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By Janice Wood forecai
Oamtcock Staff Writer always
Although there are variations in which
the winter weather forecasts for we ge
the Columbia area, USC is ready Februj
for whatever conditions prevail, Whil
according to officials. conditi
USC officials do not check winter foreca;
weather forecasts when making Alman
provisions for heating the campus, averag
according to Harold Brunton, vice winter
president of operations. the Ca
Brunton said campus buildings of Gee
are heated by natural gas and PUF
electricity. There is no danger of predici
these fuels becoming scarce for his is i
USC, Brunton said. "Our concern The
is for the prices, which are going degree
up steadily," he said. tempei
degree
BECAUSE THE university has three300,000
gallons of oil in stock, averag
Brunton said, it is improbable that averag
there will be a fuel shortage like to the
the one two years ago, when USC
students were asked to leave
campus. L J
Brunton said the oil supply would piggl
be adequate for heating the |||8l|
campus one month if the supply of |?P?
natural gas is shut down.
"Average" was the key word in
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Purvis, meteorologist with the pfffipl
National Weather Service at I v
Columbia Metropolitan Airport. J Purvis
said the temperatures in B;
January and February would be p M
near average, after two winters of J
colder-than-average weather. F F^l i
HE EXPLAINED that for |plll
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Carolina, 50 degrees is normal for jSgpii
a winter day, with the temperature plfe
dropping to around 32 degrees HS|
during the nights. WSM
Precipitation for January and
February will be slightly below pipf
average, according to Purvis. His
forecast includes from one to three
inches, with rainfall returning to | average
proportions of from three pjjll
to four inches in March. r
"There is no snow in the
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RENTS Refrigerators |
2 cu. ft. $9.00 per mo. I
5 cu. ft. 10.50 per mo. },^i
Columbia pip
1201 Percival Rd. t M
782-4590 I
BUFFET S
VBRtY NC
MONPAT T?
Different Hot Iteri
Meat, two vegetc
Roast Beef . . .
Breakfast & Sandwich menu
our 'Yum-Yum" Lounge 4:30
CORNER OF MAIN & If
(In the Heart of Downtow
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will be average
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nesee no fuel pi
st," Purvis said. "There's Precipitati
i a risk through February, 10 inches,
is the 'snow month' here. If average, ar
t any snow, it will be in inches, 1.5 i
ary," he said. Although sr
e Purvis predicts average parts of th
ions in the area, the weather , none is exp<
sts in the current Farmers area, as for
iac indicate a colder-than- ? March wi
}e and wetter-than-average ] Ho5K,
for the region that includes I acCordincKt
mUnas and a major portion precipit|ti(
tVIS SAID ' almanac aV^agC: 4 5
tion is generalized, whereas "Je alm?J
more localized. week of M
almanac's forecast lists 38 spring brea
is as the average daily ! intermittent
rature for January and 34 I trend towari
is for a February day in the 'for statc
state region. The daily Foranyon
(e are 4 and 10 degrees below weather dur
[e, respectively, according ^ie almana
aim anflf cloudy cond
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ns Every Day vMO
ibles, cornbread . . . ;
2.95
s served anytime from 6:30 a.m.
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\DY STREETS PHONE: 7
n - One block from the Wade h
Ambas!
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* Jean Childs Young, w
? ? U.S. Ambassador Ar
rOOiem& Young, will speak at
{.aw Sphnnl Audi to
Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
. , T .. Young is the U.S.
ion for January will be woman for the United Ni
seven inches above
id for February, 5.5
nches above average.
iow is predicted for
e three-state region,
icted in the Columbia # 9
ecast in the almanac. m
ill have an average flpwF Ky s
rature of 55 degrees, * W 1
o the almanac, and IpBB Jp , a
>n will be around \ m
> inches.
nac lists for the final ^
[arch, the scheduled
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rain," with a warming 1
d the end of the week 30 .
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ing the spring break, =
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Also visit ?
accepted K C&l
79-7790 |. for :
HamPton) I Carl Sidewalk Cafe
sador's wife
IN campaign
ife of "Year of the Child" campaign,
idrew The campaign, "A Celebration
USC's of Childhood," is being held in
rium, 84 countries in an attempt to
educate the public on the
chair- necessity of providing young
ition's people with the basic essentials
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C.H. Brasington, coordinator
K of Young's visit and chairman
fl^. of the Department of Child
pflfe Development in the USC
College of General Studies,
SM said, "The United Nations
jjgjM passed a resolution last year
mm noting that too many children
; I are undernourished, lacking
* proper health services ana
B deserving of essential rights to
survive.
\ 0L\V^ from
^ university
dining j
services
Night at the
>? Carolina
n. 23 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
of Carolina Cookery ^
q Pie Baked Ham
Charleston Red Rice !
Fohn and more ?
.75 plus tax !
MS for Reservations
Dining Hall
r of South Bldg. Dorm j
s Service
7:30 a.m.-6:S0 p.m.
Tacos Salad Bar
3 Burgers and more ... j
of Carolina
ng Restaurant 5?
iffet: Tues.-Fri. &? Sun. 5=
1 1:45 a.m.-2 p.m.
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6-9 p.m. >*
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