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4A The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C., July 18, 1995 Deaths and funerals) Serbs latmch mew attack Thurmond calls for U.N. withdrawal WASHINGTON Senator Strom Thurmond, today called for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations Protective Force (UNPRO- FOR) from Bosnia. In a statement delivered this morning on the Senate floor, Thurmond remarked, "UNPROFOR has become impotent and must withdraw. There is no excuse for leaving UN troops in such a dangerous and untenable position any lunger." Thurmond, who serves as chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, also voiced his support for United States participation in an extraction operation of limited scope and duration: "We must end the charade of the UN presence in Bosnia, and stand with our allies by assisting them to disengage, and then turn our rebels have denied the allegations of murder, rape and beatings. The Bosnian president met twice with the U.N..

commander for Bosnia, Gen. Rupert Smith, to discuss evacuation plans. The top U.N. official in the former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi, said today that if the Bosnian government requested assistance, the United Nations would do "whatever it can to facilitate their wishes." Bosnian Serb television predicted it would take a week for the town to fall. Izetbegovic's offer for negotiations with the rebels indicated the government was losing hope of defending the enclave.

Information from the area is sketchy. Government ham radio operators have difficulty maintaining contact even with Sarajevo, radio operators in the capital have said. The United Nations has admitted it is powerless to defend its "safe area." There are just 79 Ukrainian peacekeepers in Zepa, and many of them had their weapons stolen by government troops trying to augment their own arsenal. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) Bosnian Serbs encroaching on a second U.N. -protected enclave bombarded the town of Zepa with artillery and mortar fire today, hoping to wither its defenses and force its capitulation.

Fearing Zepa could fall, President Alija Izetbegovic on Monday proposed talks with enemy Serbs on the evacuation of elderly and wounded civilians. The Serbs demanded last week that government defenders surrender and begin evacuating civilians from the U.N. "safe area," but the government refused. A Serb leader, Momcilo Krajisnik, said today that the government proposal should have come earlier, "to avoid conflicts." Serbs were shelling Zepa town, the heart of Zepa enclave, but there were no reports of troop movements, said U.N. spokesman Rida Ettarashany.

"We are seeing military pressure on (government forces) to surrender Zepa," said U.N. spokesman Chris Gunness. About 500 lightly armed JUANITA A. MCKINNEY; SIMPSONVILLE Juanftl Abrams McKinney, 69, wife of the Rev. E.

Don McKinney, of 107 Beaverdale Court, died July 17, 1995. Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Willie Eugene and Agnes Pauline Simp son Abrams. She was a member of Simpsonville United Methodist Church, where she was chairperson of the Faith Circle. In former churches where her husband was pastor, she sang in the choirs, taught Sunday School and served in othef capacities. Surviving in addition to her husband of the home, are a daughtef, Donita M.

Sims of Simpsonvill; two sons, Dr. Edward D. McKirJ-ney Jr. of Rock Hill and Frank B. McKinney of Winnsboro; a sister, Wilma A.

Dockham of Powder-ville; three brothers, William Eugene Abrams of Anderson, Luther Simpson Abrams of Wart Shoals and Phil Huff Abrams of Charlotte; and two grandsons. Memorials may be made to Simnsnnville United Methodist WILLIE B. RICE LAURENS Willie B. "Biscuit" Rice, of 201 Lurev widower of Mary Alice Bolden Rice, died July 16, 1995, at Laurens County Hospital. Born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Allen and Cora Nsely Rice.

Surviving are one son, Jessie Bernard Rice of Laurens; two daughters, Shirley B. Jones of Simpsonville and Debra J. Whit-more of Laurens; one stepdaughter, Patricia Ann Bolden of Simpsonville; four sisters, Martha Lee Rice, Essie Ree Rice, Mary M. Rice, and Charlie Mae Yeargin, all of Laurens; and six grandchildren. Services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m.

at Hopewell Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family is at the home, 201 Lurey Laurens. Beasley's Funeral Home, Inc. of Laurens is in charge of arrangements. THURMOND will stop the agony in that troubled Srebrenica, to the Serbs last week.

Tens of thousands of Muslim civilians were deported. Zepa, a remote area about 30 miles from Sarajevo, is home to between 10,000 and 16,000 people. The government proposal to talk with the rebels appeared designed to avert a repeat of the atrocities said to have been committed by Serbs after they seized Srebrenica. The Kemp targets tax reform LAiivJ Whitewater probe focusing on role of White House? WASHINGTON (AP) In a second round of hearing into Whitewater, Senate Republicans will try to cast doubt on presidential aides' assertions that they didn't tamper with documents in the office of White House lawyer Vincent Foster. The hearings opening Tuesday are part of a one-two Republican punch aimed at the Clinton White House.

House hearings begin Wednesday into the government's deadly 1993 siege at Waco, The Senate Whitewater committee will focus on the late-night search of Foster's White House office after bis suicide in a Virginia parkon July 20, 1993. According to a written summary of key witness testimony, obtained by The Associated Press, the early emphasis of the Republican-led hearings appears directed at: Why the White House didn't act on requests from the VS. Park Police to immediately seal Foster's office, waiting 16 hours before posting a guard. In the interim, three presidential aides searched the office. fl Testimony from at least two Secret Service guards suggesting that top presidential aides carried files from areas near Foster's office In the 24 hours following his death.

The concern of Justice Department officials who were kept at arms length when then-White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum reviewed documents In Foster's office two days after his death. Leadoff Whitewater witness Webster Hubbell, former associate attorney general, has told Senate investigators that Deputy Attorney General Philip Heymann and others at the Justice Department "thought they had an understanding" allowing them to review Foster's office documents. But "when they got there, it was a much more, I guess he would say, aggressive litigator's position that was being taken by Bernle," Hubbell said, according to the Senate summary of his testimony to congressional Investigators. Foster's death twice has been ruled a suicide. It has become part of the wide-ranging Whitewater probe because he had been working on tax matters involving the first family's controversial real estate venture.

Presidential aides have admitted they removed the Whitewater documents from Foster's office two days after his death, taking them to President and Mrs. Clinton's White House residence. The records were later turned over to prosecutors. Among the new details to emerge on the eve of the hearings was a telephone call that Park Police MaJ. Robert Hines made to the White House the night of Foster's death requesting that Foster's office be secured.

The suite with Foster's office was unlocked from 10:42 to 11:41 while a cleaning crew did its work, and it was during that time that the three presidential aides made their search. WASHINGTON (AP) Jack Kemp could have been a presidential contender. Instead, he is chairman of a Republican tax reform commission and, he says, much happier than he would have been on the campaign trail. "I'm about ready to yell, 'Free at last. Thank God almighty, I'm free at he said in an interview.

"This is what I enjoy doing." The 60-year-old former New York congressman, housing secretary and pro football quarterback took himself out of the presidential race in January, citing an unwillingness to raise the money for a serious challenge. Since then, he's generated more headlines than many of the remaining candidates, serving as chairman of the tax reform commission appointed by Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga. He's also acted as a liaison between the GOP leadership and District of Columbia officials struggling to manage the city's fiscal crisis. Arguably, his position as chairman of the 14-member National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform gives him a more central role in shaping presidential debate than he would have had as one of the many GOP candidates. Tax reform, he says with characteristic hyperbole, "will be at the epicenter of this post-Cold War revolution." At the very least, Republicans hope that tapping into voters' antipathy toward the income tax and the Internal Revenue Service will help them recapture the White House and strengthen their hold on Congress.

"The purpose of the commission is to come up with a 21st century tax code. We're going to do it and it's going to be the centerpiece of the campaign," Kemp said. "I would hope we have a 'Contract With America II' for '96." The commission is conducting hearings in Washington and around the country this summer, gathering evidence for scrapping the current tax system. It then will rum to formulating recommendations for a new one, making its report by November, in plenty of time for next year's primaries. "We are going to tear apart the whole tax code and draft a radically dramatic reform," Kemp said.

He said he's keeping an open mind on what that radical reform would look like, but it's no secret that he likes House Majority Leader Dick Armey's flat tax, which would eliminate taxation of individuals' attention to longer-term solutions that land." government soldiers were defending the town, he said. Serbs have broken through the edge of the enclave and advanced to within a mile of the town. After a strong attack Sunday, no advances were made Monday, U.N. spokesmen said. The attack on Zepa, which began Friday, followed the fall of another U.N.-designated "safe area," trial panic.

Wells said Ms. Smith took his hand and asked that they pray together. "I told Susan the Lord would lead us through this but it was time for it to be revealed," Wells said. "After the prayer was over I told her it was time. She dropped her bead and started crying." Despite her tears, Ms.

Smith never stopped talking, Wells said. "She made the statement at the time, 'I'm so ashamed. I'm so Wells said. "Then she asked me for my gun so she could shoot herself." State Law Enforcement Division agent Pete Logan, who took a written confession from Ms. Smith, said she "was on her knees on the floor, crying and sobbing uncontrollably." FBI agent Carol Allison let Ms.

Smith cry in her lap for two hours, then tried io talk to her. "I asked her if she saw which direction the car had floated and how long it had floated," Allison said. "She said she just turned and ran and covered her ears so she would not hear anything." Starrs, a professor at George Washington University. Some people claim James faked his death and went on to father more children. Among those claiming to be descended from James are a member of the digging team and Starrs daughter-in-law.

"I can't understand myself why people want to be related to such a scoundrel," Starrs said. The team hoped to recover enough hard bone or teeth to identify as that of James, said Michael Finnegan, professor of anthropokv -r at Kansas SfyIa'ver? Church, Memorial Fund, P.O. BoX 1357, Simpsonville, S.C. 29681, Of to Hopewell United Methodist Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 953, Simpsonville, S.G.

29681. Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Simpsonville United Methodist Church with Drs. James H. Nates and Gareth D.

Scott officiating. Entombment will be at Graceland East Memorial Park Mausoleum. Pallbearers will be Frank H. McKinney Janna McKinney, Cherly Abrams, Michael Balentiie, Samuel Balentine, Stephen Dodk ham, Phyllis Sanders, Bobby Abrams and Billy McKinney. I The body is at Mackey Mortuary where the family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

WILLIE STRIBLING HONEA PATH Mrs. Willie Wheeles Stribling, 87, widow of William Quinn Stribling, of 122 Shirmadon died July 16, 1993, at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Wilkes County, she, was the daughter of the late George W. and Isabel! Saxon Wheeles. She was a homemaker and retired supervisor and purchase ing agent for the school lunchroonj program.

She worked as a Red Cross volunteer at the Wilkes Health Care Center and was an active member of Tignall Baptist Church, where she was a past Sunday School teacher. Surviving are three daughters, Peggy Stribling Seawright of Honea Path, Barbara Stribling Cart of Greenwood and Gloria Stribling Barton of Durham, N.C.; one sister, Mrs. Cora W. Walker of Dora-ville, and three grandchildren. Memorials may be made td Honea Path Rescue Squad, Gaines Honea Path, S.C.

29654, the Honea Path Presbyteriatt Church, Honea Path, S.C. 29654, to the Connie Maxwell Children'! Home, Box 1178, Greenwood, S.C. 29646, or the charity of one'l choice. Graveside services will be Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Tignall -Baptist Church Cemetery, Tignall, with the Rev.

Dr. Richard Standard officiating. The body is at Pruitt Funeral Home where the family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 The family will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank L.

Seawright, 213 Blue Barker Sea-ton Acres, Honea Path. SARA O. SHELNUT CLINTON Sara O. Shelnut 80, of National Health Care Center in Clinton, died July 17, 1995, She was a retired employee of Lydia Mills and a member of the Old Timer's Club. Surviving are two sons, Floyd Ballew Jr.

of Laurens and Wayne Ballew of Columbia; three daughtj ers. Norma Jean Hembree of Greenville, Paula Little of Nineti Six and Linda Dilleshaw of Clid ton; a sister, Nellie Dean of Cliflf ton; 25 grandchildren; and 33 Services will be Wednesday at i Sjn. at Gray Funeral Home with urial in Piaelawn Memory Gardens. The body is at the funeral homi where the family will receivi friends tonight from 7 to 9. THE FAMILY OF WALTER H.

McAllister, jr. want to thank all our friends loved ones for the food, the cards the prayers during the sickness and loss of our loved one. Wife Juanita, Children, Linda Darrell Grandchildren LEILA MAKINS WARE SHOALS Leila Devlin Makins, 76, of 120 Makins Court, husband of Fred Makins, died July 15, 1995, at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Lizzie Devlin. She was a member of Mt.

Olive A.M.E. Church, where she was a member of the Missionary Circle 2. Surviving in addition to her husband of the home, are a daughter, Jeanette Ballentine of Belton; two sons, Henry Makins of Ware Shoals and Ralph Eugene Makins of Laurens; three brothers, Walter Devlin of Ware Shoals, Coley Devlin of San Antonio, Texas, and Gensis Devlin of Petersburg, two sisters, Rose Lee Lark and Viola Allen, both of Philadelphia, 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services will be Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Dunn Creek Baptist Church, with the Rev.

James F. Davis, III, the Rev. Virginia Stith and the Rev. Matthew Ballentine officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The body will be placed in the church at 3 p.m. The body is at Robinson-Walker Funeral Home where the family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 7:30. The family is at the home. ALBERT DAVIS HODGES Albert Davis, 82, of 301 Cromer Lane, died July 17, 1995, at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville, he was a son of the late James and Willie Bell Johnson Davis.

He was a member of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church and was a veteran of World War II. Surviving are rive brothers, David Davis and John Davis, both of Hodges, Parker Davis of Jamacia, N.Y., L.T. (Ray) Davis of Newport News, and Robert Quarles of Abbeville; three sisters, Amy Lee Johnson, Margie Davis, and Orene Davis, all of Jamacia, N.Y.; stepmother, Rebeca Davis of Abbeville; and four step-grandchildren. The family is at the home, 301 Cromer Lane, Hodges.

Percival-Tompkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. NETTIE POOLE Nettie Cooper Poole, 90, of 303 Scotch Cross Rd. widow of Ernest Erskine Poole, died July 17, 1995, at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Madison, she was a daughter of the late William K. and Mollie Bates Cooper.

She was a retired employee of Riegel Textiles, Ware Shoals Plant. Surviving are three daughters, Louise Owings of the home, Betty Allen of Ware Shoals and Ruby Jones of Greer, two sons, Arthur Poole of Lakeland, and Roy Poole of Greer; two sisters, Hettie Rhodes of Anderson and Jessie Waters of Charlotte; a number of grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Cal-lie Self Memorial Baptist Church Daycare and Kindergarten, 509 Kirksey Dr. Greenwood, S.C 29646 or to the charity of one's choice. Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m.

at Blyth Funeral Home with the Rev. Reuel Westbrook and the Rev. Earl Owings officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Wayne Quarles, J.W.

Walker, Doug Shannon, Clyde Owings, Jon Alan Owings, James H. (Red) Bailey, Wallace Reynolds, and Bernard Padgett The body is at the funeral home where the family will receive friends tonight torn 7 to 9. The family is at the 303 Scotch Cross Rd. E. JACK KEMP New role with GOP investment income and lower rates on wages to 17 percent while getting rid of virtually all deductions and credits.

Kemp has been associated with tax issues for years. As a congressman, he campaigned in the 1970s for cutting tax rates, arguing it would stimulate the economy and bring in just as much revenue. The idea was embraced by presidential candidate Ronald Reagan and enacted in 1981. Tax-cutting was good politics for Republicans in the Reagan era, and it was politics as much as policy that drove the creation of the Kemp tax-reform commission. "Part of the purpose was political, to involve Jack Kemp the Dole campaign and to neutralize him with a political plum," said J.D.

Foster, executive director of the Tax Foundation, a business-financed research organization. "I assumed at the outset the deal for Kemp was, 'If the commission does well and you don't mess up, you have the inside slot for Treasury Foster said. However, there could be political danger in tax reform for Republicans if the public turns against it in response to lobbying campaigns by groups that benefit from the most popular deductions, such as the real estate industry and charitable organizations. "Throw your mind back three years and you'll recall everyone was for national health care reform," said economist Henry Aaron of the liberal Brookings Institution. It remains to be seen whether the GOP leaders in office will continue to share Kemp's enthusiasm after the election, when they would have to face down the special interests.

deficit is running at an annual rate of $126.89 billion, up sharply from last year's total of $52.87 billion, representing a further drag at a time when the U.S. economy was already slowing. Fears of a recession have lessened after the Federal Reserve switched course earlier this month and started cutting interest rates for the first time in three years in an effort to boost demand in such critical sectors as housing and autos. After Japan, the nation's second largest deficit in May was with China, a gap of $2.84 billion, the largest imbalance with that country since November. The deficit with Mexico jumped 10.5 percent in May to $1.63 billion, the second highest imbalance on record.

While the Clinton administration had touted the 1993 free trade agreement as a boon for American workers, the Mexican currency crisis that occurred in December 1994 has plunged Mexico into a steep recession and cut sharply into its ability to American products. Smith (Continued from page A) Smith was acting odd on Nov. 3 when he drove her from her family's home to a church gym for a secret interview with investigators. "She said she was tired of the media being everywhere she went and felt like she would like to get away, maybe go to the beach," Harris testified. David Bruck, one of Ms.

Smith's lawyers, said if her beach statement and others seemed inappropriate, it could be an indication of her mental state. "Susan Smith is a person who spaces out a lot," he said. Bruck said his client's "complete emotional collapse" at the time of her confession and the relinquishing of her right to remain silent could be an appeal issue. Wells, a godfather to Ms. Smith's nieces and nephews, said he tricked Ms.

Smith into confessing by telling her the police knew there was no carjacking "I looked directly at her and I said to Susan, 'This couldn't have happened the way you Wells testified. "Susan was in a Trade Researchers sifting through James9 grave (Continued from page 1A) ed the deficit this year would worsen compared to 1994 but then start to improve in 1996. America's bill for foreign crude oil jumped 15 percent to $4.05 billion, the highest level since November 1990. The increase reflected the fifth straight monthly rise in the price of crude, which climbed to an average of $17.39 per barrel, the highest price level since November 1992. The increase in the deficit occurred despite the fact that the imbalance with Japan shrank 6.4 percent in May to S5.50 billion, the lowest level since February.

The narrowing of the trade gap with Japan was helped by an 11.3 percent drop in imports of Japanese cars during the month. Japanese car shipments had shot up to the second highest level on record in April, reflecting in part an effort by Tokyo to beat threatened U.S. punitive tariffs on luxury cars. Those sanctions were averted by an -1 ltb-bour trade agreement aimed at boosting sales of American cars and para in So far this year, America's trade KEARNEY, Mo. (AP) A vendor sold T-shirts that read "We Dig Jesse" as scientists digging up Jesse James' grave Monday uncovered a shinbone.

The exhumation is aimed at settling whether the remains in Mount Olivet Cemetery belong to the notorious oudaw who was shot in the bead in 1882. Based on a newspaper account of his death, the exhumation team had expected to uncover a metal casket but found a wooden one instead. "What we have found is some bone in the midst of a wooden casket." saic nroject teatW James Tv.