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12B ramgeDuirg Audi list, repent says 'i i ll I A 4i Clvft By GENE CRIDER Staff Writer The consulting firm for German luxury automaker Audi, which is considering an American car manufacturing facility, may be looking at the Orangeburg area, The Greenville News reported Thursday. The News reported that Audi is looking at central South Carolina and at least two other states for possible sites for its manufacturing facility, but may be months away from a decision on where to build. Audi's site selection consultants have focused on sites between Columbia and Charleston along Interstate 26, the paper said. Greenville's Fluor Daniel Consulting, Audi's site selection consultant, holds options on land near Orangeburg and has been conducting soil tests there, The News reported. The site in Dorchester County near Jedburg, considered and later rejected by Mercedes-Benz, may also be under consideration.

Local development officials contacted about the report seemed genuinely caught off guard by the news. Orangeburg County Development Commission Director Paul Grossman said Thursday that while he is unaware of anything at this time, if a company began considering the ideal site being close to the Port of Charleston, near major interstates and land availability "it's not inconceivable that we would make a short list." Development Commission Chairwoman Jeannine Kees said Please see Audi, 4A Investigators spent several hours Thursday using a backhoe to search for the car believed to have been involved in the 1972 killing ot Highway Patrolman Roy O. Caffey. The search turned up only scrap metal that is not evidence in the case, said 1 st Circuit Solicitor Walter Bailey, who was at the scene. photos by Van Hope) Investigators fail to find car, weapons in Santee search asking feds not to allow DPU to buy other power By CAROL B.

BARKER Staff Writer SANTEE, S.C. Following up on a lead in the 25-year-old murder of S.C. Highway Patrolman Roy 0. Caffey, investigators used a backhoe Thursday to dig in Santee for the car believed to have been driven by those responsible for the killing. The digging went on for several hours on the property owned by the mother of murder suspect Betsy Rourk Kemmerlin.

No car was found. The Times and Democrat received tips Thursday afternoon that law enforcement officers were in the process of unearthing the car believed to have been driven by Caffey's killers on the fatal night of Oct. 8, 1972. Caffey was shot to death on the side of Interstate 26 after he apparently stopped a red Mustang with several occupants. Neither the Mustang nor the two weapons that were used in the murder a .22 caliber pistol and a .38 caliber pistol have been re covered.

Orangeburg County Sheriff James "Poppa" Johnson confirmed that leads from sources other than suspect Betsy Kemmerlin prompted investigators to secure a search warrant Thursday in order to look for the vehicle on property belonging to her mother, Clara Kemmerlin on Bonner Avenue in Santee. "We were acting on a lead that the car was buried back there. We had a search warrant, but Clara gave consent for us to search the property. She was very cooperative, and everything went well," Johnson said. "The backhoe was used to dig in three different locations on the property, but all we found was some scrap metal." Johnson said every lead is being pursued by the OCSO and State Law Enforcement Division investigators, especially when the leads pertain to the car or the weapons involved in the Caffey case.

He said Kemmerlin's Santee residence is Please see Car, 4A By GENE CRIDER Staff Writer South Carolina Electric Gas Co. has asked the federal government to step in and settle its contract dispute with Orangeburg's Department of Public Utilities. At issue is DPU's shopping around for less-expensive electricity, made possible through limited deregulation of the power industry last year. says its contract with DPU requires the city-owned utility to purchase most of its electricity from until Halloween of the year 2000. DPU says it is only required to purchase a limited amount from DPU is largest wholesale customer.

has also taken the position that it will not transport electricity from other providers across its lines to DPU, except for the small amount of power DPU currently purchases from the Southeastern Power Authority, SCANA spokesman Brian Duncan said Thursday. "We're not going to wheel other companies' electricity to them," Duncan said. filed its request for declaratory order with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-Please see DPU, 4A -1- J- S.C. Department of Natural Resources officers leave the property owned by the mother of murder suspect Betsy Kemmerlin after a search by investigators failed to turn up the red Mustang that the killers of Highway Patrolman Roy Caffey were believed to be in the night of Oct. 8, 1972.

Russian teen killed Cosby son, police say While enjoying a walk in Edisto Memorial Gardens, Penny Salley of Orangeburg holds her granddaughter Emily Ardis so she can smell the wisteria. The two took advantage of the spring-like weather Wednesday with a picnic and play-time in the gardens. Friday is expected to be wet and the weekend is to be cooler. photo by Ken Tyler) lr- 'X- V. i v- i t-i tt-- Friday, showers and thunderstorms.

High in the middle 70s. South wind 1 5 to 25 mph becoming southwest. Chance of rain 80 percent. Friday night, mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of evening showers and thunderstorms.

Low 50 to 55. By JEFF WILSON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES A Russian teen gunned down Bill Cosby's son in a random robbery attempt, police said Thursday, confirming 6A 6B 6B 6B 7A 2B 6B 6B 6A 2B 6A 6B 1B 7A 2A 4B A 5B 2A Ann Landers Anne Nan Astro-Graph Bridge Business Classified Comics Crossword puzzle Dear Abby Deaths Editorials Health Localstate Markets Shorttakes Soap operas Sports Theaters Weather his arrest came after a tipster called the National Enquirer in hopes of claiming a $100,000 reward. i a i 1 Markhasev, 18, who came to the United States eight J. Asbury Bunch Holly Hill, S.C. James Louis Cam -Titusville, Fla.

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W. Smith Harleyville, S.C. Patricia Ann Sims Washington Columbia Mrs. Anna Haskin Williams -Conway, S.C. It won't feel as much like spring, but expect blooming to continue Markhasev Mrs.

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-Cameron, S.C. John Boyd Brandenburg -Summerton, S.C. Leroy Bruce Branchville, S.C. years ago, acted alone and "there was no indication that there is any Russian gang or Russian mob ties at all," police Chief Willie Williams told a news conference. "It appears that robbery was the motive.

It was happenstance," Williams said. "This was a random stop as far as we know now. "We think Thursday might be the last day for the spring-like weather," Tyler said. "We will possibly have thunderstorms because a body of cold air will settle over the Southeast. People may welcome the rains to rinse the air of pollen and rejuvenate the soil.

It's been dry in Orangeburg lately." Tyler said the spring-like weather came a bit early this year, causing plants to bloom ahead of Please see Blooming, 4A By ANDREW M. HAWORTH Staff Writer Although the azaleas and dogwoods are blooming around Orangeburg, the early spring that has warmed the state since the end of February is about to be interrupted. Temperatures dropped a few degrees on Thursday and a rainy cold front is blanketing the midlands, said Wes Tyler, a S.C. state climatologist. mmmm mil 'JIU-' JMIH 1 1 11 LliLlj.Ji M.

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