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TODAY'S WEATHER HEDGE-ING YOUR BETS WITH PETS GREENWOOD DISTRICT 50FIFTY PANTHERS WIN PRE-SEASON FINALE RAIN See ACCENT, page 1 See NEWSFEATURES, page 1 See FORECAST, page 2A See SPORTS, page 1D nr1 UP CLOSE urn TIME MffiM WMIL Sunday GREENWOOD CIVIL WAR INVASION: Two men I armed with government-issued guns and 77th Year No. 174 GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 27, 1995 Copyright 1995 by The Index-Journal Co. Daily 500 Sunday $1.25 58 Pages 6 Sections swOrds marched into Crosscreek Mall Saturday, telling onlookers that South Carolinians pay homage to the wrong Civil War flag and that their beloved "Dixie" is not a Southern song at all. The audience applauded uncontrollably and waited for more. But the audience wasn't hypnotized, except perhaps by Discipline process may be opened S.C.

has one of the most secret rules in the nation for lawyers and judges I the entertaining and revealing show the Tennessee men were performing. Page 6A. FLOOD OF MEMORIES: The rain may have been pouring outside, but smiles were shining brighter than the COLUMBIA (AP) The veil of secrecy that covers how South Carolina disciplines bad lawyers and judges may soon be lifted. South Carolina's Supreme Court, which regulates the practice of law in the state, said Friday it would hold a public hearing Sept. 15 to hear proposals for changing the disciplinary process.

Under current rules, the Supreme Court makes cases public only if lawyers or judges are disbarred, suspended or publicly reprimanded. Even then, the details of many cases are kept secret. The Supreme Court is now considering a proposal that would open proceedings 30 days after the attorney facing possible discipline filed a formal response to a complaint. South Carolina now has one of the most secret discipline rules in the nation. Chief Justice Ernest Finney said he's tired of South Carolina "bringing up the rear.

We want to be on the cutting edge." The South Carolina Bar Association, which represents the state's lawyers, supports opening (he process after a complaint is found to warrant formally charging a lawyer. J. Steedley Bogan, the Columbia attorney who headed the committee that drafted the Bar's openness recommendation, favors opening the process even earlier when a complaint is filed, as Florida and West Virginia have done. Some attorneys argue that complete openness would expose good lawyers to unwarranted and frivolous attacks. Bogan argues, however, that making the process open would help make the public confident that the disciplinary system is fair and effective.

Keeping it secret, he said, makes the public think the system is set up by lawyers to protect colleagues who are incompetent, negligent or even criminal. "How would you feel if O.J. Simpson were tried in secret by a bunch of NFL players?" Bogan asked. I sun as more than 200 former residents of Mathews mill village gathered Saturday for the first annual Mathews "Youngsters" reunion. Former classmates and neighbors, as well as friends and lovers, were sent back in I Clintons defend trip time 20 years or more as memories of a safer and friendlier community reentered their minds.

Page 2A. OSHA TESTIMONY: Ruple Harley Jr. ran headlong into the politics of protest this week, during a hearing con GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, celebrating the 75th anniversary Saturday of the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote, said her trip to communist China will be "about giving a voice to women." She and President Clinton said the U.N. conference will be an important forum to promote women's rights in the United States and around the world.

Violence, health care, political freedom and economic opportunity are still relevant issues to women 75 years after they got the right to vote in America, they said. "If women and girls don't flourish, families won't flourish. And if families don't flourish, communities and nations won't flourish," the first lady said The president, who joined his wife at the commemoration, said the international gathering in Beijing next month "is true-blue to families," a pointed retort to conservatives who have complained that the meeting agenda is anti-family. Mrs. Clinton, who plans to address the meeting Sept.

4-5, accepted the invitation to attend on Friday, one day after China released human rights activist Harry Wu. Chinese authorities convicted Wu, a Chinese-American, of espionage and had sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Critics have said that the first lady's high-profile visit rewards China for detaining a U.S. citizen. The Clinton administration also has been accused of coddling an (See Clintons' trip, page 2A) ducted by Reps.

Lindsey Graham and Cass Ballenger. The two Republican Congressmen invited Harley the vice-president of Harley Funeral Home and other regional professionals to the Pickens County Administrative Building, to give their input on ways to reform the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Page 6A. y( i Buzhardt's recalls the Nixon years By JIM LONG Index-Journal staff writer McCORMICK Sitting at the dining room table in her mother's home in McCormick, Imogene Sanders Buzhardt pauses gracefully now and then when talking about her husband and Watergate It seems she stops to turn the memories of America suffered its eye-opening baptism by the storm-surge known as Watergate A storm that would send Nixon heading for cover and lead to his eventual resignation 21 years ago this month His days in C. were a far cry from the opening chapters of the Fred Buzhardt story.

Born in Greenwood, where his grandfather ran a grocery store off East Cambridge Avenue, Buzhardt later moved to McCormick with his family, according to Mrs. Buzhardt. Buzhardt graduated as an honor student from McCormick High School and graduated West Point in 1946. After serving in the Air Force, he decided to become a lawyer and received a law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1952. He returned to practice law in McCormick with his father, J.

Fred Buzhardt Sr. He later caught the eye of Sen. Strom Thurmond and became an aide in his Washington office. He left Thurmond to become General Counsel to the Defense Department. (See The Nixon years, page 2A) 20 years ago over in her head like someone studying river-smoothed stones in the palm of their hand.

Her husband, the late J. Fred Buzhardt, was Nixon's steadfast legal navigator through the turbulent political seas of Watergate. "Those were interesting times," Mrs. World War II veterans Joe Dan Elliott, left, and Shorty Callison display World War II memorabilia they will have on hand Friday at the American photo by Bill Bengtson) Area veterans hope wartime display draws crowd BUZHARDT Buzhardt says. "One of Fred's favorite expressions was 'What's a country lawyer doing in a place like My life with Fred was never borine.

I think he worried that I would be bored after Washington." Mrs. Buzhardt and her husband were there in the nation's far-from-boring capital when AREA ERSKINE OPENING: Erskine College opens the 1995-96 year Saturday with the arrivar-eHrpproximately 150 freshmen, registration is Sept. 4, the full class schedule begins Sept. 5, and the opening of the college and seminary will be Sept. 13.

Page 6A. SPORTS PANTHERS WIN: Five games, zero rushing touchdowns. For many teams, that would add up to big problems. For the Carolina Panthers, it adds up to a winning record. The Panthers used two fourth-quarter field goals by John Kasay to rally for a 6-3 victory over the New York Giants Saturday at Clemson's Memorial Stadium.

Page 1D. MICHIGAN TOPS VIRGINIA: Freshman quarterback Scott Dreisbach lofted a 15-yard scoring pass to Mercury Hayes for an 18-17 victory over Virginia as time expired in the season-opening Pigskin Classic on Saturday. It was the greatest comeback in Michigan history and gave Lloyd Can a winning debut as coach. Page 1D. LOCAL GOLFER ON ROLL Cecelia Barksdale has been playing golf only 2' years, but she has made her presence known the past three or four weeks.

What she has done is win the Greenwood Country Club Women's Handicap Championship, the Ware Shoals Golf Club Championship, the Rolling Golf Club Championship and the Greenwood Country Club Women's Invitational Tournament since July 26. Page 1D. Hurricane-spawned rains soak South Carolina By BILL BENGTSON Index-Journal staff writer A half-century's worth of wartime memories will go on display Friday in Greenwood, reflecting Americans' pain, persistence and ultimate victory in World War II, as veterans gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the war's end. Members of several local veteran organizations are planning a massive display, featuring items from both the front lines and the home front, at American Legion Post 20 from noon to 7 p.m. Hopes are to reach both old; timers and youngsters alike, according to organizers.

"What we're looking to do is give the young people of this county and the surrounding counties an opportunity to refleU on World War II," said Shorty Callison, a World War II Army Air Force veteran who is helping plan the celebration Callison, a radio operator who flew B-24 bombing missions from a base in Italy and was shot down' over Austria, estimated that 90 percent of today's schoolchildren know nothing about World War II. "We can't do much about teaching them, but we can show them some memorabilia, and open their eyes a little to what went on," he said. "They need not only to know what happened, but why it happened." Invitations have gone out to public and private schools countywide, in the hopes of sharing the memories and lessons from 50 years ago, he added. Joe Dan Elliot, a WW II Marine veteran working alongside Callison, added, "It will also be a nostalgia trip for all us veterans." A combat veteran of I wo Jima and the Mariana Islands campaign, Callison called the display a "one-shot deal." He explained, with a chuckle, "There may not be too many of us around for the 75th anniversary, so we want as many people as possible here tor the The display's doors are still open for more memorabilia, including such items as uniforms, weapons, posters, news clippings, and photographs "We hope people won be shy about bringing things in. Elliot said.

"We don't expect a 50-year-old uniform to be in mint condition." (See WW II display, page 2A) COLUMBIA (AP) A flash flood warning hung over five Upstate counties late Saturday as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Jerry soaked South Carolina. The whole state remained under a flash flood watch until 8 a.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service said. Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and Spartanburg counties were under the warning. Up to five inches of rain fell in the Upstate in a 24-hour period, the weather service said.

"We've had a lot of trees down," said Cami Ingle, communications operator at the Greenville County SherifFs Department. The ground is so saturated that winds of only 30 mph can cause weaker trees to fall, the weather service said. Orangeburg County was under a flash flood warning most of the day. U.S. Highway 178 near the town of North was under 6 inches to 8 inches of water, the service said.

FLOODING REPORTED IN AREA, SEEPAGE 2A The Edisto River was expected to reach its flood stage of 8 feet sometime Sunday, The (Orangeburg) Times and Democrat reported. Some families were evacuated because of rising water, said John Smith, Orangeburg County Emergency Preparedness director. The Red Cross opened a shelter at Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, but closed it Saturday night State Highway 70 was closed about 2 p.m. because of a dam breach between Orangeburg and Denmark. A road over the dam was closed, but a large pond nearby absorbed most of the water.

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