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Founded 1908 Eighty Years of Collegiate Journalism Wednesday
Volume 81, No. 41 University of South Carolina November 9, 1988
MUSC faculty members
agree to cuts in pay
CHARLESTON (AP) ? Faculty
members in the Department of
Medicine at the Medical University
of South Carolina have voluntarily
taken a pay cut to save the
jobs of fellow employees.
About 50 of the 70 faculty
members are receiving less money
through a plan that pays them a
percentage of the clinical work
they do at the Medical University
Hospital, said Dr. Allen Johnson,
president of the faculty practice
group.
"If they hadn't agreed to take
the cut, layoffs may have been
necessary to trim 3 percent of the
department's expenses," said Dr.
James Allen, chairman of the
department of medicine.
Two plead guilty in crash
that killed three people
CONWAY (AP) ? A Myrtle
Beach man has been sentenced to
15-and-a-half years in prison and
a Salisbury, N.C., man to threeand-a-half
years in prison for
their roles in a June drag race that
killed three people.
Jeffrey M. Belsky, 20, of Myrtle
Rpflrh cniiltv nn Mnn
day to three counts of voluntary
manslaughter in the deaths of
John and Elizabeth Williams of
Little Rock, Ark. and Marjory
Branch of Myrtle Beach. He was
sentenced to 15-and-a-half years
in prison and will be eligible for
parole in less than five years.
George Michael Shuler, 18, of
Salisbury, N.C., pleaded guilty
Monday to two counts of involuntary
manslaughter and no contest
to racing. He was sentenced to
three-and-a-half years in prison
and will be eligible for parole in
about a year.
USA BRIEFS
Toymaker makes amends
for Sambo character dolls
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
(AP) ? A Japanese toymaker
donated more than $250,000 in
toys to poor children in San Francisco
to apologize for selling Little
Black Sambo dolls in Japan.
Sanrio Toy Co. has also stopped
making the Sambo character
and two similar black-faced toys.
Sanrio came under attack in July
when The Washington Post carried
a story describing the
popularity in Japan of black
caricatures based on Little Black
Sambo, a children's book figure
created by Helen Bannerman in
1898.
Sanrio executives met with
members of the Congressional
Black Caucus last week to propose
the toy distribution, as well
as a Japan-U.S. children's ex
change and the development of
multiracial characters for a monthly
magazine the company
publishes.
WORLD BRIEFS
Typhoon kills at least 19
MANILA, Philippines (AP) ?
Typhoon Skip roared into the
South China Sea yesterday after
killing at least 19 people and forcing
thousands to flee their homes
in Manila.
Skip's center passed about 100
miles south of Manila, sparing the
capital from high winds and
flooding.
But, officials said Skip triggered
tornadoes, landslides and
widespread flooding across the
"typhoon belt," the central
Visayas islands and the Bicol
Peninsula of Luzon Island.
The government weather service
said that at mid-morning Skip
was about 150 miles southwest of
Manila.
INDEX
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Features 6
Comics 7
Sports 8
Classified 12
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Bush wir
Incumbents win
in 3 districts
By The Associated Press
Incumbents swept to victory in three of South
Carolina's six congressional districts Tuesday, while
Democratic Rep. Liz Patterson also led in her hotly contested
re-election bid with Greenville city councilman
Knox White congressmen.
The winners included incumbent Republican Arthur
Ravenel and incumbent Democrats John Spratt and
Robin Tallon in the 1st, 5th and 6th congressional
districts, respectively.
In the 2nd District, incumbent Republican Floyd
Spence trailed his Democratic challenger, Columbia
banker and attorney Jim Leventis, by a slim margin.
However, at 11 p.m. most of the votes from Spence's
home Lexington County, a Republican stronghold, remained
to be counted.
Incumbent Democrat Butler Derrick also built an early
lead in the 3rd Congressional District over Anderson
surgeon Henry Jordan.
In the 4th District, Patterson led 42,678, or 56 percent
to White's 32,865, or 44 percent with only 46 percent of
the Upstate district's 239 precincts reporting. WLTX-19
declared Patterson the winner at 11:15 p.m.
Ravenel led 45,653, or 58 percent, to 32,820, or 42 percent,
for challenger Wheeler Tillman in the Lowcountry
district.
Spratt easily defeated Newberry College professor
Robert Carley, with 32,033, or 62 percent to 19,629, or 19
percent for Carley. The figures represented about 33 percent
of the 5th District's precincts.
"My opponent has taken the position I'm not representative
of the district," Spratt said. "But my constituents
are saying I am representing them and their voting
interests."
Carley said he didn't know whether he would wage
another campaign but said he wouldn't stay out of
politics.
"Having been in the Republican Party for 40 years,"
Carley said, "it's highly unlikely I'll weave some type of
cocoon and climb into it."
Tallon said he was "really humbled" with his re
election. "I love this district and have great love and admiration
for our people."
Tallon turned back retired newspaper publisher Robert
Cunningham Sr. of Pawleys Island, a Republican.
With 41 percent of the 6th District precincts reporting,
Tallon had 42,067, or 73 percent, to 15,487, or 27 percent,
for Cunningham.
Early returns Tuesday night showed few surprises in
S.C. General Assembly races, with most incumbents taking
strong leads and no major shifts in partisan makeup.
In House District 33 in Spartanburg County, however,
with all of the precincts reporting, Republican challenger
Lanny Littlejohn got 54 percent of the vote to Democratic
incumbent T. W. Edwards' 46 percent.
Group seeks dives
of funds from U.5
By JOHN MILLS III
Staff writer ( (
University foundations should COminil
divest from companies that do single g]
business in the Soviet Union, said a .
member of Students for America. t Slirvn
The USC Educational Foundation alienable rigl
and the USC Research and Develop- ljhprfv "
ment Foundation should divest, SFA ^ *
member Janice Kraft said Friday.
"American firms should not be Studet
doing business with the economy of
the Soviet Union because it runs on
slave labor and oppression," Kraft
said.
SFA set up a mock graveyard on u cont' , ^r.
the Russell House Patio Friday to an Standard Oil
protest the university foundations' "The Standard
investments. They made 10 tomb- admit, is with Ea
stones, each representing a country said. "When the
that is influenced by the Soviets. American compa:
Countries represented in the money to builc
graveyard were Afghanistan, military. And in s<
Angola, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East use our technolog
Germany, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, expansionism.
North Korea, Vietnam and "We're trying t
Yugoslavia. a way to get somi
Kraft also provided pamphlets involved in our o
describing what SFA supports. hoping also to
Several SFA principles deal with organizations and
communism and the free market. ty members and
involved in our ef
The free market is the best system Rawley Patton
for rewarding hard work and in- Richland County
genuity in the middle class, the pam- SFA's efforts,
phlet said. But according to some Patton said he i
U.S. and Soviet officials, the socialist ings with the Sovi<
economy of the Soviet Union is based arms reduction
on full employment and although doesn't trust the 5
people may be given different jobs by "In the past th
the government, Soviets receive the up to any treatii
same salary for whatever type of agreed to," Patto
work they do. continue to build,
"Communism poses the single not to build."
greatest threat to the survival of the "We're not ti
inalienable rights of life and liberty," university or the f
the pamphlet said. us," Kraft said.
The research and development send a messag
foundation has projects with Boeing businesses that i
Aerospace, Occidental Petroleum, business with Sovi
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George Herbert Walker Bush, wins the popular vote Tuesday Nov. 8. Bush,
who says he wants a "kinder, gentler America," will become the 41st president
of the United States. Pictured with him is Gov. Carrol Campbell, his
Southern campaign strategist.
State voters OK 8 :
By The Associated Press prospective jurors should be selec
South Carolina voters on Tuesday were the rolls of licensed drivers rati
voting heavily in favor of eight proposed registered voters and whether the
amendments to the state constitution, in- Assembly can set minimum qual
eluding one allowing the creation of for county sheriffs,
statewide grand juries to investigate crimes The voters also were approving
involving drugs or pornography. the state to change how much it
As of 9:15 p.m., Amendment No. 1 was aside as reserve funds, allowing el
passing by a margin of 74 percent to 26 per- ficials and government employees
cent. With 17 percent of the vote in, it was serve as volunteer firemen or consta
leading 83,132 votes to 28,707 against. allowing counties to jointly dev
Among the other eight questions broken dustrial parks,
up into 11 parts on the ballot, were whether They also were approving char
tment ID system hat
J Editors's note:77i/s is the second of a twopart
series on problems associated with USC student
???? identification cards.
inism poses by kris taylor
reatest threat sta" *rit<T.
. Of.. Difficulties with the scanner system for student lden'31
01 tfte 111- tification cards are clouding USC's hopes for a single
its of life and multipurpose ID card, a registration official said.
Scanner systems were installed last fall to solve the
problem of multiple IDs, said Registration Director
Linda Woollen. She said students needed different
ntS for America cards for the different places on campus.
pamphlet "I definitely think it (the scanner system) was a good
move, but the lack of education has caused a pro??????
blem," she said. "Different departments bought dif.
ferent types of scanners, and now student IDs may s
?Kraft sa\T?n ^ work at one place and not another."
When the ID system was designed, the computer n
I Oil project, they analysis company recommended specific scanner n
stern Europe," she equipment, and many of the departments did not u
y get money from follow the recommendations closely enough, Woollen
nies, they use that said. v.
1 up the Soviet Dining services, the Thomas Cooper Library and st
3me cases they even football ticket distributors are among those most af;y
for their military fected by the inability of their scanners to read IDs. c<
"We were looking for one card that could do U
o raise this issue as everything. It could be used at the P.E. Center, the
: people active and library, the restaurants and everywhere," Woollen d
rganization. We're said.
get other student "It is a big hassle to send students back and forth "
maybe some facul- between the registrar's office and us," said Tim s?
community leaders Schafer, a staff worker at Cooper Library. "But when
rorl- our scanners can t read their cards, they have to have ei
, a candidate for new ones made." di
Council, supports The library uses three different scanning systems to
make sure the new IDs work when students check out d
is against any deal- books, he said.
:t Union, including "We have the laser pens, a scanning box for cards
talks, because he and a scanner box for book numbers," he said. "Most S?
Soviets. of the cards work now using one or the other."
iey have not stood Thomas Cooper Library has spent about $10,000 on s<
es that they have scanning equipment that does not work, said C. J. sj
n said. They will Cambre, library director.
while they want us "Part of the problem is that the original pins that we k
were told to get didn't actually read the cards well," tt
rying to get the Cambre said. "There were two types of pins, high
^tl0nS ma?* at resolution and low resolution. We were told to get the ai
We re trying to wrong type of pins>? u
e to American iit,rary is now using badge readers to scan the
t s wrong to do jDs wjtj1 some degree of success, Cambre said. This n
let tyranny."
mcedes
Bush wins
presidency
Yom staff and wire reports
Vice President George Bush, riding the swell of a lead
n the South and the Rust Belt, coasted to a decisive vicory
by winning states in every region of the United
itates.
Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who placed his
lopes for the Oval Office on an 18-state strategy, managd
to win states like New York and Illinois. But Bush early
lashed the Democratic presidential nominee's hopes
vhen he won Michigan and New Jersey, two states that
Jukakis said he needed to win.
Dukakis conceded the election to Bush at 11:25 p.m. in
lis Boston rally.
CBS News projected at 11:40 p.m. that Bush had capured
the presidency with 312 electoral votes, or 54 perent
of the popular vote. Dukakis had 122 electoral votes,
r 46 percent of the vote. CBS had no projection for most
if the West by 11:40 p.m.
Despite the vice president's strong showing at the polls,
ew congressional candidates were able to ride Bush's
oattails. CBS News projections showed the Democrats
ept and even strengthened their hold on the U.S. House
nd the Senate.
In South Carolina, Vice President George Bush capLired
almost 60 percent of a higher-than-expected state
ote, capturing all eight of the state's eight electoral votes
nd pleasing one of his biggest state supporters.
"My night is made," said Gov. Carroll Campbell,
tush's Southern campaign chairman. "Bush has won."
With 68 percent of the state's 1,835 precincts reporting,
Rpp PRFSTDFNT nnop ?
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ted from constitution to allow magistrates' jurisdicher
than tions to be changed without changing the
General constitution each time, and changing the
ifications constitution to allow the legislature and
voters to revise entire articles in the constituallowing
tion with a single ballot question, rather than
must set a series of questions as is often the case,
ected of- Perhaps the most publicized of the ballot
also can questions was the statewide grand jury, a pet
bles, and project of Attorney General Travis Medlock.
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Problems with IDs
Second of two parts
ystem cost the library an additional $4,000.
"The company has said it will refund us some of the
noney for the laser pins, but we don't know how
nuch. I am not sure how much the new system will end
p costing us," he said.
Ruth Hamilton, a dining service worker in charge of
alidation, said dining services has used a magneticrip
scanner for meal plans for about five years.
The system works well, but problems arise when IDs
ome from students who have lost or damaged their
Ds and have to have cards validated, Hamilton said.
IDs pose the biggest problem in football ticket
istribution, especially in block seating, Woollen said.
"That is when I see so many students," she said.
They've given their card to someone for block
:ating, and they never see it again.
"Student Government is looking at revamping the
itire way block seating and ticket pick-up is being
one," she said.
S.G. is looking into ID problems and football ticket
istribution, said S.G. adviser Woody Carothers.
"We won't have anything in effect this season, but
lould have some solutions for next year," Carothers
lid.
Whatever difficulties might exist with the present
:anner system, the advantages of the future scanning
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"The treasurer's office is looking at making some
ind of credit card out of it, and Housing may evenlally
use them as door keys," Woollen said.
Howard Rhodes, assistant vice president of business
nd finance, said there are no definite plans on using
Ds as credit cards.
"There is a lot to look into," Rhodes said. "Right
ow, we are just thinking."