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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.
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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.
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U.S. foreign policy, Michael Jackson
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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
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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.
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team's opening ?? age of the anti-(
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Dennis Sh
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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.
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us."
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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.
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>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
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concrete slab or a 30-pound ^
en it smacks a car at high h| <^>
highway.
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?ads have discovered when ^ I
the lethal litter thrown from oj I
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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.
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consultation
MANTLER active role, so that he can recomEditor
mend other alternatives," he said.
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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."
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