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Nuclear waste
kills three in China
BEIJING ? Three people died
and more than 90 became ill in
Communist China's worst accident
involving nuclear waste, an
official report said Tuesday.
The China Disaster Reduction
News reported that cobalt 60
killed Zhang Youchang, his
father and brother in Xinzhou, in
northwest China's Shanxi
province, late last year.
Cobalt 60 is a radioactive isotope
used in radiotherapy, metallurgy
and materials testing. In
1972, scientists in Shanxi
province imported cobalt 60 from
the Soviet Union and France.
Ten years later, the cobalt ceased
to be useful for research and was
stored in a well, the newspaper
said.
Last November, Zhang, 29,
was cleaning the well along with
10 other workers when he found
a piece of cobalt 60. He was
attracted by what the newspaper
described as a shiny gold ball,
and put it in his pocket.
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ANNAPOLIS, Mil. ? Navy
investigators have turned up evidence
of 28 midshipmen at the
Naval Academy who might have
cheated on a December electrical
engineering exam, officials said
Tuesday.
The inquiry by the Naval
Investigative Service is continuing,
but it is "wrapped up to the
point that we can refer a number
of cases to the honor board," said
Cmdr. Mike John, a public
affairs officer.
The punishment for honor
code violations such as cheating
is expulsion from the Navy, said
Noel Milan, an academy
spokesman.
The investigation began in
December after academy officials
learned that a copy of the final
examination for the junior level
course was missing.
A midshipman then told officials
he had heard at least one
student had a copy of the examination
before it was given. About
700 midshipmen took the course.
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GA presidential candidate, ended
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ven knew me," he said.
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GREENVILLE ? BMW has
been exploring alternatives to
buying the electricity for its new
Upstate plant from Duke Power,
but the German automaker says
the options appear unlikely.
BMW and Duke Power Co.
nffirink said Mnndav thev are
negotiating an agreement to supply
power to the plant.
The new plant will likely use
about 84 million kilowatt hours
of electricity each year after it
reaches full production. The cost
of electricity was one of the factors
the company considered in
choosing between Nebraska and
South Carolina.
BMW began looking at alternatives,
including the possibility
of building its own generating
plant, even though Duke Power
was part of the team that Gov.
Carroll Campbell put together to
lure the company to the state.
Duke Power purchased options
on more than 300 acres of land
near the plant for utility lines and
also contributed money to help
train workers at the plant.
Ballroom, the program honored the
1909 founding of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
The NAACP, founded by 60
African-Americans and whites, has
a membership of more than
100,000. The USC's chapter has
been state chapter of the year for
the past five years and boasts the
state's laioest membership.
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By LILA I). BAUMAN
Staff Writer
USC graduate students comprise
one-third of the student hody and
could represent that many votes for
the Feb. 18 elections.
Graduate students have the
opportunity to vote for a candidate
who will assure fair representation
when major decisions are made:
fund allotment, housing, parking
and other issues directly impacting
graduate students.
Student government benefited
graduate students in several ways
in 1992-93, according to Vice
President Kelli Lister.
It established a graduate student
cabinet position and also helped
develoo a health nlan for students
with families.
To get to know 1993's candidates,
graduate students are urged
to read the profiles featured in The
Gamecock before the election.
Inhalant ah
By The Associated Press
Teen-agers are inhaling solvents
and similar chemicals to get high
more than they are using many other
drugs, but drug prevention programs
and law enforcenient efforts
often overlook inhalant abuse,
experts say.
"Our concern here is that the
message is getting out that cocaine
and marijuana and even alcohol are
drugs to be avoided, but teen-agers
are moving back to the inhalants
because that is not perceived to be
a dangerous drug and it's more
widely available," said Dennis
Nalty of the state Commission on
Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
Dr. Charles Sharp of the
National Institute on Drug Abuse
told the Greenville Piedmont
recently that anti-drug educators
are afraid to talk to teens about
inhalant abuse.
"They are under the wrong belief
that if they say anything, kids will
start it because inhalants are so
widely available," he said.
At least four South Carolinians
died in 1992 from inhaling freon or
butane, and estimates are that several
hundred Americans die each
year from inhaling various sol
vents, vvnicn inciuae giue, aerosols,
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office at 777-2477. r
As a major campus sub-group, n
graduate students have representa- ^
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only if they choose to get involved,
said Brooke Pippen, undergraduate
elections commissioner.
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live decisions. Graduate students
are also welcome to observe senate v
meetings at 5 p.m. Wednesdays in 1
the Russell House Theatre, and can c
request to address the senate about a
issues involving them. a
There are long-term benefits for ?
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legally for other uses and their (
abuse is a misdemeanor, law ,
enforcement tends to focus on
high-profile drug use, said John ,
DeJong, a Greenville County assistant
solicitor. J
"It's harder to put a law enforcement
officer in every drug store,
grocery store and paint store," he
said.
The typical teen inhaler is white,
male and poor, according to national
statistics. But some experts say
they see evidence the practice is
spreading to the middle class.
"Huffers are just about the worst
group," said Dr. Robert Hansen, a
psychologist who works for the
state Department of Youth
Services. "Once they get addicted
to that stuff it's downhill, and they
spiral fast."
Solvents can cause coma and
death or permanent neurological
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increasing
damage, including paralysis,
decreased intelligence, heart attack,
rearing loss, eye disease and damage
to the liver, kidneys, bone marrow
and nervous system, according
to published research.
Todd Mattos has wimessed many
Df the effects of drug use in his six
years as a juvenile probation counselor
in Greenville.
"I've worked with people strung
out from heroin to crack to (angel)
dust to whatever, and I've seen
juveniles screwed up on different
substances, but this is the most disgusting
and just hideous way to go
down," Mattos said.
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One hastside teen said he started
inhaling butane at age 14 after
being pressured by his "gang."
"At first I didn't want to do it
because I was scared," he told the
Piedmont. But when he finally tried
butane he said he found it had a
"10 times better high" than anything
else he'd used.A
parents' committee of the federally
funded Fighting Back
Community Partnership in
Columbia sent out letters to convenience
store operators, warning that
butane sold to teen-agers can lead
to inhalant abuse, said group chairwoman
Anne Black.
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