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FBI investigating threat Jackson cal By The Associated Press ATLANTA ? Citing a death threat from the Ku Klux Klan and menace from other right-wing militants, Jesse Jackson's Democratic presidential campaign Monday renewed a call for early Secrct Service protection. But the Treasury Department, of which the Secret Service is a part, said no decision on early protection for candidates had been made. Frank Watkins, Jackson's press secretary, said the latest threat was relayed by the FBI on Friday. "We were notified that leaders of a small Ku Klux Klan Rroup in South Carolina had made threats to kill the Rev. Jackson during 'Black November,'" Watkins said. Deborah Wade, a spokeswoman for the Civil Rights Division of the Justicc Department, confirmed that the Talks Continued from page 1 Both sides have reported progress sources in Kabul as on completing the treaty. President bachev hopes t< Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail withdrawal before Gorbachev hope to sign such as an year. agreement at a Washington summit Soviet Forei that begins Dec. 7. spokesman Gennad But a State Department official a news conference i said Monday the summit may have to Monday that Mosc be postponed unless some problems to withdraw its troo regarding the proposed plan to police 12 months, the treaty are resolved soon. This would narr A senior U.S. official said in ween time spans mc wasmngion mis past wcckciiu mai oum siues m uic ? the summit was not expected to pro- peace in Afghanista duce a breakthrough on rebels fight an e; Afghanistan, the principal issue Soviet troops backi straining U.S.-Soviet relations. government. But a West German newspaper In the most recei Monday quoted Hast European talks, the Kabul go\ WCISC-F I dpi "Need Extra Cash" tf9/} nn nn rs + nnn9l i j l/? 1/1/ V/II JL IX Uf I i Twice A Week Donati j $$$$$ 1,| COLUMBIA PLASMA CEN H 1916 Taylor Street 1 5 Columbia, South Carolina 292( , Phone 254-6683 1 Appointments Available | - OPEN 7:30 AM ' j "Bring this Coupon with you1 B Deck The W Itj Wants Everyo I Take Ad Ljjl 1IB8^8BS8SSPSSSS9SSB9ESHSS^ | ' 89 I 1 Q^QQ Deck Th $ SB That Stops B t" 'I Sales Will v-.V-'-j Gr, ts against candidate Is tor protec FBI was investigating the report. ^ "We take any threat very seriously," she said. i Watkins said the alleged Klan plot and an earlier, mail- s ed threat from Baton Rouge, La., which was reported to the Secret Service, warranted immediate protection for 1 larkson. I The alleged Klan plot was unearthed this past week by I the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. | Morris Dees, executive director of the SPLC, said his | civil rights law firm had notified the Justice Department this past Thursday after getting sworn affadavits from two members of the South Carolina Klan group. 5 "Our investigators took these threats- seriously," he ? said. "The Klan is getting smaller and smaller these days, 1 and we think its leaders want to do something spectacular. saying that Gor- gcsted a 16-month timetable, com) announce a pared with an original four years, the end of the while Pakistan was seeking a withdrawal within eight months, cn Ministry Gorbachev has SDoken of a y Gerasimov told "bleeding wound" in Afghanistan n West Germany where Soviet casualties are mounting ow was prepared after stepped-up supplies of modern ps within seven to Western arms to the rebels. But while it has said repeatedly ow the gap bet- that the Soviet Union was ready to ntioncd so far by pull out, Moscow also has insisted efforts to restore that "outside interference," meaning n, where Moslem support of the rebels, must end first, stimated 115,000 The United States aids the rebels, nc the communist The guerrillas have said they will it round of peace continue fighting until the last Soviet /ernment had sug- soldiers have left the country. AWESOME I I A I TCDMATI\/C flH C I I ? o" I | Clemsoitj ! ! Tnilnate TER | | Deli Tray >1 i ! 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In his campaign for the Democratic nomination four /ears ago, Jackson reported 314 death threats and was issigned Secret Service agents at the beginning of November instead of January, the usual starting date. T his time, he submitted his request for Secret Service proBlood Drive Continued fro the phone on the progress of each Other suppor school, Duke said. Governor Nick Th Several restaurants, including the football coach Jot campus Wild Pizza, Burger King and Cocky and severa Dominoes Pizza are donating food for the canteen each day. The drive will ct wi wii i i i inimminiiiTrmii win iiithmuhihh mm cky^s i I _____ 'Carolina | Special i s $19.99 i r Tor o reopie \\i s, & Potato Salad) i Sy 252-8411 i We'' 1 * HHH ^ ret Service tcction on Oct. 8, two days before announcing his candidacy. f ; = "We were told that thev would set ud the criteria in 1 about three weeks, but wc still haven't heard anything back," Watkins said. Watkins said the government would have to answer for 1 -;r any harm that came to Jackson, the only black seeking a major party nomination. ' L" Richard Adams, spokesman for the Secret Service in \ Washington, noted that the decision on when protection } begins and who gets is made on the basis of guidelines set ! ^ by a five-member advisory panel composed of the speaker and minority leader of the House, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and member from the public. ~ v. " m page 1 r ters include Lt. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Thursday I . icodorc, Gamecock from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the : Morrison, mascot Russell House Ballroom. But Duke - , 1 cheerleaders. said they will not turn anyone away [j ;;;: after 6:30 p.m. Thursday and anyone \ mtinue today from there will be able to donate. TAKE A BREATHER I NOVEMBER 19,1987 I p; I ve Got the Ammunition I for the Cola Wars! I 111 fti H i ] a ^ I Choose a Side .. M; i I take a stand, and wear the tvN--j| colors! 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