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Beach bill bogs in squabbles Tc Home-schools measure wins approval from Assembly Ereni Weather: Sunny Highs in the mid-80s Lows in the mid-50s Sunrise 6:20 Sunset 8:22 Details 14-B South Carolina's Largest Newspaper 97th year No 141 4 sections 76 pages Columbia South Carolina Friday May 20 1988 Jury finds Ford of guilty Inside Rockafallas will rock out 1-B Lehder faces a maximum penalty of life plus ISO years in prison co-defendant Jack Carlton Reed was convicted of conspiracy with Lehder Reed 57 of San Pedro Calif faces a maximum 15 years in prison Immediately after the verdicts attorneys for both sides began arguing over whether property in the Bahamas including three houses and an airstrip should be forfeited to the government Defense attorney Edward Shohat had no immediate comment en days the immortal words of James Brown I feel US Attorney Robert Merkle said during a news conference after the verdict is a victory for the good guys and by the good guys I mean the American Lehder who once bragged that marijuana and cocaine were Achilles of North American imperialism looked down but otherwise showed no emotion when the verdict was read The jury of four men and eight women found Lehder guilty on all 11 drug counts against him By JEFF LEEN KstgSmmir NwippOT JACKSONVILLE Fla Carloa Lehder Rivas a S8-year-old Colombian called by prosecutors the Ford of the cocaine was convicted Thursday of running a criminal enterprise that perfected the mass transportation of the drug into the United States The verdict came at the end of a 7 V4 -month trial billed as the most important drug prosecution in UJL history The sequestered jury deliberated 42 hours ova sev Son Drug S-A Uhder Zoning rule shuts down a Matthew incinerator schoolyard preaching gets the 6-year-old suspended again 2-A The Ballentlne and White Rock post offices will remain separate 1-C Spoleto kicks off 12th year By WILLIAM STARR Crittfil Affaki Editor CHARLESTON Buoyed by its biggest burst of prefestival publicity and featuring more world premieres than ever before the 12th annual Spoleto Festival UJLA opens today in Charleston Tens of thousands will visit the city during 17-day run They will come to see an eclectic assortment of music dance theatre and opera performances in an atmospheric setting of buggy rides she-crab soup and pre-Colon ial buildings that have helped to turn Charleston from best-kept into one of the premier tourist destinations Spoleto has given the city a higher cultural profile than it has enjoyed for several hundred yean and this year's festival la drawing perhaps more tention than usual One reason public relations director Scott Horton says is the extraordinary number of premieres and unusual productions scheduled between today and June 5 The festival's major opera Czech composer Antonin Ru-talka is rarely seen in this country Acclaimed choreographer Martha Clarke's Miracdo a controversial strongly imaged fusion of dance and theater that features onstage nudity makes its debut at this festival So does the The War-' rior Ant a colorful Latin American muaicdance program designed by a pair of successful Broadway produc- By CHARLES POPE Stott SHTf Writer A Richland County incinerator that accepted infectious waste has been shut down after county officials concluded its operation violated zoning laws Richland County zoning administrator Julius Crocker said he issued the order Wednesday after receiving a petition from residents that included pictures of "smoke boiling out of the The operation and desirability of infectious waste incinerators has come under intense review in the past three weeks since DHEC closed a Hampton County incinerator for posing an health That facility has since reopened but DHEC investigation of its operation continues The Richland County incinerator which has been in operation since Jan 22 1987 is owned by Great South Services Inc whose president is Lamar Priester Jr former interim commissioner of this state Department of Health and Environmental Control The unit is located north of Columbia off of UB 321 mi Boswell Road Crocker said the company was granted a zoning exception in 1982 to manufacture and store alcohol-based ethanol and methanol The exception lm Ztewflttltett Jach Hepp will become president of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce 8-D Index to did not include operation of an incinerator special exemption remaim with the property as long as the activity remains the Crocker said if changed from one activity to another activity it apply long as they did the original activity they were home free because! that was what the zoning board of adjustment gave them permission to to Son Waste f-A Dashing through the dandelions Abby 20-A Editorial U-A Bridge 19-B Living 20-A Business 7-D Sports 1-D Classified VC Television 12-B Comics 10-B Theater -B Alicia Chambers 4 and her 2-year-old sister Michelle frolic in a field of dandelions in Clarendon Vt 8 Sss Spoleto 8-A Deaths 15000 Soviets died in combat 1 Official criticises Soviet aid to Afghans S-A By CAROL WILLIAMS Spreading the news Big Apple seed planted here By BILL ROBINSON Stott Stoff Writer BF Sutherland of Sun City Ariz unwittingly has done Columbia a favor BF wrote to Abigail Van Buren asking the syndicated newspaper columnist if she knew the origin of New York fruity nickname the Big Apple Poor Dear Abby know And neither did crotchety Ed Koch the mayor of Gotham according to a response published Wednesday in The State Ms Van call went to the wrong city hall She dialed Columbia Mayor Patton MOSCOW Up to 15000 Soviet soldiers died in Afghanistan a Soviet official said Thursday as the first contingent of Red Army troops was arriving home from the eight-year-war with Moslem guerrillas Novosti press agency political observer Eduard Rosen tal told reporters that a Western estimate of 12000 to 15000 deaths among Soviet soldiers during their 8ft-years in Afghanistan was approximately correct It was the first time a government official had given any indication of the size of Soviet losses in Afghanistan The government has refused to specify the death tad or even the number of Soviet troops there Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze Mi- cated last month that casualty and troop strength figares 8 Sen Troops -A- See Apple 8-A Abigail Van Buren Patton Adams RB Barrett Mallins Holmes Baaknight Sr Irmo Andrew Beanett Estill Mrs Bessie Benton Timmonsville Edward Bernard Elgin Edward Butler Jr Columbia Fred A Cogdell Uaioa Willie Conley Jr Denmark Mrs Betty Jo Cooper Cola Bicky Criimmie Warrenville Mru Bath Davis Columbia Mrs Annie Dibble Gaston Mrs Lois Du bard Columbia The Rev Tillman Floyd Sumter Mrs Gertrude Garrett Greenwood Lee Garvin EatUl Mru Violet Garvin Colambia Ms Enenese Hardy Estill James Heatley Columbia Mrs Hattie Hunnicstt Cola Mrs Inez Ivey Dillon Mrs Idell Kaipt Lancaster Clin toe Lapo Greenville Mrs Mamie Marsh Bisbopville Wayne McAlister Beltou Mrs Rosa McCoy Colombia Joel McIntyre Clio David Parker Beaufort Mrs Cora Lee Player Cola Harold Porter Gas toe Mrs Fannie Porter Camden Mrs Lottie Powell Tillman Mias Sara Scott Greenville Mark A Sookikian Colombia Benjamin Stokes Colambia Roosevelt Taylor Eastover Mias Lacy Teal Chapin Bernard VanValkenbirgk Prosperity Mrs Hattie Veasoa Sumter Mrs Victoria Osborne Manning Donald Weaver Timmonsville Robert Whitaker Camden Shuia Williams Lancaster Mrs Clasdia Wood Anderson Mrs Ernie Woodall Greenwood Details 12-A 16-A Shebeen said the same combinatioa eaa be" found in the 1984 Education Improvement Act' which triggered improvements in' the elementary and secondary schools He said be hopes the Cutting Edge will do the same for the collegiate system Senate adopts Improved system of colleges intent of bill sent to House By SCOTT JOHNSON Stete Stoff Writer A package of research scholarship and accountability initiatives described as the for higher was approved by the Senate Thursday The legislation titled the Cutting Edge was sent back to the House but appears destined for a conference committee where few obstacles to its passage are expected lawmakers in both chambers said The bill calls for an increased investment in higher education along with increased accountability requirements for public colleges and universities Fred Shebeen state higher education commissioner said Pay plan earns Senate approval By CLARK SURRATT Stttt Stiter Writer Election year-minded senators working late Thursday to pass a $31 billion state budget approved a 4 percent base pay increase and a $365 one-time bonus for state employees for next fiscal year The pay plan went against what Senate finance lead-os James Waddell and John Lindsay wanted They were pushing a performance pay package that would have provided a percent base hike plus a 15 percent bonus for employees getting minimum evaluations 2 percent for those above average and 3 percent for exceptional workers Sen Phil Leventia D-Sumter proposed the amend- 8 Sea Budget 6-A The package includes new initiatives for research academic scholarships endowed pnv fessorships a Governor's Professor of the Year Award faculty development and grants to improve undergraduate teaching In exchange for new funds the plan contains "accountability" measures that require colleges to set minimum admissions standards develop remedial education policies and student and Institutional achievement all of which would be monitored by the SC finmmitt See Edge 8-A.