Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Season opens By The Associated Press CHARLESTON ? Five state lawmakers are indicted on vote-selling charges. War looms in the Middle East. The economy may be going you know where in a hand basket. What's happening here? And how will it all play out in this year's elections a little over two months away? T n?.. * ? * i; J-AlUUI Udy i? 11CA.I WCCK allU MgltttlS U1C ITdUltional start of the campaign season in South Carolina. "It could be quite a throw-the-rascals-out year," said Neal Thigpen, a political scientist at Francis Marion College. "It seemed that 1990 was going to be a placid election year. But the whole thing has been turned on its head." The FBI sting that led to the five indictments Friday will probably tar all state lawmakers seeking re-election. "I don't think it's good or bad for either party. It's bad for the incumbents," Thigpen said. "It can't help but fuel a growing cynicism ( toward government and those in government." Americans Continued I The callup on Friday of Air Na- parts and si tional Guard Reserve units from cited a lack six states marked the start of a na- lery and groi tional mobilization of reserves au- systems to thorized by President Bush. American foi ?Three weeks after the United isolated shot States began sending troops to the parts, gulf region to defend Saudi Arabia ?Several against Iraqi aggression, sources in Turkey said Washington estimated that 60,000 close their be U. S. soldiers, airmen and sailors fugees from are now deployed. said it woul Commanders at several U. S. pass through base camps in Saudi Arabia said way home, they still lack needed equipment, Pope John Call boxes Continued from page 1 summer, costing the university $24,000. They are wired to the USC Police Department and at the touch of a button, the university police know immediately which of the 23 boxes has been activated. There have been many pranks, the majority of which occurred when the boxes were first put up, according to Carl Stokes, senior vice president of Law Enforcement and Safety. However, he added, there have also been some real emergencies, as well as those that weren't particularly urgent, such as a couple of women having car trouble at the coliseum at night. % Gain valuable ex- | perience working for E The Gamecock! All *J majors welcome. Call ^ 777-7726 or come by 0% Russell House room p?4: 321. TWEIVE IMPECCABLE EXCUSES FORNOTGIVING BLOOD. Ui . think I have lumbago. 2. I'm type Z negative. 3. I'm on the grapefruit diet. 4.1 gave six months ago. 5.1 just got back from Monaco. A TV^ lin/ae oro W? XIIV- IIIIV^O tu thirteen blocks long. 7. My mother won't let me. 8.1 didn't sign up. 9.I'm going out of town. 10. Asthma runs in my family. 11.1 forgot to eat this morning. 12. I'm allergic to flowering magnolia. 77 Each one's a doozy, but we're hoping you won't use any of them. Give blood through the American Red Cross. Please, don't chicken out. EXCUSES DON'T SAVE LIVES. BLOOD DOES, ? American WKM Red Cross ^ for legislate Incumbents will no doubt have to work harder, agreed Earl Black of USC. "Right now we have a cloud over the entire legislature. In individual districts it's up to the incumbents to show clearly they did not participate and their record is above board," he added. The investigation will change the complexion of races where lawmakers have resigned or decided not to seek re-election. Ultimately, rank-and-file voters lose in those cases because they have no say in who theii party's candidate will be. Replacements are generally named by county party leaders. The Middle East crisis will affect President Bush more than individual congressmen, Black said. But, if the situation is still in a stalemate on Election Day, people may get disenchanted. "If it turnc rait thp Rnch nnlirv \x/r?n't u/nrlr then Republicans are far more vulnerable than the Democrats," he warned. An issue that should be of more concern to congressmen is the savings and loan bailout, Black said. rom page 10 upport forces. They public condemnation of heavy armor, artil- tions, criticized humai jnd-based anti-aircraft lations and prayed foi support and protect hostages, rces. There also were The American w lages of some spare children freed by Iraq in a 13-car convoy for days after Jordan and border, according to [ they may have to Heileman, a spokeswi irders to a flood of re- U. S. Embassy in Ank Iraq and Kuwait, Iran the group was expects d allow evacuees to Turkey's Habur borde its territory on their afternoon or evening. From there they will Paul II, in his first bus to the southern Tu ^ This seme in coni nil Introducing AT&T Student Saver Plus. This year itll be easier to get through college. 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People may be so fed up with the way things are going that they may go to the polls in greater numbers this fall. "It's possible you're going to see a far higher turnout in the general election than you customarily see in a midterm election," Thigpen said. Black agreed recent events will translate into more public interest in things political. "I think people will probably pay more attention to politics. But whether they will vote or not is hard to fathom," he said. "Such a small percentage of voters vote anyway." of Iraqi ac- Diyarbakir and flown out of l rights vio- Turkey sometime Monday, she the foreign said. -omen and Iraq's U. S. ambassador, Mo- ( left Baghdad hamed Sadiq al-Mashat, said Sathe Turkish turday that the U. S. diplomats Carole Lee must remain in Bagdhad "because i oman at the they don't have diplomatic status. ( ara. 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"You will be here tomorrow. We are all deprived of our rights in the USSR. Down with Communist slavery." Like everyone else, they wait to see what the government will do next. It has been a long summer of waiting: for consumer goods, for the government to prepare a new plan for a market economy, ne elect I 60 minutes longdistani For free. Movies. Vid And more. For less. Just by choos dent Saver Plus pre get up to 60 minut distance calls. You' ^ ^ ^ree couP?n t wel free A \ Card, don't ha Soyoul make almost any have it bi where\ To enroll in the AI&T Stud Plus programs that are right for get the best value in long distan call us. They just might be the i profitable electives youll ever u 1800 654-0471 Ex AIKE Helping makt college life a little e; ^ AT&T The right < 1.1230 isier. choice. lism abundant, :king in USSR for yet another explosion of protest The list of things people must wait for seems to grow as rapidly as the line that forms in the rain for a rare opportunity to buy German shoes. Drivers carry empty cans in their cars to fill when they find gasoline. Frustrated smokers block traffic in Moscow and other cities to nrntect ? Jf" wvuv u Vi^lUVUV shortage. Ice cream kiosks close because there is none to sell. Even bread, traditionally abundant and just a few cents a loaf, is so scarce that rationing was introduced in Tarusa, south of Moscow. A riot broke out in Chelyabinsk, Siberia, after an angry crowd demanded vodka and meat. Some things are plentiful. Old women sell freshly cut red, white and pink carnations outside nearly every subway station. Just in time for fall, while parents hunt for scarce school notebooks, inflatable beach toys fill the shelves of Detsky Mir, the huge children's department store. In subway stations, vendors sell posters featuring everything from pictures of the last czar to a topless woman putting a saddle on a horse. ives of :e. eos. , .? ?#?> ing any Stu)gram, youll :es of free long 11 also get a et good for savings all around town. ill from hereto where. 1 give you a T&T Galling even if you ve a phone. J be able to a call from phone and lied to you, rer you live. lent Saver von. or to J 7 oe service, most ike.