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(The State Columbia South Carolina Tuesday August 30 1988 Universities to receive $3 million for research the panel will monitor how the schools spend their research money by studying the amount of matching private funds the projects generate cooperative efforts between the schools and the effect of the projects on economic development going to have to answer to the General Assembly and going to have to be more than he said the research money with the four-year colleges dividing up the rest but left the option of giving the smaller schobls more once their projects are reviewed Any portion of the 8550000 that goes unallocated will be turned over to USC Clemson and MUSC The commission staff is reviewing 43 research projects submitted by the four-year colleges whose requests total about 83 million Some colleges submitted up to 10 projects Commissioner Fred Sheheen said The 83 million going to USC Clemson and MUSC is based on how much research money the schools raised from outside sources USC at Columbia and its medical school will receive 39 percent of the total followed by 31 percent for Clemson and 30 percent for MUSC About 8550000 or 16 percent of the total research money will go to other four-year colleges and economic development research The commission earlier had agreed to give the three major universities 90 percent of By STEVE SMITH Suff WrlUr The three major universities will receive $3 million in research funds and the smaller four-year colleges could get more than expected under a plan approved Monday by the SC Commission on Higher Education The commission also endorsed higher minimum scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test required by colleges and universities this year for admission Both actions are part of Cutting the higher education reform package passed by the General Assembly earlier this year that provides 85 million for research scholarship and accountability initiatives For research the University of South Carolina will receive 1 million Clemson University 8029565 and the Medical University of South Carolina 8693082 Total research money including both private and public funds will top 858 million according to commission figures Good morning See Research 2-D IT MAY BE ANOTHER ONE of those on-again off-again days There's a 60 percent chance of more wet stuff and maybe a storm or two throughout the day The mercury is expected to reach only the high 80s Proposed budget cut assailed IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN a shower while driving on the interstate you might want to pull over and learn a little about highway safety The SC Trucking Association will sponsor "safety at rest areas on 1-85 and 1-26 where motorists may obtain such tips as how to share the road with trucks OR IT MAY JUST BE A good day to attend a meeting A couple on tap are the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education which meets at 10 at 1333 Main St and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education at 1 pm at 11 Executive Center Drive AT A DISCUSSION OF the American Medical registered care technologist proposal will be held at the SC Association 1821 Gadsden St All members of health-related fields are asked to attend Pwrjr BaktrThc State Stacks of mobile homes About 35 of 60 homes on a mobile home lot near Manning were damaged Sunday by a tornado By STEVE SMITH Suff Writer University of South Carolina President James Holderman told the SC Commission on Higher Education on Monday that the state's colleges must lobby the General Assembly to restore a proposed 3 percent cut in appropriations next year and to boost funding for faculty salaries and equipment Holderman presented USCs budget requests to the CHE Monday He asked for 8118 million for the Columbia campus next year plus 845 million in additional budget requests for the entire university system Holderman and other college presidents called on the General Assembly to fully fund higher education in order to avoid step in the wrong particularly with the passage earlier this year of Cutting the state's 85 million higher education reform law first priority is to restore that 3 percent cut which is absolutely critical to Holderman Mid must have full-formula funding Both full-formula funding and The Cutting Edge are very important To do one without the other would be foolish indeed cannot show that one is more important than the Restoring the proposed 3 percent budget cut would mean an additional 34 million for USC Fully funding higher education would mean 817 million more for the Columbia campus alone according to figures Another major USC request is 378 million to replace one of the computer processing units and related equipment which Holderman Hid is needed to keep USC computer programs up to date and able to meet the burgeoning computer needs of students Sane 32 million is being requested for engineering equipment and another 81 million for the Small Business Development Center Other budgets presented Monday included 3205 million for Winthrop College 821 million for the College of Charleston 314 million for The Citadel 38 million for Lander College 8129 million for Francis Marion College and 8225 million for South Carolina State College The CHE will present its recommendations on the budgets to the state Budget and Control Board on Sept 9 See Budget 2-D Midlands cleans up after Chris God to forgive us our Mrs Brown Hid Henry Thames who operates a service station a mile from the Eagle Mobile Home Park Mid never been so scared in my "I stuck my head out of the door and was almost pulled out by the The tornado killed Mary Lennon who lived in a mobile home next to the park Her granddaughter CeUisie Person 12 wm hospitalized in stable condition late Monday at Richland Memorial Hospital The storm Mt land below Charleston at about noon Sunday knocking out power and phone service to many in the area Service was restored by Monday Dennis See Storm 3-D should last into Saturday On Sunday Chris spawned what the weather service on Monday officially called a tornado which killed one person and seriously injured another at a mobile home park on UK 301 between Summer-ton and Manning Isaac and Avis Brown of Summerton were repairing a mobile home at the park when the storm struck around 5 pm Their six children including a 2-week-old infant were inside with them "We heard two shots of lightning and a big gust of wind and we all Mt the floor of the said Brown who said he uw debris and a mobile home fly by The debris of the 35 homes destroyed in the park trapped the Browns in the mobile home for a short time 1 told the kids look and to ask By BOB STUART aad DEBRA-LYNN BJIOOK Suff Wrtttrs Tropical storm Chris which dissipated over the Northeast on Monday after killing one person in South Carolina the day before left behind a soggy Midlands a shaken family in Rambay and a promise of more rain The National Weather Service said the storm dumped as much as six inches of rain in some areas as it traveled from the coast into the Midlands and on into the noth central part of the state The service is forecasting a 60 percent chance of rain today and a 40 percent chance tonight as a cold front moves into the area dropping temperatures into the upper 80s during the day and the upper 60s at night The cooler weather Quayle coming to SG Republican vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle will be in South Carolina this weekend to campaign at two Mg crowd events The Indiana senator plans to tailgate at the North Carolina -South Carolina football game in Columbia Saturday and attend the Southern 500 race in Darlington Sunday campaign officials said He will spend the night at the governor's mansion "This is going to give many people in Smith Carolina an opportunity to bear him and get to know Ginny Wolfe the Bush-Quayle state campaign manager said going to events to meet as many SC people as trip will be part of a campaign swing through the South i Nominee to be named The state Democratic Party Exec-: utive Committee will choose a nominee to replace the late state Sen Frank McGill D-Kingstree on- the November ballot McGill died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer He represented Senate District 32 which includes Williamsburg County and parts of Georgetown Marion and Florence counties The committee voted 16-10 Saturday to find a nominee because of the short time remaining before the election said David Canty Horry representative to the executive committee In such cases state law says a special primary election should be held to elect a new nominee if there is sufficient time but the law does not define sufficient time Canty said The candidate chosen by the committee will face Kings tree Republican John Hughes Smith in November Candidates who want to be considered for the nomination must file written notice with the party by noon Sept 6 The committee will meet with the candidates at 10 am Sept 10 to choose a nominee election voided by SC justices By JEFF MILLER SWI Wrtur Lexington legislators elect a highway commissioner their Edgefield County colleagues don't want the SC Supreme Court Hid Monday The court ruled unanimously that Clark DuBose an Edgefield resident whose brother is vice chairman of the Lexington County Republican Party wm unlawfully elected to the commission in May 1987 The court ordered the 16 legislators of the 11th Judicial Circuit to elect a new commissioner within 10 days is certainly good Rep John Pettigrew R-Edgefield Hid just regret that the people of the 11th Judicial Circuit have been without a lawfully elected highway commissioner for almost a year and a half Sen Joe Wilson R-Lexington has tentatively scheduled a meeting next Tuesday at 2:30 pm in the State House to elect a new commissioner But Wilson uid he remains convinced the current law is unfair to his county which has 80 percent of the circuit's population but gets to nominate commissioners only once every 12 years County legislative delegations in each circuit take turns nominating people for the commission and all the circuit's legislators elect one of them Du Bom was not one of the Edgefield three nominees but Wilson and fellow Lexington Republican Sen Ryan Shealy successfully convinced a majority of the circuit legislators to change the rules to allow DuBose's election Pettigrew and Sen Thomas Moore D-Aiken walked out of the meeting in protest and filed a lawsuit to remove DuBose whose brother is Jackie Black vice chairman of the Lexington County Republican Party DuBose had openly campaigned for the job Wilson Hid he helped DuBose get elected because he wanted who would look out for his hone county of Edgefield which I understand and somebody who would look out for the other counties equally including the Sc DuBose 4-D Building loses wall to winds By DEBRA-LYNN HOOK Sun WrtUr An outer wall of the historic SC Dispensary Office crumbled during storm leaving three walls a pile of old red Mick and a frustrated developer who might have to scrap plans to restore the 87-year-old building lost a the heartbroken owner David Jones Mid Monday "The whole front facade fell in Pm a very ud person right now on the National Register and Jones president of Vista Properties bought the dispenury at Pulaski and Gervais streets 2Vfc years ago along with the Confederate Printing Plant next door The state vatted liquor in the printing plant and distributed it in the dispenury built in 1901 Jones Mid planned to revitalize the buildings devoting both to theater music and the arts The dispeuary would have been a restaurant with a decor and an atmosphere reflecting music of the 1920s and 1930s Jones Hid Jones had gutted the building two months ago in preparation for renovation which would have started about October That gutting probably took away the building's stability ami rendered it vulnerable to the storm Jones said No injuries were reputed after the building was damaged "The storm just came at the wrong Jones Mid Engineers will take a look at the building in the next couple of days to determine whether the pile of Micks that once were a wall can be put back together Jones Hid But even if the building can be repaired Jones know if be able to afford it He have insurance know Right now crying I'm thinking about getting a six-pack of he Hid Spratt: Oversight needed Mistakes made during the restart ef the Savannah River Re-setor underscore the need for independent oversight of federal nuclear weapons production facilities US Rep John Spratt said Spratt authored a bill which authorized creation of a "Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety that would provide strong oversight of federal Department of Energy Faculties Congress passed the measure in July as part of the 1089 defense authorisation bUl but President Reagan vetoed the legislation "The veto is Just a temporary Spratt said wiU pass the safety board bill But the recent mishaps with the Reactor wily prove the need for vigilant oversight and an independent safety Under Mil a committee outside purview would be established to govern safety The board would be run by five comnjlssioners and servedby a staff of up to 100 Ml Amter(Tkt SUU Historic wall collapsed during storm East wall of the Civil War dispensary at Pulaski and Gervais streets.