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i I Hie Jmlexijoiirnal 2A Area news State news SUNDAY, August 9, 1 998 Hummnd lha Local? Area '35- 5 anbState iOaJhouri Falls (saludaW TODAY'S WEATHER Two Mlleci, lOlhrnirt in Sunday, Aug. 9 Accu Weather, forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures N.C. Spartanburg Greenville 87 Saluda i I PA I I I I Charleston I 89 ys er A eZ ef a A '5' BST VmhmI Staff photo by Samantha Harris Gov. David Beasley answers questions from Lyndsey Hanke, middle, and Amber Griffin, right, at Northside Middle School. Beasley included the school on a list of several stops In the area Friday.

Gov. Beasley makes visit with Greenwood supporters Showers T-storms Rain Flumes Snow 3 SALUDA (AP) Two people were killed and 10 injured Friday in a Saluda County accident A van and a car collided at an intersection on U.S. 178 about two miles southeast of Saluda, state Trooper Mark Gosnell said. Investigators were working with translators because all the victims are Hispanic, said Gray Koonce, Public Safety Department spokesman. The Highway Patrol later said the car ran a stop sign.

The man and woman in the car died at the scene, Coroner Keith Mothers and children walk to Members of La Leche League of tkm, held the walk Saturday in III I' 3 fj(p FIRST QTR. FULL MOON iD0 LAST QTR. NEW MOON i SrW) Jj 87 I 3 Mostly cloudy wfth a 50 percent chance of mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High hi the upper 80s. Southeast wind to 10 mph becoming south.

Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunder storms mainly before midnight Low around 70. Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of mainly afternoon thur derstorms. High around 90. with a 30 percent chance of mainly afternoon thunderstorms. High in the tower 90s.

GEORGETOWN, HORRY: cloudy with a 40 percent chance of mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High in the middle 80s coast to around 90 Inland. Southeast wind 5 to 10 becoming south 10 mph. cloudy with a 30 percent, chance of showers and thunderstorms rf mainly before midnight. Low In the middle 70s.

ctoudy with a 30 percent chance of mainly afternoon thun' derstorms. High in the middle 60s coast to lower 90s inland. ALLENDALE, BERKELEY, NORTHERN COLLETON, DORCHESTER, HAMPTON: ctoudy wfth a 40 percent choice of mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High In the lower 90s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south.

Tonight. cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly before midnight Low In the middle 70s. cloudy with a 30 percent chance of mainly afternoon thurtoerstorms. High In the middle 90s. BEAUFORT, CHARLESTON, SOUTHERN COLLETON, JASPER: cloudy with a 40 percent chance of mainly afternoon showers and ttwnderstorms.

High In the upper 80s coast to lower 90s Inland. Southeast wind 5 to 10 becoming south 10 mph. ctoudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and trtunderstorms mainly before midnight. Low In the middle 70s Inland to near 80 coast cloudy with a 30 percent chance of mainly afternoon thunderstorms. High In the upper 80s coast to middle 90s Inland.

Brooks said there are known keys to the backhoe and both were accounted form at the time of the report. "There were no visible tracks in the soil there, indicating it had been driven off the property, so, frankly, we're not sure how it got moved," Brooks said. "It was recently recovered in Abbeville County, by a member of the Abbeville Sheriffs Office." Brooks said no arrests have been made. uauey, scotae jenreys, Ann tsrewmgton, Melissa uurnam, Anne- Kemp, along with their children and Mothers walk to promote I breastfeeding awareness NORTHERN GREENVILLE, NORTHERN OCONEE, NORTHERN PICKENS: cloudy with a 50 percent chance of mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High In the middle 80s.

Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south. cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly before midnight. Low In the upper 60s. cloudy with a 20 percent chance of mainly afternoon thunderstorms. High in the upper 80s.

ANDERSON, CHEROKEE, CHESTER, EDGEFIELD, FAIRFIELD, SOUTHERN GREENVILLE, LANCASTER, NEWBERRY, SOUTHERN OCONEE, SOUTHERN PICKENS, SPARTANBURG, UNION, YORK: cloudy with a 50 percent chance of mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High in the upper 80s. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south. cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly before midnight. Low around 70.

cloudy with a 20 percent chance of mainly afternoon thunderstorms. High around 90. i AIKEN, BAMBERG, BARNWELL, CALHOUN, CHESTERFIELD, CLARENDON, DARLINGTON, DILLON, FLORENCE, KERSHAW, LEE, LEXINGTON, MARION, MARLBORO, ORA NGEBURG, RICHLAND, SUMTER, WILLIAMSBURG: cloudy with a 50 percent chance of mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High around 90. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south.

cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly before midnight. Low in the lower 70s. cloudy wrecfc Turner said. Their names were not immediately released. The van driver, 28-year-old" Josefina Rivera of Batesburg-Leesville, was in critical condition at: Palmetto Richland Memorial.

Hospital late Friday. Adrian Riveno. 40, 9-month-old Luisa Rivera and. two other children ages 4 and 9 also were hospitalized. Three more adults and two children were treated and released from: Lexington Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Staff photo by St Claire dump 1 support World Breastfeeding Week Greenwood, a breastfeeding organiz Magnolia Park. Pictured grandcIuiaTen. many advantages over bottle feeding; including: Improving babies' health and munity from diseases. Providing both an economical and ecologically sound way. to Despite these advantages, Jeffrey it! says i ears onen Keep motners iroi measaeeding.

"Mothers think breastfeeding hard to do," she said. "And the1 worry they won't have enough milk and that their babies will be hun gry." Jeffreys says western culture alscjS impedes breastfeeding. i "In our society, breasts are viewed as sexual objects, rather than just a part of the body, and some mothers don feel conuortabli breastfeeding in rwbhVVI Jeffrey said. Worldwide, LLL serves nearl 200,000 women each month, UK more than 66 countries. For more information on La Leache League of Greenwood, con tact Scottie Jeffreys at Meetings are held tha seconds Tuesday of each month, pm-Joiim U.S.P.S.

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At Mig's Pizza Castle Friday, members of the local Republican Party met to offer their support in Beasley's bid for re-election "We wanted him to get a chance to meet some of the members of the community and let him know we're behind him," said Dan Richardson, president of the Greenwood Republican Party. "We are encouraging him to continue to stand on moral values and oppose the lottery and video poker." Pastors from local churches, government employees and several bankers were on hand to meet the governor, Richardson said. Ellie Ldtts, the 'State Republican Parry secretary, was to update the governor on local pro-life 1 "I want to encourage him to take a pro-life she said, Beasley told the group "now is a great tune taj be living in Greenwood." Crime and unemployment rates are down, while economic development and schools are im-proving, he said. Beasley then toured the court-' house, meeting county employees. "I have enjoyed meeting with local leaders," Beasley said, "I -want to see what we can do to make our communities, and especially our schools even bet- ter." Beasley credited state legislators for raising teacher salaries above the Southeast average, increasing the number of credits required for graduation, institut- ing full-day kindergarten and ending social The governor said, with two children in the public school system, amid recent events, school safety has is a major concern.

support the presence of law enforcement in the schools 100 percent," he said. Beasley said the budget he will present this session will include the funds to put a law enforcement officer in every middle and high school in the state. The LIFE Scholarship program was praised by Beasley and his supporters. "The Lander and Piedmont Tech students among the 16,000 students receiving the scholarship this year are so excited to be the among the first partici- BOMBING: Rescue Continued from page 1A still missing from the Nairobi blast medical facilities in Nairobi were overwhelmed. Some victims were taken to hospitals 30 miles away.

In Kenya, the death toll rose to at least 140, including 11 Americans, 1 embassy officials said. The Department said a child was among those killed and four other Americans were missing. Bushnel said 14 Kenyan employees at the embassy died and 109 were unaccounted for. She said em Governor Hands out jail grant Gov, David Beasley announced this week that Greenwood counties would receive grants to alleviate over crowding at jails. Greenwood received $16,743 and Abbeville, trim the Violent I.r:.rceration and TrwliC grants, TLe f.

Crotch, the cf rrections. T1.2 i 'tt cf Gov. Eciwli-y's c. money will help tl.rs cosr.ty detention cen t.rs; nr. lie additions! ceSs violent Inn V- 1'3 Ct.se federal i' excclpt e'san I i 1 1 local '3Workf llser our streets pants," he said.

The next audience the governor addressed was several South Carolina history classes at Northside Middle School There Beasley fielded questions ranging in topics from bis hobbies and age to his views on the president and video poker. When asked if he thought Bill Clinton should remain president, Beasley said his concern was that the president be truthful first "I think the president needs to come clean with the American people," he longer he waits to come clean, more people will be hurt" "We hope the allegations are untrue," he said, it looks real bad." v. "Are you gonna ban video poker?" one student asked. "I'm going to try," Beasley said. "I think the Supreme Court needs to go ahead and make a final ruling on that so all the chaos over it can end." After signing autographs, Beasley told the students to study hard and to vote for the best candidate when they're eligible to vote.

"I love and hate politics," he said. "Being governor is a tremendous opportunity, but you have to watch out for mean and dishonest people who will do anything to defeat you." dogs join effort bassy staffers were trying to find out whether they were alive or still buried under rubble. Seven people died in the Tanzanian bombing; no Americans were killed there. About 200 people remained in need of urgent treatment Saturday at Nairobi's Kenyatta Hospital and there were shortages of syringes, needles and blood for transfusions, the Red Cross said. President Daniel arap Moi appealed for intravenous fluids, pain killers and antibiotics.

Stolen backhoe found in Abbeville From staff reports GREENWOOD A Ford 555-D backhoe was stolen from the construction site of the branch post office near North Creek Boulevard and was recovered a few days later in Abbeville County. Police Chief Gerald Brooks said tie backhoe was last seen July 29, around 7 p.m. and was reported stolen July 30. The backhoe is owned by Hardaway Construction Corp. of Nashville, Term.

By ST. CLAIRE BURNS Index-Journal staff writer GREENWOOD The past week has marked the seventh annual observance of World Breastfeeding Week. To promote the benefits of breastfeeding, members of the local chapter of La Leche League (LLL), the world's foremost breastfeeding authority, held a walk in Magnolia Park Saturday. La Leche League is a non-profit organization which started 41 years ago and offers breastfeeding education and encouragement through mother-to-mother support groups, telephone counseling and extensive interaction with physicians and health care providers. "You can't buy any food that is better for your babies than breast milk," said Scottie Jeffreys, coordinator of the Greenwood LLL.

"Plus, breastfeeding can be an important part of the motherchild relation-1 ship." The theme for the 1998 World Breastfeeding Week was "Breastfeeding: The Best Investment" The LLL says breastfeeding has State medical board disciplines doctors COLUMBIA (AP) The South Carolina board that licenses doctors suspended three physicians, revoked one's license and disciplined several others last month. The state Board of Medical Examiners revoked the license of Joseph Burt of Myrtle Beach because he did not report several drunken driving and suspended license arrests on his medical license applications. The panel reinstated the license of Marion Douglas Dorn Jr. of Goose Creek, who had abused alcohol Valium and other prescription drugs. He.

is on probation for five years. Harold J. Elliott of Johns Island voluntarily surrendered his license after a complaint that he did not recognize a patient's head injury as a medical POLICE, FIRE, EMS LOG Saturday's inmate count at the Greenwood County Detention Center 162. The Greenwood City Fire Department responded Friday to a grass fire at the Civic Center at 7:28 p.m., a vehicle fire at 108-A Maplewood Court at 8:19 p.m. and a fire behind 120 Elm Court at 11:23 p.m.

Saturday, the department responded to a stove fire at Greenwood Garden Apartment 8-E at 3:32 p.m. Coronaca Volunteer fire Department responded Friday to a possible electrical fire at 309 Pinehurst Drive at 8:51 p.m. Saturday, Coronaca and Highway 34 Volunteer Fire Departments responded to a multifamily structure fire at Parkland Place Apartment A-2 at 10:29 a.m. Greenwood County EMS responded to three non-emergencies and to emergencies at: North Hospital Street, Calhoun Road, New Market Street and National Health Care. The Greenwood County Sheriffs Department responded to single reports of each of the following: theft of motor vehicle accessories, burglary vandalismlarcenymaUcious damage to real property, distribution of crack cocaine, fraudulent check, larceny, ill treatment of animalsdogs running at large, criminal domestic violenceassault, petit larcenytheft from a building, domestic dispute, harassing telephone calls, burglarylarceny and malicious damage to personal property.

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