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Nation & World Lawmakers put little stock in polls by Leigh Strope Associated Press Don’t look for lawmakers to act based on a poll that indicates some increased support for the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse dome. Polls can be structured and analyzed to get certain results, said Republican Rep. Rick Quinn of Columbia. He said he doesn’t put much stock in a poll that said 46 percent of 872 likely voters surveyed thought the flag should be taken down or moved to Capitol grounds. “I can change a poll to make it say anything I want it to,” said Quinn, who works with his father run ning a political consulting firm. Quinn supports keep ing the flag flying. The South Carolina Issues telephone poll was conducted from Aug. 30 through Sept. 18 by KPC Re search of Charlotte, N.C., for six newspapers in the state. Likely voters also were surveyed on video gam bling. The margin of error is about 3.5 percentage points and higher for subgroups in the sample. #_ Twenty-nine percent of those surveyed said the Con federate flag should be removed and placed on State house grounds, while 17 percent said it should come down altogether and 38 percent said the flag should stay put. Sixteen percent said they were undecided or re fused to answer. Quinn offered his own spin on the results: “The poll really supports the flag because only 17 percent want it to be taken down altogether. A clear majority want the flag to remain flying somewhere. “The real point of that poll is that the flag will fly.” The Legislature has sole power to remove the flag. Attempts to take it down in previous years have failed, and the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People wants a national tourism boy cott of South Carolina until it comes down. “This issue is like we all knew — it’s very con tentious and divided,” said Rep. Bobby Harrell, R Charleston, a flag supporter. “There’s no clear majori ty.” For Sen. John Matthews, Legislative Black Caucus chairman, the poll says the public clearly wants the flag down. But he doesn’t think lawmakers will listen. “Elected officials ought to know what the public is thinking,” said Matthews, D-Bowman. “It ought to have some effect on how they vote, but I doubt it will.” On video gambling, the poll said 61 percent want to ban the games if a referendum on the question of keeping payouts legal, scheduled for Nov. 2, were held today. Sixteen percent wanted to keep the games legal and 23 percent were undecided or refused to an swer. “Elected officials ought to know what the public is thinking.” John Matthews S.C. Senator D-Bowman ^m Speaker: Todd Nelson Thursday, September 30 @ 7:00 PM " A Z . 700 Pickens Street K4f 799-3854 "" email: BSUUSC^Compuserve.com | ■ — -loiuoreenest. wos/u (.Across trom School of Nursing) 7 PALM CAMPUS MINISTRY Partnership Among Lutherans and Methodists Vaccine from page 5 Earlier data released from the study showed that vaccinated youngsters were 89 percent less likely to get bacterial blood poisoning or meningitis. And they were about 20 percent less likely to have inner ear infections — otitis media — that were bad enough to require inser tion of drain tubes. “It’s a remarkable vaccine that will have a dramatic effect,” said Dr. Henry Shinefield, another of the Kaiser re • searchers. About 90 types of the bacteria cause illness. The new vaccine is designed to guard against seven varieties that are most common in children. These are also types of the bug that are frequently resistant to common antibiotics. Dr. Cynthia Whitney of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention not ed that about one-quarter of victims of severe pneumococcus infections in the United States have bacteria that are re sistant to penicillin, and nearly 15 per cent are impervious to at least three drugs. She noted that the new vaccine makes youngsters less like to carry and spread the bacteria This could reduce the spread of the bacteria even to adults who are not vaccinated. “There is no question that for severe * pneumococcal disease, this vaccine is ex cellent,” said Dr. Edward Janoff of the University of Minnesota. “It would be hard to get one better. For less serious disease, such as ear infections, it is less effective.” Another study on 1,662 children, conducted by Dr. Juhani Eskola and oth ers from the National Public Health In stitute in Finland, looked at the risk of earaches caused by the varieties of pneu mococcus bacteria specifically covered by the vaccine. The shots reduced the number of these episodes by 57 percent. cno, oon LIFETIME MEMBER MILLION DOLLAR CLUB 24 Hr office # (803)748-9171 Twenty Five Years of trusted service to the university community. “Her name is her reputation.’’ It's Time To Order Your 4 , -• ■ I I ' “ I I I - . I .