Williston Mayor Knotts Heads Local Business and civic group roles
William E. Knotts, mayor of Williston, leads multiple companies including Williston Telephone and Home Cable. He serves as director of the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Independent Telephone Association, and belongs to Jamil Shrine, Elks, and a Baptist church. native of Swansea with USC education and five children. Robert M. Bell, Graniteville attorney, USC Law graduate practicing since 1970, chairs church administrative board, and holds memberships in Masons, Exchange Club, Euphradian Society, and service council. member of Aiken County and National Bar Associations.
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Williston Telephone Co
Home Cable Television Co
Bill Knotts Realty Co
Knotts
S.C. Chamber of Commerce
The
Independent Telephone Association
Jamil Shrine Temple
the Elks
Swansea
University of South Carolina
1St Baptist Church
Williston
Robert M. Bell
Graniteville
University of South Carolina School of Law
St. John
Bell Is
Aiken County
South Carolina
And
National Bar Associations
Biographical profile of Francis W. Caughman
Francis W. Billy Caughman 46 lifelong Lexington County resident is a livestock farmer. He presides over Caughman’s Meat Plant Inc and Lexington Frozen Foods and owns Bilmar Farms in Salley. He sits on boards for Lexington State Bank and the county planning commission and belongs to livestock associations and the chamber of commerce. He is a father of three and a member of St Stephens Lutheran Church.
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Francis W. ‘Billy’ Caughman
Lexington County
Caughman's Meat Plant, Inc
Lexington —_—‘ Frozen Foods
Bilmar Farms
Salley
Caughman
Lexington State Bank
Lexington County Planning Commission
Lexington Chamber of Commerce
St Stephens —_ Lutheran Church
Turnipseed S.C. attorney and civic activist profile
Tom Turnipseed is a Lexington attorney who ran unsuccessfully for South Carolina Attorney General in 1974. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and serves as executive director of the S.C. Taxpayers' Association. He sits on the Boys Club of Columbia board, belongs to the American Legion, is a 32nd degree Mason, and part of state andRichland County bar associations. Turnipseed and his wife Judy have two children and attend 1st Church of the Nazarene in Columbia.
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Tom Turnipseed
Lexington
South Carolina
University of North Carolina School of Law
Turnipseed
S.C. Taxpayers’ Association
Boys Club of Columbia
The
American Legion
Bar Associations of
Richland County
Judy
1St Church of the Nazarene
Columbia
University of South Carolina School of Law
Harte
American Bar Association
State Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
Democratic solicitor Harte noted with varied judicial roles
Sylvia Westerdahl, 38, served as Assistant Public Defender from 1970 to 1976. A Kentucky native and UT Law graduate, she has worked for TVA and Savannah River Girl Scout Council, and practiced in Aiken since 1966. She chairs Helping Hands, Inc and is active in local groups with her husband, a patent attorney for ERDA. they have a daughter.
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Sylvia W. Westerdahl
Kentucky
Westerdahl
University of Tennessee College of Law
Tennessee Valley Authority
Savannah River Girl Scout Council
Aiken
Alston Wilkes Society
Aiken Community Playhouse
Aiken Community Action Commission, Inc
Planned Parenthood
Helping Hands
Witnesses Tie Accused to Mass Murder Victims in S. Carolina
In Florence, witnesses link Walter S Gaskins and Walter Neeley to the Oct 10 killings of Knight Bellamy and six others. Testimony places the men at a tackle shop then at Gaskins mobile home near Prospect, with Bellamy and Neeley brothers-in-law and a .32 caliber pistol cited.
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Florence
Dennis Bellamy
John Henry Knight
North Charleston
Walter S Neeley
Donald H. Gaskins
Gaskins
Prospect
Neeleys
Bellamy
Knight
Neeley
Britt Davis
North
Charleston
Shirley Ann Evans
Paul Cantrell
O'Neal Bellamy
Bellamy- Knight
Ethel D. Knight
William Guy Tindall
Evans
Diane Bellamy Neeley
Gasque Trial Gag Order Issued in Federal Case
A federal judge issued a gag order in the Gasque case prohibiting lawyers parties witnesses jurors and court personnel from sharing prejudicial information not on the record. Sen J Ralph Gasque facing conspiracy and abuse of federal Manpower funds charges with Marion officials Enzor and Dozier.
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Columbia
J. Ralph Gasque
Marion
J. Robert Martin Jr
Presbyterians Elect First Woman Moderator at Davidson
Jane Armfield, elder of Greensboro First Presbyterian, was elected moderator of the North Carolina Presbyterian Synod meeting opening at Davidson College. Gov. Holshouser and Federal Judge McMillan joined panelists on religion in public life and school desegregation.
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Davidson, N.C
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
Jane Armfield
First Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
Davidson College
James McMillan
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
Jim Holshouser
Adjutant General Alleges Pressure in Armory Bid
South Carolina Adjutant General Robert L. McCrady says Rep John Jenrette and Williamsburg County lawmakers tried to pressure him into selecting a Florence firm for a Kingstree National Guard armory design but he refused. Jenrette calls the charge a lie. McCrady recommended Love Cobb and McElveen of Columbia for the contract after denying political pressure. Deputy Adjutant Gen James Henderson says pressure came from Rep Frank H McGill and others for the Florence firm as representatives deny it.
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Columbia
South Carolinas
John Jenrette
Ds.c
Williamsburg County
Florence
National Guard
Kingstree
MccCrady
State Budget and Control Board
Columbia Architectural Firm of Love
Cobb and
McElveen Jennette
McCrady
Clark and McCall
Jenrette
James Henderson
Frank H. McGill
Williamsburg
One Found Dead After N C Bank Robbery Shootout
In Edenton North Carolina a man was found shot dead after a bank robbery suspect exchange of fire with police left an officer wounded in the leg. FBI and SBI agents probe whether the death was self inflicted while two suspects fled on foot abandoning stolen money. One suspect was later detained and released.
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Edenton
N.C
J.D. Parrish
North Carolina
Parrish
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Bureau of Investigation
People's Bank and Trust Co
Billy Spruill
Chowan County Hospital
Insurance Hikes Approved by South Carolina Commission
The South Carolina Insurance Commission approved a 20 percent rate increase for Allstate Insurance Co and Insurance Services Office ISO. ISO’s hike includes a 42 percent rise in minimum bodily injury coverage with 10 percent bumps in comprehensive and collision. Allstate's 20 percent rise is its second in a year following a 14 percent hike last July.
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Columbia
Alltate Insurance Co
Insurance Services Office
ISO
South Carolina Insurance Commission
South Carolina
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Democrats
Senate
William E. Knotts
William E. Bill Knotts
Ri. Caughman
New Felienton
Town of
Jackson
Democratic Party
Mrs. Harte
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
John W
John W. Harte
Sylvia W
Mrs. Evans
O Neal Bellamy
Gasque
Presbyterians
State’s Adjutant General
Robert
L. McCrady
Ing
Oxfords
Usterine
ARKH
Mik
Rich Plaza
Whiskey Road
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