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Pa : digest Qnoirlnn+o nkinn+ +/* IIGOIUGIlia UUJCtl III UUIII& DETROIT (AP) ? Death is too close, according residents of a suburban neighborhood, who comf invading their backyards ? with as many as three a day, 21-gun salutes and depressing tombstones. About 14 families in the Dearborn ] neighborhood filed a lawsuit in Wayne County ^oun in 1 y?z, asking the Franciscan Fathers, wh< cemetery adjacent to their property, not bury t within 100 feet of their property lines. Attorneys for the Roman Catholic priests, the the residents met Drivatelv in court Fridav to Hie problem. The residents say since St. Hedwig's Cemetery b panding, graves are being dug as close as 15 feet fn backyards. Rita Seyfried said it is "impossible to i back porch and backyard. You can't hear anythir The noise is not the only problem, Dale Seyfrie "Have you ever seen a lady lying prostrate, cryin ground where her husband is buried? While you're the lawn? With you dog barking at her?" Although the cemetery has owned the proper 1926, the priests kept the back half of the land as a until the mid-70s when the gravedigging began. House looks into bank f WASHINGTON (AP) ? Stuffing your money ii tress mav he the nnlv wuv tr? ? J w m-mj IV vJIMVOlVp JpVVIUl I VC3 111 more banks are charging for services these days. If you don't have a bank account,chance . are g< will have to pay a dollar or two each time you paycheck at any savings institution. And in some cases, even the bank where you kee count may charge you for cashing a Social S military, or federal tax refund check. Customer complaints are mounting, and House 1 Committee chairman Fernand St. Germain, D-R opened an investigation to determine whether the justified. i 4ThP fpp c\/ct- ? ..W . WW JIVIII rvillVAl HUIIt)rtUIIIUa 111C I ailg< vices provided by financial services ? is a silent, underground activity that shifts millions of dolla consumers to the banks," the congressman said. 441 fear bank customers are being nickled and d death by a whole host of new fees." Gayle Essary, a New York businessman, said he He was so annoyed by the runaround he got frorr York bank that he bagan People Inc., a no organization designed to root out and publiciz Essary said was arrogant banking practices. Essary said banks have decided 44since they hav< to your money, they can reach right in, without y proval, and take out whatever fees they charge. "Then they act like they did you a favor." He told a Senate Banking Committee last wei bankers have no legal right to go into a customer's < to deduct fees for bounced checks ? checks returi Inrl*- r?f liinHc ~? ? ' -' w v, .ui.uo ? \ji iv_u any unici SCI VlL'C, WllIN depositor's consent. Other companies ? such as credit card compa have added fees too, but they must bill custon collect. Drug agents capture fugiti MIAMI (AP) ? One of the last remaining fugitiv the French Connection drug ring was captured as 1 ped off a flight from Mexico, ending a 12-year aiuiiunues saici. Lucien Rene Sans, 50, who was indicted alor several other people in New York on charges of sm 17.6 pounds of heroin, was being held without bo federal prison south of Miami. Drug Enforcement Administration agents arresti without a struggle Wednesday afternoon as the citizen arrived at Miami International Airport en r Madrid. "Once he saw us, he was a little nervous and I make his way back to the plane," an unidentifiei told The Miami Herald. "He was probably 30 or ferent aliases. He used two aliases that we knew. piu uvin uii ins uocumeniauon. After living with his wife in Mexico for eight yeai was deported Wednesday by the Mexican governnr an undisclosed reason. 1 TTI?/1 ! i uoKj today MEETING ? Residence Hall Association meets at 8 | Towers Conference room. Richard Wertz, director of Ri tial life Services, and Pete Denton, vice president for fia fiiri am c^KoHtiliiH tn timalr II III mil ~ "Planet of tha Apes," directed by FranWm J. Il urn, starring Charleton Heston and Roddy McDowell, pi nrf 9:30 p.m. Free. f \ I tery Warn SjUBM to sonic B _ffl , ? : funerals Heights MKH;: --" Circuit n own a t. V-. ; i - . ." -..' 5- . ; - ; : /, - ,-. ty since woodlot Changing times Tryon Street in Charlotte is undergoing . n Senator propo iore and I I Dod you GREENVILLE (AP) - A bill cash a miming construction 01 tan ounaings in the South Carolina mountains is p an ac- needed to prevent "sight pollution," ecurity ^en* Drummond says. But the Mountain Ridge Protection Banking ^ct's seen as a controversia' f'rst steP I has 'n 8reater land-use control of the fees are mountains. The Appalachian Mountains jut into 1 of ser- t*ie northwest corner of South almost Carolina on their way to Alabama, rs from where they disappear into rolling red hills. imed to Over the years, scattered development of the state's mountains has proagrees duced relatively little change along i a New their forested slopes and in their deep n-profit valleys. e what ?ut heightened concern that UTS? Court may sub ek that DALLAS (AP) ? The president of iccount CliS news may be subpoenaed to tied for testify in the robbery retrial of Lenell . i:r? * jui me vjvivi , wiiusc me sciuciicc was overturned after a "60 Minutes" program njes and other news reports raised quesners to tions about his case, court officials said. Edward Joyce would be asked to brll/p ing with him all videotapes of the "60 Minutes" segment dealing with the case, prosecutors say. es from State District Judge John Ovard, le step- wll? already has ordered "60 search, Minutes" reporter Morley Safer to testify in the retrial beginning April 9, ig with ls expected to sign the subpoena Monuggling day, court officials said. nH at o Gene Mater, senior virp nrpciH#?nt r?f %ss state dignitari oute to ST. MATTHEWS (AP) ? The tried to South Carolina Senate's "Gray Fox," d agent L. Marion Gressette, was buried Satur40 dif- Hav at his familv r\1r?t n/?or Ct ????v? p*vi nvui ui. mar Mexico thews, only 13 miles from the woodframe house where he was born 82 rs, Sans years ago. lent for The Calhoun County Democrat, who died Thursday night of extensive cardiovascular disease, was praised as a man of principle and integrity during a poignant, brief service. "There have been attempts recently to analyze how this quiet man from a small country town grew to be the fi m in ? ? " - ^ ? ?? ieacier or me siaie senate," said Senp.te Bsiden- Clerk Jim Fields, Gressette's aide and ical af confidante, during a brief tribute at the packed church. Fields said Gressette's power and inShaff fluence came from his personal traits, su, and not from his positions of Dower. afa 01 "In his long years of service there is not the barest ounce of inpropriety," jj Fields said. 1 sfel l BL S 1C* ' f 1 | ?|V^. ^ I H|P^ renovations. The marker is for a Confederate war ses mountain-coi unrestricted development may endanger the mountain environment. Drummond, a Democrat from Greenwood, said he plans to introduce the Mountain Ridge Protection Act in the Senate Tuesday. The bill would prohibit construction of buildings taller than 40 feet above the adjacent valley floor. North Carolina passed a mountain ridge protection act this past vpar J . Although the 2,500-foot stipulation in Drummond's bill would exclude the majority of mountain property in South Carolina, much more land could be included under protection plans in local ordinances. The bill would allow local governing bodies to eliminate the 2,500-foot elevation requirement, thus including neona newsman CBS news, said Friday the network will fight any subpoena for Joyce, as it has resisted the subpoena for Safer. A hearing is scheduled Thursday in a New York court in connection with the Safer subpoena, to determine whether CBS must release the tapes. "If the judge in this court in new York rules against us, that doesn't mean we are not going to appeal it," Mater said. "We look upon this as a ratllAf fn o w nntnl If-rt.rt ? ? ? i Kinvi iuiiuauiv.lliai 13AUC 111 JUUIll<tll!lIIl ? the turning over of outtakes and material not used." Assistant District Attorney Karen Beverly said she filed the motion to subpoena Joyce on Thursday after the news exectutive filed an affidavit ies attend Gressc Gressette, president pro tempore of the state Senate, was the third of eight children of Calhoun County farmer John Thomas Gressette and Rosa Emily Wannamaker Gressette. He never left the sandy pine country near St. Matthews, population 2,50(), and spent a half-century in the state General Assembly, becoming the Senate's most powerful member. He was the longest serving active state legislator in the nation, accorrlino tn , e> the National Conference of State Legilsatures in Denver. More than 600 people gathered in and around the First Baptist Church of St. Matthews for the services on a balmy, sunny March afternoon. The white brick Gothic church held 325 npftnlp anH Irvurlcrvaot/ f" J' 'V I MOM IVUVId^'VOIVV'l 3 Wtl C dCl lip outside. The funeral was attended by most of the 45 other members of the state Senate, members of the House of Representatives, Gov. Dick Riley, 11^*1ft*** S^ # ''J. i> *4* i vs^,' ^ Iffr-* - -mJ***?, ,~* j^' ggTii <* ^ ^ uS^^ " ^ Photo by Joe Jackson figure. nstruction bill mountain of elevation which rise at least 500 feet from the adjacent valley floor. Hi5tnrir"allu rociHonfi- 1 ..ivvviivuii;) i vaiuviild U 1 lilt upMdlC mountains have opposed attempts to control use of their property. "Generally speaking, these type of land restrictions (outlined in the proposed bill) have not been well-received here," said Bob Gaillard, director of the Oconee Countee Planning Commission. Mountain residents in Pickens County "have a history of being antizoning," said Richar Fralick, director of the county Planning and Development Commission. "For whatever reason, it becomes a highly emotional issue, and people simply refuse to talk about it in some instances. in Geter trial stating that Safer did not have control of the tapes. "He said a CBS archivist has control of the tapes, so we decided to subpoena him (Joyce) because we felt he could get the tapes from the archivist," Beverly said. "We didn't know whether the archivist had the authority to take the tapes out of state." She said prosecutors still want Safer to testify because he was the narrator. Geter's 1982 conviction and life sentence for the robbery of a suburban Dallas convenience store were thrown out last December at the request of prosecution and defense lawyers. stte's funeral U.S. Sens. Ernest Hollings and Strom Thurmond, and four former governors. The crowd also included a long list of business and political leaders from throughout the state, young and old, black and white. Included in the j crowd were some who had fought Gressette bitterly in past poltical wars. The casket v as open for an hour .L. 1 utiuic me j p.m. services and closed during the service. Gressette's wife, Florence, attended the funeral, but was confined to a wheelchair because of faltering health. The funeral also was attended by * -> vjicsjcuc s son Lawrence, the senator's three brothers and a sister and numerous relatives. Gressette's death had come as a surprise to many people despite his admission tO the hr*cr?i*ol i rrL" - ?- ..vupiiui a v?gtl (IgU. 1 I1C hospit&l stay was attributed to "congestion" and aides said he would 1 be getting routine tests.