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r-y- mrjftn SfecSStatc 111TH YEAR NO 168 SOUTH CAROLINA'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER Wednesday June 192002 COLUMBIA SC SWITCHBOARD (803) 771-6161 STATE EDITION Hodges ordered not to block plutonium shipments to SC By SAMMY FRETWELL Staff Writer a sad day for South Carolina when a governor who has taken an oath to uphold the state and United States constitutions must be ordered to obey Cameron Currie who has taken an oath as an officer of the state and as an attorney to uphold the state and United States constitutions must be ordered to obey it" Hodges said during an afternoon news conference that he would follow the court order but he was upset about it want to talk about sad? a sad day for South Carolina when we cannot get the federal government to agree to keep its promises to us" said Hodges who had vowed to lie in the road to stop plutonium shipments "I make no apologies for the fact that I have aggressively pursued efforts to keep plutonium out of South Carolina without the assurances that we need" Last week Currie threw out Governor took on the feds earning kudos from some censure from others By JOEY HOLLEMAN Staff Writer Gov Jim Hodges trod weH-wom ground in his over plutonium shipments taking the anti-Washington trail blazed by governors for decades over everything from water rights to civil rights Like George Wallace of Alabama and Orval Faubus of Arkansas Hodges drew a line and dared the feds to cross Such stances are usually popular at home whether or not foe governor wins SEE HODGES PAGE A6 a sad day for South Carolina when we cannot get the federal government to agree to keep its promises to Gov Jim Hodges Gov Jim Hodges SC SHOWDOWN TODAY Carolina Clemson take national stage AIKEN An angry federal judge ordered Gov Jim Hodges on Tuesday not to block US plutonium shipments to South Carolina US District Judge Cameron Currie said the decision last week to ban plutonium from state highways violated federal laws Currie appointed to the bench by President Clinton said she was wrong to accept the Democratic governor's assurances last week that he would obey laws preventing a blockade She said Hodges misled her during a court hearing Thursday took Gov Hodges at his word and I now see that this was a mistake" Currie said in a morning hearing "It is a sad day for South Carolina when a governor stories be a trusted person in the neighborhood or Capt Scott Atkinson said The media coverage was vastly different for the two disappearances when they first happened Patterson was featured in snippets on the TV show Most -Wanted" CNN and Fox News Otherwise the story received scant national attention No stories in The New York Times or The Washington Post The Times and Post sent reporters to Salt Lake City to write about Smart There are stories about her in The Boston Globe Miami Herald and newspapers as far away as Sydney Australia MSNBC is providing hourly up- SEE GIRLS PAGE AS OMAHA Neb That palmetto state treasure called the Car-olina-demson rivalry takes a bow on the national stage tonight and the stakes never have been higher All the meetings that have gone before suddenly pale in comparison to the squabble tonight in the College World Series One Clem- Gillespie aon's Tigers or South Gamecocks Senior Writer py for the national champi-bfUepiWh onship of college myZi-SXH baseball Saturday afternoon Memories of games past come flooding back and anticipation will balloon off the scale in the hours leading to the showdown in Rosenblatt Judge Cameron Currie In Milwaukee a 7-year-old girl disappears May 3 on her way to school In Salt Lake City a 14-year-old apparently is kidnapped at gunpoint from her family's mil-lion-dollar home June 5 The search is still on for Patterson although there are few leads been a little over five weeks we have not diminished our efforts" Capt Brian said Monday Utah police investigating the disappearance of Smart said Tuesday that contrary to what they reported earlier the kidnapper did not threaten the girl's little sister Mary Katherine or even realize she saw him As for the search for the kidnapper "we believe this man may ENKCMWOSflHESTAlE USC pinch runner Tim Seaton is congratulated Tuesday by his teammates after being driven in by Drew Meyer in the eighth inning of the win over Georgia Tech SEE ORDER PAGE A6 Israel vows retaliation after blast kills 20 Sharon wants to retake West Bank areas after suicide bomber blows up commuter bus By MICHAEL MATZA Knight Udder Newepapen JERUSALEM Hours after the worst terrorist attack in Jerusalem in six years Israel said today it will retake parts of the West Bank and hold them long as terror continues" Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walked past body bags at the scene of attack in which 20 died a move that seemed calculated to deliver a pointed message to President Bush that any talk of a Palestinian state is manningless until violence against Israel stops "The horrible pictures we saw here today of these murderous acta by the Palestinians are stronger than any words" Sharon said "It is interesting (to wonder) what kind of Palestinian state they intend to create What are they talking Stymied twice before a Palestinian suicide bomber was devaa-tatingly successful Tuesday He slipped into Jerusalem during a state of high alert and blew up a commuter bus killing 19 Israelis and himself and wounding more than 50 many of them high school students On Tuesday night seven Israeli tanks supported by helicopter gunships and F-16s circling overhead moved into the West Bank town Jenin Tanks entered the Jenin refugee camp Palestinian officials said It was uncertain whether the incursion also was a response to the suicide attack The bombing came as Bush was putting the final touches on a much-anticipated Mideast policy address in which he is expected to lay out a framework for an in- SEE BLAST PAGE A5 Two missing girls two different GAME TIME 7 pm on ESPN 2 (cable -channel 27 in Columbia) INSIDE Complete coverage of victory over Georgia Tech See Page Cl Clemson coach Jack Leggett overcomes personal trials See Page Cl USC Clemson notebooks See Page C4 Stadium By the time Steve Reba and Gary Bell take the mound nerves will be frayed and emotions will be boiling over These schools require no special reason to get their competitive juices flowing The game is baseball tonight but wbkher football basketball or pitching horseshoes winning matters A favorite story: The Carolina SEE BASEBALL PAGE A8 KNGHT MOOES NEWSMPFHS Elizabeth Smart 14 has been missing since June 5 WEATHER A shower and thunderstorm likely today High 84 low 68 Much the same on Thursday High 88 low 66 Clearing by the weekend See Page A2 Find comfort amid South Carolina's hot weather drink lemonade a summertime favorite See Page D1 f'npyi ighi 21102 The Stair Lack of news about Milwaukee child contrasts with overflow of reports on Utah case By MARK JOHNSON and ANNYSA JOHNSON Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE Two girls are missing The national media flocked to Salt Lake City to tell the nation about Elizabeth Smart Why the reporters descended on Milwaukee to tell the nation about Alexis Patterson? Two caste two cities two different stories Resale Abraham Lake City CoL Harvey Anderson Columbia Tom Bennett Columbia Francos Bond Abbeville Fairfax Camden BM Bubamak Hartsville Sarah Buchan Columbia Ruby Burton Pamplico Carlyle Cooke Lake View Ebon Cramartla Bennettsville Engfoh Dontloy Georgetown Hale Doorpinghaus Columbia Naomi Echofcygr Columbia Rom Faup Prosperity Janie Ferguson Aiken THE ASSOUAIFD PRFS5 Alexis Patterson 7 disappeared May 3 INDEX 4 SECTIONS 4S PAGES SOUTH CAROLINA DEATHS JhAuIa PAUeaaaim whohw rnvnumv North Charleston MaOo Fleming Conway Charlotte Granting Columbia David Hood York Kate Heffner York Stanley Holton Union Evelyn Mora Hannahan Myrtle Jones Sumter Freddte Keialer Buffalo Myrtte McGee Aiken Am Moore Sumter James Muhs White Rock Travis Mullar Cayce Ruth Puech St Matthews PhytHe Patterson Bcthune -sJdld Alexander Posy Chester Randolph Psny Sr West Columbia Frank Price West Columbia Audrey Robbins Columbia Chories Roberson Aiken Hama Roland Sumter MoMn Ryant Cope James Smith Greenwood James Solomon Estill Woodrow Staring Cheraw Theodora Stoats Lugoff Jack Stognar Lancaster Thomas StringMdJr St George EMo Taylor Columbia Harry Thonwton Jr Greenville i INTERN FT wwwtheUatecom Information for Lk -i WrtjVWr AIlA Lucy Vamadore Winnsboro Angela Watkins Graniteville Ousels Watson Green Sea Euia White Columbia DETAILS DEATHS ELSEWHERE See Page B4 6" 07770 DO 301 1 Knight RiDOEftV NEWS 771-8415 HOME DELIVERY 77i-8380 CLASSIFIED 771.