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Bell Charges Dismissed in Southern Bell Probe
Mecklenburg County DA to appeal dismissal of embezzlement and conspiracy charges against Southern Bell President L E Rast and three executives tied to a state probe of a political slush fund. Indictments rest on interviews used to indict, immunity argued. company faces separate counts and a former North Carolina head, John J. Ryan, remains under consideration for dropping.
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Charlotte, N.c.ap
Mecklenburg County
Peter Gilchrist
Southern Hell Telephone Co
Southern Bell
Gilchrist
Superior Court
Lacy Thornburg
L.E. Rast
Atlanta
Thornburg
Nathaniel Reeves Johnson
James William Travis
South Carolina
Robert Joe Clontz
Columbia
John J. Ryan
Southern Bett
North Carolina
Ryan
Lester Chalmers
State Attorney General's Office