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Prosecutor in upcomin COLUMBIA (AP) ? A prosecutor will seek the death penalty against the woman who allegedly drowned her two little boys, then claimed they were taken by a caijacker, her lawyer said Sunday. Susan V. Smith is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of her sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-monthold Alex. For nine days she maintained that a caijacker took her car and her boys on Oct 25. She and her estranged husband, David, made televised pleas for their return The boys' bodies were found in her car, submerged in John D. Long Lake near Union, 60 miles northwest of Columbia, after police said they obtained a written confession from her. Scouts' bodi LENOIR, N.C. (AP)?The bodies of two were found Sunday morning, one day af er teen-ager were swept into a flooding c North Carolina mountains. Heavy rain continued Sunday, and dc forced from their homes as the flooding and roads and caused mudslides and dov er lines in several western counties. Searchers Sunday morning found the b 14, and Kevin DuVall, 15, both of Atlanta, in Caldwell County. The body of Gerarc lanta was found before dark Saturday, ? mile downstream from a small foot bridg other two Boy Scouts had been swept av noon, county emergency services spokesi The boys had been crossing the woode mi their way to buy some candy at a near ?mbined weight apparently caused the b Teek. The rushing flood waters caught tl it from its moorings, Hill said. 1 uiI \Qr^rrS2. ^Men TWO l ^ 1 ^ Good Only Limit 2( ii fjj!i!!jiiH!!!!!l!!!!S g? i^ %&&&m v will seek de g Smith mur Solicitor Tommy Pope, who's prosecuting the case, said last week he would not reveal his decision on whether to seek the death penalty until a court hearing Monday. But Mrs. Smith's lawyer, David Brack, said at a news conference Sunday that Pope told him Friday of his decision to seek capital punishment if she's convicted. Pope told The Associated Press he would not comment on the announcement. Bruck added that Pope intends to have Mrs. Smith arraigned at Monday's hearing. There had been no previous word on the scheduling of her arraign X T1 1 - 1 x 11 x menu r>rucK rerusea 10 eiaDoraie. In her two-page confession, Mrs. es found afte missing Boy Scouts A witness, Hoke ter they and anoth- "I was looking ou reek in the western I ran up the road tc Propst said. )zens of people were Wine's body was washed out bridges ter about a half mils med trees and pow- iaterandahalfmile ,. -T , ?r. found floating in low Kjdtes of Jacob Wine, bank of the creek. along Wilson Creek mt i /-, , a f*i The teen-agers v I Gasque, 14, of At- p, . . ? , . ibout a quarter of a Christian Church m ie where he and the rector Dale Coffey ss my Saturday after- "Between the higl nan Dave Hill said. toueh " Coffey saidn suspension bridge been in ^1S business by store when their work out the way yo ridge to dip into the The troop's leade ie bridge and broke in charge of the groi Smyrna, Ga., helped E UP! 11 - I N E C L four International Awi ' * * "' j ||M. TfiW^ riNEicu - - V . 4 " > ? 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Since her arrest, Mrs. Smith has been held without bail. No trial date has been set. r flood Propst, tried to telephone for help, t the window, and quick as they went in, > call 911 ? and the phone was dead," found Sunday morning in a foot of wa> from the bridge, Hill said. A half hour farther downstream, DuVall's body was r water and tangled in bushes along the /ere part of a troop from the Peachtree Atlanta, county emergency services diiid. i water and the steep terrain, it was very "You always hope for the best, but I've i long enough to know some things don't u hope they will." r, scoutmaster Franklin Rabb, who was lp, and DuVall's uncle, Kirk DuVall of identify the bodies Sunday. PS THE HH E A N E R ?????? , ird Winning Dryclean :k USC students! r ail your needs! 5Q| \nn/ur>ro JiTimjpg | Men's 5 ,f ^ f TWO for th( j (; of ON r ^ ^ Good Only With ln< J Limit 20 Expir o sssssS . : Jin i i/'?'tjacjbasaiti;, run. ^ ACQ AwTmrnl U<m5f Tilr vX"V 00 1 ^*N. $3?ooff on any dry cleaning order of $15.00 or more Good Only With Incoming Order 1 couDon Der visit Exniros ohn/QR 1 R?m f JI c on any dry cleani ) ( $25.00 or: ' ^ J ^ Good Only With Inc J 5 Q_ 1 coupon per visit I 5J rden St. Points 7373 ^^^^ N.C. jury rules e student's emotk RALEIGH (AP) ? A jury in U.S. District Court has rule that administrators at St. Augustine's College caused a sti dent's emotional distress and failed their obligation to sup port her work. Jurors awarded Leslie Ross $180,000 ? $150,000 in com pensation and $30,000 as punishment ? after finding tha the college and three top administrators "recklessly causei severe emotional distress" to Ross in the spring of 1993. According to Ross, the administrators set out to ruin he academic career in retaliation for her testimony in a bitte discrimination lawsuit that the college lost. After that testimony, she claimed, her grades decline) and she was stripped of academic honors and achievements She never graduated. Jurors said Saturday that they found no evidence that Si Augustine's administrators conspired to retaliate agains Ross for her testimony in the discrimination lawsuit. Specifically, jurors determined that Prezell Robinson, St Augustine's president, did not contribute to any of the prob lems Ross enumerated. But the jury did hold other college administrators re sponsible for contributing to her emotional distress. Ross had sought $2.4 million in future lost wages, con tending that as a result of St. Augustine's actions, she be came so emotionally traumatized that she could never real ize her dream of becoming a judge. College officials countered they did nothing improper, an( that Ross concocted the allegations because she could not faci her own academic failures. They said she had not taken enougl courses to graduate and refused to complete class require fCome Workout with US!! ' i LAW] Hj Kk cr-Nt^^nl jhirtsR ; PRICE ? [E. 3 PA. coming Order s? [ v es 2/18/95 J PIJII OTX7fD WH JI No other p y| young mind; ^ I that po i M jsiL CLY\W">2| r< 5ff|i |? '%?*"* i Wiwr :oming Order ^ | f Expires 2/18/95 J f I kjwJuwS I _ ISfflSSSSSSSSSWSiS!? I ducators caused >nal distress d ments. i- They portrayed Ross, 23, as vindictive and malingering. h Saturday's verdict was far from a vindication for the historically black college. As their lawyer had argued, the adi ministrators had taken it as their life's work to help young t people, not hurt them. d Jurors found that three administrators and the college itself engaged in some activities that hurt Ross, r Cited as contributing to Ross' emotional distress were r Dwight J. Fennell, vice president and dean of academic af iairs, ana uregory r. sugn ana dames u;. tJurt, administrai tors and advisers to the senior class, i. "Of course, we were looking for a different result," said Charles Francis, the college's attorney. "We felt, and contin;. ue to feel, that no one did anything improper to this young t lady or impeded her in any way." He said the college would review the transcript of the tri;. al to see whether there was any basis for appealing the decision. Since her failed final semester in 1993 at St. Augustine's, Ross has been living with family members and working in hourly-wagejobs. She testified that her hopes of attending graduate school, and eventually law school, will never be realized because she cannot bear to return to college and be exposed to further indignities. 1 Her attorney, Theaoseus Clayton, said Saturday's decii sion will bring long-awaited closure to Ross, i "We're glad to get it resolved and hope Leslie can move on now," Clayton said. Campus Recreation Program./) 777-5261 for more information. mj?- fn Au/sy ^ ^PPMH bB^F jf: JSHb i &'' ' ^H8pj^& g ||& Kmpn| K . fl i|f ^ H.?| i^BS 1^ r jfll Hr ;iijB ? 1988 WARNER BROS. INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED REACH [ THE POWER. TEACH. trofession has this power. The power to wake up >. The power to wake up the world. Teachers have wer. Reach for it. Teach. For information call: 1-800-45-TEACH. scruiting New Teachers, Inc. 5aiScock