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The Herald from Rock Hill, South Carolina • 1

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The Heraldi
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Rock Hill, South Carolina
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Mixing styles Demos jab at Campbell Page ID In the news Local By DEAN CAMPBELL Herald staff writer COLUMBIA Three Democratic candidates for governor took time out from discussing the issues in a debate Saturday to blast absent challenger UJL Rep Carroll Campbell The debate held at Sea well's Restaurant at the state fair grounds Saturday afternoon brought out claims from candidates that Campbell a Republican perform as governor as well as a Democrat The purpose was to delve Into the issues of the campaign However a question from media panelists asking if Democrats running were more qualified to be governor sparked the moat heated remarks of the debate not sure Campbell has the sensitivity to answer questions like this" said LL Gov Mike Daniel one of five candidates running for the Job are hard tough See DEMOCRATS page 4A AP Imtrphtm YORK COUNTY OFFICIAL are recommending random sampling of chemicals twinf dumped at the county landfill to make rare no toxic substances are being disponed there They are recommending the sampling be paid for by industries using the landfill Page BA WILLIAM CPLOWDEN JR state director for employment and training will apeak at the dedication of the York County Veterans Memorial Page 5A THE TEGA CAY CITY COUNCIL sets limits on the number of single-family homes that can be built on an acre of land Page BA A LOCAL WOMAN WHOSE CAR displays bumper stickers for not one but two gubernatorial candidates says she's not wishy-washy she happens to be a friend of both candidates Page 4A CANDIDATES AT SATURDAY DERATE Mika Danlal Phil Ladar and Hugh Laatharman from loft Prison reform under way State By STEVE SMITH Herald staff writer THE NAACP STAGED A RALLY and march through downtown Spartanburg Saturday to pntiigM local government and retail hiring and promotion practices regarding blacks Page 2A Nation REAGAN ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS are considering a proposal to limit the total amount of welfare benefits that an Individual can receive PagsllB A NEW POLICY ON COMBATING terrorism will endorse employment of force" to retaliate against terrorist attacks Page 13B A CONTROVERSIAL ADVERTISEMENT signed by nuns and priests criticizes the decisionmaking process of the Roman Catholic hierarchy Page UB 1 ii Walk Into any South Carolina prison and there will he condemned killers rapists and dope pushers living side-by-side with petty thieves shoplifters and embezzlers Lawmakers and prison officials want to break up that mix Walk in and find some 6500 inmates being housed in a system of 26 state-operated prisoita designed to hold 6927 South Cardins puts more people in prison than any other state And this year state Department of Corrections figures show the system housed an average of 1350 inmates more than the 7900 Inmates regarded as the and operating" level Lawmakers and prison officials also want to change those statistics Aecerdlag to Hal Leslie a corrections department spokesman problem of overcrowding to reaL It to not an imaginary problem" So the state to looking for ideas that will relieve overcrowding and keep the federal government out of the South Carolina prison system In the words of prison reform proponent Rep Bob Sheheen D-Kershaw the search for answers to the problems to causing a shift in philosophy in the way prison off totals try to steer first-offenders away from a life of crime Wbrld DECISION on an increase in aid to Nicaraguan rebels will determine the fate of the insurgency movement Page 14B A LEADING ANTI-APARTHEID clergyman in South Africa leaps from an altar to rescue a black man from a vengeful crowd of funeral mourners Page 14B ANGRY BRAZILIAN SHOPPERS loot supermarkets after prices are marked up without government approval Page 14B Sports DALE EARNHARDT BEATS Jack Ingram Saturday in the INMATE WAITS OUT HIS TERM AT THE YORK COUNTY PRISON CAMP Governor's Omnibus Crlma Bill Is shifting tha philosophy of incarceration Mecklenburg prisoners pay to stay I Protects Liner 300 auto race in 1 1 Rockingham NC Page 6B 1 TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS I MAR qualifying for the fourth I running of the Grand Pr I Miami Saturday Page IB EAGLES BEAT Tusculum College's Pioneers 134 Saturday for their By STEVE SMITH Herald staff writer ing petty offenders in Mecklenburg County in Jail but working their regular Jobs So far Kidd said he believes the program is working Last fiscal year the satellite Jail made the county 1200000 profit and Kidd to shooting for $300000 this year The money comes from the prisoners paying their own room and board so to speak and any money Judges order them to repay their victims 0ae day last month 106 prisoners stayed at the Jail going to regular Jobe during the day or night and returning to the Jail during their off hours See SATELLITE page 3A CHARLOTTE The building at 806 Poplar St was once a crumbling structure that housed school children Now it houses prisoners But the building saved from the wrecking ball by Mecklenburg County Sheriff CW Kidd is not your typical lockup with bars and the oppressive despair common in most state penitentiaries The prisoners come and go through the front doors during the day and return at night They work their regular Jobs The satellite Jafl is a new concept in which authorities seek to relieve overcrowded conditions at state prisons by keep At the heart of the eolutlons to Gov Dick Omnibus Crime bill which passed 95-1 Thursday in the SC House of Representatives The bill now goes back to the Senate where it to expected to pass easily Sec STATE AIMS page 3A False alarms plague Oakdale fire department first baseball win of the season Page SB NIELD GORDON COACH of the Winthrop basketball team will end his career on a high note Page IB BOBBY BOLIN A 14-year major league baseball veteran and native of Hickory Grove will get back into the game this season as a pitching coach for the Chicago White Son AA Southern League team in Birmingham Ala Earl column Page IB Deaths Funeral information on the following deaths is on Page 1 lota Cremkow Heiweti Ofrus OMysIrvhi WeatherBugsays SUNNY AND COLD today with a high in the upper 40s Winds will be from the west at IS to IS mph Increasing cloudiness tonight with a low in the upper 30s to low 30s Partly cloudy and milder Monday with a high in the upper 60s He added he to not aware of false alarm problems in the other rural districts although at least two other departments received fake calls this weekend always have to treat these calls' like it was the real thing" Thompson said never know when it will be the real thing" This past spring Thompson said firefighters talked to some people who they thought were calling in the false alarms and warned them what would happen if the callers were caught The fake calls dropped off Thompson said would respond to one fire alarm and then there would be nothing Gamer said we would get another We had about four Just today it would be a girl then a guy then a Authorities said they will ask the York County Department to assist in the investigation Thompson warned that people calling in the false alarms if caught be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Anybody caught calling in a false alarm faces a 1200 fine or 30 days in Jail Thompson said think a bunch of teen-agers this -Thompson said dispatcher at the Department says who it sounds like and there are people far the background screaming afraid of to be out on one of these hoaxes and have a real fire that will lead to heavy property loss or loss of Oakdale Chief Tommy Garner whose volunteer district covers about 15 square miles south of Rock Hill said the calls have sent firefighters to the far readies of the district By STEVE SMITH Herald staff writer York County fire officials will try to find out this week who called in eight false alarms to the Oakdale fire depart- ment within the past two days authorities aaidT Randy-Thompson the fire marshal said Saturday he hopes this weekend's false alarm barrage to not the restarting of an old problem Late last spring the Oakdale department had three or four false alarms a day called in for two or three weeks Index Road to riches outlined in Federal Reserve study Seefci SttarSrniJJ Moth la briaf11A WASHINGTON AP) Becoming a doctor lawyer or accountant to still a good way to get rich in Amer MS actor 1-70 1S A HaraaMp Community corner This included 8 percent of all American families who earned between $50000 and $99000 another 1 percent who earned between $100000 and $149000 05 percent who earned $150000 to $279999 and the top 05 percent of all American families who earned $280000 or more The survey found that doctors and other health professionals were most highly represented in the $100000 to $149000 category making up 13 percent of this group Lawyers and accountants made up 14 percent and professionals engaged in banking insurance and real estate constituted another 13 percent In the $150000 to $279999 category the second highest income level professionals in banking real estate and insurance represented 17 percent lawyers and acountanta 12 percent and health professionals I percent ica but the richest of the rich got that way through banking insurance and real estate a government study reported Saturday The review of wealth in America by the Federal Reserve Board found that only 1 percent of all American families earn more than 1150000 a year But in this group the survey found marked differences be1" tween the rich and the extremely rich professionals such as doctors lawyers and accountants constitute a disproportionate fraction of all the high-income subgroups their greatest concentration to in the second highest the study found headed by entrepreneurs and by individuals in banking insurance and real estate appear to have the best odds of earning the highest incomes" it Only 2 percent of American families are headed by someone who works in banking insurance and real estate it said But it said those professions make up 31 percent of the highest income group families earning 6260000 or more annually Lawyers and accountants who make up 1 percent of the population as a whole account for 12 percent of the richest families Doctors and other health professionals make up 1 percent of the population and 2 percent of the richest families Another 43 percent of the very wealthy were in a broad category covering all other professionals including those salaried and self-employed The report was based on a 1983 survey of 4103 American families including 438 high-tocome families selected on the basis of tax filings the Fed said The survey found that only 10 percent of American families earned $50000 or more during 1982 the period asked about j' i Sister Help SERVICES: Sister Help is a shelter for abused women from York Chester Union and Lancaster counties Besides providing a borne for the women and their dependent children it offers counseling and assistance in finding permanent housing Jobs ami other aid HOW TO CONTACT: Call the Sister Help hotline 3294300 34 hours a day See ROAD page 12A 4 e-- 4.

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