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The Gamecock
Eighty-two Years oj Collegiate Journalism
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iyofume 83 , No. 33 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, October 31, 1990
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Two Americans run
for peace in Asia
BANGKOK, Thailand ? Escorted
by armed Vietnamese
troops, two Americans set off
Tuesday on an almost 125-mile
"peace run" from embattled
Cambodia to Vietnam.
Clebe McClary, 49, and Stan
Cottrell, 47, plan to complete
their run from Cambodia's capital,
Phnom Penh, to Vietnam's
Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday,
spokesman Ureg Stewart said.
Each runner will go 20 miles a
day to cover a total daily distance
of 40 miles, Stewart said.
Abortion supporters
heckle Jesse Helms
DURHAM, N.C. ? Republican
Sen. Jesse Helms sparred
verbally with hecklers at a campaign
rally Monday, at one point
pushing a persistent questioner
away from a microphone.
About 100 supporters and a
dozen hecklers greeted Jesse
Helms as he kicked off the final
week of campaigning in his bid
for a fourth term.
As Helms stood in the parking
lot of a small office complex,
supporters initially dragged away
an abortion-rights protester who
was carrying a sign for Helms'
Democratic challenger, Harvey
Ganu.
Chemical spill poses
little health threats
JEFFERSON, S.C. ? The
millions of gallons of water laced
with sodium cyanide that spilled
into the Lynches River pose little
health or environmental threat,
although residents should keep
their animals from drinking it,
slate health officials said.
Biologists on Monday began
searching through the river, its
tributaries and nearby woods and
fields for signs the spill had
harmed fish, livestock or
wildlife.
Health and wildlife officials
reported no fish kills in the
waterways or problems with animals
on shore. Cattle and other
animals drink water from the
river.
Minister kills family,
gets life in prison
ABBEVILLE, S.C. ? A Due
West minister was sentenced to
four life prison terms for the February
shotgun slayings of four
of his family members.
Loyal Latimer Sr., 61, pleaded
guilty to four counts of murder
Monday. He also received a
20-year sentence on a charge of
assault with intent to kill. He will
be eligible for parole in 30 years.
Latimer killed his mother, Jessie
Latimer, 94; his twin brother,
Lawrence Latimer, 61; his
brother's wite, Margaret Laumer;
and his sister, Daisy Cunningham,
55.
The Oct 26 issue of The Gamecock
said the USC post office
moved from Main Street. However,
only package pickup moved
from the original office. All other
services are still at the Main
Street location.
Flying Club lan
Plane
By TIGE WATTS
Staff Writer
The unauthorized purchase of a $23,500
airplane led to the temporary suspension of
the USC Hying Club earlier this month, but
former Flying Club officers claim they
were tricked into a premature purchase.
"The Hying Club has been a suspended
organization due to the insufficient qualifications
of their officers and their unauthorized
entrance into contract negotiations,"
Dean of Student Life Jerry Brewer said.
Two of the four Flying Club officers
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Business sophomore James Helsel c
House. The event was held to raise fun
Three nude t
Internal investigation
to check prior knowledge
By The Associated Press
Columbia Police Chief Charles Austin
has asked the State Law Enforcement Division
to determine if any obscenity laws
were violated when three dancers wrestled
nude in gelatin on Police Club property.
In July, Columbia police raided the same
Eating disorder
problems on a
By College Press Service surve)
Bulimic people tend to have that ei;
slower metabolisms than non- womei
bulimic people, according to a to lose
study delivered at an international The
nutrition conference in Toronto ence s
Oct. 10-11. of Tor
More than four percent of peo- that bi
pie aged 15 to 25 suffer from agedp
anorexia, bulimia or compulsive Buli
eating disorders. Eating disorders binges
have become a significant problem and tl
on college campuses. by in<
Treating students with eating laxath
disorders "takes up a large part of "A
my time," noted Michigan State for die
University nutritionist Rhonda Anc
Bokram, who attended the nutri- people
tion conference.
A July West Virginia University
ids in scandal
buy leads i
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i lie nymy uuu lias oeen a suspenueu
the insufficient qualifications of their offic
thorized entrance into contract negotiation
were no longer enrolled at USC, and were thorized negoti
therefore ineligible to hold office, Brewer Jones Aircraft,
said. "When we \
Ed Hutton, former secretary of the Flying the new plan<
Club, said the club was tricked into unau- state the trade
Renee Meyer/The Gamecock
arves out his "pumpkin head" to wear in Preston's Haunted
ids for Epworth Children's Home.
lancers wrestle in
night spot, charging four women with lewd the Men's Li
dancing. They go on trial in two weeks. During the
Austin said any charges from this inci- penDoll dai
dent will result from the investigation of the wrestled and
incident "If anyone
Austin said he will conduct a Police De- ledge, then
partment internal investigation to see that," Austin
whether any police had prior knowledge A membe
that nudity would be part of the entertain- the party, I
ment on Police Club property, which was men watchee
used on Saturday by an organization called building.
s become ?
\ for example, contended
ght out of every 100 college
i in the state abuse laxatives
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weight %
Toronto study, by conferpeaker
Dr. Sidney Kennedy
es, Kcnnedy said. ' ' *
binge is the body's revenge Ffjn faffe gnd fup
iUng, he said. 7
irexia, a syndrome in which Students in front of the Ru
j starve themselves, tends to Ronald McDonald House. "E
Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity
See EATING page 2
;o susp<
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organization due to quote (
:ers and their unau- actual
IS." signed
Jerry Brewer immed;
Dean of Student Life ?fForn
said he
iations by a broker from Tom did not
based in Brunswick, Ga. "We
vere in the process of buying until T
we wanted a contract to I2116- ^
jn value for our older plane,"
Department
to hold pub
By PAIGE VISHTON
Staff Writer
The Department of Energy will
hold public hearings in Columbia
and at 22 other locations while
they study the possible environmental
effects of its proposed cleanup
program.
The Energy Research Foundation
has long awaited this Programmatic
Environmental Impact
Statement
"Basically, for about the last 10
years, we and a lot of other groups
around the country have tried to
get change brought about in the
nuclear weapons complex because,
depending on the facility, for about
the last 30 or 40 years all the facilities
in the country have operated
in complete secrecy," said Brian
Costner, director of the Energy Research
Foundation.
'They didn't have to follow any
of the laws that other industry had
to follow," he said.
The PEIS statement was
prompted by a lawsuit filed in
June 1989 by 22 citizen groups, including
ERF.
Federal law states the government
must involve the public in an
evaluation of actions that might
significantly affect the
environment.
In January, Energy Secretary
" James Watkins said the Department
of Energy would prepare two
PEIS's, one on environmental
I management within the nuclear
weapons complex and the other on
_ modernization of the complex's
gelatin at P<
uncheon Society. The
j society's meeting, three Chip- missio
ncers took off their clothes, nizatio
danced. sonnel
i on the force had prior know- erty, v
I have a serious problem with from S
said. Ausi
r of the society who attended visibili
layne Hasell, said about 200
i the gelatin wrestling inside a
WM
ds
ssell House got into the "spring" of thir
bounce for Bucks" was sponsored by
ension
said. "Instead of signing a trade-in
Df $6,500, the broker slipped in the
sales contract, and we mistakenly
it Once we realized our mistake, we
Lately reported the error to the Office
lent Life."
ler Flying Club President Bill Stith
! signed the contract on Sept 4 and
realize his error until Sept 20.
weren't aware of any wrong-doing
om Jones Aircraft sold our old airpifter
we heard this, we turned over
See CLUB page 2
of Energy
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lie hearings
producton capacity.
The environmental management
PEIS was begun on Oct. 22. The
modernization PEIS should begin
in the first quarter of 1991.
It has been nearly two years
since citizen groups asked DOE to
prepare this study, and the cornerstone
of the environmental management
PEIS being the department's
five-year plan, much public
participation and support has
diminished.
Beth McKay, facilitator for
USC's Students Allied for a
Greener Earth, believes that students
should get involved.
"We need to have a say in what
is going on. This has to do with
our future, our children's children's
future," she said. "The effect
of these nuclear weapon waste
sites is so incredibly detrimental to
us. We must stand up and say
what we want for the future of our
environment."
SAGE is gathering students to
attend a hearing concerning the nuclear
weapons complex and is
writing letters on behalf of the
cause, McKay said.
Interested citizens, independent
experts, private industry and government
officials will be given the
opportunity to suggest to DOE
what issues should be considered
in the PEIS.
DOE is obligated to consider all
comments received during a specified
period, using these comments
See HEARINGS page 2
[)Iice Club
society used the property with pern
of the Police Club, a private organ
made up of Columbia police per.
The Police Club manages the propyhich
it leases for one dollar a year
outh Carolina Electric & Gas Co.
Lin said an organization with as much
ty as the Police Club ought to have
See DANCERS page 2
Renee Meyer/The Gamecock
igs to raise money for Columbia's'
the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and *