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> Columnist says live and let > live, page 3 IG Volume 84, No. 12 Gaskins Voic attempts I suicide P By The Associated Press In an act of apparent desperation, condemned murderer Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins slashed his arms early Thursday with a razor blade he .had swallowed a week ago, prison officials said. I Gaskins, who has confessed to killing 13 people, was scheduled to die in the electric chair at 1 a.nu today for the murder of a 14th victim. fT nel/inc OA nil tr* Viao vja3ii"*-3 tvwgivgu t*\) aniwiiva Thursday morning for wounds he inflicted to his wrists and elbows, said Corrections Department spokeswoman Robyn Zimmerman. "We don't know if he was trying to kill himself or delay the execution," said Zimmerman. "He's a very unpredictable, cunning person." "The execution will go on," she said. Gaskins told corrections officers he had swallowed the razor blade before he was moved to the death house last Friday. He said he coughed up the blade early Thursday, while he was under die sheet in bed, cut himself and then swal- ? lowed the blade again. r( Gaskins coughed up the blade s|org again this afternoon and gave it to rpnnrt one of the two officers in his cell. He told the officers that was the only blade he had swallowed. Guards discovered Gaskins 'U bleeding beneath his bed covers I when they brought his breakfast at ^ 6:30 a.m., leading them to believe Gaskins cut himself between 3 tt a.m. and 6:30 a.m. J^.62! "He did it under the sheets and never moved and never made a at T sound," Zimmerman said. Gaskins was weak when guards g THOIV found him, Zimmerman said. Writei "But it does not appear that he Tnmorrc lost enough blood to alter his . h blood count," she said. "He is stable. . Six guards were stationed at the Official facility to watch Gaskins when he afea ^ f attempted suicide, Zimmerman an(j are Two guards are posted in front ^usc^Pc of his cell bars, and four other the guards are stationed nearby, she Qn studei^t said. The two guards inside his cell If students were added this morning as an ad- drinking h ditional precaution. ticketed, ti A nurse was available in case fairs or bot Gaskins fainted or appeared to get Tally Hi ill, Zimmerman said. vvill not al Until his execution, only his at- facility thi torney can visit him and no inter- Ho is a p< views will be allowed, she said. don locate Gaskins, 58, was given the death Fairground sentence for killing fellow inmate, Because Rudolph Tyner, in 1982. lyner SOciate De was murdered with a homemade wants to n bomb disguised as a radio. drinking th In the World... Six former officials of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International and a reputed cocaine kingpin have been indicted on charges of conspiring to launder millions in drug profits, federal prosecutors announced today. The indictment was unsealed only hours after one of the defendants, former BCCI treasurer Seyed Ziauddin Ali Akbar, was arrested in France, and a congressional report blasted prosecutors for failing to stop the bank sooner. "We have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of and everything to be proud of in this case," said U.S. Attorney Robert W. Genzman. The Sri Lankan army have killed more than 200 Tamil rebels in a weeklong offensive in the dense jungles of the northeast of this island nation, the military claimed Thursday. Thirteen soldiers also were killed and 42 were wounded, the army said. Editorial questions > M.C. Hammer vs. > U.S. foreign policy, Michael Jackson page 3 in a dance contest?, page 4 AMI University of 5 ing complaints if mK UHlks, Jk^w kSHv HHHH / iff - ^*1$ Greg Rickabaugh/The Gamecock not broken and it shouldn't be fixed," claims Sociolofessor David Wilier at yesterday's "town meeting" to 5 the management of University Bookstore. The books being studied by an Ad Hoc Committee which will to USC President John Palms soon. lilsatins to be s banned ally Ho ^ (AS VERDIN Wj >w night's football game W popular tradition of taili sometimes, underage pP^ dice, who patrol during y have the right to check s who look intoxicated. are in violation of the Fake IDs will be checked exte iws, they can be either against Duke, irned over to student afh. quences, awareness and security, o has already said they "Each case is different," he said, low beer kegs into their "And . . . coming to student affairs s football season. Tally does not isolate them from opular tailgating attrac- consequences." d across from the State Another problem contronting s. police is false identification cards, of this Jerry Crotty, As- a USC ID is spotted by the san of Student Affairs, police, it will be confiscated, an educe the temptation of incident report will be turned in, trough education, conse- and the student will face disciplinIn the Nation... In the A 15-foot condom replica was in- A fed flated onto the roof of North Carolina rigging on Sen. Jesse Helms' suburban Washington spread to home Thursday by AIDS activists. has victimi/ "A condom to stop unsafe politics," taxpayers r said The printed message. Helms is |n the la deadlier than a virus. pleaded gi The protestors used two air blowers 0f the Shei powered by a portable generator bids for milk placed on the home's front porch to keep the condom inflated for about 15 to 20 minutes, said protestor Peter Sta- A simp ley. 30, a member of a group called as dang* Treatment Action Guerrillas. 60-pound c A Texas grand jury Thursday de- wt! clined to indict a police officer in the sPeea on videotaped beating of a handcuffed That's wT car theft suspect he was transporting to Carolina rc the police station. faced with A Tarrant County grand jury issued no bridges anc indictment against Edward Parnell III. way Safety 32. who was videotaped July 3 striking or falling ot Ernest Anderson several times. last year. Preview of football CC 'anc' my fe'iov team's opening ?? age of the anti-( game, page 7 sacrificial virgin t Dennis Sh see >outh Carolina 271 scho to be ide Palms releases financial records By HUE WAITS News Editor USC President John Palms said he will release the names of almost 300 people who received secret scholarships from former USC President James Holderman. Palms' announcement was met with a sudden applause from faculty members at the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday afternoon. It is "very unusual for an announcement to receive such an applause," USC Spokeswoman Karen Petit said. Palms said he put an end to almost six months of deliberations over opening the records. "I've been looking over this since I first got here in March. I reviewed all aspects of the scholarships and especially the legal issues surrounding it," Palms said. Palms also said he met with officials in Washington to make sure any decision would not violate any governmental standards of privacy. "I made a judgment call that was in the best interest of this university," he said. Former interim President Art Smith released 86 names or scnoiarsnip recipients uiis pasr year aiier permission was granted. Six months later, 24 people gave permission for their names to be released, leaving 271 names unknown. Palms said he did not know which names were on the list. limited |^en onj Assistant News ution Wednesc * ? . * , university adro the student got X\ V& 1 rT*W*'? H about any futuj a 1 (7. ?f Student Acti WjamMj During the ; sion of Studen g the "cost-trahsl contingency ft 1 Government u 1 strative salaries Ftie photo untji ^5 jater nsively at tomorrow's game "Theyshouh cuss it with u proved the trai ary action. said. "They b us." If an individual is caught using ?i?m not ma a fake driver's license, they can be fer ** Sen. charged criminally, sent to jail and, thor of the re in addition, face the USC discip- student g< line system. should have as Also, USC ID's cannot be "The reason shared at football games. If so, a is to give the s disciplinary violation can be issued dent the oppot to the students. i State... >ral investigation of bid- ^ 6<jnooi miiK comracTs nas 16 states in a scandal that :ed school children and cost nillions of dollars. enough mone test turn of events, Pet Inc. Below are tote jilty Wednesday to violations . 1C_ _ , . . rman Antitrust Act for fixing USC-Columbia : contracts in South Carolina. generate. le water balloon can be 8 ["FT jrous and deadly as a Q ? concrete slab or a 30-pound ^ en it smacks a car at high h| <^> highway. >at several motorists on South oo I ?ads have discovered when ^ I the lethal litter thrown from oj I 1 overpasses. The state High- ?J Office estimates that thrown ejects caused 284 accidents Output (mBonj of S) I \/ Satan worshippers will be ushering in the Christ in the coming weeks with the ofu... ? lealy, page 3 EE Friday, September 6,1991 larshins ntified "I had no idea of who was on this list. It's not the case where I looked at the names and decided to release their names," Palms said. Since Wednesday Palms said he has received only three calls from recipients. "I've listened to a few callers concerned over having their names released. These are the only names I know of on the list," Palms said. "One caller said he didn't mind having his name released, but he also wanted his GPA to be released, too. He had a 3.8," he said. The president refused to speculate any further on the callers' names. The scholarship money came from Holderman's discretionary account which was later called public money. ' Holderman gave scholarships to children of local and national celebrities, as well as a few university officials. One of Smith's daughters received a scholarship from Holderman's funds. Meanwhile, Palms' reorganization plan might be finished within two weeks. Palms said he met with Business and Finance Vice President Pete Denton and discussed ways to change the section. 'The changes within the office are nothing dramatic. We're going to have some retitling and a clearer understanding of duties," he said. Last week, Denton said he has had contact with the University of Houston about the possibility of a new position. Palms, however, said Denton has not indicated any plans. "He has not told me if he plans to leave. Therefore, we will continue talking about organization within his office," Palms said. ate OKs bill consultation MANTLER active role, so that he can recomEditor mend other alternatives," he said. . . i I Offw>taIe (lAUO oni rl tkn Iaim J?if ;:! us passea a resoi- uiv ui lay night insisting ^ $100,000 will intensify the tinistrarion consult pressure on student organization rernment president Panning. Hie money was there re budget transfers 10 Pr?tect organizations in case vity Funds. ?f any emergences, summer, the Divi- Student Affairs Vice President t Affairs approved tennis Pniitt earlier told The cr" of $100,000 in Gamecock student organizations inds from Student could take $25,000 ? $30,000 in > pay for admini- total losses this year. "The student president sees idem Manish Shri- student government from the stu2 was not notified dent level, whereas someone of higher rank does not," Dell said. i have tried to dis- "Tte president may know other s before they ap- Peaces to take money from, such isfer," Shrivastava as sports." asically just told ?j fec| ^ ^ execu[ive A ahm.f the trsns- ers should be fully aware of any Fric Delltte a? consideration of transfer of Stu??*? 5Tl ** *** Funds," he said. >vernment officers Shrivastava said, "They (the ay-so." administration) understand our for this resolution concern. What I want to know is tudent body presi- under what conditions will we tunity to have an get our money back." *' \1 |T?| J The U$C Pocketbook. 'r Does USC-Coastal Carolina actually produce iy or employees to "secede" from the USC system? lis for monetary output, earnings, and employment , USC-Coastal Carolina, and the USC System ? H Coastal o [5] Carolina rc cm - ^ g Columbia ^ H ^ Campus g ? 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