Indictments in Dillon case not tied to voting inquiry
A federal grand jury issued 18 indictments this week as witnesses testified in Dillon County voting irregularities probes. Indictments include Margie L. Phillips of Union for embezzling 6842 dollars from Arthur State Bank between 1978 and 1979, with potential penalties of five years and a 5000 dollar fine. Carol Yvonne DeSaussure of Charleston faces embezzlement charges of 2000 dollars from First National Bank of South Carolina. Mary Lorene Butler Pressly of Summerville is charged with embezzling 1035 dollars from Citizens and Southern Bank in Moncks Corner. Sessions continue today and Thursday.
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Margie L. Phillips
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Carol Yvonne DeSaussure
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Mary Lorene Butler Pressly
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Citizens and Southern Bank
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Mungo Aims for State Office in South Carolina
Columbia developer Michael J. Mungo, 52, says he may run for lieutenant governor or governor or lead USC trustees. He notes a 20 year real estate rise, sold the Whitehall complex for 2.5 million, and recalls a 1974 USC board bid while vowing he is his own man.
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Michael J. Mungo
University of South Carolina Trustees
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USC Board
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William N. Bowen
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Tobacco Prices Finish Higher Across NC Belts
A Tuesday rally lifted average flue cured tobacco prices in North Carolina. The Old and Middle Belts posted the largest gains with 1,576,531 pounds selling at $124.68 per hundred, up $4.77 from Monday as warehouses moved more tobacco to the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corp. The South Carolina Border North Carolina Belt followed with the next strongest rise.
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North Carolina
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