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STATE
Complex science fair
projects take honors
GAFFNEY (AP) - Tell most
teenagers to do a science fair
project, and they’ll probably
turn in a model of the solar sys
tem, or maybe something in
volving tomato plants and fer
tilizer.
Most of them won’t produce
a brand-new calculus formula
or a study on nem'otransmitters
in 21 adults.
But that’s just what two
Gaffney High School seniors
did this year.
John Dickson, 18, and
Addison Hamrick, 17, finished
first and third, respectively, in
the regional science fair and
will travel to the Intel
International Science and
Engineering Fair in Louisville,
Ky., in June.
Dickson found a new, shorter
formula for derivatives, a type
of formula for determining
rates of change used, for in
stance, in figuring out how fast
an object will accelerate given
a set amount of force. Existing
formulas had laborious, time
consuming steps. Dickson
wanted a one-step formula. He
found one that works for any
number he could think of.
Hamrick, his friend and ri
val, was just as busy in the field
of medicine. He needed 21
adults, a Gaffney physician and
Upstate Carolina Medical
Center to pull off his experi
ment on serotonin, a brain
chemical called a neurotrans
mitter involved in appetite,
mood and sleep patterns.
Dickson ended up the winner
in the valedictorian race, edg
ing out Hamrick by two hun
dredths of a point.
Dredging accident
blocks waterway
MYRTLE BEACH (AP) - The
Intracoastal Waterway was
open but mostly blocked fol
lowing a dredging accident that
dumped tons of debris from the
channel’s bottom back into the
water.
The cleanup is expected to
take at least a day or more, said
Lt. Nancy Whitt of the Coast
Guard’s marine safety office in
Charleston.
Whitt said the spill sent de
bris into the 12-foot-deep chan
nel for about 150 feet just south
of the Robert M. Grissom
Parkway bridge.
Whitt said the Coast Guard
was waiting for the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers to survey
the spill before deciding to close
the waterway. The corps main
tains the channel.
According to the Coast
Guard and boaters, a large re
taining structure holding the
dredged spoil gave way about
2:30 p.m.
The Susan Elizabeth, a
Georgetown-based tugboat, and
two other boats sat moored be
neath the bridge as crews tried
to clear a path.
“If we had been 45 minutes
sooner we would have been on
the other side of that," tug Capt.
Norman Assey said.
Dredging crews were remov
ing as much collapsed steel as
they could, Whitt said.
Coast Guard officials think a
leaky pipe beneath the spoil
eroded things from beneath,
forcing the top to collapse and
rupture the wall, Whitt said.
i-amiiy or girl oeaten
in bathroom will sue
HILTON HEAD ISLAND (AP) -
The family of a 14-year-old se
verely injured in a beating in a
middle school bathroom say they
will sue.
Lawyer Dale Akins said
Friday the Beaufort County
School District is a likely de
fendant. He refused to name
any other possible parties.
Francisco Belman collapsed
in cardiac arrest in a bathroom
at H.E. McCracken Middle
School a month ago after being
punched several times in the
chest.
Akins said no one tried to re
suscitate Belman for 25 min
utes, causing extensive brain
injuries. But school officials
said employees began car
diopulmonary resuscitation
within 90 seconds.
Belman’s family owes more
than $100,000 in medical bills,
and the teen suffered so much
brain damage he will need con
stant care, Akins said.
“He will need very special
and expensive medical care,
drugs and equipment just to al
low him to exist in his current
tortured condition. All of this
will be very expensive," Akins
said.
Two students have been
charged as juveniles with sec
ond-degree lynching. Police say
Belman was beaten as part of
an initiation rite.
POLICE REPORT
Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
E3 Violent
© Nonviolent
Tuesday, April 23
® ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, 1406
WHEAT ST. The complainant
said while grounds
maintenance was mowing the
grass, some rocks struck two
windows at the Booker T.
Washington Auditorium.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor.
[U ASSISTING OTHER AGENCY,
601 MAIN ST. The reporting
officers were called to Addam’s
Bookstore in reference to a
shoplifter becoming aggressive.
Upon their arrival, Lidia
Camesale became belligerent
toward the officers. The
Columbia Police Department
arrived and arrested Camesale
on charges of shoplifting.
Reporting officers: R. A.
Whitlock and J. A. Henry.
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY, 916
BARNWELL ST. The victim said
someone caused minor damage
to the rear-bumper area and the
left-rear mud flap of her 1996
white Nissan. Estimated
damage: $150. Reporting officer:
C. Taylor.
Wednesday, April 24
© MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL
PROPERTY, PICKENS STREET
BRIDGE The reporting officer
noticed someone had spray
painted the phrases "The 5
points meal plan" and
"The5pointsmealplan.com" in
various areas on the sidewalk
around the bridge. Estimated
damage: $200. Reporting officer:
A. L. Broadus.
© LARCENY OF CREDIT CARD,
1314 PENDLETON ST. The
victim said someone removed
her Visa check card from her
wallet, which was left on a desk
when she left the room. The
victim said someone used the
card at a local gas station
shortly after. Reporting officer:
J. R. Merrill.
© GRAND LARCENY OF
LAPTOP, 1614 COLLEGE ST. The
complainant said someone
removed a black Dell Inspiron
laptop with DVD-ROM from the
Foreign Language Department
in the Humanities Classroom
Building. Estimated value:
$4,165. Reporting officer: J. D.
Patterson.
NATION
Airport workers
pose security risk
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Hundreds of employees with ac
cess to high-security areas of
airports have been arrested on
charges such as using phony
Social Security numbers, lying
about past criminal convictions
or being in the United States il
legally, government records
show.
Federal law enforcement of
ficials said they have arrested
or indicted more than 450 work
ers at 15 airports in the investi
gation known as Operation
Tarmac.
Many of those arrested are
illegal immigrants who could
be deported, while others face
prison terms of up to 10 years
or fines of up to $250,000, say of
ficials of the departments of
Justice and Transportation.
The workers arrested had
security badges allowing them
to get onto planes, ramps, run
ways and cargo areas, law en
forcement officials said. They
were employed by private com
panies, such as those which
clean airplanes or operate air
port restaurants.
While law enforcement of
ficials said none of those ar
rested has terrorist links,
some aviation experts said
the workers were in positions
to help smuggle bombs or
weapons aboard aircraft, if
they wished to do so.
Nearly 140 of the arrests in
volved workers at Dulles
International Airport and
Reagan National Airport in the
Washington, D.C., area.
Other arrests have come in
Charlotte, N.C., Boston,
Sacramento, Calif., Atlanta,
Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland,
Ore., and Salt Lake City.
Polygamist tries to
evade rape charges
NEPHI, UTAH (AP) - A po
lygamist charged with child
rape told a judge Friday that
his 13-year-old wife became
pregnant while they were va
cationing in Mexico, rather
than in their home state of
Utah.
The state would lack juris
diction to prosecute Tom
Green on the rape charge un
less authorities prove he and
his wife Linda Kunz-Green had
sex in Utah.
Kunz-Green also testified
they were in Mexico when
their son was conceived in 1986
and had been living in Arizona.
Juab County Attorney
David Leavitt repeatedly tried
to paint Green as a liar and
questioned his claim that he
abstained from sex with Kunz
Green before the couple legal
ly married when she was 14.
Green said they did not
have sex during her pregnan
cy because of his religious be
liefs.
He acknowledged he has
used aliases to rent apart
ments and lied on a court doc
ument in a divorce.
Green, who has five wives
and 30 children, is serving a
five-year sentence for bigamy
and criminal nonsupport. He
was convicted a year ago.
Prosecutors also argued at
Friday’s hearing that a free
lance reporter who inter
viewed the Greens more than
15 years ago should be forced
to testify about what she
learned from the family.
Fourth District Judge
Donald Eyre made no immedi
ate ruling on the issue and ad
journed the hearing until May
10.
WORLD
4th person arrested
in game-show case
LONDON (AP) — A fourth per
son has been arrested as part of
an investigation into alleged de
ception on the television game
show “Who Wants to Be A
Millionaire?", police said
Saturday.
The 35-year-old man, whose
name was not released, was
taken into custody Wednesday
by police in western England,
Scotland Yard said.
Police wouldn’t discuss what
role he may have played in the
alleged scam. He was released
on bail pending a June court
hearing.
Police have arrested three
others as part of the investiga
tion into a segment of the pop
ular show in which Major
Charles Ingram, 38, won 1 mil
lion pounds, or $1.45 million.
The segment was not broad
cast and Ingram’s check was
withheld because of suspicions
that he cheated. News reports
suggested investigators believed
someone in the audience relayed
correct answers to questions by
coughing.
Ingram and his wife Diana,
37, were arrested at their home
in Wiltshire county, west of
London, in November and are
free on bail.
Feuding kills 25 in
east Afghanistan
GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN (AP)
- Bitter feuding among war
lords turned eastern
Afghanistan into a war zone
this weekend, leaving as
many as 25 people dead and
furious residents accusing the
interim regime of being weak,
and the United States of being
uncaring.
Some say they are even
praying for a return of the
Taliban, whose heavy-handed
rule sent most of the country’s
warlords into exile.
As many as 25 people died
when soldiers loyal to warlord
Bacha Khan Zardran fired a
torrent of rockets into the city
on Saturday, said Gardez gov
ernor Taj Mohammed Wardak.
Another 70 people were in
jured.The U.S. military
spokesman said Sunday that
the U.S. forces deployed in
Afghanistan are quietly doing
what they can to halt factional
fighting in the east of the coun
try, but negotiating an end to
local feuds isn’t their primary
objective.
But the relentless feuding
is hurting the U.S. war on ter
ror, driving the Pashtun ma
jority in eastern Afghanistan
away from the interim regime
and longing for a return to the
Taliban, said the governor,
Wardak.
He warned that if it contin
ues, U.S. forces could come un
der attack by the people of the
area.
TIKRIT, IRAQ (AP) - Iraq cel
ebrated President Saddam
Hussein’s 65th birthday Sunday
with an annual display of gov
ernment-sponsored loyalty
whose theme this year was defi
ance in the face of U.S. determi
nation to topple the Iraqi leader.
As tens of thousands of
people marched in Baghdad,
state-run Iraqi media said
Saddam’s birthday marked
the birth of an Iraq “which is
free and victorious against
U.S.-British-Zionist colonial
ism.”
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