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From Staff Reports
Fifth Solicitor James C. Anders said
yesterday he will seek the death penalty
against a 20-year-old man accused of
killing a USC education professor last
month.
Donald Ray Perry of 1520 Crossland
Road has been hospitalized since March 9,
when he was judged too ill to stand for a
bond hearing in connection with the
shooting death of Mary J. Heimberger.
Perrv should he relMscH from s (' s?nt<>
Hospital Tuesday or Wednesday, Anders
said, and a preliminary hearing should be
held within the next two weeks. The case
should be ready for trial by early June,
Former I
nurses R
By Stephen Rkldell
Editor
As a nurse in George Washington Univer
intensive care unit, Debbie Augsbach serves
all walks of life.
But Tuesday, the USC College of Nursing g]
a special patient-President Ronald Reagan.
Augsbach said that when she went to worh
uuig, sue expected a typical day in the inten
But when a gunman's bullet hit Reagan and i
to the hospital for treatment, that changed e
said.
"WHEN THEY brought him in, it created a
Augsbach said. "I work days and was about
but they asked all the nurses to stay becai
rearrange all the patients in the unit."
Augsbach said a nurse asked her if she was
overtime. "I told her, 'sure,'" the Suffrin, N.Y,
"I anticipated that I would continue woi
patient 1 had before the president came in. i
nurse told me I was going to have the presiden
stomach was going to drop to my knees," she s;
Augsbach has been working in the hospital's
unit for about 13 months. "I'm not sure why I
serve as the president's nurse," she said. "Th
nurses on duty at the time who had more senioi
"They said I was personable, but not too pus
what thpv wnntpH "ahocoiH
"I was suppose^ to start taking care of
Monday night, but they kept him in the recovei
than usual," Augsbach said. "I spent the whol*
Tuesday. He was transferred out that night," s
AUGSBACH SAID she treated Reagan as si
any other patient who had the same physical p
the president, but he is a human being too," she
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Anders said.
ANDERS SAID the solicitor's office
contacted Robert Nance, Perry's courtappointed
attorney, yesterday afternoon
and told him the death penalty would be
sought.
But Nance said there is some confusion
about the solicitor's decision.
"I've gotten information that they
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that they would," Nance said. "I don't
think I should say anything else, because
the man (Perry) is still in the State
Hospital."
Heimberger, a 44-year-old elementary
education professor, was found partially
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drop to my knees.
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care unit. '
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iverything, she Reagan didn't eat regular
Augsbach. "His meals came u
sure whether the food came fr<
big commotion',' but it sure didn't look like avera
to go off duty, "All I was really concerned a
use we had to allowed to eat what was on the t
The 1979 USC graduate said
willing to work president's nurse. "White Ho
., native said. room at all times, but they die
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When the head said.
t, I thought my Augsbach said Reagan's sec
aid. his hospital stay. The presid
intensive care Augsbach said she did not recoi
was chosen to to meet the president's family,'
ere were other
itythanme. DURING HER time spent \
ihy. And that's said she was most impressed I
for others wounded in the sfr
the president Hilton Hotel.
ry room longer 4 'He wasn't concerned about I
b day with him the others. You could tell that i
he said. deep down. It showed me that 1
pedestal," she said.
he would treat Augsbach said Reagan nev
roblem. "He's throughout the ordeal. "He jok
i said. all the time. That helped me rel
to CHE prop
I By Teresa K. Wea
Newt Editor
A state representative taking steps to a
on Higher Education will propose an al
supervisory board next week to a Hoi
committee.
Rep. Ernest Nunnery, D-Chester, inti
calling for immediate elimination of the c
not initially propose any alternative ide^
universities and colleges. The lawmalt
establishment of a joint legislative coi
prinratinn
j The legislative committee outlined by tl
j be comprised of the House Ways and Meai
H House Finance Committee chairman, cha
UK Senate education committees, designates
Senate and two or three gubernatorial app
J* NUNNEHY said he believes such a I
i|jf better represent interests of all institute
?f legislator's major criticism of the commis
U isn't capable of understanding individual:
HH referred to the commission as a ' 'superfluc
"At th'S point in time, the commission
people are questioning what the member:
Ml "The commission just is not listened
fUl regulating.
"This system is just obviously not work
Carolina is a legislative state, and in ke
legislative state, the legislature should h
over state schools."
sity of South Carolina, Colun
death p
clothed in woods near U.S. Highway 321
and 1-20, dedd from a single gunshot wound
in the chest. Perry was arrested two days
later at his home in connection with the
shooting.
WHEN HE appeared before Circuit
Judge John Grimbali at the bond hearing,
Perry needed the aid of deputies to stand
because he was shaking. He was taken to
Richland Memorial Hospital and the
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to the State Hospital for evaluation.
In addition to the murder charge, Perry
is accused of kidnapping, armed robbery
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agan M
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he president, /
ch was going to W%?k
Debbie Augsbach
hospital food, according to
ip on a silver platter. I'm not
am downstairs or the outside,
ige hospital food.
ibout was making sure he was
ray," she said.
she spent eight hours as the
use nurses were outside the
in't have the training to take
! was in intensive care," she
:urity was stepped up during
lent did have visitors, but
gnize most of them. "I did get
' she said.
vith the president, Augsbach
by Reagan's genuine concern
looting outside Washington's
Augsbach sai
himself, he was worried about she'll never fori
it wasn't put on, it came from but had to mai
le was human and not up on a sorry to see him
taking care of hi
'er lost his sense of humor The president
:ed and hit me with one-liners was witty and >
ax," she said. know him. It's n
bolish the state Commission
Iternative to that statewide Wiibert Leto
use Ways and Means suboriuced
a bill in February all
ommission. However, he did re^toicesofse
as for panels to guide state ||, .
:er is now suggesting the
nmittee to oversee higher | ,,s
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is Committee chairman, the f ^
irman of both the House and || .
from both the House and the I
ision has been that the panel
schools'needs. He has often [' ,
una guiidi iu a siuit" Wilt'f t'
5 are doing," Nunnery said. r ? ^
to by the agencies it's [
;ing," Nunnery said. "South
eping with the policies of a
ave this supervisory power I
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penalty
and first degree criminal sexual assault.
Doctors at the State Hospital will determine
if Perry is sane and capable of
assisting his attorney during trial.
Heimberger, an only child, is survived
by her father, Charles J. Heimberger. She
was born Feb. 9, 1937 in Erie, Pa., and
received a doctorate in elementary
education from the University ot Pittsburgh,
where she specialized in reading
and language arts.
Heimberger was an associate professor
at the University of New York at Brockport
before becoming an assistant
professor at USC in the fall of 1978.
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Debbie Augsbach
d nursing the president was an experience
get. "I wanted to ask him for his autograph,
ntain my professionalism. In a way, I was
transferred out of the unit. I would have been
m for as long as he stayed in intensive care.''
was very down-to-earth, Augsbach said. "He
villing to share stories. 1 enjoyed getting to
ot something that happens everyday.*'