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2 8-A The S.C., Friday, May 20, 1988 led Edge Provisions of Bill Apple From 1-A sion on Higher Education. As initially proposed, the Cutting Edge would cost about $31 million its first year. Most of that $25 million per year would go toward research related to economic development. About $5 million in funding has been included in the 1988-89 appropriations bill already passed by the House and before the Senate. Another $5.5 million may be available if the state receives surplus revenue this fiscal year, Sheheen said.

Higher education also hopes to receive about 93 percent of its funding request for 1988-89 or about $37 million in new funds for annual operations. Gov. Carroll Campbell, in a statement released Thursday, said the legislation is critically needed. "We are finally moving to strengthen the heart of every good university research and public service programs. This legislation is a big step forward in our efforts to build world class universities in South Carolina," Campbell said.

The Senate rejected measures in- Spoleto From 1-A er-directors. The premieres attract the notice of critics from all over the country, and those critics in turn write stories about Spoleto. This year the festival already has been featured in major newspapers, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Miami Herald. In addition, this season's festival is host to the annual meeting of the Music Critics Association May 27-30, and several hundred critics are expected to be in the city to see many of Spoleto's productions. "The impact of that is tremendous," says Horton.

"'They are writing a lot of stories about us; that gives us not only more publicity than we've ever had before, and in places that have never done a lot about Spoleto, but it means more credibility for us as well." Ticket sales for the $3.6 million festival are "running neck and neck with last year," says Nigel Redden, The Cutting Edge includes: An incentive fund for research related to economic development. Requirements that colleges set minimum admissions standards, develop plans for remedial education, and establish assessment measures for institutional and student achievement. I Competitive grants to improve undergraduate education. A Palmetto Fellows Scholarship program for undergraduates. Endowed professorships.

A Governor's Professor of the Year Award. troduced by the House to limit out-ofstate enrollment at public universities and to require non-residents to pay 75 percent of their actual educational costs, rather than about 40 percent as is now the case. House members added the out-ofstate cap because of concerns about Clemson University's enrollment last fall. Forty-two percent of the freshman class were non-residents. who is entering his third season as Spoleto's general manager.

Specific dollar figures will be made available today, but Redden says he has mixed feelings about releasing them. "It's a case of dammed if you do and dammed if you don't," he explains. "If ticket sales are good, people assume there are no tickets to be had. If they're bad, they assume the program is a dog. And neither is the case this year." Spoleto gets i its official launch at noon today with the traditional round of speeches from the steps of City Hall and a keynote address by Alex Sanders Jr.

of Columbia, chief judge of the S.C. Court of Appeals. Sanders' appearance ties in with the observance of the Bicentennial of South Carolina's ratification of the U.S. Constitution, which will be celebrated on Monday. Immediately after the opening ceremony, the first of the daily chamber music series begins at the Dock Street Theatre.

The opening night production of Rusalka is scheduled for 7:30 before an audience of about 2,300 at Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. CENTIPEDE EDE SOD Ft. (Min. Order 500 sq. ft.) RAINBOW TURF Available in Rolls or Slabs 6701 Two Notch Rd.

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John is now working with a tutor each Wednesday for two hours and attends classes twice a week at night. He has more than overcome his fear of the classroom. "I can surely say that I enjoy every moment," he admits with a broad smile. Now he reads his own mail with ease and has selfconfidence that he never had before. He looks forward to the near future, when he'll receive his high school diploma and get a job promotion.

John sympathizes with other adults who are hesitant to go back to school after many years. But he believes that people can accomplish anything if they just try. Taking the first step is hard, but facing the challenge is worth it. As John puts it, "Once you make it through the first day the rest comes easy. If you or someone you know could benefit from or contribute to adult education, call your local Adult Education Director or call toll-free 1-800-922-1109.

Adult Education Is Improving Our State of Minds. The State-Record Company, Inc. is proud to sponsor this series of ads for adult education. 49308-39 From 1-A Adams. He and capital city history buffs have the answer.

The name came from right here in good ole Columbia. As most rug-cutting shaggers know, the Big Apple is actually the forerunner of South Carolina's official state dance. Adams, who is not up for re-election until 1990, nonetheless is mounting a campaign to straighten out America on where New York, New York picked up its nickname, nickname. The mayor said he plans to send Ms. Van Buren an explanation of the Columbia angle.

He's hoping she'll publish his official response. "It's a perfect opportunity for us to get a little positive national press," said Adams, who was among those disappointed when the national media trashed the town during last year's visit by Pope John Paul II. The pope said Mass that September day at St. Peter's Catholic Church, not far from the building where the legendary name is said to have originated. The Big Apple was a dance step popular among black teenagers who used to frequent the synagogueturned-nightclub along Park Street during the 1930s.

Whites would go to the night spot SPECIAL 2.81 CARAT SAPPHIRE TENNIS BRACELET '1495 '995. JEWELRY WAREHOUSE THE JAZZ LIFE SUNDAY NIGHTS 9. MIDNIGHT ON WAS 96.7 FM 47568-60 also called The Big Apple where they would watch action on the dance floor from the balcony. The trendy step spread to the Grand Strand, where it eventually evolved into what today is called the Shag. The dance also made its way to New York, where it had several names, including the Lindy Hop and the Jitterbug.

But local history buffs insist the dance teens first did on Park Street was the same one that took New York by storm and gave the big city its widely acknowledged moniker. The mayor has enlisted local historian Gus Graydon to help put together a formal response. Judy Knoechel, director of the Columbia Convention and Visitors' bureau and Debbie Parker of the Columbia Development Corp. also are working on the project. Drugs From 1-A Lehder is said to be one of the founders of the Medellin Cartel, the group of Colombians reputed to control more than half the cocaine imported into the United States.

Prosecutors said Lehder provided the transportation pipeline for the cartel. Merkle said the Lehder verdict was both a "real victory and a symbolic victory" that would send a message to the cartel. "They're going to be looking over their shoulder," he said, "and they know we're coming after them." The verdict came nearly 16 months after Lehder was captured on Feb. 4, 1987, in Colombia and immediately extradited to the United States on a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration plane.

Reed was captured in Panama two days after Lehder's arrest. Lehder, the charismatic son of a German engineer and a Colombian woman, admired Adolf Hitler, owned a nude statue of John Lennon and founded his own political party in Colombia. The party's main platform was opposition to the extradition of Colombian drug defendants. From the outset, prosecutors cast the trial as an epic account of the rise of cocaine smuggling in the United States. Merkle called Lehder "the Henry Ford of the cocaine business" and blamed him for much of the "wreckage" of drug abuse in the 1980s.

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