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i h David hits < CHARLESTON (AP) ? Hurricane David hit South Carolina Tuesday evening, aiming its weakened but deadly winds at the coastal areas. Residents of coastal islands from Hilton Head to Myrtle Beach were evacuated as the storm bore down with 90 mph gusts and heavy rain. Gov. Dick Riley in the early afternoon extl?nHprt mnnHnfnru evacuation orders to all islands and low-lying areas and put the state's National Guard on alert to help. David was expected to strike hardest about 7 p.m. after coming asnore near tne Georgia border. High tide for Charleston came at 7:13 p.m., and civil defense officials ordered residents of lowlying areas of this 300-year-old city and its suburbs to go to higher _ ground. THE ASHLEY RIVER that borders the west side of the city had 3-foot whitecaps at midafternoon. Some streets were flooded. John Purvis of the National Weather Service in Columbia said, "At the rate it's moving ? some 12 to 15 mph ? it will be affecting South Carolina throughout the night, especially along the coastal areas." A hurricane warning was posted northward to Cape Fear, N.C. Boats were securely moored or hauled from the water late Monday and early Tuesday along the shore, where residents also braced doors anH ivinHnwc with nlimiAAH nwl <w?v> nmuvno TTIV1I |/1J TT VAAi ailU headed for community shelters or higher ground. "EVERYBODY'S SCARED," said Bernard Brown, who fled his Charleston home with his family to the city auditorium for shelter. "We'll be glad when it's over with." USC w" SOCCER ?? CLUB In m.^ a T* | I 1 Mr> | | | ?iBwiS niton Head evacuated Carolinas ai He was among about 500 persons at the facility in th?? nftornnrm Officials expected as many as 1,000 others to come later Tuesday. A steady stream of cars, headlights burning in rain, moved to the west from Charleston all day. Those who remained in their homes in the peninsula port were urged to stay inside and listen to broadcast reDorts on the storm. Law enforcement authorities guided cars jamming U.S. 17 in downtown Myrtle Beach. Officials of the city of North Charleston imposed a 6 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew ; liquor stores were ordered closed. "I think that we have to realize that we see a possibility of very high water ? higher water than most npnnlp hnvo pvcp soon " coirl ??* v V/ ? x/* WWII) UfAIU p ONE DAY SERVICE GOLD SEAL SERV LEATHERS & SUE BRANCH ( FOR WADf LL m EET WED. SEPT. 5 RT THE P.E. CENTER, DOm 134 AT6:00. OPEN TO ANY iTIRESTED STUDENT. ' I T n JWBM 111 j [ ?j ! 7 J f l f J J jR i r T a 1 I | jffj^ ji I I 1 nd Georgic Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. Families headed for shelters were asked to bring food. ABOUT 4,000 persons, most from the plush Hilton Head Island resort, took shelter at a high school and an adjoining junior high on the Beaufort County mainland at Bluff ton. The two-lane bridge leading to Hilton Head was shut to incoming traffic late in the morning after residents and guests of the island's resorts were told to evacuate. Steve Ballowe, principal of the schools, said, "We're expecting right now to hold through the night. It's not just tourists in here. It's natives of the area who wisely have listened to good advice. SUNSH I-KUIIIUPP 4251 ; a GOOD PARKIN 'ICE (hand work) DES DFFICE AT 1415 GER : HHIIIPION KtolDhl ATTE! ofStui rpi ,,Vr mm ^ I Receivi I The Office of th | workshops for th? I receive funds thrt 1 These workshops; 1 \/ii/i+-kk -ir?nrowoH CA wiui a|JK/iuvcu ?jn requests pending of the workshops spend the monev The date; septen IRU Presidents of a with their Treasu beneficial to botl Iror an sport There will be a Pi presidents; all trea 4,1979 from 6 - 8 f Treasurer's worksh presidents are well 16 - 8 p.m. in PE Cer makeup workshop treasurers who do 1 on Monday, Septer I Room 110. y0. "" V" V. ml . m rEl Robert Ariail, editorial cartoonist f< place in the National Council of Colle for editorial cartoons, 1979. Ariail won the award from among 3 Judge for the contest was Cliff Baldo\ Ariail will be presented with an av, College Publications to be held Oct. 25 m ? ?! ' ? * 11 ? luin iravis, eoiior 01 ine Uamecoc have1 the best college cartoonist in the ine mo OSITETHEHONI TO resEme G FOR CUSTOfTlERS FORmflL WEAR VfllS STREET ^ NTS Fab CLEANER MTION: Treas Sent Organi; ing SAC Fund 1979-1980 e Dean of Student Affairs ? Treasurers of student o 3ugh the student Allocati are for those treasurers < C budgets and for those before the Commission. is required before your i that has been allocated ind time of the won iber 6,1979 5:00 issell House room 20 II organizations are urgec rers as the information c n. :s club treasurers and p resident's Workshop (mai surers are welcome) on T ).m. in pe Center Room 1 op (mandatory for all tre come) on Thursday, Sept iter Room 110. in additio (mandatory for all presit not attend the regular s nber 10,1979 from 6 - 9 i bhhmhbuhbhhhhhhmbbbbi jfg, ^ ^ ^ V OTSS >r the Gamecock , has won second ge Publication's Advisors contest 8 entries from across the nation, vski of The Atlanta Constitution . ? t kl.iS 1 ** 1: -? aiu at uic nauuiuti meeung ui 27 in San Francisco. k said, "It is my opinion that we country." VEn EYCOmBS IV Sine# 1937 | ? "lIHlMIIMl ric Care Center S?LAUNDERERS FURRIERS urers I rations y ling for > will conduct rganlzations that ions Commission. Df organizations with budget Attendance at one | | ' organization can ? to you. | kshop is: I - 7:00 I 2 1 i to attend along 1 (resented will be v caiucnvs uniy. | idatory for all | uesday, September g A O Tk/\i?m ikIII U*a ? 'i iv. music win ue <3 | usurers; all | ember 6,1979 from | n, a combined I lents and I essions) will be held 1 p.m. in PE Center 1