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-News E3i Earthquake ] SAN FRANCISCO JAP estimated at 4.1 on thetlicl shelves, triggered a mine awake throughout the Sa Tuesday. There were no immediat damage. The 2:45 a.m. PST quaki area south of Oakland an aftershock at 2:57 a.m research seismologist at seismology laboratory in B The earthquake infor Geological Survey in G< registered 4.0 on the Richt< The main quake was fel California coast from M cording to the state Office < Atlanta poli< ATLANTA (AP) - The s the slayings of 19 black ch of two others received 8,00 there still are no suspects said. The officer, who declir volume of calls rose by se another surge of natioi vestigation. "And that doesn't incli surprised the post offic< mailman." The tips include everyi cerned citizens to predict according to the officer, w Atlanta Journal. Some h others from halfway arount The task force now num tives, and will soon be re investigate the cases, authc The child slayings h; jurisdictions in recent wee! to meet Friday to reorgan the metro-wide area now to Fire threatei MUPPii c r / vjiiiuijiv, o.v. \/tr / kj\ from their homes Monday i threatened to touch off an dump just outside this sma Firefighters had the blaz residents were allowed t mobile homes in the Pie south of Greer. The homes were within 1 to one observer. But many residents of tl including the dump owner p.m. when officials alerte door-to-door. Police call m <AP)? An 80-year-old n to death in his apartment i with no apparent motive, a Everett O. Buekner w? ankles and knees. He had in his back and a bow tie dicating there had been an Police said. The killing occured at apartment building on Dev Officers said Buekner u was lying face down on th< been tied in front of him w which had stopped at 7:02. The body was found Moi jot.- w 1 ? - I?v?, ?* . IYHJIjCUU OlUglt' prominent Columbia law fi Ri inland County Coront autopsy will be perform showed that Buckner blei wounds, probably inflicte Saturday night. Handcuffed : WATSKKA, 111. (AP)Watseka police stateion w bence has turned himself the bench, police say. "It was very embarrass too. He He hauled that 7-fo stairs and out the back doo guess he couldn't get rid c Police dispatcher Keller N Konce sain mey arrestei on charges of drunken di into a pinball arcade Satur He was handcuffed to a his breath test, said Iroquc Brotherton. When no one pound Baker picked up said. Besides drunken drivini with escaping police custc Brotherton said. The handi antique wood and iron ben< ifcjl $ I ilts California ) - A- moderate earthquake hter scale toppled bottles from >r rockslide and jolted people n Francisco Bay area early p rpnnrts of iniiirif?? nr snrinnc e was centered in the Fremont d was followed by a 2.7-rated said Robert Uhrhammer, the University of California ierkeley. mation center of the U.S. olden, Colo., said the quake jr scale. t along at least 100 miles of the onterey to Marin County, ac3f Emergency Services. 3e receive tips pecial task force investigating lildren and the disappearances 0 telephone calls last week, but in the cases, a ranking officer ted to be identified, said the vpral thnn?i;?nH lnct wonlr iftm lal publicity about the inide the mail," he said. "I'm e hasn't given us our own thing from advice from conions by self-avowed psychics, ho was quoted Tuesday in the ave come from Atlanta and ithe world. bers between 35 and 40 deteciorganized into four teams to >rities said. ave crossed several police ks, and officials said they plan ize the task force to represent uched by the crimes. lb t!.x.jjiufc>iuii /er 100 people were evacuated night when a fire in a vacant lot explosion at a hazardous waste 11 town, authorities said. :e under control by 11 p.m., and o reoccupy their houses and asant Valley community just ,000 feet of the blaze, according le working class neighborhood, 's family, refused to leave at 7 d them to the danger by going urder brutal ian was found tied and stabbed n a "brutal and sadistic" killing uthorities said. is found bound at the wrists, more than a dozen stab wounds hunt* Irtncp amnnH hie ?A/?ir ? ? > ^ wuv 14 A VU1IVI AIlO 1 11 r\ ^ 111"" attemp to choke him, Columbia Buckner's home in a 17-story ine Street in Columbia, 'as dressed in his pajamas and e bedroom floor. His wrists had ith the cord to an electric clock iday night by Buckner's son-intary, a senior partner in a rm. ;r Frank E. Barron III said an ied, but preliminary findings i to death from multiple stab d with a small blade knife on man escapes A man who escaped from the rhile handcuffed to a 150-pound in, still handcuffed, but minus ing for us, but kind of hilarious, otlong bench down two flights of r. He took the bench apart, but I >f the handcuffs," said Watseka orton. d Jerry Baker, 25, of East Lynn -iving after he allegedly drove day night. No one was injured, wooden bench while waiting for >is County sheriff's Deputy Earl was looking, the 5-foot-7, 180 the bench and ran, Brotherton Baker was charged Monday idy and theft ol more than $ I f><). cuffs were valued at $35and the :-h at $l 15. General only the (AP) - Andrea Washington says she was a young housewife with only a high school education when her family's finances forced her A. ~ 1 1- A 1- ? ' iu gu uacK 10 scnooi in iy75. Intent on working and unable to find a good job, she decided to take a two-year course at the University of South Carolina's College of General Studies. With the encouragement of her teachers there, she completed a four-year program in criminal justice instead of a two-year one and then gained admittance to the university's law school, where she is a third-year student. "Had I gone to a technical school, I would have stopped" after two vears. she told the House Committee on Education and Public Works on Monday. Ms. Washington was among several witnesses the university called to testify in its appeal to the Legislature to overturn an order that its two-year secretarial and business programs in Columbia be phased out. The two-year associate degree programs do not duplicate those at Midlands TEC or other state-run institutions as the state Commission on Higher Education maintains, school officials asserted. Commission chairman James E. Bostic Jr. replied Bill reduc (AP)? First offenses for sir and hashish would no longer courts, under a bill recommei Judiciary Committee. The Legislation, backed by Se and others, reduces the max offense conviction for simple p< current 90 days. However, it i from $100 to $200. Reducing the maximum jail t to hear cases where a defendan an ounce of marijuana nor 10 gi Hnriti viw ituvitv. v iuia nulla Willi IlldA 30 days must be heard in gei handle more serious offenses. The bill also drastically i smuggling large quantities of 1 heroin and other drugs. The lor drug smuggler can receive frc now five years. Sanders argued in commit) sessions courts were clogged should be heard by magistrates. But he failed to convince Sen Setzler said he felt reduced would increase street demand against the intent of the tougher Sanders on Tuesday present* assure Setzler and other critics favored the change. Morgan Martin, an assista I oday at I Studies program - 4 Marriage Work?" Women's Studies Com: Gambrell Room 152. Student Workshop a.m. through March 5223. RH Film - "Re Movietonews at 2:30 p. 7 and 9:30 p.m. for $1. Weather Wednesday: Partly cl 30s. ffifth in the rnkl 50 Thursday: Chance of 40s. High in the 60s. Studies! ; start that the programs are just like those at technical education colleges but cost more. Bostic cited several staterun paKaaId inr?lnrll?rt t 1411 oviivfvio, niv,iuuiii5 uii; University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina and the University of Tennessee, which do not have two-year programs. "I think a careful appraisal... will show that the occupational programs at the technical schools cost considerably less than those at the College of General Studies," he said. The Legislature asked the commission several years ago to look for ways to i reduce duplication and to put programs where they would cost the least to operate, I Bostic added. j "The seven occupational programs at the university are similar in content, purpose and quality to those offered at the technical schools and the university's five two-year branches," he said. University President James B. Holderman said the school believes the state would be deprived of a j valuable service if the programs were removed. "We support the idea of a coordinating effort and we don't think people should run j to the Legislature every time they want to overturn a commission," he said. L A :es semen nple possession of marijuana G be tried in general session cc tided Tuesday by the Senate p< ;n. Alex Sanders, D-Richland, imum jail term for a first- ef >ssession to 30 days, from the ja ncreases the maximum fine pr erm would allow magistrates t is caught with no more than th ams of hashish, a marijuana se imum jail terms of more than leral sessions courts, which de be ncreases the penalties for nc marijuana, hashish, cocaine, v igest prison term a convicted im a South Carolina court is sa ac tee last week that general nt with minor drug cases that re . Nikki Setzler, D-Lexington. Se simple-possession penalties for marijuana and would go smuggling penalties. se xi a prosecuting attorney to that law enforcement official a8 bo nt solicitor in Horry and -JSC J 4 *1 m 1 A^an me two career sponsored by the < mittee at 3:30 p.m. in 1 "Man to Man" at 10 m 18. Information at 7- w c lc d Iliver" and Fox oj m. for 75 cents and at b< \x A I Ill oudy. Low in the mid Cl s. in showers. Low in the {l1 [>. V* J* t - V* v* #t",V Business Administration tozzi attempts to attract . n f A i c a e Mnare uo/e oy hanging a Cole will appear in Carolh 7:30 p.m. ce for of) eorgetown counties, said rum >sts $375 an hour. "We have h )ssession of Marijuana," he sai Setzler again said he objected I But Martin replied, "Technica fectively it does not, because I iled for a first offense of simple Setzler was the only senator oposal a committee bill and sei A 1 ? * msu approved on \ruesaay wa ieves from getting rid of stolei lling the items to stores or prec The bill, a merger of two Sena >alers who buy items containin ! licensed by local law enforce >t be able to operate from tei ihicles, flea markets or hotel ro Dealers would have to keep c ctions, including descriptions Idresses, Social Security nun imbers of sellers. A controversial section requii ports to police was stricken Tu tn. Paul Cantrell, D-Charlestor it the bill and what we are tryinj Cantrell then offered an am' veil to 10 days the time a deah ter purchase before reselling i ;encies needed 10 days to ma! ught weren't stolen. The amendment was killed by a 4an cha n bicycl (AP) ? An accident has led lan for the hit-and-run death of eekend. Franklin Scott, 29, was arrest olumbia Monriav and J ?. ev-vi aving the scene of an accident : Eddie II. Dudley of Columbia. Dudley was killed Saturday ehind by a car. The car ran over Another cyclist who saw the a )lice. Patrolman T.H. Robertson sail lat a car fitting the descriptor dent Sunday night led to Scott's Police said Scott lost control c: tility pole. He was charged w isorderly conduct Robertson said traces of !>loo< irts ol a bicycle wore lound in tl ; a* ;"7' ''^^p^z-^-P-''-1 mmamm freshman Scott Fanattention for magician poster high in a tree. 7a Coliseum Thursday fenders ning general sessions court igher priorities than simple d. .0 reducing the jail term. Uy it (the bill) reduces it but 've never seen a young man i possession of marijuana." to vote against making the iding it to the Senate. s a bill aimed at preventing n jewelry and silverware by ious metals dealers, te proposals, requires retail g gold, silver or platinum to ment agencies. They would nporary premises, such as urns. letailed records of all tran> of the item and names, ibers and driver's license ring dealers to make daily nupr tho r>hio/>finric r\( J ~ ...V, UUjVVVIUIUJ u. i. "I think this would totally g to do," he said. endment to increase from sr must hold onto an article t. He said law enforcement ke sure the items a dealer in 8-7 margin. irged e death to the arrest of a Columbia an 18-year-old bicyclist last ed at his home just north of with reckless homicide and in connection with the death when he was struck from Dudley, police said. ccident described the car to :i a tip from Columbia police i had ben involved in an acarrest. ?f his car and crashed into a ith public drunkenness '1 I were found on the car and tie car's lrarae. <