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BAY CITY POLICE CHIEF Douglas Williams, center, takes inventory of merchandise stolen last week from W.A. McDonald and Sons hardware store and recovered within 24 hours by combined efforts of Bay PD and Hancock Sheriff’s Department. With Williams are Patrolman Larry Ladner, left, and Assistant Bay PD Chief Emett Ellis. Three juveniles were arrested in connection with case are to appear in Youth Court.
Jail break site visited by escapee
One of the four county inmates involved in a jail break May 14 is now back in Hancock County confinement.
William Dwight Hendricks, alias Dwight McIntyre, 22, was returned here Thursday following his apprehension and subsequent waive of extradiction in Mobile, Ala.
Hendricks told local authorities on his return that he had no actual part in the preparations leading to the jail break but could not resist the temptation once the others in his cell had sawn through the bars and bent back the heavy metal screening.
“The way lay open, I just couldn’t resist,” Hancock County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Ron Peterson reported Hendricks as saying.
Peterson said the inmate told him that each of the four escapees went their separate ways once free of the prison walls.
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others since that night,” Peterson reported.
Escaping with Hendricks were Jimmy Sullivan, Robert Odell Bennett,Jr., and John A. Butler.
Sullivan also arrested by Mobile police, caught in the act of burglary. He refused to waive extradiction and, if convicted of the new charges, will have to serve his sentence in Alabama prior to being returned to this state to face additional jail break charges.
At the time of the break Henricks was serving seven years for convictions on burglary and parole violation.
Sullivan was serving four years on charges and conviction of rape and jail break.
Still at large from the May escape are Bennett and Butler both now facing additional charges upon apprehension.
Bennett was serving 20 years on conviction of 20 counts of burglary in Hancock County. and *K)j j count* of
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A computer was purchased and has eliminated a large amount of problems concerning billing and payroll. The payrolls can now be done in less than two hours instead of several days. The machine has the capability to handle the growth of the city for the next 10 years, according to Kidd. He also instituted a docketing system for claims and made them a part of the regular council minutes.
Some 31 unpaved streets were paved and the first true drainage system in the city was installed. By paving the streets, the city eliminated costly grading and hauling of shells and gravel.
The $205,000 EDA grant recently received by the dty was applied for by Kidd. Another area mentioned was the 201 study.
On	the	city’s bonded	in-
debtedness, Kidd said $80,000 had been	paid on	principal
over the past seven years and $395,000 on interest. By Sept. 28, the bond payments will be down	to	$165,000	from	a
previous $228,000.
In reflecting on decisions made during his term, Kidd said	he	always	made	a
decision based on what he felt was best for the City of Bay St. Louis. Adding, “And if I had it to do all over again, I’d make the same decisions. I have no regrets.”
In closing the interview, Kidd added, ‘‘I have enjoyed working with the people of Bay St. Louis and I wish them all, the best in the world.”
As to the future, Kidd said he was at present considering several job offers, but had made no decision at this time.
WORKSHOPS
Dr. Katharine Rea, professor of higher education and student personnel at Ole Miss, is conducting two workshops at the July 8-9 state celebration of International , Women’s Year in _Jackson.