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THE VOL. LXV NO. 28 niversity of South Carolina, Columbia, S. MONDAY, D 174 Unhealt BY BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff The University Terrace (UT) apartments are plagued with unhealthy living conditions which have been ignored by University housing officials, sources near the situation charged last week. According to Student Sen. Russell Putnam, the unhealthy conditions grow out of lead paint, stray cats and poor play ground areas. However, Putnam said, the university has not responded to pleas for help from UT residents. In a letter to Dr. Richard A. Rempel, chariman of the Facilities and Grounds Committee Putnam wrote, "The majority of the complaints have been submitted to the Housing Office in one form or another by various groups of residents for at least two years." "Because the situation among the married students is so fluid," he wrote, "the housing Office simply ignores the great majority of complaints and requests. Football Administ BY BWLYJAKER Of The Gamecock staff Nine applicants are still be considered to fill Carolina's vacant head coaching position, the chairman of the USC Board of Trustees said Sunday. Despite rampant specualtion that Texas Tech Head Coach Jim Carlenhas been offered the job, T. Eston.-Marchant suggested otherwise Sunday. "Since the search committee has not made any recommendations to the Board yet, I would say .that each of the nine applicants still have an equal chance at the coaching job," Marcbant said. "The general purpose of the USC Cares= BY FRANK DELOACHE Of the Gamecock staff Carolina Cares, the annual effort by the USC students to collect clothes, toys, money, and food for needy around Columbia, proved among other things--many Carolina students don't care. Just bylooking at the money, toys, adclothes collected an outsider couldn't toil muach dif hy living < "the Housing Of of e "'Te new occupants would never miss, according to the Director, any services, facilities, or proviledtes (sic) that the Housing Office ceased to furnish in the interim," he added. But, the nature of the problems may change University policy. Lead paint has been used to paint the interiors of Upper and Lower sections of University Terrace. This paint is beginning to flake off and is causing health problems to the children in the apartments. This fact was acknowledged by Lawrence Beauford, of Safety Services, in a June 26 letter to Robert Stewart, director of coach ration maintains no Analysis search committee, I would think, is to narrow the nine down to three or four and then refer this list to the Intercolligiate Athletic Committee which would narrow it down fur ther by priorities. before sending their recommendations to the president and the full Board for final approval." Of the nine apcants 'seven have been identified and the eighth knownapplicant is an assistant at Notre Dame according to Mar chant. -or does it? ference from last year's drive which involved 877 studients. CC has collected P2400 red and co-chairman, Mike Pnel saId 900 empty coke cans are stil sitting on counters in Columbia businesses. Last year's campag netted $2,200. John Elk a, director of volunteer services who has helped advise since the effort began five years ago, said, "Thiere coatbiaem omge g oonditions fice simply ignore@ the omplaints and reques Housing. "A number of cases of lead poisoning have been reported throughout the country from small childern eating lead-based paint that had flaked off," Beauford wrote. As for correcting the problem, he said, "It is recommended that those areas with flaking paint be hand scraped to remove all loose paint. It should then be repainted with a non-lead based paint," he added. Beauford recommendation was made after a study had revealed the problem in the summer of 1974. But, to date, the University had firm offer made "I can't give you the name of the coach at Norte Dame who has applied because that would not be fair to Mr. Peters," Marchant said. Robert Peters, of Hampton, is in' charge of the search conmmittee. The list includes: Dick Bestwick, assistant at Georgia Tech; Jim Carlen Bob Gatling and Sam Mitchell, both present USC assistants; Lide Huggins, assistant at Tennessee; Mooney Player, former Lower Richland high coach; and Dan Reeves, assistant coach with the Dallas Cowboys. Carlen has recently been mentioned as the future coach at USC. Rumors and speculation he has already signed a contract with USC are "riditeulous he told The Gamecock Friday. "I have been misquoted a great deal concerning the USC coaching job," said Carlen. "I am a very honest person and you can believe anything that I have to say as long as you really know that I actually said It. "The fact is that I visited at South Carolina Thanksgiving Day where I met with several of the officials of the University but no offer was made," he ennmnkaed. "I was very Impressed with the facdlities; they are very mucb: like the ones at Texas Tech. "One thing for sure is that I have not been pressured by anyone at in UT c1h great majority ts.' -Russell Putnam failed to carry out the Beauford program. Debby Kolnda , a resident of University Terrace, said,"The paint has not been scraped off the walls and repainted."Instead, "they have just repainted the walls and left the lead paint. . Louise Volpe, whose apartment was tested, for lead-based paint echoed Kolanda's thoughts. "'Tey promised to repaint two months ago, but have failed to do so," she added.Her child had eaten some of the paint, she stated. Another major health hazard lies in the playground area provided for student's children. See no evil Se ye. theught streaking was just caug ht.en last sprs ganid ejeWtjm Dates West, as a male resMest mak Mearnwhlle. a female resMsmma a=*' targed Roddey Bell, former residence manager of the University Terrace Apartments, wrote, this ImMMer, "hildren's play areas are In terrible shape. "After repeated requests for the removal of sand boxes, they were torn out but the sand was left, he said. According to Kolanda, the sand Was the major infection area for inworms. She said some parents ave restricted children from playing in the area. Pinworms were transmitted by stray cats to children who had played in the sand, she said. Another problem in the Dlavground is the quality of We. equipment. Wrote Bell, "The monkey bars on one playground are made of bent % inch pipe with no caps on the pipe ends. One child has already received several stitches. as a result of falling into one of these naked pipe ends. "The monkey bars have not been Cetlained e Page Twe a passing fancy, something that at as quickly. Apparently anst at mea saad dash dewn a stetrwi hare" to atch.