The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 11, 1970, Image 1

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I INDEX Three Section*, 22 Pages Classified 6-A Deaths g-A Hospital News g£4 v Edtiorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A Clinton Chronicle VoL 71 — No. 24 Clinton. S. C.. June 11. 1970 HERE'S HOW THEY VOTED TUESDAY In Democratic Primary House of Rep. County Council PRECINCT W. C. Dobbins Eugene Stoddard David Taylor C. D. Beasley James Cline King Dixon Ike Griggs Joe Holland James Jacks Charles Johnson Paul O’Dell George Penland Sam Power J. D. Sullivan Bond Thomas Bailey JZ 2? JO 6 / /6 7 33 3¥ 2/ 3/ 2? 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Also nom inated T uesday were two incumbent County Commis sioners, a former state senator and two young political new comers to the five seats on the first County Council in Laurens County. Clinton supermarket owner Joe S. Holland, making his first political run, led the County Council ticket. The other four nominated included incumbent commissioners Paul S. O’dell, and George Penland; newcomer James Jacks of Clinton and former State Sen. King Dixon of Laurens. On the state level, Laurens County voters gave eventual winner Earle Morris of Pic kens a 3,588-1707 margin over Haywood Reiser in the campaigi for the nomination to lieutenant governor. Laurens County vo ters also were on the winning side as they backed Henry Mills, 2,825-2,444, over Wil liam Garrett for Comptroller General and supported Gen. Robert L. McCrady, 3,613- 1,626, over Francis Rawl. Stoddard swept 25 precincts and tied the lead in two others as he polled 3,744 votes. Tay lor led in 11 precincts and tied for the lead in two others, pol ling 3,448 votes. Dobbins car ried eight precincts and polled 2,878 votes. Surprisingly, there appa rently will not be a run-off in the County Council race where 12 candidates sought the nomi nation to five council seats. Hundreds Return Thornwell Reunion Scheduled Hundreds of Thornwell gra duates are to return to the campus this weekend for a five-year reunion. The last reunion which was held five years ago attracted about 700 former students and their families back to Thorn well. The Thornwell graduates come from across the nation for the big reunion. The first person to register for this year’s reunion is a resident of California. To be featured on the pro gram will be Dr. Ellison Simp son, the oldest graduate; Dr. Darby Fulton of Nashville, Tenn.; and Joseph Graham Mil ler, counselor at Law in New York City. The program will begin with registration on Friday. A meeting of alumni officers is scheduled for 9 a.m. Satur day with an alumni business meeting at 10 a.m. A barbecue is slated from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday at the recrea tional crater and the alumni banquet will be held at 7:30 p.m. A communion service will be held Sunday at 6:30 a.m., led by Dr. Simpeon. Dr. Fulton win speak at the n a.m. worship service. A farewell drop-in wlU be held from 2 until 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Write About To Hanoi Prisoners Clinton area residents are being asked to write the presi dent of North Vietnam in an effort to obtain better treat ment for the American Pri soners of War in North Viet nam. Mrs. Strom Thurmond is in charge of the South Carolina effort. In a letter explaining the cam paign, she said, ‘‘More than 1,450 military men are either prisoners of Hanoi or missing in action. Of these, 430 are known to be prisoners. Forty- one of the POWS and missing have next of kin in South Caro lina. Many wives and mothers of the Prisoners of War have not beard from their loved ones for over five years. These cour ageous women do not know if they are wives or widows. They have children who no longer remember their fathers. Most of the woman and other relatives of POWS have learned that their loved ones are being denied basic humanitarian rights. The North Vietnamese are inhumane in their treat ment of Prisoners of War and do not comply with the Geneva Convention, which requires them to: identify the prisoners; exercise humanitarian treat ment; release the sick and wounded; protect U.S. prisoners from public abuse; alow in spection by a neutral party; al low the flow of letters and pack ages; negotiate exchange ofprl- We know that Hanoi is sen sitive to world opinion. The prisoners cannot qpeak but your voice can be hettd. Write to: "President of North Vietnam, Ton Due Thang Office of the President Democratic Republic of Viet nam Hanoi, North Vietnam." Mrs. Thurmond suggests that the letters be brief, that you express your concern for the well-being of American prison ers and that you request that the North Vietnamese honor terms of the Geneva Convention. 1971 S.C. Tag Garnet And White South Carolina vehicle li cense plates for 1971, the first of which have already been made, feature a garnet, or deep maroon background with white reflectorized letters and nu merals, the South Carolina Highway Department has an nounced. Registration of vehicles for 1971 begins on the first day after Labor Day whichthisyear will be September 8. The ‘magic figure” forama- noon, June 23. jority was 2,542 votes in the un official ruturns. All five of the above named candidates polled more than the necessary majo rity. tiedfor the lead in three others. Penland, of Route 2, Laurens in the Belleview Church Com munity, garnered 2,940 votes. He led in eight precincts am tied for the lead in another. Dixon also polled a majority, getting 2,563 votes as he led in eight precincts and tied in two others. To figure the majority, add the total votes cast in the elec tion. That comes out unofficial ly to 25,418. Divide by five, the number of seats contested (5, 083) and divide that by two (2,541) and add one for the ma jority -- 2,542. Charles Johnson of Clinton narrowly missed forcing the campaign into a runoff. John son polled 2,209 votes. How ever, he said Wednesday morning that he will not ask for a recount. Most of the Democrats no minated Tuesday will face Re publican opposition in the No vember General Election. Stoddard and Taylor will be opposed by Republican Hance Finley and probably another GOP candidate. Hugh S. Jacobs of Clinton had been nominated for the House by the Republi cans but he withdrew as a can didate and the Republicans are expected to name another can didate. Clinton Primary Fees Set Books opened last Saturday for candidates to file for the Clinton Democratic Primary which will be held on July 14. Candidates may qualify for the primary from now through nnon June 23 Holland, president of the Clinton Chamber ofCommerce, polled 3,479 votes, carrying eight precincts and tying for the lead in another. O’Dell, a far mer who resides at Route 1, Laurens, near Maddens, placed second with 3,121 votes, leading in 10 precincts and tying in another. Jacks, who resides between Laurens and Clinton, came in third with 2,992 votes. Jacks led in three precincts and EUGENE STODDARD DAVID TAYLOR HOLLAND JACKS O’DELL The five County Council can didates nominated by the Demo crats will be opposed by Re publicans Robert Black, W.R. Garrett, Carrington Herbert, Dr. David Mixon and J.M. Wat son in the November election. County Supervisor, Furman Thomason and Treasurer Al len D. .Coleman, hafkao oppo sition for the Democratic no mination to their offices and they are unopposed in the No vember General Election. Mrs. Helen Rogers was un opposed for the Democratic no mination to County Auditor but she is opposed by Republican T.M. Anderson in the November election. County Receives Grant For Juvenile Detention Center The mayor’s post and all six seats on city council are up for election this year. The fees for the candidates in the Democra tic Primary will be: Mayor, $200 without oppositionand$150 with opposition; Alderman, $60 without opposition and $50 with opposition. The Executive Committee of the Clinton Democratic Club met last Friday night to set the qualification deadline and can didate fees. The tnunicipal general elec tion is scheduled for Aug. 11. crisis in a young person’s life and this facility will help re lieve pressures that effect of fender. Placement of a first-time youthful offender will be of short duration; however, ade quate facilities will be provided during his stay to provide care such as medical, dental, and psychological services in a re laxed atmosphere. Work will al so be done with youngster’s fa mily attempting to alleviate si tuations that directly effect his behavior. The cottage will provide the best in child care methods with the least possible threat to exis ting family situations. Agencies that were directly involved in are the Laurens Civil and Family Court and the Laurens County Department of Public Welfare. AMERICAN LEGION OFFICERS—Shown above are the officers installed recently at Copeland- Davidson American Legion Poet in Clinton. They are, left to right: Randolph Johnson, chaplain; Wyman Shealy, historian; Eld Berkl&nd, com mander; Henry Cronic, first vice-commander; Lewis Murphy, second vice-commander; Howard Watkins, service officer: W. S. Home, adjutant; Leo Rock, sexyeant-At-anna. Not available when the picture was made were Tom Baldwin, finance officer; and Joe McGee, athletic office?. State Department Commander Milford Forrester was in charge of the installation. Guest speaker was District Commander Ben Hughes of Greenville. —(Yarborough Photo) The Upper Savannah Develop ment District received notifica tion today from the Governor’s Committee on Crime and Juve nile Delinquency of ht approval of $31,802 funds to provide a detention facility for youthful offenders for Laurens County. This “court cottage” will also serve as a short term home for dependent and neglected child ren. The application was pre pared and submitted by the staff of the USDD. The appli cation was approved by the US DD Board of Directors and the usdd law Enforcement Com mittee. These funds from the Governor’s Committee will be matched by local funds for a total project cost of $56,176. These funds were part of dis cretionary funds provided to the State of South Carolina through the U.S. Department of Justice. The purpose of this court cottage is to prevent juvenile delinquency at the time of first Other Memoirs BY JOE H. SIMPSON As a young lad, there were a number, of ways that I thought proved a person of wealth. One was if a man had a key ring attached to his belt with a number of keys on it, he must be wealthy to use that many locks. Another was a man must be rich to own a nice rubber tired buggy and a pretty horse to ride his girl friend around. 'Still another was that a man had to be a big operator or man of wealth if he received a large qunatity of mail. Also to own a nice home was plenty of evi*.; dance of wealth. * Probably tde greatest show of wealth to am was to be at the passenger station when our finent train patwed for a short time and I could ate mm and women sitting in nice comfbrtthle aeata in the Pullman Cara, and above Oar and dining like kings. said, I must have enjoyed a certain mmoRjK wealth, for I while I never owned a few i iffci I not, but!