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(Eh (Htmeg nnb Hemocrat StateLoca Orangeburg, S.C., Saturday, January 22, 1994, Page 11 A' Campbell undecided on 'Free Willy' bill "Unless there is a top-flight facility where dolphins are treated in a very humane situation and they're helped, stranded animals unless we have that, I don't see any reason to make a change," he said. "Frankly, if somebody had something, I think df that come forward, we'd say let's see what we can' work out," Campbell said in a telephone interview, Campbell said he is wrestling with two competing ideas. One would be to veto the bill and ask for special legislation that would allow facilities that meet his definition. The other would be to sign the bill and then ask for legislation that would ban facilities with lower standards. By The Associated Press COLUMBIA Gov.

Carroll Campbell said Friday he still is trying to decide whether to sign a bill that would lift the state's ban on the public display of dolphins and whales. Campbell, who signed the ban two years ago, said he believed a facility that had "scientific and educational purposes" might need to be allowed. "But I know of nothing looking to come to this state. And we don't want to open the door for the bathtub-type displays" sometimes featured in traveling shows, Campbell said. O-Wtobesite for national math teleconference The South Carolina State Department of Education, the National Science Foundation i and the Dwight Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Education Act, have funded the purchase of statewide rights from the Satellite Education Resources Consortium (SECR).

The funding will provide five interactive teleconferences beginning Monday, Jan. 24. The national forum is for edu-; cation policymakers, teacherst administrators, parents, com-r unity and business leaders and supporters of education. The first teleconference will be held from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Monday in the media center of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School.

It will focus on the need for mathematics the implications of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards for School Mathematics and strategies needed to create a local environment that encourages change. Special conference activi- ties will include video close-ups, audience participation and telephone discussion groups. You will enjoy an energetic exchange of ideas from experts in mathematics education, teachers, school acamnis-trators, school board members and business leaders. You will experience how they are reforming, their obstacles and their ultimate triumphs. Telephone discussion groups will provide another great opportunity for you to share ideas, concerns and solutions with your peers around the country.

Join us for the national forum and get ready for the 21st century. For further information, call Theresa Davis at' 533-7982. Death Row inmate says he deserves death CONWAY, S.C. A man sentenced to die for killing a Nichols store owner says the sentence is appropriate. "I did wrong and I took somebody's Ricky George said after he was sentenced Thursday.

"I think the death penalty would be appropriate for me if if God will. I will continue to pray for the family. I will always keep them in my prayers," he told The Sun-News of Myrtle Beach. George was convicted of killing 57-year-old James "J.M." Stanley Jr. at Stanley's store on Aug.

8, 1992. Stanley's 6-year-old grandson watched as George shot Stanley three times and robbed him of $200 to $300. George asked jurors for mercy, but they recommended the death sentence. His execution was set for March 25, but mandatory appeals probably will delay that. Circuit Judge Edward Cottingham also sentenced George's two accomplices, Sammy Christian and David Graham, to life terms.

Christian was in the store during the robbery and Graham drove the getaway van. Graham was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison Christian received life plus 15 years. Each pleaded guilty last week to murder, armed robbery and conspiracy. Death Row inmate says lawyer won't let him talk COLUMBIA Condemned killer Michael Torrence wants to die, and he says he's mad at his defense attorney for not letting a television station interview him. Torrence and his lawyer, Joe Savitz of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, are already at odds because Torrence does not want to appeal his death sentence.

Torrence was sentenced to death for the 1987 murder of Dennis Lollis in Lexington County. Torrence called The (Columbia) State newspaper Thursday, complaining that Savitz would not write a letter allowing WIS-TV to interview Torrence on Death Row. The Corrections Department requires the approval of the defense attorney and the prosecutor before a death row inmate can be interviewed. Savitz blamed the Corrections Department policy, but said he would not write the letter. Ray given second death sentence SPARTANBURG, S.C.

Johnny CCI Obituaries Mrs. Margaret E. Betsill CORDOVA, S.C. The funeral for Mrs. Margaret Edwins Betsill, 67, of 2238 Cannon Bridge Road, Cordova, will be held at 3 p.m.

Saturday at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel in Orangeburg, with the Rev. Don Knight officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Robert Weaver, Frank Weaver, Al Weaver, Scott Terry, Wallace Patrick and Thomas Betsill. Mrs.

Betsill died Thursday. Survivors include two sons, Jackie W. Betsill and Richard D. Betsill, both of Orangeburg; a special friend, Raymond Collier of Harleyville; six sisters, Frances Auerswald of Cordova, June Weaver, Lelia Edwins, Nora Ayers and Barbara Collins, all of Orangeburg, and Marie Gleavy of Boston, Mass; a brother, Hamp Edwins of Beaufort; and three grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home.

The family suggests memorials be made to H.F. Mabrey Center for Cancer Care, 1095 Cook Road, Orangeburg, S.C. 29115. Mrs. Irene H.

Capehart WASHINGTON Mrs. Irene Hooks Capehart of Washington, D.C., died Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Funeral plans will be announced by Simmons Funeral Home of Orangeburg, S.C. Friends may call at the residence of Janelle Harrison, 808 Nance Orangeburg, and at the funeral home. Mrs.

Tessie C. Hair ALLENDALE, S.C. Mrs. Tessie C. Hair, 79, of Allendale, died Thursday at Allendale County Hospital after an extended illness.

The funeral will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Smith-Rhoden Funeral Home Chapel in Allendale. Burial will be in Swallow Savannah Cemetery. Mrs. Hair was born Dec.

12, 1914, in Bamberg County, a daughter of the late Charlie Raymond Carroll and Jennie Smoak Carroll. She was a member of Mount Arnon Baptist Church. She was a retired grocery store owner and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Corey Hair; a son, Corey A. Hair of Allendale; two daughters, Mrs.

Myrtle H. Creech of Orangeburg and Mrs. Shirley H. Medlock of Cocoa, Fla; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society. Henry Harmon Sr. The funeral for Henry Harmon 67, of Seawright Street, Orangeburg, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Providence AME Church in St.

Matthews, with the Rev. Sammie Gordon officiating. Burial will be in Belleville Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be James Boyd, Edward Lagree, Julius La-gree, Jake Cheeseboro, Kirkland Cheeseboro and Benjamin Welfare. Mr.

Harmon died Sunday. He was born Sept. 10, 1926, in Calhoun County, a son of the late Jacob Harmon and Carrie Glover Harmon. At an early age, he became a member of Providence AME Church. He retired from the Department of Public Utilities after 34 years of service.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Harmon; a daughter, Mrs. C.J. (Patricia) Washington; three sons, Michael Harmon and Kenneth Harmon, both of Columbia, and Jeffrey Harmon of the U.S. Navy, Maryland; three sisters, Mrs.

Bertha Welfare of Orangeburg, and Mrs. Edna Cheeseboro an Mrs. Shirley Shuler, both of St. Matthews; two brothers, Joe Harmon of St. Matthews and Jeremiah Harmon of Orangeburg; 13 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Friends may call at the residence and at Jenkins Funeral Home of Orangeburg. Mrs. Shirley T.Hiers EHRHARDT, S.C. The funeral for Mrs. Shirley T.

Hiers, 72, of Route 1, Box 155-A, Ehrhardt, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Ehrhardt Memorial Lutheran Church in Ehrhardt, with the Rev. Fred DufFord and Rev. Henri Bishop officiating. Burial will be in Ehrhardt Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Freddie Copeland, Robert Copeland, Lan-dis Hiers, Jay Hiers, Wingard Copeland and Johnny McMillan. Mrs. Hiers died Thursday. The family suggests memorials be made to Ehrhardt Memorial Lutheran Church in Ehrhardt. Cooner Funeral Home of Bamberg is in charge of arrangements.

Ms. Alice B. Jamison TEMPLE HILL, Md. Ms. Alice B.

Jamison, 77, of 6000 Pur-dun Drive, Temple Hill, died Wednesday at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C. Funeral plans will be announced by Eutawville Community Funeral Home of Eutawville. Mrs. Janis F. Murphy EUTAWVILLE, S.C.

The funeral for Mrs. Janis Viola Flowers Murphy, 57, of 220 Cope Eutawville, will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church of Holly Hill, with the Rev. Earl E. Behr officiating.

Burial will be in Holly Hill Cemetery. The casket will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Pallbearers will be Jamie Murphy, J.B. Murphy, B.P. Murphy Tommy Murphy, James Infin-ger and Gage Mizzell.

Mrs. Murphy was died Thursday. The family suggests memorials be made to a charity of one's choice. Avinger Funeral Home of Holly Hill is in charge of arrangements. Mrs.

Ethel Pauling DETROIT, MICH. The funeral for Mrs. Ethel Pauling, 74, of 16866 Manor Detroit, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Jones Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev. James Jeffcoat officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Pauling died Sunday, Jan. 16. She was born in Lexington County, a daughter of the late Herbert Lewis and Sarah Felder Lewis.

At an early age, she became a member of Antioch Baptist Church in St. Matthews. After moving to Detroit, she joined Second Gethsamane Baptist Church. Mrs. Pauling later joined Israel Baptist Church, where she served on the Nurses Gil.

She was a member of the Eastern Star. She was the widow of Spencer Pauling Jr. Survivors include a son, the Rev. James A. Pauling of Detroit; a sister, Mrs.

Sarah Brown of Baltimore; five grandchildren, Arthur Pauling, Isiah Pauling, Catherine Pauling, Christine Davis and Mel-ony Owens; and five great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the residence of Mrs. Corrie Heatley, Route 1, Box 520, St. Matthews, and at Carson's Funeral Home of St. Matthews.

Mayo W. Ravenell Sr. ST. GEORGE, S.C. The funeral for Mayo Wallace Ravenell 86, of 376 Winningham Road, St.

George, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Matthews Baptist Church in Reevesville, with the Rev. H.J. Mack officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. The casket will be placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Pallbearers will be sons. Mr. Ravenell died Thursday.

He was born Oct. 12, 1907 in Dorchester County, a son of the late David Ravenell and Lannie Cobb Ravenell. He attended the public schools of Dorchester County. Mr. Ravenell was a member of St.

Matthews Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and served as president of the senior choir, chairman of the deacon board, and superintendent of the Sunday School. He also served as a board member of Good Hope Missionary and Educational Union. He was retired from Southern Railroad Company and was a retired farmer. Mr. Ravenell was married to the late Katie Ravenell.

Survivors include five sons, Mayo Ravenell Jr. of Amityville, N.Y., Willie Williams of Jersey City, N.J., Ervine Ravenell of New York, John Ravenell of St. George and Floyd Ravenell of Spring Hill, three daughters, Catherine Mosley and Evelyn Washington, both of New York, and Edith Ravenell of St. George; a grandson raised in the home, Anthony "Tony" Ravenell of Columbia; two brothers, David Ravenell of Smithpon, Pa. and Clarence Ravenell of Reevesvill 27 grandchildren; and 44 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthews Baptist Church in Reevesville. Friends may call at the residence and at Owens Funeral Home of Branchville. Walter Robinson Sr.

NEW YORK, N.Y. The funeral for Walter Lee Robinson 59, of 2406 8th New York, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Baptist Church in Elloree, with the Rev. Joseph Ham officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearer will be nephews. Mr. Robinson died Monday. He was born May 30, 1934, in Elloree, a son of Willie "Buster" Green and the late Lizzie Robinson Green.

He was educated in the public schools of Elloree. Mr. Robinson was a member of the New York Chapter of Elloree Alumni Association and other organizations. Survivors include his father of Elloree; his widow, Mrs. Ella Mae Robinson of Manhattan, N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs.

Patricia Bookhart of Elloree; two sons, Walter Lee Robinson Jr. and Anthony Robinson, both of Manhattan; four sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Keitt of Bronx, N.Y., and Mrs. Daisy Pauling, Mrs. Willa Mae Brantley and Ms.

Margaret Green, all of Elloree; three brothers, James Williams of New York, and Bobby Green and Jimmie Green, both of Elloree; a grandchild; and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the residence of his father on Railroad Avenue, Elloree, and at Williams Funeral Home of Elloree. Wilbur C. Summers The funeral for Wilbur Clay Summers, 64, of 1180 Hampton Road, Orangeburg, will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Andrew Chapel Baptist Church, with the Rev.

Leroy Taylor and the Rev. Willie Aiken officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be James Summers Eugene Summers, Nelson Summers, James Nelson William Clay Lyons, Delvin Carson and Melvin Jenkins. Mr.

Summers died Tuesday. He was born April 4, 1929, in Orangeburg County, a son of the late Willie Summers Sr. and Rosa Ann Shuler Summers. He was educated in the public schools of Orangeburg County. At an early age, he became a member of Andrew Chapel Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Annie J. Corley Summers of Charleston; two daughters, Mrs. Hattie Mae Brown of Charleston and Mrs. Fannie Baxter of Orangeburg; a sister, Mrs.

Pearlie Mae Jackson of Orangeburg; three brothers, James Summers and Willie Summers, both of Orangeburg, and Ulyssees Summers of Stamford, seven grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held until 8 p.m. Saturday at Bythewood Funeral Home. Friends may call at the residence and at the funeral home. Tomoharu Yonemura The funeral for Tomoharu "Tommy" Yonemura, 41, of 2715 Hillcrest NE, Orangeburg, will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. William Coates officiating. Pallbearers will be S. Chen, K. Yamashita, S.

Jinno, T. Komura, M. Setsuda, M. Ikeda. Mr.

Yonemura died Thursday. Friends may call at the residence and at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home. Babe Ray Jr. has been sentenced to death a second time for the 1990 murder and kidnapping of a Spartanburg woman whose body was found stuffed in a well. Judge Gary Clory announced the sentence on Thursday.

Ray had been sentenced to death by Judge E.C. Burnett In 1991 after he pleaded guilty to the kidnapping and murder of 20-year-old Josylin Ballanger. However, the state Supreme Court overturned the sentence because Burnett committed procedural errors. 4 sentenced in kidnap of pizza delivery man MONCKS CORNER, S.C. Four Moncks Comer men have been sentenced to 1 5 years in prison for kidnapping and robbing a pizza delivery man.

All four pleaded guilty earlier this month to kidnapping, carjacking and armed robbery. Kevin M. Mathis, 21 Jermaine K. Jordan, 20, Shawn A. Haynes, 19, and Victor D.

Holman, 23, were sentenced Thursday by Circuit Judge M. Duane Shuler. Alphonso Rollerson, 21 of St. Stephen, was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for his part in the kidnapping. Riley names Matthews campaign manager CHARLESTON, S.C.

Charleston Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Joseph P. Riley Jr. has picked a veteran political consultant to manage his campaign. K. Michael Matthews, a Washington-based consultant, managed Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy's 1986 congressional campaign in Mississippi.

That race saw Espy become the first black elected to Congress from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Riley, a Democrat, also has named Charleston attorney Capers G. Barr III as campaign chairman. Ban is a former law partner of Riley's. AP correction about the first woman to graduate from Clemson University, The Associated Press reported erroneously Thursday that Winthrop University was a private school in 1955.

Winthrop always has been state-supported, school spokesman Raymond C. Jones said Friday. find out who forced the cab driver to pull over and get out the car, assaulted him and robbed him of his money and cab at gunpoint, Smith said. Other arrests by the sheriffs office included three people charged with issuing fraudulent checks, four people charged with petty larceny and one person charged with malicious injury to personal property (under These cases will be handled in magistrate's court. Orangeburg Department of Public Safety Among incidents handled by officers of the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety was a burglary at Orangeburg-Calhoun-Allendale-Bamberg Community Action Agency on St.

John Street in Orangeburg. An OCAB employee discovered Thursday morning that someone had broken out a window, entered the building, vandalized snack machines and had stolen about $100 in cash from the machines. CARD OF THANKS The family of the late MR. THOMAS BAKER would like to express their gratitude for the many acts of love and support, shown to us during our time of bereavement. We thank you for sharing our grief.

Mary Elmore Baker and Family prisoners up. The Corrections the historic prison of CCI Gasaway said very, very old, it's prison," she said. Yet her emotional As she walked "It's a Department is offering tours of, I in February and March. A reunion workers is scheduled March 3rd. the prison needed to be closed.

"It's dilapidated. They do need a new ties still made it difficult to accept. away from the tower, she told a coworker: part of my life. It's gone forever." Continued from Page 10A state. Corrections Commissioner Parker Evatt said the transfers from "this ancient Bastille" went without incident.

The last group of inmates consisted of cooks and prison industry workers. Their journey ran into one problem the bus broke down on a highway northeast of Columbia. As armed corrections officers surrounded it, nervous neighbors called local television and radio stations to find out what was going on. Several vans from Lee finally came to pick the Crime Continued from Page 10A And, in a reported auto theft, a Rowesville man called authorities at 2:24 a.m. Friday to say that his truck was stolen while he was coon hunting.

The man said he parked his white 1990 Toyota 4x4 pickup truck just off of Highway 176 in the Providence area just after midnight and went coon hunting. He said he left his keys under the floor mat. And, when he returned from hunting, the truck was gone. Sheriff Smith noted, however, that the truck was recovered Friday afternoon a few blocks from a store in Providence. There was no apparent damage.

But Detective Larry Williams is conducting an investigation to find out who stole the truck. In an update of a case reported Monday night, the sheriff said a City Wide Taxi cab, stolen from a taxi driver who was assaulted and robbed by three men, was recovered Thursday night. The sheriff said the taxi cab was recovered in a wooded area just off of Red Bank Road. It had not been visibly damaged. Detectives Jack Coleman and Everette LaFrance are working to No Medical Exam Issue Age 0-85 Call for nearest Agent 1-800-922-6715 or 531-3959 Jones Insurance Damage to the machines was estimated at $100 and damage to the window was estimated at $50.

1 DPS Detective Leon Porter is investigating the burglary. And, theft of a car parked outside of Charlie's Paragon on Ceni-tre Street Thursday night is also under investigation. An Orangeburg man parked his 1986 Regency Oldsmobile there while he went into the bar and came out to find that it was gone. The vehicle was recovered Fri day afternoon undamaged. "An ongoing investigation into the theft is being conducted by Detective Dennis Romanstine," said DPS Major Joseph Keitt.

Thursday arrests by DPS officers included two for simple possession of marijuana, misde-meanor charges. CARD OF THANKS In Sincere Appreciation The Family Of The Late Julia W. Williams Gratefully acknowledges and appreciates your acts of kindness and your expressions of sympathy extended to our family during our recent lost. Many Thanks, The Williams Family Bar agrees to study attorney advertising issue neys. But he said it's also to keep competition down and "protect lawyers who solicit business on the country club golf course." Barroll, who said he doesn't use broadcast ads, encouraged the House to carefully study the matter.

"Advertising gives people an awareness of what's out there," he said. "Whatever goes on in Iowa is good for the Iowans but I believe we ought to study it," agreed attorney Joseph Mendelsohn. No one spoke in favor of immediately passing the restrictions. The Bar's first steps will be to review the constitutionality of the Iowa rules and study the extent of attorney advertising in South Carolina. By The Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C.

South Carolina lawyers decided Friday that Iowa-like restrictions on lawyer advertising may not be good for them. The state Supreme Court asked the South Carolina Bar to review the Iowa rules that could almost eliminate any television advertising by attorneys. The Bar, at its annual meeting, agreed to study the matter further before deciding whether to adopt tough new restrictions on advertising like those that took effect in Iowa in 1985. Attorney J. Leeds Barroll of Columbia told the Bar's House of Delegates that those who want restrictions feel advertising hurts the image of attor.