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L L Th VOL. LXV NO. 52 The University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY, ARL1,17 0 Questi( BY STEVE PARKER AND BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff The University campus is plagued~with questionable and in some cases apparently illegal life insurance sales practices. In the course of a three-week investigation by The Gamecock, it has been found that at least one company, perhaps more, has been employing such tactics in its sale of life insurance policies on campus. The tactics range from high AllI Cites health reasc 'Mr. Rut Rutledge L. Osborne o Orangeburg, senior member of th USC Board of Trustees, announce yesterday that he had submitte his resignation from the board fo health reasons. Osborne, 80, a member of th board since 1947, served a chairman from 1952 until retirin as chairman in 1970, the longeE tenure as chairman in the ir stitution's 174-year history. H represents the state's Fir Judicial Circuit (Orangeburi Calhoun and Dorchester counties Osborne said his resignation wa effective upon the election of a uccessor by the General Assembl; The resignation came in a lette to the presiding officers of th State Senate and the House< Representatives, Lt. Gov. Brantle Harvey, Jr. and Speaker of ti House Rex L. Carter. In his letter Osborne expresse appreciation to the Genera Assembly and "especially tU members of the legislature fro: the First Judicial Circuit fit allowing me the privilege of se ving our great University for ti past 28 years" and said he e: pected "to continue to support ti University in the future just as )flable U pressure sales techniques to out right deception. And, in some cases, agents have violated the insurance statutes of South Carolina. During the investigation, two instances of a representative of the Fidelity Union Life Company violating the code have been discovered. A number of other cases of questionable sales techniques have also been found. In the code violations un covered, the agent was paying the initial premium of the policies in auestion. This practice is an 2uiet On The Western Fi mns resigns B f have for more than 60 years." e Osborne pointed out in his d resignation letter that he had d served on the board with eight r governors and more than 50 trustees during the ad e ministrations of five University s presidents. g USC President William H. t Patterson said Osborne's "years of I e it is rV Le r- CAROLINA SPRING football le practice continues as the Gamecocks held a scrimmage at ie Williams Brice Stadium Satur i day. See Page 7. risurain apparent violation of section 3" 147 of the 1962 Code of Laws c South Carolina as amended. The law reads in part: "...No shall any such company or an officer, agent, solicitor o representative thereof or an insurance broker pay, allow o give or offer to pay, allow or giv( directly or indirectly, as ir ducement to the taking of ir surance any rebate of premiur payable on the policy..." The Gamecock has learne that the South Carolina Insuranc Commission is considering actio Db Garc ,*on t oard posi leadership have been a bridE strong and important brid between Carolina's proud past its vital and energetic present. man ever loved his institt more--and no man has ( translated those feelings into di and accomplishments--than Continued on Page 12 -On the insic ADMISSIONS-The law se rightfully retains power ovei admission. See Editorial on F 10. ice sales against these questionable and f illegal tactics in the form of public hearings. r In at least two cases the State y Insurance Commission has sent r letters to the main office of y Fidelity Union, in Dallas, con r cerning the practics used by their I, agents. I- Thomas Charles Raad, a USC i- student, according to a letter sent n to David Whitter, director of Consumer Relations with d Fidelity Union, was "asked that e he sign an application form to see n if he qualified for the policy." Law adm policy apI BY MICKEN Of The Gai A resolution giving the 1 Committee full responsibil admission applications wa. William H. Patterson Wec The designation by Pc Trustee's Law School Cor School responsible for adm proposal. The proposal i screening committee with nor seven per cent of the year] the law school. The hardsl for the fall 1975 entering i Law school Dean Roberi policy was "an equitable has a hardship case." Patterson said "while th to an admissions policy c< University graduate schoc the need to avoid rigid ge- criteria based solely on gre and We feel this hardship catel No will give the further flex: ition Law school applications.' ver "I really think the key t Mr. their original proposal wa there was this flexibility i loo FILMS-Jack Nicholson and cre -its frolic in "The Last Detail,"Pag 'age 11. found The letter continues, '"The agent stated that this would not obligate Mr. Raad in any way. Sub sequently, Mr. (Leslie) Belikoff (the agent) delivered this policy." Raad said he did not want the policy and was never aware that the application he signed was more than a release to see if he qualified, until he received the policy. Apparently, this practice is quite widespread. In closing this letter, Cliff Continued on Page 3 .issions proved 'TRIMARCHI necock staff JSC Law School Admissions ity for considering hardship approved by USC President Inesday. itterson and the Board of nmittee will make the Law inistering the Board's Jan. 25 -equests establishment of a the authority to admit up to y entering freshman class of ip provision will be effective Alass. W. Foster said the hardship way to handle a person who e School of Law is committed )nsistent with its status as a 1, the school also recognizes or mechanistic admissions des standardized test scores. ,ory, suggested by the Board, ibility needed in considering : the Board's backdown from s that they didn't realize that n the Law School admissions policy. There was more than they had originally thought," said Harry Haynesworth, a member of the Law School Steering Committee. "I think that it (the resolution) is agreeable with the faculty. I'm satisfied with it.'' Under the new hardship ad mission category, an applicant. who in the judgment. of the Law Admissions Committee does not have the record to qualify him for regular admission, can be ex cused from attending the established Summer Pre Admission Trial (SPAT) program. The SPAT program is for applicants whose records do Snot qualify them for regular e admission. L ightsey cited economic reasons, military service, and ContinuedA on P=a 12