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2Y YORK OBSERVER Friday April 26 1991 County council to get first look at budget i 2 i :::::::44 444''4' '''''''4 '1' '-'t 1 i p4F-oia4ATIoti 0:: 1: 441 4 i :4 4 :2: ci :4 '-4 -JA 444- 4 4i :4: 3t: 4: i 4 4 A '1' :4 f'214 '4'''''' r'wi ''V''-' 1 Ity4' 1: 1 i 1'''-' l'' 't 4I 4 1 4 -r! to" f'' 011 4::: -4 rbaso01511 YORK The York County Council will begin looking over HOMETOWN County Manager Gene Klugh's proposed 1991-92 budget on Monday After a series of meetings and a May 14 public hearing the council will vote on the final budget May 21 Monday's dinner meeting runs from 5:30 to 8:30 pm at the York County Office Complex on Heckle Boulevard in Rock Hill On Tuesday the council will meet at the office complex from 5:30 to 8:30 for a budget work session For details call Gene Klugh at 684-8511 Highway patrol ad wins national award A television advertisement from the SC Highway Patrol's "Highways or Dieways" campaign has been voted the nation's most outstanding public service announcement by the National Combined Accident Reduction Effort It was the second time in three years an ad from the SC campaign has been so honored by CARE which is made up of state law enforcement agencies from the United States Canada Puerto Rico Guam the Virgin Islands and American Samoa The "Rural Safety Belt" ad depicts a father and son traveling without safety belts It was chosen from 40 entries at a CARE conference in Lancaster Pa earlier this month "It's gratifying to see that our work is still appreciated by our peers" said SC Highway Patrol Commander Col Ronald Alford i-4 74 10r i 1 1 'f' 1'''''' 2 4': 7if ::::1: ll k44z 4 i 5r: 4a 1'''-( -i' f-' A A r(ii 3k ic -A fl 4 4 ''4 4 r71 io 6 -A gt 40' :5 lat '4ti- t''' iori ti sk 7r4': it' 14 1 7: 'A'' 6-: --77''i 4 ig I- Nk g-13k t''- r- l' 1 I i 4 -0: A 1- l'' t'k I 1 ig2 i 'tf-'' y'I iioe 4-- )': ikf er' 4 -f-- i 0 "kqi4g': '''r Photos by LAYNE BAILEYStaff Recycling winners Barb Leverone (above left) receives a $200 savings bond in winning the Rock Hill Clean Green Recycling Center's 1 millionth-pound celebration contest Thursday Jane Hayes (right) is a specialist at the center The savings bond was provided by Goldco Metals and Recycling of Rock Hill At left 4-year-old Amber Dover of Rock Hill is swallowed up in a Clean Green T-shirt she won for her family for their recycling efforts Amber is being held by her mom Gail McKinna-Dover York County Details on ex-treasurer's deals awaited Civil court session canceled YORK York County civil court scheduled for Monday has been canceled and jurors for that session shouldn't report for duty a court official said Thursday The jurors won't have to report for a later term said Clerk of Court MH Carroll Civil court set for May 6 will continue with jurors called for that week The civil court known as court of common pleas was canceled because a criminal case now being heard will continue through the week Carroll said Monday's jury pool included 75 people who were to report at 9:45 am that day If you have questions contact Ann Webb or Lori Ramsey at 684-8506 from 8:30 am to 5 pm today Rally planned against abortion bill ROCK HILL The SC chapter of National Organization for Women and other organizations will hold a rally in Columbia on Sunday to call for the defeat of a bill that would outlaw most abortions in the state As written the bill could also outlaw many forms of birth control according to rally organizers Speakers will include state Reps Holly Cork and Maggie Glover and Tech Sgt Nancy Parker a veteran of the Persian Gulf war Music will be provided by Danielle Howie Brent Cundy and the Restless Carrot The rally and concert will be from 1:30 to 4 pm on the Statehouse grounds facing Assembly and Gervais streets Those wanting to carpool to the rally should meet at 11 am Sunday at Winthrop College behind Phelps Dormitory on the corner of Cherry and Oakland Nichols received gifts or payments from High Yield and whether he did business unrelated to York County with the firm County Manager Gene Klugh fired Nichols last month after the county's auditors told a stunned county council that Nichols' unauthorized investments had lost an expected $14 million in investment interest York County has no policy governing how its money must be invested but the council is now writing one In a letter faxed to the commission earlier this week Dan Bell attorney for High Yield said the Radio Stations father left a diary that detailed her affair with a blond soldier called Duncan Wagner who is blond said on the program that she had always felt like an outsider in a family of brunettes But it was a detail not revealed on the show that convinced Wagner her search was over The Gilmores would not divulge the detail "She was so emotional she said Can I call you back in five minutes' Suzanne Gilmore said Wagner did and spoke to her Let us know ROCK HILL: WNSC-FM (889) classical talk Jazz educational news WRHI-AM (1340) adult contemporary information and instruction WRHM-FM (1071) contemporary country WYRS-AM (1150) adult contemporary YORK: WBZK-AM (980) young adult contemporary LANCASTER: WAGL-AM (1560) modern country WLCM-AM (1360) adult contemporary WKSC-AM (1300) big bands CHESTER: WDZK-FM (993) young adult contemporary WGCD-AM (1490) top 40 We ask funeral homes in York Lancaster and Chester counties to call or visit The York Observer at 135 Oakland Ave Rock Hill with news of deaths and funerals Please ask the family of the deceased for a photograph we can publish Families may also contact us about publishing a photo The photograph will be returned Call us collect at 324-4123 By ALLISON SALERNO Staff Writer COLUMBIA Today the SC Securities Commission expects some answers to its questions about a New Jersey brokerage firm's dealings with former York County Treasurer Clyde Nichols In an effort to find out why Nichols decided to invest millions of county tax dollars in investments not authorized by state law the commission earlier this month subpoenaed the records of High Yield Management Securities Inc of Clifton NJ Among other things the commission wants to know whether Meeting Woman finds father thanks to TV show From preceding page Wagner's quest began eight years ago after her mother committed suicide The mother who had never told Wagner that the man she married was not Wagner's OBITUARIES DeWitt Martin Veteran CHARLOTTE Mr DeWitt Martin 76 of 2824 Midland Ave died April 23 1991 at Presbyterian Hospital Funeral is 2 pm today at West Chapel Burial is in Forest Lawn Cemetery McEwen Funeral Home is in charge Mr Martin was retired after 28 years at Cumming Diesel He was a World War 11 veteran and a member of the Belmont Moose Lodge American Legion Post 262 and the UM Post 9337 in Gastonia Survivors are his wife Addle Mae Martin son Wayne Martin daughter Mrs Janet King of Charlotte brother Odell Martin of York five grandchildren one great-grandchild John I louston National Guard member CHESTER Mr John Earl Houston 62 of Route 1 died April 24 1991 at the Chester County Nursing Center Funeral is 3 pm today at Cool Branch Baptist Church where he was a member The Revs Dale Roddey and William Meeks will officiate Burial is in the church cemetery A native of Greenville Mr Houston was a son of the late William and Delcina Kirby Houston He was employed by Essex IM company's records would start arriving by mail at the commission's offices by today Within a week all subpoenaed records should arrive said Burnet Maybank deputy SC securities commissioner The commission is also subpoenaing statements from Nichols and from Mitchell Frank vice president of High Yield and Nichols' broker Frank wasn't registered to do business in South Carolina until May 1987 four months after he sold the county $78 million in government mutual funds and corporate junk bonds That means High Yield which father for 112 hours Duncan Gilmore also learned that he was a grandfather Wagner has two boys 8 and 10 Gilmore has three children from a previous marriage and his wife has a child The conversation didn't end until Gilmore and Wagner had made plans to meet in person "We're getting together next weekend somewhere in Florida" Gilmore said Suzanne Gilmore said she was thrilled to have played a part in the both of Fort Lauderdale Fla Dale Bush daughters Ms Katherine Weir of Pulham NC Mrs Brenda Catoe Mrs Martha Hicks of Trenton 18 grandchildren 34 great-grandchildren Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society Post Office Box 1142 Lancaster SC 29720 Otha Johnson Heavy equipment operator SHARON Mr Otha Johnson 74 of Route I died April 23 1991 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte Funeral is 2:30 pm Sunday at Mount Hopewell Baptist Church where he was a member The Revs Thomas Massey and HI Dickson will officiate Burial is in the church cemetery Visitation is 7 to 7:30 pm at Wrights Funeral Home in York A native of York County Mr Johnson was a heavy equipment operator in a mineral rock quarry mine in Kings Mountain Survivors are his wife Ella Mae Johnson: stepson Johnny Johnson of Hartford Conn brothers Fletcher Johnson of Albany Ga Coke Johnson of Kings Mountain Fitness" the weekly section that this newspaper every Monday has a $35 million shareholders equity may have to rescind the transactions lose its SC license and be forced to repay York County the estimated $14 million it lost in expected interest income Maybank said Nichols' attorney Mitch Willoughby of Columbia told him this week that "the treasurer didn't know what he was buying He assumed there would be more liquidity in these investments" Maybank also said that according to Willoughby Nichols "totally denied" receiving any type of gift for doing business with High Yield drama 'I feel like I'm part of a miracle" she said At work in Charlotte on Thursday Duncan Gilmore's colleagues asked him about the program with a twinkle in their eyes "I ran into a number of people at work who said "Hey have you been in the Of course I had to confirm that it was me "This is a very dramatic thing probably the most dramatic thing that has happened in my life" Wagner refused requests for an interview saying she needed time to collect herself NC Roy Johnson of Grover NC sister Mrs Mary Lee Boyd of Charlotte three grandchildren three great-grandchildren Compiled by Alice Sherrill Other SC deaths The following deaths were published in The State April 25 1991: Baby Girl Baldwin Caroline Sherrill Carole Wylie Columbia Sarah Bond Beaufort Stephen Bouknight Irmo William Bradley Orangeburg Burrell Caney Jr Hopkins Mary Christopher Hodges Hedy Clark Walter Grant Newberry Jimmie Cook Hampton Sears Corbett Springfield Daniel Dubose Jr Sumter Lucille Felder St Mathews Ed Gainey Hartsville Henry Garza Abbeville John Hamrick Jr North Charleston Jamel Hi 'bourn Jr Loris Florence Hipp Clinton Dorothy Kirkland Luther Lloyd Aiken Rochshell Knight Murrells Inlet Alita Mixon Varnville Victoria Moses Martha O'Neal Hartsville Joshua Newton Calhoun Falls Farrah Rushton Saluda Emma Salley Salley Lenora Taylor Graniteville Robert Thompson Andrews Hans vonSzalantnay Saluda Ethel Wheeler Gray Court Mildred Wood Parksville Walter Woods Jr Fairfield helps Edited by Sylvia Colwell Myrtle Beech 717 chance ce 0 L11 3each Pj63 iol ote "la 'd I 0ay --dv Weather highs kiwi and ooilpritOnstpi local and Clover 6756 showers and Local Fort MU moms 6756 0 York to Chanoe Forecast 6757 showers "shc49ersd 1468056Ck HMO and 8 and Chance of 1 T-sforms shown and Tlforms 1 '''1' Lancaster Chester to 6759 0 6858 Chance of "1 Chance of showers and showers and Tsforms Ilt T-storms Great Falls 68157 Kershaw Chance ot showers and 6959 T-storrn Chance of showers an T-storm or Nr tt IN 44 4 4erfv1ile 1 rChance ot 7 7 'show" ard Mini 1 highs lows 110 conditions loi7 4104 citim Clover I 6756 Chance of showers and T-storms York 6757 chance of showers and T-stoons Chester 6858 Chance of showers and T-stoms Great Fells 6857 Chance of showefs and T-stormie -oett 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