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70th Year No. 88 28 Pages 4 Sections 25? First reading approval County budget decreases Tax increase not required as county 'held the line' School budgets pass first reading By MAURA COUCH Staff writer Greenwood County Council held first reading Tuesday Might on aa ordinance that gives Greenwood School District Ware Shoals School District SI, and Ninety School School District 52 the money each wants for the 1988-89 school year. The Ware Shoals request for $951,855 is more than last year, said County Manager Bob Haynie. He added the district is currently in the process of getting a supplemental appropriation of about $24,000 for this year. Ninety Six is asking for $1337,194, a $71,688 Increase over what county council gave in 1987-88, he said.

Greenwood School District 50's request of $8,112,964 in operations and $1,160,387 in bond Includes a $1.7 million increase over last year's local funding, he said. (See School, page 2) TTflDdHaW 'Drug polities' NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) -President Reagan declared today that "excessive drug politics" is getting in the way of the battle against narcotics trafficking and urged that a congressional and executive branch task force be formed to recommend solutions. Speaking to the graduating class of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy here, Reagan called drug abuse "the foremost concern in our country," and said there must be a calming of political debate.

"If America's anti-drug effort gets tripped up in partisanship, if we permit politics to determine policy, it will mean a disaster for our future and that of our children," he said. Ship fire kills 1 1 OSAKA, Japan (AP) A fire today gutted a Soviet passenger liner carrying Communist Youth League members on a visit to Japan, killing 11 people as they slept and injuring dozens of others, officials said. The Priamurye was docked in Osaka and many of the passengers, all believed to be Soviet citizens, were asleep when the fire was discovered shortly before 2 a.m. The ship carried 295 passengers and 129 crew. Japanese authorities said they began investigating the cause of the blaze but the Soviets were refusing to cooperate.

Arabs attack JERUSALEM (AP) Hundreds of Arabs surrounded an Israeli force in the occupied West Bank today and attacked them departments have "held the line on all our programs." He said the county has gotten to the point where it has caught up with capital needs and it has gotten most equipment needs up to par. "I think we're pretty much where we need to be, so we can stand a certain amount of retrenchment," Haynie said. Haynie attributed the decrease to the elimination of equipment reserve accounts used to buy large ticket items. "Now we will have to look at a way of financing them rather than cashing them out," he said. ,1 1 By MAURA COUCH Staff writer A proposed county operating budget of $8.9 million, which will not require a tax increase, was given first reading approval by Greenwood County Council Tuesday night.

The 1988-89 budget is $234,532 or three percent less than the total 1987-88 operating budget, County Manager Bob Haynie said. "This is the first time in my memory that we've had a net reduction in overall spending over the previous year," Haynie said. There are no major increase items this year because county fir 2 men sought for questioning in disappearance County revenue is also expected to be down next year, Haynie said. "We are not getting any real increase in revenue, and we're not sure yet what the state is going to do, so we're being conservative," he said. "Depending on the final appropriations bill, our aid to subdivisions money could be down," he added.

Property taxes will account for approximately $2.3 million of the 1988-89 budget, relatively the same as last year, he said. There are no major capital (See County, page 2) Senator to adjust 'ill Checking all leads tinted windows," said Riley. "It was occupied by an older white male with graying hair." "We're also looking for a faded dark blue or black Monte Carlo a mid '70's model. It was occupied (See Missing, page 2) Reward fund 7 ulia if i By ROGER BURTON Area news editor Officials are now searching for two men reportedly seen in the vicinty of Georgetown Apartments late Sunday to question in connection with the disappearance of an eight-year-old girl, according to Major Sam Riley of Greenwood County Sheriff's Department. Riley said his department is not eliminating any possibilities in the disappearance of Malakia Zali Logan.

The girl lived with her mother, Bernetta Logan, at Georgetown Apartments. She was last seen about 8:30 p.m. Sunday around the basketball court at Georgetown Apartments. "As a result of interviews we are now looking for two men and two vehicles," said Riley. "We're looking for a medium blue utility-type van with dark established A reward fund has been established by Tuck Wooten and A.M.

Tuck Inc. in connection with the eight-year-old girl who has been missing from her home since Sunday night. Anyone wishing to contribute can do so at The County Bank. Checks should be made to "The Malakia Z. Logan Reward Fund." Greenwood County Sheriffs Department officials will handle the distribution of funds.

Law enforcement officials continue to Police, FBI, SLED, S.C. Wildlife and Re-check all leads given them in an effort to sources Department, Highway Patrol and find Malakia Logan, who has been missing Greenwood County Emergency Prepared-from home since Sunday night. Assisting are ness Department. (Staff photo by Jim personnel from the Greenwood County Joyce) Sheriff's Department, Greenwood City expecting attempts state employee raises with stones and slingshots, the army said. The troops killed one Palestinian and wounded at least four others in the clash.

Hospital officials and witnesses said nine people were wounded by gunfire when Arab youths battled hundreds of soldiers in helicopters, army vehicles and bulldozers in two West Bank villages. Five Palestinians were taken to Ramallah Hospital after being beaten, witnesses said. The army said the clashes occurred during pre-dawn searches in the villages of Abwein and Aurura about nine miles north of Ramallah. Soviet explosion WASHINGTON (AP) A major explosion has shut down the only plant in the Soviet Union that makes the main rocket motors for that country's newest long-range nuclear missile, according to U.S. officials.

The Soviet Union has released no information about the explosion, but the Pentagon issued a statement Tuesday evening saying it happened May 12 and "destroyed several buildings at a Soviet propellant plant in Pavlograd." "Apparently, this will delay Soviet solid-propellant missile the Pentagon said in a statement after an NBC News report Tuesday about the explosion. Housing starts WASHINGTON (AP) Housing construction edged up 0.5 percent in April, the third monthly gain in a row after a sharp slump at the end of last year. The Commerce Department said today the increase pushed construction activity to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.56 million units. The increase last month followed a gain of 2.3 percent in March and 9.9 percent in February. But housing activity was still 4.5 percent below last year, in part because of declines in December and January.

State winners Teams from the Greenwood County Vocational Facilities have placed first and third in South Carolina competition of the Plymouth-AAA Trouble Shooting Contest page 9. General Assembly electing Richter successor today COLUMBIA (AP) The General Assembly today will elect a successor to Judge Lawrence E. Richter Jr. in the hotly contested 9th Judicial Circuit seat. Richter, who has held the seat since 1982, decided not to run after undergoing a judicial screening hearing unprecedented for its length and contentiousness.

Charleston attorneys Lee M. Robinson and William L. Howard have been vying for the seat for months. They were joined last week by Family Court Judge L. Mendel Rivers who is expected to be nominated from the floor.

"I think everybody will be glad to have it finally over," Howard said Tuesday. Howard said he was optimistic on his chances, Ms. Robinson said she thought the race was too close to call, COLUMBIA (AP) The state Senate could face attempts to adjust the state employee pay raise plan as early as today, says state Sen. James Waddell, D-Beaufort. Waddell, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said Tuesday he expects a move to redistribute money headed to state employees by rejecting the performance-based pay raises on top of a planned 4 percent pay raise his committee has proposed.

Instead, he believes some members may attempt to institute a one-time bonus for all state employees. Also, state Sen. Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston and frequent challenger to Senate leaders such as Waddell, said he expected further battles over the state Highway Department's gas tax fund. Tuesday, an amendment was proposed and then withdrawn that would have channeled one-quarter of one cent of the tax to public transportation. McConnell said that amount equaled $5 million, which he believes should go to the roads the fund was designed to build and maintain.

Waddell warned his Senate colleagues Tuesday (See Senate, page 2) Old Dominion professor Lander names academic V. Bus tragedy 'fresh again as deaths confirmed RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) The names of the dead were known less than a day after a fiery bus crash killed 27 people, but official confirmation of the deaths "just brought it fresh again" to the victims' families, a minister says. Hearses began removing the bodies Tuesday afternoon from a National Guard armory in Car-rollton, 100 miles northeast of here, that served as a morgue. There was "a lot of grief" inside Radcliff First Assembly of God church, where most of the victims' families gathered Tuesday morning to be told that the last of the burned bodies had been identified, said the Rev.

Dan Mat-tingly, minister of Christian education at the church, which owneti the bus. "Some began to break out in tears and Brief," Mattingly said. "They pretty well knew it, but to dean draws upon community resources. He was associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters and director of the Academic Honors Program, 1985-1987, when he developed the honors program for approximately 100 outstanding students and recruited high school seniors from throughout the country for the program. In appreciation of his work with honors students, an in-titial gift of $110,000 was made to the university, and funds from that endowment, known as the Cranmer-Skinner Honors Endowment, support student scholarships and visits to campus by distinguished persons who work with students and faculty.

Skinner's areas of teaching and research specialization include: American government, politics and public policies; re- (See Lander, page 2) Geography, 1982-1984, originating a certificate program in legal training assistance that 1 'I SKINNER "1 aration for assuming the position of vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. He is as well informed about the current issues, challenges and problems facing higher education in this country as any educator I have met. We are extremely fortunate to have him join the Lander and Greenwood communities." Associated with Old Dominion since joining the university as an assistant professor of political science in 1975, Skinner was director of the institution's Computer-based Laboratory for Instruction and Analysis from 1976 to 1981 when he originated and administered the computer facility and staff for support of advanced and novice faculty and student research and instruction. Skinner chaired the Department of Political Science and A political science professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, has been named vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Lander College. Dr.

Richard Alan Skinner, who has held administrative positions at Old Dominion in addition to teaching responsibilities, will assume his duties at Lander, June 16. He succeeds Dr. Oscar Page who accepted the presidency at Austin Peay University in Tennessee this past January. Dr. Michael Rowland has been acting vice president at Lander in the interim.

In announcing Skinner's appointment at the four-year, state college, Lander President Larry Jackson said, "Dr. Skinner is an articulate, well-trained professional with solid grounding in the political science discipline, good teaching experience and excellent prep Sports The Soviet juniors basketball team came from behind to defeat AAU Team Carolina Tuesday page 12 Food, etc. Busy schedules often leave us with little time to spoil ourselves. Take a break this weekend and indulge in delicious chocolaty treats. Enjoy a weekend chocolate splurge! page 15.

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