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a n ai.i manning man signts Dear MANNING, (AP) ? No, the heat wasn't making James June see things. He really did spot a bear behind his father's house in Manning. The bear sighting spread through town like wildfire, and within an hour stories circulated of as many as four bears running around. "It was only one bear, but he just had a lot of exposure," said Mannine Police I t. Joe Hradham. who estimated thp hear weighed about 175 pounds. He estimated the bear was about a year old and would have posed no threat to anyone, "uyless they hemmed him up." June's father, Gilvey June, said his 42-year-old son and another man were digging for fishing bait in a wooded area behind the house Monday afternoon when they came running. His son shouted, "Daddy, call the police. There's a big black bear behind the house1" "If you-all are sure, then I'll call the police, but you'd better be sure," Gilhey June said he told his son. Lt. Bradham said he received the call about 3:45 p.m. and went into the area with the younger June and his fishing buddies but thought the bear was gone. Then his police radio suddenly popped, and the bear started running. Bradham said the bear ran behind a convenience store and through the Clarendon County Courthouse square. He dashed beside the Manning Police Station, crossed a sidestreet, then continued along another street where children chased him and he was almost hit by a car. The bear then ran across a nearby field and disappeared into a swamp, Bradham said. Bradham said he "called the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department, which had been trying to catch the bear to relocate him. "But, like I said, he relocated himself," Bradham said. Catalog parody to be released FREEPORT, Maine (AP) ? In the market for a "moose hide toothbroush case," a "camouflage maternity jumper" or "rrihhit-fnr vvn 11 r\anpr1) '' Then you'll want to turn to "More Items from Our Catalog," the sequel to the best-selling parody of the L.L. Bean catalog, due to hit the bookstores Oct. 1. Although not everyone at the mail-order camping outfitter is amused, Avon Rooks says it hopes that the 80-page update of last vear's snoof will duplicate the enormous success of the original. The original "Items from Our Catalog" was "the topselling trade paperback for the first six months of 1983," said Avon publicist Lynne Johnson, who said more than 750,000 copies are in print. The reaction of Bean officials to the new takeoff on their outdoor sporting goods catalog was mixed. "1 think we're all looking forward to seeing it," said Jand Brogh, a public atlairs assistant. She said she thoroughly enjoyed" the first book. "I think everyone did." Not quite. "I never read it," said Bean President Leon A. Gorman. "1 guess in general that type of humor has never appealed to me. 3S013 1V3H WVH>ID 331 'IVHH 3SCHD < g ROSSINI'S i f ICE CREAM 3 ;S, -J I 18.2% OFF I o 2 C/) 1?' OUR LARGE SUNDAE 5. ^ r r 1 > n < q Hours: /-m s -t .A i. ? _ i : i.. .1 tSSasv p i i;v3u - ^ ?T ?> S ? m 2019 Devine in 5 Points <j j* 799-5070 < ? MJ > ^ - J? fi Good until 9-1-83 ^ ...... cv; y with this coupon u ? UJ > u ? REAL ICE CREAM REAL CLOSE a REAL r B? jj L jBj I " p W Wis M3jb .jPSSL-Ji Round and round they go USC students pack in Carolina Coliseum yesterday during packet r trying to sign up for fall classes Overcrowding may toi (AP) ? Gov. Dick Riley has not committed himself to declaring a prison overcrowding emergency, but he says recommendations from corrections and parole officials to order the release of up to 620 inmates "weighs with me to a significant extent." R ilev cawl hp hacn't maHp a Hpcicinii nn tlip rn/ini>ctc Knf promised Wednesday to act within two weeks. The corrections board last week urged the governor to declare the state's prisons dangerously overcrowded and to order the release of non-violent prisoners. WEDNESDAY, THE state parole board unanimously agreed to join the corrections department in asking Riley to invoke the act, but suggested the prisoners not be freed until next year. The parole board's action was prompted by the new Prison Overcrowding Powers Ac!, a law designed in heln the <Jtate avoid a federal court takeover of the South Carolina penal system. "We have looked at the situation carefully and can recommend we concur with the corrections department's request that an emergency be declared," J.P. "Jack" Pratt, parole department executive director, said at a board meeting Wednesday. Pratt told the parole board his department could manage the expected 570 to 620 inmates expected to be released, but it would be difficult. THE DEPARTMENT would be unable to verify if all the inmates being released will have housing on the outside - a Carolin Literary IW a Ti A ft Wa tci | this 11 BHiMBMBBfcA^BiW? ^^SSjesflaw,-:; Photo by Joe Jackson ' J egistration. Students had to brave heat and long lines while xe inmate release j standard procedure, ne said. "I have some concerns about that, but it will not adversely affect this," Pratt said. He said each inmate will be asked to certify he has a place to stay before being released. In its letter hand-delivered to Riley's office Wednesday, the board warned parole administrators may not be able to handle another emergency release this year. "We have reservations about doing this again within the calendar year," Pratt said. "If there is a further request, we will have to look closely at it." THE STATE a few weeks ago released more than 200 inmates as part of a new supervised furlough program. -n,? ,r.^A u.. .u:- ? i n*. j;uv> uv-i, uy iwguidiuia uii^ ytai , <l luillplicatcd list of procedures that requires review of the prison crisis by the state Board of Corrections, parole board and the governor before any prisoners can be released. It requires corrections officials to certify that the inmate population has remined above the "safe operating capacity" limit - 7,630 inmates - and that they have done everything possible to reduce the number of prisoners behind bars. The state's prisons currently house more than 8,000 inmates but were built to hold about 6,500. The new law grants the governor power to order the release or reject the recommena lion li nc ieeis mere arc alternatives open ui ine puuuc may oe endangered. BETWEEN 570 and 620 inmates could leave the state's crowded prisons under the planned use of the act. About 370 of them would qualify for the supervised furlough plan, while the remainder would be under the parole department's supervision for 90 days. i.a's only f\/H" 01 ryi -*** l x'xa^a/iiilC 3r students. n tor it fall! J ' ' ii n i iwi hiii iiwiiiihiwfmin wiiiWiiiiHiMii wiiiiiiail"i ii'iiii