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SPORTS 1C LIFESTYLE ID I4 1 w' spouts ic Sox catch Braves hitters napping is 1 LAO. Wedding gifts take retro route Finger finishes first up FJorth John Finger Greenville, South Carolina Sunday, July 8, 2 00 1 Upstate Edition mini to intern Congressman not a suspect in Chandra Levy's disappearance, police say By Mark Sherman The Associated Pr ess WASHINGTON Rep. Gary Condit for the first time told investigators he had a romantic relationship with Chandra Levy. Police reiterated Saturday that Condit is not a suspect in the disappearance of the former federal intern. In his third interview with Washington police and FBI agents Friday night, Condit acknowledged what he had not in two earlier meetings, that his relationship with Levy, 24, was more than a friendship.

with v. i Offerman Governor gets personal look at damage in Myrtle Beach The Associated Press MYRTLE BEACH Gov. Jim Hodges on Saturday toured damage caused by a tornado that touched down along the south end of this resort city's busi ness district on Friday. The tornado, which apparently formed after a waterspout spun ashore Friday afternoon, caused some injuries and about $8 million in damages, said Myrtle Beach public information officer Mark Kruea. Hodges said his emer gency management team would evaluate whether the damage qualifies for federal disaster area sta tus.

Kruea said most of the damage was near the Pa vilion, the well-known amusement complex along the shore in the heart of the city. "There are three or four hotels there that have sustained some roof damage, structural damage as a result of the tornado that came through," Kruea said. Hodges visited the Bar Harbor Motor Inn, where large chunks were pulled from the building's stucco exterior. He said that only 150 of the city's 60,000 See STORM on page 12A Li; nJSlg(SS tan mm i mi -v-." Jose Weather Partly sunny, maybe a storm. High: 92 Details, 8B ouse to test Bush Congress comes back to face health care, campaign reform bills By Juliet Eilperin The Washington Post WASHINGTON President Bush, who dominated the agenda on Capitol Hill during the early months of his administration, is facing increased resistance as Congress returns from its Fourth of July recess, not only from newly empowered Senate Democrats but also from Republican moderates in the House.

With the House this week planning to take up campaign finance legislation that passed the Senate despite Bush's reservations, and to follow that with consideration of a bill extending new rights to Americans in managed-care health plans, GOP leaders and rank-and-file members say the president's skills at persuasion will be tested. Administration officials say Bush plans to press ahead with his priorities, including completion of education legislation by a House-Senate conference committee and his proposals on energy, trade and providing federal support for religious charities. Republicans say the president will have to do a better job at selling his proposals and demonstrate a greater willingness to compromise. Senior House Republicans said the president and his top deputies need to increase their engagement with lawmakers. "The White House has some work to do, that's clear," said John Feehery, spokesman for House Speaker Dennis Hasten, R-IU.

GOP moderates said the president's relations with Capitol Hill will require, more give-and-take. In the Senate, the Democratic majority has used its new authority to pursue a far different agenda than the president's. In the House, a series of votes shortly before the recess in which dozens of Republicans broke with the administration on the environment and trade provided the first cracks in what had been a largely unified GOP front in the chamber. 2 President presses Congress for passage of education package. Page 4A.

Hollingsworth's fleet draws crowd v. iv JOHN W. LIST0N The Associated Press damage. p5? 20 old vehicles on auction block Details, Page 1B Greenville got to know a little more about one of its most noteworthy citizens Saturday. The estate of John D.

Hollingsworth sold his collection of 20 antique cars at auction at the Cromtex Building on State 417. Some of the most unusual items included a 1941 Chevrolet fire truck and a 1980 Volkswagen Rabbit that Hollingsworth drove himself. Tree hits restaurant Mike Cotten, left, and Whitt Pressler clear a tree from the roof of the Chestnut Hill Restaurant on U.S. 1 7 near Myrtle Beach after a tornado swept through the area Friday, causing about $8 million in property Terrance Gainer, Washington's second ranking police official, would not discuss the details of the 90-minute interview. But Gainer said Condit was fully cooperative and answered every question.

"The congressman is not a suspect since the meeting," Gainer said. Police had wanted more clarity from Condit, about the nature of his relationship with Levy, whose home in Modesto, is in Condit's district. Gainer said "with the clarity of this interview and the interview with his wife I think we have the information we need" about the nature of the relationship. Gainer stressed police still don't know what happened to Levy, who has not been seen since April 30. Police are investigating Levy's disappearance as a missing persons case, not a crime.

Hollingsworth died Dec. 30 at age 83 with assets estimated at $400 million. Shortly after his death, it was learned that the wealthy industrialist was also one of the area's most philanthropic contributing more than $1 million to Furman University alone. Hollingsworth was a private man, and if he were alive he probably would have skipped the auction, but "he would have been proud of this crowd," Carl W. Martin, president of Hollingsworth on Wheels, said of the hundreds who attended.

i www.hunley.org by electronic equipment and still in the sling from which it was raised from 30 feet of water four miles off Sulli-vans Island last Aug. 8. But they can see inside because several hull plates have been removed for excavation of the interior. Beginning June 16, each weekend's 2,040 tickets have been sold. See HUNLEY oh page 12A I.

LrrTTrT.rT5r' ii.nn Hunley tl 1 II i RANDALL HtLL The Associated Press Store smashed: Oak Polasit, 26, cleans up at the Mango Tree beachware store after a tornado struck Myrtle Beach on Friday. The tornado touched down along the south end of the city's business district. BART BOATWRIGHT Staff Deals on wheels: A crowd gathered Saturday in Simpson-ville for the auction of cars from the estate of the late John D. Hollingsworth. yields its secrets slowly French health care called world's best 4 1 INSIDE Abby 3D Editorial 2F Homes Tab Dave 2D Lifestyle ID Books 8E Local IB BridRe 6E Obituaries 6B Business Tab Sports 1C Classified.2F, SG Theaters 7E Crossword 6E Weddings 6D-7D www.greenvillennline.com emulation hot line 298-4110 Classified Ads 298-4221 Copyright 2001 Greenville News-Piedmont Co.

A Gannett Newspaper 1 26th year No. 148 -234 pages inn TOT NFWS IS MHNTTTI IKIHA 5 RECYCLED MHR Tourists have replaced scientists now, but only until September permanent viewing outside its temperature-controlled 46-degree water tank at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center for at least five years, and probably longer. Now, it's hooked to an array of monitors, like a maritime life-support system. Many can't wait. Until then, the thousands of visitors who so far have paid $10 each for 20-minute weekend tours to view a major advancement in naval technology will have to settle for a direct but odd-angle view of the sub, surrounded month.

On top of that, $384 goes out of his monthly pay for his French pension. The World Health Organization, disagrees, rating the French system among the world's leaders. In the last 2Vi years, Burgess' has come to agree with that rating after an illness that almost cost him his life. He developed cancer of the esophagus, and was told the mortality rate for this cancer was about 85 See HEALTH on page 12A WHO places U.S. system 37th By Ray Moseley Knight Ridder PARIS David Burgess, 56, an American in Paris, describes himself as "positively a right-winger" and came to France 18 years ago with an aversion to its socialized health care.

He resented the steep price he was forced to pay for it: about $438 per By Dan Hoover Staff Writer dhoover greenvillenews.com The H.L. Hunley is giving up its secrets, but only grudgingly, tantalizing researchers with new questions within questions as they painstakingly excavate the recovered Confederate submarine's sand-filled interior. Researchers who last month scattered around the nation and world on other projects will reassemble at Hunley 's temporary home at the old Charleston Naval Base in September to complete the removal of artifacts and remaining crew-members' bones. Then, the work of preserving the 39-foot hull will begin. It's not going to be quick.

Hunley won't be ready for.