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D-Florence, and he should be thanked foi
SMITH INTRODUCED a bill making J
legalize the therapeutic use of marijuana
The legislation is similar to a law pass
few weeks ago. Certain cancer patiei
glaucoma can now obtain marijuana thn
Smith did something very commen
legislation. He listened to the people, i
asked him if he would help her obtain
suffering, the senator acted.
fN GEORGIA, the bill was pushed by
with lung cancer.
The use of marijuana for medicinal p
trolled. Adequate safeguards have beer
free by the federal government, canr
seeking it has been screened by a panel
Department of Health and Environment
The medicinal purposes bill is definite
Carolina legislators shou Id take exampli
campaign
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aeserve
This has been a week of campaign pr<
uovernmeni elections came many pn
Some candidates promised more th;
realistic goals.
"Getting students mofe involved" b
stressed by candidates. Two other
precedence for the newly elected SG of
situation and athletic ticket distributior
IN THE PAST few weeks, students
position to parking problems with
monitored 24 hours a day. There seerm
common meter maid, and in many cast
The issue of ticket pick-up has really1
to hear the same arguments again i
arrives.
THE GAMECOC K has published s<
ticket distribution at other major uni\
hassles USC students encounter. Red t;
It should be interesting to see whic
promises, not only "getting students
the students.
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nn Kill
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sense
rs seem to be introducing bills
our South Carolina politicians
iction . He is Thomas E. Smith,
'a iob well done.
South Carolina the 18th state to
;ed by the Georgia legislature a
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nis ana people suiieiiug imm
jugh their doctors.
idal3le before introducing this
When a cancer-stricken woman
marijuana legally to ease her
a suue legibjauir wnu is su icis.cu
urposes will, of course, be con1
arranged. The drug, provided
lot be issued until the person
ol doctors appointed Dy me siaie
al Control.
?ly a positive move. Other South
e.
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pledges
action
;>mises at USC. With the Student
omises to better the university.
:i n nthnix Snmp a ff?w
lad to be the point most clearly
issues, however, should take
'ficers ?USC's atrocious parking
l.
> have voiced even stronger opmany
areas on campus being
> to be no way to avoid the all-too;s,
the tow truck.
calmed down, but one can expect
n the fall when football season
everal stories regarding athletic
/ersities. None seem to have the
ape has to be eut somewhere,
h elected candidates fulfill their
more involved," but working for
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WASHINGTON --Once again, an
American diplomat is being held
hostage in a foreign land.Terrorists
struck the Dominican Embassy in
Bogota, Colombia, on Fteb. 27, and
took some 60 prisoners-including
the United States ambassador,
Diego Asencio. Two dozen
hostages were subsequently
released, but Ambassador Asencio
remains in captivity.
We have had personal experience
with Colombian
terrorists. We negotiated with an
outlaw group for the return of a
kidnapped J\>ace Corps botanist,
Richard Starr.
The terrorists accepted us as
intermediaries because of our
opposition to Latin-American
dictators. The negotiations for
Starr dragged on for many months,
then we suddenly received notice
to deliver $250,000 in cash immediately.
We believed Starr
might be harmed if we ignored the
demand.
Our ' associate Jack Mitchell
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briefcase. FYom Bogota, he flew
southwest across rugged mountains
to the city of Neiva, where he
waited in a seedy hotel room near
the jungle for instructions. The
terrorists sent a representative
who picked up the money; four
days later, Starr was released. He
had spent three years in the jungle.
There was something strange
about the terrorists' sudden
aemana lor a quicn icmi&uiu. 1 ncj
seemed in a hurry to conclude the
negotiations and may have been
tipped off, through the
revolutionary grapevine, that a
major assault was planned against
the government.
Starr was held by a jungle-based
onnrrilla Omnn mllpH FARjC The
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raid on the Dominican Embassy
was conducted by an urban
guerrilla group known as the M-l 9.
But, Starr has told Colombian
authorities that he believes FARC
may have known about the M-l9
?plan to ambush the embassy.
The American ambassador,
meanwhile, has been singled out
ed hits the campaign
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terrorists I
American
by the terrorists for the most
dangerous hostage duties. He has
been assigned to keep watch from
the windows, for example, where
he can be plainly seen by the
heavily armed soldiers who wait
below.
Footnote: Kichard Starr's
mother, who depleted her own
resources trvine to get her son
released, applealed to us for help.
The $250,000 ransom had to be
borrowed. Those who wish to help
- payu off this loan may send contributions
to the Drew Pearson
Foundation, P.O. Box 2300,
Washington, D.C. 20013.
Donations are tax-deductible.
Religious refuge
Remember all the hullabaloo
over the Bert I^ance scandal? He
was President Carter's buddy,
banker and budget director, and
now he is on trial in Atlanta for
alleged banking irregularities.
Our associate Clark Mollenhoff
has reported from Atlanta that the
mai win proDaDiy arag on mr
another two months. Indeed, this
is apparently the strategy of
Lance's lawyers: They want to bore
the jury with endless details.
But there is a human story
beyond the courtroom. ' i
Throughout the long ordeal, Bert
and his wife, LaBelle have turned
to religion for solace. They have
consulted with their minister.
Thntr havo (fition hrmmnk tA thpir
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church in Calhoun, Ga.
And they have prayed a lot..
They have prayed together
privately and with their minister.
And Bert has visited the White
Hnusp whore he has n raved with
Jimmy Carter.
LaBelle has gone through
periods of despondency in the past.
These have been brought on by
the troubles of friends and relatives
who have battled alcoholism, drug
problems and emotional disorders.
In each instance, she has turned to
religion. She has attended church.
She has studied the Bible. She has
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written religious poetry.
This has helped her survive, she
has told friends. A few months
ago, she was close to a nervous
breakdown, but she has pulled out
of it.
Now she is at her embattled
husband's side in Atlanta. Every
day of the trial, she has showed up
hi nit; cumiiifuiii. vviiir- nit- juij
watches, she pulls out her religious
books and begins reading.
It is her way of enduring
Watch on waste
About $25 million in public
money is tied up in overseas real
estate that cannot be used because
of political problems. State
Department officials art1 nowtrying
to work out a deal with
Chinese leaders for $8 million
worth of property that was taken
came to power 30 years ago.
Other dead holdings are in such
locations as Cyprus,; Albania,
Angola, Laos, Ethiopia,'Hanoi and
Saigon.
The former U.S. Embassy in
Saigon is now a museum of alleged
war crimes against the Vietnamese
people, in Benin, a $ r/u,uuu piece
of property now lies beneath the
Berlin Wall. And the terroristoccupied
American Embassy in
Iran is worth $6 million.
Thn Qlatn rWinartmpn) moiin.
while, is doing virtually nothing to
get back the taxpayers' dollars
spen t for the property.
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Hypocrisy on the hilt
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Sen. WtH&foY Hoth, R-I)el]
managed to round up an additional
42 colleagues who agreed t(|
support his resolution calling foe
limits on federal spending. But the
senator's co-sponsors don't appear
tn ho tnn coriniK nhnnt th<>ir
commitment--34 of the 42
members voted recc.v.'y to in*
crease veterans' benefits, adding
$350 million to the same budget.
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