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Yeltsin backs off MOSCOW ? President Bori: Yeltsin backed off from threats tc call parliamentary elections Friday to oust his hard-line opponents saying Russian lawmakers shoulc serve out their terms. The move was a clear departure from previous threats to call < national referendum or new elec tions to remove the formei Communists who dominate the Police capture Si NAPLES, Italy ? Paramilitary police raided a villa before dawn Friday and captured a long-sought fugitive described as the No. 1 boss of the Camorra, the Naples-based underworld organization. In Rome, police arrested a convicted Sicilian Mafia boss sought for two years. The arrests brought the number of gangland fugitives captured in Italy this past week to four, a sign the nation has stepped up its battle against organized crime following Campbell wants < CHARLESTON ? Gov. Carroll Campbell told southern governors Friday the South must free its schools of bureaucracy and share innovative ideas to improve education. "We're looking to swap red tape for results," Campbell said at the annual meeting of the Southern Governors* Association. During the two-day meeting, the pi p Angela Renee Boyette Candicc Kristin Carvell l 1 M* _ 1 11 m "i ivinra iviicneue ram Gretchen Lynn Forney Roberta Eugenia Foster Jennifer Leigh Garrison Audrey Michelle Greiss Kimberly Karoline Holmes Louise McGee Johnson Amy Lee Jolly Wendy Janel Jones B Also checlIt's availc ???? bemb fikffir threats s legislature and the larger Congrcs ) of People's Deputies. It is widely believed Yeltsii now thinks he might lose such ; 1 battle. Yeltsin's decision earlier thi i week to cancel a trip to Japan wa 1 also seen as a sign ol politica weakness. He was under pressurt r from Russian nationalists not t( : return the disputed Kuril Islands. icilian crime boss the murders of two anti-Mafia cru saders. Officials said Carmine Alfieri 48, sought for 11 years, was founc in an underground concrete cham ber of a villa in Naples. Two body guards were also arrested, police said. Police said Alfieri was wantec on a series of charges including allegedly having organized ar attack on a rival gang in 1984 ir which eight people were killed. education ideas governors discussed progress toward meeting education goals established by the nation's governors three years ago. "The goals are about performance. They are about setting standards for achievement and then treeino thp rnrnmnnitipc anH thp> schools and the teachers to meet those standards," Campbell, the association's chairman, said. Things to Think Abou Over 35 million people in poverty. The majori children. y^y " (j "oudly presents t 292 Pledge Clas; BOYS OF T H iesday Septen Rockafella's Columbia c out Dash Rip Rock's newest rc able on Mammoth Records at c bphhii y H?i WrS^Y ?_u ? I W I u- p?*.(nr?A- S witchcraft*' Jgj i mmmamm Navy commanck s SEATTLE ? The command of the Bremerton Naval Hospil 11 was relieved of his duties after a Navy investigation found it like that a female officer nurse w s assaulted by two male enlist* s men, the Navy said. Capt. Roland McKee w " relieved of command Thursday 1 Rear Adm. Richard Riddell, cor mander of Naval Base Seattle. T1 acting commanding officer is nc Capt. Robert B. Murphy, the hosf Savings and loai j DENVER ? Michael Wise, tf former chairman and chief exect tive officer of failed Silverad - Banking Savings and Loan, w< j indicted Thursday on charges h r illegally diverted part of a $1.4 ? million loan from Silverado ft 1 personal use. The three-count bank frau I Rlnol/fncf nr V/ JLTlWlVLVCJi T T The public is invited to attem ; the second annual African ' American Blockfest from noon to i pm Sept. 25. The Blockfest, sponsored b) USC's Association of African American Students, is a showcase of the taients and culture of Africar people. in the United States live ty are women and ? he ? Kimberly Michelle Kinsey Shannon E. Leonard Eleanor Jane Meyer Shannon Melissa Miller Staei Dawn Plyler Lisa Marie Russo Ashley Renee Scales Jackie Lynn Smilh Leah Renee Staton Amy Aline Thomas Jennifer Phyllis Walker I E BAYOU riber 15 jlease "Boiled Alive". all hip record stores. lu j WIpfH-M ftJHINK/ WtVwvcn you/ Wrtjk DH1NK / TTTraBt J r ir relieved of duties x By Icr tal s executive olticer. ? lal McKee was relieved because ^ a Riddel 1 "had lost confidence in re a ly McKee s ability to command," ^ as Cmdr. Bob Anderson said n'a( id Thursday. uaj McKee could not be reached as Thursday for comment. the }y Accusations against the two pol n- enlisted men, including assault on a h01 he superior officer, disrespect and * iw indecent assault, will be referred to l'ia )i- a Navy hearing, Anderson said. ngl Nic 11 CEO indicted R:[I le indictment also accuses Wise of w{) j- misrepresenting the activities of the !o thrift institution's parent company is to federal regulators, le It was the first criminal indict 5 ment issued in the Silverado deba>r cle, which government regulators estimate will cost taxpayers $1 bild lion. ill be held Sept. 25 I 1 Various campus organizations - and Columbia-area merchants will > sponsor booths and entertainment will be provided by several African / American artists and groups. Off-campus vendors interested in ; participating are required to pay a i $40 non-refundable registration fee. ?I '--m? The Gamecock Student Newspaper is printed, in part, on pH recycled paper. Remember to RECYCLE USC Recycling Dumpster Located on Sumter Street near the corner of Blossom H For More Information Call 777-USED. Regist* r/-\inri^n TArifV* 1 QQO XU V.V/1A IV_AVA?~ VVALAl LA IC A Zt Z/ formed The Touchdown C/i season, a prize will be aw winner will be chosen. Lo edition of The Gamecod This week's pri; FREE Manage Carir Colun Register at the folic may be J Jewelry Warehouse Two Notch Rd. Broad Rive: 2909 Piatt Spring Rd. - W. Cc Bruno's St. Andrews Rd. *Two Note Pizza Hut 617 S. Main St. or delivery 929-0044 v Wisconsin regents epeal speech rule The Associated Press minorities to study in a safe enviMADISON, Wis. ? The ronment. iversity of Wisconsin's board of ' push t0 initiate the rule ;ents Friday repealed a "hate hegan in the late-1980s after severed!" rule that banned discrimi- al racial incidents on campus, ory language directed at individ- including a fund-raising "slave aucs on campus. tion" at a fraternity house in which I he regents voted 10-6 to repeal natemity members dressed in Afro rule, adopted after an earlier wigs and painted their faces black, icy was determined unconstitu- Regent Earl Davis said although tal by a federal judge. the rule may have its flaws, the -ree speech is more important number of racial incidents has n a rule which inhibits and declined since the regents adopted ringes on First Amendment the 1989 policy which was later its, regent vice president Albert struck down. :holas said. The second rule was adopted last Regent Paul Schilling called the year and carried no penalties. 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