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Newsmakers Compiled from AP wire J Jury selection under way in Bell trial IMCKKVS ? I airy Gene Bell formally pleaded innocent to charges he kidnapped and killed a 9-year-old Richland County girl in 1985 as selection of" potential jurors got under way in the death ponalt y t rial. new. .i unpen electrician, already laccs one death sentence tor the murder of Lexington County teen-ager Shari Smith. Both trials were moved from Lexington County because of intense publicity about the murders and the month-long manhunt that followed in the summer of 1VH5. Expulsion awaits first-time violators I 1IAR1.KSTON ? Public school students in Charleston County caugnt vising urugs or alcohol on campus or at school-sponsored events are now subject to expulsion for a first offense under a policy approved by the county school board. The policy approved Monday would ailow the board to have final say on whether substance abusers are expelled ? a revision from a policy introduced this past month that called for automatic expulsion of first offenders. j liahn confirms tryst with Bakker NI'VV VOKK ? A 27-ycar-old secretary has conf irmed she had a sexual encounter with evangelist Jim Bakker in 1980, but she denied any use of blackmail against him, according to a published report toil ay. Bakker resigned this past week as president and chairman of the board of P11., which stands for both "Praise The Lord" and "People That Love," after revealing he had paid money to cover up an extramarital affair seven years ago. Jessica Hahn confirmed the 1980 encounter with Bakker, but | retuseu to give a detailed account of her alleged part in Bakker's downfall, New York Newsday reported. Bakker said Monday on a taped segment of the PTL cable TV show the sexual encounter was an attempt to make his wife jealous. Swaggart denies he's behind takeover I FORT MILL ? Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart said he has never considered a possible takeover of PTL, but is sure he is the unidentified minister Jim Hakker accused of executing a "diabolical plot" } to gain control of the television ministry. The Pentecostal evangelist said he is confident "beyond a j shadow of a doubt" he is the unidentified minister Bakkcr referred J to in a videotape aired Monday, The Charlotte Observer reported t Tuesdav. i SOFTEK PC/XT /AT The SOFTEK computer was developed under contract lor the State of South Carolina (S C. State Contract 1 -205-64471) SOFTEK computers have been throughly tested and approved to be fully compatible by the S C. State Oepartmenl of Into'malion Resources Management. SOFTEK computers have been purchased and are currently in operation In most S C. State Government agencies, colleges, universities, public and private school systems, and many of the local govern rnent olfices within South r.arollna. Each SOFTEK computer carries a full one-vear warranty (parts and labor), and a 1ft day money-back guarantee of compatibility and satisfaction (on SOFTEK PC/XWAT computers only). FCC approved SOFTEK PC-1 $695 F jily IBM compatible and taster than IBM XT. Full 640K RAM Installed. 360K floppy disk drive (720K 3,5 Inch microdisk optional), eight expansion slots. 150 watt power supply, parallel printer port. AT style keyboard Complete system. Ready-lo-Run |ust add IBM-compatible sotlware. With high-resolution (720x348) Hercules-compatible monochrome graphics monitor (amber or green): $695 W'th high resolution 1640x200) RGB color graphics monitor $995. With high-resolution (750x3501 EGA color graphics monitor: $1395 SOFTEK PC-2 $795 Same as SOFTEK PC-1. except: two 360K floppy disk drives With high resolution (720x348) Hercules-compatible monochrome graphics monitor (amber or green) $795 With high-resolution (640x200 RGB color graphics monitor: $1095 With high resolution (640x350) EGA color graphics monitor: $1495 SOFTEK XT-20 $ 1195 640K RAM. 20MB hard disk. 360K floppy, clock/calendar, parallel printer pon, AT-style keyboard W;th nigh resolution 1720x348) Hercules compatible monochrome graphics monitor (amber or green): $1195. W.ill high resolution (640x200) RGB color graphics monitor: $1495 With high-resolution (640x350) EGA color oraohics monitor tino* SOFTEK XT-30 $1295 Same as SOFTEK XT-20. except 30MB hard disk. With high resolution (720x348) Hcrcules compatible monochrome graphics monitor (amber or green): S1295. With high-resolution 640x200) RGB color graphics monitor: $1595 With high-resolution 1640x350) EGA color graphics monitor: $1995 SOFTEK AT-20 ? 1795 8 MH; 8H/8I. processor. lull t MB RAM installed. 20MB hard disk. 360 K floppy (1 2MB optional), clock/calendar. parallel P'.Hpi port AT style keyboard iV ih high resolution (720x348) Hercules-compatible monochrome graphics monitor (amber or green) $1795 Willi Nqh resolution (640x200) RGB color graphics monitor $2095 With high resolution (640x350) EGA color graphics monitor $2495 SOFTEK AT-30 $1895 Same as SOFTEK AT-20. except 30MB hard disk W-th high resolution (720x348) Hercules-compatible monochrome graphics monitor (amber or green): $1895 With high resolution (640x200) RGB color Qraphics monitor: $2195 With hich resolution (640x350) EGA color graphics monitor $2595 FREE SHIPPING 1 5 DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE on ail SOFTEK PC/XT/AT computers 1 v.irtf*' .Q'npaltl'ltt One yoar warranty FCC approved Custom configurations available Specialists in Microcomputers, Software, and Peripherals ' t "<t M,*ir. 51 refit Columbia Across from IBM Opon Mon-Fn 9 5. Sat 10-3 (803) 799-P086 SOFTEK j 09 you wont to... 1 Have fun? | Gain valuable experience? S * Make future contacts? 1 Help spend part of YOUR I Student Activity fees? The CPU is looking for a few good people to chair each of its 11 committees. Today is the last day they will be taken. Come to the CPU Office and fill one out! L Campus 1 crime rat lly SI'.AN KKFFKH News reporter The number of reported larcenies at USC dropped almost 6 percent this past year from 1985, while the USC crime rate as a whole dropped I percent from 1 S>Sf> to 1986. According to USC" law enforce ment officials, there were 613 larcenies reported in 1985 com pared to 577 in 1986. Incidents of assault, breaking and entering, robbery and rape all rose in 1986. Motor vehiele theft decreased, and there were no murders. USC's crime rate has decreased 32.4 percent since 1980. Rape and assault arc a small part of the crime, but larceny is the most frequent crime on campus, said Carl Stokes, system vice president for law enforcement and safety. Stokes said many of the crimes at USC are hard to investigate since students often leave their rooms unlocked. A thief can simply walk in and take anything, Holdermai plaints have been brought against local public agencies, including I lie city oi Myrtle lieaeli and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism for misuse of public R , I MOUNTAINEERING V P| AND W ! WHITEWATER ^jj CLUB MEETINGS S HI I WFnNFSriflY 7PM 1 ,or (i?,a"s The Gamecock TIIK (iAMKCOCK is the student newspaper of the I'niversity of South Carolina and Ik published three times a week on Mondays, 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. 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A prime area for break-ins is the USC parking garages, Stokes :.i '11.^ i ? ?. * - vuu. i iic punce reguiariy pairoi these areas, and as a result, parking garage related larcenies dropped almost 15 percent from 1985 to 1986. The key to conuolting campus crime is community involvement. Stokes said. The law enforcement and safety office works with campus organizations to help deter campus crime. One program is Project II), which is designed to allow on-campus residents to identify valuables by having them engraved for identification. Stokes said his office is always working to stop crime on cam pus, but the final answer lies in the community taking on the task. "The police can show the people what to do to prevent crime, but in the end the people have to do it for themselves," he said. Continued from page 1 funds by its public employees. 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Fox) "Columbia's Classic Sponsored by Con I i I RL jf. m w BRUCE YORK/The Gamecock J 30 percent in (he past six years. # 1 was a serious offense. He said he was surprised anyone would indicate an item had been reimbursed before the repayment was actually received. : i \ ill | S t c i or your ttssKss&k. jjgt* mt j j ?CplMS J I iJ Of USC'S Best 1 i ipete In . . . I )f The Bands" :h 26 I.: ? PM 1: : Men Spur i s$1.00 ! I 9 1 rize given 1 om School Kids Records j spaper, and WMFX (The \ : Hock 'n' Roll Station" temporary Sound% 1 m i