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Verdict in de CHARLESTON (AP) ? The convictior of 20-year-old Ross Clayton Green in th( slaying of a white Charleston Count) patrolman and wounding of another white officer brought anger and shock from loca uiav^iva. "It is felt that Green didn't get a fair dea because of his color," said John Allston president of the Sea Island National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colore< People. "We, the NAACP, will continue to worl with the Green family all the way to the U.S Supreme Court if necessary," he said. "Bu we were looking for a different verdict." A JURY of three blacks and nine white Saturday convicted Green in a retrial into th Oct. 29 shooting death of Patrolman Steve: Hiott Jr. and the wounding of Patrolma Michael O'Connell. Green's first trial ende with a hung jury. Outside the courthouse, about 50 o Green's supporters marched, chanting, "D right white man before we get mad" an singing, "We Shall Overcome" before a hal Proposed amendments authority over S.C. m? CHARLESTON (AP) ? Proposed cons ments to shift rule-making authority over m; judicial branch to a legislatively appoints ic _ _ it ai _l r i.. outrageous, me einei jusutc ui mc Supreme Court said Saturday. "These proposals would take from the j to stand free, and subordinate the legislature," Chief Justice Woodrow Lewi meeting of the South Carolina Magistrates Likewise, he told the magistrates that t from other branches of government would t prove proposed amendments to the state year. THE AMENDMENTS, backed by a "j movement in the General Assembly, judiciary once again at the mercy of the magistrate system would once again enter ; dination to another form of government,' The system has obtained stature and becc the whims of the state's 46 counties becau; become organized under the state Judici said. Magistrates now operate under unif< cedures covering such things as court rep nrirl rlnrkftinp O' But he said all that could be threatened i appointed by the legislature. Lewis said that two years ago the Supre financing of magistrate salaries was needei mity, but the General Assembly has not r 44HOW LONG must we wait for the G take that action?" he asked. ,4A reason have certainly elapsed." Attorney General Travis Medlock, wh< group Saturday, said legislation is now Assembly to reduce inequities in magistra Also during the session, the association ings of Columbia as president; Kenneth W ty, first vice president; Jack Allison of C; cond vice president; George Jefferson of third vice president; Lawrence L. Whi County, treasurer; and Annell Powell of secretary. 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"I'M VERY, very pleased with the verdict," Solicitor Charles Condon said at the end of the five-day trial. "He could still get up to 40 years. There's enough range in the sentence to see that justice is done in this case." Meanwhile, Green's attorney, William Runyon, said the verdict was "somewhat of a victory. "The verdict points out that all along this itutional amend- ' ' from commission Hj^ South Carolina diciary its ability ? ndiciary to the told the annual \ssociation. . ., _ * *" t ^ ^ ? V? 1ft Mt ~t constitution next fiBR dicial unreform" could place the the new era suborhe said. H ne independent of ; magistrates have Gjve m(. g ...... 1 Department, he rm rules and pro- usc cheerleaders try to kee jrting, accounting first victory of the season. S . . <\ commission ^QfQpgJ- py, ie Court said state . ' to achieve unifor- (AP) Richland Count; sponded. Frank Barron says he will c push for prosecution agai people on charges of illegally neral Assembly to body of a fatally injured cc ble time seems to worker. The seven were safety of also spoke to the members of a private ambi efore the General vice who responded when < e salaries. Goodman, 28, of Bedford, ' :lccted David Jenn- feet to his death from a irdof Horry Coun- walkway to the Union Cc erokee County, se- PaPer min conduction site i Lexington County, Aug. 15. field of Anderson Magistrate John Toal di< Clarendon County, charges against the seven F But Barron said To. "makes no difference," ai > MEN'S | I , I CL rec medications V | iaphragm available | about you mbia, S.C. | RIN #,*** 15.00 <3 rE on patrolman di has not been a murder case," he said. "We have come a long way from when the state wanted to put Ross Green in the electric chair." Runyon explained the options of appeal to Green's family moments after the verdict ?*% 'Hf'c for frnm Au^r '' Hp trtlH tauit III* 11 J- lai X 1 V/JIII v/ T v* y IIV fcw.%. Green's mother. THE SHOOTING occurred during a scuffle on a back road near Hollywood, when Hiott and O'Connell tried to arrest Green for disorderly conduct. O'Connell, whose wound left him blind in one eye and with damaged memory, testified Green shot both officers with his service revolver. Two witnesses, who stopped when they saw the scuffle, testified they came upon two men fighting and saw shots being fired before a young black man broke away and fired shots in the direction of where O'Connell and Hiott were discovered. But Green testified that when O'Connell attempted to arrest him, "He pushed me, I pushed back and we struggled. I attempted to .. ? HA f* i p Gamecock fan spirit alive during Saturday's football g ee story, page 13. shes for prosecuting y Coroner oner said he would take the case I ontinue to grand jury himself or ask the attor inst seven general's office to do it. j moving a "I still don't want to put these \ instruction pie in jail," Barron said, but repe< allegations that the seven broke s ficials and law. ulance ser- The seven involved are James 3eorge W. Porter, project safety manager; Va., fell 90 assistant Ray E. Sanders; safety ol n elevated worker Thomas W. Fostei; regist< imp Corp. nurse Judy Hughes; and tl in Eastover members of the on-site ambuh crew, Paulette Kyle, David McLen >missed the and Bix L. Banks. riday. During Friday's hearing, / il's ruling Almorode, director of emerg< rid the cor- medical services for the Departmei 4.SS RING ^ Lounge arid Patio (fra WEDS. SEPT. 1 THURS. SEPT. FRI. SEPT 16 rna mxr t n a T HJTO D1 Li.U. DAI (LOCAL OFFICE 7< leposit - Pre Chri "When you want q\ wamammmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmmmmmmmm. raws outrage j run, I hear a shot, Mr. Hiott's in front of me and ne tans down. "HE (O'CONNELL) just shot his partner," Green said. "I knew he'd shoot me next if I didn't fight him for the gun." Green said he fought over the revolver, but O'Connell "had his hand on the trigger. We were fighting for the gun and in the sturggle he got shot in his eye." "You really believe officer O'Connell shot himself and set all this up?" Condon later asked the jury. "If you believe this, I've got a Cooper River bridge I want to sell you." The Rev. Renty Pickney, a pastor in Green's community of Yonge's Island, said Green's family and friends aren't so sure what happened. "The only reply I'm getting from folks here is that the boy didn't commit a crime," Pickney said. "He was one little tellow and they were two trained police officers with guns. If he beat them both like this, we need new police officers." Ij- I 1 : g . -1 - i Photo by Capers H^m^J ame against Miami of Ohio. Carolina won 24-3, its j movers of body :o a Health and Environmental Control, ney testified the employees didn't know if Goodman was alive or dead after the )eo- accident. tate Goodman's head was crushed, and Barron later said he had been killed R- immediately. his Tice But Almorode testified the on-site sred crew didn't know that at the time, iree Almorode said the crew took Goodance man to a company ambulance, put him idon on life support equipment and then transferred him to a Richland County V.C. EMS vehicle that took him to Richland ency Memorial Hospital, where he was proit of nounced dead. 1 DAYS ternity quad) I 4 4-8 pm E 15 10-6 pm J 1 0-fi nm I .FOUR CO. >8-5134) stmas delivery uality" _ QBalfour. It's a matter of pride!