Atkins Receives Death Penalty for Triple Murder
In Charleston County, a jury rejected life sentences for Joseph Ernest Atkins and sentenced him to death by electric chair for the October 27 killings of his neighbor’s 13 year old daughter and his own father. He also faced burglary, assault and weapons counts related to the crime spree.
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Charleston
Joseph Ernest Atkins
Atkins
North Charleston
Benjamin Frank Atkins
Karen Patterson
Miss Patterson
Fatha Patterson
Mr. Atkins
Ms. Pat
Tim Holley
Joseph F. Kent
David M. Adams
Kent
Charles M. Condon
Condon
Condemned Murderer Says He Respects Jury
Lee Grant Bellamy, 22, sentenced to die for a murder-for-hire killing, told reporters he respects the jury verdict after Vereen was shot five times in the head in the Red Bluff area near Longs. co-defendant Van Ceil Lewis faces potential life imprisonment if the appeal blocks a death sentence for Bellamy.
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John H. Waller Jr
Lewis
Martin
Waller
Vereen
Red Bluff
Longs
Bellamy
Father Arrested For Shooting Son In Richland County
In Columbia AP report, Leroy Jones III, 32, father of a 13 year old shot in the head June 21, faces conspiracy and accessory charges with a $1 million bond. Arrests include Frost 30 for assault with intent to kill and Rog ers 34 and Driv er 31 as accessories after the fact with $100,000 bonds each. the family endured ten weeks of vandalism and arson targeting cars, a rental home, and a restaurant.
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Columbia
Richland County
Leroy Jones III
Tom Johnson
Richland Memorial Hospital
Johnson
Frank Powell
Jones
Prisoner Stabbed at Perry Correctional Institute
Spartanburg man Wilbur Ruben Jolley, 42, serving 21 years on drug charges, was stabbed in the left shoulder at about 9:30 a.m. Friday at Perry Correctional Institution. He was in stable condition and transferred to Byrnes Clinical Center in Columbia. Two Perry inmates were placed in cells. no charges and no motive yet.
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Spartanburg
Perry Correctional Institution
Authoriies
Wilbur Ruben
Joe” Jolley
Hal Leslie
State Department of Corrections
Jolley
Byrnes Clinical Center
Columbia
Perry
Leslie
Programs Fight School Dropouts in South Carolina
In South Carolina a quarter of ninth graders are projected to drop out, with many students poor, absent, or behind. Schools add remedial programs, counselors, and discipline changes while incentives like free amusement park tickets encourage attendance. National groups push early education, parental skills, and dropout grants to districts including Richland One and Charleston. Betty Cunningham urges action as standards tighten.
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Columbia
South Carolina
National Governor's Association
Hilton Head Island
Dick Riley
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Education Association
Richland
Charleston
Spartanburg
Greenville
Betty Cunningham
NEA
Water Conservation Mandatory In Chapin
Chapin officials order mandatory water conservation as drought tightens its grip on the lakeside town. Mayor Stan Shealy warns penalties for noncompliance while police halt car washes and a local concrete company is barred from city water. Officials link a new well to expanded supply and aim to drill another within days to replenish Chapin's 150,000 gallon tank.
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Chapin
Columbia
Lake Murray
South Carolina
North Carolina
Pittsboro
N.C
Chapel Hill
Shealy
Chapin Concrete Co
Reducing Pupil Teacher Ratios Costly in South Carolina
A survey by the state School Boards Association estimates education act demands will push costs to about 10 million. Districts must hire 227 new teachers at 5.5 million and add 3.7 million in classroom space. Some districts may raise taxes to cover the burden.
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Greenville
State School Boards Association
State Department of Education
School Boards Association
John Cone
The
Cone
Dick Riley
Department of Education
David Christiansen
Slander Award For Hoechst Supervisor At Spartanburg Plant
A jury awarded James A. Eigel 250000 in a slander suit against Hoechst Fibers Industries and two supervisors. The charge stemmed from a December 14 1984 in plant statement alleging a cover up of an acid burn incident. Eigel, nine years at Hoechst, said the remark damaged his character.
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Anburg
S.C
Macon, Ga
Hoechst Fibers Industries
James A. Eigel
Lyman
Spartanburg Hoechst
Eigel
Hoechst
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Willie Edward “Tic
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Kalmia Mall
Laserphoto
Mandy Peters
Hayne
Stan Shealy
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Aiken Carpet
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