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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1981
Page
1
At Saturday night’s Miss Aiken County Pageant Carla Wingard was misidentified as Lionel Smith on stage. Lionel Smith, sponsor of Wingard, also sponsors Nancy Ferrara who won the pageant.
In DeKalb County the medical examiner started an autopsy on 15-year-old Joseph Bell whose decomposed body was found in the South River. Police treat the death as homicide as investigators link Bell to a string of 24 young black slayings in the Atlanta area.
The Aiken County Delegation supports an 11 mill referendum to raise funds for the school district, with Rep Irene Rudnick and others split on a higher millage. Sen Tom Moore notes ongoing talks and potential amendments, while Dr Durward Pridgen seeks a formal reply and possible compromise.
Three men were charged with armed robbery after a weekend jail escape from Aiken County Jail. Don Winningham 31 and Eddie Mizell 36 trustees aided by former inmate Richard Key allegedly robbed John Pike of $50 at knife point then fled via vent to a nightclub. Pike called police. Winningham and Mizell arrested Saturday morning, Key later detained. The trustees face return to the State Correction Institute in Columbia.
About 23 000 Los Angeles students faced the abrupt end of forced desegregation busing as the school board halted the program after an 18 year legal fight. Some 7 300 students will return to neighborhood schools immediately while 15 700 will complete the current year in voluntary bus programs. The Supreme Court decision on NAACP appeals is not expected until midweek.
State senate leaders say no immediate action is expected against Sen. Eugene Carmichael D Dillon after a guilty verdict on vote buying. Carmichael and co defendant Joe Grady Flowers were found guilty of 14 counts of vote fraud by a U S District Court jury in Columbia.
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