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Deaths and funerals 2 Th Index-Journal, Or nwood, 8.C., Auguat 10, 1989 Inmate CARRIE E. WfcBB FOUNTAIN INN Carrie Elizabeth Webb, wife of Douglas w-- said. Officials were unsuccessful in trying to reach his former wife, who lives in Valdosta, Ga. But they were able to reach Walden's former mother-in-law and his brother. Walden spoke to his brother about 30 minutes before he killed himself, officials said.

Authorities said they monitored Walden's phone calls. Walden's attorney advised him to give up, they said. "He admitted to his lawyer that he probably did something he shouldn't have done, that he was in it and needed to get out of it," Evatt said. Walden was scheduled to be transferred from McCormick because animosity had developed between him and another inmate, according to Evatt. When bad feelings arise between inmates, the Department of Corrections routinely transfers one of them, he said.

"We could have chosen the other inmate," Evatt said. "We thought he had finally accepted the reason for the transfer. We gave the reason for it." Evatt described Walden as a "good worker" at the prison and said he believed the hostage taking was a spur-of-the-moment incident caused by frusraticn. "You never know why a man takes his own life," he said. McCormick is a medium-to-maximum security prison meant to house 808 inmates.

It currently houses 1,100 inmates. Double-celling of some of the inmates had been approved by a federal court, Archibald said. Talks of neighbor Ernest Morgan had nothing but good things to say about hostage Sondley Robinson during the 9-hour crisis. (Staff photo by Anthony McCarron) Reaction MRS. EVE RLE AN E.

8TEVENS Services for Mrs. Everlean Evans Stevens will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Pine Grove A.M.E. Church with the Rev. Willie Neel Norman Jr.

and Elder Castell Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be her nephews. Flower bearers will be her nieces. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m.

Friday. The family will receive friends at the home of her sister, Mrs. Annie Mae Williams of Route 1, Hwy 178 at Pine Grove Church. Percival-Tompkins Service is in charge. (Continued from page 1) every man, woman and child over the next 30 years to solve the nation's biggest financial crisis since the Depression.

"We can and will preserve a safe, efficient and equitable financial system for ourselves and for our kids," Bush said before signing a bill providing money to cover more than $100 billion in losses over the past decade to speculative, and often fraudulent, lending. The Treasury Department planned today to borrow the first $5 billion of a $20 billion down-payment to be made over the next seven weeks to reduce an estimated $20 million in daily losses by insolvent but still operating L. William Seidman, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and in charge of the day-today cleanup, said three-fourths of the first $20 billion will be used to reduce interest rates being offered by some shaky thrifts to attract deposits. Those rates are expected to fall from 11 percent to 8 percent or 9 percent.

Train crash (Continued from page 1) workers returned to the site. Helicopters landed rescue workers nearby and casualties were taken out on railroad handcars. Officials said at least 107 people were injured, including 30 seriously, and that the death toll was expected to rise. Torrential rains over the last week were blamed for the crash. "The cause was quite clear.

The heavy rains loosened the rail-bed and the rails just gave way," said Roberto Martinez Maestre, a spokesman for the state government based in Mexico City, 730 miles from the crash site. Rail and rescue officials could provide no immediate breakdown on the nationalities of the victims. Eleven victims identified Wednesday night were all Mexicans. Missing woman found early today A 73-year old. Route 4 woman was reported missing Wednesday afternoon after she failed to return from walking her dogs.

Greenwood Sheriff's deputies, along with personnel from Promised Land, Northwest, Epworth-Phoenix, Highway 34, Coronaca, Lower Lake, and Callison volunteer fire departments, began searching for the woman at midnight and found her about 1:40 a.m. today in a wooded area about three miles from her home with the dogs. She was unharmed, but she told EMS personnel that her knee hurt and she was cold. log (Continued from page 1) itor's said Tanna Gam-brell of Seneca, who was visiting a relative at the prison when the incident began. "There was something going on in the yard.

They wouldn't let us move. Then the white shirts came in and they made everyone leave. They put the prisoners in one line and the visitors in another." A lock-down of the prisoners began around noon right after lunch, Archibald said. At some point during the day, chemical solvents were poured on the floor of the furniture-making building. Firefighting crews stood by in case the solvents were set ablaze, officials said.

Walden made three demands during the day, authorities said: He wanted to speak to an attorney of his choice; he wanted his institutional records delivered to him; and he wanted to tajk to his former wife. Walden achieved all of his demands but the last, authorities Robinson (Continued from page 1) been taken hostage at the McCormick Correctional Institution by an armed inmate. Foster S. Robinson, 56, a prison staff employee, and another inmate, William David Cooper, 31, were being held by Thomas Walden, a convicted murderer armed with a .25 caliber automatic pistol. For the Morgans and other friends of Robinson's in the small, tightly-knit town of McCormick, Wednesday was a day filled with drama and fear, as they waited anxiously for news of their friend's fate.

"My daughter and Sondley's daughter are together all the time," said Ernest Morgan, who lives one house across the street from the Robinsons. "She's like another daughter to me." Robinson is a family man, with a wife, two daughters and a son. "His daughter's been in and out all day," Morgan said. "She's pretty upset, trying not to cry. I know it's rough, especially when someone's got a gun on your daddy." "I've known them since we've been here, for almost two years," he said.

"Sondley is a real nice guy. We talk quite a bit, about every other day." Morgan said that in addition to working as a supervisor at the McCormick County Correctional Institution's prison industries facility, Robinson is also a substitute teacher at McCormick High School. "He asks the kids to call him Mr. Sondley," said Jane Morgan. Dale Cooper, a neighbor, said: "He's a great guy.

They've got a lot of prisoners there. They say that most of them are good, but this prisoner here (Walden), has a life sentence in there and now he's got my next door neighbor." Mary Far is, co-owner of Johnny's Quick Stop, about 200 yards down the road form the prison, said Robinson and other employees often stop in after work. A photo of Robinson and a friend after a successful deer hunting expedition hangs on one of the store walls. "He's very nice, easy going, well-mannered, well-liked," said Farris. "He's always in and out of here." During last night's hostage crisis, Robinson's family was brought to the prison, but did not get a chance to see their loved one until he was released by the prisoner.

Robinson is the brother-in-law of District 12 McCormick and Greenwood Counties State Representative Jennings McAbee. "I'm just glad it's over with," McAbee said in a telephone interview this morning. "I'm happy for the whole family that there wasn't anyone hurt." "Sondley is doing real well given the circumstances," he said. "It takes time to adjust back to your normal routine." Other members of Robinson's family stated he was fine, but that he would not be available for comment last night or again this morning. Bush (Continued from page 1) However, Bush insisted he would do nothing "that would put some other American, perhaps in some other place, at some other time, at risk, and that means trading off or negotiating for hostages." In developments abroad, Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir persuaded Bush in a 10-minute telephone call Wednesday night to coordinate efforts to release foreign hostages and Israeli prisoners held in Lebanon, a Shamir aide said today.

It was the first time the two leaders had talked since the hostage crisis flared following Is-rael's kidnapping of Moslem cleric Sheik Abdel Karim Obeid from southern Lebanon on July 28, Israeli reports said. Shamir assured Bush that Israel would include the eight American hostages in any deal to trade Obeid and other Shiite prisoners in Israel's hands for three Israeli soldiers held by the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement in Lebanon, said Avi Pazner, a top aide to Shamir. Webb, of 1501 Howard ai Aua. 5. 1989.

She was a member of Rocky Creek Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to her husband of the home, are ten daughters, Pamela Deane Ware of the home, Guynell Houston, Wanda Wright, Tussie Greggs, Inez Spurgeon and Cora Hill, all of Greenville, Sandra Morgan, Margaret Walker, Sara Morgan and Nancy Webb, all of Fountain Inn; eight sons, Eddie Michael Johnson of Simpsonville, Alphonzo Morton of Gray Court, Willie James Webb, Eugene Webb, Calvin Webb and Nathaniel Webb, all of Greenville, John Wade Webb of New York City. N.Y. and Allen Webb of Fountain Inn; an adopted son, C.L. Todd of Greenville; three sisters, Ida Mae Young and Gaynell Pyles, both of Greenville and Doris Wade of Philadelphia, and three brothers, Horace C.

Rapley Jr. of Greenwood, Bobby Rapley of Birmingham, Ala. and Ace Rapley of Due West. Services were at 4 p.m. Thursday at Rocky Creek Baptist Church.

Burial was in the church cemetery. Watkins, Garrett, Woods Mortuary is in charge. BYRON DAWAYNE MCGRIER WARE SHOALS Byron t-v -J: 1 A jLWwayiie iviuurier, it, uieu nug. 6, 1989 at Mt. Carmel Hospital in Detroit, Mich.

Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of Mrs. Joyce McGrier Russell. He attended public schools of Detroit, Mich, and was a member of Greater Deliverance Temple of Detroit. Surviving, in addition to his mother of Detroit, are a stepfather, James Russell Jr. of Detroit; two brothers, Aarif and Nathan Russell, both of Detroit; a stepbrother, Greg Russell; a stepsister, Tonya Russell Stevens of Belton; maternal grandparents, Mrs.

Magnolia McGrier of Ware Shoals and Leroy McGrier of Washington, D.C.; and maternal great-grandparents, Capers and Ethel McGrier of Hodges. Pallbearers will be Jerome Jor-den, Roy Keller, John H. Bussey, Robert Shell, Ronnie Smith, Don-nie Bussey and Henry Shell. Flower bearers will be Laverne Leverett, Sabrina Leverett, An-jenet Richardson, Darlene Keller, Ida Keller, Michelle Keller, Valerie Jackson and Renee Lomax. Services will be at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Little River Baptist Church in Ware Shoals with the Rev. Willie Killingworth officiating. Burial will be in Dunn Creek Cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Saturday.

The family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Robinson Funeral Home, Ware Shoals. The family is at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Willie Bates, Trailer Park and 8 Sullivan Ware Shoals. MRS. BETTY J. BUFF NEWBERRY Mrs. Betty Jean Bennett Buff, 42, wife of Willie Buff, of 3529 Hursey died Aug.

8, 1989 at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Newberry, she was a daughter of Robert Bennett and Mrs. Janie Derrick. She was an employee of Rehab and a member of Colony Lutheran Church. Surviving, in addition to her husband of the home, her mother of Newberry and her father of West Columbia, are three sons, Kenneth Woodward, Dawayne Woodward and James Abney, all of Newberry; two daughters, Julie Abney of Whitmire and Dina Richardson of Silverstreet; and two brothers, Robert Bennett Jr.

and Jerry Bennett, both of Vicksburg, Miss. Services were at 3 p.m. today at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home, Newberry. Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family is at the home of Mr.

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1 W7; Th Joumaand IndatConaotoaMd Fto t. IBlt THE INDEX-JOURNAL COMPANY eoa ic Rate by Carrier prison neld by Greenwood residents. "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for the prison," said McCormick resident Mike Blackwell. Black-well works as an installerdriver in the same building where convicted murderer Thomas Walden kept two hostages at gunpoint Wednesday. "It is one of the best things to happen to the county." Blackwell said he felt secure while at work.

"Every once in a while I have to remind myself where I am," he said. "But with what they (correctional officers) are working with, I think security is jam up. The prison is doing a fine job." Russell Farris, proprieter of Johnny's Quick Stop, located about 200 yards down the road from the prison, said the facility brings him a lot of business. "The warden comes in, officers stop by after work, visitors come in after visiting hours," said Farris. "I sell them hot dogs, bring a lot of business." "But even without that," said Farris' wife, Mary, who helps run the convenience store, "the prison wouldn't bother me.

It's not the business part I'm looking at. I think that because the prison's off the road and you can't actually see it, you don't really think about it." Some residents, however, said they were having second thoughts about the prison's McCormick address. "When that inmate who went down to Georgia escaped, the police told me he passed through the woods behind my house," said Ernest Morgan, who lives several miles away in town. "He was within 100 yards of my house. I don't like to keep a loaded gun in the house, but I don't know if I should now or not." Gloria Edmunds, whose husband was one of the McCormick firefighters called to stand by at the scene Wednesday in case Walden set fire to chemicals inside the building where he was holding the hostages, and whose sister-in-law works at the prison, shared Morgan's uneasiness.

"I really wish it hadn't been built," she said. "I never thought it was safe enough." "They've already proved it's not escape-proof. It makes me uneasy living in the area." City GREENWOOD CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT The following reports were taken from the Greenwood City Fire Department Firefighters along with Greenwood City Police responded Wednesday to a suspicious fire at an unoccupied South Main Street building. One room suffered fire damage and the building suffered smoke damage. The fire appears to have started outside the building but the cause is under investigation.

VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS The following were taken from the Greenwood County volunteer fire departments: Highway 34 Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire on McKellar Drive Wednesday. A fallen candle is believed to have sparked the blaze which inflicted an estimated $2,000 damage to the home. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Greenwood EMS responded Wednesday to eight emergencies and three transport requests. Included were calls to South Cambridge Street (Ninety Six), West Cambridge Avenue, Briarwood Road, Jacob Street (two calls), S.C. 72 (four calls) and Greenwood Health Care (three calls).

POLICE DEPARTMENT The Greenwood City Police Department Wednesday and early today responded to two reports of fraudulent checks, a suspicious fire, two assault and battery incidents, two petty larcenies, one incident involving malicious injury to real property, a domestic incident, a burglary and two grand (Continued from page 1) hostage for nine-and-half hours before killing himself Wednesday night. "The prison doesn't bother us a bit," Scruggs said. "We never think about it. You've got to have a facility like this. They've got to be somewhere.

I fought for putting it here. Anything that can help McCormick's economy you can hardly turn away." Scrugg's words reflected the sentiments of many McCormick residents who live close to the two-year-old prison, despite the fact that Wednesday's hostage-taking was only the latest in a series of major incidents at the prison. Last year, a prisoner escaped through a drain pipe and fled to Lincolnton, where authorities charged that he murdered one person. Recently, an investigation was launched into allegations that state-owned tires had been stolen from the institution. But according to many people who live near the prison, the institution and its economic benefits make it worthwhile for McCormick to house the prison.

"It has brought more than 300 jobs to the area," said State Representative Jennings McAbee. The prison has pumped life into McCormick County, he said. Greenwood has benefited as well, according to McAbee, with more than 30 percent of the jobs at the Its calculation is based on a spending cut that amounts to 1 percent of the total that the United States produces that is, more than (40 billion. It suggests a 4 percent increase in the supply of money. Those changes would reduce the $75 billion deficit by $29.9 billion in 1994, it figures.

On top of that, it looks at what would happen if other countries also increase their money supply by 4 percent, and increase their government spending by 1 percent instead of cutting it. Such increases would provide the additional $10 billion cut in the U.S. international balance, bringing it down to $45.1 billion in 1994. But Stephan Thurman, an analyst in the office, called the suggestions for other countries' action unrealistic. "Many foreign industrial countries are facing inflationary pressures that could well be exacerbated by fiscal and monetary stimulation designed to reduce current account imbalances in the United States," the report said.

"Other countries for example Japan and West Germany are also striving to reduce budget deficits as a means of increasing national saving as they prepare for changes that will significantly increase the number of retired people in coming decades." The report said cooperation of the kind suggested is more likely if newly industrializing countries such as Brazil, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are excluded i A Councilman busy McCormick County Councilman Lewis Scruggs, with video cmaera handy, talks with reporters during the McCormick incident. (Staff photo by David Porreca) Trade deficit (Continued from page 1) countries. "Policies for Reducing the Current-Account Deficit," the report made public Wednesday, suggests that the deficit could be brought down most by cutting government spending and increasing the money supply. larcenies. Two people were arrested for fradulent checks and one was arrested for failure to return a rented object.

Included were the following incidents: A patron of a Calhoun Avenue business pumped $5 in gas and left without paying Wednesday. A .38 caliber pistol was reported missing from the glove compartment of a truck parked on Mineral Street Wednesday. A Beadle Street man reported Wednesday that $40 in cash was missing from his home. Vandals smashed the glass door of a business on Montague Avenue Wednesday. A burglar entered a Cooper Street home recently and took $260 from the pocket of a sleeping man.

Three men backed up to an area garage and took tool boxes and tools valued at more than $2,500. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT The Greenwood County Sheriffs Department Wednesday and early today responded to a domestic dispute, one report of a missing person, a report of a prowler, two petty larcenies, two Sand larcenies and one burglary, eluded were the following incidents: A patron of a Norths ide Drive business pumped $4 in gas and left without paying early today. A burglar entered a Pleasant Rock Church Road home in Ninety Six and took video equipment, jewelry and firearms worth $1,500 Inflicting $250 in damage to a door and window. A hot pink "trick bike" valued at $280 was reported missing from an Earl Court home recently. i IWk.

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Two months ago, the Reeves family filed a $3.5 million lawsuit in federal court in Greenville against the S.C. Department of Corrections and the architects and contractors of the prison. Authorities said Jones escaped through a sewer drain at the prison. More recently, six inmates required hospital treatment after being in two prison-yard fights. At the time, there was no evidence reported of weapons being used.

In addition to problems among the inmates, internal difficulties involving staff members have been reported. Disciplinary actions resulting in demotions and suspensions without pay were handed out to four employees after a series of tire thefts from state-owned vehicles maintained at the prison. The incident occurred in November 1988, but information about it was not released until February 1989. According to Hugh Munn, spokesman for the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), the tire-theft investigation was turned over to the state attorney general's office. But Department of Corrections spokesman Francis X.

Archibald said the problems at McCormick simply mirror the problems in the prison system as a whole. "There's nothing unique in McCormick," he said. "This is just where the attention is now. We have 32 institutions and 14,000 inmates. Conditions are overcrowded at practically every one of them." MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Mak AI RamKlanoa To: THE INDEX-JOURNAL COMPANY O.

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