Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ! COLUMBIA, S Dear Student: Welcome. It is great to have you with us dents to the University. You will have opp? milestones at Carolina, and we are eager tc have our confidence as you prepare for a si During my tenure at Carolina, I have lea Here, you can learn from professors who a searchers in their fields, work with staff an in higher education, and meet outstanding j from a greater diversity of other countries 1 United States. Together, we are a communi University's undergraduate and graduate pi port of the arts, and the economic developr toward 2001; we are especially proud of yc The 1990-91 school year promises to be out of the many opportunities and challeng the history of the University and I look for Warmest wishes for an outstanding year. % i I Woman claims si By The Associated Press ch The woman at the heart of a clerical sex scandal co claims she was married to former Atlanta Roman Catholic Archbishop Eugene Marino, and her lawyer hi; says they were trying to have a baby. Ci " CI Vicki Long, who also has claimed to have been ro- rel mantically involved with two other priests, spoke publicly Thursday for the first time since Marino's afi resignation in July as the nation's highest-ranking black Roman Catholic. vo Ms. Long's lawyer, the celebrated feminist attorney sel Gloria Allred, charged at the news conference that re< Almost through? Contruction continues on the design modified Si' the projected completion date is September 10, thoug be open to the public. st pn put f.. invp J M. M~W l/Vf JUL JL ^ By The Associated Press The Greenville News. SLED has been ordered to in- SLED was ordere vestigate the purchase of computer gate after officials systems by the Department of So- resentatives of comi cial Services following disclosure nies offered consultin of specific allegations to state offi- $2,000 a month to tl cials that key DSS officials were officials, including ( offered money by computer firms. James L. Solomon Jr. Also, the I%I will join the State the newspaper, whic Law Enforcement Division in in- unidentified source, vestigating whether undue influence was used in the purchase of Solomon also was multimillion dollar computer sys- use of a beach cond< terns by state agencies from Hita- cording to the source, chi Data Systems, according to There was no in ' \ ft y SOUTH CAROLINA C. 29208 ; and a pleasure to welcome new stuortunities to cross social and academic support you in these endeavors. You uccessful future. rned how great the promise of USC is. re some of the finest teachers and red administrators who are among the best students from across the country and man ncariy any umci university in me Lty which must continue enhancing the ograms, research, public service, supnent of South Carolina on our mission >ur role in that mission. exciting, and I hope you get the most es offered at USC. It is a special time in ward to being a part of it with you. Sincerely, Arthur K. Smith Interim President ? /> til n IK yvua mui / IKU urch officials eager to split up the couple tried t( nvince Ms. Long that Marino is insane. Marino, 56, resigned earlier this summer because o s two-year involvement with Ms. Long. All Romai itholic priests take lifelong vows of celibacy lurch officials said the couple had an "intimate lationship." Ms. Long said the relationship was not simply ar fair. "Archbishop Marino and I exchanged marriage ws in December (1988) and I have considered my If to be married to him since that time," she said iding from a statement ife. mt ? - ^ um1 Nick Leoncavallo/The Gamecock dney Park. City Manager Miles Hadley says h he could not give a date that the park would stigate compute thrpp tr*n TYS5! rvffirialc arrfntpH d to investi- any of the offers, the source said, learned rep- The source said officials were )uter compa- told the offer to Solomon was g jobs paying made by a representative of Hitairee top DSS chi Data Systems, which has sold Commissioner more than $7 million in mainframe , according to computers to DSS since 1987. :h quoted an Two of Solomon's top assistants ? J. Kenneth Shealy, senior de; offered the puty commissioner, and Louis ominium, ac- Wintzler, executive assistant foi information systems ? were ofdication the fered $2,000 a month to work for ] Rogers might not A V A .A - A in FBI investigate By The Associated Press he Although House Speaker Pro Tem John I. "Jack" Ser Rogers' campaign records were seized while he was 10 ' vacationing in Germany, sources close to Rogers have Ser told a Columbia newspaper it appears that he may not be in trouble. - 1 tiv< Rogers has not received a "target letter" indicating for directly that he is the subject of a federal investiga- call tion. Also, federal investigators canceled an appoint- Th< ment Rogers initiated last week to talk about the probe, one of Rogers' attorneys, Rep. Tim Rogers of I Columbia, confirmed Thursday. The two men are not wa: related. cha has Jack Rogers has declined to talk to reporters about law his possible involvement since July 23, shortly after par '' .v ' ~ !~>^N ? <' . ^ : * M MPfe IBi IBPi 1 David R. Ower Cooling down A firefighter takes a break from battling a blaze t through Brookland-Cayce High School in June. to former Archbis ) Archdiocese spokesman the Rev. Peter Dora did not witi immediately return calls for comment. - awa f Ms. Long, 27, of Riverdale did not answer ques- T 1 tions at the news conference. She said the church sup- he v ported her financially but damaged her relationship the with Marino. chili - Ir i "I believe that people who are trusted by the ar- cere chbishop and who benefited from that trust have now wye ? turned against him," she said. "I encourage Archbishop Marino to be strong, to know that I still love to him and that I stand by him." be 4 The archbishop "seduced her, married her, lived say ^umpuiei cnui icuui of child support for By The Associated Press that hundreds of famili< Department of Social Services ten more or less mone officials say they don't know how were due, but he said long a computer glitch within the support enforcement st agency existed or how extensive it anything about it unti is, but they do know about 1,900 personnel make extensi families received less court- The problem surf: ordered child support than had clients complained in been ordered. said. DSS officials estimate that up to 25 percent of the agency's child- A. similar glitch th support cases have been paid the light in January 1989 wrong amounts for months ? er^d when the agency some too little, some too much, in- rejected thousands temal memos show. DSS collects which had to be pr< and distributes child-support funds. hand. Some employees It is also not clear how the prob- the heightened workh lem will affect the welfare hide the checks so tl agency's error rates, which can knew they were not be lead to costly financial sanctions properly. by the federal government. ,, .. n AAn , More than 9,000 cl The earliest the problem could payments were squirreh be corrected is November, said fore anyone realized i i Larry McKeown, executive assis- error was causing the pi tant for child support enforcement. It stemmed from a cl McKeown confirmed Thursday law. State agencies w< r deal at social servi Systemhouse Inc., sources told the Wintzler considered i newspaper. consultants for Syste A spokesman for Hitachi said 1988, but were advise< the company never authorized any by toe executive dire< offers of payments to officials. Of- ethics commission, Gar ficials at Systemhouse could not be reached for comment, the news- to a *988 memo tc paper said. Shealy said he and W been asked by Syste Shealy and Wintzler also could contract with the firm not be reached for comment Thurs- tants for computer wo day, The News said. states. Records of the State Ethics Shealy wrote that S; Commission show Shealy and was then working for D be implicated )n, sources say hired attorneys to re.nrp.sp.nt him At thf timp Ra. s said, "I think I'll be OK." Those who have talked lim .told The (Columbia) State newspaper that Ros is still saying that. Rogers, the No. 2 man in the House of Representais behind Speaker Bob Sheheen, was floor leader an April effort to try to take up a bill on the House sndar to legalize betting on horse and dog racing. 5 bill had little or no chance of passage. ^obbyist Ron L. Cobb, cooperating in an FBI sting, s filmed giving cash to legislators this spring in exinge for votes on the betting legislation. The FBI interviewed or subpoenaed records of about 15 makers with possible connections to Cobb or the i-mutuel betting bill. R~~H Rideoutte's J drug case still pending By The Associated Press One year after his arrest, Joseph G. Rideoutte Jr. remains unprosecuted on charges of possession of marijuana, state documents show. But according to Assistant Solicitor Greg Hembree, the delay is not unusual. He said Rideoutte Jr.'s case is one of about 300 in the solicitor's office that have been pending for a year or more. Rideoutte, 27, son of state highway department Executive Director Joe Rideoutte, was arrested in an * undercover sting Aug. 8, 1989, when authorities confiscated about two pounds of marijuana from his I residence, official documents Hembree, who is handling the prosecution, told The (Columbia) State that the case against Rideoutte is pending before General Sessions Court, but no trial date has been set. Court records show Rideoutte waived his right to a preliminary hearing in which the investigators is/The Gamecock WOuld be required to present their evidence against him. hat ripped Rideoutte's lawyer, Jack Swerling, said he is prohibited by court rules from commenting on the marijuana case. J hop of Atlanta i her as husband and wife and now has been taken y from her by her church," Ms. Allred said, he two "spent almost every night together when vas in town" and dated openly, Ms. Allred said. At height of the romance, the couple tried to have a d, the lawyer said. 1 December 1988 Marino performed a wedding mony in which the two exchanged rings, the lar said. r Is. Allred said whether the marriage was legal will 'determined at a later point," and she refused to whether a marriage certificate had been filed. s ces payments * 1,900 families ?s have got- to keep part of a welfare client's y than they child support check to help cover i nis cnna- administrative cost of the Aid aff can't do to Families with Dependent Childr il computer program. Under the old sys,ve changes. terri) the state could continue keepiced when ing 'some of that money even if a droves, he client went off AFDC. ! j The new law allowed the former at came to AFDC recipient to keep the overwas discov- child support once it was 's computer collected, of checks, Dcessed by p^po^ 0f change was aadTaT to <? giv<;,pC?ple "I"6 mo"Jy 10 liv? , on in the hope they could stay off h nriiprf welfare, McKeown said. But DSS an data processing did not immediately update their check-processing ^Id-support program to reflect the change. The jd away be- computer program that showed r? /.nmntltpr whn tl/OC nn A L'l AiA nn? "folL a * *" "wu v/ii ru i/v uiu iiui ia?a leup. to" the program that knew who lange in the should get child support and how jre allowed much they were due. ces department working as ' When asked Wednesday about mhouse in the Systemhouse offer, Wintzler i against it declined to comment. :tor of the I Baker. Solomon said Thursday night, "I don't know where you're getting > Solomon, your information, but my board rintzler had has written a letter to the governor inhouse to and to the attorney general advisas consul- ing them of our complete cooperark in other tion with the investigation and since the investigation is under way.... I will not comment further, ystemhouse I'm waiting on the results of the SS. investigation?'