February 19, 1998 MARKETS Xx Kwan 1 Duke tops Tigers i in Jfit Hogs down use A new page all their own BUSINESSFINANCE. 8A 7 IrnWfi 1 1 A 7U 16.8 1IJ 1 141 i 000 B9 56 18.2 3 5ZV2 Vte 9.9 7 45'4 8.2 7 13.7 11 Baseball legend Harry Caray dies Cutbacks ahead, S.C. State athletics already under weight of stadium debt 'A By KEN PETERS AP Sports Writer RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -Harry Caray, who took millions of fans out to the ball game on radio and television, died Wednesday four days after collapsing at a Valentine's Day dinner. He was believed to be 77.
In a career spanning almost 60 years, the often offbeat Hall of Fame broadcaster covered baseball's greats from Musial to Mays to Maddux. Holy Cow! as he would say. "We're going to miss old Harry," By THOMAS GRANT JR. Sports Writer When Oliver C. Dawson Bulldog stadium was reopened to the public in 1994 after a $4.8 million renovation project, the hope was for a fan-friendly facility that complied with NCAA rules.
School officials were counting on the gate receipts from the most profitable sport football to generate enough funds to cover refurbishment expenses, as well as provide revenue to support the university's other sports. It hasn't worked out that way. Because of a less-than-projected attendance at Bulldog Stadium, SCSU has been burdened with having to find ways to cover paying for the stadium and its athletic program. SCSU Athletic Director Tim Autry acknowledges that the athletic department has financial difficulties. He points to several factors: The athletic department not generating the funds to meet the budget, the expansion of the stadium and the lack of donations and sponsorships to support the athletic program," Autry said.
In addition, the athletic program has had to make a concerted effort to comply with Title IX gender-equity rules. As a result, in 1999, the football program will lose 10 scholarships and the men's basketball program two in order to provide more opportunities for women's sports such as golf. That's why Autry, SCSU President Leroy Davis and other school leaders are discussing ways to help the athletic program out of its predicament and into a more prof-Please see Stadium, 4A Oliver C. Dawson Bulldog Stadium renovations were completed in 1 994 at a cost of $4.8 million. photo by Van Hope) House: End affirmative action in S.C.
1 "a A yi Please see Caray, 4A Harry Caray Iraq policy tough sell in heartland a.iyy"y --f; rv -y "srj'v rt. j'1 iv'T' 'v1 ''J By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA A bill that would eliminate affirmative action in state government hiring passed the House Wednesday, crossing its first major legislative hurdle. The bill, approved 73-43, heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate after a heated two-week debate in the Republican-controlled House. The measure would ban government use of race, gender and ethnicity to discriminate against anyone or "granting preferential treatment" to any person or group.
Black Democrats did not have' enough votes to stop passage of the bill, but argued bitterly against it. The House Black Caucus said affirmative action programs are still needed to battle racism in South Carolina government. The state Human Affairs Commission said last week that blacks and women are underrepresented in high-paying state jobs. "Three-hundred fifty years of economic opportunity based on the color of your skin and then we sit here today and blame the victims," said Rep. Leon Howard, D-Columbia.
"That's amazing." Other Republicans fought back on the floor, criticizing the Democrats' accusations of racism and insensitivity. "There is no debt owed. We all stand on our own merits," said Rep. Scott Beck, R-North Augusta. "This bill just levels the playing field, and I think it's a long time coming in leveling it." Rep.
Chip Campsen, R-Isle of Palms, compared the affirmative action bill with the 1964 Civil Rights Act, saying it ends government chscrimination. "This will in the long run lead to racial harmo- Please see House, 4A Heavy rains Monday and Tuesday took a toll on Shillings Bridge Road near the intersection with busy Lake Edisto Road. The road washed out due to a collapsed pipe that is part of the spillway from an adjacent pond. Repairs are not expected to be complete until Friday. photo by Van Hope) Busy connector road to be out until Friday By BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio Struggling to be heard over angry critics, President Clinton's foreign policy team defended the administration's threat to bomb Iraq into compliance with U.N.
weapons edicts. "There are some things worth fighting for," National Security Adviser Sandy Berger said. Sent to the Midwest to press Clinton's case for an attack, Berger, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen ran into persistent jeers Wednesday at a town meeting on the campus of Ohio State University. Clinton, speaking Wednesday night at a Washington fund-raiser, maintained his resolve to take a hard stand against what he called "organized forces of destruction." "Anything we can do to minimize the chance that anyone will be able to put into play chemical and biological weapons against civilized people wherever they live, we should do," Clinton said. "That is the animating principle here for me." Albright, Berger and Cohen asserted their preference for diplomacy to pry open Iraq's suspect arms sites and to hold Saddam Hussein to the promises he made at the conclusion of the 1991 Gulf War to expose all his prohibited weapons and allow the United Nations to destroy them.
"It must be a true, not a phony, solution," Albright said. And she and the other officials offered assurances there would not be "significant losses" among the 30,000 American troops in the Persian Gulf in the event of an attack. Many in the half-filled sports arena appeared unswayed by the comments. Dozens shouted out: "One, two, three, four, we don't want your racist war." Others held up antiwar banners and frequently interrupted the speakers. Albright insisted Saddam "doesn't care a fig about his own people," but one protester, Rick Theis, said near the end of the 90-minute forum Please see Iraq, 4A lay a whole new pipeline down through there, and we're going to put some drain tile in.
We're going to try to fix it back right so it will stay there a long, long time." He said the cost of the repairs, which will include laying a new 36-inch spillway pipe, will probably run between $15,000 and $20,000. The Orangeburg SCDOT office has received numerous telephone calls from residents wanting to know when Shillings Bridge Road would reopen, Edgemon said. "We have detours set up. When motorists come in off of Highway 178 and come down the Shillings Bridge Road, they can go around and hit Lake Edisto Road and then turn back on River-bank and go through the gardens and come out on Highway 301 South to Highway 4," he explained. "From Highway 4, motorists have to go straight down and come into town on Highway 301.
That's the only thing we can do for them right now." The SCDOT personnel are under the gun to get the job done before Friday, when forecasters are calling for more rain. "We're shooting at it as hard as we can right now to get it open by Friday," Edgemon said. By CAROL B. BARKER Staff Writer Area motorists who regularly travel Shillings Bridge Road between the North Road and S.C. Highway 4 will have to continue allowing a little extra travel time for at least another day.
Heavy rains Monday and Tuesday took a toll on the primary connector. A section of Shillings Bridge Road near the intersection with busy Lake Edisto Road washed out Tuesday due to a collapsed pipe that is part of the spillway from an adjacent pond. Marvin Edgemon, South Carolina Department of Transportation resident maintenance foreman, said Wednesday a crew was working "daylight to dark" trying to repair the road, but he said it could take two more days to complete the work. "We are back-filling with rock and other material at the present time, and we will try to do something with it tomorrow. But it may be Friday before we get the road opened back up," he said.
"Most of the road is already gone anyway, so we've had to go ahead and tear it all the way completely out. We're going to N.C. horror stories kill push for different eastern area code "LTCOLlDZ S.C. troopers will have to wear bulletproof vests Sports 9-1 2A Theaters 5B TV-Entertainment 5B Weather 2A Ann Landers 6B Anne Nan 6B Astro-Graph 6B Bridge 6B Business 8A Classified 9-1 2B Comics 7B Crossword puzzle 6B DearAbby 6B Deaths 2B Editorials 6A Health 7B Localstate 1B Lotteries 2A Magazine 4B Markets 8B Shorttakes 2A Mrs. Clarice Brock Crosby -Whitmire Mrs.
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lone Carbo Myers -Branchville Mrs. Kathryn P. Watson By GENE CRIDER Staff Writer HOLLY HILL, S.C. A plan to place the Holly Hill-Eutawville area in the new state's new 843 area code for the Lowcountry seems to be a "dead issue" now, thanks to horror stories from North Carolina about a community that tried the same thing. Some residents of Holly Hill-Eutawville had requested that Sprint, the local phone company, include the two towns and surrounding area in the new area code, which will go into effect March 22.
Supporters of the change said they feel closer to the Charleston area than Columbia, do much of their shopping in Charleston and they hoped to one day receive local mobile phone calling through Charleston. If the area became part of the new area code, it would divide Orangeburg County in half, with Holly Hill-Eutawville having the 843 area code and the remainder of the county keeping the 803 area code. The Tri-County Chamber of Commerce, which serves eastern Orangeburg County, acted as a liaison between Sprint and citizens, taking a call-in telephone poll of residents. Sprint then planned to survey residents by mail on the possible change. But that was before Sprint received, and faxed to the chamber, a letter from the Lexington Telephone Co.
in North Carolina detailing the problems a community had when it, too, tried to enter a different area code. Like the Holly Hill-Eutawville area, the area tried to change area codes late in the process. When an area code changes, the call area is given a six month "permissive dialing period" during which people can call numbers with or without the new area code. But by showing up late in the process, There's no permissive dialing period, nothing. They just Please see Code, 4A 13-member committee, primarily made up of troopers, was ordered shortly after the fatal New Year's Eve shooting of 1st Sgt.
Frankie Lingard, 39, during a traffic 6top on Interstate 95 near Santee. Lingard's vest was in the trunk of his patrol car when he was shot four times in the torso. A Philadelphia-area man and woman are being held on murder charges. Troopers complain the vests are hot and restrict movement. The department will seek to alleviate that by replacing them with a "Threat Level II" vest, which is lighter but still offers protection from and 9 mm bullets.
"Technology has improved a lot in the last four or five years," Luther said. These aren't as bulky or restraining. They don't choke you in the neck area." Interim Public Safety Director James Caulder said money for the Please see Vests, 4A By JEFF SHAIN Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA Highway Patrol troopers will have to wear their bulletproof vests after one trooper was fatally shot without his on, but officials said Wednesday the bulky vests may soon be replaced by a more comfortable model The Public Safety Department announced the change after a five-week review of the former policy that made troopers wear vests only in specific, dangerous situations. It will cost about $425,000 to buy the new vests. "You could say we've probably had a shift in philosophy," patrol commander Col.
Wesley Luther said. The new policy should be in place by mid-April, he said. Troopers would not have to wear vests when doing things like administrative duty or directing traffic at football games. Other exceptions would be handled case by case, Luther said. The review on body armor by a Thursday, mostly sunny in the morning with increasing clouds in the afternoon.
High in the middle 60s. Southwest wind 5 to 1 0 mph. Thursday night, mostly cloudy with showers likely late. Low in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
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