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I At least 19 people have been killed since Jan. 13 in Lithuania and Latvia. i Jonas Tautkus, 20, was return- " ing to the capital of Vilnius from the city of Kaunas in his father's car when he was stopped at a military checkpoint at about 2:15 ? a.m. Tuesday, sources within the Ministry of the Interior said. ^ S Ranking Palestinian murdered in Kuwait ir AMMAN, Jordan ? A rank- o ing member of the Palestinian 2 parliament-in-exile was assassinated in Kuwait Tuesday, a se- e nior PLO official reported. s: Refiq Shafie Kiblawi, the as- c; sistant deputy speaker of the c! Palestinian National Council, T was shot as he was leaving his d Kaiioa in V ini/oit K\/ m^n ^ iiuuov xit ivurruii kj j iiivu yyiiw \j. fled in a Volkswagen car, said t\ Salim Zaanoun, deputy speaker of the council. H al d< Wyoming House stops al anti-abortion bill _ CHEYENNE, Wyo. ? A House committee rejected an abortion bill that would have been the most restrictive in the country. As drafted, the "Human Life Protection Act" would have out lawed abortions except in cases g where a mother's health was in ~ jeopardy, or in cases of rape or cj incest. In the latter two instances, ^ a woman seeking an abortion would have had to report the ^ crime within five days after she T ^ was auic iu. ^ The House Judiciary Committee on Monday voted 5-4 against the measure g; ai Senator suspended; will fight charges Sen. Horace Smith has been J temporarily suspended from the state Senate after requesting that he be excused while he fights a | charge of mail fraud and criminal conspiracy. Smith, D-Spartanburg, wrote a ? letter to Senate President Pro Tempore Marshall Williams re- C questing that he be freed from ai his Senate duties, Senate Clerk Frank Caggiano said Monday. th He said Williams complied. T Cmith hac in ?kn Conoto m jvi * vu AII uiv j^/iiau/ ? since 1967. He was indicted this K past Wednesday on one count of mail fraud and criminal conspiracy and could be sentenced to ki five years in prison and fined m $250,000 if convicted. w ju In Monday's Gamecock the nj USC Rugby Club schedule incor- 0l rectly had the team playing the fa College of Charleston on Satur- m day. They will be playing the Charleston Men's Club. Cl] Compiled from wire reports Smith a y TIGE WATTS i ssistant News Editor Interim President Arthur Smith filed an appli- % ation to become president of Florida State Uni- r ersity the day after he said he would remain as * fSC's provost. t Smith withdrew his name from USC's preslential search Jan. 8 in a letter to Board of P rustees Chairman Michael Mungo after the S nminent appointment of Georgia State Presi- v snt John Palms to the position became appaDrills held at iorms 5ire alarms set jarly in morning iy DAVID ANDREWS taff Writer Many USC students were arused by the scream of fire alarms 1 their residence halls during the old early morning hours of Jan. 3. Lawrence Beauford, director of nvironmental services at USC, lid half of the residence halls on ampus were drilled that night, inluding Capstone and some of the owers area. He said some stunts complained about the timing f the drills, which were held beveen midnight and 6 a.m. c*a. 1 A - J _ 1 1 oiepnano /\nureas, a ^oiumDia all resident, said he thought the I arms were a prank by other stuents. Columbia Hall's drill was sld at about 4 a.m., when tempertures were in the mid-20s. Where "When we got back inside and Residents i of their doi See DRILLS page 2 and family I rat y The Associated Press T DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia ? Iraq aimed Tuesday that an allied POW was illed by a coalition air raid, apparently re^ hile being held as a "human shield." And cou ie United States vowed to shoot down any j aqi planes that try to rejoin the war after a^( king refuge in Iran. Moi The official Iraqi News Agency did not wer ive the nationality or name of the captured T irman it said had died. The report said the irman was killed during an allied attack on a""1 aghdad. mor uegismiui s t [JSC's Wash / The Associated Press Three state legislators say the University of Sou arolina should discontinue the practice of stationir 1 office in Washington. "It's shocking and appalling in terms of wh ey're spending up there," said House Speaker Pi em David Beasley, D-Society Hill. "It makes i uch sense as us having a satellite operation i uwait." The office costs taxpayers about $400,000 a year. "It's just unreal to me that they would spend th nd of money," said Rep. Herb Kirsh, D-York, ember of the House Ways and Means Committe hich must approve USC's budget. "That whole o :e should be abolished, and I hope the new presidei )es iust that." Sen. Glenn McConnell, R-Charleston, said, "It st part of the lavish lifestyle of the Carolina adm stration. . . . When revelations like this come a ind, it makes it hard to look (South Carolina) in tf ce and believe them when they say they need moi oney." University officials have said the office helps f; ilty members get grants and monitors national trenc id federal laws that affect higher education. No other university in the Carolinas has an office i finalist ent to the media and university communit "Beyond this transition period he (P vill have my complete and continued supp ny capacity as provost of the university," aid in his letter to Mungo and the other >ers of the board. A day after Smith pledged his suppc 'alms and his transition to the presid mith submitted a formal application fc acant Florida State presidential position. In his application, Smith wrote Law: : ' : X:;;^i;sa; - : : : - VH:-S* ^x,: I X# Julie Bouch are you nowv of Wade Hampton covered this wall or m with names, pictures and commen members who are serving in the Persi I claims ] here was no independent confirmation tie report. Army Brig. Gen. Pat Stevens at a briefing in Riyadh Tuesday, told irters he was unaware of the report and d not comment. bis past week Iraq said it would send id POWs to strategic targets, and on iday it said some captive allied airmen e injured by bombing raids, uesday's report, monitored in Cyprus, the allied POW was killed in one of 65 aids on Iraq Monday night and Tuesday ning. all for clos ington off Washington. th "There's no question but tha ig Washington has been beneficial," ! Chairman Michael Mungo. "But \ two fnll-timp nprmlp anH a 1a\i/ firm ai M r0 a different color." as South Carolina's Washington e in included: $97,000 salary of office dir Davidson at $82,000 salary of Steve Beck a federal relations e, $132,000 in fees and $40,00C f- the Lane & Mittendorf. nt $27,000 in travel expenses fc Beckham. 's The Washington office was estab i- former USC President James Holde r- left USC this past summer after crit le spending. re John Palms, who will take over a dent after March 15, said reviewing i- be one of his first priorities. Is Mungo said he is positive the > helped South Carolina professors g m federal research grants this past year t for FS y. Abele, chairman of Florida State's alms) Search Advisory Committee, "Plea: >ort in this letter as my formal application Smith sidered a candidate for the position c mem- 0f xhe Florida State University." The Associated Press first reporte >rt to wee^ l^at Smith did indeed apply fc ency, State position and was selected a ,r the finalists. rence See SMI Polic man in qv Suspect cau leaving Tow By CHAD BRAY Staff Writer After a rash of break McBryde-Towers area, Police have arrested one connection with the case Eddie Lee Jennings, 1 Maxcy St. was chat second-degree burglary, of burglary tools and r< rest on Thursday outside sidence hall. He was al with second-degree bu grand larceny'Monday. On Thursday, junior r vi'ser Jimmy Honeyci "black male wearing leather jacket, black s\ lillon/Tho fiamorru-Ic ~ ? ui ?l. 1? ? ? caiiymg a uiav^K uuiuic ing a room on his hallw* While Honeycutt call l the fourth floor ijce> suspect exitet ts about friends dence hall on Blossom an Gulf. was apprehended by r POW killc "One of the raids hit one of the depar ments of the Ministry of Industry, killin one of the captured foreign pilots, who ha been evacuated to that department," said military statement carried by the Iraqi New Agency. On Monday, in his first interview of th Persian Gulf war, Iraqi President Saddar Hussein hinted to Cable News Network th* Iraqi air force planes leaving for Iran migl return to action during the war. And h face of nearly two weeks of allied assaults. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwa ter dismissed Saddam's comments. Judgin, ring ice Wffl m m t a presence in Wifj ?aid USC Trustee vhether you need - qH| , that's a horse of xpenses in 1990 Sunday Miss Black The Spirit ector Jonathan _ . ? Admission Feb. 7 Speaker. Y ham, director of King Jr. wi] Admission l in nvnnnnnn tn Feb. 10 Talent Sho in expenses to 7:30 p.m. I _ .. . Feb. 12 NAACPFi >r Davidson and Ballroom. V U A ,001 k Feb. 16 United Stej lished in 1981 by Team. 8 p -rman. Holderman Feb 17 Salute t0 B icism about lavish Africa Rai House Ball s university presi- Feb. 24 Gospel Sin ; the office would RusseU He March 4 Closing Ce Vashington office in Chief of et $37 million in Presidential f. se consider to be con- JPHj )f President *1 this past M ^ Hjy| )r the Flor- ?g| one of 11 TH page 2 ' Smith e arrest for thefts lad area p}-|t officers outside the residence hall, o After the suspect agreed to be p-rc quesuonea, ponce say mat ne was ^ ^ searched for weapons and found to be in possession of a 35mm camera and two "screwdriver-type tools." -ins in the Jennings was transported to the University police department and questioned, suspect in During the questioning, police found that the camera belonged to 18, of 1001 the university and told Jennings ged with that he was under arrest, possession Police say Jennings then jsisting ar- "jumped from the seat and ran out Moore re- the back door, running north on so charged Main." Police apprehended him on rglary and ^ ^oo block of Wheat Street. He was then transported to the esident ad- Rjchiand County Detention Center, Utt SkiW t where he is being held on a 5 a black $75 000 cash bond, veatcr and Police say warrants have been Jla enter- jssue(j by the Columbia Police De, partment for his arrest-on burglary ed the po- charges 1 the rest- Investigator Michael Couick Street and esponding See ARREST page 2 id in raid t- from initial reports. Fitzwater said. "It aD g pears to be the standard propaganda speech d in which he again threatens to kill Ameria cans and undertake all sorts of despicable rs acts of war." Allied officials have said as many as 100 e Iraqi planes, both combat and transport airn craft, have taken refuge in Iran, which has it declared its neutrality in the gulf war. Iraq it has about 700 planes in its air force, e The Tehran government has promised to l" See jRAQ page 2 g I Schedule of gr Events mk The University of South Carolina's 22nd K annual celebration of Black History Month will feature the following events: Hr Thursday Opening Ceremonies. Nathan JF and Julia Hare, husband and wife team of H social scientists speaking on issues surrounding today's black family. 7:30 p.m. Russell House Ballroom. USC Pageant The theme will be "Ebony "Elegance: of Being a Black Woman." 8 p.m. Koger Center, fee. olanda King, daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther II speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom, fee. w. The theme will be "An Escapade of Talent" tussejl House Ballroom. Admission fee. ounders' Day Program. 7:30 p.m. Russell House ) Show. "Black-Out Jam" featuring the United Step m. Russell House Ballroom. Admission fee. lack Americans. The executive director of Transidall Robinson will lead the salute. 7 p.m. Russell iroom. gout The theme will be "Perfected Praise." 4 p.m. use Ballroom. Admission fee. remonies. The speaker will be Susan Taylor, Editor Essence Magazine. information, coil The Association of African-American StmUnu. Dan Barabas/The Gamecock