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* Page 2 ? November 14, 1984 Dateline THE GAMECOCK Berkeley Coun protest genera Associated Press MONCKS CORNER ? Th election ballot was "too con test," according to protests Democratic candidates ? two State Senate District 38 ir Dorchester, and Berkeley C Robert Call filed protests sayir both state law and the 1965 V their bids for re-election. Rep. Fred Day, D-Berkeley, a protest on the same grounds Dukes ran against Rep. Will Call lost to GOP candidate Creek area council seat. The protests were accepted tinued in Day's House District didate Michael Walker had re night. In their protest. Dukes, Cal ballot was too complicated, cat of voters and violating the 196 "This is no reflection on Mr. ty ? none whatsoever," Call : has been a perfect gentleman. Reagan's votes," he said. The formal protest said the to cast ballots for all Republica when they voted straight GOP ballot. Berkeley used an optical in all precincts. Call's protest will be heard Berkeley Election Commi; Singletary. The election comm about South Carolina's legislat The commission had approv< Singletary said. Adolescent sui as media glam Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? Ad contagious when the media gU the story front-page attention, "A lot of kids see the attenti the headlines and hear the rept that, for one moment, I can b< Susan Blumenthal, director of tional Institute of Mental Heal Reporters portray suicide vi cover stories from the angle of just decides to kill himself," B Mental Health Association on conference here. Adolescents often view suicic and the news stories often aw without reminding them of the One suicide can trigger anoi tify with a suicide victim throuj the youth and the events leadir Blumenthal cited a "suici Westchester County, N.Y., themselves ? five within a thri "They didn't know each othi had all read or heard about th The suicide rate among peop in the last 30 years, while the group in the United States has i an adjunct assistant psychii Washington University School About 5,400 adolescents ai ages kill themselves each year, unreported, she said. Most young people who kill but the rate has increased rece ing in urban areas. The suici< west, She said. The GAMECOCK is the student 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 Wtdrtesdays during both summer sessions, with the ,'SUIrslHt *xPrclTu Hi \inc u/wra?: CQCHuLrSlhpse of the editor# A/id rtBt thJw^VthpilJniverfcity of S^Mb^a^/ 4fcaAi( of Student ^bWctffonV''? and (xmimanicatMrrria the pubtlsner of the GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department ie the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to the GAMECOCK, Drawer A, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are $15.00 for (1) year, $8.00 per fall or spring semester and $3.00 for both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. The GAMECOCK is a licensed student organization of the University of , South Carolina and receives funding from student activity fees. ty candidates I election * | ie Berkeley County general lplicated" and "a literacy filed Monday by three of whom were defeated. icumbent Gene Dukes, DDounty Council candidate ig the county ballot violated r?tino Riohtc Aft Rntli lr?ct who kept his seat, also filed |j iam Branton, R-Dorchester. m Merrill Cox for the Goose L Monday as a recount con- k t 92 race. Unsuccessful can- y rquested the recount Friday Vl 1 and Day said the Berkeley ^ ising the disenfranchisement f j 5 Voting Rights Act. <1 Cox or the Republican Par said in his protest. "Merrill jl We feel like Mr. Cox got fJ ballot format caused voters (Pj 1 i _ r . i i n iib un inc oacK 01 ine oanot ?? ' ticket on the front of the (J scanner voting card system wd at 10 a.m. Thursday, said L| ssion Chairman Farrell ission must handle protests ive races, he said. |i sd the format of the ballot, jp cides rise, I nmno rJr?r? + Un b UIIZ.CO UCCI II10 | olescent suicide can become imorize the deaths and give a national expert says. Ili ion a suicide gets. They read )rts and think to themselves Ass s important, too," said Dr. ^ suicide research at the Na- Lut Ith in Rockville, Md. raci ctims.as heroes when they rerr "the all-American kid who a ^ lumenthal told the National ecj , Saturday during a two-day ^ his if as their nathwav tr? olnrv \x/ r_ .w o , *? . aken fantasies about death ta. : consequences, she said. :her when adolescents iden- T ;h the media's description of ros lg up to the death, she said. of civ ide cluster" this year in jr where 10 youths killed vjq se-week period in February. ^ j sr, but there is evidence they e other suicides," she said. i )le aged 15 to 24 has tripled v'? rate among every other age eas decreased, said Blumenthal, itry professor at George of Medicine. ^-? id 30,000 Americans of all his and many more suicides go str< "H themselves are white males, sen miy aiuuug uiitcK mates uv- wa Je rate also is higher in the > i! JEWELRY WAR B GAMECOCK HEADQUAI I r ' MAIN ST. AT Bl ^^^^^ 2909 Piatt Springs Rd. 3102 Broa I f p lourners say I .ociated Press ATLANTA ? The Rev. Martin her King Sr., whose son shook the 'I ; t.! i ? *! - r . im .Ncn^iuimics 01 me nauon, was lembered after his death Sunday as ian who throughout his life preachthat love is stronger than hate. ? Ling, stricken with a heart attack at home Sunday, died at Crawford Long Memorial Hospital in AtlanHe was 84. rhe son of a sharecropper, King e to local prominence as the pastor Ebenezer Baptist Church. His son, 11 rights leader Martin Luther King , and wife, Alberta Williams, met lent deaths, while another son, D. King, died in an accident. murturu A i;fo . *?*?W V/VJ?? t m HI v i invu Willi Ul Itll lent adversity, it would have been y for King to become bitter, said the v. Joseph Lowery, president of the uthern Christian Leadership nference. 'But he kept his strength, his faith, love and told people that love is ^nger than hate," Lowery said. Ie didn't talk about love as a mere itiment. He talked about a love that s active, that was dynamic." Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, who I4K GOLD I 1 { AMFcnr.K. I I - n?".-T?-nr&l J1 ?j* CHARM 1 .n EEHOUSE H bo< RTERS AT USC H on LOSSOM ! ] gOj King was corner; fought for civil rights with the younger King, said, "I think we have to thank God for a wonderful life. "Daddy King did more for this city, the South and the nation than any of us yet realize," Young said. ALVEDA KING Beal, King's granddaughter, said she visited King several times during the past few weeks, and that he was comfortable in his last days. "There's a saying that only the good die young, but some of the good live to be 84," she said. Christine King Farris, King's daughter and his only surviving child, announced the death at a hospital news conference. "I'm trying to be as strong as I can, as Daddy would want me to be," she said. Former Atlanta Mavnr Ivan Allpn who called on King as a mediator during times of racial tension, said King "was a wonderful friend to the city and to the people of this city during the very difficult days of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. His contributions, however, go beyond just that period... He cannot be replaced." IN WASHINGTON, congressional REMINDER V$e?M^illiarp Price Fo iO I' 'P -?..? . i +? x yjsj^cxy the University Bookst 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m le will be auto&raphinfe his jk, Dr. Golf. Dr. Golf feives ad the "really important" aspec If. jSfcggg Need a lift? A youngster from Camp : Kemo perches on top of an I Alpha Tau Omega brother's fjfjfc 9 shoulders at the Kappa KapM M pa Gamma Balloon Derby at Saturday's USC-Florida State Photo by Mary Ann Mollis stone to peace delegate Walter Fauntroy of the District of Columbia said, 4,1 have to say that Martin Luther King Sr. made an outstanding contribution to the cause of brotherhood and justice and peace ? not only because he gave birth to and raised Martin Luther King Jr. but because of the towering example of faith and commitment that he came to represent after his son's tragic assassination." White House spokesman Anson Franklin said Sunday evening that President Reagan had been told of King's death. "The president was informed, and he was saddened by the news," Franklin said. District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry Jr., president of the National Conference of Black Mayors, said, "Martin Luther King Sr.'s death leaves a great void in our nation. During his lifetime, the environment and support which he provided for his family gave us one of the greatest leaders of our time." Beal said she felt King died satisfied that great gains had been made in civil ---? - --'J iignia. one quuicu wiiai sne saici was one of his favorite sayings: "I think God for what I got left, and I'm gonna go on and see what the sun is gonna bring." J This is the I LAST WEEK have Haf Wprtrait ma&&\ for the V I 1984-85 I Garnet & new A Black vice ? Russell House tsof I Room 316 I 9-12 & 1-5