The Beaufort Gazette from Beaufort, South Carolina • 12

12 THE BEAUORT GAZETTE Monday March 8 1982 Local briefs The weather i Officers investigating death Bob Sola lyGAtem New officers Tax fraud trial nears for aviator ired Burton chief takes new job Two 15 year old girls detained Senator Spiritual Celebration at New Life Assembly lost an appeal to the US ORECAST Marell resigned to become a firefighter at Sea Pines last summer saying he preferred firefighting to management He also said he probably could make more money as a Sea Pines firefighter than as chief in Beaufort Marcil is now a shift captain not unfamiliar with our said McLellan who is chairman of the SC ire Commission March's successor in Beaufort Joe Best became chief of the Hilton Head Island ire District in December By JIM POLSON Gazette staff writer Galloway believes the in terest of Klatt and Merritt is not in the station itself but in settling the estate Klatt declined comment noting the estate been settled Low: 3 :02 pm Tues 10) Sunset: Mon Sunrise: Tues 150 I 00 I 70 agree to open the season about May 1 and keep it open until Jan 15 he said The commission has set opening and closing dates annually based on shrimp population and negotiations with regulators in neighboring states Brantley Harvey Chairman Beaufort County Democratic Party Heyward had reported the aircraft stolen more than four hours after it was seized He said he had been away from work with a back injury and reported the theft as soon as it was discovered Ironically a windstorm heavily damaged the aircraft after it had been seized but before the charges were dropped Heyward also said valuable instruments were reported stolen from the plane hours before the conspiracy charge was dismissed I YOU OWN OUR MANAGE A BUSINESS ITS TIME OR YOU TO LEARN THE VALUE OWNING YOUR OWN COMPUTER Cade declines GOP nomination Dozier Cade of Hilton Head Island nominated by the Beaufort County Republican Party Convention as a candidate for the county school board declined that nomination riday Cade told The Island Packet there had been a misun derstanding between him and the GOP Nominating Committee about the submission of his name for the office The Republican delegates at the county convention approved Cade for the open at large seat held by Democrat Ray Combs ive other candidates also were nominated at the con vention two for county council seats one for school board and one for SC House seat 123 Two independent candidates were endorsed by the GOP convention: incumbent Sheriff Morgan McCutcheon and Ray Williams who is running for an at large county council seat The Beaufort Running Club elected its 1982 officers Cunningham president and RP Kale vice March 4 The new officers are from left: Marie president Diamond secretary Betty Luby treasurer Jack contract He resigned as captain of the Bluffton Rescue Squad last year The IRS claims Heyward reported income of $13364 for 1978 when he actually had taxable income of $48855 His income was $134463 in 1979 but he reported only $14775 the IRS contends A Candler County Ga grand jury indicted Heyward on a drug conspiracy charge in 1980 after a DC 3 he owned was would get very said Sen Marion Gressette Calhoun who approves of the way things turned out You can take your pick of these two opinions They are the merest speculation There just anything in the law about the right of the Senate to impose a of on one of its members Nobody ever did it before know nothing legal in the granting of a leave of ab Gressette himself concedes Beaufort area air tonight Becoming partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday Low tonight in the mid 30s High Tuesday in the mid 60s Probability of precipitation is near zero tonight and Tuesday Winds becoming light and variable tonight Marine forecast Small craft advisory in effect High pressure moving into the area Winds northerly at 15 knots tonight becoming southerly 10 to 15 knots Tuesday Seas 2 to 4 feet tonight Partly cloudy with visibility 5 miles APPLES DON'T GROW ON TREES (AT LEAST NOT THE KIND THAT MAKE YOU MORE PRODUCTIVE) (Continued from Page 1) Broadcasting Co from co owners Klatt Merritt and US Sen Ernest Rollings According to documents filed with the Hampton County probate judge Bell was to have paid Klatt and Merritt in a series of monthly in stallments ending in 1984 But the agreement per mitted Bell to declare a on the payments if Sea Island Broadcasting's operating repaid as soon as it was license was suspended It was discovered He said he had no which allows national firms to Supreme Court in December share the cost of advertising 1980 tneir products with local firms Based on the phony bills the national firm paid the station double what was owed and the station paid a kickback to the local firm federal officers charged In 1980 Bell admitted a such a scheme involving than had taken place in 1973 but said the money was expected to meet with Beaufort County Council today to discuss the anneal Ousted Burton ire Chief Donnie Phillips is back in Phillips was unavailable for comment this morning uniform as a firefighter on Hilton Head Island Phillips is the second Beaufort area fire chief to hire on at Sea Phillips began work riday as for the Sea Pines orest Beach Pines within the past year ormer Beaufort ire Chief Jack ire Department said Chief David McClellan Phillips worked for Sea Pines between 1974 and 1977 Mc Clellan said He was a lieutenant in the department when he resigned to become Burton fire chief McLellan said The Burton ire Commission fired Phillips last month accusing him of violating department regulations Meanwhile Phillips indicated he wants to drop an appeal of his firing said attorney Tom Jessee of Beaufort assume still going forward with he said Jesse A Burton resident who had been inside the store reported seeing a person walk toward the door suddenly turn around and return to the car The car left at a high rate of speed the resident reported Shortly after 11 deputies were called to the Ramada Inn to investigate the robbery of a Marine stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station Twenty year old John Rogers of Headquarters and Main tenance Squardron 31 reported leaving with the girls to go to another bar but instead was driven to Laurel Bay The girls are accused of pointing a 12 gauge shotgun at him and demanding his money Rogers said he grabbed his $6 back from the girls along with the gun After firing the gun in the air he realized it was a single shot weapon according to the deputy's report Rogers fled into the woods but the girls offered to take him back to the Ramada Inn authorises said Once they arrived at the inn and restaurant Rogers took the gun and ran inside the deputy reported Elect Alice Wright to Beaufort City Council She is native Beoufortonian who shares your desires to enlarge opportunities and to find solutions to problems facing our growing community VOTE WRIGHT MARCH 16 CHARLESTON Trial of a prominent Hilton Head Island aviator on charges of income tax fraud is expected to begin Tuesday in US District Court Tommy Heyward 39 of Bluffton has requested a jury trial on charges he filed false and fraudulent income tax forms in 1978 and 1979 The trial could take a week said Wells Dickson assistant US attorney Jury selection and pre trial negotiations were seized with marijuana aboard Georgia prosecutors dropped all scheduled today charges against him last year rne internal ttevenue service ciaims neywaru owes in back taxes for the two years Heyward owner of Hilton Head Air Service and former chairman of the Beaufort County Emergency Medical Services Commission is innocent said his attorney Roberts Vaux Heyward also is represented by assistant 14th Circuit Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh III and John Hendrix a Savannah at torney firm holds the aerial mosquito spraying Recruits to compete in steeplechase I Parris Island recruits will compete in a grueling steeplechase in a regimental field meet March 14 at the US Marine Corps Recruit Depot athletic The general public is invited to watch the event which entails pull ups belly crawl hurdles sit ups a rope climb and a foot race to the finish Other events include a three mile run 100 yard dash 880 yardjelay and a tug of war Units also will compete to see who can erect a tent in the shortest time In case of inclement weather the meet will be cancelled Officials are still searching for the body of a 15 year old rogmore resident believed to have drowned while gathering clams Sunday afternoon off Island The search was called off Sunday evening by the SC Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources and the Search and Rescue Unit from the Marine Corps Air Station The search was to have resumed today The victim waded out to retrieve a boat which had drifted away while he and two friends were gathering clams the deputy reported His name is being withheld until the search is con cluded The other boys reported the water was up to the chest when he suddenly went under The victim rose three times the friends told the deputy They walked through the marsh and water to call the department the boys reported The department was alerted about 3:20 pm Sunday The victim was last seen about 2: 30 pm Sunday The Beaufort County Democratic Party announces that it will hold its biennial convention at Beaufort Elementary School Carteret Street Beaufort SC 017:00 pm on Monday March 22 The public is invited to attend and observe Delegates and alter nates should come not later than 6:30 to pick up their credentials former owners are entitled to The CC took a share of the proceeds An license and Bell appealed He appraisal of Bell's estate valued the company at $20000 Beaufort Area Temperature Yesterday's high This low Precipitation: 105 Beaufort Rivet Tides Low: Mon 8) High: Mon (77) Low: Tues 12) High: 9:23 am Tues (83) Continued from Page 1 very much Nor is it clear whether anyone in the 9th District who wanted to raise a legal objection would get much satisfaction think they would have a pretty good position mused Sen Robert Lake Newberry who doesn't like what the Senate did about Carmichael possible that somebody may try to make a case out of it but I would not think they Shrimp (Continued from Page 1) Hunting Island the Gaston Banks off Hilton Head Island and the jetties of Charleston Harbor which jut out three miles into the ocean hesaid have to have your eye on the Loran (a type of navigational equipment) all the Von Harten said But the shrimpers association probably wouldn't contest the new limit if the Wildlife and Marine Resources Commission will Two fifteen year old girls accused of robbing a Marine at gunpoint are being held in custody Authorities plan to file armed robbery and unlawful weapon charges against the pair Other charges stemming from what authorities are calling an attempted robbery also may be filed Due to their ages the names of the girls be released Officials said One girl is from Burton the other from Iowa Juvenile Officer aye Heslin of the Beaufort County Department said she will submit a petition to family court and Solictor Randolph Murdaugh requesting the girls be tried as adults not juveniles A closed hearing would be held on this matter Ms Heslin said The brown Monte Carlo driven by one of the girls was stopped Saturday night in Mink Point by SC Highway Patrolman John Stapleton An all points bullentine had been issued for the car earlier that evening after one of the occupants who a witness said was wearing a ski mask and carrying a shot gun was allegedly seen around the Pack A Sack on SC 170 at about 9 :15 pm Station The weather Mild weather is expected in the forecast period Monday until Tuesday morning from the West across Texas and into most of the East Cold weather is forecast for the northern Plains and New England Rain is forecast for the northern half of the Pacific coast Snow is forecast into the Great Basin and for New York and New England Beaufort police make arrests In recent arrests by the Beaufort Police Department ac cording to the department arrest docket Joseph Leonard Sparkman 22 of alls Road Burton was arrested riday and charged with driving under the influence second offense and following too closely Trevor Kent Wilkins 27 was arrested Wednesday and charged with driving under suspension compact and driving under suspension second offense Medicus Green Jr 41 was arrested Tuesday and charged with assault and battery Ralph Douglas McGraw 35 was arrested Thursday and charged with carrying a pistol unlawfully Angel Molina Polanco 30 was arrested riday and charged with attempted burglary Polanco was charged Sunday with malicious damage to real property Raymond Hicks Jr 33 was arrested Sunday and charged with malicious injury to real property John rank Mock 31 was arrested Saturday and charged with driving under suspension second offense Officials continue body search The death of a 25 year old man remains under investigation by the Beaufort County Department Ernest Palo (address unavailable) died at Lot 9 Highway 21 Mobile Home Court according to Coroner Curt Copeland An authopsy is being conducted at the Medical University of South Carolina Palo was found lying on his back in bed by two friends authorities said He was last seen alive about 12 30 am Sunday PUBLIC NOTICE Beaufort County Democratic Convention Mountains air tonight Becoming partly cloudy and wanner Tuesday Low tonight in the mid 20s High Tuesday in the mid 50s Probability of precipitation is near zero tonight and Tuesday Winds becoming light and variable tonight Greenville Spartanburg air tonight Becoming partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday Ixiw tonight in the upper 20s High Tuesday in the upper 50s Probability of precipitation is near zero tonight and Tuesday Winds becoming light and variable tonight Columbia lorence Lake City air tonight Becoming partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday Low tonight in the upper 20s High Tuesday in the mid 60s Probability of precipitation is hear zero tonight and Tuesday Winds becoming light and variable tonight Democrats to consider resolutions At least two resolutions will be presented to delegates at the Beaufort County Democratic Party Convention March 22 Delegates will vote on whether the county Democratic Party will support passage of the Equal Rights Amendment Also a resolution to draft Rep Wilton Graves Bluffton will be presented at the county convention Those resolutions and possibly more were approved Saturday during Democratic precinct meetings held statewide according to SC Election Commission regulations The resolution to support the ERA was passed by members of Beaufort Precinct 1 A in which county Democratic Chairman Brantley Harvey Jr lives The Bluffton Precinct adopted the resolution to draft Graves for another term in the SC House Precinct officers executive committee members and delegates and alternates to the county convention were also elected Saturday in the 27 precinct meetings across Beaufort County estival expecting mass ticket sales Spoleto estival USA expects) to sell 120000 tickets for the sixth year half those tickets are sold to people from outside of South said Richard Robinson box office manager The annual economic impact of the festival is about $40 million said Charles McKay director of development and finance In addition to actual visitors the state gains recognition because special Spoleto programs are produced by South Carolina ETV and broadcast nationwide he said This year's festival will last 17 days Events scheduled include the New York Philharmonic Shostakovich's opera Macbeths of the Mtsensk daily chamber music concerts at the Dock Street Theatre revival of Jazz at Seabrook Island four dance companies five theatrical offerings and a joint recital by Pianist Emanuel Ax and cellist Yo Yo Ma Program and ticket informatin is available through Spoleto estival USA PO Box 704 Charleston SC 29402 722 2764 Evangelist George Mandel and Wife March 7th thru 12th 7:00 pm Meeting presently at the Port Royal Elementary School Powerful Preaching Spirit illed Praise our months later Bell was dead apparently murdered by a former yard worker Bell had found burglarizing his home In probate court claims filed last July Klatt contended Bell owned him $65036 and Merritt claimed $6529547 with about $8 interest accruing daily Rollings filed no claim against estate family plans to liquidate Sea Island Broad in 1973 arid Bell stopped knowledge of the false billing casting and says the two payments The CC claimed WSIB had been involved in a scheme to send false invoices to a national firm which was paying for co op ad vertising an arrangement Until Tuesday 11 f' COME IN AND LETS TALK APPLES PROESSIONAL INORMATION SYSTEMS 1 55 RIBAULT SQUARE 524 2278 I 1 'i fl I I mi s' I iWKMia Ow rr Ut 10 xxxx GSS i Show'll $to onoY Occluded NATIONAL WEATH JtUKKfl NOAA US Dap 2.