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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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