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_wi re 'Di' look-alike causes uproar OTTAWA (AP) ? Spectators lining up for a view of Prince Charles arid his wife thought they were getting a sneak preview ' of Princess Diana hours before the royal couple was due to arrive on Parliament Hill. But it was really only Linda Ole, a 5-foot-10 student from Montreal who bears a striking resemblance to the princess. Miss Ole caused an uproar Monday when she walked next to the crowds awaiting the arrival of Charles and Diana, who are currently touring Canada. Wearing a blue dress with white trim, white shoes and a blue hat, Miss Ole stopped to pose for pictures with dozens of onlookers before retreating to her front-row seat to await the real stars of the day. xAieo r\io nowor HiH opt tr* mppt her look-alike. Diana crossed 1VI1W W1V IIVTVI U1U f)VV to the other side of the walk "just at the last minute," she said. However, she added, "Charles did a double-take" and the princess's "lady-in-waiting kept looking back at me." - - xi: Actor nuri in wresumy suene NEW YORK (AP) ? Actor James Coco was forced out of the Broadway revival of "You Can't Take It With You" by an all-too-realistic wrestling scene. Coco, 53, injured his leg during a wrestling scene in a performance at the Plymouth Theater on Saturday night. Spokesman Keith Sherman said the leg was not broken but that the injury was extremely painful. Page Johnson, Coco's understudy, performed Sunday's matinee. Ellis Rabb, director of the show, takes over the role o throA.iuAPt pnoaopmpnt. durinc which a Derma IVJlllglll IV! U UllVV f.vvn v..0%?0?... , w , nent replacement will be sought. Others starring in the show are Jason Robards, Elizabeth Wilson and Colleen Dewhurst. "You Can't Take It With You," by the late George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1937. kirk huilrl niant banana solit CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)- Mix 100 youngsters, 300 bananas, 1,000 scoops of ice cream, assorted nuts, whipped cream, caramel, butterscotch, chocolate and cherries, and what do you get? A 60-foot-long banana split and a big mess. nriio mnnnmpntai irp rrpam concoction was a last-dav treat X ilV UlVllUiUVIlVMl aw ??*... ? _ ^ _ for children who attended Charleston's First United Methodist Church vacation Bible school, said Naomi Breedlove, church education director. Mrs. Breedlove said she set up the split-making session Sunday after contacting the publishers of the Guinness Book of World Records and a giant banana split. She said the church decided to fill the gap by creating its own record. Senator plays rattle in concert BOSTON (AP) ? State Senate President William Bulge will be the first rattler when the Boston Pops plays the "To: Symphony" tonight at Symphony Hall. Bulger, on the toy rattle, will lead several prominen businessmen playing toy instruments in the composition b; Leopold Mazart, Wolfgang's father. Other instruments will be drums, trumpets, a triangle, cookoo bird and a toy nightingale. The Pops also says it's unveiling its answer to "New York New York" - "Beantown, Beantown." I ? I On Sale Through Sat Music for All Occasions The GAMECOCK is Ihe student newspaper of the University of South Carolina nd is published three times a week on ||H tyondays, Wednesdays and Fridays dur- faS Inn the fail and spring semesters and on Wednesdays summer sessions, with the exception of uni- ??p i verslty holidays and examination periods. Opinions in the (iAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of the GAMECOCK. The Student Media De- ^ partmenf Is the parent organization of the IrcS GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other torre spondcnco should b? sent to the GAMECOCK, Drawer A, University of South Carolina, Columbia, Ej^40T I( Subscription rates are SIS.00 for (1) r^I GEOGR yrar, S8.00 per fall or spring semester and $3.00 for both summer sessiors. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. H A >| _ *WT'ctm The "Gamecock" Is a licensed student ^ Mwir^r vrgnni??uun va tire ^hithv? m {.' rolina rod receives funding from sCu- #S/Tan^j (tent activity few. . wmmmmmmmmammammmmmmmmmmmmmammmmm?m Waiting in Line Incoming USC freshmen stand in line ii computers. The students went through i I Utilities accused (AP) - A coalition of consumer and anti-nuclear groups has accused tnree Carolina electric companies or charging customers hundreds of millions of dollars in "phantom taxes" ? federal taxes that were never paid. Carolina Power and Light Co., Duke Power Co. and South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. charged more than $267 million in "phantom taxes" in 1981 alone, according to a nationwide survey released Monday by the En vironmental Action Foundation. The foundation is a consumer group based in Washington. CP&L was the 5th largest collector nationwide of "phantom taxes" at $112.6 million in 1981. Duke Power was eichth at $105.9 million. SCE&G collected $48.9 million and was ranked 25th. "THE UTILITIES claim that they eventually pay these deferred taxes," Michael Lowe of the Palmetto Alliance said in a news conference In r Charlotte, N.C., Monday. "But as / long as they keep building, the deferred accounts just keep getting bigger t and bigger." 1/ The survev said that in 1981 the na tion's 100 largest electric utilities billed a ratepayers for $3.7 billion in income taxes that were never paid to the government. North Carolina and South Carolina THE KILLER WHALES j 1C lr\A Album ... I 3NAL $ q -99 ^ ADUV KECXJKL) I . . . OR TAPE 814 HARDEN ST. ?. . 5 POINTS 771-7376 fliw f JB OH si^mS ( SB9 Ha, -i : ^B;_ /^ r^^ J\~. - ' ~ - * * * " , ggi g i the Russell House Ballroom waiting for thei larly registration during freshmen orientation of collecting fph consumer and anti-nuclear groups publicized statistics for the Carolinas from the survey and called on both state's congressmen to eliminate the practice. The foundation says that for every dollar the utilities actually pay to the government, the companies get to keep $2 to $3. "Phantom taxes" have been coln4?1?4?An rinrta fU A 1 Ofirl iccicu uy uiuiii^a diu^ iiiv- i suuu 1960s because of a clause in the federal tax code that requires utilities to charge their customes as if there were no tax breaks, the foundation report said. UTILITY OFFICIALS confirmed the practice but said they are neither new nor imDroDer. Elisa Wolper of the N.C. People's Alliance and Betsy Levitas of the Carolina Environmental Study Group said utilities use investment tax credits, shorten tax lives of facilities and accelerate depreciation. "These vast sums are available for nuclear plant construction costs, among other forms of investment," said Ms. Levitas. "When used for nuclear nlant construction costs, these sums are a further subsidy by the ratepayers of the nuclear industry." SCE&G customers have been charged about $230 million during the past 30 years for federal taxes the utility has SPECIAL 50$ OFF any steak dinner costing :m.uu or more with valid USC ID Student and Faculty Good ANY day ANY time at all stores )00 Knox Abbott Dr. 767 St. Andrev Cayce St. Andrev 791-4220 772-925S mm villi liMH .7;. Photo by Dm Grimky r class schedules to be run out by i. antom taxes' never paid, according to the foundation. SINCE THE practice began in the 1930s, the consumer groups said Duke Power has deferred $746 million in taxes that consumers have paid but that the Charlotte utility has not actually paid. No figures were available for CP&L's "phantom tax" total. A spokesman for the South Carolina Public Service Commission said the ^ frtirarl m ratn coc IclA 15M1C Held UCCll iai3tu ill iuiv voovo and the PSC has ruled that SCE&G is handling the funds properly. In Charlotte, Duke Power spokesperson Mary Boyd said the practice actually saves consumers money, since it helps lower construction costs. Bill Timmerman of SCE&G said he believes the foundation's figures are hoth incorrect and misleading. "FIRST, THOSE numbers do not sound right," said Timmerman, vice president and group executive for finance at SCE&G. He said he did not have time to go through the company's records Monday morning to check the accuracy of the foundation's figures. 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