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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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?? 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.
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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
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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
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? 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
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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
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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,
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mountain of elevation which rise at
least 500 feet from the adjacent valley
floor.
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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
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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
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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
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hospit&l stay was attributed to
"congestion" and aides said he would 1
be getting routine tests.