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Wednesday Volume LXX No. 12 University of South Carolina, Columbia , SC.Sept. clA, 1980 Student I LI idiyeu !x1. wiin rape By Leroy Williams Staff Writer Columbia Police arrested a 29-year-old USC student ir connection with two rapes that occurred at a Shandon are? apartment in August and September. Columbia Police investigator Sandy Thompson sai( Charles Patrick Leopold of K-8 Garden Manor Apartment! 'This kind of rape is hard to defend against, but a lot of girls are careless. A lot of girls go out, get drunk and don 7 care who they get rides with. Some are too trusting.' ? Sandy Thompson, Columbia Police investigatoi on Ashland Road was charged with one count of burglary two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree an< two counts of indecent exposure. LEOPOLD WAS arrested Thursday for indecent exposur _ fl 1 _1 1 -A m* 1 1 1 J auer ueing pitKea up ai mapiewooa ana tjurney anves in in Shandonarea. Municipal Judge Ann Furr Monday ordered Leopold's bon set at $100,000, Thompson said. Leopold is being held at th Columbia City Jail. Both rape victims were USC students. Thompson said th rape victims picked Leopold from a line-up while he wa being held on the indecent exposure charges. Jesse Jackson The Rev. Jesse Jackson answers questions // campaigning for President Carter's re-election. (Ph ^ iiiSaSdL jS^?55S* &?-?w*^?il^BBIIK*Kt> iam^^x3K^ fOB^Ji^Etfmi. > r iiir'M??r "**", * .* ' ESSSS^*^" This street on Edisto Avenue was the site of two r being charged for the rapes and other incidents it j THE FIRST ASSAULT occurred on Aug. 15, Thornps< rf - - saia. A man entered the apartment through a window ar raped the woman inside. Soon after the attack, the worn: moved out of the apartment. e On Sept. 7, the same man returned to the apartment ai e raped the new tenant when she came to the back door empty the garbage, Thompson said. a "This kind of rape is hard to defend against, but a lot e girls are careless," Thompson said. "A lot of girls go out, g drunk and don't care who they get rides with. Some are t e trusting." s Thompson said Leopold is under investigation in co nection with another rape and other indecent exposure i r i campaigns jor By Leroy Williams ^" Staff Writer The Rev. Jesse Jacksc t said in Columbia Tuesda I that Jimmy Carter's ii | ......... tegrity and experienc r warrant his re-election. Speaking on the Sta House steps, Jackson, a ci\ rights activist, attacks independent candidate Job Anderson and Republics * i y candidate Ronald Reagan. % The Anderson camp i deceit. He is not an WSfhl but bv convenience.' 1 "The Anderson campaig J?****" - s \ is ^ ?* deception ar \ deceit," Jackson said. "He r j not an independent t | lH \ conviction, but by co ; < , ? ^|H. <*iliD venience. * Jackson called Reagan ' ? dangerous." The Greenvil & ? 4 native accused Reagan It's no t (Carter's) fai ^ hiscampaignspeeches. 7 Columbia Tuesday. He is ">inistra"on ,??n ?' a 7 time in our nation s historj oto by John Parnell) he said. |SiB3HMyj|^^B35wjijjftffl8|BBflBBBHw|B ^^ . , :- ...v^xv - wMa&Smmk* - ^ u^mHHVi^K^DK ^rn A '), y -* - ^yJ|^^M|^HH^BHB^^B9EPT \r^H&^SHn^H9K^^^^BMHF^HgH|H^^^HBiMflK 'i?^' ? rapes in August and September. A USC student is 7 ino ananaon area, \rnoio oy i\im ivewmanj >n cidents, all of which occurred in the same area. id in THOMPSON SAID police don't know whether Leopold has a criminal record. id Thompson said anyone who witnesses an indecent to exposure should call the police. "We can't do anything until someone reports it to us," Thompson said. "Since this came of out, we have had people call and tell us that this has hap et penedtothem." oo The "Wednesday's section of today's edition deals with the n- problem of rape. See page 8 for an in-depth look at the myths, n- the precautions and what to do if it happens to you. i^arter-Monaale Jackson defended the College Tuesday afternoon president's economic before traveling to Florence. >n record. "It's not his fault Orangeburg and Denmark iy that the economy is bad." he n- said. "It is not his fault that ;e private industry collapsed. Mr. Carter is not perfect, Jgfljkl'k 'v. > ,... 1 te and the American voters are ,fe. I OCiQy 'i 1 not perfect." Ife - ;d Jackson said he did not ; i ion in come to South Carolina just I?* in because recent polls showed Reagan was ahead in the iM, RH film: Gunga gflto.?tarring Cary aian is full of deceotion and Orant and Douglas independent bv conviction, Fairbanks Jr., is a silly adventi^i|K of three British? soldiertiH^faii^w Jn state. "The Carter campaign -Thugees> |^ andv^ a id is serious about winning native ^ water is every state," he said. wants to be *fi >y JACKSON CALLED pJ? n- President Carter's with- B?rglar< SftOWS atdrawal from Sunday s 2;30, 7 and 9:30p?ni??^ s presidential debate "a FUm^ and lec* ? tactical move." He said the by H?rb Graff is president would have been .? le debating two Republicans ^ it * .* of Jackson said he will be RUSSCII HoilSC Hpprooi^^^^loo|i^| .ts. ^ 4. , /. ers. Out-Takfts At?i in (nai ma ttnunumy is uau. n ' , " T."' rivate industry collapsed. Mr. and the American voters are Weather working closely with the Today: Mostly in NAACP in "Operation Big cloudy with a Vote," a voter registration chcinc of showers unve in me macK com- i^rthunderstorms. ;i he mumty. f fiteftc iYL>^ ler Jackson's Columbia visit jHigjiSjp*' m was the first in a two-day, _ i fntir-tnusn trin fhrnnnli Cnn?l? ial V?w f? VI1|/ VISA OVU1 ' (j, Carolina in support ny Carter-Monday ^