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Volume 83, No. 54 The University of South Carolina Wednesday, January 30, 19911
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IN THE NEWS J
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Soviet soldiers shoot ^
apparent draft evader
VILNIUS, USSR ? Soviet *
soldiers on Tuesday shot and
wounded a Lithuanian, appa- \r
rently a draft evader, as he at- '
tempted to flee a military check- 1
point, a Lithuanian government
spokesman said. J
It was the latest report of attacks
hv Kremlin fnreeo in a "
crackdown on the pro- I
independence Baltic republics. 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:
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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
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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