Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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STATE BRIEFS House fails to override redistricting veto COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - House Republicans fell six votes short of overriding Democratic Gov. Jim Hodges’ veto of redistricting plans for seats in the State House and the U.S. House. Observers say it now looks like the courts will have to draw the lines. House Speaker David Wilkins said he would huddle with Hodges and Democratic leaders about salvaging the plan after the 73-46 vote, but there are no hopes for reviving a redistricting plan in the Senate. Hodges vetoed the plan Friday, saying it improperly reduced black voter influence around the state. Hodges said the House Republican-backed plan increased to 78 the number of districts with 75 percent or more white voting-age residents. That’s 10 more districts than the last time the lines were redrawn in 1990, Hodges said. Lottery ad bidders focus on diversity COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Most of the seven companies wanting the plum contract to sell South Carolinians on buying lottery tickets have found ways to include minority business partners in their bid proposals. While the lottery law doesn’t provide for consideration of minority participation in the advertising work, the lottery commission is encouraging that from prospective bidders. It’s told advertisers when requesting bids that it “encourages the utilization of small, minority-owned, and women-owned business,” and said it would require bidders to explain how they would do that. That push comes as minority business participation in state contracts has fallen. The Governor’s Office of Small and Minority Business Assistance says minority business participation fell 16 percent between 1999 and 2000. State estimates show about $28 million was spent with those businesses during 2000, but the number might be lower. The state includes women-owned businesses in its estimates of minority-owned businesses. The bid also gives preference to companies that have South Carolina ties. IT HAPPENED NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED AIKEN MAN CHARGED: Christopher A. Moore, 32, has been charged with murder after his roommate, 20-year-old Richard Williams, was shot twice in the head with a rifle as he sat in their living room late Sunday night. STATE WAGES BEHIND: Between 1990 and 2000, average wages in South Carolina rose 51 percent to $24,321. But at the same time, the national average rose 51 percent to $29,676. HISPANIC WORK: In less than five years, the number of Hispanics employed in residential construction has grown from a handful to about 15 percent of2,700 people employed, according to builders’ estimates. NATION BRIEFS Man killed in N.C. shark attack RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)-A Russian man was killed by a shark as he and his girlfriend swam in shallow waters near the North Carolina shore. It was the latest in a rising tide of shark attacks and the second deadly one of the weekend. The woman was alert and remained in critical but stable condition following the Monday attack near the Outer Banks, Sandra Miller, spokeswoman for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Virginia, said Tuesday morning. The attack, the first off North Carolina's coast in more than 40 years, came less than two days after a shark killed a 10-year-old boy near Virginia Beach, about 135 miles up the shore. The couple from the Washington, D.C., area were swimming near a sandbar 20 to 40 feet off the Cape Hatteras National Seashore when the shark struck. Witness Gary Harkin, 33, of Columbus, Ohio, said the man was alert upon reaching the shore but was badly mauled. “He was still talking when he came out of the water,” Harkin told The Virginian-Pilot. Harkin said he tried to put a tourniquet on the man’s leg with his long aiccvcu I'oimii Harkin's friend, Carolyn Richards, administered CPR. “I did have a pulse on him twice, but I lost him,” she said. Harkin said it appeared that the man had lost a leg and a finger. The woman lost her left foot and was bitten on her left hip and left wrist, he said. Both also had injuries in the groin area, Harkin said. The woman was airlifted to the Sentara Hospital with substantial wounds to her lower torso. A hospital spokeswoman said the woman arrived at the hospital at 7:40 p.m. Monday. She underwent surgery and was in the trauma intensive care unit Tuesday morning. “I think, barring any unforeseen complications such as infection, we'll be able to get her on the road to recovery,” said Dr. Jeffrey Rihlet, a trauma surgeon. The attack was believed to be the first off the North Carolina coast this year. The last reported fatal shark attack in North Carolina waters came in 1957, according to the International Shark Attack File in Gainesville, Fla. Motorola develops faster, cheaper chip SCHAUMBURG, ILL. (AP) - Motorola Inc. has developed a computer chip 35 times faster than today's models that will cut the cost of manufacturing electronics such as cell phones and DVD players, the company said Tuesday. The semiconductor combines inexpensive silicon with gallium arsenide, a more expensive material that can transmit signals at much higher speeds, according to Motorola. “We've opened the door on a whole new world,” said Dennis Roberson, chief technology officer of Motorola. Bible blocks bullet, saves teen’s life NORTH FORT MYERS, FLA. (AP) - Police say a mother shot two of her sons, killing the 6-year-old and inflicting minor injuries on his 16-year-old brother, whose Bible absorbed the shotgun blast. Leslie Ann Wallace, 39, was shot and seriously wounded later Sunday by Lee County Sheriffs deputies after she fired at them, officials said. She was in serious condition early Monday after undergoing surgery, according to a hospital supervisor. Authorities said they hadn’t found a motive for the shootings. “We're still sorting through things,” sheriffs Deputy Larry King said. “The rest of the circumstances aren't real clear yet.” Authorities said Wallace fatally shot her 6-year-old son, James, as he watched television at their home Sunday. Police say she then drove to the New Wine Ministries Church and fired at her son, Kenneth, as he stood outside. The blast, fired at close range, struck Kenneth Wallace's Bible and the overcoat he was carrying, police said. He suffered minor scratches on his arm. Authorities said that after the shootings, Leslie Wallace drove to a local pizzeria, where her 19 year-old son, Gregory, was working. Deputies followed Leslie Wallace out of the restaurant and pulled her over. They shot her after she fired at them, police said. IT HAPPENED NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED FLORIDA ELECTIONS: Former Attorney General Janet Reno set up a campaign fund Tuesday to begin a high-profile bid to oust the president’s brother from the . governor's mansion in Florida. H-P PURCHASE: High tech giant Hewlett-Packard Co. is buying Compaq Computer Corp. for about $25 billion in a merger bringing together two rivals struggling to survive in the computer industry. WORLD BRIEFS Israel, U.S. walk out on U.N conference DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA (AP) — South African and European officials worked to salvage the world racism conference Tuesday after the United States and Israel walked out over Arab efforts to condemn Israel. Both countries had warned that they would leave if language in a proposed final declaration and program of action singled Israel out for criticism. When Arab delegations rejected a Norwegian compromise Monday, they decided to go home, accusing Arab nations of using the conference as a platform to criticize the Jewish state. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said Tuesday that the conference appeared to be getting back on track, with all references to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict temporarily removed from the document while substitute language was being sought. Work to cut off Kursk’s front section begins MOSCOW (AP) - Preparations for raising the sunken Kursk nuclear submarine entered a decisive phase Tuesday, with a Dutch consortium beginning to cut off the mangled front section from the rest of the ship. Northern Fleet chief of staff Adm. Mikhail Motsak said the remote-controlled underwater saw had already cut more than 3 feet of the submarine’s outer hull early Tuesday and was continuing to work. Mammoet is raising the Kursk in a joint venture with another Dutch company, Smit International, under a contract with the Russian government estimated to be worth about $65 million. The salvage operation has faced delays, but officials are still sticking to the original Sept. 15 target date for raising the submarine to the surface. IT HAPPENED NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED DISNEY JAPAN: DisneySea opened its doors Tuesday to more than 15,000 people who braved rainy weather forecasts and camped out for tickets to The Walt Disney Co.’s newest ' amusement park in Japan. CABINET EXPLOSION: A powerful explosion tore through the headquarters of the Russian backed government in Chechnya during a Cabinet meeting Monday, killing a woman and injuring five people, officials said. Holtz Gift to help promote education at USC CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 coach Joe Paterno as one of the nation’s few partnerships be tween football coaches and uni versity libraries. The Holtz family decided to promote three areas: religious be liefs, helping people and educa tion. “There is not a better way to promote education than to donate to the library,” Holtz said. “This library won’t help us one iota against Georgia, but it’s ab solutely essential in helping the future students of USC.” Holtz hopes others will follow his lead in giving to the endow ment, and has made a call for oth ers to join him. “One thing I want everyone to take away from here today is that we can’t do it alone,” Holtz said. “We need help to build this en dowment for the betterment of fu ture students.” The university’s home page has created a separate link for the endowment that urges peo ple to make a contribution. The site stresses the importance of athletics and academics work ing together, a cause Holtz sup ports. 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