lat a mnn a una I very much that it happen to. The property owned by Member of the Royal Bahama Police Band re nme-thing of a Ihemftelvrt hen the muical group iiied ihe nation' taoital recently. Ihey tre on a rmlon lor the Bahama Minittry of Tounim. AKaflflttm I filial hid IVTfl hium im iudti muM wvr w-- tirifield without pay and "often Oury and deputy Bill Gilbert i 1. te.M.

1. 1 1 1 1 A4 Police Group To File Suit I "You may regret, but not a much at did when It was han. maao 10 iwi uniii inrv cent In ome achool. District Court Judge Byron Haworth, who had requeued the occupant be evicted, pollca Mid. from fatigue of heat or un- had bcrn tharprd with Mayor M.

Cromartic'i de- troke." 'accepting bribe in return for NEW ORLEANS (P) RoM ta4d. vin Magtl chairman of cUion lo lift the curfew brovchl utrong obrctlon from New Hanover County offlrialf. ho I had extended lt mtrklions to the Patrolman's Association of New Orleans (PANO), Mid suit would be filed in federal court today to challenge requirement Ihwt police work the unincorporated area rounding Wilmington. i Scranton, S.C., Elects A Mayor On Third Ballot Mfarr Harris, chairman of, overtime during the Carnival the county commiMion, ald toj day that Cromartie and Wil-j Thurmond Again Receives Senate GOP Seniority He said Tuesday he felt con-fidrnt that 60 per cent of the mmcton Police Chief 11. t.

wii-j llamtmn had ignored hit plea; police would refue to work to keep the curfew on at lean, one more night. overtime during Carnival if the; court knock out the mandatory, SCRAXTOS. C. (AP) the election comrmW. iZllZxZ acramon wirn naa 10 jo 10 ing in inc couri.

a juagc ruicau(ry today, llarmi Mid be the poll thre time to do the vote hould be counted, it had aked the city official overtime regulation. PANO ha been demanding 1h.1t patrolmen be pid triple overtime for work during the WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. The South Carolina i-enator said Republican leader had as Thurmond. SC. ha roff'agrf full niority in the but they finally elected a new a opened and it went to Sin- NOTICE oufside city limit FIRE PROTECTION must be obtained before MARCH 1, 1971 YOUR PROPERTY MUST BE WITHIN 5 MILES OF CITY HALL.

YOU MUST BRING YOUR COUNTY TAX RECEIPT TO VERIFY VALUATION WHICH WILL DETERMINE YOUR FEE. CITY OF GREENWOOD sured him that when he switched! carnival season. maw. 'gletary, in ilr rl travel KepUDtlCan rany vy at-nair parties he would retain full i.t ni.kt all firebnmbinM C0P Republican Ray DuBoe out seniority. The conference of TV 9 lkln.

l.f GOP senator voted on the motion of Sen. Edward W. Brooke. nolled John C. Cmeletarv enaca.

inoucn me unanimous vote polled John C. ngletary 0 M. ne and faef (np W1 httIe more uemocrat, 15J to IM in tneir election commission cheduled: Guard official aaid he had no gesture, it aettled a ix-year-old Youth 'Treated Like An Animal' CHAPEL HILL, NC. (AP) former inmate of North Carolina's juvenile correction system says he was treated like an quatrel with the decision to and pushed the South to formally confirm inira election runotr TuewJay In the tnird election tor lueaoay. this imaU rural town located "eaiily- won IL that commitment.

continue the curfew. Carolina RepuWican rank to "You've got to eo on living. ti2th on the GOP seniority list Sen. Margaret Chase Smith. Maine, chairman of the con the middle of Florence County.

Scranton has a population et so you have to tut some- of senators. time." aid MaJ. Ccn. Fred) Committee assignment are Davi. the Hate adjutant gener- (ne major Hem ettled by sen- animal while confined at the Cameron Morrison Training School near Rockingham in "I'm ure glad it's all over." eludes about 300 voter and of that tig-ighetf one Scranton resident ,6, vo.cd the alter the return wert in Tuc-! election.

ference, also named a five-member committee to study the whole question of seniority and its prerogatives during the current Congress. Sen. Wallace at, who wa at me Ruara and since Thurmond al-command post until well atier'ready has hi appointments, the 1967.68. Russell Ross, 18, of Winston-Salem related his experiences midnieht vote Tuesday will mean no ma oay nignt. "i trunk everyone ior cnanse in ms status.

F. Bennett, R-Ltah, was named chairman. One company of guardsmen, about 120 men. wa released was getting a little tired of vot Sparrow resigned the Job for personal reasons during a university-sponsored, Thurmond is a member of from duty Tuesday and re- the Armed Services. Judiciary last August.

and Veterans Committees, and he said he doesn't contemplate any changes. Thurmond switched parties in 1964 when he supported Barry Fort Bragg Will Be Restyled Along Lines 01 Modern Army ing." DuBose. who becomei the first GOP mayor in anyone' memory around here, wasn't available for comment cm his victory. He and Singlctary first ran against each other for the mayor's job last Oct. 6.

They tied 86 to 86 that time. A second election in October ended in a 93 to r.oldwater for the Presidency, He had been elected to the Senate as a Democrat 10 years earlier. If his seniority had dated only from 19R4. when he switched to the GOP, Thur- FAYETTE VI LLE (AP) -The commander of the Ft. Bragg military post has announced that the Defense De- mond would rank 22nd in party 93 tie.

but a recount gave Du the nation to experiment with changes in military lifestyle. The project, called "Modern Volunteer army" (MVA), is aimed at making military life more attractive to volunteers. Tolson said that civilian labor will be hired to replace soldiers now performing some of the seniority in ine senate. "mTrthXrokefeTler III au' -v-f m- AI mm --3q i i NEW YORK (AP) Martha Bose 94 votes and an apparent 'Pent uthonzcd 13 inrt-viclory (lion to make life on the bese (more appealing. However, the local election' Lt.

Gen. John J. Tolson III commission ruled that former; told a group of soldiers and ci-Mayor Pete Sparrow's vote wasjvilmns Tuesday that Ft. Bragg not legal. Singlctary challenged will become the fourth post in Baird Rockefeller, stepmother less attractive jobs around the of Gov.

Nelson A. Rockefeller, has left S37 million in bequests base. to charity Mrs. Rockefeller, who was 75, died Jan. 24.

27 Die At Woodbine, Go. The will filed in Manhattan Surrogate Court last week left SI0 million to Lincoln Center, ixcw lorx cuuurai complex. IHI Jt'MW 'TaEPnoMpTEn MW8m j'cl :Vl.Ul.MI.I......U.......l.l. MNIMMIMIII ill. i Po kjfm Other large bequests included Settle $5 million each to Colonial Wil Agencies Gather To liamsburg, the Metropoli tan Opera Association, the Mar tha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music and the Metropolitan Museum or Art.

Claims After Leit si million apiece were Tragic Blast Brown University, the Riverside Church of New York, the Phil harmonic Society of New York, "It was all put together to WOODBINE. Ga. (AP) the New England Conservatory "It won't be easy. Some children were left without day." or music in Boston and Occiden William Booth, 24, came early Company sedans brought the tal College in Los Angeles. people to the gymnasium, in side, a half-dozen wooden ta for what the mayor of his town called a beautiful thing.

He came still saddened to find out what benefits he and his tiny bles were set up on the floor of the basketball court. The bust son will receive for the loss of ness was transacted there. his wife and mother. Insurance claims ranged They were among the 27 from 515,000 to $25,000 depend killed in the Thiokol Chemical ing on whether the employe Corp. munitions plant explosion had contributed to the msur South Carolina tho summer can bo as hot as somo other places are all year long.

Remember bow the heat last summer made you think you were living somewhere soutbof Sooth Carolina? Well the weather's not going to be any cooler this summer. But you can be. Because yon can get a loan at any SCN oQcoior just about anything. ance policy in addition to the company. Haskins said 24 of the death claims were settled on the spot.

"The economic impact of this ndtidngasnafVDWsasyottwant thing will be disastrous," Haskins said. "We're in a section of the community that is low income and the effects of the unemployment will hit up hard. Most of the people affected are Negro, and it's not racial or anything I talking about." The mayor said each of the Thiokol employes was feeding six to eight others before the explosions. A company spokesman said at least 200 employes will be last week that dealt a terrible personal and economic blow to this rural southeast Georgia area. Booth was one of many at the old high school bymnasium Tuesday.

His mother-in-law, an elderly woman with a limp, carried tiie baby, born just three months ago. "I'm going to see that this baby gets the good out of this," she said with tears in her eyes. She was speaking of $15,000 insurance claimed for her daughter's death. The occasion was a gathering of 13 state and federal agencies and insurance agents called by Gov. Jimmy Carter to help survivors through the difficult days ahead.

As they met, the blast and fire In the building where magnesium flares were being produced for the Army claimed its 27th victim. Gracie Life of White Oak, died in a Jacksonville, Fla. medical center. Another meeting is scheduled today. There still are Social Security and welfare matters, workmen's compensation and food stamps to be handled.

"This was a beautiful thing," Mayor E. Haskins of Woodbine aaid. "The veterans agency was here, the welfare agency was here, the insurance people were here. It served the purpose that needed to be served. out of work indefinitely and 130 more will miss some work.

"This could not be avoided," said J. P. Galloway, the plant manager. "We're not going to resume our operations until we're sure all the buildings are safe. We are doublechecking the safety devices in all the buildings.

We thought the building where the explosion occurred was safe, too." Fqrecast for Cable TV: Clear, Varied, No Snow! Dial 229-5421 Galloway said there will be 90 fewer jobs when the plant reopens because he expects the government to give the flare contract to another company. Five weeks remained on the old llAlaUrtaNrftgl CADLCTV contract IkaMbMMAMw Scsih CarcHna Ilaticndl Loans for Whatever Many of these people will go on welfare until we can get back to work," Galfoway said..

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