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DAVID BELL (D) District 10 (East central--Augusta...
BORN: Dec. 13, 1949, Augusta EDUCATION: The Citadel, A.B., 1971; U of Georgia, J.D., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Susie; four children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: Army, 1972-74 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 31256, Augusta 30903. Tel.: 706-722-022 The youngest deacon ever at his church, Bell is a firm believer in the role of religion in American life and, as a self-described "independent voice of conservatism," won't relinquish the issue of family values to his Republican opponents. But he promises to put the needs of the redrawn district above partisan politics. Though Bell says...
Carter spooked the timber interests as never before. If passed, the ban would be the most severe restriction on timber harvests in the country. "It would devastate the forest-products industry," says Vic Berardelli, its spokesman in Augusta. The industry responded with a $1.8 million war chest to try to defeat the referendum--a huge effort in Maine...
MCDOUGAL FOUND HIS NEW FUNDING IN JANUARY 1982 by buying a controlling interest in the Woodruff County Savings & Loan Association in Augusta, Arkansas. Since new laws allowed S&Ls extraordinary latitude in making loans with their federally insured deposits, McDougal began buying more land and building developments. He also renamed the S&L, once again turning to a favorite President for inspiration: Woodruff became Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. He opened a flagship office in Little Rock and began seeing the Clintons socially again (Bill had won back the Governor's job in 1982). Thus McDougal happily agreed to hold...
DIED. BUTTERFLY MCQUEEN, 84, actress; of burns received while lighting a kerosene heater; in Augusta, Georgia. In 1937 the New York Times theater critic noticed "the extraordinary artistry of a high-stepping, little dusky creature who describes herself as Butterfly McQueen." Two years later, the world saw McQueen as Prissy, the comically incompetent slave in the film classic Gone With the Wind. Her panicked "Lawdy, Miz Scarlett. I don't know nothing about birthing babies!" became one of the most quoted lines in movie history--and in later years, a focus of criticism for fitting an "Uncle Thomasina" stereotype. Ironically...