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"9 Police arrest I By John Dainer A man police believed to be mentally disturbed was arrested and charged Tuesday in connection with the burning of a USCowned trailer. The man, a 25-year-old Sylvania, Ga. native, was arrested shortly after the 4:30 a.m. blaze began behind the University Engineering Model Shop at Greene and Gadsden streets. No one was injured in the blaze discovered w.. r>~:i a 1 i?? it._ uy i?Yu ijuuiuciii ivauiuitu ciupiuyees, uui uic trailer was a total loss. POLICE SAY the suspect was seen across the street from the trailer near the personnel office after a witness told police that the man smelled like smoke. Two officers approached him and asked him where he spent the night. The man said he had slept in the trailer and had started the fire that gutted the building, according to police reports. Police believed the man only spent one night in the trailer and that he started the fire to keep warm. THE TRAILER'S value and exact ownership remains a mystery. A man who works at the model shop said the trailer had been there for more than a year after "just appearing one day." He said no one has claimed it, and no one has used the trailer since it arrived. * n M. _ r t ^ _ ? _ 1 _ _ * i james amun or inveniory ^oniroi saia ne has no idea who it belongs to and did not know it existed until it burned down. 4 SCE&G rate ini From Staff and Wire Reports USC could suffer serious financial consequei Public Service Commission grants South Caroli Gas Company's $170 million rate hike request ficials saidr r J ci 11 *i n r^v i cu oncuey, ui uic nujcci Lveveiupmem Center, said the rate increase would likely hav effect on the university." "We are doing all we can to keep costs dow stantly looking for new ways to save money," ? "We're just going to work on conserving when or if the increase goes through, we'll b( with it," said David Rinker, USC systems vie facilities planning. The university is taking serious steps to cont across campus, said John Campbell, assistant for finance. Temperatures in dorms were kept at 40 to ween semesters. Steps were taken to replace some natural ga ment with electric equipment in an effort to sa Campbell said. He said increases in gas costs major cause of higher utility costs for the uni Shelly urged students to conserve. "If we all 0 Good only ? ? Knox Abbott Dr. 928 J W. Columbia 79? ? 791-5002 O "QaanarhntAil ^ tWUfJUi WVVI IP Delivery 2.00 OFF 2 $1.00 OFF ? FASL^Cou II1' WW is looking 1 writers and ann , H 1 experience is necessc Russell House, betwee out an applicaition. Also . are every Wednesdc Room 327, F YOU cc the SC i > t I II II II II II I II I Benraia man a JJ? ------ ? DR. FONTELLE Thompson of the Biology Department said his department had used the trailer several years ago, but then someone moved it behind the model shop. "It had been moved without notification with many instruments inside. Vandals broke in and destroyed many of them, so the biology department cleared it out," Thompson said. He said he does not know who is responsible for the trailer now, but believes the ownership was transferred after his department finished using it. The trailer was moved because it was in the way of the Williams-Brice Stadium expansion, said Project Development Director James Bass. BASS SAID Thompson was using it in the corner of the stadium parking lot, and it was empty when it was taken away. The trailer had been vandalized before it was taken away, he said. He said he doesn't know who owned the trailer and believes it was up for grabs before u ournea. The trailer was a popular spot for vagrants, and the university has not used the trailer in a long time, Lawrence Beauford of Environmental Service said. ALTHOUGH HE has heard speculations about who owns the trailer, he said he could not substantiate anything. The university will have to absorb the cost of the trailer since insurance deductibles are already high enough, Beaufort said. urease could hur control our consumption ot enc ices if the state mon sense is the key ? to thinl na Electric and said. , university of- SCE&G is seeking the rate i cost of the V.C. Summer Ni t Maintenance which came into full commerci e a "disastrous Intervenors are asking the 1 money the company can recov< n and are con- light of their attempt to sell ne? Shelley said. it owns. energy so that SCE&G owns 600 megaw 2 ready to deal Authority, also Known as e president for megawatts. A Duke University professoi rol utility costs the company would face seriou vice president increase request is not granted Dr. James Vander Weide tol< 50 degrees bet- pany must be able to offer in return on their investments to is fueled equip- The company has aksed fo; ve utility costs, amounting to a $170 million ir have been the rate hike of about $13 per 1,00 versity. residential users. pull together to Intervenors are recommend #t these locations: ^ S. Main Richarson Plaza ? 1*1770 St. Andrews ? 772 7224 ? Sunday Special" ? 1 Only Coupon 5 ; Large Pizza X , Large Pizza Expires 124-84 f rteous Delivery X ' 1 I iC. FM or broadcast I ouncers. No prior iry. Come to Room 318, n 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to fill . . WUSC's weekly meetings ly night at 6:30 p.m. in Russell House. >uld be on i f ClUlU )ON! . I I fter USC trailei ill Gutted Fire destroyed this USC trailer early Tuesday morning. t university, offic :rgy we can save money. Com- about a 14 percer <. about what we're doing," he million increase. Intervenor Johr ncrease primarily to cover the Action, asked Van lclear Station in Jenkinsville, operates in an eco ial operation Jan. 1. "It's not only a 3SC to reduce the amount of replied, but adm :r for the $1.26 billion plant in management evali irly half the megawatt capacity A ruling in the In other SCE& atts and the Public Service USC, a judge orde Santee-Cooper, owns 300 ly to grant the cor the company want testified earlier this week that "I rule the evide s financial problems if the rale is insubstantiated Weatherford Jr. i the commission that the com- SCE&G appealed vcsiurs a id.j percent raie ui niiuiuu. avoid those problems. The company hi r a 16 percent rate of return, vestors with a 16.'J icrease, which translates into a ? the percentage 0 kilowatt hours per month for SCE&G has bee the past 17 month: ing that the company receive will have to refunc ! 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