The Item from Sumter, South Carolina (2024)

August 23, 1994

Publication:

The Itemi

Location:

Sumter, South Carolina

Issue Date:

Tuesday, August 23, 1994

Page:

9

Extracted Article Text (OCR)

i The ITEM Sumter Tuesday August 23 1994 Page 9A i mMfmm Democrats need 4 GOP votes FROM PAGE 1 A get the support of just one of the 56 Democrats: Sen Richard Shelby of Alabama With Sen Arlen Specter R-Pa saying Monday he would support the measure that left Demo-' crats needing to find four more GOP votes to assure passage Most Republicans seemed ready to argue that despite changes made in the bill over the weekend by GOP House members the measure remained too Costly and not tough enough on criminals larded with said Sen Orrin Hatch R-Utah are a lotof good tough provisions that in The bill would provide money for helping communities hire up to 100000 police officers build prisons and initiate crime-prevention programs like after-school centers It would also prohibit 19 types of assault weapons extend the death penalty to more -than 60 federal crimes such as terrorism and require life sentences for people Con- victed three times of violent or drug offenses House vote gave Clinton one of Jiis hardest-won triumphs in Congress It reversed a jarririg 'Aug 11 House vote to shelve the bill and restored momentum the administration will need fpr upcoming cru- cial votes on health care! fi makers negotiated a pared-down version As Senate debate began Monday Daschle and other supporters expressed little fear over a plan by Republicans to use a procedure that would sink the package unless Democrats could round up 60 votes Republicans said they want- ed to use the effort to slash most of the crime-prevention spending atid toughen sentencing requirements but Democrats aid the real GOP goal was to kill the assault- weapons ban Sen Phil Gramm of Texas a leader of the GOP opponents said Republicans expected to USC Sumter and Tech expect more cooperation FROM AGE 1 A Kendrick said that USC Sumter 1 and Central Carolina plan to share fort merge with the governing grounds and maintenance equip- boards pf the technical colleges ment Hans are also in the works in those cities to tie the two computer The vote gives' system together and possibly the schools some time to prove- share security services and park- their commitment to coopera- ing tion by merging some services Kendrick said the schools during the next year ready share library services "We granted those institu- Central Carolina President Dr tions one year to implement the Herb Robbins was pleased with recommendations in the study the "decision not to of two-year said 'merge the boards and CHE Commissioner Fred She- said he plans to implement sug-heen they have not imple- gested changes to move toward mented the changes the com- further cooperation with USC mission will be prepared to re- Sumter address the issue next Sheheen said the issue of merg-Both Central Carolina Tech- ing the schools was never even on nical College and Uni- the agenda for the Mon-versity of South Carolina sent meeting representatives to the meeting The CHE executive committee to speak against a possible recommended that moves be made merger of their boards to enhance cooperative efforts be- USC President John Palms tween and among institutions like said in a letter to the CHE USC Sumter and Central Carolina dated Aug 19 that consolidating The executive committee rejected local technical education and the recommendations of a commis-higher education commissions sion-ordered study of two-year in-wouWbe counterproductive be- stitutions cause the two groups have dif- The the commission-ordered ferent functions study was clearly against the technical education merger of two-year schools commissions serve a governing committee does not rec-function as compared to local ommend a merger of the technical higher education commissions college system and the University which function in advisory ca- of South Carolina regional cam-pacities he wrote He ex- puses nor does it recommend the plained that the Board of Trus- creation of community tees of USC which is based in wrote the committee according to Columbia functions as the gov- commission documents erning body for the re- The study committee was made gional campuses up of representatives from the USC Sumter Assistant Dean USC Board of Trustees the State for Administration Gary Ken- Board of Technical and Compre-drick said that he hopes the hensive Education the Council of actions will lay to Public College Presidents and the rest rumors and discussions of commission itself the two schools merging which The executive committee ar-may have discouraged some gued in a report submitted to the students from attending USC full commission that the study Sumter acknowledge that duplica tor the first time CHE got it tion of efforts exists between he said decided nical schools and USC regional campuses The executive commit- Kendrick said he thinks the report stated that services move will encourage coopera- facilities and programs are often tion between the two Miller duplicated wasting money Road schools The commission-requested the first time seeing study suggested that the commis-a real cooperative spirit be- sion delay discussions of a merger tween the two he said for 10 years The executive have the freedom to mittee however recommended work together without CHE tell- that a and ing us what and how to do review of two-year institutions take place FROM PAGE 1 A crats have to choose between Lt Gov Nick Theodore the frontrunner in the Aug 9 primary and Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley Jr Theodore won almost 50 percent of the vote two weeks ago while Riley had 38 percent On the Republican side former state Rep David Beasley faces retiring US Rep Arthur Ravenel Beasley won 47 percent of the vote in the primary to 32 percent Republican Gov Carroll Campbell is barred by law from seeking a third consecutive term In Sumter and Lee counties Democratic runoff voters are able to vote only for governor But in Clarendon County there is a Democratic runoff for the county council District 2 seat between WT Geddings and WJ Frierson The winner faces no opposition in November Those participating in the Republican primary in Sumter Lee and Clarendon counties will be able to cast votes for the governor lieutenant governor attorney general and adjutant general Every registered voter is eligible to take part in the primary runoff regardless of whether they voted Aug 9 But those who did vote in the primary will be able to vote only in the same runoff today For instance a person who voted in the Democratic primary will be able to vote only in the Democratic runoff But those who vote in either primary can vote in either the Democratic or the Republican runoff All precincts will be open until 7 pm today They opened at 7 am In the statewide races dairy farmer Bob Peeler faces Anderson surgeon Henry Jordan for the Republican pick for lieutenant governor Former Charleston solicitor Charles Condon faces David Eckstrom for the GOP attorney general nomination and Tom Hendrix spars with Gary Bishop for adjutant general There are also two contested congressional runoffs on either side of the state one Democratic in the 3rd Congressional District on the western side of the state and one Republican in the 1st Congressional District along the coast On Monday lawyers decided against looking for a Circuit Court judge to hear an election violations lawsuit campaign filed against Theodore last week The suit accuses Theodore of paying a Williamsburg County EOCAD election Commissioner $7500 to hand out sample ballots with name circled at polling places on primary day The election commissioner Joe Tisdale will not be working during the runoff said George Cowser chairman of the Williamsburg County Election Commission Theodore denied any wrongdoing and says his campaign has been completely legal On Friday Circuit Judge Thomas Cooper Jr heart a request for a temporary order blocking the Theodore campaign from distributing money to ahy election commissioner Tuesday But Cooper withdrew after there were objections to his plan to seal the decision until after the runoff Cooper said he want either side to gain a political advantage from the decision 212-29 Hillside Ave 5 AW Queens Village NY and a 16-year-old Mims Road boy were both charged with armed robbery The Item withholds the names of suspects under the age of 17 Cotton was taken to the Sumter County Correctional Center and the juvenile suspect was taken to a juvenile detention center in Columbia according to the report About $140 was reported taken from the store Police reportedly found $60 on the juvenile and $70 under the back seat of the cab Seegars of Fayetteville NC and his fiance Lee Slater of Aberdeen NC Services will be held at 1 pm Wednesday in the chapel of Hanco*ck-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home in Bishopville Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery Camden The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at the fimeral home and at other times at the home of Mr and Mrs George Sandy on Red Hill Road Hanco*ck-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of arrangements Sumter youth NY man arrested after robbery they demanded money and that one robber went behind the counter and took money out of the cash register Another woman was in the store during the robbery according to the report but neither she nor the employee were reported injured A police report indicate whether the second woman was also working at the store Police investigating the incident were not available for comment this morning According to the report the robbers left the store and ran across the road and onto a path heading toward Friendship Apartments The Sumter Police Department brought a bloodhound to the scene to aid in the search for the robbers A few minutes later a taxi cab was called to an apartment at Friendship Apartments to pick up a fare according to the report Police reportedly intercepted the cab at about 11:15 pm near the intersection of East Liberty and Fort streets after the pick-up and found both suspects in the cab Anthony James Cotton 22 of Report on growth prospects expected in about 6 weeks Obituaries' number of projects the city is undertaking in order to position itself for future growth Others include: A revised zoning map of the to be made by the Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments A new well to accommodate expansion of the South Atlantic Canners plant and an upgrade the wastewater treatment facility Implementation of a community-oriented policing program will encourage officers to get involved in the community Application to be part of a federally-created enterprise that would allow business and industry located in the to receive tax breaks and instruction on foreign trading FROM PAGE 1 A any project like this a long-term Steiner said if we say need to have this in this there will be some steps the city will have to take before they can get something Steiner said the team will reach tentative conclusions then return to Bishopville for more interviews the process of talking to people one of the things we figured out was that there were more people we needed to talk Steiner said A final report should be ready in about six weeks Steiner said Bushyager said the economic development report is one of a Serbs against rebel city the of that zone By BOB BETTENDORF ITEM Staff Writer I Police arrested a New York man and a Sumter juvenile for armed robbery Monday night about 30 minutes after an Oswego Road convenience store was held up A woman working at the Food Store at 418 Oswego Road told police that two black males came into the store at about 10:45 pm wearing blue bandanas on their faces and holding small silver-colored handguns She said Michael Babinchak Lugoff Clary Banks Bamberg James Barrett Clearwater Lucius Barton Jr St Matthews Gussie Bostick Jr Robertville Etta Bradham Clover Jimmy Childress Greenville Alfred Clark Sr Jackson Patsy Cooper Indiantown Gerald Crawley Sr Hartsville Horace Creen Jr Bluffton James Crook Columbia Jimmy Davis Denmark David Dorn II Hartsville Dr Bill Eubanks Greenwood Michael Florio Garden City Beach Anna Gates Columbia Lula Gill Sharon Rolice Hanna Johnsonville Mattie Housey Estill Evelyn Innes Newberry Russell Jayroe Andrews Ruth Johnson Camden Benji Lester Jr Dillon William Lester Jr Dillon Louise McDowell Dillon Norwood McElveen Rock Hill Vestorya Mitchum Cayce Katherine Nicholson Travelers Rest Patrick Summerville Elna Pate Winnsboro Georgia Poston Hannah Janet Pryor Kirksey Inez R0d Holly Hill Claretha Roberson Bamberg Edward Roberts Sr Aiken Curtis Rush Greenwood Billy Sanders North Augusta Tom Seay Sr Chapin Frank Simrill Charleston Lula Sims Charleston Sandra Singletary Ridgeland Meta Sullivan Winnsboro Jenkins Wall Charleston Heights Gladys Wallace Columbia CURTIS WELLS PINEWOOD Curtis Lee Wells 25 died Monday Aug 22 1994 at his home Route 2 Box 762-F Silver Community He was a son of Robert and Carrie Pugh Wells The family will receive friends at the home Services will be announced by Samuels Funeral Home of reelected Feb 20 1987 and served until his retirement in 1993 Mr Gardner was first married to the late Lucylee Arthur Gardner Survivors include his wife Jeanette Todd Johnson Gardner of the home a son John Gardner Jr of Darlington a daughter Harriet Gardner Watson of Germantown Tenn three stepsons Frank Randy and Phil Johnson all of Columbia a stepdaughter Susan Hardwick of Nichols two sisters Carolyn Gardner Walker of Columbia and Emma Louise Steen of Hartsville three grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren A memorial service was held at noon today at Lebanon United Methodist Church Graveside services will be held at 4 pm today in Grove Hill Cemetery Memorials may be made to Lebanon United Methodist Church 10220 Garners Ferry Road Eastover SC 29044 or to Gideon International PO Box 1432 Hartsville SC 29551 The family is receiving friends at the home 10231 Garners Ferry Road Eastover and at the home of John Gardner Jr 204 Country Club Road Darlington Kistler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements FRANKIE SANDY LUGOFF Frankie Sandy 45 died Monday Aug 22 1994 in Raeford NC Born in Sumter County he was a son of Grace Colvin Sandy Taylor and the late George Sandy Sr Mr Sandy served in the US Army for three years and was a farmer Survivors besides his mother of Lugoff include a son Frankie a daughter Christina five brothers Carl Sandy of Effingham George Sandy of Camden Michael Sandy of Gaston Fred A Sandy of Bishopville and Paul Sandy of Swansea four sisters El-ouise Fikly of Lugoff Arlene Sandy of West Columbia Sylvia Ann Hood of Sumter Cheryl ISAAC KENNEDY NEW ZION Isaac Kennedy died Sunday Aug 21 1994 The family will receive friends at the home Route 1 Box 286 Walker Gamble Road Services will be announced by Samuels Funeral Home of Manning LOUISE BEASLEY BISHOPVILLE Louise Beasley died Monday Aug 22 1994 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital Services will be announced by Hanco*ck-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home JOHN GARDNER SR DARLINGTON The Honorable John Gardner Sr 71 of Eastover and formerly of Darlington died Saturday Aug 20 1994 at a Columbia hospital Born in Darlington he was a son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Peden Gardner Mr Gardner attended Wofford College and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a LLB in 1948 He was a member of Lebanon United Methodist Church in Eastover and a past member of Parks Street Baptist Church Mr Gardner was former president of the Darlington County Bar Association and Public Defenders Corporation He was chairman of the Woodrow Lewis Legal Library Commission from 1965 to 1979 Mr Gardner served on the State and American Bar Associations and formed the Board of Directors of the Carolina Bank and Trust Company He served in the United States Air Force during World War II as an aerial gunner of the 410th Bombing Group 9th Air Force From January 1943 to June 1945 he flew 65 combat missions receiving the Air Medal and 12 Oak Leaf Clusters Mr Gardner was a member of the House of Representatives from 1959 to 1966 SCTLA Portrait Hon-oree in 1991 He was elected Judge of the Court of Appeals on Aug 1979 qualified Sept 1 1983 and CAROLYN HILL Carolyn Hill 47 died Monday Aug 22 1994 at the home of her son in Newport News Va Born in Sumter she was a daughter of Marie Cochran Turner and the late Ralph Turner Sr Mrs Hill was a member of Faith Presbyterian Church Survivors besides her mother of Sumter include a son Jody Haselden of Newport News Va a daughter Emily Hill of Newport News a brother Ralph Turner Jr of Sumter and three sisters Jean Richburg of Sumter Catherine Olsen of Seneca and Emily Veselka of Beeville Texas A sister Alice McCoy preceded Mrs Hill in death Services will be held at 3 pm Thursday at Faith Presbyterian Church with the Rev Charles Roberts officiating Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery Pallbearers will be Dr Billy Clowney Ronnie Crawford Larry Hill Chris Futch Rush Ulmer and Joe Singletary The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 pm Wednesday at Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home and at other times at the home of her mother 36 Lynam Road Memorials may be made to Faith Presbyterian Church Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 3 organizing leader prewar population of 43 million people were Serbs About 200000 remain on government-controlled territory At least 180000 are refugees in Serb-led Yugoslavia and more have fled abroad Hundreds of thousands re- main in the 70 percent of Bosnia held by the 'Serb rebels They will vote in a referendum Aug 27-28 on whether to accept an international peace plan that would leave Serbs only 49 percent of Bosnia and give the rest to a federation of Muslims and Croats cutting of ties with the Bosnian Serbs is an effort to press them into accepting the plan Milosevic widely regarded as the instigator of the war hopes that approval of the plan will end the international severe economic sanctions against Yugoslavia of which Serbia is the dominant republic But Bosnian Serb leaders remain defiant They have turned to the referendum to shift responsibility to a population already bombarded with nationalist propaganda SARAJEVO Bosnia-Herzego-vina (AP) Bosnian Serbs who have remained quietly loyal to the government during two years of war spearheaded by their ethnic brethren are becoming more active in trying to undercut rebel leader Radovan Karadzic The effort to provide an alternative to the self-proclaimed Bosnian Serb state and Karadzic stands no chance of immediate success But it increases the pressure on the Increasingly isolated Karadzic pariah status worsened this month when his patron Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic severed all political and economic ties with the Bosnian Serbs I Mirko Pejanovic a Serbian member of presidency is among the leaders of anti-Karadzic Bosnian Serbs AS head of the pro-govern- ment Serb Civic Council is not true that we live together with Muslims and Pejanovic said in an interview About 13 million of Bos i.

About The Item Archive

Pages Available:

785,663

Years Available:

1894-2017