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? The Gamecock Founded 1908 Friday Volume 77, No. 60 University of South Carolina February 8, 1985 ? ?? :. *?.' 'v .T ^Br^'^M?:m>?^' v r,-.?. # Center's gr By Buddy Moore Groundbreaking ceremonics lor I JSCs new enuineerine eomnlex will be held at II a.m. today at the 1100 block of Catawba Street between Assembly and S. Main streets. Construction on the John F:. Swearingen Center for Engineering, to be located on property now owned by Southern Railway, is expected to begin this spring. "The Carolina Research and Development Foundation, acting on 4^ behalf of the university, is finalizing an agreement with Norfolk Southern, parent company of Southern Railway, to acquire the S. Main Street property in a gift-purchase transaction," said USC President James Holderman in a press release. "Final arrangements regarding the transaction will be coneluded in the very near future." KAKLIKK THIS week. South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. donated land and buildings valued at $4.5 Senate will deb By Associated Press The Senate, fearing a possible logjam c formally agreed Thursday to consider th< first in dealing with a proposed relaxatioi laws. But the lawmakers adjourned for th< voting on the bill or any of its amendmeni days to work it. ?"l want to pass a local option amendm of the municipalities and counties decide v open up after 2 p.m. on Sundays," said ! leading opponent of relaxing blue laws. "DON'T YOU enjoy Christmas? I u everything on Sundays. It would be lik year." The original bill proposed by Sen. Jo calls for open sales after I p.m. Sunday, b mittce amendment proposes moving the I A bill pending in a House committee ci from I p.m. to 6 p.m., the same hours fa a Riley, who also advocates strict enforccmt ^ the remainder of the day. Branton's amendment would allow ope 2 p.m. in counties or municipalities that other senators said the proposal would c problems caused by varying ordinances v BRANTON INDICATED later he w county-wide referendums, which would within a county. Sen. Marshall Williams, D-Orangeburj ing Sunday sales and letting local govern if they still want the blue laws. But Bra refused to go along with the idea. ^ Sen. Don Holland, D-Kershaw, persua< w journ for the weekend after telling Brantc problem with local option." jr^iaB%rll^B^^^I#H? uuiiuui cami million for use as part of the center. The donation includes the area bounded by Catawba, Main and Sumter streets and the railroad tracks. Previously used as SCt&G's corporate offices, the buildings will be renovated as labratory space, faculty offices and student study areas. With the addition of the new building, the total area of ihe center will be 415,000 square feet. "SCEi&G's donation of the S. Main Street property. . . will benefit South Carolinians for generations to come, as the Sw-earingen Engineering Center develops into the Southeast's second largest engineering complex, attracting new industry and helping meet the state's critical need for more engineers," Holderman said. "On behalf" of the entire university community, 1 would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to SCli&G for thi? important gift." Speaking at the groundbreaking will be John Swearingcn, for whom the center is named; I t. Gov. Michael cuc iuocji upuuii >n amendments, in- "| wgnt tQ pgs e local option issue r i of the state's blue the pGOpiG OT the , .. - whether they w e weekend without fl ' is after having three SlUIOSyS. ent to let the people whether they want to Sen. Bill Branton, a . "How big would Holland said after t! /ish we could close tion? I just don't th e 52 Chrisimases a BRANTON SAII hn Hayes, D-York, pass a local option iut a Judiciary Com- R-Charleston, predi ime back to 2 p.m. port...at this point, alls for Sunday sales The South Care ivored by Gov. Dick stayed out of the c :nt of the law during changes in the past that was included ii n Sunday sales after "If they get bac voted for them, but Branton said. reate a host of legal But Hayes said I vithin one county. Senate to suspend t Mi&/L<|v II4 1/L' t ould go along with vote, so we haven't cause less problems s(j? ,hjnk , something along t I, suggested approv- maybe with a differ ments hold elections ciencious objector.' nton, R-Dorchester, But getting an chamber, said Sen. Jed the Senate to ad- "The problem i >n "You've got a big Sct/ler, D-L.exingtc proposal dealing w This is a scale model of the engineering center. Groundbreaking ceremonies are today. io todav m Daniels; Oihnicl Wicnges Jr., chairman ol" the USC" board of trustees; and Arthur Williams, president of the Carolina Research and Development Foundation.Swearingen will also speak at the university luncheon following the ceremony, along with V.C. Summer, chairman and chief executive officer of SCE&G; Robert McNair, former governor of South Carolina; and J.B. Stroup, public affairs director of Data General Corp. of Westboro, Mass. Holderman will preside over both events. BEFORE THE groundbreaking, the College of Engineering will celebrate the receipt of a computer system from Data General Corp. a; 10 a.m. in Room 101 of the present engineering building. Data General donated its most advanced computer system ? the ECLIPSE MV/10000 ? to the college last fall as part of USC's Summit Fund campaign. on blue Saws p *-> Innnl nntinn omonrlmont tn lot o a IUUUI upuuii UIIIOMUIiic.111 IU ibi municipalities and counties decide ant to open up after 2 p.m. on ?Sen. Bill Branton an opponent of relaxing blue laws a city be before it has a right to vote?" he session. "What would be true local oplink it will work." ) he believes he has sufficient backing to amendment, and Sen. Glenn McConnell, cted the proposal will have "a lot of supilina Merchants Association, which has lebate the past two years after opposing , has said it would oppose local option il n the bill. k in, we'll just be back to square one,' ie believes he has enough support in th< he blue laws statewide for pari of Cunday o see," he said. "We haven't a chance tc had a test vote yet." here is sufficient support to vote foi he lines of what I originally proposed ent time and the strengthening of the 'con agreement is a problem in the uppei Nikki Selt/er. s we can't reach any consensus," saic >n. "We are going to have to have som< ith local option to get anything." Asbestos Represenatives respond to university's request By Amy Bedenbaugh In an attempt to get $3.5 million in state funds for removal of asbestos from 15 USC buildings, David Rinker, system vice president for facilities planning, will present a request to the State Budget and Control Board. Rinker said he "will have to present well a package of our needs" to the board showing the project's expected $14.5 million total cost. A date for the meeting has not been set, he said. USC IS requesting S3.5 million immediately to cover the removal of asbestos from "as many buildings as possible," he said. After that money has been used up "we will go back to the legislature again and tell theni what status our project is at" before requesting more funds over the next two years. The consulting firm AHP Research, which inspected all 251 buildings in the USC system last year found asbestos in five IniiIHinoi Oil Ihi? ( *n111mhi:? i-:imnn<. iiu'111<IiIU> the Close Tower of the HA Building, Williams-Brice College of Nursing, the Law Center, the Physical Science Center and Columbia Mall Dormitory. Asbestos was also found in the USC-Aiken campus' administration building and the administration building and Hodge Center on the Spartanburg campus. Seven other buildings on the Columbia campus contain asbestos that can be removed by USC maintenance teams or under small contracts, Kinkcr said. THK REQUEST must be approved by both the Budget and Control Board and the Joint Bond Review Committee, which has a waiting list for projects' bond requests, said Rep. Parker Evatt, R ?Richland County, a nYdmfoei''of'fhS Hrtuse Ways and Means Committee. ?>*" v ? . Because USC's request involves "a health problem," the project could be moved up higher on the committee's priority list, Evatt said. USC should not expect any money for the project from the u:n . ?:,i /)nn<i ik.> ap^iupi itiuuin uin, i_>mi uii.auu uun i ua>w ? *money to fund what we have to do this year. It will have to come from some kind of bond." House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Tom Mangum, D?Lancaster County, said if USC recovers damages in the $I(X) million claim it has filed against The See "Request." page 5. ^ ?Uv I /T>WHi^BSHinn?&v4/ \M^4I K^K Strings attached Tricia George plays the devilish puppeteer controlling 1 Jane Finerspn on the Russell House pation yesterday in a performance sponsored by the Maranatha Christian Center.