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* The Gamecock Founded 1908 Monday , Volume 77, No. 81 University of South Carolina April 15, 1985 * Measles epide By College Press Service <! GAINESVILLE. Fla. ? When geology Professor Evan Dubolsky contracted W measies last montn, wora traveled last. a Within 24 hours, panicked students ca were swamping the Santa Fe Community th College health clinic, further frightened pi when substitute teachers in Dubolsky's ? classes reported the professor was battling D meningitis as well as measles. sti The panic soon spread across a wider bi rtnrt nf Plrtririn anH r?i?c4?rl f*>arc ctitH^nlc f visiting for spring break would soon have the whole state erupting with the diseases. at Their worst fears, along with the huge in student epidemic, never happened. students already were uneasy wnen a pediatrics resident at a Gainesville 01 hospital developed the highly contagious p< rubella, Florida health department e[ ?^ui\w9iiiau Jitvui IVUIIKII) saiu. But when Dubolsky was hospitalized, el Soviet softens nn-sitp insnenti ?? wi w m |w By Associated Press ATLANTA ? Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Do Saturday his country might permit on-site insp< i radar installation to allay U.S. concerns that the | ^ violating an arms control agreement. Dobrvnin suggested the possibility of the inspect a panel discussion at a policy center established President Jimmy Carter, who said he was I hnhrvniii'i ^iiuui'ttinn , In Santa Barbara, Calif., where President Reaga ing the end of a 10-day vacation. White House Pete Roussel said the administration would like to text of Dobrynin's remarks before committing. CARTKR CALLKI) IT "quite a departure" frc ^snvipt nncitinnc Carter said he checked with other Soviet delegate , sion and was assured that Dobrynin, who had to had intentionally raised the prospect of on-site vc "I turned around and asked the Soviet dcleg 'Does this mean that you would go along with on iivmi ii iiicit " in iiv.v.v.9^ai^ i\t uvivi iiiinv. nit >cinini; tion allegation?' And they said, 'Yes, that's correc terpreted it correctly,' " he said at a news confer "During our meeting when we were drafting our dations, the Soviet delegation was asked specifical agreed that the statement by Dobrynin was acci former president Gerald Ford, a participant in the j new s coniercnce. ICAKTKR SAII) he was "extremely gratified thcoming nature of the Soviet representation. It } mirror those that will be presented at the negotia ; ^ (the arms control talks in) Geneva, this w L constructive." Dobrynin's suggestion came in response fron I I'rnn. Wo., C Mnnn H P.o r r*\A IIV'III ^Lll. .Jttlll HUIIII, I^ VIU. , ?? I ivy 3?1U t' Bcerns about possible Soviet violations of ex agreements must be allayed before Congress will a treaty. Nunn cited the Soviet radar installation at K which intelligence analysts say may violate the ; missile treaty between the two countries. Former educati y By Associated Press NEW YORK ? T.H. Bell, secretary of education during President Reagan's first term, has criticized the administration's plan to cut federal aid to college students as an assault on the nation's private schools. Bell, writing iri Sunday's editions of The New York Times, said the proposed legislation to cut student aid would result in the transfer of & thousands nf students from nrivatp fr> mihlir institutions. |t ^ Reagan's proposal is an assault on the naw tion's private colleges and universities, Bell wrote, because "it flies in the face of arguments mics spreading 1 It put the scare into people," he added. Health services coordinator Nancy OXI heless said, "We had at least 25 people | j | | day. You wouldn't believe what they me in Tor. Everything from sore By Ta roats, ihe common cold, acne, even just . triples." . rc State and county health officials feared , ubolsky had contaminated up to 140 \\ o udents in his four classes with the virus, iresid it Wheless confirmed "no more than a Imimi w cases in the whole county." mend In fact, most Florida cases occurred Hoick nong students visiting the state for spr- L g break, according to Mclnelly. ^ . Wheless agreed, saying, "There were .? __r_ f . comni niy iu cases reported in a county apulaion of 100,000. That's not an a pot< jidemic." a ' Though Dubolsky rcccntly returned to report ass, the scare Roes on, Wheless said. ? brynin said rttimiT xr :ction ot a 1 K* ..,. device was &?'$* B Hg SB g g g| W| by former IVfliHH, l ^5 ama/ed at mS409! was ill be very I 1 comments >sional con- C< isting arms * A*hs*tutv .,7YH6M(lViaMKK*^ (JL iccept a new I nnl< Mr*nm I ffeavn kiLamI raznoyarsk, LUU* ,,,U,,,S U,,C W,ICtS" anti-ballistic Edward Welch does bicycle tricks in ion head denouni advanced by the Reagan administration that government policy should encourage the private sector to do more so that government can do less." Bell, 63, a professor of education administration at the University of Utah, was education secretary from January 1981 until the end of 1984. He said the proposed legislation would strain the budgets of the states and effectively preclude able students from low-income families from setting their sights on "our most distinguished institutions." The article singled out David Stockman, through univi icials try to keep thi mmy Lane j () icials may try to keep USC" out of feasil d this fall by requiring students piogt ?ve they've had measles shots. Th ody Carothers, assistant vice lin\ it ent for Student Affairs, said an Thou ni/ation task force will recom- a fre< to university President .lames stude 'rmnil I Hal liliiHi'nli. nnnt IH iii ")W ' " ??' Mica they've either been exposed lo or said, inted against measles. vacci others heads that immunization /\f ittee, which was formed to study make :ntial measles outbreak at USC shots other universities and colleges lee, I ed epidemics. ,,< \5H?*J jfT*\flB^K. jp y ,\ ,l^k jM SSBaMjgE.. y^ Kw^^HQvifJfwWU^;*, I SAM HOLLAND I Th, Valley Park at Five Points. poc Inan rutc WU BVUII VU 1.U director of the Office of Manag< Budget, and his staff, as failing to rec private liberal arts colleges "add a di uic imai picture 01 /\merican acacia must preserve." Bell said that the OMB budget ana not understood this, though this w four years trying to explain it." Bell also took issue with his William Bennett, who has $upf r\rr\n/\i olc Kt; caitinn (ha r\r / ^jiuvimiiuii pi wpu.iui.? \jj ln^iup, uii. pn might force some students into "dive stereos, automobiles and vacatioi beach. rsitites 3 red out of USC e commiticc wants to design ii ilc and affordable \accinaiion am. he said. c stale Department of Health and onmcntal control would help the nson Student Health Center set up ? dnrino full rr?oicf r?if inn f/\r ills who had not been exposed to les or been immunized, Carothers and DH1:C" would provide the lie. ler registration, students could ^ individual appointments lor at the health center for a minimal ic said. Any student who had 1101 See "Measles," page 5 Rebel-held area in Ethiopia aets U.S. fnnrl gBy Associated Press WASHINGTON - The United States is sponsoring an unpuhlici/ed program of food aid to rebel-held areas of northern Ithmm.i son V^y* fag ding shipments through gSM Sudan, the H ashing/on I'om reported in Sunday editions. U.S. officials will soon ask >, Sudan's new military governHvj^' ment for permission to e\ panu me program, wmcn is being carried out in cooperaB&fe* (ion with private reliet' agencies, the newspaper reported. Widespread famine has struck sub-Saharan Africa as ' a result of severe drought t. over the past several years. Reagan administration ot ?. v' \ - ficials view the operation in , KUtl-IICIU <11 L\n U1 LL( IIiU|)lii , ' V V however, as a delicate matter because of uncertain tela' '' tions with tlie Marxist nation v and pro-American Sudan, * the Post said. It said the Sudanese seek ; better relations with Ethiopia, and Washington fears too much publicii\ ^ vl1' could cause Sudan to scuttle vSw'' the program. It said the administration, already in talks ^ it'll K I ho Plhi^rvioML ?/x w ? * normal channels lor food ' * ' deliveries to rebel areas, tear too much publicity could ? Gamecock result in failure of the negotiations. The Post said the State Department and the Agency ? 1 for International Development approved 45,(XX) tons of food for the cross-border i operation, bringing the total ) to 115,(MX) tons since October. It said 86 trucks also :ment arid ,)avc hccn allocated for the ogni/ethat project. mension to AID source was quoted Tie that we as say'?8 60,000 tons of food already have arrived or are St., Ik. lysts "have "" ",v riter speni In a secret operation late last month, the Cenral Insuccessor, telligence Agency planned an >orted the airlift of Ethiopian Jews >posed cuts from Sudan to Israel, rstiturc" of Military transport planes is on the were used to carry the Jews, who had fled Ethiopia.