Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Haeseker said he had a meeting with Assistant Athletic Director John Moore in early December and asked Moore for a breakdown of tickets sold in the past and who received them. Haeseker said he was interested in exactly the number of tickets allocated to students and the amount allotted for ftampooek Club memhprs faculty, staff and scholarship players. Haeseker said Moore told him this information had not been compiled but would be sent to the SG office as soon as it was. The information still has not reached his office, according to ) J* * , ' . -*? . . tSV I jt J *x . - I . .. , U-' >' ' v 1 Do va Robeck - GAMECOCK birds are making the a strange situation on reside Sumter Street. ^ _ f ; to ensure tickets I student Haeseker. Moore said, "I don't know if it has been compiled, but pvprvthino in (hp fnAthall Honnrt_ ment is done by audit and contract. We don't hide anything.'' MOORE SAID that as soon as the information is available, it will be sent to Student Government. "I must agree that communication is a big part of the problem," he said. Another issue is the probability of an addition to Williams-Brice Stadium. Design and cost factors are sun Deing arranged, but if building plans are approved, the section could possibly have a seating capacity of 15,500. The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and once weekly on Thursdays during both summer sessions with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinion* expressed in the GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications ii the publisher of the Gamecock. The Student Media Office is the parent organization of the Gamecock Change of address form*, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to the GAMECOCK. Box 86131, Russell House. University of S.C., Columbia. S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $B.BO nor nnH A lumitxi Ions. Thifd class postagn paid at Columbia. SC. USC grad si Spartanburg By Bruce Joel Hillman Special to the Gamecock and Kimberly Cihlar fiiimornrL QtaH VA/rU?> A graduate assistant in the USC College of Journalism has filed a $100,000 lawsuit against the Spartanburg SC. Police Department. James Tribble has charged Spartanburg Police Chief W.C. Bain Jr. of taking "his property without due process of law." Also named in the suit is the M&H Wrecker Service of Spartanburg. TRIBBLE'S HONDA 350 motorcycle was stolen from the Taylor Street Steak & Egg restaurant on July 11, 1979. A week after reporting the theft to ^oiumma ponce, Tribble was told they had no further information. "I gave up any idea of ever seeing it again," Tribblesaid. Tribble then received a letter postmarked August 22 from the M&R Wrecker Service informing him that his motorcycle had been recovered July 12 by Spartanburg police. M&R, an official towing service approved by the Spartanburg police, told Tribble he owed a $25 towing fee plus $3 a day storage fees from July 12. Tribble said he called M&R and explained his situation. "Since I had not been previously contacted by anyone with word that my bike had been recovered, and was running up this huge storage bill, 1 didn't see that I owed the entire amount," Tribble said He asked that the fee be negotiated, but Red Collins, owner of M&R, responded "Son, I 've got rent to pay," Tribble said. COLUMBIA POLICE were notified by Spartanburg police of the motorcycle's recovery via police computer hookups. Tribble contends he was not notified. "They can't tell me how or when this was done. I'm told that usually there is a record kept of these things. Their records claim I was notified July 13," Tribble said, "but this is just not so." PUirvf n*>:~ J nvci * ? v,iiici Dei hi s>cuu, ii ne was noi nounea, 11 was up to the Columbia Police Department. It was some time later that Tribble got in touch with me saying he wasn't notified." Tribble's request that Columbia police assume responsibility for the storage fees accrued since July 13 was denied. Tribble contacted Columbia City Councilman Rudy Barnes who suggested Tribble | A 1 Ill A I see the Stud< The purpose of this new gove represent any student or studen A) You have a dispute with th< rules and regulations, (e.g., Ieas< enactments, etc.) B) You believe any right is bein treated unfairly. C) You need advice or counsel Judicial System. To contact the Advocate, plea Office at 777-2654 for appoint following office hours: 1 Monday 10a -r. . . i? -> r I UCbUdy DID*. Wednesday Thursday 2-4 Friday, 10 an Indent suing police chief write the council and request they pay the fees. The letter was referred to Danny Crowe, assistant city attorney. Crowe said Tribble "had a duty to mitigate damages to the city ." Tribble obtained the services of attorney Handy Palmer. SPARTANBURG has a city ordinance which requires that owners of abandoned vehicles be notified by certified mail within 72 hours. "There was no such notification," Tribble said. The vehicle was recovered after a chase in which the suspect escaped on foot, ditching the motorcycle. Spartanburg police claim the motorcycle was not an abandoned vehicle, but a stolen one. Therefore the bike's recoverv wn^ nnf <cuhi*?/?t /* n-io - --J - ? ? v W HIV v I v_Y ui willdllLX" requiring notification. Palmer presented the case before Spartanburg Magistrate Michael Skeen on November G. contending the police and wrecker service were acting together. Skeen ruled this was not so. M&K's attorney. Milton Smith, then contacted Tribble and offered him $200, asking Tribble to sign a waiver releasing M&R from any damages occurring to the bike while stored Tribble said the motorcycle was operative when it was towed, "but it no longer runs at all after sitting so long, exposed and uncared-for." Tribble agreed to sign the waiver if he could pay only the $34 assessment fee owed if he had been properly notified. Collins rejected the offer and told Tribble he would begin action to auction the bike. PALMER FILED the $100,000 suit against Bain, both personally and as Spartanburg Chief of Police, and the M&R Wrecker Service on Jan. 24, blocking the sale of the motorcycle until the case is settled. "I don't feel like we've done anything improper," Bain said. The suit asks for three items: $100,000 in damages, both real and punitive; a declaration that the code allowing the chief of police to impound property in this manner unconstitutional; and for an injunction allowing Tribble immediate possession of his motorcycle until the case is resolved. "This is the kind of thing that gives police and other government agencies a bad reputation with the man on the street. Someone fouled-up in not notifying Tribble, and now his only choice is to pay the excessive fee or lose his motorcycle." Palmer said. Bind? ;nt Advocate rnment position is to assist and it organization if: e University concerning codes, 3, disciplinary charges, funding, tA I ^ i ? ? ? ? ? * - ? y ucintju ui mac yuu are oeing ling concerning the university se call the Student Government ment or come by during the m?12 noon )?7:30 pm 7-9 pm [ pm n A O nnr\n II I t, I IUUI I "" "Ll ' lllL' ' ' ,J| 1 1 ""amgaaaaae^aKafeeaeBaaaasagsaatM,