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South Carolina's Best College Newspaper . ^ Wednesday Volume LXX,No.43, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.Dec.10,1980 USC: After arrne at hive Pou By Donald B Stafl Four USC students helpei suspects Friday morning aftc robbed and its manager was b Police charged Berry Solo: Shirley Huiett, 20, both of 22 with armed robbery and ass . kill. Timothy Graves, manage Blossom St., said he was lock when a man came around the gun at him and demanded moi GRAVES SAID he told the man hit him in the head witl safe, stole an undisclosed arr woman. USC students Pat Shook am dates were driving on Hardei at 4:30 a.m. when they sto| streets and saw a couple walk Shook, a 19-year-old busir pulled in front of the couple stop. "THE COP grabbed the gii away really fast," Shook sail _ rr i l_ - ft _ n I- ?t on, we iookon auer mm. The students followed the r behind Hiller True Value I flashed the car's headlights oi "We shined our bright ligh dumping stuff, "Shook said. " he took off again." MOKE POLICE arrived, j where the suspect went. Shook said after the polic suspect had left behind and money. Police caught Huiett near S two handguns. WHEN T1IE suspects firs Graves said, "I showed him r Bill Putnam, State Bug USC proposal for using projects. Gov. Dick Rile prove the measure. (Pho | studei d robbery nts pizzeria >. Weatherbee IWriter d Columbia police catch two ;r a Five Points pizza shop was eaten. . man Huiett, 17, and his sister, 132 Corning Road in Columbia, ault and battery with intent to ;r of Pizza Express at 1907 ing the store at about 4:20 a.m. corner of the building, aimed a ney. man he had no money, and the ti the gun, took the keys to the lount of money and fled with a d Grant Orr said they and their i Street toward Blossom Street pped at Blossom and Harden ing away from Pizza Express, less major, said a police car ,and a policeman told them to rl, and the guy started walking d. "When we saw the guy take nan by car into the parking lot lardware in Five Points and i the suspect, Shook said. ts on hiin and saw that he was When he was finished dumping, f rhtrlAnJp ok/\tn/\/4 f ;uiu uit oiuucnio DIIUWUU luciu e left, he went to see what the found a plastic bucket full of J100 Santee Ave. and recovered >t approached, store manager riy wallet, which had no money. ' -1 -v-.I _ - " r* >J< ~ JkH W i \* \get and Control Board exec institution bonds to finam y and State Treasurer Grat to by John Parne/I) nts hel Brx '- *-- :-;-:v-:,: H Four USC students he Express shop was robbe* He asked for my credit cards, wallet. "He started getting agitated behind the left ear," Graves s things got fuzzy:" Graves said the man askec walked over to Pizza Exj Volkswagon. "HE MADE a comment thai couldn't drive it. He hit me se.v down on the ground," Graves sa The suspect dragged him to h men walked back in front of t woman appeared at the store, h< mssmlBLMx jjjjjilljjBraK^^ 8lPr*?flB ^ V V ' ,yvV *? utive director, looks at a ?e capital improvements iy Patterson vote to ap p catcl ^I^P^^v^,,:.--......^mfM? ..,^ Vv- .f-" . Iped Columbia police capture t d. (Photo by David Cauthen) but I had them hidden in my Gr; monc and hit me with his gun right agaii said. "From that first blow, Shooi reme I for his car keys and then jress owner Jay Reedy's Til used calle< : it was a four-speed, and he inaki 'eral more times, and I went "Tl id. the p; is feet, Graves said, and both sayin he Pizza Express. Then the Gr< isaid. when Tuition money wi] use u tofina By Mark Platte Scie; News Editor jg $5 The state Budget and exce Control Board Tuesday that voted to let USC use in- stitu stitution bonds to finance In part of four building Dael projects. The bonds will be pres paid for with USC tuition final revenue. Cent The projects, approved "a Nov. 5 by the Joint Bond Review Committee, are: The Earth and Water Sciences Center, costing USt $600,000. nn Central Utilities Phase IV, " * costing $2.4 million. Qp Thf? f'nllptfp nf Administration building addition,costing $500,000. Physical education center at USC-Lancaster, costing r? $330,000. *nor "We want to make it clear ^ that the user will have to pay ren0 for the oroiects. and it won't Pr?s be a burden on the tax- . payer," said budget board K)ai Executive Director William "se Putnam. Putnam persuaded f liC, the board to approve all the . . ai/ni projects at one time. THE KARTH and Water said 1SUS , - ' Si i wo suspects Friday aves said the suspect iy. "I said we didn't hav i. I remember the girl t him in the head.' Moi :mber anything after thj E SUSPECTS then wal Graves' keys to open tl d the police after he wok ng the call. tie next thing I rememb aramedics were workin g 'hey we got the guy,'' ives said he was taken e he received eight stitcl 11 pay off bo nil set nee pi nces Center's total cos i.2 million. It is paid fo pt for the final $600,00 will be paid by the ii tion bonds. a letter to Willian twyler, systems vie ident for business arn ice, Putnam said th ral Utilities Pha^e IV i highly critical projec 'We want to m er will have yjects, and it i the taxpayer.' needs to begin soon t * 4: ~ i ..4:1: A: ^ vi* puieuuai uuiiuu tages within the next 21 /ears as new an vated buildings load ou ent system." September 1980, th d approved temporar of $400,000 in Studer ilities Bond Keserv Is to buy equipment t d a breakdown of th ty system. Daetwyle in a letter that tli pect fiff K-M morning after this Pizza s questioned him again about e any, and he started beating me saying, 'Shoot him in the head; '< re or less, I blacked out. I don't it," Graves said. ' } Iked into the Pizza Express and le safe, Graves said. He said he ;e up, but blacked out again after \ er I woke up on the counter, and g on me. A cop was leaning over < ( 'he said. to Richland Memorial Hospital, hes in his head. 1 _ nas l bonds rojects it $400,(XK) loan would be repaid r when the $2 4 million in 0 institution bonds were i- financed. n THE BUSINESS ad e ministration building adrl Hitimi It'll I CO LI If III VV701 UlllilWIl e with $7.5 million to be funded s by state capital bonds that t will be approved when the ake it dear that the to pay for the won't be a burden m am m mm ? wimam Putnam \ o economy becomes more s stable. The remainder will o come from $1 million in d private pledges and $500,000 r in institution bonds. e Gov. Dick Riley said a y committee is studying the it use of institution bonds for e agencies such as the u Department of Corrections, e so those institutions will be r able to provide their ie financing. i4