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Page 2 ? November 28, 1984 Dateline THE GAMECOCK U.S. Supreme Court denies Shaw's rehearing petition Associated Press WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for rehearing in the case of South Carolina Death Row inmate Joseph Carl Shaw Monday, but a spokeswoman for a coalition opposing the death penalty said his attorneys would "explore any options left." The state Supreme Court will have to review the legal handling of the case before notifying the state Department of Corrections to set the date for Shaw's execution. Shaw, who pleaded guilty in the 1977 slayings of two 1 ,l i? .u? c: ? 1: - : ? A ? v^uiuiiifia ittlia^CI), WUUIU UC II1C HIM IU UIC 111 II1C MillC electric chair since 1962. Shaw asked the nation's highest court to reconsider its refusal to overturn his 1977 guilty plea and sentence. The Supreme Court decision "obviously limits many of the options left," said Kathy Riley, spokeswoman of the South Carolina Coalition Against the Death Penalty. "We're going to explore all of the options left....This sets the process in motion to set an execution date, unless the lawyers come up with another appeal," she said. The U.S. Supreme Court now will notify the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals of its ruling by mail, according to Mark Dillard, a spokesman for state Attorney General Travis Medlock. The federal appeals court will then return jurisdiction to the federal district court in Columbia. After the jurisdiction switch takes place, Dillard said Medlock will ask the state Supreme Court to officially notify the Department of Corrections so an execution date can be set. Under South Carolina law, prison officials would schedule Shaw's execution on the fourth Friday after being notified by the state Supreme Court, which also will review the case, Dillard said. But the attorney general's spokesman said there still could be delays at the federal level, making it difficult to predict when an execution date might be set. "Our counterparts in other states have seen that, even at this late date, defense attorneys have filed motions in the federal court system," he said. "That's another factor that makes the (execution) schedule indefinite." uuiaru saiu ivieaiocK "will oppose any additional motions to delay" Shaw's electrocution. Shaw, 29, and co-defendant Terry Roach pleaded guilty to murdering Tommy Taylor, 17, then raping and murdering Carlotta Hartness, 14. Shaw was then a soldier stationed at Fort Jackson. Ken Suggs, one of Shaw's three attorneys, said when they made the rehearing request to the U.S. Supreme Court in October that it was the last step of the appeals process. Suggs could not be reached for comment Monday. The office of John Delgado, another defense attorney in the case, referred questions about the case to Riley. Soviets say arms talks continuation of detente Associated Pross MOSCOW ? The Soviet Union said new arms control talks with the UnitedStates will be a followup to the detente of the 1970s but it condemned a U.S. official's statement inai aepioymeni 01 American missiles in fcurope will not stop before the talks start. Appearing on CBS-TV's "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Robert McFarlane, President Reagan's national security adviser, said the United States would not halt deployment of Pershing 2 and cruise nuclear missiles in Western Europe before talks in January between Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. Speaking on the same program, Vladimir Borgachev, military correspondent for the official Soviet news agency Tass, said continued deployment of missiles would be "a sign of bad will." But he also said the Soviets "should give a chance to the United States to regain the reputation of a reliable partner in the negotiations." A Tass report, filed from Washington, called the U.S. position cynical and said the continuing deployment of the missiles had undermined chances of arms control agreements. The GAMECOCK is the student MVflHWMnHl aghMH newspaper of the University of South Hl Carolina and is published three times B| JSIm a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and / BLfli Fridays during the fall and spring E Hemestern and weekly on Wednesdays nS\B it during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and ex- 3 - > amination periods. H Jk 4 / 1 Opinions expressed in the GAME- 3 I V JfS 1 COCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Caro- H * A ia ?na. 5 Twice A. If The Board of Student Publications B| and Communications is the publisher of M /fn vffc the GAMECOCK. The Student Media HJL VT Department is the parent organization 69 tJTj ijfl of the GAMECOCK. i 3 Tf TT Change of address forms, subscrip- H tion requests and other correajMndence ; H| _ should be sent to the GAMECOCK, M r*r\? ITMDI A O Drawer A, University of South Caro- 59 ^ULUIVIDIA f. lina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. 3 .?./ Subscription rates are $15.00 for (1) lVlO la yeVj?^rr'*!lor "prlng Mm?'ter B" Columbia, Sour and 13.00 for both summer sessions. mU ' Third class postage paid at Columbia, H Plionc The GAMECOCK is a licensed stu- ,S dent organization of the University of H /WSwi , .. . South Carolina and receives funding S DTttlQ thiS Ct from student activity fees. j Probe finds Aisociatad Press The U.S. Justice Department found 4 tional" conditions at the state hospital about a year ago, according to a lette South Carolina mental health officials State officials called the report "hig said some of the deficienceis it cite corrected. The letter from Assistant Attori n 1 J- ? * " " r\.cynuiu:> says investigators rouna "s< the number of qualified physicians at I "inadequacies" in nursing coverage. REYNOLDS SAID the staff shortag deprivations on the right of patier unreasonable risks of bodily harm." The Justice Department probe, c through early 1984 and covering a peri 1983, also noted "serious deviations f sional medical practice in the use of p altering) drugs. The report criticized the overuse of re patients at the Columbia facility. But Reynolds said the deficiencies i caused by factors beyond the imme hospital staff, such as institutional fur past organizational difficulties. I ia B V j^pp|||p|Br I How 'bout those Gam Fans who watched the USC-Clemson gai football team. S.C. unempl Associated Press South Carolina unemployment climbed to 7 percent in October, influenced by decreasing textile employment that hit its lowest levels in South Carolina since World War II, the state Employment Security Commission announced Monday. The October unemployment rate was 0.6 percent higher than September's 6.4 percent, which had been the lowest rate since May 1980. Commission Executive Director Robert "Jack" David said the September unemployment rate may have been a case of the recession "bottoming out," and he expected the rate J to hold steady for the next couple of xtra Cash" I First Donation g 6 7eek Donation H I Ji JL ii. 'MM ym ? [; hospital's can "NEVERTHEL1 'flagrantly unconstitu- patterns or practi( in a probe conducted residing therein to r received Monday by conditions, such a: state those findin ;hly constructive" and through negotiatio :d have already been tional deficiencies i letter. ley General William Justice Departmt ;rious deficiencies" in officials shortly to 1 . . ... i??v jimt i lusjjuai anu Keynoias aaaea. Dr. Racine Brov sioner, and Dr. Jan es resulted in "serious said there will b( its to be free from improvements. "The deficiencie: onducted from 1983 and policy procedu od from 1977 through conference. "Weth rom acceptied profes- i he policy, procedu sychotropic (or mind- Condom said 14 have been hired sir strain and seclusion of conducted for addi nay have been partly BUT HE said th diate control of the population from 1 iding, recruitment, or eians. The patients community. ^f* '; IMS * $F ' gjg^Vxjf >*^^W ' x^B IIIMi^f II I ill' I^W~ lecocks? Tie at the Carolina Coliseum Saturday gathered a oyment jumps months, but increase at the first of the yccti . The rise in unemployment statistics reflected a slowdown in tourism, farming and construction, but also reflected deepening troubles in the textile industry, which reached a postwar low at 111,000 people at work in textile jobs. The peak of textile employihent was approximately 160,000 in November 1973, David said. "Employment at the textile industry hit an all-time low (since the early 1940s) of 111,000-a loss of over 4,000 jobs since one year ago," he said. "We expected a gradual increase (in the employment rate), but there is a general slowing of the economy nause FLYIN1 introduetorv fliohtc . J lowest cost flying lessons lowest cost plane rental open to students, faculty, staff Film & Speaker BRING USC ID CAR s inadequate ESS, OUR charge . . . requires that when :es at a state institution subject persons egregious and flagrantly unconstitutional s we found at SCSA, we must notify the gs and engagfc in a cooperative effort, ns and consultation, to remedy constituregardless of cause," Reynolds said in the snt attorneys will contract South Carolina set up meetings to discuss thier findings, vn, assistant state mental health commisnie Condom, director of the State hospital, ; full cooperation in making necessary s they cited could be divided into personnel res," Condom said during a Monday news link that pretty much we have taken care of ires and what not." additional registered nurses and five LPNs ice July, and a nationwide search is being tinnal nlnicifionc ^lv/uMi pujr oiviuiiO. e hospital still needs to reduce its patient ,200 to about 7,00 and hire more physiwould be relocated in group homes in the .^, .i^wQpSaHB^BBn ,W Photo by Joseph Garnett t Sarge Frye Field to welcome the victorious in October tionwide," he said, "this is the time of the year when we don't have too much employment in tourism, construction ana agriculture." U.S. Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., also voiced concern about the textile statistics. "In the last four years, we have lost over 22,000 textile jobs in South Carolina alone," Hollings said. "Textile imports continue to increase at a yearly rate of about 60 percent, and our own textile exports continue to decline." The unemployment figures reflected about 102,9(X) out of work in October, compared with 94,900 in September, he said. ' I G CI IIR I Meeting Thursday, Nov. 29? Rnnm i JT-3A I - WWII I % m/ I V . I I I I P.E. Center 1; Last meeting for Fall I ^ ^ ^ Semester^ | I