Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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STATE BRIEFS 4-year-old takes gun to school COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A 4-year-old boy was being questioned by Richland County sheriff’s deputies about where he got a loaded gun he took to school. The boy was found with a .22-caliber pistol around 8 a.m. Tuesday at Forest Lake Elementary School, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said. An older student saw the gun and told school officials, the sheriff said. No one was hurt. The boy is too young to be charged, but those who allowed him to get to the gun could face charges, Lott said. The child’s name was not released. Arson suspected in courthouse fire ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Arson investigators are looking for suspects in a fire at the Abbeville County Courthouse. Someone broke a window at the voter registration office around 3 a.m. Monday and set the fire, Abbeville Fire Chief G. Mason Speer Jr. said. The fire was contained to an individual_office, he said. The blaze is thought to be connected to another one just minutes earlier at an abandoned mobile home, Speer said. The mobile home fire was called in at 2:30 a.m. from a pay phone at a closed gas station across town, which Speer said was immediately suspicious. Both fires were under control within minutes. Damage at the mobile home was contained to the bathroom and water heater' area, the chief said. NATION BRIEFS 5 deaths counted in bridge collapse PORT ISABEL, TEXAS (AP) — Underwater debris has complicated the search for people who drove off the Queen Isabella Causeway after the bridge partially collapsed when barges and a tugboat slammed into it. The death toll stood at five as divers called off the search for the night on Monday, two days after barges knocked two 80-foot bridgesections into the water. ' ' Trooper Adrian Rivera of the Texas Department of Public Safety said three or four people remain missing. The bridge is the only one linking the mainland to South Padre Island, one of the Gulf Coast’s premier tourist destinations. The department said authorities have recovered four bodies. A fifth victim was seen in a car in the water, but the body has not been recovered or identified. West Virginia jury deliberates case BECKLEY, W.VA. (AP) - More than a decade after crime lab chemist Fred Zain left West Virginia, a jury „ began deliberations Tuesday on whether he committed fraud in'misrepresenting the results of lab tests. The former State Police officer faces four counts of obtaining money from the state under false pretenses. If convicted on all four counts, he faces up to 13 years in prison. Zain’s defense has been that the State Police crime lab was a mess and its practices were ripe for errors, that Zain was not the only one making errors and that his errors were not deliberate. WORLD BRIEFS Tropical storm Nari lingers near Taiwan TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP) Tropical storm Nari dumped more rain on landslide prone areas Tuesday, forcing people to evacuate. Nari’s death toll rose to 55. Tropical storms and ty phoons frequently hit Taiwan during the summer, but just sweep over the island. But Nari has lingered, becoming the longest-lasting tropical storm in recorded Taiwan history. “The amount of rain was incredible, breaking any one day rainfall record” since officials began keeping records in 1930, forecaster Lu Kuo-cheng said. Several cities recorded up to 32 inches of rain in a day, about one-third of the average annual rainfall, Lu said. Arafat says hell honor cease-fire GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP (AP) — Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Tuesday he ordered his forces to prevent any attacks on Israeli soldiers and to hold back even if fired upon. Israel responded by promising not to launch attacks on Palestinians. Israel also said it would withdraw troops from Pales tinian areas it seized in recent days. Later Tuesday, dozens of tanks pulled back from the outskirts of the West Bank town of Jenin, witnesses said. Both sides have been under pressure from the U.S. to work out a truce. Washing ton is trying to bring Arab and Muslim countries into an inter-national anti-terror coalition it’s forming in response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Continued Middle East fighting would disrupt such efforts. 1 all Lf$€ ^ftttdents have 6 I 5 ()I' fewer drinks per week.Sj , t, \, ivA*. sheb I By the way, of USC students who drink, wjfj POLICE REPORT Each numbered symbol on the map represents a single crime that corresponds with the numbered descriptions in the list below it. {□ Violent crimes ■ | ————-;-— > NIGHT CRIMES o Nonviolent cnmes 9 ) (6 p.m.-6a.m.) □ © CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS ✓ x • y /». / it jtn Thursday, Sept. 6 ® LARCENY OF VIDEO RECORDER, 1512 PENDLETON ST. The complainant said someone stole a Panasonic V ideo Cassette VHS Recorder from the Psychology Department. Total estimated value: §400. Reporting officer: C.N. Ettenger. Thursday, Sept. 13 Q LOST PROPERTY, 1400 GREENE ST. The victim said she left her black canvas purse unattended and unsecured in the Russell House. When she returned to get her purse, it wasn’t there. Items lost include a USC ID, a South Carolina driver’s license, a BB&T checkbook, a BB&T debit card, a 76 Gas Card and §3 cash. Friday, Sept. 14 Q ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, 300 SUMTER ST. The victim said an unknown male called his room and left harassing messages on his answering service. Police gave him a log to document the calls. Reporting officer: L. Forte. © LARCENY OF MONEY, 1520 DEVINE ST. The victim said someone entered her locked room and stole §25 from her desk drawer. Reporting officer: L. Forte. Saturday, Sept. 15 e larceny of video camera, 500 SUMTER ST. The victim said someone stole a Sony Handy Cam, assorted audio and video I wires and three checks from a Bank of America account from his room. Total estimated value: $420. Reporting officer: J. B. Coaxum. o MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, 1400 BLOSSOM ST. iThe complainant reported that someone removed the molding from around the doors of several * 1— ■m East Quad apartments. Pieces of the molding were found in the back of East Quad, but were damaged beyond repair. Total estimated damage: $100. Reporting officer: J. B. Coaxum. ® GRAND LARCENY OF LAPTOP, 918 BARNWELL ST. The victim said someone stole her Dell Ispiron laptop from her room. Also stolen were a graphing calculator and a green book bag containing two French books. Total estimated value: $3,230. Reporting officer: L. Forte. Sunday, Sept. 16 o MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, 600 BULL ST. Reporting officer J.B. Coaxum, in response to a call, found the entrance gate broken in Bull Street Garage, Level 3C. USC Parking Services estimates damage to be $500. ® DOMESTIC DISPUTE, 101 PICKENS ST. The complainant said she had a verbal argument with her husband over marital problems. She said she wanted her husband, who isn’t a USC student, removed from her residence. He was ordered not to return to the residence until the complainant receives a resolution with USC Housing. Reporting officer: M.R. Glass. ® GRAND LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE, 1321 WHALEY ST. The victim said someone stole his red 1995 Honda Prelude from the S-7 Parking Lot in front of Cliff Apartments. The car was locked at the time of theft. The victim was issued an impact statement. Total estimated value: $18,711. Reporting officer: M.R. Glass. @INDECENT EXPOSURE, 1322 GREENE ST. The victim was in the Thomas Cooper Library when an unknown male exposed himself to her. USC Police got a videotape of the incident from the library. The investigation continues. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. Firefighter Students eager to give money CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 could. Those who did not have any money at the time asked how long the firefighters would be there so they could come back, and some took fly ers that told them where checks could be sent. First-year student Jill Dun lap’s reason for giving a dona tion was simple. “The people in New York City need that dollar I just donated more than Ido.” Ryan Kay, a second-year student, expressed how the events have touched him per sonally. “I have a cousin that is a firefighter in New York, and I would hate to think about anything happening to him. I just want these families to have something that can help them out along the road.” Clay Henry organized both Tuesday’s fundraiser in front of the Russell House and an other fundraiser at the Harbi son Wal-Mart on Saturday that raised $5,000. Henry worked three years as a full-time fire fighter and then enrolled at USC as a finance management major while continuing to work part time. He is now a se nior and has been a firefighter for 71/2 years. TTTl__ _1__ii:_ TT UVli uunv/U H11J gvillllg these donations were so im portant to him, Henry said the fallen firefighters “were like our family. They did the same jobs we do. They were trying to help people, and they lost their lives. Now we want to help their families.” The event was co-sponsored by the Carolina Student Alum ni Association. People who gave money received free pizza and drinks courtesy of Domi no’s Pizza, Piggly Wiggly, Sam’s Club and Wal-Mart. Kinko’s also donated flyers that were spread across cam pus as advertisements. Chan nel 93.5 broadcast from the street to spread awareness of | the event. “The firefighters wanted to extend a huge thanks to all of the businesses and students who helped raised this money for our fall en firefighters.” If you are interested in giv ing money to this cause, you can make a check payable to “The New York Fire 9-11 Relief Fund” and mail to: IAFF Gen eral Secretary-Treasurer’s Of fice, Attn: New York Fire 9-11 Relief Fund, 1750 New York Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006-5395. If you want more information about the cause, you can look go on the Inter national Association of Fire fighters’ Web page at www.iaff.org. Second-year student Ron John-Finn said, “I feel it is im portant that we give our mon ey and our time to help the people who need it at this time. If you can just donate a dollar or two, it makes a big differ ence.” Attacks Families now hope to find remains CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 workers, the mayor said the chance of finding any survivors in the smoking ruins of the 110 story towers is now "very, very small." "We don’t have any substantial amount of hope we can offer any one that we will find anyone alive," Giuliani said. "We have to prepare people for that over whelming reality." In Washington, Attorney Gen eral John Ashcroft said authori ties have detained 75 people and arrested at least four material wit " nesses in the terrorist investiga " tion. The Immigration and Natu ' ralization Service said it has • changed its rules to double the time some immigrants can be de | tained to 48 hours. The FBI is also investigating the possibility that more than four planes had been targeted by the hijackers, Ashcroft said. Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, meanwhile, vowed to wage a holy war against America if U.S. forces launch an assault to pun ish them for sheltering bin Laden, a Saudi exile. In the capi tal of Kabul, hundreds of clerics gathered to discuss conditions for possibly extraditing bin Laden to a country other than the United States. Thousands of Afghans contin ued to flee to Pakistan amid fears of a U.S. attack. Some pushed past guards, ignoring warning shots fired over their heads. As the one-week mark arrived, workers in New York’s command center paused amid the ringing phones and glowing computer screens. In Union Square, resi dents stood silently amid a sea of candles and flowers. Even workers at ground zero stopped briefly in the hazy morn ing sunshine before returning to their labors within the seven-sto ry mound of concrete, glass, metal and wood. "If a brother has lost his life, you’d like to give him a proper burial," said Tom Butler, spokes man for the Uniformed Firefight ers Association. "We’re going to continue to do what we have to do." Wearing a face mask to protect his face from the smoke, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan joined the mayor and Gov. George Pataki for a 20-minute tour of the rubble. He shook his head repeatedly. "This is not just an attack on New York or the United States but on the whole world," Annan said. Not long after his visit, the U.N. General Assembly postponed next week’s annual gathering of world leaders. Hundreds of families from more than five dozen countries are waiting for word of their loved ones. Relatives continue to wall paper the city with heartbreaking fliers bearing pictures and details of the missing. In hopes of getting DNA match es, they have rooted through per sonal effects — toothbrushes, cof fee mugs, razors, hairbrushes, chewed gum — that might provide a match with the dozens of body parts found at the site. The process of DNA matching is expected to begin late next week, when the city medical ex aminer’s office receives special FBI software. At the former Fresh Kills land fill on Staten Island, workers have sifted through more than 45,000 tons of debris from the crash site. Authorities said several knives and box cutters have been found, but it’s unknown whether they be longed to the hijackers. Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, with ash on his shoes and a haggard expression on his face, said the collapse of the twin towers is making it difficult to dig deep into the rubble. And in areas where there might be a void beneath the rub ble, rescuers have been driven away by the heat from under ground flames.