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A INDEX Three Sections, 18 Pa^es Plus Supplement Classified 6-A Deaths 3-A Hospital News 5-A Editorials 2-B Society 2-A, 3-A Sports 7-A {£{)( Clinton Chronicle Vol. 71 — No. 30 Clinton, S. C„ July 23, 1970 Nursing Home To Be Unveiled Bailey Nursing Home will be unveiled to the public Sunday at an open house between 2:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The 40-bed facility is designed to provide care for long-term patients who are not acutely ill but who are in need of skilled nursing care. The new nursing home, which was construct ed and equipped at a cost of approximately $700,- 000, is featured in a special supplement in today’s Chronicle. Sloan Named Chief Academic Officer James P. Sloan, instructor in political science at the Spartan burg Regional Campus of the University of South Carolina, has been appointed Assistant Director for Academic Affairs on that campus, according to an announcement by Dr.N.A.Stlr- zaker, Director. In this capacity he will serve as chief academic officer for the campus. His res ponsibilities will include faculty relations, recruitment and sel ection of staff, and developing teaching schedules. The Spartanburg Regional Campus offers the first two students finishing two years may continue in anyone of eight undergraduate schools or col leges at the main campus of the University in Columbia or any other accredited college or uni versity. The campus also offers the associate degree in techni cal nursing. Engineering, pre pharmacy, pre-medicine, li beral arts, teacher education, and business administration are a part of the curriculum. More than !j00 students are expected to attend USC-Spartanburg this fall. Sloan, a native and resident of Clinton, holds a B. A. de gree from Erskine College and an M. A. from Tulane Uni versity. He is pursuing courses on the doctoral level at USC- Columbia. Before joining the faculty at USC- Spartanburg three years ago, Sloan was for three years assistant professor of political science at the College of Char leston. In additional to teach ing he spent some years in in dustry in industrial and public relations positions. In 1960-61 he was president of the Ameri can Association of Industrial Editors. Active in political affairs, Sloan is a former member of t)>e S. C. Legislature and a for mer chairman of the Laurens County Democratic Party. He was a delegate to the 1956 De mocratic National Convention. For six years he was a member of the Clinton City Council and the Board of the Clinton- Newberry Gas Authority. He is currently serving on (CONTD., PAGE 5-A) What's this? A rocket launch — from Joanna? Or maybe they're drilling: for oil. Actually, the picture above shows workers preparing: to hoist the steeple atop the Joanna First Baptist Ohureh which is now under construction. For a view of the complete steeple hoist project, see page 4-A in today’s Chronicle. Joe Holland Resigns As CC President Joe S. Holland has resigned as president of the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Holland submitted his re signation in a letter presented to the Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors at their monthly meeting Tuesday morning. He pointed out that he suffer ed a massive coronary throm bosis on June 14 and that he is aadsr doctor’s order to cease all strenuous activities for six months. He also said that his doctors have told him that if he follows the prescribed treat ment and advice, he will still be able to serve on the Laurens County Council, if elected in November. Mr. Holland, owner of the Piggly Giggly Supermarket in Clinton, led the ticket in the June Democratic primary in which five men were nominated for the first County Council in Laurens County. The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce ac cepted Mr. Holland’s resig nation with regret. A nominating committee was appointed to nominate a suc cessor to Mr. Holland. All members of the committee are former presidents of the Cham ber of Commerce. George Cor- nelson will serve as chairman of the committee and other members will be Don Creighton, Jim Voo Hollen, Hugh Jacobs and Francis Blalock. Mr. Holland will remain a member of the board of direc tors. Ralph Patterson, first vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided at Tuesday morning’s meeting. ♦ * * City Power To Be Off Next Sunday Electrical power will be off for brief intervals Sunday, July 26, in the Clinton area as Duke Power Co. makes some line changes. Power will be off in the Clin ton area Sunday at 7 a.m. for about five minutes and then again at about 5 p.m., also for about five minutes or more. The town electricity will be operat ed on a portable unit through out the day. CLINTON-LYDIA The electrical power will be off in all Clinton Mills plants and in the Lydia and Clinton Mills community areas Sunday from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. for Duke Power Co. workers to complete construction of the company's bypass around their main substation. ■. * * * W. G. KING W. G. King Dies At 72 W. G. King, Sr., 72, died late Sunday night at the Bailey Memorial Hospital. He was a life long resident of Laurens County, a son of the late B.L. and Moorer Adams King. Mr. King was president of King Construction Company for the past 24 years. A member of General Contractors ofAm- erica, he was one of seven ori- ginial real estate brokers in S. C. He was president of Town and CountryCenter, Inc.presi dent of PA K Enterprises, helped to establish the Clinton Kiwanis Club and American Legion Clubs in Clinton. Mr. King was a merchant in Clinton since 1919, when he was a partner in the King-Little Grocery. Later he was associated with his father in the Mercantile establish ment, B. L. King & Son. He was a member of the First Presby terian Church and was a World War I veteran, serving in Fr ance and Germany with the 30th Division. Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Posie Adair King, two sons; Wi lliam G. King, Jr., Clinton; Eu gene C. King, Tampa, Florida; one daughter, Mrs. Alex (Rob bie) Cruickshanks m, Gaines ville, Florida; one sister, Mrs. H. R. (Mary) Phillips, Sr., Sp artanburg, six grandchildren, one great grandchild. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the home, by Rev. Alfred L. Bixler and Dr. Redd Turner. Burial was in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Larry Reddick, Hubert Adair, Fred McCurdy, Jr., Harry Phi llips Jr., Dr. Ferinand Kay, Tom McCurdy, R. W. Johnson Jr., Jimmy Moore Sr. Honorary Pallbearers were: Frank Bonds, Jim Creswell, John Wesley Adams, RobertGo- odman, Toy Douglas, Lt CoL Henry T. Cronic, Dr. D. O. Rhame, Dr. E. N. Sullivan, Dr. Robert Grube, L. O. Hiers, Eugene Bethea, Mac Adair, Thomas Babb, Cecil White, Slo an Todd, Heath Copeland, Har ry McSween, Robert Hamer, James Von Hollen, Robert Van ce, Murphy Timmerman. Rat Poison To Be Spread Rat poison will be put out in the Shands Street and McMill an Street area Thursday, ac cording to Clinton Streets Supt Eddie McGee. He requests that parents in the area warn their children of the dangers of the poison. -t Over $100,000 Damage $1,000 Reward Offered For Firebomb Information Seven Businesses Are Hit In Area A $1,000 reward is being of fered for information leading to the apprehension, arrest and conviction of the person or per sons who were responsible for the firebombing of seven area businesses last week. Two rural stores were de stroyed by fires and five other businesses were damaged in a two-and-a-half hour period late Thursday night and early Friday morning. Clinton Police Chief B. B. Ballard reported late Tuesday, “We’re making some progress* in the investigation of the fire- bombings. The reward money has come from several sources, includ ing the Clinton Chamber of Commerce which Tuesday es tablished a reward fund. The Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors voted Tuesday -.Y limits also were burned, but they suffered less damage. Ben’s Grocery and Pawnshop at Bell and West Main Streets was damaged. According to owner Ben A. Bridgeman, dam age to the structure and to mer chandise in the store was be tween $2,000 and 3,000. Of the four bombs thrown at the build ing, only one exploded. The oth er three were found outside the structure. Pace Grocery on N. Broad St. was also bombed. The own er, J. H. Pace, lives across the street from the store, and his wife reportedly heard a noise when the window was broken by the bomb. Mrs. Pace saw the blaze and gave the alarm. She said that she heard an automo bile door slam and a car drive off, but she did not see a car. Another rural business corn- morning to start the reward fund with a donation of $100 and a goal of $1,000. Several hun dred dollars already had been offered to the Police Depart ment and by Tuesday afternoon, the $1,000 reward goal was as sured. Anyone who has information which might lead to the con viction of the person or per sons involved should contact the Clinton Police Dept. Clinton Police, Laurens County Sheriff R. Eugene John son and State Law Enforcement Division officers all have been working on the investigation. The arson began at 11:35p.m. when a firebomb was hurled through the window of Pace’s Grocery. The bomb exploded, but the blaze burned only a slight amount of merchandise. The arsonists then began a 13- mile trip around the city, fire bombing several rural busi nesses. At some of the stores there was only minor damage while at least one, Roy Wilson’s Country Market located about six miles west of Clinton was completely destroyed. Wilson estimated that damages totaled $100,000. He had just complet ed renovation of the market, in cluding the addition of a res taurant at a cost of some $20,- 000. Two stores inside the city pletely gutted by the blaze was a combination grocery store and service station owned by County Deputy C. D. Benjamin about three miles north of Clinton. Two businesses about a mile and a half west of Clinton were (CONTD., PAGE 5-A) FIREBOMBS—Shown above are two firebombs which were thrown into some local buildings during the firebombing last week. The two shown above did not explode. The glass bottles were filled with gasoline or kerosene with a cloth jam med in the neck as a wick. STORE-STATION BURNED — The of seven area businesses hit last week rubble of a combination grocery store by firebombs. The store was located and service station owned by C. D. three miles north of Clinton. Benjamin is shown above. It was one MARKET-RESTAURANT DESTROYED — WU- last week. The market and restaurant repreaent- son’s Country Market, about six miles west of ed a loss of an estimated flOO.OOO. Clinton, was destroyed by fire in the firebombing Land Use Hearing Set Monday A public hearing will be held Monday morning on the proposed future land use plans and pre liminary thoroughfare plan for Clinton. The hearing, to be held by the Greater Clinton Planning Commission, will start at 10 a.m. and will be held in Beflc Auditorium at Presbyterian College. The land use plan is the basis tor long-range planning for Clinton’s future. It designates the type of development certain areas should follow and projects the town's growth—both geographi cally and in population—through 1990- The land use plan will not affect any existing land use. The thoroughfare plan outlines what type of traffic system the town is expected to seed over, the next 20 years. Both plans are phases of planning study which currently ed in Clinton by Wilbur Smith Columbia. The study is contract of the South . Board through Clinton City Copies of the ton City Clerk’s of Commence office. i and at the .V >- .V. JU. .N. >*