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Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan 31,1928 by Seth M. Vining
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher
The Bulletin is published
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 63 — No. 80
TRYON, N.C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23,1990
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The weather Monday: high 85,
low 62, hum. 72 percent. By
Tuesday at 7 a.m., .65 inches of
rain had fallen.
By the way it seemed, most of
that rain fell in just a few minutes
— in buckets.
N.C. legislators began Monday
to look for ways to increase
revenues and cut expenses.
Among the proposed new
revenues, a sales tax on
commercial services such as
auto mechanics and barbers.
An Israeli gunman’s killing of
seven Palestinian workers has
touched off violent protests which
could mark a new phase in the
Arab uprising against Israeli
occupation. „ , .
The Supreme Court refused to
hear Operation Rescue’s
challenge to a court order
banning blockades of abortion
clinics in New York.
South Carolina police rounded
up nearly 900 people and seized
more than $4 million worth of
Sues in 48 hours this past
Weekend. It was the largest
nonce operation in state history.
y people from Spartanburg
County and 100 from Greenville
County were arrested.
The N.C. Division of
Environmental Management
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Woman Shot
In Tryon
Lillian Ann Stafford of Mill
Spring was shot two or three
times in the head and neck
Tuesday morning in Tryon,
Tryon Police Chief Nathan
Shields said.
Stafford was listed in critical
condition at St. Luke’s Hospital
and was to be transferred to
Spartanburg Regional Hospital.
Stafford was approximately 35
years old. Shields said.
A suspect in the shooting was
being sought, but had not been
apprehended Tuesday at
presstime.
Shields said the shooting was a
domestic dispute. It occured at
the home of Elliott “Bo" Suber,
at 237 West Howard Street around
10 a.m. Tuesday.
Suber was at home, and was
told to lie down on the floor while
the suspect shot Stafford, Shields
said. Suber was with State
Bureau of Investigation officers
Tuesday morning describing the
incident.
Receives Spanish Award
Colleen Taylor Abril of
Columbus was awarded a
Phesarus (Spanish
Encyclopedia-dictionary) by the
Foreign Language Department
at Univ, of N.C. at Asheville on
April 26 for being the Outstanding
Spanish Student. The book was
purchased in Spain when some of
the students were on a trip during
spring break this year. —
Reporter
Engaged
Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Eugene
Passmore, Jr., of Ellenboro, N.C.
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Theresa Lynn
Passmore to Charles William
Gibbs, Jrs.
Theresa is a 1985 graduate
from East Rutherford High
school. Billy is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles William Gibbs, Sr.
of Sunny View. He is a 1984
graduate of Polk Central High
School.
The wedding is planned for
June 9th at 2 p.m. at Campfield
Baptist Church in Ellenboro, N.C.
Public invited.
Homecoming
Gowensville Baptist Church
will have Homecoming on Sun.,
June 3rd. Dr. Paul Talmadge will
be the speaker at the 11 a.m.
worship service. Dinner will
follow the service. Rev. Harold
Thompson is the pastor.
Skyuka Acreage
Rezoned Residential
A lush, residential area
winding around the base of White
Oak Mountain was given zoning
protection Monday by the Polk
County Board of Supervisors.
Residents of the area,
concerned about the future,
began a petition drive last
summer to have 840 acres zoned
for residences only, on a
minimum of one-acre lots.
Monday that effort finally bore
fruit. The only real opposition
had come from Claudy Pack,
owner of 52 acres in the now-
zoned area.
Pack had argued that his land
would not support residential
construction, and that its location
along I-26 and N.C. 74 made it
perfect for industry. It was not
long after he advertised his land
for sale to industry that the
petition drive began.
Rachel Ramsey was the only
commissioner to offer lengthy
comments on the zoning case.
“I sympathize with Claudy
Pack," said Ramsey. “However,
he has options. He can continue to
farm his land. He can build
houses, or he can sell to a
developer who will build houses.
He can’t have a factory.”
Ramsey said she couldn’t “in
good conscience" go along with
putting a factory in the middle of
a residential area.
“Some people have said I'd
never be elected again if I voted
for this. So be it. At least I will
have had the opportunity to
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