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Th Index-Journal, Greenwood, Tu. September 24, 199119 Student stabbed, dies State Court orders Horse Show high school fight new trial County death case said Helen Fowler, coordinator of school-community relations. "Any time that you have an incident which involves members of two races you tend to think that, but from the information we've received so far, it was not motivated by race," Fowler said. "It was an argument which could have easily happened with members of the same race as with different races. The preliminary information suggests it was not racially motivated." Jamie Beard, 16, a white student, said he was with Setzer when the students were stabbed, told the Greensboro News Record that other black students made threats on his life after the assault.

He and his four brothers were in the yard outside their mountainside home Monday night, one of them armed with a during LENOIR, N.C. (AP) Some students say a fatal fight at West Caldwell High School between blacks and whites was racially spurred, but school officials and others say race wasn't a factor. Caldwell County sheriff's deputies planned to patrol the campus again today to ensure order and ease the concerns of parents worried about safety. Terry Wayne Maxwell, 16, was stabbed to death, and Randall Moore, 17, was injured in the brawl Monday, said Caldwell County Sheriff Roger Hutchings. Moore was in serious condition after undergoing surgery at Caldwell Memorial Hospital Monday, officials said.

Robert Wesley Setzer, 16, of Lenoir, was charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon, Hutchings said. He was being held in the county jail under no bond, with his first court appearance set for today. James Christopher Shook, 17, also of Lenoir, was charged with aiding and abetting murder, Hutchings said. He was also jailed without bond and was to appear in court today. Officials said Shook brought a five-inch dagger to school and gave it to Setzer shortly before the deadly fight.

ATLANTA (AP) A death row prisoner will get a new murder trial because of excessive publicity before his trial in Lincoln County. The Georgia Supreme Court Monday ordered the new trial for Johnnie Dee Jones, 26, a South Carolina prison escapee sentenced to death in 1988 for the stabbing death of Randall Garvin Reeves of Lincolnton and the stabbing of Reeves' daughter, who recovered. The appeals court overturned the conviction and sentence, saying Jones should have been granted a change of venue because of excessive pre-trial publicity. Thirty-eight of the 42 people ultimately placed in the Lincoln County jury pool for the July 1990 trial knew about the case before they were called to be on the jury, the court said. Of those, 12 had formed an opinion on guilt or innocence, seven had formed an opinion on punishment and 26 had listened to community talk.

The court used the case to announce new standards for Georgia courts to follow in dealing with highly publicized cases in small towns. "Trial courts will order a change of venue for death penalty trials in those cases in which a defendant can make a substantive showing of the likelihood of prejudice by reason of extensive publicity," the court said in Monday's order. At the time of the slaying, Jones had escaped from McCormick Correctional Institution in South Carolina, where he was serving a 22-year sentence for armed robbery. Wallet's return solves 22-year-old mystery in Lincoln license, car registration, receipts for an eye checkup, family photos were an unexpected treasure, said 22-year-old Christine. An added bonus was that everything looked like new, she said.

"I've seen pictures of her when she was young, but they're all black and white," she said of her mother. "But in her license, she's 30 and it's in color, so it was real neat. Then I saw pictures of me and my family that I had never seen before." (Continued from page 13) added to the payback. "Usually if you can get in the top three in a it will pay back your entry fee," said Braw-ley, adding ribbons will be awarded in all classes for first through fifth places. Ginn said area 4 Horse Clubs will use proceeds from entry fees and concessions to fund community projects.

For the past two years, the three area clubs with approximately 50 members combined have joined forces, providing two annual horseback riding clinics for handicapped children. "Our insurance alone for those clinics is more than $500 per year," said Ginn. "Our kids are interested in the clinics, and interested in keeping them going." More than 400 entries are anticipated in the horse show, Ginn said, noting this year's show could nearly double last year's 250 entries. Local 4 Horse Clubs won't be the only ones to profit from the show. "Most of the people comijig from out of town won stay overnight.

But, after a hot day and lots of traveling, they'll be ready for a good meal. I would expect local restaurants to do very well," Ginn said. Ethics (Continued from page 13) interested few," said Gans, the director of the Committee for the Study of American Electorate. He suggested one way to right1 the system might be to limit political television ads to those in which the candidates themselves speak directly on camera. That would eliminate slickly produced negative attack ads to which candidates generally can not respond, he said.

sion, S.C. Parks, Recreation and Tourism, S.C. Humanities Council and numerous local sponsors. Ninety Six (Continued from page 13) son told council. According to Dennis Barden, town administrator, the $66,455.52 that was shown in the budget for South Carolina Highway Department was for street repairs.

This money will be removed from the budget. "The money came from a statewide program called Rocky Road program which allows towns to repair streets," he explained. "Once the work is done, the town sends the state a payment voucher and they pay for it." Negative publicity worries Cerullo Festival (Continued from page 13) be offered. A variety of music will be played throughout the day, she said. A Jam Session, gold panning and children's games are also scheduled.

A "Noontime Patriotic Salute" will be coordinated by Martha Patterson and Ann Seymore. A 7 p.m. talent show will conclude Saturday's events. On Sunday, McAbee said the park will open at 1:30 p.m. with a Gospel Sing.

Also at 1:30 p.m., homemade desserts and iced tea will be served for 50 cents. Afterward, "Crossroads," a play written by South Carolinian Jean Cooper, will be offered at no charge. The festival is sponsored by the McCormick Arts Council at the Keturah. The Keturah is supported by the S.C. Arts Commis Hutchings and witnesses said about 12 students began fighting as school began.

The sheriff said it appeared Setzer and his, girlfriend were talking in the hall when another student made an advance toward Setzer's girlfriend. A brief fist fight followed but was broken up by school officials. Ten minutes later, another fight began involving Setzer, a friend and eight to 10 other students, officials said. Maxwell and Moore were then stabbed. "The two guys who got stabbed were not even in the fight," Charles Lindsey, 15, said.

Darrin Jones, a freshman, was with the two victims when the fight broke out. "It was a bunch of white kids and a bunch of black kids, and they all started fighting," said Darrin, who is black. "I moved up against a locker, and that's when he stabbed Randall. "Terry didn't say nothing, then we ran down to the principal's office and Terry said, 'I'm and he fell down and just started gasping," Darrin told The Charlotte Observer. "That's when I guess he died." Some students said the fight was racially motivated.

Administrators don't think so, when the lawsuit will go to court. Salisbury said he has received unofficial information that the park's owners are renovating and expanding the park and going ahead with plans to reopen next summer. Marlboro supervisor charged with misconduct COLUMBIA (AP) A grand jury has accused Marlboro County Supervisor Claude Driggers of using his office for personal gain, including the use of county employees to build a swimming pool at his home. The grand jury indicted Driggers on Monday on two misdemeanor counts of misconduct in office. Driggers will plead innocent to the charges, his attorney, Tony Harris, said.

The grand jury returned the indictments based on "the rankest kind of hearsay," Driggers said. The grand jury accused Driggers of selling a bulldozer to the county. The panel also accused him of using county employees and material to build a swimming pool, paint his barn and truck dirt onto his property, attorneys said. If convicted, Driggers could face a year in jail, said Solicitor Gordon McBride said. The supervisor is free on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond for each of the two charges, McBride said.

Driggers' trial will be handled during the next term of court, which begins Nov. 12, he said. The indictments were unusual, Harris said, because no one has signed a warrant against Driggers and no witnesses testified before the grand jury. The indictment was based on a State Law Enforcement Division investigation, which Harris said was basal on hearsay. "Nobody has been willing to go before a magistrate to sign a warrant saying he did anything wrong," Harris said.

"It's a political situation." Driggers could not be reached for comment. Marlboro County is one of the last in the state to use the supervisor form of government, in which Driggers is both administrator and a voting member of County Council. County residents have voted to change over to an administrator form of government, in which the county council appoints the administrator. leave the party before the rest SAN DIEGO (AP) San Diego evangelist Morris Cerullo's plans for New Heritage USA are on hold as the result of the two lawuits filed against him, an aide said. Cerullo, who founded World Evangelism Inc.

here in the late 1950s, has nothing to do with the operations of the Fort Mill, S.C. park once owned by Jim Bakker, said Cerullo spokesman Kirt G. Salisbury. Cerullo is being told nothing about activities there, he said. Cerullo is also worried about the publicity surrounding his ouster as New Heritage USA board chairman and the two suits, Salisbury said.

"These lawsuits imply negative things about us to people and we'd like them to know good things are happening, too, that God is opening doors to us in the midst of all this," Salisbury said. Cerullo has transferred studios of the Inspirational TV Network, another former Bakker property he owns, from Fort Mill to Charlotte, N.C, Salisbury says. The three companies suing Cerullo Malaysian Universal Industries of Hong Kong, MUI International and Seraphim Investments of Vancouver collectively own 51 percent of New Heritage USA stock. Cerullo bought 49 percent of the stock with money lent him by the companies as partners. His partners have accused Cerullo of fraud, conspiracy and breach of contract, saying he misused $4 million he received for selling retreat center memberships that promised lifetime half-price discounts for theme-park rooms and attractions.

The partners claim in a lawsuit filed March 13 that the money went into Cerullo's ministry instead of New Heritage USA. Bakker, jailed for fraud, was convicted of misusing funds from the sale of lifetime partnerships in the park and for selling more memberships than the park could handle. Cerullo has denied any impropriety and said he was "shocked, amazed and saddened" by the lawsuit. At this point Cerullo has nothing to do with the New Heritage USA operation, Salisbury said. "Everything right now as far as we are concerned is a standoff," he said.

"The New Heritage USA corporation is basically running, operating and making decisions back there and we are not involved. "Until the lawsuits are resolved, although we have done everything to comply with their requests, it puts us in an arm's-length position. We don't know what's going on because they don't keep us informed. Salisbury said he doesn't know pistol. "We're watching for them," said his elder brother, Kenneth.

"I won't go looking for trouble, but if it comes looking for me I'm ready." Jamie Beard said Monday's tragedy was the result of long-festering friction between the races at the school. "I think there's going to be more violence," Jamie Beard said. 6I Love Lucy9 inducted into Hall of Fame BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) The "I Love Lucy" television series and its star, the late Desi Arnaz, were inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame during a ceremony at which his children accepted his award. James Garner, the late Leonard Bernstein, the late Danny Thomas and Mike Wallace also were honored Monday as new TV Hall of Famers.

Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. were misty-eyed as they accepted the honor for their father, said Tony Angellotti, a spokesman for the television academy. The brother and sister recounted how their own childhoods were reflected on their parent's show when the "Little Ricky" character was introduced, he said. Their mother, the late Lucille Ball, previously was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Vintage footage of the legendary "Lucy" show, including snippets from the pilot, and other moments from the careers of the five honored were show at the ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire hotel.

"I Love Lucy" producer Jess Oppenheimer's widow Estelle and original writers Madelyn Pugh-Davis and Bob Carroll Jr. accepted the award for the CBS show. It was the first show ever inducted into the Hall of Fame. Tears welled up in James Garner's eyes as he accepted the honor from Rod Steiger and looked back on a much-loved career, Angellotti said. Garner, currently starring on NBC's "Man of the People," is best known as Jim Rockford of "The Rockford Files," the NBC series about a tough but tender private eye.

Morley Safer gave TV reporter Mike Wallace his award and Wallace gave conductor Bernstein's award to daughter Jamie Bernstein. Celebrities who attended the ceremony included Sid Caeser, Dom DeLuise, Bill Bixby, Michelle Lee and Barbara Eden. Mario, Terre and Tony Thomas accepted their father's award from Sheldon Leonard. Other television Hall of Fame members include Fred Astaire, Steve Allen, Jack Benny, Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow.

Aviation group restoring bomber in Bush's honor SAINT FRANCIS, Maine (AP) A bomber like the one President Bush flew during World War. II has been recovered from the dense woods of northern Maine so it can be restored and dedicated in the president's honor. The BM Avenger, a torpedo bomber, had been converted to a crop-spraying plane before it crashed in 1972. The wreckage was lifted by military helicopter -Wednesday from a remote site near the Canadian border. It is to be taken to Rhode Island for restoration, then dedicated in Bush's honor, said Robin Foote, president of the Rhode Island Aviation Heritage Association, which is spearheading the project.

The plane should be ready for display at the aviation museum at the former Charlestown Naval Air Station in southern Rhode Is- land in about two years, Foote said. In 1942, Bush's TBM Avenger was shot down over the Pacific Ocean during a bombing raid on a Japanese radio installation. GREENVILLE (AP) Robert Morris knew he didn't toss his mother's wallet into a pond when he was three-years-old, but it took 22 years to vindicate the then-toddler. The wallet was returned after some Southern Bell workers found it in a crawl space under a Spartanburg building and tracked down the relatives of Dora Elizabeth Morris. The wallet was good-natured vindication for Robert, now 25.

His brother Mike said he remembered how his parents never believed Robert didn't throw the wallet into a pond in 1969. "They kept thinking he did, and he kept telling them no. He said finally he just told them he did," Mike Morris said. Mike said he wished his parents were here to witness the end of the family mystery, but their father died eight years ago, their mother died a year later. Roddy McDonald, staff mana- fer of Southern Bell's security epartment in Columbia, tracked the family down using old telephone and highway department records.

"It took me a little while, but it was worth the effort," he said. McDonald got in touch with Mike Morris, 34, on Monday. Neither McDonald nor the family Mike, Robert, Christine, and Robin Lou Wood know how the wallet ended up under a Spartanburg building. Their mother thought it was lost in Piedmont. But it's not a big concern.

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