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CAROLINA m BRIEF
Geographer praised
for public service
Geography professor
William L. Graf recently
received the Meredith
F. Burrill Award, the
highest award in the field
for environmental public
policy contributions.
Graf received the award
from the Association of
American Geographers.
The award recognizes
Graf’s work as the chair
of a committee that
advises state and federal
governments on water
quality issues.
The award also
honored his work and
research on the Platte
River in the Midwest and
centers on Graf’s ability
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to appiy gcogiapmcai
skills to complex issues
of public policy.
The National Research
Council, which Graf
served as chair, is an
independent body of
scientists that advises the
federal government issues
involving the connection
between science and
public policy.
THIS WEEK # USC
TODAY
Theatre South Carolina
presents “Measure for
Measure”
8 p.m. Drayton Hall
MONDAY
Bill Chameides, “ Why an
Academic Left the Hallowed
Halls to Advocate Action on
Climate Change”
4 p.m. Gambrell 250
Farewell piano
performance by John
Williams
7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
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Fourth-year history student William Rogers speaks to the Anthropology Student
Association on Wednesday about the history of the documentary “Invisible Children,” a
portrail of African children recruited by war.
State
Senators still divided
over homeowners’ tax
Sen. Chip Campsen
compared the property tax
debate in the Senate to the
sinking of the Titanic on
Thursday.
The Senate’s efforts have
hit an iceberg, and the
Republican from the Isle of
Palms is willing to grasp at
any plan.
After nearly a year’s worth
of meetings, the Senate still
can’t agree on how to give
homeowners the property tax
relief some are demanding.
Senators have one more
week to make things happen,
said Senate President Pro
Tern Glenn McConnell, R
Charleston.
I he budget will nit tne
floor and if debate drags
on, passage of a property
tax relief bill could become
“very iffy,” McConnell said.
McConnell’s advice is to
stop waiting for a plan to
appear that everyone can
agree on. Senators talked
about property taxes all week
but never took a vote. On
Thursday, they talked about
a specific proposal.
Sen. Larry Grooms, R
Bonneau, offered a plan
that would eliminate
school operating costs from
owner-occupied homes and
reduce it on other property,
including businesses, vehicles
and rental units.
Nation
Trial date announced
for church arsonists
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A
federal judge set a June 5
trial date Thursday for the
three men charged in nine
rural Alabama church fires.
Attorneys for two of the
men said they have not
ruled out the possibility of
a plea agreement to bring a
quick resolution to the case.
An attorney for the other
suspect said he wants to “get
the matter resolved.”
The men, who were college
students in Birmingham,
entered not guilty pleas
at the arraignment before
U.S. Magistrate Judge John
Ott, and attorneys waived
the reading of the federal
inHir'fmpnt
Russell Lee DeBusk Jr.,
19, of Hoover; Benjamin
Nathan Moseley, 19,
of Grayson Valley; and
Matthew Lee Cloyd, 20, of
Indian Springs, face federal
charges in connection with a
string of nine church arsons
earlier this year. The three
have been held at Shelby
County Jail since their
March arrest.
They also face charges
in connections with fires.
Five of the churches were
destroyed, the others were
damaged. If convicted in
the federal case, each count
carries a minimum sentence
of five years in prison.
World
European scientists
share photos of Venus
BERLIN — European
scientists released new
photos of Venus’ south
pole Thursday, revealing
a swirling mass of sulfuric
acid clouds powered by 220
mph winds.
The clouds, 13 miles
deep, completely enclose
Venus. The new images
of the planet’s south pole,
which is turned away from
Earth, closely resemble
those of its more familiar
north pole.
The images, taken from
the European Space Agency’s
orbiting Venus Express
spacecraft from a distance
of roughly 124,000 miles,
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around a dark vortex.
“We can see there is a
swirl here that is similar
to the one we know from
the north pole,” said Horst
Uwe Keller, who leads the
team operating the craft’s
wide-angle camera, one of
seven instruments aboard
the Venus Express.
Using infrared technology
that allows the camera to
peer though the clouds,
scientists hope to be able to
determine how the sulfuric
acid that swathes the planet
was formed and pinpoint
the cause of the high-speed
winds that sends it swirling
in massive clouds.
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CRIME REPORT
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 12
Assistance rendered,
2:39 p.m.
College
and Sumter streets
Upon arrival, the
reporting officer observed
the victim to have facial
injuries. First Responders
were on the scene and
EMS was notified. The
victim was transported to
Baptist Hospital.
Reporting officer:
M. Davis
Traffic collision,
9:40 p.m.
Lincoln
and Blossom streets
The complainant said
while backing up, he
struck a second vehicle,
damaging the driver side
door and rearview mirror
of the second vehicle and
causing minimal damage
on the front left corner
of the primary vehicle.
Estimated damage:
$1,300
Reporting officer:
Information,
9:40 p.m.
Bull and
Devine streets
The victim said he
was engaged in a verbal
altercation with the
suspect. He said he was
verbally accosted as he
attempted to pass the
suspect on a narrow
road. He said he did
not know the suspect,
but wanted the incident
documented. ft
Reporting officer:
M.D. Evans
Man charged in murders
of 6 in Pennsylvania town
Illark Scolf oro
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEOLA, Pa. — A young
man was charged Thursday
with bludgeoning or
strangling six relatives
whose bodies were found
wrapped in sheets and
blankets in the basement
of his grandmother’s
home.
Authorities said Jesse
Dee Wise, 21, confessed,
but they would not
comment on a motive.
The victims spanned three
generations of the same
family; the youngest was
just 5 years old.
Three of the victims
were hit in the head with
a blunt metal object,
and three others were
strangled, police said in an
affidavit.
Wise was arraigned
on six counts of criminal
homicide. As a judge
recited the charges, Wise
seemed to read along with
a listing of the victims.
“When will I get a
lawyer?” he asked.
Wise was ordered held
without bail. The judge
set a preliminary hearing
for April 20.
Authorities said his
parents were both dead
and that he lived with his
grandparents. A relative
said Wise worked at a
supermarket until a couple
of weeks ago.
Investigators discovered
bone fragments, hair and
a hammer in two upstairs
bedrooms. There also
appeared to be blood on
the walls and ceilings,^
authorities said.
In a guitar case at the
home, police found two
17-inch pieces of metal
that appeared to have
blood on them. The
objects were wrapped at
one end with cloth and
“had the appearance of a
homemade weapon/club,
capable of causing death
if used as a weapon,”
according to the affidavit.
The victims apparently
died of multiple traumatic
injuries sometime last
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County District Attorney
Don Totaro said.
The dead were identified
as Wise’s 64-year-old
grandmother, Emily Wise;
two relatives believed to
be his aunts; two of Emily
Wise’s grandchildren,
ages 5 and 19; and a 17
year-old relative, said East
Lampeter Township police
Chief John Bowman.
The bodies were
found after Emily Wise’s
husband called from
New York on Wednesday
asking a relative to check
on his family in the three
story house in Leola, a
small village in Lancaster^
County’s rural Amish^
country.
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