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Page 2 ? October 5, 1984 Dateline THE GAMECOCK Priest suspends 200 students because of parent's truancy Associated Press CHICAGO ? A priest enforcing a show-up-or-get-out order has suspended 200 students at a Roman Catholic school because their parents ? whether Catholic or nonCatholic ? did not attend Mass on Sunday. The suspensions at Holy Angels Elementary School were imposed to reaffirm an agreement parents signed to attend church each Sunday, said the Rev. George Clements, pastor of Holy Angels Church. "If parents don't attend Mass, their children cannot stay in this school," he said Wednesday. R/> qHmiccir\n for thp chilHr^n u/nnlH HpnpnH r\n fhpir parents' meeting with him and promising again to attend Mass regularly, said Clements. Clements said a majority of the parents at a meeting Wednesday appreciated his views, but some parents said they would remove their children from the school. Patricia Ellinston. whose 5-vear-old daughter. Melodv. attends kindergarten at the school, said she "can't deal with Father Clements' rule that we have to go to Mass every Sunday." Ellington, who is not Roman Catholic, said she had younger children who make it difficult for her to attend Mass each Sunday. She said she enrolled her child in the parochial school because she thought she would get a better education there. "i reei mai tne cnna s eaucation is more important than my spiritual background," Ellington said. About 35 percent of the children at the school are not Roman Catholic, officials said. All parents were asked to sign a contract before their children enrolled showing that they understood their obligation to attend Mass, said Clements. "We clearly do not want any families to become involved in Holy Angels if that family feels they are reluctant to r?orPP to thic fnrtract '' tVi*> mntrapt ronrl Mass attendance always has been required, but the rule had not been enforced until a spot check for attendance Sunday, said Clements. N.Y. City's 'Hell Gate' yields cars, human bodies, bones Associated Press NEW YORK ? A search for a missing state trooper has led to six sunken cars, two bodies, a human bone and a growing suspicion that the river bottom section of swirling currents known as Hell Gate is a burial ground for the underworld. Police divers who tound the bodies of the trooper and a reputed mobster on the sludge-covered bottom of the East River planned to search again today, Harbor Unit officer John Holihan said Wednesday. "The scuba team is going back to that location because when they pulled up the car yesterday with the trooper, they found about four or five more cars down there," Holihan said. The probe in the treacherous waters of Hell Gate, where the East River meets the Harlem River between Manhattan and Queens, has unfolded like a well-crafted mystery novel. The search began on Monday after police received infor mation that the body ot the slam state police detective might be in the river. Instead, they recovered a Lincoln Continental containing the body of Robert Fratello, 53, of Randolph, N.J. He reportedly had mob connections and had been missing since January 1979. On Tuesday, divers discovered the unmarked state police car used by Detective Richard Snyder, missing since Sept. 20. When it was lifted out of the river, the detective's body was found stuffed in the trunk. Police on Wednesday revealed another four cars ? a Mercedes Benz, two Cadillacs and another luxury car ? had been brought up, with only a single bone as a clue to their former occupants. Homicide Detective Lt. Robert Larkin said it was a human bone. It has been sent to the medical examiner's office. The GAMECOCK is the studeifr newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays . : > .. 11 i < .11 i i .' during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. . i V Opinions expressed in the GAME- , , t . i! < r COCK are thoae of the editors and not ' Umm UnlMr.tty of SoMth CmoIV Board of Bttfrdeut Publications # ^ mmd C??icatt? i? the p>MMwr oi & llflrOI the GAMECOCK. The Starlit Media H *2* *" s?tcta4c'fer",,,",*,,I"u~ I Gar Cb?ift of iMtmi feru, wbwrip- B ''TlCJCI IC I t<? W0Htl MMl otiwr BUTMBOrtlXt I I IuuUL I aho?M be seat to the GAMECOCK, I Drawer A, UBiririttref Sooth Cairo- I Una, Colombia, B.C. Jrttt08. B WT Sabktcrlption ratea are $15.00 for (1) j? year, so.uuper iaii or spring wester h winn and 13.00 for both summer seasiona. B Third class postage paid at Columbia, I VL_? S.C. Pi The GAMECOCK la a licensed stu- I JEWELRY dent orraniiation of the Univeraitv of I "nnirnnri/ South Carolina and receives funding 1 from student activity fees. MAIN AT BLOSSOM Al Make-up exam Little Dee Dee works on painting his fai Reapportionmei Attociitej Prat The murky political waters of reap portioned districts swallowed up some familiar faces in the state Senate during primaries Tuesday, including veteran Newberry Sen. Robert Lake and Lexington incumbent firebrand Norma Russell. The Senate reapportionment plan, which divided the upper chamber into single-member districts, was intended to give blacks a better chance at winning elections in the upper chamber. But the results for blacks were mixed at best, with some losing in black majority districts and others gaining runoffs with white incumbents. Not all of the surprises were in contests where race was a factor. FOR EXAMPLE, Lake, a 15-year Senate veteran from Newberry, fell to attArnAV T^Amie D nrroll UVVV1 liVJ A UUIlia.7 L VJJJV. IXUuldUll) lilt feisty Lexington Republican, lost to her former campaign manager, Addison "Joe" Wilson, by a 54 percent to 46 percent margin. Florence Sen. Tom Smith was in a close race with black state Rep. Frank Gilbert in District 30, and appeared headed for an Oct. 11 runoff. Voting in that district was "not totally along racial lines. You had crossover from both races," said Gilbert. 1 i s 8 .ii; 1 E linn I P rate with' Y I C necock 11 c ON A ROLL" |Ke WAREHOUSE d*!,*, E 1 rHEADQUARTERS" 13 CROSS FROM HONEYCOMBS Jf ML * V _ / ' ma n# I lOP'o Unmnrnminn Pornilifll WaHnoCfi^W L/D GI UuU d IIUIIIDUUIimiy uniiiivai Iiuwnuuuu f nt ruins incumbi Sen. Peden McLeod, D-Colleton, will face black state Rep. McKinley Washington, D-Charleston in a runoff. IN DISTRICT 40, Sen. Marshall Williams, chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, defeated black state Rep. Earl Middleton by a 54 percent to 46 percent margin in a/\ i i - ^ uiMiici <tu, wincn nau a ju. / perceni black majority. "It looks like it (the vote) was split down racial lines, which I'm sorry it HiH " Williams caiH pvnlainino fh/> close finish, "he put on a good push. I saw what they were doing today. They were working and getting the vote out, and my crowd was staying home." Middleton planned to challenge up to 300 ballots in his Democratic primary, complaining that those voters had placed ballots in the Republican primary in June. Lourie claimed 54 percent of the vote against his challenger, state Rep. Mary Miles of St. Matthews, vying to be the first black woman in the upper chamber. AYU/At/C C, A I TI'J /1L<TT/11 J 1UU11U based on race or heritage to be something that I just do not approve of," said Lourie, who added that sup port of black elected officials helped him. nmanmMHBBn SOFT CONTf oft Lenses xam ollow-up ilsinfection Contact lenses for Astigmatii Extended Wear higher price* CAROLINA USSU f\n? l\?atma A Qllllllf lii UGIIII^ o. uui i irner or layior tk tsuii 5i Jlk. itfjfri rffffc 1 Ptoto by Ray 6fonb?rg ent's chances In District 14, Gaffney Democratic incumbent Harvey Peeler knocked off a strong challenger, former South Carolina congressman Ken Holland, who failed by a 2-to-l margin. Holland complained that the late settlement of a two year reapportionment battle gave incumbents little time to prepare and confused many voters. But he was generally upbeat. "I think I'll be able to pick up the pieces of my shattered life and go home, said Holland, laughing. Cherokee County Councilman J.R. Stroupe finished third. ANOTHER INCUMBENT, Sen. John Lindsay of Bennettsville, defeated attorney Greg Ohanesian in District 28 by 64 percent to 36 percent. Another incumbent, Sen. Coleman Poag, fell to state Rep. John Hayes in a three-way race. Former state Rep. Caldwell "Red" Hinson ousted incumbent Sen. Frances Bell Jr. in District 16. Black state Rep. nri x _i 11 c i /vf i ncu iviiiiiicu wun wiiii jj pciccui ui the vote over challengers Dorothy Manigault and Mark Hackett in a black majority district. The Senate race was the first in which blacks have had a chance to gain a suDstantiai snare or senate representation since Reconstruction. *CT LENS I a POWER RANGE 1 -i:00 to +6:00. |j &m, Bifocal, and B SN CLINIC I l Optometrist I s. Phone 256-3198 I