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Blood supp due to done South Carolina blood supplies are inadequate due to a low response to blood drives, according to Dr. Todd Kolb, Red Cross medical director. Kolb said the low collections were due to what "anrwars; tr? h*? n wiH<?cnroaH oK_ senteeism at our recent bloodmobile sites due to illness." The American Red Cross Blood Services, South Carolina Region, supplies blood and blood products for 23 hospitals in the 18 county region. The Red Cross must collect at least 200 units of blood a day to meet regional blood needs. THE RED CROSS is appealing to healthy Plans being i (JSC's groun By Forrest Brown Staff Writer A decision on the fate of USC's twinengine aircraft, which has been grounded since last July should be made soon, ac cording to Bernard Daetwyler, systems vice president for business and finance. All arrangements for selling the plane, the Piper Navajo, haven't been made yet, but ' ISC is considering selling to the highest bidder, Daetwyler said. THE AIRPLANE, purchased in January 1979 for $296,400 by the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission primarily for use by USC, was grounded July 18, 1980, after the fatal crashes of two similar aircraft on July 10 and Nov. 2,1979. The airplane was grounded at the request of the Aeronautics Commission until i WAR REPORTER: NE SPORTC WUSi COME BY ROOM 30 TONI : A i 6:00 I THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY use LACROSSE welcomes all rookie and veterans to its First Spring Organizati Meeting. ?Ti ioc Q.nn div ? -c_/ ci i u.uu rn RHUU RM 203 ! STICK 'EM lies low >r shortage community members to donate blood at the Red Cross Blood Center, 1100 Shirley St., in order to avert a possible severe blood shortage. The Red Cross Blood Center is open 9a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. A blood drive will be held by the Red Cross 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 27 at Bates House. The drive, sponsored by Bates House and Bates West dorms, will be held in the social room on the ground floor of Bates House. Anyone over the age of 17 and in good health can donate blood. made to sell J ? fi ueci aircraft an investigation of that model's possible performance deficiencies can be made by the National Transportation Safety Board. ' Since the Navajo's grounding last summer, it has been housed at the Columbia ! Metropolitan Airport. Daetwyler, wno served on the committee that recommended the purchase of the plane, said USC has no plans to buy another aircraft after the Navajo is sold. UNIVERSITY officials will continue to travel in other state-owned planes and on commercial flights, Daetwyler said. According to Daetwyler, no Piper airplanes have crashed since Nov. 2, 1979, but USC will continue to finalize plans to sell the plane. jted i iWSCASTERS ASTERS >R c-fm 7 RUSSELL HOUSE GHT T PM YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR j | ne9s I onal /J^/ WE'\ 4/^ COPIEI - ?jjj EEC( 0UR EXTRAS Spotless Let m Size Copies f| Collation Copies cot Paper Care Your Lettei ' i Ml). . M( I, r . I i . - Mon-Thurs r 1 ? Frtday..:.. Saturday (m* i ?kini i 955 ? News ] Southern Stud | "Focus South," a film series of eight major its heritage, began yesterday with the 3 p.m. Nursing Auditorium. I Sponsored by the USC Institute forSouthert by a brief introductory lecture explaining its { NANCY ASHMORE, Southern studies as; series have been selected to illustrate all the ii Films to be shown are "Cabin in the Sky" ? Feb. 24, "Intruder in the Dust" at 7 p.m. Marc March 31, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at 7 p.m. / and "Walking Tall" at 7 p.m. May 4. | All films except "Gone With the Wind" will 1 American Poe The Academy of American Poets is takin poetry contest with a $100 grand prize for the The University and College Prize Progra participating. More than 100 U.S. colleges am USC's contest will be judged locally, and th Manuscripts should be submitted to Thorn English, in Km. 313 of the Welsh Humanitic L Students should include a stamped, self-addr< LITTLE SOMETHINC FOR EVERYOK m * H at tne ACTIVITIE FAIR Thursday Jan. 29, 1981 10:30 a. m. to &:uu p.m. Russell House Balli Exhibits by: Mountaineering Ci Sport Parachute C and more! Qy% ? CS7T* /E COT THE TOP OF THE LINE Sty / ' \ R WITH ALL THE EXTRAS, DNOMICAL PRICE OF \m. Jk\T INCLUDE: JBf jal and Letter Reductions ^ % TwoSided ^SiiSref j )les on Colored Jstock Labels Pet" COPY ^O'S I STREET J807 Briefs- ?^ ies film series motion pictures featuring the South and showing of "Gone With the Wind" in the j ) Studies,?ach free film will be preceded ?enre and focus. sistant director, said the titles for the mages of the South. at 7 p.m. Feb. 10, "Showboat" at 7 p.m. j h 11, "In the Heat of the Night" at 7 p.m. j Vpril 15, "Nashville " at 7 D.m. ADril 99 I i>e shown in Gambrell Hall Auditorium ?try Contest g applications for its annual university best poem or group of poems submitted, m was founded in 1955 with 10 colleges d universities sponsor contests. e winner will be announced in the spring, as J. Rice, director nf undergraduate js Office building by March 20. issed envelope with their poems. A ?r j 1JLJ )s Jjf .v room rri tub rif Ssl - WVl ^