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2 The Index-Journal. Greenwood, S.C., Nov. 15,1983 Today TV 31 1 1 Son of Abbeville couple killed in copter crash Morning crash Today is Tuesday Nov. 15, the 319th day of 1983. There are 46 days left in the year; Today's highlight in history: On Nov.

15, 1492, the first recorded reference to tobacco was made by Christophc i Columbus, who noted in his journal the use of tobacco among the Indians. On this date: In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. In 1907, the comic strip "Mutt and Jeff" made its first appearance. In 1940, the Queeris-Midtown Tunnel, linking Long Island and Manhattan, opened. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter warned Iran's government that it would be held accountable for the safety of Americans held hostage by militants in Tehran.

And in 1981 President Reagan's chief economic adviser, Murray Weidenbaum, said unemployment might reach 9 percent before Reagan's policies started helping the economy grow. Ten years ago: Egypt and Israel began exchanging prisoners of war. Five years ago: Anthropologist Margaret Mead died in New York at age 76 after a yearlong battle with cancer. One year ago: Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev was buried in front of the Kremlin Wall following a state funeral Weather but search crews were unable to find the wreckage until 11 p.m. Ms.

Beasley said the helicopter crashed in a heavily wooded area in lower Richland County. The wreckage did not burn, she said. Search teams began looking for the helicopter after ground crews lost radio contact with the UH1 model helicopter shortly after it left McEntire Air National Guard Base at 3 p.m. Monday. Ms.

Beasley said an investigation has been launched to determine the cause of the crash. EASTOVER Chief Warrant Officer 3 Donald F. Landmesser, 38, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Casey Landmesser of Rt.

4 in Abbeville, was one of two crewmembers killed when a National Guard helicopter crashed on a routine training flight Monday, a guard spokesman said. The victims were identified as Landmesser of Lexington and Staff Sgt. Donald E. Thornton 32, of Columbia. Ann Beasley, a spokeswoman for the South Carolina National Guard said the crash occurred at 3: 10 p.m., wreck occurred around 7:45 a.m., about 1.9 miles east of Greenwood.

Balchin was headed west on Siloam Church Road in a pickup truck and the Griffins were headed east in an automobile. Scruggs added that he did not think they were seriously hurt. Scruggs said the collision is still under investigation. (Staff photo by Roger Burton) Two Greenwood residents and a Ninety Six man were rushed to Self Memorial Hospital early today after head-on collision on Siloam Church Road, authorities said. The conditions on Ben Franklin Griffin, 28, and his wife, Brenda, both of 213 Siloam Church Road, and Charles Bruce Balchin, 29, of Route 1, Ninety Six, were hot available from hospital officials around noon today.

State Highway Patrolman M.G. Scruggs said the Smoke Textile employment up in Southeast states (Continued from page 1) During the past three years GHS has participated in the Great American Smokeout, a "significant" number of students as well as faculty has participated, according to Bernice Duckett, counselor at GHS and chairman of the Youth Division of the Public Education Committee of the county ACS unit. Shooting 1,500 in Tennessee, 900 in Alabama and 300 in Kentucky. Florida lost 400 workers, while employment was stable in Mississippi and South Carolina. Production workers in textile plants averaged 41.8 hours per week in September, an increase of 0.4 hour from August and 3.9 hours from a year ago.

Gross average hourly earnings of $6.17 in September were up 5 cents from August and 37 cents from September 1982. Gross average weekly earnings of $257.91 in September were up $4-54 from August and $38.09 from September 1982. ATLANTA (AP) Textile employment was up in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee from August to September, while employment was unchanged in Florida, Kentucky and Mississippi. Overall, the 530,300 workers employed in textile plants in the Southeast in September represented an increase of 3,500 over August and 13,200 over September 1982, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

Compared to a year ago, textile employment was up by 6,800 workers in North Carolina. 3,900 in Coor. (Continued from page 1) from his home in the northern suburb of Psychico to his office at the U.S. Embassy in downtown Athens. Tsantes' driver, identified as Nikos Valoutsas, was seriously wounded in the attack, the police said.

A spokeswoman at Hygeia Hospital said he was shot at least three times and was undergoing surgery for stomach wounds. Athens police said the attack occurred during the morning rush-hour. They said the two men on the motorcycle roared off through the traffic after the shooting. It was the first killing of a U.S. official in Greece since CIA station chief Richard Welch was gunned down by three masked men outside his Athens suburban home in December 1975.

The case has never been solved. Tsantes was with a unit which advises the U.S. Embassy on military affairs and also acts as a liaison with the Greek armed forces on military training, equipment and military aid to Greece. Last week a gunman killed a security guard from the Jordanian embassy and wounded another in crowded Athens street. Last August, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization official posing in Greece as a Tunisian businessman was killed by two gunmen on a motorcycle as was driving along a seaside highway, in an attack police said "is very similar to today's." No arrests were made.

City log Greenwood The sun rose today at 7:01, will set at 5:25 and will rise Wednesday at 7:02. Monday's high was 56 (13 C) and the low was 25 (-4). The temperature at 7 a.m. today was 54 (12 C). Total precipitation recorded during the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m.

today was .79 inch (2.0 cm). Total precipitation recorded for the year is 45.26 inches 1 14.96 cm Total precipitation recorded for the month is .92 inch (2.34 cm). Average rainfall for November is 2.95 inches (7.49 cm) and through November is 42.77 inches (108.63 cm). South Carolina Occasional rain or thunderstorms today. Highs low 50s upstate to low 70s coast.

Rain ending from the west this evening followed by decreasing cloudiness. Lows mostly in the 30s. Mostly sunny but cool Wednesday. Highs in the 50s and low 60s. Mountains: A 20 percent chance of showers is expected tonight followed by decreasing cloudiness.

Lows will be in the mid-30s. Winds will be westerly at 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the low 50s. Foothills, Eastern and Lower Piedmont (including Greenwood) A 20 percent chance of showers is expected tonight followed by decreasing cloudiness. Lows will be in the upper 30s.

Winds will be westerly at 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s. North and South Midlands: A 30 percent chance of showers is expected tonight followed by decreasing cloudiness. Lows will be in the upper 30s. Winds will be westerly at 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 50s. North and South Coasts A 50 percent chance of showers is expected tonight followed by decreasing cloudiness. Lows will be around 40. Winds will be westerly at 10 to 15 mph. Wednesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the low 60s.

On The Beaches: Wednesday will be mostly sunny and cool. Extended outlook Thursday through Saturday: Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday. Increasing cloudiness with chance of rain Saturday. Highs in the 50s Thursday. In the 50s northwest and 60s elsewhere Friday and Saturday.

Lows in the 30s. Missiles GREENWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT The following was taken' from reports of the Greenwood Fire Department: Two units answered a call to a building on North Hospital Street, but there was no fire. Men were working in the area and it was an unintentional alarm. Smoke caused a detector to go off at the Cambridge Apartments, but there was no fire. Two units answered the call.

POLICE DEPARTMENT The following was taken from reports of the Greenwood Police Department: A 1966 Chevrolet Corvette was taken from the Meyers Arnold Parking Lot. A bomb threat was reported at a South Main Street business. An investigation was made, but nothing was found. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT A cable box, valued at $400, was taken from the top of a television set at a business on Kateway Road. (Continued from page 1) growing.

I was introduced to alcohol and drugs and my probems grew. "In prison, you're treated like dirt. They throw you in a cell. Nobody cares about you. "The food is filthy, it's cooked by inmates who don't want to cook, so they don't care." Gloria told the students to earn money the right way.

"I am serving one to six years for armed robbery. I was sitting in a car while someone else robbed a store. "I didn't want to be no chicken," was the explanation she offered for going with her friends to rob the store. "Now I'm sitting in the pen for being dumb and stupid." When you're in prison, you're mixed up with all kinds of people, she said. Students sat in silence except for a few groans as Gloria described the maximum security area of the prison.

"There is an area in the prison for maximum security. It is an eight by ten cell where prisoners stay for 30, 60 or 90 days. The food is cold and nasty. You might get a three-minute shower once a week. "I started skipping school.

Then I started drinking and then smoking reefer. I had to be like everyone else. I thought I was smart and I knew it all. I thought my parents was stupid because they was trying to tell me something," she said. BUly started his talk by telling the students, "God gave us two ears and one mouth.

I guess that means he wants us to do more listening than talking." He said he is serving a 21-year sentence for stealing a 19-inch color television. "My problems started in elementary school. Everyone told me I had a bad attitude. I cast my family aside and listened to my friends. I got in trouble the first time when I was 12-years-old.

"Everybody has a part in life. Yours is to get an education," Billy said. He told the group that if they get in trouble, "The judge isn't going to feel sorry for you one bit." Billy will be eligible for parole Wednesday, "I will make one more presentation for 'Get Smart' before parole. "I have spent over half my life in jail and prison. Your past record affects your life." Patients (Continued from page 1) The children, clutching miniature American flags, were also met at La Guardia by a horde of reporters and cameramen.

"I don't feel well. It's too hot, too many people," Gi Sook said through an interpreter as she clutched a box of popcorn and her flag. Hospital spokesmen said the chance of successful surgery, scheduled for early next week, was about 90 percent. Both children have holes in their hearts, and the little girl also has a displaced aorta and other problems. "Without the operations, the strain on their hearts would become too great and they would die of heart attacks by the time they're 10 or 12," said Dr.

Filippo Balbonio, the pediatrics director. The surgery and ensuing four- to six-week hospital stay would cost about $20,000. Two arrested (Continued from page 1) Australia Joint Intelligence Facility at Pine Gap, demanding that the base be closed. Missile opponents in Britain have vowed to intensify their protests against the cruise rockets, charging Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher with handing Britain's destiny to the United States and turning the nation into a "saturation bombing" target by accepting the American weapons. Mrs.

Thatcher, addressing a financiers' meeting Monday night in London, countered: "The United States is our ultimate defensive shield, the guarantor of Western freedom and the best hope for the world's Avoiding hardline anti-Soviet rhetoric, she said the missiles could be withdrawn quickly if the superpowers reached an arms control agreement. She vowed Britain was ready to pursue "sensible dialogue" with East bloc nations and "in that spirit" would visit Hungary early next year. Police said they arrested eight demonstrators outside Parliament Monday and another 30 who later blocked the road near the London Lord Mayor's official residence where Mrs. Thatcher spoke in defense of the rockets. Rodger Sawely Hicks and Larry Hicks, both of Gainesville, were charged Monday with assault and battery and disorderly conduct, according to Greenwood Police Department reports.

According to the report, a security officer at a Highway 25 business was asked for help, and he placed the subject under trespassing notice. The subject began fighting, after which the subject's brother starting hitting the officer. The two men were later subdued and placed in jail. They were released today on bond. OAS Escapee captured (Continued from page 1) in Correctional Institute North Carolina Periods of rain and possible thunderstorms today and tonight.

Chance of showers along the coast Wednesday morning, otherwise partly cloudy and windy. Highs today in the 50s with 60s along the coast. Lows tonight will range from the 30s in the west to the 40s in the east. Highs Wednesday 40s west and 50s east. Georgia Rain and a few thunderstorms spreading southeastward across state today except ending northwest this afternoon.

Highs upper 50s mountains to mid-70s south. Rain ending southeast early tonight otherwise mostly cloudy northwest and partly cloudy southeast tonight. Colder with lows in the 30s to low 40s. Partly cloudy northwest and mostly sunny elsewhere Wednesday. Cool with highs near 50 north to mid-60s southeast.

Across the nation An inmate escaped from the Greenwood Law Enforcement Center Monday morning and remained at large approximately three hours before he was apprehended by deputies on the 72 By- In an unusually candid speech, Orfila said he found during his eight-year tenure that the organization too often has been an irrelevant bystander when major hemispheric issues arise. "It must be acknowledged that the OAS has been detached from, or only tangentially involved in many of the major issues that affect the present and determine the future of America," the Argentine diplomat said. "In some cases it was conspicuously absent; in others, worse still, it was ignored." Mideast NATO. Greenville County. White said Williams was captured on the 72 By-Pass near Mathis Road about 1:30 p.m.

after deputies were tipped off by a caller. He said Williams was wearing civilian clothes to make the trip to Greenville County. Williams was charged with escape, White said, and transferred to Perry. Chief Deputy Harold White said Willie Earl Williams, 27, 102 Osborne pushed the rear door open and left the center about 10:30 a.m., prior to being transported to Perry Meeting By The Associated Press Tuesday (Continued from page 1) siles by the end of this year if U.S.Soviet arms reduction talks in Geneva failed. With little hope of a breakthrough in Geneva, British Defense Minister Michael Heseltine announced Monday the first of Britain's scheduled contingent of 160 cruise missiles had arrived earlier in the day in two crates, under heavy military security.

He stipulated that technically the missiles were still not operational, but that they would be by the end of the year. He gave no numbers or other substantive details. (Continued from page 1) the past two weeks of PLO warfare. Tripoli is 50 miles north of Beirut, which was shaken this morning by the sound of rapid explosions as shells and rockest crashed into predominantely Christian east Beirut. Police said the intense barrage, which lasted 30 minutes, injured five motorists and forced schools in most of east Beirut to close for the day.

Christian-controlled radio stations blamed the attack on Syrian-backed Druse militiamen in the central mountains overlooking the capital. McCormick Town Council McCORMICK The McCormick Town Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the town hall to discuss upgrading the electrical plant. Wall Street today Dallas Ft Worth 83 46 clr Dayton 47 40 .01 sn Denver 45 25 .01 cdy Des Moines 47 38 cdy Detroit 44 36 sn Duluth 36 34 cdy El Paso 72 45 clr Fairbanks OS -10 clr Fargo 37 28 cdy Flagstaff 55 25 clr Great Falls 47 34 cdy Hartford 42 33 rn Helena 46 28 cdy Honolulu 88 71 clr Houston 82 57 .11 clr Indianapolis 50 42 cdy Jackson.Miss. 84 58 .34 clr Jacksonville 72 47 clr Juneau 37 29 rn Kansas City 58 36 clr Las Vegas 67 43 clr Little Rock 61 47 .05 clr Los Angeles 74 58 clr Louisville 55 47 .20 cdy Lubbock 74 37 clr Memphis 62 49 .60 clr Miami 76 74 clr Milwaukee 46 41 .13 sn Mpls-St Paul 38 34 .26 cdy Nashville 57 50 .66 clr New Orleans 81 61 .34 clr New York 49 42 rn Norfolk 52 34 cdy Temperatures indicate previous day's high and overnight low to 8 a.m.

EST. HI Pre Otlk Albany 39 25 rn Albuquerque 60 28 clr Amarillo 64 32 clr Anchorage 24 21 cdy Asheville 52 39 .75 cdy Atlanta 47 44 1 84 cdy Atlantic City 50 44 .24 rn Austin 87 52 clr Baltimore 51 30 cdy Billings 52 37 cdy Birmingham 70 51 .86 clr Bismarck 33 31 cdy Boise 49 43 rn Boston 41 35 .03 Brownsvlle 88 68 clr Buffalo 43 25 sn Burlington 39 25 rn Casper 44 23 cdy Charleston.S.C. 60 52 .12 cdy Charleston. WV 24 42 41 rn 54 44 .89 cdy Cheyenne 39 26 .04 cdy Chicago 47 40 cdy Cincinnati 50 44 25 sn Cleveland 41 36 sn Columbia.S.C. 59 47 1.01 clr Columbus 47 39 .09 sn industrial average rose 3.87 to 1,254.07, bringing its gain over the past four trading days to 39.13 points.

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Analysts noted that hopes for lower interest rates helped spark the market's recent rise. But open-market interest rates rose slightly Monday and in early trading today, apparently prompting traders to cash in some of their stock holdings. In today's economic news, the government reported that industrial production rose 0.8 percent after seasonal adjustment in October. Early volume leaders among Big Board issues in-, eluded Black Decker, up at 25; Citicorp, up at 35, and International Business Machines, down 1 at 126. On Monday the Dow Jones 1.30 5.65 16.90 33 80 6760 By Mail Lake levels Sunday of injuries received in an automobile accident.

Born in Anderson, he was a son of Ben Frank and Mrs. Dorothy Hall Clark. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his parents of Williamston; three sisters, Mrs. Sharron Brown of Fayetteville, N.C., Mrs.

Donna Morse of Ninety Six and Mrs. Melisse Rogers of Saluda; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Kathleen Clark of Williamston. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Baptist Church.

Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson. McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson is in charge. C. REED Services for David Charles (D.C.) Reed will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Cross Road Baptist Church with the Rev.

Fred W. Gist officiating, assisted by the Rev. Emanuel Sparman. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be James M.

Williams, Leroy Dansby, Johnny Lee McBride, Richard Fraizer, Johnny Payne and Marvin Benson, Honorary escort will be deacons and trustees of Cross Road Baptist Church. Flower bearers will be the Missionary and Ushers of Cross Road Baptist Church. The family willl receive friends from 6 to 7 tonight at Percival-Tompkins Service. The family is at the home of a sister, Mrs. Mozell Wide-man, No.

6 Gilliam Court. graduate of Emory University, Atlanta, and a veteran of World War II. He was retired from the hotel and motel business in Florida. Surviving are his. wife, Mrs.

Nettie Suggs Watson; a daughter, Mrs. Beverly Ann McKinney of Cross City; a son, Wallace C. Watson Jr. of Cuba, N.Y.; a sister, Miss Elizabeth Watson of Johnston, S.C.; and grandchildren. Services will be at 4 p.m.

Wednesday in Spann United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ward, S.C. Clark-Bland Funeral Home of Johnston is in charge. DERRICK CLARK WILLIAMSTON Derrick Frank Clark, 18, died MARY SMITH GREENVILLE Mary Sprouse Smith, 92, of 31 E. Toulah died Monday in Greenville. Surviving are a niece, Mrs.

Roland (Carolyn) Richardson of Greenwood. Services were at 3 p.m. today at Fairview Presbyterian Church, Fountain Inn. Jones Mortuary was in charge. Announcement courtesy of Harley Funeral Home.

WALLACE WATSON NEWBERRY, Carlisle Watson, 73, died Monday. Born in Saluda County, S.C., he was a son of the late James Daniel and Lida Ready Watson. He was a COLUMBIA (AP) Here are Tuesday's South Carolina 1.40 6.10 18 20 36 40 72.80 The Irta-Jojrnal Is not responsible tor money paid in advance lo MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Make AH Remittances To: THE INDEX-JOURNAL COMPANY P.O. Bon 1018, Greenwood. SC.

29S4S (POSTMASTER: Send address changes to above address.) The pucher assume no liability for merchandise Incorrectly priced through typographical error and in no event wis liability be assumed where goods arei sold at tr Incorrect price). lake levels as reported Dy tne national weawer service Hartwell 656.2, 3.8 below full pool. Clarks Hill 324.3, 5.7 below full pool. Greenwood 438.5, 3.0 below full stage. Murray 350.0, 10 below full stage.

Keowee 93.9, 6.1 below full stage. Marion 74.2, 2.6 below full stage. Moultrie 74.1, 2.7 below full stage. Wateree 97.1, 2.9 below full stage. W.C.

Bowen, 813.5, 1.5 below full stage..