The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 19

The Index-Journal. Greenwood. S.C Tues Dec 23 1986 19 wo men wearing ski masks rob Rock Hill bank $.8 Qf' -i i "ljlXjul- Vr Cheering for Lander Tina Haskins, Greenwood; Denise Wilson, Ninety Six; Jonetta Brown, Sumter; Cindy Anglin, Piedmont; and Sha Duncan, Greenwood. The squad cheers for the Senators' and Lady Senators' basketball games. (Lander photo) Lander College cheerleaders 1986-87 are ready for action! Back row from left are: Jeff Kubu, Anderson; Stan Frost, Anderson; Derik Evatt, Easley; Warren Bacote, Darlington; Willie Boozer, Hodges; and Scott Porst, Port Royal.

Front row from left are: Jodi Smith, Greenwood; ROCK HILL (AP) Two men wearing ski masks and carrying pistols tied up two tellers at a Home Federal Savings Bank branch and then fled with an undisclosed amount of money. Nobody was injured in the holdup at 11:19 a.m. -Monday, but one teller suffered a small scratch on her finger when the robbers tried to take her wedding ring. "She told them, 'This ring has been on my finger for 20 years. Please don't take So they didn't." said Rock Hill police officer Charles Neil.

Bank officials and police would not say how much money was taken. "They were very upset," Michael Wofford, the bank's treasurer and vice president of finance, said of the tellers. "It was a pretty good shock to them. It went on for a long It wasn't just a lew minute thing." The robbery lasted about 10 minutes, said police, who had no suspects late Monday afternoon. According to police, the robbers entered the bank, pulled ski masks over their faces and pulled out pistols, demanding money.

They told one teller to lie on the floor, police said. The other employee helped them get the money. Rock Hill police Capt. Sonny Dover said. The thiefs then used small cord to tic the tellers' hands behind their backs and forced them into a back room, police said.

During the holdup, a male customer entered the bank and was forced into the room with the tellers. After the robbers fled, the customer released the tellers, locked the bank door and called police. The tellers did not activate alarms or use exploding dye devices, which spray dye to mark money and those handling it, according to police. "They did exactly what they were told to do; and they were not hurt," Neil said. On the bright side (With JOHN INGHAM) It is a wise saying that the secret to success is to start from scratch and keep scratching.

A thing to be thankful for is that many people do their worst driving on golf courses. It's a sobering thought that cars do not run down nearly so many folks as gossips do. Never meet trouble halfway, it's quite capable of making the entire journey alone. There comes from a regular reader the observation that if you want to be different nowadays, just act normal. A sure sign of growing old is when you begin to regret all those times you resisted temptation.

A fellow said the other day that when success turns a man's head, it should wring his neck at the same time. Wealthy Texans continue buying despite oil slump cording to spokesman George' Lancaster. "And last year was a really great year. We had an increase from the moment we opened." At Fred, a Galleria jewelry store, the buyer of a $9,400 watch in June wound up selling it for $3,000 when he fell on hard times, said store spokesman William J. Kasler.

"When he told us he sold it for that price, we said it was absurd because the watch was practically brand new. "But that $3,000 would allow him to live one more month in his house." At Gump's, a black jade necklace with a gold clasp, set with black onyx and pearl and featured in the Christmas catalog, sold immediately at $2,850, said executive director Norman Schnall. "The Russian lacquer boxes are extremely well accepted," Schnall said. "We can't keep enough of them, and sold $20,000 worth at prices ranging from about $35 to $5,000 each." DALLAS (AP) Managers of some of the area's most, exclusive stores say sales of pricey Yuletide gifts, from Russian lacquer boxes to specially bred cats, are as fast-paced as ever this Christmas despite the oil slump. At Neiman-Marcus, long a symbol of Texas wealth, spokeswoman Jan Roberts said, "We are very pleased with Christmas business." Neiman's made headlines earlier this year with its "California Spangled Cat," a domestic feline bred to look wild and leopard-like.

The spotted cats were priced at $1,400 each in the store's glitzy catalog. "All the cats available for Christmas delivery have already been sold," Ms. Roberts said. "We had somewhere over 40, but they have been gone since November. We have a waiting list.

But it is into the summer for delivery." More shoppers are visiting the trendy Galleria mall in north Dallas this Christmas than last, ac Multimedia earnings GREENVILLE (AP) Multimedia Inc. expects to post a loss of about $2 million for the fourth quarter of 1986, according to Walter E. Bartlett, president and chief executive officer of the company. Bartlett said for the year the company projects a loss of about $5 million, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. That's much smaller than the $19 million deficit that had been predicted as a result of the company's recapitalization in 1985.

Bartlett said the losses will be narrower than expected because Multimedia is ahead of schedule in repaying its bank debt and its cash flow has improved. "We are about $50 million ahead on the debt that we owe the banks, and we are running about $2 million ahead of our estimates on the operating cash flow for 1986." he said. For last year's fourth quarter, the newspaper, broadcasting and cable TV company posted a net loss of $6.2 million on revenue of $90.6 million. In all of 1985, the company had a net income of $21.6 million, or $1.40 a share on revenue of $336.3 million. To finance its recapitalization, which was undertaken in Oct.

1985 to fend off several takeover attempts, Multimedia borrowed $580 million from banks and issued $480 million in bonds, the newspaper reported. Final testing AIKEN (AP) Final testing is being completed for a $176 million facility to produce enriched uranium fuel for U.S. Navy nuclear ships beginning in 1987, a spokesman for the federal government's top-secret Savannah River Plant said. Dan Butler, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Energy, said Monday that the plant will be the second nuclear fuel production facility built for the Navy.

Nuclear Fuel Services of Erwin, a private company, is the Navy's only source of nuclear fuel currently and will continue production. SRP spokesman Carl Nandrasy said the plant is capable of producing nuclear fuel now. Nandrasy said the enriched uranium will be sent to private companies for additional refinement before it goes to the Navy. Butler said the nuclear fuel plant will employ about 400 people, but only 100 will be new employees. The remainder will be transferred from other SRP jobs, he said.

Construction of the recently completed plant began three years ago. The fuel production facility will meet all applicable DOE safety standards, said Butler, who was unable to say where and how the fuel will be transported. Murder conviction PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) A Wood County jury convicted a Kentucky man of first-degree murder in the shotgun slaying of a Spartanburg, S.C., man, court officials said. David Deskins, 21, of Ashland, was found guilty, with a recommendation for mercy, meaning he will be eligible for parole in 10 years, officials with the Wood-County prosecutor's office said Monday.

The body of Donald Workman Quinby, 62, of Spartanburg, S.C., was found lying face down along a rural Wood County road in February 1985, shot with a sawed-off shotgun. Schoolchildren walking home discovered the body. Michael Cadwallader of Lafayette, was convicted of murder in July 1985; During Deskins' trial, Cadwallader was called to the stand, but refused to testify. Death from boulder LEXINGTON (AP) Circuit Judge Julius Baggett, noting public emotions are "running high," imposed a $100,000 bond on a West Columbia teen-ager accused of killing a toddler, by pushing a boulder onto a passing car. In a somewhat unusual move, Baggett on Monday ordered the family of Robert Mcllvain, 16, to post the entire amount rather ymrony greetiog Military news If first aid, rifle marksmanship and close order drill.

Teamwork and self-discipline were emphasized throughout the training cycle. JAMES C. EISENZIMMER Navy Petty Officer 1st Class James C. Eisenzimmer, son of Larry and Zorah L. Gambrell of Route 3, Greenwood, recently reported for duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, homeported in Alameda, Calif.

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Sorrow of 200 Hillcrest and Nancy W. Recce of Route 3, both of Abbeville, has graduated from the U.S. Air Force aircraft maintenance course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas. During the course, students were taught aircraft maintenance fundamentals to repair and service one- and two-engine jet aircraft. Maintenance management and documentation was also taught to assess aircraft readiness capability.

Graduates of the course earned credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. JOSEPH P. GAARN Joseph P. Gaarn, brother of Mary C. Gam of El Toro, and grandson of Mary K.

Hawkens of 125 Wingert Road, Greenwood, has been promoted in the U.S. Army to the rank of private first class. Gaarn is an infantryman at Fort Bragg, N.C., with the 325th Infantry. LARRY K. WILLIAMS Marine Lance Cpl.

Larry K. Williams, son of Martha N. Williams of 122 S. Ames, Greenwood, recently reported for duty with 2nd Force Service Support Group, Camp Lejeune, N.C. A 1972 graduate of Greenwood High School, he joined the Marine Corps in February 1985.

MICHAEL E. JOHNSON Navy Seaman Recruit Michael E. Johnson, son of Ed V. Johnson of Woodland Trailer Park, Greenwood, has. completed recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, 111.

During Johnson's eight-week training cycle, he studied general military subjects designed to prepare him for further academic and on-the-job training in one of the Navy's 85 basic fields. Johnson's studies included seamanship, close order drill, Naval history and first aid. Personnel who complete this course of instruction are eligible for three hoi JONATHAN B. BERRY The U.S. Army Recruiting Bat-, talion in Minneapolis, Minn, recently announced that Capt.

Jonathan B. Berry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Berry, Greenwood, recently assumed command of a recruiting company- located in -Savage, Minn. Cpt.

Berry recently arrived here from Ft. Meade, Maryland. While at Ft. Meade, Cpt. Berry received the Joint Service Achievement Medal.

He is a 1973 graduate of Greenwood High School and graduated from S.C. State College in 1977. JAMES D. HOZEY Marine Pvt. James D.

Hozey, son of James C. and Betty R. Hozey of Route 3, Abbeville, has completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. During the 11-week training cycle, Hozey was taught the basics of battlefield survivial. He was introduced to the typical daily routine that he will experience during his enlistment and studied the personal and professional standards traditionally exhibited by Marines.

He participated in an active physical conditioning program and gained proficiency in a variety of military skills, including first aid, rifle marksmanship and close order drill. Teamwork and self-discipline were emphasized throughout the training cycle. He joined the Marine Corps in September 1985. DON E. MARTIN Marine Pvt.

Don E. Martin, son of Wallace F. and Josephine C. Martin of 107 Clark Abbeville, has completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. During the 11 -week training cycle, Martin was taught the basics of battlefield survival.

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