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Bozo the clow
MYRTLE BEACH (AP)
your own beachwear shop,
shop, Wayne Talley will sup]
Talley, who owns a Myrl
trying to unload a 65-foot
proclaims: "Bozo's Beach
Shirts."
Talley will tell vou that the
"If you went out to purcha
the area of $25,000 to $35,000,
Talley said he just bought I
turn it into business offices.
In recent years, the city
dinances regulating the dim
signs.
If Talley had wanted to op
sign could stay, because of
dinance.
But because Talley is putti
Just who would want to I
head?
"I've talked to several peo
"I've talked to Magic Har
ot Myrtle Beach, and they ha
He said a motel in George
are some fireworks stores in
Talley is giving potential 1
deal.
"I've got a new sign going
the company putting up the i
he says, adding that the coir
than he will.
Even if you don't want to
Bozo's, there's no problem.
Talley says the sign pai
changed to read something
inexpensively.
Leaislators hn;
%J w ??CARSON
CITY, Nev. (A1
about a state Department of
end the sticky problem of ex<
allowing them entry into Nev
Phil Martinelli, director
dustry division, said Friday
draft a bill that would end Ne
Bees currently can't cross
physical to make sure they ,
said.
Martinelli's comments to
one member to ask how Ca
from their domestic cousins
Nevada was keeping the alien
Martinelli said the law ap
have to register their stock,
emigrate freely, he said.
Dead brother's
MILWAUKEE (AP) ? A fe
ior prosecuting a woman with
dead brother's Social Security
U.S. District Judge John
Attorney Nathan Fisbach th
come to court.
Mary Watson, 52, said she c
18 months after her retard
money to care for a 90-yea
Watson told officials three ti
the checks kept coming.
Fisbach said he brought th
amount involved," but the ;
"farce" and told Fisbach, <4\
these people to prison?"
Reynolds sentenced Watsoi
Woman burns:
HOUSTON (AP) ? A judg
years probation for burning h
discourage him from playing
Sandra Lusczki. 28. also wa
and to 60 hours community s<
Woody Densen.
Lusczki, who pleaded guilt;
the fingers of her son, Jerry,
prosecutor Glenn Gotschall
custody of the Harris Count;
will supervise Lusczki whe
Gotschall said.
USC todajy
RH film "Bus Stop"
Marilyn Monroe, Don Muri
Heckart and Hope Lange,JF!
Basflhall ? lisn u<s VU
Field.
Men's tennis - USC v:
Oaniei Tennis Stadium.
n sign for sale
? Here's your chance to open
You supply the beach and the
ply the sign.
:le Beach real estate aeencv is
?O / 1
tall clown holding a sign that
Wear ? Gifts and Custom Tisign
is a bargain.
ise the sign today it would cost in
" he said.
the beachwear shop, but want:.
of Myrtle Beach has passed orensions
and makeup of business
en another beachwear shop, the
a grandfather clause in the orng
in offices, it's bye-bye Bozo.
>uy a 65-foot clown with a neon
pie," Talley said.
bor, the amusement park south
ve expressed an interest."
stown is also very interested, as
Myrtle Beach.
buyers until this week to make a
[ up. If it's not sold, I'll just have
new sign sell it to someone else,"
ipany will probably charge more
open a beachwear shop named
lels held by the clown can be
;lse ? perhaps Bozo's Burgers ?
11 about hfifis
P) ? Lawmakers are buzzing
Agriculture proposal that would
amining out-of-state bees before
ada.
of the department's Plant Inhe
would ask the Legislature to
vada's reign as a closed state.
into Nevada without passing a
are free of certain diseases, he
a Senate committee prompted
lifornia bees are distinguished
. Another wanted to know how
is out in the first place.
jplies only to beekeepers, who
Unleashed bees are allowed to
checks cashed
deral judge scolded an attorney
i an IQ in the 70s who cashed her
/ checks.
Reynolds told assistant U.S.
at the case should never have
:ashed about $7,000 in checks for
ed brother died and used the
r-old woman. Her lawyer said
imes that her brother died, but
te case to court "because of the
judge Friday called the case a
Vhat would you do if we sent all
1 to one day of probation.
son's fingers
e has sentenced a woman to 10
ier 4-year-old son's fingertips to
with matches.
ts ordered to jail for seven days
irvice Friday by District Judge
y, told police she put a match to
last summer to discipline him,
said. The child was put in
y Child Welfare agency, which
n her son is returned to her,
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heaton 3 p.m. at Serge Frye
s. Penn State 2 p.m. at Sam
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State officia
(AP) ? "Go directly to jail" is the
battle cry of many lawmakers these
days concerning drunken drivers.
Almost everyone bustling around
the state government complex agrees
South Carolina has to do something
about its serious drunken driving
problem.
Of the 730 people who died on the
state's highways last year, 60 percent
of the accidents were alcohol-related.
dui iew agree on wnai 10 ao aoout it.
Some say the way to go is community
service and stiff fines. Others are
clamoring for mandatory jail sentences
to be served in "the local
Bastille," as one senator put it.
The Legislature is approaching the
problem from several angles, including
raising the drinking age to 21
and prohibiting open beer and wine
containers in moving vehicles.
The state Senate has tentatively
passed what would appear to be a
compromise solution for dealing with
the DUI offender, but now it's getting
criticism from both ends of the
spectrum.
Current laws on DUI provide for an
option of steep fines or heavy jail
terms ? , a combination costing
drunken drivers plenty of money, but
landing few of them in jail.
The Senate bill provides for a fine or
a 48-hour jail sentence for first-time
offenders. The drunken driver pays a
stiff fine and sprvps 4ft hmirc in tho
clink or does community work on
second offense.
The third offense would cost the
drunken driver a $2,000 fine and a 60day
jail sentence. The prison time
could be served nights and weekends.
The fourth offense would cost the
boozing driver $3,000 and a jail sentence
ranging from 90 days to four
years.
Clowning around
Representatives of the Maranethe Chri
exchange hearts.
Law to protect
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? Nine j
Carolina passed a law to protect its sceni
mile strfttrh nf thp MiHHio Column ?? ?
?. ? V..X- aiumiv uciiuua All U(J{^C1
has been included in the program.
"It's been very disappointing," said
Wise, adding that by now "at least eight tc
have been in the program."
The Charleston Democrat told The Chan
the blame lies with the S.C. Water Resourc
But Steve Synder, the commission's
chief, said the agency won't promote th
the approval of landowners willing to don;
or easements.
u? ii
iic ?tuu uiree river segments, tne Ashle;
the Congaree near Columbia and the Lii
Marion, haven't gotten past the "eligible'
staff cutbacks and the lack of landowner in
The problem is mirrored in North Can
years only two river segments ? includin
enjoyed federal protection ? have been pla
A federal survey last year ranked Norl
Is divided on
Bar chauffeurs
soused patrons
GREENVILLE (AP) ? If you
get drunk in The Silver Fox Lounge
in ureenvuie, they'll literally drive
you away.
The cocktail lounge's owners
decided the best way to keep their
patrons from being arrested, hurt
or lolled on the road was to buy a 9~
year-old limousine and start up a
taxi service for tipsy customers.
"We just want people to know
that if they've had a little too much
to drink, we'll take care of them,"
lounge manager Mike Smith said.
The "taxi" is a dark blue 1974
Cadillac limo that seats about six.
The lounge, about 10 minutes from
downtown Greenville, handles
about 2,700 customers per week,
said Smith.
Smith's system is simnle: If vou
live within a 60-mile radius of the
lounge and think you're too drunk
to drive home, leave your car in
the lot and hop a ride home in the
limo, parked out front. Flans call
lor three departures nightly ? 10
p.m., midnight and 2a.m.
The limo service is being introduced
just as a statewide
crackdown on drunken driving is
getting under way.
State Sen. Norma Russell, ItLexington,
has promised to offer
amendments before the bill gets final
passage in the Senate. She said the bill
is too soft on the drunken driver.
istian Center perform mime or Russell Hoi
scenic rivers 'di
rears after South and South Carolim
ic rivers, only a 5- probably qualify for
Greenville County But officials in to
owners to participa
state Sen. Dewey conservation groups
10 (rivers) should "It's the we-we
defeated a lot of ri
lotte Observer that Hoffman of the Am
es Commission. Washington. "You li
planning division people."
s program without
ate riverfront land The possibility of ?
has foeuspH r<*npu/w
y near Charleston, River buffs forme
ttle Pee Dee near 1980 when South C
' stage because of sidering building a 1
terest. of the whitewater ri\
olina, where in 12 SCE&G, the larges
g one that already plans for the dam,
ced in the system. utility continues to o
th Carolina fourth could prohibit a futui
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Her proposal would guarantee at
least two days in jail on the first offense
and steadily increasing mandatory
sentences on subsequent of
lenses.
The question of complicating
matters for the state's overcrowded
prisons and jails doesn't trouble her.
"That's the least of my concerns," %
she said. "I'm worried about the
innocent victims. I'm tired of hearing
that used as an excuse to let
lawbreakers roam the streets."
But her views are not shared by the
governor's office.
Bruce Dew, director of the
governor's Public Safety Programs
Division, said he wants to see
required community service for the
first and subsequent offenses. But he
said jail is not an effective deterrent. ^
"Putting first-time offenders in jail
would create immense problems in
our local jails," said Dew.
Rich Tidwell, a staffer in the
division who has studied the crowded ,
conditions in local jails, said many of
them don't meet minimum state or
federal standards.
Tidwell said his study completed six
months ago identified about 300
available beds in the state's 63 long- ^ 1
term local jails. And 73 percent of that
space is in six jails, two of which don't
meet safety standards.
There were 19,000 arrests for DUI in
1981 and 14,000 license suspensions.
"No study has shown fiat putting
people in jail works," s? d William
McCord, director of the state Com
mission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
"It's an emotional response, but it
doesn't work. Do you know how much
it would cost to put every drunk driver
in jail?"
Photo by Ruth Schooler
jse patio. In this skit the performers
isappointing'
\ 13th nationally in river miles that
national Wild and Scenic Rivers status.
oth states said the failure of property
ite and the limited support shown by
have hurt. ^ !
int-to-be-left-alone attitude that has i
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yv* V.UU3U vauuii cnoris, says unucK
erican Rivers Conservation Council in
lave to win the hearts and minds of the
I
i dam on the Saluda River near Columbia
1 attention on the S.C. program.
;d a "Save Our Saluda" organization in
arolina Electric & Gas Co. began con;25
million dam that would change much ,
rer into a 5-mile-long lake. #
t landowner in the area, has now dropped
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ppose the scenic classification because it
re dam.