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* RHAcansmM,m9 ,3 _I _ Wednesday CPU movie preview p. 10 S KSl January 18, 1983 USC meets Tigers p. 13 ^||^%^{||| J M ^Bfk HH University of South Carolina k - ?? i I? ' Senator, gi m my I uvci niiey By David Hill The political fight over Gov. Dick j 4* Riley's education plan and associated sales tax increase came to USC last night as a Riley aide and an a Republican state senator sparred over 1 the plan in a debate sponsored by a i student group. & Despite the change of venue, the EP4 quarrel still centered on funding the plan. lik; Riley's plan calls for $1 billion to be nS/ ? spent on public education over the next five years, to be financed by an inIrpj crease in the state sales tax from four jf^l cents to five. I, { "THIS IS an expensive program ? ft, there's no doubt about that," Bill K A ri_: .i ?_ _;j_ j *?_ i-<pr r-imcc, inc governor s aiue saiu. ne ; also said a sales tax increase would ( provide a permanent source of funds [ f for improving education. Riley's plan "provides a future for j, I every one in terms of the institutional demands placed upon them," he said. But Sen. Glenn McConnell, RCharleston, said the sales tax increase | Missing US r ^ From Staff Reports A man, believed to be a USC gradual j| dent missing since Jan. 9, was seen ! Greenville car rental agency Sunday State Law Enforcement Division repor The man mntrhed thp rlfcrrinf ir 1; 37-year-old Victor "Mike" Avery and his identification, SLED spokesman Munn said.^ ! Munn said authorities haven't rule ^ foul play and are not certain the mai % gggsiggm^i i overnor's aid s education is an unneeded burden on taxpayers, and that the t>nak nf Rilpv'c nrnoram ? " w. u f- - ~ ? ? "** can be accomplished by making education the first priority in spending and budgeting. "I submit to you the funding mechanisms are there," McConnell said. He said sales taxes have been raised twice before to finance education improvements, but didn't work, since South Carolina's educational system is still amonp the nation'*; wnrct y ? " w?"v' MONEY RAISED from those tax increases were eventually diverted to other areas of state government, he said. "It is time to turn that diversion back to education in South Carolina." McConnell said there is enough money in the state budget to pay for impoved education, and criticized "Taj Mahal capitol complexes" and "pork-barrel" programs. Rnf Prinpp caiH ctatp orHiornmont has many responsibilities to citizens, such as in social programs and corrections, that must be paid for also. He said the plan provides that the n4>iiflAn4 !**%!> U dlUUCIIl UCII Avery. Handwriting samples taken f te stu- car rental agency are being checked, i at a firmation may come within the n the days, Munn said yesterday, ted. "We're comfortable that it was h >n of we're checking it out to make sure,' I used said. Hugh Avery was recently treated for disorder and takes medication for d out sion, Munn said. n was State and local police search rmmmmm ^ mmmmm jamimmm i Photo by 6?m Unc.? e dispute package money raised by the sales tax increase would be put aside in a special fund to be used solely for education. "IF WE want to make a long-term committment to education, we have to make a long-term committment to pay for it." But McConnell reiterated taxes are already too high, and that priorities should be changed. "Any civilization whose tax level is at 50 percent, and we are closing in on that percentage, that civilization will not survive." He said he looks forward "to the day when we can say we cannot afford two medical schools in this state when we have a glut of doctors," alluding to controversy over the creation of USC's School of Medicine and the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. MCCONNELL SAID he agrees with Riley's plan but said he thinks "in some places the governor has not gone tar enougn." eved to be : rom the Charleston and Grand Strar ind con- tempt to locate Avery, who ext few there because he is fond of v police said. tim, but Avery was last seen when " Mlinn ahnilf 0 r\ m Ion Q oftor ta ......... Mi/vui M p.m. JUU. ) uiltl IV he was sick, said Lt. Earl Wi a liver field County Sherrif's Depai depres- Avery's major is journal editor of Winnsboro's Fi led the Independent. Going Greek Rushees and fraternity brothers crowd into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon lounge during rush Monday. Open parties were Monday and yesterday; invitation parties begin tonight. J 'rmEffiEk ' Imam H^uj^Mzjfe..::j { ^fcgjj?MUSBf^fl^ JggSM| ' g, I -<<^M^H - A --^sl.^>/.;:vu\v\fe jW^'?&Vi?v^l Ftnto fey Jot JkIiww debate . Sen. Glenn McConnel, R-Charleston, speaks against Gov. Dick Riley's education bill proposal. seen in Greenville id areas in an at- John Lopiccolo, director of Graduate may have gone Studies in the College of Journalism, said, "I isiting the coast, was sorry to hear about it, and 1 hope nAthinn Knc #/\ Kim iiv/iiiing noo uuppciicu lu nun. he left work at lling co-workers Avery, who is married and has no ilkes of the Fair- children, is 5-7, weighs 180 pounds, and has rtment. brown hair. He was last seen wearing a dress lism, and he is shirt, black trousers and a black jacket, and lirfield Herald- usually has a beard, but may have shaved recently, Munn said. USC requests funds from General Assemblv to upgrade steam plant By John Deiner Construction projects costing $4.5 million will refurbish aging USC energy facilities if the General Assembly approves a funding recommendation made Thursday by the Primmiwinn r?n Hiohpr The plans were approved by CHE two years ago, but no money was available to carry them out, said David Rinker, systems vice president of facilities and planning. The commission is planning to go back to the Legislature and resubmit the request. Construction will begin during the 1985-86 school year if the request is granted, he said. "WE PUT this request in two years ago with the hope the Legislature would approve it in time for work to begin Ipct cnrino *' Binl/pr coi/l 4 1 ~ ~ ~ .? 'I ...U> ixuinvi jHIVI. i WWII I vvaill IU AC^UIIU gUl'S.1! the Legislature, but I hope we get it this time." The largest portion of the money will go toward a $1.8 million expansion of the Johnson Control System. The computerized system will regulate the flow of steam and chilled water throughout the campus. Another $500,000 will be spent to replace an absorption chiller with a 16-ton electric chiller in the east energy facility on Greene Street, Rinker said. A chill loop between the south and west energy plants will cost $700,000, he said. The loop will establish ties between the steam and chilled water in the two facilities. ! THIT cm I Til nlon* \\7U-,I?.. O* ' > mmrnm^ . >1 ^laill 13 \J II ?? liaiCy Oil CCl itCrOSS ITOIIl mC Graveyard, and the west plant is on Blossom and Main streets. Rinker said a new electric chiller in the west facility will necessitate an addition to the building. The work's cost is set at $700,000. The construction will be done for two reasons, he said. See "Steam," page 3