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Killing launches
statewide dragnet
Out-of-town “hitmen” being
sought in slaying of Walton Way
businessman. Police won’t say if
drugs were involved.
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
In efforts to discover who's
responsible for the murder
of an Augusta car detail
shop owner, authorities
have extended their search
beyond the local region.
Three men from the At
lanta area have been iden
tified by Richmond County
Sheriff’s Department au
thorities as suspects in the
August 8 murder of 25-year
old Darrell Xavier Rouse.
Mr. Rouse was owner of
the Professional Detail
Shop, 1005 Walton Way.
Police have not disclosed
motives for the murder. Mr.
Rouse was apparently shot
while in his shop and
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stumbled to the rear sec
tion of the business, reports
state.
He was shot twice in his
arms, chest and leg, Type of
weapon used is unknown
until crime lab results are
disclosed.
The shooting happened
around 4:49 p.m., authori
ties said.
One suspect, George
Sherman Hudson, 20, of
Union City, Ga.,has already
given himself up to local
authorities. Still on the loose
are Reginald Leon Walker,
25, of Decatur and Thad
Christopher McClammy,
28, of College Park.
Local authorities are in
contact with Atlanta area
law enforcement to assistin
the apprehension of the two
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
An unsolved armed rob
bery and shooting at Fort
Gordon has been dubbed
“unexpected” by the top
spokesman at the Augusta
based Army post.
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other suspects.
Although the slaying had
allofthe earmarks of a drug
related “hit,” authorities
refused to speculate on that
possibility.
“I can’t confirm nor refute
any rumors that may ex
8 shooting at the Burger
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Anthony’s Pizza kiosk, lo
cated in a high-traffic area
of the fort, Jim Hudgins,
director of public affairs at
Fort Gordon, said the shoot
ing was more surprising
than rare.
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collected to ensure
purity of mankind
in extreme cases of
disease or famine.
SPOKANE, Wash.
(AP) An Ohio millionaire’s tax
exempt foundation is financing
a local sperm bank dedicated to
preserving racial purity, a news
paper reports.
Floyd E. Kimbleis bankrolling
the whites-only sperm bank
through the Foundation for the
Continuity of Mankind, which
boasts assets of S4O million, The
Spokesman-Review reported in
a copyrighted story published
Sunday.
The sperm collection is a “re
pository for the future,” Doris
Kimble, wife of Floyd Kimble,
said Friday when the newspa
per contacted her in Ohio. She
said the samples were needed
“in case the purity of mankind is
wiped out by famine or disease.”
Dora Vaux, the 72-year-old
woman who manages the sperm
ist,” said Investigator
DeWayne Piper of the Rich
mond County Bheriff's De
partment. =
Mr. Rouse was previously
shoton his birthday in May
1995, according to a rela
tive who chose to remain
tion was unexpected — con
sidering it happened in the
centerof post,” Mr. Hudgins
said.
“We feel this is a safe en
vironment. As hard as you
try to (be secure), this is
still a city withina city. It’s
a reflection of our overall
society,” he added.
“They are engineers, attorneys, farm
ers, all sorts of people. Just about all
nationalities, but no blaék people,
because that wouldn’t be the best
thing to do, coliect black sperm and
mix it with white sperm.” — Dora
Vaux, sperm bank manager. ;
bank, said the foundation’s chief
concerns are “racial purity” and
the preservation of the white
race. However, she insisted the
foundation is not racist.
Sperm samples donated by 65
men are stored at an office on a
downtown street known for its
drugs, prostitution and drive-by
shootings.
Vaux said she wants to collect
“a lot more sperm from high
achieving white men” before she
gives any away.
Floyd Kimble, 68, of Dover,
Ohio,did notrespond torepeated
requests by the Spokesman-Re
view for an interview. Kimble
reportedly has substantial land
holdings in eastern Ohio, and
unidentified.
Although he lived in Au
gusta since he was about
age 10, Mr. Rouse grew up
in the Dublin, Ga. area.
Nicknamed “Shaq,” Mr.
Rouse is survived by two
infant children.
The Army’s Criminal In
vestigations Division an
nounced a SIO,OOO reward
leading to the arrest and
conviction of suspectsin the
shooting. The FBI is assist
ing the Army with investi
gations,
See POST, page 3
operates strip mines, landfills
and adairyranch. Healsoowns
500 oil ang‘natural gas wells.
The Kimbles were already
wealthy before they won nearly
$1 billion in 1988 in a Texas
breach of contract lawsuit
against Tenneco Inc. Six
monthslater, Floyd Kimblefiled
incorporation papers for the
Foundation for the Continuity
of Mankind with the Ohio sec
retary of state’s office.
The foundation’s brochure
says it’s worried about “hered
ityimpairments,” including ge
netically inherited diseases.
Vaux said that’s why the
See SPERM BANK, page 2
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Political strategist insists:
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was giant step
for area women
B Architect of Judge Bettieanne Hart’s
“Columbia County strategy” defends
her role in the recent campaign and
praises the candidate’s historic effort.
By Frederick Benjamin Sr.
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
AUGUSTA
Tracey Meehan, a Colum
bia County advertising ex
ecutive, was paid $6,500 to
act as a political strategist
and media specialist for the
Bettieanne Hart campaign
and, despite the candidate’s
huge loss in Columbia
County, asserts that the
money was well spent.
“We exceeded our expec
tationsin Columbia County.
Weran atough three-county
campaign and nearly pulled
it off!” Ms. Meehan said.
Judge Hart lost to attor
ney Neal Dickert by less
than 1200 votesinthe three
county contest. Judge Hart
won both Richmond and
Burke Counties, but was
walloped in Columbia
County.
Ms. Meehan was con
cerned about suggestions
that the Hart campaign
lacked experienced strate
gists. Some feel that the
narrow 1,195-vote defeat
could have been reversed if
more experienced campaign
strategists had been in
charge of Judge Hart’s ef
fort. Ms. Meehan clarified
her role in the campaign for
Augusta Focus.
“I was hired as a political
strategist to give her guid
ance over the complete cam
paign,” Ms. Meehan said.
In the past, Ms. Meehan
ran the successful superior
court campaign of Judge
Carlisle Overstreet. That,
Rebel flag tiff
largely avoided
at Olympics
B Georgia flag
was burned on eve
of Games, but
issue of symbolic
racism did not get
much play.
By Karen Hill
ASSOCIATED PRESS Writer
ATLANTA
Of all the images of the
Atlanta Olympics, from the
blazing speed of Michael
Johnson to the horror of the
park bombing, the Georgia
flag was notable by its ab
sence.
It wasn’t for lack of trying.
Opponents of the flag, who
say it’s offensive because it
includes a battle emblem of
the Confederacy, waited for
years to press the issue in
front of a worldwide audi
ence at the Summer Games.
A flag burning ceremony
onthe steps of the state Capi
tol the night of the Olympic
opening ceremony was a
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Meehan:
Her job
was to get
15 percent
of Colum
bia County
for Hart.
too, was a three-county ef
fort. The obvious difference,
however, was thatthere was
noblack candidateinvolved.
“My goal was to turn out
15 percent in Columbia
County for Judge Hart. We
got nearly 30 percent,” Ms.
Meehan said.
Gettingouttheblack vote
was not her responsibility,
she said.
“I know what works in
the white community,” Ms.
Meehan said.
Judge Hart’s 2,704-vote
tally in Columbia County
represented 28 percent of
that county’s vote. Her op
ponent received 6,834 votes
or 72 percent.
Despite the loss, Ms.
Meehan prefers to under
score the positive aspects of
the campaign.
“It was the first time an
African-American woman
ran in a three-county race,”
Ms. Meehan said. “We
scared Dickert to death.”
The forces arrayed
against Judge Hart in Co
lumbia County were formi
dable. The countyis heavily
Republican and more than
the usual amount were go
ing to the polls because of
the U.S.-Senate runoff be-
See HART, page 3
head turner. But the issue
faded fast, despitedaily dem
onstrations in well-traveled
areas, as Olympicvisitorsap
peared not to give a whit
about what is or isn’t on the
state flag.
As a small group of pro
testers, led by state Rep.
Tyrone Brooks, marched in
front of the Capitol one af
ternoon, people on their way
to Olympic events showed
little interest. Some took fli
ers and a few stopped to lis
ten for a moment.
“They feel it’s a racist sym
bol,” said Jim Dalton of
Linton, Conn., when asked
after he passed the demon
stration if he was aware of
the dispute. “I don’t know, It
depends on who you are.”
The demonstrations also
were having trouble bring
ing locals into the fold.
“It’s probably thelast thing
on my mind — this week or
any week,” said Dave Bend
ing of Atlanta as he hurried
past the demonstrators.
See REBEL FLAG, page 2