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crisis, South Carolina legislators are now wearing bright [j
green ribbons to show concern over the murders of 21 |j
black children in Atlanta. j]
That's just the beginning. The NAACP's South Carolina I
chapters plan to hand out more than 50,000 of the ribbons, y
according to a statement. jj
The state conference of branches of the National I
Association for the Advancement of Colored People has I
urged all Americans to "pray daily for a quick resolution |
of the Atlanta killings." ;
The civil rights group said it was not involved in any effort
to raise funds. "The distribution of the ribbons is the least
we can do." it said.
The ribbon campaign fulfills a promise made to
Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson last month.
"The murders of the Atlanta children have raised
serious concerns all over the nation," said South Carolina jNT
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noiueiii w.r. uiDSon oi ureenville and state
Field Director Isaac W. Williams in a March 18 letter to
Jackson.
"We pledge our support and please feel free to call on
your friends in South Carolina for any assistance we may
render," they wrote.
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HOCK HILL (AP) - Winthrop College trustees approved |
an 11 percent boost in student fees and also recommended
Wednesday the state pay $1 million for a motel the school
has leased two years as a dormitory.
The average increase of $99 a year will mean a South.
Carolina resident will pay $506 per semester as a fulltime
student. President Charles Vail said the total is well under
the maximum and near the minimum charged by other
state institutions.
Board members voted to ask the state Commission on
Higher Education to okay buying the Winthrop Lodge, f
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houses 140 students in two buildings and a continuing
education conference center in the other.
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BYRN MAWR. Fa. <AP) - Two college students who tj
were "really steamed" about dormitory plumbing have !j
invented an 'early-warning scalp-saver" to alert bathers
of an imminent hot water surge when a toilet is flushed
nearby.
Sophomores David Schwed and Adam Levy installed a
smoke detector in a dormitory shower room and ran a
wire irom it to the toilet handle
When the toilet is flushed, a current produced by the
movement of the handle sets off the alarm. The person in
the shower has several seconds to get out of the spray - the
time it takes the drop in cold-water pressure to reach the
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"The other day, Adam came back from the shower
room really steaming." Schwed said. "Someone had I
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water had suddenly gone off. His scalp had been scalded.
So the two Haverford College students, who live in a coed
dorm at Bryn Mawr College as part of a dorm exchange.
werii io work. Their project used 60 feet of wire, 20
feet of Scotch tape and a broken smoke detector - and cost
less than $4.
Paper finds Ringo's father
LONDON (AP) - The father of millionaire ex-Beatle
Kingo Nt.arr is a window cleaner in an industrial town in
northwest England, a newspaper revealed Wednesday.
Tracked down by the Daily Express to the railroadun<
tion town of Crewe, cheerful Richard Starkey said of
;lis famous son: "He's done well, the lad, and good luck to
)im. But he owes me nothing." j
Ringo Starr is a stage name. The Beatles' 40-year-old
drummer originally had the same name as his father, who*
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Acupuncture law changes
(AIM - The state Senate has approved a bill allowing
acupuncturists who are approved by the state Board of
Medical fc^xaminers to practice in South Carolina on
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reierrais oy pnysicians.
The measure, sent to the House on Wednesday, would
apparently affect only one acupuncturist, who is working
in the Columbia area.
Senate Medical Affairs Committee Chairman Hyman
Kubin, D-Richland, said his panel wrote the bill because of
complaints by patients of the Columbia acupuncturist. j
The law now allows acupuncturists to practice only
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plained it was difficult to find times when both the
acupuncturist and physician could be present.
The bill allows acupuncture, a healing art of Chinese
origin involving needles inserted into the body, to be
performed only on referral of a physician.
At the insistence of Sen. Heyward McDonald, DHichland,
the bill was amended to require acupuncturists,
in the future, to get written approval from the Board of
Medical Examiners. The provision would not apply to
acupuncturists who are already practicing.
Harris begins prison work :
BEDFORD HILLS. N.Y. (AP) - Former girls' school
headmistress Jean Harris has started working in the [
kitchen and acting as a teacher's aide at the prison where
she is serving a 15 year-to-life term for the murder of
Scarsdale Diet Dr. Herman Tamover. I
Prison officials announced Mrs. Harris' new assign
merit Tuesday, saying she has adjusted so well to prison I
life that she is joining the general prison population soorjer
than expected.
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? President
Reagan is under doctors' orders to
work no more than a couple of hours a
day when he returns to the White
House, now expected to be between
r riuay ana Monaay.
Reagan's left lung, punctured by a
bullet in an assassination attempt 10
days ago, was described Wednesday
as "pristine," with clotted blood and
damaged tissue now "barely perceptible"
in X-rays.
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has cut its formal bulletins on the
president's health to one a day, said
Reagan's temperature was "essentially
normal" Wednesday ? an inHioatiftn
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fever.
While the chief spokesman at
George Washington University
Hospital and White House aides indicated
the president would be
released soon, no firm date was set.
Hospital spokesman Dr. Dennis
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model patient, said the president has
not asked to be discharged yet and is
"not chomping at the bit." But he
added: "He probably would like to get
out of here."
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(AP) ? The average Rsst \k
driver in South Carolina study is
wastes $232 worth of gasoline the depai
a year because of poorly "Wett
maintained roads, a study by , ,
a pro-road construction , n
group indicates.
The report says more than The sti
half the most heavily traveling
traveled roads have 34 perc
deteriorated to the Doint "fair" n
more than 311 million extra percent
gallons of gas must be used. surfaces
The study ? conducted by surfaces
The Road Information t!Jat une'
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eluded the wasted fuel cost cessive
four times the money needed 1
to repair the roads. the drive
TRIP, based in n/SJL1 ?,
Washington, is sponsored by seCpet^r
businesses with an interest ^
in highway construction. . . .
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such as insurance com- resurfac
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car makers, equipment repairs ?
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Highway Department, Jim program
Walker, described many of TRIP ]
TRIP'S backers as persons $101-mill
with a vested interest in to resu
highway building. substand
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highlights Health Enrichment
Science Fair - Region II Sci
grades 7-12 on the Coliseum c<
11 p.m. and on Saturday.
USC baseball - Caro
Newberry at 7:30 p.m. at Sarg<
USC tennis - Carolina agal
p.m. at Sam Daniels Tennis St
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Chase at 7 and 9:30 p.m. for
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weather
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Weekend: Sunny and mild. Lc
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Reagan could be ready to go home
as early as Friday but no later than
Monday, O'Leary said, assuming
continued improvement and no
surprises.
O'Leary said that while there has
been no sign of infection, the president
wac still rwpivintf twn fnrmc nf an.
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tibiotics ? penicillin and tobramycin
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hospitalized until he is off the
medication. Running "a lot" of fever
also would delay his release, O'Leary
said.
Reagan is no longer receiving
oxygen, as he has on occasion, and Dr.
Benjamin Aaron, the president
surgeon, described the wound as
"pristine...clean as it could be,"
O'Leary said.
Once Reagan does go home,
O'Leary said, the president's staff
will "stay away from loading him up
with routine things. In terms of
mental work, he can do as much as is
necessary."
But, the doctor said, "he will not be
chopping wood next week. Instead, he
will start out by putting in a couple of
hours of work each day, moving up to
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charged with pa
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bation and other
activity, pr?s<
alleged.
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half a day, three-quarter work days
and then full days."
The doctor said the president should
be 100 percent recovered within four
months, although "he might do a little
better."
Meanwhile, White House press
secretary James S. Brady, who was
the most seriously wounded of the
four people hit in the assassination
attempt, was reported making
satisfactory progress.
Medical tests showed continued
healing of the bullet wound in Brady's
brain with no sign of complications,
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In addition to former Texas Gov.
John Connally, Reagan was visited
Wednesday by Sen. Paul Laxalt, the
Nevada Republican who is heading an
advisory committee on transferring
some powers and responsibilities
from the federal government to the
states. Reagan signed an executive
order creating the panel earlier
Wednesday.
He also issued a proclamation
declaring the week of April 19 as
"Victims Kights Week," calling
attention to the needs of crime victims.
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jcenity trial
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ms, lead misdemeanor, was filed
ismatics after eight undercover
Mind in- policemen watched The
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much, videotape of the show made
the five- by a WKYC-TV cameraman
lan jury was shown to jurors Wederdict
in nesday.
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consider we are here today,"
eland. D'Angelo said. "Maybe the
31, was performance doesn't considering
form with your taste or my
aring on taste, but it's not a criminal
shaving act."
breasts Patrolman Ron Bero of the
mastur- city's vice squad testified he
sexual saw Miss Williams wearing
ecu tors only shaving cream above
ner waist and that the cream
she's later evaporated. He said
n stage site simulated sex acts with a
microphone.