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Sexually expli By The Associated Press The sexually explict "Nasty As They Wanna Be" album by fhunchy rap group 2 Live Crew was declared obscene Monday by the local prosecutor, whc banned the sale of the recording in Pickens and Greenville counties. Record stores will be mailed letters outlining the ruling, and must clear the album from their shelves by June 26 or risk arrest, solicitor Joseph J. Watson said. 'The whole purpose of the lyrics is to appeal to the prurient interest of sex. They are patently offensive, and they are utterly without any serious artistic or " Cflirl Watsnn snmmine ud the state 1 ill/1 ai J TtUUV, UMAX* , ? w law's three-part test of obscenity. "It's filth." Sale of the album is now banned in communities that comprise one-fifth of the state's residents. On Thursday, the album was declared obscene by solicitoi James Anders and its sale prohibited in Richland County. Anyone found guilty of selling obscene material tc a minor faces a maximum of five years in prison anc $5,000 fine, and three years in prison and a $3,00C Gorbachev end By The Associated Press control of the Soviet President Mikhail S. Gor- f?un(iing coi bachev today endorsed the forma- ?Pen? 0 ay tion of a Russian Communist Party as a e within the national party, but 28th Congress < warned that friction between Rus- ums y' sian and central leaders could destabilize the nation. The Soviet "I view ... the Russian Com- defended his i munist Party as part of the Soviet 311(1 political re Communist Party. And I sharply efforts by radic disagree with those seek the salva- on Russian sow tinn r>f Russia in withdrawing from Gorbachev i the Soviet Union," Gorbachev said the conference in a Kremlin address. between radic Gorbachev appeared firmly in hasten steps to Business center m W / 'iT', File Pho John Lenti , Iff SCHWARZENEGGER fil'l f M TOM RECALL Md M; ^J2:1S-2:40-5:05-7^(>-9-.55 NO PASSES BBB/ yBSl Wx-r ^^ She stole eH le |K [ his heart -41 0-6-45-9-20 | [ IF^BS B Ijii H*U I s B f G*EMliNS2 ^ IX I THE NEW BATCH (EHH3 | l/$3 BARGAIN MATINEE ~M? 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"I hope this means they're also taki X-rated movies and all the other albi labels that have all the same languge as Ms. Bennett said in a telephone in Miami"I hope they're not limiting it to a scure black group and an even more i label," she said. t Decisions to review an album, book based on complaints from citizens, Wa > ding he reviewed the 2 Live Crew albui [ ing a complaint about its contents Thursi ) Watson said after he found three so torses forma i Russian party's nomy and conservat iference, which to slow the reforms. . The meeting is At the opening < Ilwether of the key nearly 2,700 Russia of the Soviet Com- approved an agendt lue to start on July re-establishing the munist Party, which president strongly int0 1116 national F cautious economic a^0' ;forms, and resisted als to open a debate Of the 15 Soviet sreignty. - Russia has not had is seeking to steer in large part bee on a centrist course have dominated the ;als who want to and the parties ol ward a market eco- republics. imes new direc From staff reports I John Lenti, acting state director o Roddey Small Business Developmen University of South Carolina, has beei position permanently. Lenti, who served as assistant stat 1986 until this year, was appointed board of directors. "I look forward to helping the sma son in becoming a success. In South ( cent of all businesses are small busi would like to provide services to as n to help them get results," Lenti said. 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"It will never be Dtors of the reg- over for us." )ls that compose Swindler was electrocuted Monad organizations day night in Varner, Ark., for the Hit, to develop 1976 slaying of Fort Smith, Ark., nts. police officer Randy Basnett. implemented an Swindler also had been sentenced businesses with to life terms for the kidnapping goods and ser- and murders in South Carolina of i services to in- Greg Becknell, 19, and Dorothy tion on patents, Rhodes, 18, both of Columbia, ag them how to "It bothers me that a human being is being put to death," Mrs. d earned a mas- Becknell said shortly before i from Fairleigh Swindler went to the electric chdir. jars in the U.S. "Then I think about how he hurt xnti has served other people, so many other peo,eo College and pie, and I think about my son. I think about Greg, and it doesn't 1 f You Work All Day Then Tan At Night K|^ggj Skincare and Columbia Tan Spa Tanning Products f10% off all tanning packages with this ad. 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The champion of that moveme is the newly elected president i Russia, Boris N. Yeltsin, who s near Gorbachev on the dais today ecution is of his Colum bother me anymore." Greg Becknell was a strappir broad-shouldered, 6-foot gradua of Columbia High School wl nlannerl fr> at tend a technic school to become a diesel m chanic. At the time of his death was delivering surgical supplies earn money for school. "He never caused us one mini of trouble," said his father, John. When Greg was alive, the Bee nell house was full of teen-agers. "He ha$ so many friends," M Becknell said. "He was goo hearted and kind. Never had harsh word for anybody. Thai why everyone liked him so muc If any of his friends would be ha ing a hard time, Greg would ; ways be there for them. He'd ha a hug or an encouraging word." She added, "We don't have ai bad memories of him. I've hea people say when someone die you forget the bad and rememfc only the good. But Greg was good boy. There's nothing bad a out his life to remember." But on Sept. 20, 1976, her s< I "Good Visioi Good Acaden COMPLEX FORC Appointment call op Limited to USC Fac If yoii're g the top, yi right equip] Mountain bike TRI-CITY BIC 513 12th Street West Columbia 794-2363 counties Nick Leoncavallo/The Gamacock inning albums whose lyrics idged that few people would be satissr ruling he made. nist Party ig The decision to found a separate e Russian party comes in response to it' two otherwise antagonistic political movements. )t Radicals, including Yeltsin, ie view formation of the party a o means of weakening central aust thority and hastening the reforms. i_ Conservatives, especially nationalists, see a Russian party as a vehicle of preserving political and cultural traditions. nt Df Several hours into the conferat ence, it was not clear which course the delegates might choose. Ie comfort bia victims did not come home, and the bad ig, memories began, ite The Becknells would learn later 10 their son had been abducted from a al restaurant, where he was having e- lunch with Miss Rhodes, he to Their bodies were found three days later in a wooded area near ite Columbia Bible College; both had been shot in the head. Becknell k- also had been assaulted. rs. Miss Rhodes, who had grad duated from high school with a Becknell, had started her freshman t's year at Columbia College and :h. worked part time at a dance studio, iv- Her father, Jerry Rhodes, said il- Monday he did not want to talk -i * ?T ve auuiu ma uuugiii&i. ii. 5 uju pauiful," he said. ny He and his family were waiting r(j to hear that Swindler was dead and >s said they didn't want to be contacted afterward. a "We'll be glad when it's over, b- We want it behind us," Rhodes said. "We've lost so much ? been 3n through so much. 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