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Deaths and funerals 1992 2 The) todw-Joumaj Gr owood, Way Restructuring vague about specifics for restructuring. For example, there's no indication whether the proposed 15-member cabinet would be another layer of government over constitutional officers, such as treasurer, attorney general, adjutant general, superintendent of education and secretary of state. "The people I represent are sick and tired of the cost of government going up," McConnell said. Meanwhile, House supporters tried to put heat on the Senate, asking the public to pressure their senators to debate the measure. "We simply must see a strong demonstration of support from the voters of South Carolina," Rep.

Tim Rogers, D-Columbia, said at a news conference. Some senators have criticized the House for passing the resolution too quickly, saying lawmakers there were caving in to pressure from Campbell "I'd rather have a finger in the air than a head in the sand," responded Rep. David Bea-sley, R-Society HilL Beasley is speaker pro tempore, the House's second ranking officer. (Continued from page 1) tation through to the Senate came Tuesday, a short while after a Senate Judiciary subcommittee decided to forward the government reorganization resolution to the committee without changes. Most of the subcommittee members said they wanted senators to have a chance to draft their proposed changes to the resolution.

When the restructuring supporters tried to shove the measure on through, however, committee members balked. "It was on the fast track," said Sen. Theo Mitchell, D-Greenville. "That had been preprogrammed." Campbell has been pushing strongly for the legislation, which would allow voters to decide whether they want the Legislature to reorganize state agencies and boards. The cabinet form of government that would be put in place, if voters supported it, would give the governor after Campbell more control over state agencies and boards.

Sen. Glenn McConnell, -Charleston, is among those "ho believe the question that is proposed for tours and the legislation itself are Crime Insurance (Continued from page 1) ists to give up the rights to sue in some instances in exchange for lower rates. Shebeen said be should not bear responsibility for killing Campbell's plan. "It goes from a three-page bill to a 1 15-page bill and deals with about 15 different subjects. Our rules allow for that," Sbeheen said.

"I would have liked to see it come up for a debate. (But) it wasn't a close call at all. I can't rule bow I want to because of my substantive position on the bill." Jennings, however, said he was not disturbed by using a procedural move to kill the Campbell plan. "I think it's a bad bill," he said. For example, Jennings said he did not believe the bill's requirement that rates drop 15 percent would remain in effect beyond a year.

The House could still pass Campbell's plan as part of a separate bill. Because of a May 1 deadline, legislative rules would then require two-thirds of the 46-member Senate to agree to debate the bill. That is considered highly unlikely. "We're going to continue to fight," Campbell said. "The procedure is still there to do all this stuff." The defeat Tuesday was the second time the Republican governor has seen one of his auto insurance plans be decimated in the Democratic-controlled House.

In 1989, the House defeated major portions of a Campbell plan after a heavy lobbying campaign from trial lawyers. Campbell was elected for the first lime in 1986 during a campaign in which he promised to fight for lower auto insurance rates. Primaries for anybody else." said Bill Car-rick, a Los Angeles consultant who manaeed Democratic Rep. Richard Gephardt's 1988 presidential bid. Carrick said Clinton stands to benefit fiom simply spending time in the suite.

"He has a lot of repair work to do. The campaign has been so far away from California. All the people here have heard are. these negative dispatches from the front. It's really imperative that Clinton come in here and tell people who he is." Bush aides had previously worried that Buchanan might do belter than expected in California, where the president's approval ratings are particularly low.

But after Tuesday, with Buchanan at about 20 percent in all three contests, that concern abated. (Continued from page 1) and six other states. GOP challenger Patrick Buchanan and Brown fared poorly on Tuesday, with Brown losing not only to Clinton but trailing "uncommitted" and Paul Tsongas, a non-active candidate, in North Carolina and Washington, D.C. But both he and Buchanan are pledging last stands in California. In the aftermath of the rioting, all the candidates have been making their way to California.

Buchanan, interviewed from San Francisco today by NBC's "Today" show, said the unrest demonstrates the need to cut down on illegal immigration into southern California and for a crackdown on criminal activity. "This is a police problem, first and foremost, and a security problem," he said. Polls in California have shown Brown, the state's former governor, well ahead of Clinton. But some Democrats predicted that lead will shrink because voters have turned a psychological corner. "People have decided the election is between Bill Clinton and George Bush and maybe Ross Perot, and there's just no room (Continued from page 1) Authorities were particularly troubled by the drop from 90 percent to 85 percent of all murders being dvared, Munn said.

"ThatN a big drop." he said. "Historically," violent crimes have always been the easiest to solve. I Jon't know what that says' Despite the decrease, murders remained the most frequently solved crime in 1991, with suspects identified in 342 of the state's 402 murders, according to the report Two out of three reported robberies went unsolved last year, while nearly half of the reported rapes and aggravated assaults remained open, the report said. While clearance rates dropped, reports of violent crime rose less than 1 percent, in 1991 following a nearly 20 percent increase the year before. In addition to the murders, authorities investigated 2,096 rapes, 6,087 robberies and 26,015 aggravated assaults last year, according to the report A corresponding increase in the state's population meant the violent crime rate dipped slightly by half a percenL Bush MARY FRANCES STONE BF.LTON Mary Frances Driver Stone, 64, of 103 Little died May 5, 1992, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

She was a retiree of Blair Mill and a Baptist. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Randal! (Dianne) Wilkerson of Belion; two brothers, Sam Driver of Belion and Arthur Driver of Iva; and three sisters, Mrs. P.O. (Lucille) McGill and Kathleen Reeves, both of Belton and Mrs.

(Jencll) Vaughn of Abbeville. Services will be at 10:30 a m. Thursday in Belton Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Cox Funeral Home. Flowers are optional.

Memorials may be made to Belton Rescue Squad. The family is at the home of Mrs. Randall (Dianne) Wilkerson. 301 Harris Belion. CLYDE JORDAN LANCASTER Clyde Surge" Jordan, 83, of 103 S.

York died May 4, 1992. Bom in Greenville County, he was a son of the late Ezekiel and Janie Owens Jordan. He was a retired sergeant first class from the Army, he was a World War II veteran, and was retired from Springs Industries. Surviving are two daughters, Jean Cauthcn and Dot Clemmer, both of Iancaster; a brother, J.L. Jordan of Greenville; three sisters.

Delia Thomas of Greenwood, Viola Brock of Columbia and Stella Mae Rook of Laurens; six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services were at 1 1 a.m. today in Lancaster Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Lancaster. Mahal fey Funeral Home was in charge.

LOUISE CROSBY ABBEVILLE Louise Hill Crosby, 92, of Abbeville Nursing Home, formerly of 408 Magazine widow of William Baxter Crosby, died May 5. 1992 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Bom in Catawba, she was a daughter of the late Dr. George W. and Harriett White Hill.

She was a retired school teacher. She graduated from Winthrop College. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, a member of the Indies Trainman Auxiliary and a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. James C.

"Doris" Boyd of Abbeville: Uirce grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Harris Funeral Home, with the Rev. Wayne Wiggins and the Dr. Randy Rubble officiating.

Burial will be in Long Cane Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the residence. 408 Magazine St. Harris Funeral Home is in charge. MAREE N.

GIBSON GREENVILLE Maree Nance Gibson, 52, of 32 Fern-wood wife of Stanley C. Gibson, died May 5, 1992 at St. Francis Hospital. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and a teacher in the Greenville County School Dis-uict for 20 years, mostly at East North Street Elementary She was the former owner and operator of Gimbo's Restaurant on Augusta Road, and a Presbyterian. Surviving are her parents.

Waller M. and Amy Campbell Nance of Abbeville; and a sister. Beth N. Jelford of Greer. Services will be at 11 am.

Thursday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, with burial in Melrose Cemetery, Abbeville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home. The lamilv is at the home ol Beth' N. Jelford. 7D Sugar Creek Villas.

Greer. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice. (Continued from page 1) years of denial and neglect" under Presidents Bush and Reagan, and Democrats on Capitol Hill accused Bush of consistently neglecting urban America. The White House backpedakd on Tuesday, rushing out facts and Friendly foes MARY S. GILLESPIE LIBERTY Mary "Maggie Smith Gillespie, 82, formerly ol 218 Gillespie widow ol Hir-man Gillespie, died May 5, 1992.

Bom in Pickens County, she was a daughter of the late -ham Ira and Margaret Cantrcll Smith. She was a former Sunday School teacher, and a member of Flat Rock Baptist Church. Surviving are three sons, Ralph Gillespie of Jacksonville, Havne Gillespie of Liberty and Glen Gillespie of Columbia: six daughters. Mildred Waii ol Liberty. Miriam Fuller ot jVner-son City.

Martha Gill-spie of White Rock, Carolyn llamhn of Easlcy, Alia Cocliran (-1 Anderson and Tamah Jackson ol Greenville: two brothers. Bruce and Lowell Smith. bolhol Liberty; two sisters. I.vdia Youn- ul Ware Shoals and Gladys of F-asley: 22 and 22 creai Services will be at' 4 pin Thursday at Flat Rock Uar-iN Church. The family will receive in.nJs from 7 to 9 tonight at Ruhnison Funeral Home Memorials may be made to the Lowman Home of White Rock.

LUTHER SYR RETT Luther Syrkett, 72, of 441 Marion husband of Agne Gary Syrkett of North Augusta, died May 6 at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late Will and Ada Andrews Syrkett. He was a member of Old Mt Zion Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter, Oz-zie Mae Morgan of the borne; five brothers, Charles Syrkett of South Atdeboro, Clayton Syrkett of Greenwood, Franklin Syrkett of Columbia, Ernest Syrkett and Julion Syrkett both of Philadelphia, six sisters, Henrietta Harrison, Elise Bolden, Bennie Holloway and Minnie Robinson all of Greenwood, Frances Griffin and Rose Brown, both of Philadelphia, one grandchild and one great grandchild. Services will be announced by Perrival Tompkins.

MIKE PURSER ABBEVILLE John Mike Purser, 61, a resident of Providence Home in Columbia, died May 6. 1992 at Baptist Medical Center. Bom in Abbeville County, he was a son of the late Miles Montague and Lucy Clarke Purser. He was a volunteer and resident of the Providence Home in Columbia. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Abbeville.

Surviving are three daughters, Kerry Wilson and Carol Sample both of Abbeville, and Laura Lowe of Calhoun Falls; a sister, Mrs. W.B. (Connie) Stalnaker of Abbeville; and two grandchildren. Services will be Friday at Long Cane Cemetery, with Mr. Barry Collins officiating.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Harris Funeral Home. The family is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William B.

Stalnaker, 421 College Abbeville. Memorials may be made to die Providence Home, 3421 N. Main Street, Columbia, S.C. 29203, MARTHA MACDONALD Martha Braden Macdonald, 104, of Blyth widow of Colin Macdonald, died May 5, 1992. Bom in Renova, Sept.

14, 1887, she was a daughter of the late Joseph F. and Anna Zimmerman Braden. She was a 1909 graduate of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church. Formerly of Park Ridge, she had made her home "in Greenwood since 1984.

Surviving are a son, Bruce Macdonald, of home; a daughter, Jeanne M. Stewart of Greenwood; six grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, with Dr. John Wall and the Rev.

Steve Earl officiating. The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m'. Saturday at the residence on. Blyth Ave. The family requests that flowers be omitted and memorials be made to First Presbyterian Church, 108 E.

Cambridge Ave Greenwood. S.C. 29646. Blyth Funeral Home is in charge. Check sporting goods for a good buy A Til t.

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Those two had been anticipating that contest, since a House-proposed plan also put them together. Rep. Denny Neilson, D-Darlington, and Rep. David Beasley, R-Society Hill, also live in the same district under the new plan. Beasley has said he does not intend to run for re-election, however.

Lawmakers must formally declare their candidacies during a Tiling period that begins June 1 and ends June 25. (Continued from page 1) districts. Phillips said his home in the southeast section of Gaffney missed the boundary for the adjoining District 29 by about five houses. McCraw lives about VA miles away near downtown GafTney. The state Constitution requires lawmakers to be registered voters in theijdistricts at the time of the election.

That may allow McCraw and Phillips to run in separate districts, if McCraw moves to his farm in District 29, where no current lawmaker resides. "I spend a good bit of time there; I might need to spend a little bit more," he said. "It (the seat) is open now, so I don't know." Budget figures to show that its spending on the poor has grown substantially for Medicaid, food stamps and bousing. Fitzwater, asked this morning about Clinton's criticism, said, "It's interesting that the Democratic leadership spent all day yesterday defending the policies of the past We want to talk about the policies of the '90s and bow our programs would differ and why we think they ought to be given a chance to work." The White House wants Congress to enact programs to create urban enterprise zones and help for poor people to buy homes rather than cash handouts or public jobs programs. Officials on Tuesday scurried to provide lists of programs and funding directed at the poor, and Fitzwater hastened to clarify his day-earlier comments.

"I was not suggesting that those policies" of the '60s and '70s "were the cause of the' riot," he said. unproductive approach by targeting cuts in critical strategic and other defense programs," the White House's budget office said in a letter to Senate leaders warning of Bush's veto. The Senate measure makes $7.2 billion of its $8 billion in cuts in defense programs. But it would also hack away at projects ranging from a $400,000 renovation of Vice President Dan Quayle's official residence to an $86,000 federal study of how people process irrelevant information. Council (Continued from page 1) "The growth and development of Lander-College is directly attributable to the leadership of Dr.

Jackson," the resolution said. In other business. Council presented a plaque to Lakeview School for its telephone book recycling efforts. Council also passed resolutions declaring May 4-8 Teacher Appreciation Week in School District 50, and May 10-16 Emergency Medical Services Week in the county. May was declared Older Americans Month.

Council appointed Wanda Baylor to the Raintree Tax Commission and Wayne Mathis to the County Zoning Appeals Board. Council postponed until later this month action on die disposition of a closed boat ramp at Harris Landing. fcy Iht Bereraaatel Baakd from BUflCH TTWhdl DOJVU TELEPHONE OtOEMS WELCOME 423 MoaUfia U.SSS Sales tax fraud nets sentence An Anderson woman who kept the financial records for her husband's two motorcycle sales businesses was sentenced to five years in prison today after pleading guilty to 31 counts. of sales tax. evasion.

Anderson Circuit Judge Frank Epps suspended the sentence of Shirley B. Abercrombic of Shirley Drive in Anderson, to three years probation and payment of the 55,581 in sides tax owed die suites. Abcrcrombie, 55, bookkeeper fix- Honda of Anderson and Boulevard Honda of Greenwood, both owned by her husband Bob Aber-crombie, was arrested in September 1991. An investigation by the South Carolina Tax Commission revealed monthly sales tax reports had been altered her for the purpose ol evading payment of the stale's tax. The investigation by die Tax Commission showed between 1986 and W).

Abercromhie either omitted from her monthly reports sales of some motorcycles, or claimed ilk-gal sides tax deductions not earned by the business. In some cases, Abcrcrombie claimed' an agriculture deduction for viks of All Terrain Vehicles (A'lV) when the vehicles were actually used for recreational purposes. The investigation also showed Abcrcrombie instructed other employees to prepare invoices and other documents to inake it appear sales were lax deductible when they were not. Some of the altered documents showed motorcycle sales were made to out-of-state residents and South Carolina sides tax were not owed. Sales, in fact, were made to South Carolina residents and the South Carolina sides tax should have been paid.

An audit of her business records by the Tax Commission showed during this period repons were altered on total sales of SI 11.635. City log VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS Coronaca Station 50 responded Tuesday at 5:57 pjn. to a controlled bum on Bucklevel Road. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Greenwood EMS responded Tuesday to six transport requests and to emergencies at Crosscreek Mall, Tennessee Court, Holloway Avenue, S.C. 72, Duke Street, F.L.

Aerospace, Briarwood Road (two), Hamilton Road, Holman Street, Grenola Apartments and Hackett Avenue. POLICE DEPARTMENT Greenwood police responded Tuesday to one driving under the influence and simple possession of marijuana incident, six assault and battery incidents, one destruction of personal property, two shoplifting incidents, one destruction of real property, two petit larcenies, one false name to police and obtaining goods under false pretenses incident, two disorderly conduct incidents, and one assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Among the reports: A cassette player and two speakers valued at S329 were stolen from a vehicle parked on West Byrd Road between 10 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday, reports said. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT The Greenwood County Sheriffs Department responded Tuesday to one possible stolen goods for sale incident, one breaking and entering a motor vehicle, one petit larceny, one damage to personal property, one breach of trust, one found property, two assault and battery incidents, one criminal domestic violence, one shoplifting, one trespassing and one auto breaking and petit larceny incident Among the reports: Tools valued at $730 clothes valued at $300, a bicycle valued at $125 and other items valued at S75 were stolen from a garage on C.

246 between 3 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, reports said. (Continued from page 1) sure, said Sen. John Chafee, The bill "has taken an unnecessary, undesirable and LA riot (Continued from page 1) commissioners.

Overnight, the city was largely calm. But National Guard troops shot and wounded a motorist who struck a police officer with his vehicle. Police arrested the driver when he tried to run away, said Marine Warrant Officer Mike Hedlund. The officer was in good condition today at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. The motorist's condition was unknown.

On Sunday, guardsmen shot and killed a man who tried to run them over with his car. Meanwhile, the Legislature passed and Gov. Pete Wilson signed emergency legislation Tuesday night that gives prosecutors more time to process those arrested in the riots. District Attorney Ira Reiner had predicted calamity if as many as 2,500 people, some accused of arson and attempted murder, were released because the jammed justice system failed to arraign them within 48 hours of arrest Under the new law, prosecutors have seven business days. Meanwhile, President Bush was headed to Los Angeles today to inspect the destruction.

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