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Whales Behind Resignations?
By TOM MCINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
Two weeka ago a Pilot Creek
Waate plant operator realgned.
Laat Thuraday the chief of
police and hla aecretary
realgned.
Roy Pearacm, city recreation
director, reportedly haa ten
dered hia realgnatlon.
What la behind theae walkouta
of city employea?
The lack of money and In the
caae of Police Chief Earl Lloyd,
lack of money and commlaaloner
interference In police depart
ment operatlona.
About two weeka ago Chief
Lloyd had a departmental
meeting In which he informed all
of hla offloera that he fully In
tended to look for another job If
the board cf commlaalonera did
not correct "aome errora" In the
1877-78 police budget.
Laat Thuraday Lloyd handed
In hla realgnatlon to the mayor
and commlaalonera, effective
Auguat 10, to take the job of
director of Region C Criminal
Juatlce Agency.
The chlef’a aecretaiy, Mra.
Sandra Smith, alao realgned
effective Auguat 10 to take a
aecretarlal job with a local
turcklng firm.
In Pearaon’a caae, hla
realgnatlon la hanging In limbo
until auch time aa hla requeata
for funding for recreational
programa are either met or
denied.
In Mra. Smlth’a caae, ahe
realgned to take the more
lucrative offer In private In-
duatry.
Chief Lloyd aald hla own pay
ralae requeat and that of ano^r
officer, Jamea Camp, were
Ignored by the commlaalonera
when drawing the 1877-78 budget.
The chlef’a aalary la aet at
$18,180 for the coming yeair. The
Region C job he goea to Auguat 10
beglna at $18,000.
"In the new budget the com
mlaalonera completely over
looked or Ignored a ralae for
officer Camp, who haa been with
the city for over a year," Chief
Lloyd aald. "At the aame time
enother officer, who haa aerved
leaa time on duty than Camp,
waa given a ralae."
An unconfirmed report now
exlata that Officer Camp haa
conferred wltti an attorney and
the Office of Economic Op
portunity about InatltuUng a
lawauit agalnat the city In thla
matter.
Another complaint Chief Lloyd
haa reglatered alnce announcing
hla realgnatlon la the com
mlaalonera taking away one of
the two weeka of vacatl<»i time
already granted officers under
fringe benefits. The chief said
under OEO laws this la an Illegal
act.
‘ T have taken this complaint to
the mayor and commissioners
Euid told them almost two weeks
ago now that either these errors
be righted or I would look for
employment somewhere else,"
Lloyd said. "At that time the
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THE TUESDAY EDtHOH
KiriG9 MOUMTMM
AUGUST 2,1877
VOL. 88 NO. 61
MIRROR-HGRMD
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Photo By Gary Stewart
TIEINO YELLOW RIBBON - Rainey Halgler, left, and Scott
Oampbell trim a dogwood tree with yellow ribbon to welcome
home Brian Blckley frt>m the hospital.
Welcome Home,
Bricm Bickley!
Neighbors of Brian and
Pauline Blckley tied a yellow
ribbon around a dogwood tree
Wednesday night and welcomed
them home.
For Mr. Blckley, whose ailing
heart had been brought back
miraculously almost to normal
with a drug mexlletlne In Scot
land, It was a real reunion with
hla family, first time the family
had been together since he
suffered a severe heart attack
Nov. 2, 1876.
"It sure Is good to havs Blck
back home,” said hla wife,
Pauline, when the family arrived
at 10:80 p. m.
Ihe Blekleys visited In Not
tingham, England with relatives
after Blcklsy's discharge from
the Royal Infirmary In Edin
burgh, Scotland.
"We would have probably re
mained In England 1.7r a longer
period and Blck could Iiave
ranted up before the lone long
trip home," said Pauline, “but
with the Jubilee Year imderway
there were no hotel rooms
available tor more than one
night at a time."
Mr. Blckley pretera to relax
and rest up In hla own home and
Is doing just that. He aald he was
glad he "brought the rain home
with him” and could hardly wait
to get out again and back to hla
jOb as technical director at
Duplex Shaimon, where he has
been employed the past ll yearn.
The Blekleys aald they were
most grateful to their Kings
Mountain friends who had
opened their hearts to them
during Mr. Blckley’s Ulneas,
friends whom they had never
met who responded with help on
medical bills and prayers.
The drug, mexlletlne, which la
not yet available in America, has
been used on heart patlants
succeasfully for two years In
Edinburgh.
The Blckley family fneludea
three aons, Lee, age 16, Guy, age
i:;, and Brian Charles, age eight.
Three
Anvil
Officials
Charged
Three plant officials of Anvil
Knit Company were charged
with embezalement and larceny
of new and used equipment and a
tourth supervisor waa to be in
dicted Monday afternoon, Det.
Sgt. Richard Reynolds said
yesterday at presstime.
Warrants were served on Ken
McClelland, general manager,
and Jerry Hudson, assistant
general manager of Anvil Knit,
in their attorney’s office In
CSiarlotte Friday and warrant
was aerved at 1 p. m. Monday on
Glenn Newton, flrat shift
siq>ervlsor, on charges of lar
ceny of new and used machine
parts by Kings Mountain Police
Depeutment.
Sgt. Reynolds said a fifth Anvil
Knit employe la to be charged In
connection with the reportedly
"selling of yam as seconds, but
actually first class stuff, at
reduced prices and also selling
used machinery, while Including
Into the lot brand new knitting
heads." According to Sgt.
Reynolds, "the knitting heads
are then sent back to Anvil Knit
and the company pays for them a
second time with the money
going Into the accused pockets,
the warrant also alleging that
the defendants saw that the
yams, cones, and machine parts
were loaded and shipped out
secretly, said Reynolds.
Reynolds and Jim Woodard,
SHI, have been Investigating
tollowlng an Initial Investigation
by The Pinkerton Detective
Agency on behalf at the parent
company.
Senior
Portraits
To Be Made
Attention: Kings Mountain
High Seniors.
On August 18 and 18 senior
portraits will bo mads beginning
at 8 a. m. In B. N. Barnes
Auditorium.
Seniors, about 286-240 this
year, will be notified by mall of
the portrait session dates.
School officials will provide
fiirther information should there
by any changes In time or dates.
TRACTOR-TRAILER SPILLS CONTENTS -
Woikmen spent 10 houra Friday nl^t righting a
tractor-trailer which overturned und spilled out
about 40,000 pounds of medical supplies 1.6 miles
Photo By Gary Stewart
south of 161 near the city. In one of the worst
tragedies In this area Sunday, four people died In
the grinding crash of a car and Continental
Trallways bus carrying 16 people.
Several Others In jured
Four Die In Crash
The grinding, head-on crash
Sunday at 2 p. m. of a 1868
Mercury and a Continental
’Trallways bus .1 miles east of the
city limits claimed the lives of
four Charlotteans, seriously
injured two others, all
passengers in the car, all Blacks
and hospitalised three of 16
passengers In the bus. Including
the driver.
It was the worst highway
tragedy In this area In a number
of years.
Nathaniel Williams, 60, who
died late Sunday night as result
of the Injuries In Charlotte
Memorial Hospital became
Gaston County’s 28th fatality of
1877. WlUlams was a passenger
In the car operated by James
Elmers Houston, 4817 McKln-
nev Dr.. Charlotte.
Dead on arrival at Kings
Mountain Hospital were
Houston, age 40; and Constance
O’Leary, age five, of 2812 Wln-
throp St, Charlotte, Maggie
O’Leary Williams, of Wlnthrop
St,Charlotte,age68, <lledat8:28
p. m. at KM hospital. Bodies of
Mrs. Williams and Constance
O’Leary were Identified by
re(.atlvss Monday morning.
Ttavls O’Leary, age four, and
Iris Ernestine Houston, 80, were
transferred to Charlotte
Memorial Hospital where they
were listed In poor condition.
The driver of the bus, Wayne
Morgan Ballard, of Charlotte,
along with two women
passengers, were admitted at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
Kings Mountain Hospital
treated 21 persons for Injuries.
A spokesman tor the hospital
said the driver and passengers In
the bus escaped serious Injury.
According to Investigating
Gaston County ’Trooper Joseph
M. Harris, the accident occurred
.1 east of the city limits near
Canterbury Road, Rural Paved
Road 1118. The Houston car, a
1868 Mercury, was traveling
West on U. S. 74 and entered the
curve, jumped the median,
crossed Into the eastbound lane
of 74 striking the bus, enroute to
Gastonia, head on.
In other law enforcement
activities In the area. Highway
Patrol Trooper J. L. Evans said
that workers spent about 10
hours Friday night righting a
tractor-trailer which overturned
about 6 p. m. Friday on 1-86
about 1.6 miles south of Highway
161 near the city.
Evans reported that the
vehicle, operated by John
Parrish, 28, of Apoka, Fla.,
received a flat tire, hit a guard
rail and overturned In the
median.
Parrish was not reported hurt.
Patricia Parrish, 28, waa treated
at Kings Mountain Hospital and
released.
The vehicle, according to tho
police reports, was owned by
Paul Falrcloth of Apopka, Fla.
and was carrying about 40,000
pounds of medical supplies.
^ans estimated the tractor-
trailer a total loss.
Business Development Meeting b Tonight
Larry Billings, director of
business development for the
City at Kings Mountain, will host
a dinner • meeting tonight at
Kings Mountain Inn.
At the 7 p. m. meeting local
downtown businessmen and
landowners are expected to
attend.
BUUngs said he will acquaint
the gathering with what his job
as business development
director entails. He said hs also
plans to present some plans tor
Improvements for the downtown
area and will urge those at
tending to express their own
Ideas on the subject.