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The S.C., Thursday, November 29, 1984 3-C Textile leaders demand import freeze, global quotas By FRED MONK State Business Editor ROCK HILL The U.S. textile industry is in a life or death situation with time fast running out in its battle against proliferating imports, textile industry leaders told a congressional hearing on imports Wednesday. The ultimate loser will be the United States if the federal government fails to take action to create a more balanced textile trade picture, said Walter Elisha, chairman and chief executive officer of Springs Industries in Fort Mill. Textile officials told the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs that an immediate freeze on textile imports at 1983 levels is needed. Imports are up 40 percent so far this year over last year.

Then, they said, global import quotas and licensing of those who import textiles into the United States are needed. Among those listening to the textile executives were Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Doug Barnard, Rep. John Spratt, D- S.C., another committee member; and Rep. Butler Derrick, Derrick said during the hearing that he called Sen.

Strom Thurmond, last week to ask for a meeting of the entire South Carolina delegation at which he will propose that textile legislation be the No. 1 priority of the delegation in 1985. Underlying the hearings are the layoffs of about 4,000 South Carolina textile workers in the past 12 months, which have been attributed to the growth in imports. Louis W. Berger, executive vice president of Elkay Industries, a Pennsylvania-based children's apparel company that has all of its manufacturing operations in South Carolina, gave his company as an example of what's happening as a result of apparel imports.

From 1980 to 1984, the company's employment in South Carolina dropped 794 workers, from 3,617 to 2,823, or 22 percent. During that time, sales have also declined 22 percent, he said. The company closed down two of its 16 apparel plants last year, and company officials said that another closing is possible this year. Berger cited a list of nine eastern coun- Carolina Report I Sumter revote set for Dec. 18 From Staff and Wire Reports SUMTER The state Election Commission has set Dec.

18 as the date voters in Precinct 3 will recast ballots for two Sumter County Council candidates in District 2. The commission last week upheld the protest of Democrat Ruth Muller, who lost the District 2 race to Republican Ed Everett by a vote of 408 to 279. Ms. Muller had complained that her name wasn't on the ballot in Precinct 3 until late afternoon during the. Nov.

6 general election and that poll workers had given incorrect inWoman dies in accident GOOSE CREEK A Goose Creek woman died and two other people were injured Monday in a two-car collision in Berkeley County. Margaret Alice Williamson, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 6:45 p.m. accident on North Rhett Extension, Coroner William Smith said. Her daughter, Frankie Lynn Williamson, who was a passenger in Mrs. Williamson's car, was in fair condition Monday at Medical University of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston.

The driver of the second car, Delly Bluestone, 22, also of Goose Creek, was treated at a local hospital and released. The collision occurred when Ms. Bluestone's car crossed the center line and struck the Williamson vehicle, the coroner said. No charges have been filed, and an inquest will be held, Smith said. Woman perishes in fire CENTENARY A fire in a frame house Tuesday claimed the life of a 76-year-old Cen- tenary woman.

Marion County Coroner Jerry Richardson identified the woman as Mary Reed of Route 3, Marion. He said she was a retired schoolteacher. The fire was reported at 3:25 p.m., and the house was engulfed in flames when firefigthers arrived, according to Billy Wallace, assistant chief of the Marion Rural Fire Department. Wallace said Mrs. Reed's husband managed to rescue a "sickly" daughter, but was unable to get his wife out of the house, about eight miles from.

Marion. Wallace said firefighters found Mrs. Reed's body in a closet in the middle of the house after fighting the fire for 45 minutes. Wallace said he had no idea how the fire started. Fraud charged NEWBERRY A supervisor of a home health care program for the elderly in Newberry County has been arrested and charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds.

Paulette Boyd Brown, 35, was arrested earlier this month after it was determined that $727.28. collected from elderly clients of Medicaid Waiver-Homemaker Home Health Aide Project had not been turned in to officials, according to Jackie Swindler, an investigator with the Newberry Police Department. The project is designed to provide in-home health care to the elderly by training and employing economically disadvantaged women as health care aides. Morris raises $300,000 SUMTER Morris College has raised more than $300,000 toward a goal of $1 million to be used for general operations, campus improvements and the college's Endowment Fund. The money was raised during the college's annual Rally Program on Thanksgiving Day, said Dr.

Luns C. Richardson, president of the Sumter school. tries, including China, Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines, that are hurting the domestic industry the most. And he blamed the flood of imports on "poorly negotiated or conceived" agreements. "We didn't come to government for help for ourselves as much as coming to government to quit helping the other side," complained John Hamrick, chairman of Hamrick Mills.

He said the federal government is ready to help other countries, but then often works against the textile industry in the United States. For example, he said, the United States provided an $8.1 million low-interest loan to China to purchase textile machinery. He said the Chinese then went out and bought prototypes from which they could make their own copies of the machinery, because they are not bound by any patents or copyright laws. All trade is managed, said Hamrick: "It all depends on who is managing and who is controlling it and to whose benefit it is being Both the congressmen and the textile S.C. Parades leaders agreed that they have to stir the sympathies of those not directly connected with textiles to see action on their problems.

"We can have all the hearings we want," said Derrick, "but unless we generate that will out there, we are in a vacuum." "The American people have to understand that if they don't have an American textile industry," prices will go up, said Hamrick. "We are getting picked off as a nation a segment at a time," said Elisha of how imports have affected domestic industries. Anybody who thinks the United States is going to compete in the year 2000 by selling hamburgers and life insurance is naive. It's industry that creates wealth." Elisha said that the United States must wake up to the internationalization of the economy and must set a realistic trade policy, not just a free trade policy. He said that Burlington Industries and Cone Mills produce denim cheaper than any one in the world, yet they cannot get their products into foreign countries.

Jim Fry, president of Ti-Caro Industries, which operates a plant in Jefferson, said that the industry is dying off piece by piece as a Donna W. State Forward march The Claflin College band entertains spectators lining Russell Street on Wednesday during the Orangeburg Christmas Parade. A series of parades is scheduled in South Carolina throughout the holiday season. DILLON The Dillon Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. today.

LATTA A Christmas parade in Latta is scheduled Friday, beginning at 4:30 p.m. DARLINGTON A Christmas parade sponsored by the Darlington Rescue Squad is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held Dec. 8.

GREAT FALLS More than 80 units are expected to participate in the Great Falls Christmas Parade, which begins at 10 a.m. Saturday along Dearborn Street. CONWAY A Christmas parade in Conway will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday. CLINTON Cally Gault, Presbyterian College athletic director and football coach, will be grand marshal for a Christmas parade sponsored the Clinton Business Association and scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

Saturday. LAURENS A Christmas parade in Laurens will begin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. BAMBERG Dick Weldon, former football coach at Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School, will grand marshal for the Bamberg Christmas parade, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday.

OLANTA A Christmas parade sponsored by the Gardenia Garden Club is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday in Olanta. WEST COLUMBIA-CAYCE The West Columbia-Cayce Christmas Parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Parkland Plaza and will proceed along Knox Abbott Drive, 12th Street and Meeting Street to Brookland United Methodist Church. MARION The Marion Jaycees' annual Christmas parade is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

Saturday. LAKE CITY The Lake City Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. CONWAY A Christmas parade sponsored by the Conway Chamber of Commerce will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday.

LEXINGTON The Lexington Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Sunday on Main Street. GEORGETOWN A Christmas parade sponsored by the Georgetown Jaycees will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday. FOUNTAIN INN The 13th annual Fountain Inn Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.

Dec. 5. PAGELAND The Pageland Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5.

HAMPTON-VARNVILLE The Hampton-Varnville Christmas Parade will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 6 in Hampton. result inaction. For example, he said, the Japanese went after the zipper industry, and now there are only one or two domestic zipper makers left while "YKK (of Japan) took over the market." The same thing happened in the work glove industry, which affected his yarn ness.

And that is showing up i in the apparel industry, said Elkay President Alvin Friedman, and the plight of the apparel companies is the plight of the fabric producers. In 1980, he said, his company purchased $5 million in apparel fabric from Springs Industries. This year it will only be $2.7 million. And in infants' wear, where there are no import quotas, he said his company's production has declined from 45 percent of its business to 15 percent. Friedman said there is no time to just talk about the problem of imports.

He said a freeze is needed immediately, which would give the industry and Congress time to discuss licensing and other trade policies that might solve the problem. Aircraft's wreckage lacked fuel structions to voters. The commission, overturning the Sumter County Election Commission's denial of Ms. Muller's protest, ruled that confusion about the distribution of color-coded ballots could have influenced the voting. Ms.

Muller and Everett received seven votes each in Precinct 3, in which 1,306 people cast votes. The county council elections were the first held since 1976. Legal disputes about the county's former atlarge election method resulted in a federal mandate for the county to institute single-member districts. Aiken plans celebration AIKEN To celebrate its founding 150 years ago, Aiken is planning a sesquicentennial celebration May 3-12. The festival is being organized by Aiken City Council and directed by John B.

Rogers Co. of Pittsburgh, which handled Aiken's centennial celebration in 1935. Aiken Sesquicentennial Inc. Corp. has been formed of community leaders.

Officers are: Jerry R. Johnson, president; H.W. Thurlow, vice president; James D. McNair, treasurer; and Michael Hosang, secretary. The celebration will include programs that will instruct and amuse and reflect Aiken's heritage.

Among events being planned are a Sesquicentennial Ball with a coronation of the First Lady and her Court of Honor and nightly performances of The Historical Stage Show with a fireworks finale. Three get more jail time SUMTER Three men charged with escape from Wateree River Correctional Institution pleaded guilty and received additional sentences Tuesday in Sumter County general sessions court. Ronnie Cranford, serving seven years on Kershaw County charges of criminal sexual conduct, was sentenced to an additional 18 months by Circuit Judge James M. Morris. Cranford escaped from the minimum-security prison Sept.

3 and was apprehended Sept. 26. Isaac Abraham, who escaped Sept. 10 and was apprehended the same day, was sentenced to one year consecutive to his current sentence of eight years for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in Clarendon County. Anthony Echols, who escaped Aug.

24 and was apprehended Aug. 25, received an additional six months to his sentence of four years on a Florence County grand larceny charge. Council member elected TIMMONSVILLE Mary Y. Floyd was elected Tuesday to complete the unexpired term of Timmonsville town council memeber Tom Levine, who has accepted a position on the Florence County Planning Commission. Ms.

Floyd, who ran unopposed, received all 85 votes cast during the special election. TV channel considered The Federal Communications Commission is considering a proposal to assign UHF television channel 32 to Myrtle Beach based on a petition filed by Moore Broadcast Industries Inc. If approved, the channel would become the community's second commercial television station. Horry County, with a population of 101,419, currently is served by station WGSETV, Channel 43. Under the proposal, the FCC would require the transmitter for the new channel to be located in an area 14 miles southwest of Myrtle Beach to avoid interfering with unused channel 32 in High Point, N.C., and channel 39 in Wilmington, N.C.

United Press International LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. A light plane that crashed into a parking lot at Walt Disney World and killed three members of a South Carolina family might have run out of fuel before it went down, investigators said Wednesday. No fuel was found by investigators in the wreckage of the single-engine aircraft. A preliminary investigation also showed no indication of mechanical problems aboard the plane. Max Rohaus, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, stressed that officials will be unable to determine the cause of the crash until the investigation is concluded.

He said the investigation could take six months. Killed in the Nov. 21 crash were Gary William Newell, 30, of Simpsonville, S.C., his wife, Doreen, 30, and their 18-month-old daughter, Stephanie. Two other Newell children, Curtis, 5, and Jessica, 3, survived the crash and were reported in fair condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center. The family was headed for nearby Kissimmee on a Thanksgiving vacation when the crash occurred.

Witnesses said the plane's engine began sputtering as it flew at a low altitude over Disney's Epcot Center. Newell, who earned his pilot's license during the summer and was flying the plane, apparently was trying to make an emergency landing in a parking lot outside Epcot when the plane's left wing struck a 50-foot light pole. The impact sheared off the wing, and the plane crashed into several cars. There was no fire after the crash and no fuel spillage, witnesses and investigators said. Several witnesses said they could not hear the plane's engine before the crash.

No one on the ground was injured. Woman's death still a mystery John State On a leash Newberry resident Yoder his son, Andrew, in Judy Bailey at the Newberry PAMPLICO The Pamplico Christmas Parade will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 7. COLUMBIA The Carolina Carillon parade will begin at 9:20 a.m.

Dec. 8 on Main Street in Columbia and will be televised by WIS-TV. MAULDIN Mauldin's fifth annual Christmas parade, sponsored by the local Rotary and Lions clubs, is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Dec. 8.

WHITMIRE The Whitmire Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 8 on Main Street. HOLLY HILL The Holly Hill Christmas Parade is scheduled for 3 p.m. Dec.

9. SANTEE The sixth annual Santee Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Dec. 9. NORTH AUGUSTA The North Augusta Lions Club will sponsor a Christmas parade at 3 p.m.

Dec. 9. HEMINGWAY A Christmas parade sponsored by the Hemingway Community Associa- Bedenbaugh uses a leash to keep in tow Wednesday as they join Christmas Parade. tion is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Dec.

9. BOWMAN Joe Pinner of WIS-TV in Columbia will be grand marshal for the Bowman Christmas Parade, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 13. NORTH A Christmas parade in North will be held at 4:30 p.m.

Dec. 14, with Columbia television personality Joe Pinner serving as grand marshal. MULLINS The annual Jaycees Christmas Parade in Mullins will I begin at 10 a.m. Dec. 15.

WINNSBORO The Winnsboro Christmas Parade is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Dec. 15 on Street in the town's business Constrict. NEW ELLENTON The New Ellenton Christmas Parade sponsored by the city, local merchants and New Ellenton Youth Sports will begin at 10 a.m. Dec.

15. In case of inclement weather, the parade will begin at 2 p.m. Dec. 16. GREENWOOD A Christmas parade sponsored by the Greenwood Jaycees will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 16. The event originally was scheduled for Dec. 2. after autopsy By DONNA WHITAKER ROGERS Orangeburg Bureau An autopsy Wednesday failed to determine the cause of death of an Aiken County woman whose decomposed body was found in her home.

Law enforcement officials found the body of Virginia H. Brackett, 59, at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday in her home off Baucluse Road northwest of Aiken, Coroner Sue Townsend said. Mrs. Townsend said a friend of Mrs.

Brackett contacted authorities after she failed to come to the door or answer the telephone. Mrs. Townsend said Mrs. Brackett, who lived alone, was last seen alive Friday evening and could have died that night. The body was too decomposed to determine whether she had suffered a wound, and results of an autopsy conducted at Newberry County Memorial Hospital were inconclusive, Mrs.

Townsend said. Final results may not be known until next week. Until then, Mrs. Townsend said she could not rule out foul play. Wife held in death Associated Press GREENVILLE A Greenville County woman was charged Wednesday with murder i in the shooting death of her 47-year-old husband.

Authorities said Carolyn Dendy, 28, was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on a charge of killing Willie Earl Dendy. Sgt. Tommy Smith, a spokesman for the Greenville County Sheriff's Department, said investigators found Dendy's body at the couple's home. He had been shot once in the head..