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Premier still has power BELGRADE, Yugoslavia ? Premier Milan Panic survived a second no-confidence vote in two months Tuesday, barely hanging onto the power to press his conciliatory policies against a barrage of Serb nationalist criticism. A day after being roundly defeated in one house of the federal Parliament, Panic won a vote in the second house ? the Chamber of Republics ? by a margin of 1817. A simple majority would have been enough to oust him. The dominant Socialist Party of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic ? the former Communists ? accused Panic of betraying Serbia's cause by advocating peace with rival Croats and Bosnian Muslims. Milosevic and his denudes were generally believed behind the move to oust Panic, whom they also accuse of being a foreign spy working under orders from the U.S. State Department. But Panic, a Serbian-born California millionaire who became premier in July, has gained broad support from Yugoslavs tired of the war. That could challenge Milosevic's authority as the Dec. 20 Yugoslav elections approach. Communist goes to jail SOFIA, Bulgaria ? The Supreme Court Tuesday convicted former Communist Premier Georgi Atanasov of embezzlement for giving $8,400 in state funds to his supporters and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. Atanasov, 59, the last premier under former Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov, has maintained his innocence since his arrest in April. He has charged that he and a codefendant, former Economics Minister Stoyan Ovcharov, were victims of a political trial. Ovcharov, 50, also was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to nine years imprisonment. Atanasov was accused of embezzling the money while he headed the government from 1986 to 1989. He was the latest in a string of former officials sentenced to prison for economic crimes committed during 'he Communist era. Student t By GREG RICKABAUGH Editor in Chief USC President John Palms will witness what an 8 a.m. class feels like for USC stu- ip' dents when he swaps places P | with senior Angela Myers fjj| today. |8L Ig? Palms will change schedules with the marketing student as part of a Baptist HHj Student Union auction this IB past semester. Myers bid the highest bid, $90, for the chance to swap jobs for a day with dent. While Myers will take over the offk ident and his appointments, Palms v Citadel not By The Associated Press The president of The Citadel said he is neither surprised nor troubled by the Commission on Women's stand against tax money going to public colleges that are not open to both men and women. The Citadel's "Board of Visitors and the president are unanimously in accord with the single-gender policy of this institution," Lt. Gen. Claudius Watts said. "We have no USC scientis From staff reports Earthquakes usually make themse pretty apparent, but at least six destrui ones in prehistoric South Carolina 1 completely unknown until recently. New clues show at least two of the i erful shocks occurred near present Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach, a thought to be free of earthquakes, act ing to a USC geologist. It is also likely there are dormant lines below the two areas, Prac Talwani, a geolgy professor and direct! Girl gets five new organs PITTSBURGH ? Doctors Tuesday transplanted five organs into a 4-year-old girl who was born with an intestine too short to absorb nutrition properly. Charlie Fourstar, who lives on Montana s rort Feck inaian Reservation, was in critical condition after receiving a liver, stomach, pancreas and small and large intestine in a 16-hour operation at Presbyterian University Hospital. The child was bom with shortgut syndrome, in which the small intestine cannot absorb nutrition properly, and has been fed intravenously her entire life. If the operation succeeds, she will be able to eat normally. "I got a call about 6 this morning and they told me Charlie's liver has arrived, and I got up and I started running in circles," said the girl's grandmother, Odessa Fourstar. "I was happy, very happy" Gas explosion kills two NEW YORK ? Tenants of a Harlem apartment house said, they smelled gas before an explosion ripped through the upper floors and killed two elderly women Monday. Thirty-five people, including 27 firefighters and police officers, were reported injured Monday night. The cause of the blast is under investigation. Consolidated Edison spokesman Richard Mulieri said the utility had no evidence natural gas caused the explosion but nothing had been ruled out. The explosion blew walls off the top three floors of the 12-story brick building, exposing apartments. Towels, sheets and other items hung from trees, and fires burned for two hours after the blast. Old women cast ballots ANDERSON ? Anderson County o switch | two classes, one of whi Palms will also visit My ??a.m. where students are lc ing with him. As for Myers' big job, y I have waited for awhile 1 P* There is no height re< dent, Myers said, althoug! II *.' df being too "petite to be p foot-l inch tall. ii While Myers has a tall Palms be a piece ?f ca^e either, to study 30 pages of hor the presi- policy class at 8 a.m. Tht 25 student class which ho :e of pres- Myers, who was BSU f /ill attend has her own goals and pi concerned second doubts, or second thoughts about this at all. We do not violate the taw." The Commission on Women, a stafp aopnrv whirh ?pxvp<; as an advocate for women's rights, sent a letter to Gov. Carroll Campbell Monday outlining their position. The commission never mentions The Citadel in the letter, but the Charleston military school is the only publicly supported school in :ts find evide the S.C. Seismic Network, said d ves He presented his findings 0< -live Geological Society of Ameri were meeting in Cincinnati. "Charleston is not the only )ow- we have had earthquakes in .day times," he said. "There are su reas at least six earthquakes befori ;ord- the scenario we want to sug there were three separate pi fault these earthquakes have occurre< leep Talwani said all of the e 3r of would have been very destructi The new evidence means So ^^ononsi may have the distinction of having ( two of the oldest voters in America 5 to cast ballots in Tuesday's presi- i dential election. < But the two women, both more than 100 years old, said they 1 planned to vote for different candi- : dates. ( Eva Crenshaw of Pendleton, who ( turned 109 in October, said she voted for President Bush four years 1 ago and cast an absentee ballot for \ him again Monday. I "She just felt like he was better qualified," said her daughter, Mary Doorcnn 1 V/CUOW11. Mrs. Crenshaw, who has voted for presidents ever since the U.S. Constitution was changed to allow women to vote, broke her hip in February, and a relative said it was easier for her to vote at home than to try to maneuver to the polls. Across the county in Piedmont, 103-year-old Nettie Porter was preparing to go to the polls. Her stepson, Marvin Porter, said she was voting for Bill Clinton because "she thinks it is time for a change and she wants to see some new people in." Economy behind nation South Carolina's economy is lagging behind the rest of the Southeast, and there is little promise the recession here will end before the year does. Key factors in the recession in O _ x I. o 1 1 . doutn Carolina are a late entry ~ because of Hurricane Hugo, dou- t1 ble-digit declines in construction employment in the past year and declines in military and finacial ? services employment. But anticipated activity in the Upstate around a new BMW plant M is just one indication of a possible upturn next year, a recent econom- a ic analysis shows. ^ Construction employment in 1991's second quarter was at ? 90,000. By the second quarter of 1992, that number had dropped to about 79,000, according to the September edition of Southeast a State Indicators. v "Certainly, employment cannot continue to plunge by 13 percent " per year in that sector," the report said. j* ^ I' p Alumni to be honored p Four outstanding USC alumni and a retired businessman will be hon- ^ daces witl ch he had homework, president. Sh ers' tennis class at 11 President Tom X)king forward to play- declare the d She will late she said, rm excited, aaaress ior a 'or it (the swap) to take students meeti After other quirement to be presi- president, Myi h she was teased about with a few c resident." Myers is 5- Faculty House Myers jokec job, Palms' job won't free P3^1 Palms apparently had aPpFcation nework for a business ^.h'as ^ee/1. i class is a small 20 to bld Ids class discussions. ^ers sai '. resident this past year, ^ ans for her big day as BSU? by tax monc South Carolina that does not allow c women into its regular program. tl "We've been discussing this for N some time," commission chair- n woman Mildred Weathers it McDuffie said. "Since we work for a the governor and we're supposed to ji give input to him on areas of concern, we needed to let him know e how we felt as women representing w the whole state." a "People in favor of making a a; nee suggestii is the most seismically j :t. 27 at The East Coast, ca's annual The Charleston seismi* one or more rauits nea place where known because of the prehistoric earthquake of 1886, but ggestions of other areas occurred at k ? 1886, and he said, gest is that The evidence is based aces where found in several areas i" Talwani, USC stud* sarthquakes Geological Survey and E ve. gy consulting company, uth Carolina Sand blows are like mi ired on Nov. 6 in separate events sponsored by the college of busiless admins tration and the college if applied professional sciences. The college of business adminisration's Distinguished Alumnus iwards will be presented to three outstanding alumni: John Wesle> ffulp, a Methodist minister anc founder of two philanthropic orgalizations; Owen G. Shell Jr., presilent of NationsBank of Tennessee ind chairman of NationsBank ol Kentucky; and A. Max Walker :hairman of Nations Fund Inc. The reception will be from 5 7:30 p.m. in the John Lumpkin ^oom on the eighth floor of the )usiness adminstration building tear the corner of Pendleton and 3arnwell streets. The college of applied profes;ional sciences will recognize rimothy J. Carrier, a >roducer/director for the S.C. relevision Network, as a l,,^ ? ^IdUllgUldlJUi /\1 UlllllUo U1 U1C 1 COI or the college's department ol nedia arts. Alton Wright, retired nanager of human resources utiization for Blek Stores Services nc., will receive the Honored 7riend of the College award. ETf host comes to USC xeza Gibbons, co-host of the synlicated television program 'Entertainment Tonight," will be lonored as the Outstanding dmuna of 1992 by the college of Durnalism and mass communicaons during a champagne breakfast rom 9-10:30 a.m. Nov. 7 at the Columbia Marriott. Gibbons, a native of Hartsville, raduated magna cum laude from JSC in 1978, earning a bachelor's egree in broadcast journalism. She joined the on-air staff of PntPftainmpnf Tnninhf" in IQfi/1 i^iuvi uiiiiiiiviu i wiu^m in A y u~r fter she was co-host of WCBSVs "Two on the Town" in New 'ork. Prior to that, she was co-host f "PM Magazine" programs at ^FAA-TV in Dallas and KFDMW in Beaumont, Texas. She began her television career t WSPA-TV in Spartenburg, /here she was a news anchor. When Gibbons is not interviewlg Hollywood stars on the set of Entertainment Tonight," she runs er own production company, ,eeza Gibbons Enterprises. She is host on and co-produces a ifetime cable series on parenting ailed "Growing Up Together," and > a host for the anmial '"Miss ISA" and "Miss Teen USA" ageants, the Hollywood*Christmas arade, the nationally-syundicated adio program "Country Line ISA" and the radio version of Entertainment Tonight." i Palms e will meet with Student Body i Young in the morning to jointly ay "Student Appreciation Day." jr meet Palms for a luncheon library and information sciences nSmeetings she will attend with the ers will end her day with dinner lose friends at the university's 1 during her day she might be givtg for everyone and might review is for athletic director, a tradition for the BSU president ghest for the presidential swap, athy Bryan was BSU president a m Palms first arrived, and she s with him then, mother auction for this spring. ty decision hange are concerned about it from te perspective of gender equity," laeberta Bobb, a commission lember from Rock Hill, said. "If 's a public institution, it should be ccessible to all of the public, not ist 50 percent of the population." Mary Waters, commission's xecutive director, said the letter /as drafted as a report to Campbell fter phone conversations among gency leaders. lg ancient, active state on the Talwani exp series of step : source zone with the weight oi r the city is well Pressure incr< strong, damaging earth until si earthquakes in the the ground le; :ast 600 years ago, A number < u. Ill U1C MUIC UI I on "sand blows" the coast. , of the state by "Literally ents, the U.S. found in So T1ASCO, a geolo- Talwani said. The first w iniature volcanoes, USC graduate Leader Homec > to be s] rfMBvp I I ' I I I "H I I V ^ T"l* BkJLkdUk^JJbMM By ROCHELLE KILLINGBECK i Staff Writer A homecoming without a home' coming queen is a tough tradition - to get used to, but liana Myerson is I working hard to make this new tradition positive and enjoyable. The senior HRTA major is chairl woman of the homecoming com mission this year. The homecoming commission will give awards to student organizations during halftime Saturday. "The awards will be for community service programs, national, regional, and statewide recognition, and best overall award," Myerson said. The Homecoming Commission has also selected three student organizations to perform skits at Cockfest Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Williams-Brice Stadium. "One of the goals of homecoming is to unify and diversify the USC campus," she said. "That's why we have different campus organizations participating in the carnival (which is today on Green Street) marathon and other activities. The homecoming commission is also co-sponsoring comedy night tonight with Mark Price in the Russell House Ball Room, and helping with publicity for the African Extravaganza Thursday evening at 7:45 in the nursing audiWoods may g of contract fc By The Associated Press USC football Head Coach Sparky Woods may be in for a contract extension, a month after some of his players asked him to resign, <15 <1 1C5U11 U1 U1C ICCClll lUllliUUUllU by the Gamecocks. After three straight wins, including two against top-25 opponents, Woods is getting support for an extension to his five-year contract, which has two years remaining after this season. USC board of trustees chairman Edward Floyd of Florence said what the Gamecocks have done the last month was "miraculous." But 1 he said any talk of contract extension should come from the new : athletics director and be recom- ( mended to USC President John ' Palms. The new athletics director is ' expected to be named by Thanksgiving. 1 Floyd said he would support the ' new athletics director's recommen- ! dation. i "It certainly seems like a reason- 1 able request at this time because one thing we don't want to do is ( hamner rerrnitincf " hp. sairl ' Michael Mungo, chairman emer- ' itus of the board of trustees, said an extension would send a message to j recruits, who he believes have questioned Woods' job security < during an 0-5 start which resulted 1 in a player revolt. The Gamecocks are 3-5 overall and 3-4 in the SEC following 1 Saturday's 24-23 win against No. j 16 Tennessee. . They celebrate Homecoming on destructive e: dains, and they occur in a Carbo is. First, pressure builds from colleagu 7 earth layers above the sand, quake o< sases with the shaking of the filled the and literally explodes out of In ma aving a crater. quakes t] Df the craters have been found caused s jt not in any other state along Myrtle I cases, s< 100 sand blows have been other are iuth Carolina since 1982," He sa residents as discovered by John Cox, a the fault : student, in 1982. years. wants oming pecial lana dyers on JbtiMuLAJL^LLk^ torium. "Homecoming week is special because it's the only week that targets alumni as well as students and diverse organizations on campus," Myerson said. The homecoming commission also makes banners and provides some materials for various activities. "liana is an excellent leader," homecoming faculty adviser \T/Mra11n nn?/l "C nuvuna luiuiu sdiu. one lCilliy motivates the members of the commission and other student orgnizations." she said. Fortner said Myerson is very energetic and encourages students to be creative. i Effervescent is what Myerson said her friends call her. "I always try to look on the bright side of things," she said. "I was upset when it started raining Monday, but I thought it might be okay since student organizations wouldn't start building their displays until Tuesday anyway," she said. Renee Peeler, graduate advisor for homecoming, said Myerson is like the ideal student leader ' because "she takes charge, but lets me know if she needs help with anything." "She's very dependable. She balances her time well so that other organizations don't suffer because of one," Peeler said. ;et extension >r one year Y_ Saturday against Louisiana Tech, which tied the Gamecocks, 12-12, last year at Williams-Brice Stadium. Woods said winning has made recruiting easier and recruits haven't asked about his job security. "Saturday, we had a lot of good guys in here," he said. "They were in the locker room after the game, and it had to help them to see that kind of enthusiasm and that kind of atmosphere. Obviously, winning makes recruiting easier." Mungo said it would be foolish for the school to let Woods go. "He's done everything we've asked him to do," Mungo said. "He :l?aned up the program, 46 of 49 kids are on track for their degrees, tie's winning games, he's winning in the SEC. "This is just a common sense business deal. We toss out * 5150,000 to extend his contract a /ear. If we don't have another good recruiting class, it might cost (a lot nore)." Trustee Donald Bailey of Charleston said if the team continaed to show progress he'd be in favor of a one-year extension. Trustee Charles Simons of Mken, chairman of the intercollegiate Activities Committee, said this was not the 3roper time to talk about extensions. "The totality of the season expedience, both on and off the field, vill be evaluated by the A.D., who i have every reason to believe will ie a very competent official," he said. arthquakes n dating allowed Talwani and his les to determine when an earth:curred using organic material that : sand blow crater, ny instances, he said, strong earthhat rocked the Charleston area also and blows in the Hilton Head or Beach areas. But in at least three ind blows occurred in one of the :as, not Charleston, he said, id there is no need for any of the in those areas to worry because s have been dead for hundreds of