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Utility seeks ; By ASSOCIATED MESS GEORGETOWN, S.C. ? Santec C ing approval to open South Carolina'! chery for raising Chinese grass ca aquatic weeds year round on state lak The utility's aquaculture center is with the fish. In addition, the South Carolina i Management Council is considei roughly 2.5 million carp into lakes Moultrie over a six-year period to aquatic vegetation. An Alabama man and a South Care detained by game wardens near Flon mer for bringing Chinese grass carp in prosecuted, they face up to five years a $20,000 fine on federal charges, ai and $1,000 fine on state violations. Confused? There's one big difference betweei legal carp. The fish state agencies wa lakes are sterile. The other variety repi a rate that they devour vegetation tha bream and even waterfowl need to su department spokesman Michael Cree "It's like the Door sucker who br zu," admits James S. Tuten, superv: Cooper's aquaculture center near G explaining the hazards of reproducti are banned in South Carolina and 3' and are allowed only in the Mississip where they were introduced accidentl But through modern genetic engir tists in the last two years have been al 1 nAn_rnnrA/lii/*?liiA oorr\ ratoinc 1 u uvirivpivuuwiivv vai \j niai mama n eating abilities of its fertile brethren. Santee Cooper is hoping that carp round alternative to the tropical tal eater that dies when water gets cold in Chinese grass carp, a member ol family, grow to a yard long, weigh 17 and eat about four times their body would cost $35 per acre to raise, coi $145 per acre Santee Cooper is spei bicides, utility Environmental Resoi Wheelchair ; ner irom inc cooper ruver miugc Run despite a resolution of support from the state House of Representatives. But Marshall Competed unofficially, leaving before the 5,400 other runners and wheeling fier way across the bridge and across the finish line, where she met a battery ot television cameras and reporters. She said she competed to raise money for Darby Ragland, a iy ^j| r? # ji^i _ -. ~-"~ jwfe 'A Fraternity members clean up after I The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the l.'niveraity of South Carolina and is published three times a week on MondavN. Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the university 01 aoum ?. aronna. The Board of Student Publication)* and Communication* is the publisher of the GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of the GAMECOCK. Change of address form*. subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to the GAMECOCK. Drawer A. University of South Carolina. Columbia. S.C. 29208. Subscription rates are 115.00 for (I) year. 18.00 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. approval for 1 Howard B. Roach -ooper is seek- Sterilization has j first fish hat- several years. R< ip to devour carps, but they wo ;es and ponds. born deformed, F experimenting surgical sterilizati regenerated, he sai \quatic Weed Genetic sterilizat ing siocKing saiu. twu private t ; Marion and sterile carp fish hat :at submerged ned the fertile fish The Florida game >lina man were sterile carp on reqi ence this sum- In May, the sti ito the state. If Marine Resources ; in prison and to experiment wi nd six months utility's aquacultui Tuten and equij and Samuel Bailey n legal and il- 10 ponds around int to stock in bought from an A roduceatsuch spawn next March t striped bass, The sterile tripoi rvive, wildlife chromosomes ? v, 1 said. posed to two sets i ought in kud- To sterilize the < isor of Santee at a time and plat eorgetown, in are given hormoi ve carp. They reproductive cycl< 7 other states, female's eggs drop pi River basin mixed with a featl .. i r\r e U?.U ...1 y in ivoj. uttin wucic 111cy leering, scien- After about five 3le to produce baby carp are p he same weed- transferred to the The center un can be a year- Arkansas-bred cai lipia, a weed- procedure was toe i late October. better next spring r the minnow status, limited mai to 25 pounds, 18 months, spokes weight. They Various protect npared to the diploid carp and 1 riding on her- nearby Winyah iirces director reservoir. athlete accu 2-year-old Hanahan child with irreversible brain damage. Now, six months later, the 24-year-old Hanahan athlete is in the Berkeley County Jail charged with assault and battery with intent to kill Ragland. And she faces a possible death sentence in Florida, where she was indicted last month on charges of suffocating two other children and attempting to suffocate a third. Authorities allege all incidents took place while Marshall was baby-sitting the children. Marshall was indicted by an Escambia County, Fla., grand jury on charges of first-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 1981, death of 2-year-old Kathleen Ricks. She also was indicted on a :?i}J0r"h{^si: i'M-^. ' WT i asbestos removal and renovations dn the ( : & sf* > > Welcome t< > > ; Freshmen Ge ' w/Purchas } > > | 2767 Rosewood Dr. > Columbia, SC 29205 2549380 Facility said. ? been tried unsuccessfully for :searchers tried cross-breeding uldn't eat weeds and many fcere Loach said. Scientists also tried ion, but the removed areas d. ion is a brand-new procedure, he :ompanies in Lonoke, Ark., have cheries, and most states that banallow the non-reproductive kind, and fish deDartment distributes nest, Roach said. ite Department of Wildlife and gave Santee Cooper permission ith genetic sterilization at the re center near Georgetown. pment operators Lester Drayton are working with a dozen carp in the center site. The fertile carp, labama hatchery, are expected to d offspring will have three sets of hich carry genetic traits ? as op in tne rertiie diploid carp, offspring, carp are captured one :ed in holding tanks, where they ne injections to speed up the In two or three days, the . Eggs and melt from the male are iier and then emersed in a water : heat shocked, Tuten explained. : days of incubation, the hatched ut in holding tanks and later ponds. successfully experimented with rp this summer. Tuten said the > rushed this time. If results are ; and the center gains hatchery keting of the carp could begin in iman Daniel C. Coleman said, ions have been set up to keep heir fertile eggs from entering a Generating Station cooling corl nf i^cu ui aooa charge of second-degrec murder in the death of 6-month-old Joshua Skinner on Jan. 20, 1981, and with attempting to murder Richard Hanna, then 14 months old, on the same day. The South Carolina charge, which alleges Kagland sunered permanent brain damage this past February after he temporarily stopped breathing while under Marshall's care, will be considered by a Berkeley County grand jury Tuesday. Marshall was confined to a wheelchair when her right leg was amputated as a result of a 1981 motorcycle accident. Her husband is a Navy corpsman who was stationed in Pensacola, Fla., at the time of the alleged Florida incidents. He's now stationed in I J? jS I Jek 1W 1 b r ^Bii? fty | H r ^mISSS B - s^pa yjdgr j ~ ;. ^JW. a BpHHiMW^p,-^^ ?niw juad last week. m mm DlA MMta 3 nrvpiv. CO- IaK,. < < < ? Carolina! < I < t Free Name e of Shirt < < < I ASK US ABOUT OUR < \ 24 Hour Service ] By ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON ? It was this past March when most folks first heard of Manny Marshall ? the wheelchair athlete determined to compete in a 10-kilometer road race over the Cooper River Bridge. Race organizers, citing the safety of other runners, barred i r *1 n : n j ifSH If I I Capitol view The sun sets behind the South Carol ulting child Charleston. Investigator Charles Joye of the Escambia County Sheriff's Department credited a Navy nurse stationed in Pensacola, who is now in Charleston helping authorities in the investigation. He said after Navy officials in South Carolina began investigating the Ragland case, "this nurse recognized Marshall c h^ino inunluAH \i;tt h in. MvJ CVlllg, 111 T V1T VV4 mill 11 IV III" cidents in Florida when she was here. 1 think she was on duty when the kids were brought into . .the ISavy.foospitftU'!. Originally, the Florida deaths were attributed to natural causes. "We've had some bad luck and some good luck in this case too," Joye said. Marshall has a two-and-a-half \iS^Ti ! RAY GRONBERG/Th? Gtmtcock J . "" " cJsha. k ! IQi wu I 20% I New I J Call | Retailing ina State House in one of its more peaceful monu she babysat year-old daughter, Elsa, who was I rut in the custody of the Berkeley it County Department ot Social Services at the time of Marshall's tl arrest in July. d But after a closed-door,custody hearing last week, a family court el judge ruled the child could be p returned to her home in the h custody of her. father, after counseling that could take as long 1 as six months. L Following her arrest, Marshall w was examined at the State h Slospital in Columbia, where Wtqr$.? found her ..nieMttlly. ,I<,K competent. a During a recent jailhouse inter- b view, Marshall said she didn't ti recall hurting anyone. tl "I sit in my cell sometimes and si i gu, rv iicu ii u an tunics uui anu a Jury selectii for man cha in fatal S.C. By ASSOCIATED PRESS LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) ? Jury death penalty trial of Raymond F shooting of a West Virginia man. Twenty potential jurors had been " a pool of 35 required before 12 jurors spokesman forSolictor Donald V. W Under U.S. Supreme Court standai qualified jury as long as he can folio sentence in some cases. Excluded are i ed to the death penalty or who wou avoid an execution. State law allows prosecutors to seek a murder is committed while anotl crimes, including armed robbery, ra| policeman, are considered aggravatir Patterson is charged in the deat Ceredo, W. Va., who was killed in the Motor Inn, a suburban motel northv uwayne Keels, iz, also is charged be tried later. Patterson was charged with murdei him in connection with Brooks' deat Brooks was shot once in the head f from snatching his wife's purse as th ndon cHclLx for Men & Women Announces The C Student Disco OFF ALL SERV (with valid Student I.D. & this ad) >, A FREE 2? BOTTLE & SHAMPOO o ' (offer goo .ocation ? 2900 Devi 252-HAIR or just w? c Nexxus & Sebastian * I j unuiiuLiiuiiiw uwmuvK Hits. did hurt those children?' My inial reaction is I think I'll die . . I could have and I think ^ lat's the scariest thing. I just on't know. "All I can do is pray I don't get lectrocuted and that I get life in rison. They're really getting arsh with the death penalty." Marshall, meanwhile, has a 980 lawsuit pending against a os Angeles hospital, where she a i r f ! i r 'as ircaieu ior a leg injury ociorc cr leg was amputated. The suit alleges that doctor* at o [aUer,.<.Foundation -Hospitals llowed an infection in her leg to ecome chronic and a bone infecon to grow after treatment at lie hospital for a knee injury she uffered in a 1977 motorcycle ccident. in begins rgen shooting selection began Tuesday in the atterson, charged in the fatal death-qualified," Tuesday, with and two alternates are picked, a lyers said. ^ ds, a juror can serve on a death- ^ w state law and impose a death those who are adamantly opposId find a defendant innocent to the death penalty in cases where ler crime is taking place. 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