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2 S.C. drivers Awodated Press COLUMBIA ? Though states will a green light to lift national speed L its, top South Carolina highway o rials say there are no plans to let c vers here step hard on their accele tors anytime soon. President Clinton signed the t ihminating the federal 55 mph spe imit on Tuesday, a White Hou spokesman said. CRIME continued from page 1 licle and $200 for the interior. Monday, November 20 \ssault (Verbal), Douglas. Victim r jorted that suspect threatened bodi larm over money due the suspect fro lie victim. Malicious Injury to Personal Pro arty, S-18 Lot. Victim reported that u mown persons broke out the rear pa : J T senger-siue wuiuuw. nisomiaieu i^u; $150. Retired general says success in Bosnia uncertair Associated Press CHARLESTON" ? Retired Army Gk William Westmoreland, who command LJ.S. troops in Vietnam, said Tuesday is unclear whether American troops c telp forge a lasting peace in war-tor tosnia. "We certainly are capable of being o-between between the religious an thnic factions that have faced off mil arily and Fm sure we can keep the peace le said. "Whether that will be a lastin nice is another matter." President Clinton has proposed sen< ag 20,000 troops to the former Yugoslavia Vestmoreland, who lives in Charlestoi aid the deployment will stretch th Lrmys capabilities in Europe as a men er of NATO. "We are not a European nation bi ve are a European power," he said."] ias now carried over to our getting ii 'olved in a geographically remote pai if Europe which is very diverse, ethn ally and religiously." Westmoreland does not equate Bosni o another Vietnam. Unlike Vietnan trhere America aided an ally, in Bosnif Americans would be peace keepers L in area of warring ethnic and religiou actions, the retired general said. However, Westmoreland said, "Ifw ire able to pull them (troops) out afte t year it would be somewhat of a sur >rise." Westmoreland said there could b norale problems among volunteer troops nany of whom live with their familie n Germany, if they are deployed fo nonths to the mountains of Bosnia "It's going to be a difficult situatioi or the Army to cope with," he said Whether our efforts will be successfu ias a question mark in my mind." Westmoreland recalled how he one vas invited to Yugoslavia to review troop vith Field Marshal Josip Tito, the Yu joslavian leader who died in 1980. "His troops were from different eth lie and religious factions. But his disci iline and control were of such magni ude, he kept things under control an< leveloped an esprit de crops," West noreland said. When Tito died there was nobod] itrong enough to keep the nation to jether and Yugoslavia fell back into i lecades-old cycle of ethnic and religiouf ighting, Westmoreland said. mmsm ? 1$ felt IF ONLY THEY CAME WITH INSTRUCTIONS. + American Red Cross Ct T i won't increase tl , While some states, particularly in "I re get the West and the South, already have ited spe [jfl. laws to immediately raise speed limits on the L ffi. once the federal measure becomes law, expect 5 In. South Carolina only plans to study the said. ra. matter, Buck Limehouse, chairman of Soul the state Transportation Commission, mph spe ?xll said Tuesday. ban arei >ecl "Safety should be proven in any ad- Criti se justments to the speed limit. Tm in fa- limit sa^ vor of looking at realistic speeds," Lime- 1974 as i house said. way fate ly m BB . m jj jfl Jyfl is: >% . in. ed it Bin n. a d i? ? g 1i. i, e li it :t LI ia i, U a s e r e J, s r Y, a i a hole in yc e s You dial i T I 5 Kt ' For interstate calls. Promotions excluded. 1-800-COLLECT is a registered trademark of MCI. The Gamecock IuS^mI Wednesday, November 2\ leir speeds after nation ally don't expect to see uniim- "Let's be honest. On the inter;eds, like they have in Europe . . .. , , . . Vutobahn, but i think we could ^ particularly, they drive over or 10 miles faster," Limehouse the posted speed limits." , _ ? Buck Limehouse, h Carolina already allows 65 Transportation Commission eds on mterstates, except in urIS u <i cc . the following year. States later were ed twk ESSE? 8 65""Ph ** ?n So 0,1 some roads' particuIarl5'rural j^H Ik, % ' <rM 1 X' ^ ^mm du are not a moo< >ur pocket renders you cHc you reluctantly c 1 800 CALL ATT Your pangs of guilt are TV( low the Code. 1 800 CALL ATT. That's Y( AT&T Your True Choice ' .'fife tc >, 1995 Lai speed lim areas, higher interstate speeds woul make sense, Limehouse said. "Let's be honest. On the interstate particularly, they drive over the posl ed speed limits," he said. Raising th ! 1- a n limits dui eniorcing tnose limits mor strictly would balance out, he said. "But if you just raise the speed lim its 10 miles an hour and everybody dri ves faster, then we'll have more acci dents," he said. No legislation is pending to changi inMau THE COD H ^ l w cs ch. But whei tngeless, rail the folks CI linimal. iur True Choice its abolished d the speed limit. The Legislature must approve any change because state law now sets statewide speed limits at 55 mph, except on federal highways where e higher speeds are allowed, said Rick Werts, who directs the Transportation Department's traffic engineering division. The federal speed limit would be repealed 10 days after Clinton signs the i bill p : wJM |? SM rl ollect. ! a C 1995 AT&T * ^