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Military budget benefits S.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) ? More than $85 million would
go for construction projects on South Carolina military
bases under President Ronald Reagan's defense spending
bill, Sen. Strom Thurmond said.
The entire bill was unveiled at the Pentagon Wednesday
and sent to Congress, where it is expected to be the subject
of rigorous debate.
The largest share of the proposed 1985 funds ? $32.2
million ? is earmarked for Fort Jackson. Of that amount,
$17.5 million would go for construction of new troop
barracks.
The second largest share of the funds ? $29 million ? is
slated for Air Force and Navy projects in Charleston.
Thurmond said Tuesday the proposed budget, which
contains $24.2 million more than the administration
recommended last year for South Carolina projects, also
earmarks funds for a new elementary school at Fort
Jackson.
Also in the proposal is $2.1 million for Army Reserve
projects in Clinton and Greenville.
"This budeet renresenK a snhcfnnfinl invpctmcnf ;?
South Carolina," Thurmond said. "In the coming weeks, I
will be evaluating whether additional funds should be
allocated to keep South Carolina's military facilities strong
and dependable."
Police go cold turkey
MILTON, Mass. (AP) ? Quitting cold turkey is probably
a lot easier when your boss is looking over your
shoulder.
The entire night shift at the Milton Police Department
has decided to stop smoking at once, with a little help from
li. uavia Macdonald.
"No excuses, no rationalizations," said Macdonald,
who smokes a pack and a half a day. "No, 'Gee, I miss it
when I have a cup of coffee.' They just stop. That's the
best way."
The 14 officers agreed Tuesday night.
"If I don't, I '11 be on a walking beat for the rest of my
career," said patrolman Steve Murphy.
"We should be an example," Macdonald said. "I don't
like to see policemen smoking. Little kids come in on Cub
Scout tours, and we're smoking our heads off."
The quitters say the group effort is important. "With
people around you smoking it's hard," said patrolman
John Lank, who gave up smoking for five weeks, but then
started up again. "1 think I'll find it easier this time. I
because there won't be smoking around me."
Macdonald expects few problems.
Judge orders execution
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) ? A judge broke precedent in
Alabama yesterday as he overruled a jury and ordered the
execution of a Ku Klux Klansman for the murder of a
young black man whose body was hanged in a tree.
Circuit Judge Braxton Kittrell Jr. sentenced Henry Francis
Hays, 29, to die in Alabama's electric chair for the
murder of Michael Donald, 19, labeled a "crime of racial
hatred" by prosecutors.
A jury of 11 whites and one black this past December
convicted Hays and recommended a sentence of life in
prison without parole.
At the time the crime occurred March 21, 1981,
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The law was changed later in 1981, but state's attorneys
said the earlier statute applied in the Hays' case.
However, the 40-year-old judge said he believed it was
the intent of the Alabama Legislature to allow "the court
itself, and not the jury, to be the final sentencing
authority."
"Judge Kittrell set a precedent. I hope it sticks," said
District Attorney Chris Galanos, who had urged the judge
to impose the death penalty despite conflicting Alabama
case law.
Hays, who repeatedly denied killing the teen-ager, shook
his head silently yesterday when asked if he had any comment
before sentencing.
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U.S. plans peri
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Pentagon
plans to leave a "permanent"
force of 700 to 800 American soldiers
in Honduras after military exercises
end there this month, Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger said.
Meanwhile, an unpublished House
report says the extent of U.S. military
construction in Honduras ? much
done without formal congressional approval
? suggests "an ongoing,
significant presence" of American
forces in the Central American
country.
"The recent U.S. military exercise
has created a substantial, semipermanent
military capability in Honduras,"
said the eight-page report by
the House Appropriations subcommittee
on military construction.
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GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) ? Lenell Oe
from a life prison sentence in December pen
a controversial armed robbery charge, reti
the first time in 17 months without fuss or
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"I feel fantastic," Geter said as he left t
plant Wednesday. "It's just as if I'd taken
Wednesday was Geter's first working d
1982. That day, Greenville police officers we
at his apartment with an arrest warrant.
Two months later, Geter, 26, was convic
bery and sentenced to life in prison. Five wil
the man who held up a fried chicken restai
suburb of Balch Springs. He was found
testimony of co-workers who said he was
heist took place.
Geter, who is black, contends he was th<
and shoddy police work.
After his case drew widespread publicity
defense attorneys joined in a motion for a n
was released from prison in December. His
April 9.
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returned to work. Geter, an engineer, was gi
and told to get to work.
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return to work.
"I think everybody is happy that he's b<
Hartford, Geter's supervisor. "We hope h<
Others said they believe Geter should n<
and convicted.
"We all got attached to Lenell ? lik
Wendell Crom, an engineering specialist. "I
ing to see him treated the way he was."
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Weinberger's statement Wednesday
was the first public confirmation that a
sizable contingent of U.S. troops will
remain after joint U.S.-Honduran exercises,
known as "Big Pine II," are
over. U.S. troops may take part in
another round of exercises starting in
June.
Weinberger, testifying before the
Senate Armed Services Committee,
was asked by Sen. Carl Levin, D
mien., about reports that 1,000
American servicemen would remain in
Honduras.
44As far as a permanent presence is
concerned, there will be some men in
there in that category," Weinberger
said. "I don't think it will be quite
1,000 ? somewhere around 700 or
800" to maintain facilities constructed
during the exercises.
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for Honduras
The defense secretary noted a
number of major facilities, including
roads, ocean piers, radar stations and ? j
other installations, have been built
during Big Pine II "and you don't take
that with you when you leave."
Weinberger said more exercises
might be scheduled later if Honduras,
a strong U.S. ally, invites the Pentagon
to participate.
"Oh, they will," said Levin, who
has been critical of the Reagan administration's
military buildup.
Honduran armed forces chief, Gen.
Gustavo Alvarez Martinez, said this
week that new U.S.-Honduran \ \
maneuvers, to be called Granadera I,
will begin in June and that Salvadoran
and Guatemalan troops might be invited
to take part.
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;nt the DA's office will come to grips with
niss the case," Geter said. "I plan to stay
a long time "
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stify in the second armed robbery trial of
nan, but C0S officials say they will fight
of the trial, |
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ana for Safer to testify and for the CBS
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on Geter.
specifies Safer be present when Geter's
as April 9 because he and **60 Minutes"
estigative work" in the Geter case.
irects Safer to furnish all unaired tapes,
Sews made in connection with the Geter
ct Attorney Gerald Banks said pror
to appear in court for a period of up to
py that "these are the tapes/'
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motion to quash the order," Ann Mor- J
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