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Page 2 - April 10, 1985 Dateline THE GAMECOCK S.C. firefig By Associated Press South Carolina got a brief rest Monday from wildfires that have ravaged thousands of acres in recent weeks, and also got help from the South Carolina Army National Guard in the form of two helicopters for fighting fires along the coastal plains. Hrelighters were containing the remnants of two fires that had burned more than 4,500 acres in Horry County along the coast during the weekend, said forester Dean Carson. But for the most part the state had smaller tires which didn t pose exceptional problems, despite dry, windy conditions. A burning ban was still in effect and a state of emergency declared by Gov. Dick Riley had not been i t Double delight John and Jeffrey Oakman spent last Thuri at the Humanities reflection pond. It was t! world today? S.C. police captains fired MOUNT PLEASANT ? Two"Mount FMe; sant Police captains were fired Monday in tl; midst of a state investigation into handling c name utKcis anu luun returns. Mayor Richard 1.. Jones fired Capts. Larry I Miller and Bernard Walker Monday afternooi The mayor had called for resignations from tl department's only two captains and Polk Chief Gerald B. Simpson last week, promisiti he would take further action if the men did n( resign. aii tnree omcers reiusea to step aown, sayin they would fight to keep their jobs because the THERE ARE i BECOMING A NU :* ^ s*v . I seated by the ii m^inc \n M i f* ; 'fi system in whicl ^ n r- _-_-^ JEr*JM career advance HIHSHBBHIhH not the excepti on the ri^ht means you command o RQM A-.v,., M.. v. c 11 I ill ci ljkJI vvi in . / \iiuy iNLii Clifton, NJ 07015. Or call toll free ARMY NURSE CORPS hters bring "It's been right nice. . . It's awareness of the critical condition: lifted because of continuing dry windy conditions. "IT'S BEEN right nice," said Carson of the decrease in forest fires. "It's considerably better now. Public awareness of the critical conditions has helped." About 50 National Guardsmen callcd out Saturday were being relieved as of 4:30 p.m. frjj PHOTOS BY MARION BULL / The Gmecock iday afternoon filling empty cans with water leir answer to cooling off on a hot day. have done nothing to warrant dismissal No action was taken with Simpson c i- day, and Jones said the chief is eligibli ie open hearing to let the town council deci >f happens next. ;; Columbia woman muggc ic COLUMBIA ? A Columbia worn :c struck with a gun and robbed in the par ig of a hospital where her comatose husbari >t few hours later, a family member said. Betty Mearcs Bierer, 53, was atta ig about 10:30 p.m. Saturday when she reti :y Providence Hospital. Bert W. Bierer, rwo SIDES TO RSE IN THE ARMY ?ey re both repre i.n^i iki yv;u wv..<11 hhhm f the Army Nurse Kr-_' {MR? luceus on the left fl ' ;irt of a health care I ft J i educational and nWBwBI b? ment are the rule. |i^|p] on. The ^old bar HHRBhrSShSmI I respect as an Army officer. If you're se Opportunities, P.O. Box 771 V I -800-US A-ARMY. L BE ALL YOU CAN BE. I blazes urn considerably better now. Public 5 has helped." Harry Carson forester Monday, said John Doyle, a spokesman for the Emergency Preparedness Division of the state Adjutant General's office. Carson said the helicopters would be more versatile than tanker planes used by the forestry service in firefighting. "(Helicopters) can dip water at the nearest available source and drop," said Carson. "The helicopter is much faster to get to trou Kg B - Q } -V s '^Vl WsS?9mmBWm^^' '^v I. been taken to the hospital shor >n Mon- when he went into a coma, e for an ide whai Alleged neo-Nazi c FORT SMITH, Ark. ? A r ijJ says is an official in a neo-Nazi $3.5 million armored car hoi lan was bond Monday on charges of king lot money. id died a "We're not talking about ta federal Magistrate Ned Stewar eked at bond for Ardie McBrearty, timed to "We're talking about robber 73, had about murder." rA Career in Trav< I i .. aA ft ILiwuus mm 4600 POOREST DRIVE C( 15 Wk. Course Includes ON" Airline Computer T Day & Evening Classes Classes limited to i? su 1 TRAVEL IS OUR ONLY COURSE Of! |[FOUR CLASSES REMAIN der control 4 blc areas. The helicopter can make multiple drops." FORESTRY OFFICIALS said that 68 fires had been suppressed that had burned 127 acrcs and another zu were still burning but most were under 10 acres. No structures had been threatened by any of the fires. The state's forests also got a relative break from wildfires on Easter Sunday. M The National Guard, activated Saturday afternoon by the governor, had headquarters at the armory in Conway. Phillip Barnhill of the National Guard said that about 50 men had assisted firefighters with about seven different blazes Sunday afternoon. Judge settles Oa. college brew-haha < By Associated Press ATLANTA - The University of Georgia Athletic /\ssociauon won lis ease Monday against a novelty beer distributor when a federal appeals court ruled there wits little difference between a "Battlin* Bulldog" and a Georgia bulldog. "1 ? (hcm |ook 11 kc |dyir VH Uga, the university's mascot, ( according to a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Because of "" Py the similarity between Uga \ < and the picture on a can of - I I Battlin' Bulldog Beer, the v.../. ^;| beer cannot be distributed, ? j the court said. . ,'t^k "Thi> 'Hnulin' llnllflrto'c' football carccr thus comes to an abrupt end," Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch wrote for the panel. The case began in the fall I of 1982, when novelty beer wholesaler Bill I.aite of Macon began marketing beer sold in red and black cans that featured a nicture of an - English bulldog. The dog wore a red sweater 1 emblazoned with a black 'G,' and had a football tucked under his right "arm." ?Laite maintained it was not a Georgia bulldog. He said ihf ran hart n uiarnino saying that the Battlin' 4| tly af.er 8 p.m., Bulldog had nothing to do with the university or its dogs. harqed Georgia Athletic Association took exception, nan who the FBI however, concerned that peogroup linked to a pie might believe the universiIA A ?:?i .. 1 ? 1 iuujj was ucuicu iy >>u> ciiuuimii^ uccr. receiving stolen So the association sued Laite, and U.S. District ix evasion here," Judge Wilbur D. Owens of t said in refusing Macon ruled in favor of the 57, of Gentry, association, prohibiting L.aite 4 y. We're talking from distributing any more " Battlin' Bulldog Beer. 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