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i i ffhf CnTftwillc Nnvs Sunday, December 20, 1992 3 Ruth Ebatte Painter, 63, of 5 Pinehurst died of multiple injuries, the most prominent being a severe head injury, according to Wilton Mackey, Anderson County coroner. The woman, who wasn't wearing a seat belt, lost control of her car near Wren Baptist Church, he said. The accident happened at 2:50 p.m. "The car was pretty well bummed up, but if she would have stayed in it, there is a chance she could've been saved." Mackey said. He added that the woman was driving 50-55 mph just prior to the accident.

"She went off the side of the road, hit one telephone pole, went on down the road, overturned, hit another telephone pole, came back on the roadway and was thrown from the vehicle," he said. There was no evidence of drink-ing or drug use, according to Mackey. The coroner wasn't sure why Ms. Painter lost control of the car. "The only witness to it said that she just veered off the road to the left, like she was distracted by something," he said.

It was then that Ms. Painter ran into the telephone pole. "Then she went into the soft median and overturned." No one else was involved in the accident, the coroner said. STATE ICS DETD AotlS By Michael Dumlak News staff writer A Taylors woman died after she was thrown from her car Saturday when she lost control of the vehicle on Wren School Road in Anderson County, authorities said. i Officials autopsy release report Crews remove spilled pellets i- Officials say pellets of Caprolactam posed no danger to people or to the environment.

By Anna Simon News staff writer (Clean-up crews worked Saturday to remove chemical pellets from an overturned railroad car near the outskirts of Seneca, but the pellets posed no danger to people or the environment, officials said. The railroad car went off the track about 11:30 p.m. Friday, during a switching operation at the Norfolk Southern Corp. switching yard at the corner of West North First and Washington streets, said railroad company spokesman Bob Auman. There was no spillage and no one was injured, so local officials weren't notified, Auman said.

The train car "rolled over," but the contents of the car didn't spill out, Auman said. Workers transferred the pellets to another rail car Saturday, he said. By Anna Simon News Pickens Bureau PICKENS A Pickens woman died of a gunshot wound to her head and a man found dead beside her died of a shot to the chest; according to an autopsy report released Saturday. If the autopsy report revealed any other new information that could lead to an arrest in the first murders in Pickens in about 50 years, officials kept that information to themselves. The bodies of Karen Denise Dil-lard, 34, of 76 Henderson Street Apartments, and Marcus Rose-mond, 37, of Rolling Pine Drive, both of Pickens, were found in Ms.

Dillard's apartment. "It appears that they died moments after they were shot," said Pickens County Coroner Mitchell Davis. Each of them was shot more than once, Davis said. 3" Speaker peeves abortion activists pellets overturned in a switching yard near the outskirts called Caprolactam, Auman said, Caprolactam is used to make synthetic fabrics and isn't hazard- ous to human health or the envi- brothers captured 2nd of two GREENVILLE, Ala. (AP) A South Carolina fugitive, cold and hobbled by cuts after spending V2 days in the woods, surrendered Saturday when a searcher found him near Interstate 65.

Greenville Police Chief Lonzo Ingram said Robert Kenneth Brinson, 38, of Lexington County, S.C., was unarmed and offered no resistance when Lt. Danny Campbell spotted him in underbrush near some blankets. Brinson, missing a boot during his run from police through the woods, was yards from the spot ft THE NEWS JENNY MUNHO ronment while in pellet form, said Thom Berry, spokesman for the state Department of Health and Environmental Control. The Brinsons first came in contact with Alabama authorities about 1 a.m. Friday.

Two deputy fire marshals stopped to help the men, whose pickup truck was stuck in mud on the shoulder of the interstate. State Fire Marshal John Robi-son said one of the officers became suspicious after noticing the truck did not have a tag or a vehicle identification number. Robert Brinson ran into the woods, but Robison said the other brother began firing at officers and was shot. dancing there is elsewhere. Andrew Kuharsky camouflages those weaknesses, very wisely, by emphasizing period and style.

Thus, the opening party dances have a true Victorian flavor, and Brosselmeyer's mime is theatrical mime (and magical) while Columbine's and Harlequin's is dance mime, and that of 19th century France. It's a subtle difference but a telling one. These same kind of telling distinctions make Spanish Chocolate (danced by Elizabeth Welborn, Allison Schilling and Emily White) so Spanish, flashy and "We had two or three teams out all night," said Ingram. Drew Brinson remained in critical condition at Carraway Meth-odist Medical Center in Birmingham after undergoing surgery for multiple gunshot wounds, a nursing supervisor said. The Brinsons escaped from South Carolina authorities Oct.

5 after confronting two corrections officers with a fake gun and tying them to a tree near Aiken, S.C. They stole the prison van and the officers' guns, a prison spokeswoman said. Police continued to investigate the case Saturday, but no arrest has been made, said Pickens Police Chief Wendal Jenkins. Jenkins said he doesn't anticipate an arrest will be made until he gets the results of ballistics tests, expected from a State Law Enforcement Division laboratory late Monday. Authorities had considered the possibility of a murder-suicide after the two were found shot to death side by side on the living room floor, but later ruled out the possibility of suicide.

A gun was found in Rosemond's left hand, but Jenkins said he believes Rosemond is right-handed. At least six shots were fired, but the gun found in Rosemond's hand could only hold five bullets at a time, Jenkins said. The case remains under investigation by the Pickens Police Department and the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, he said. lates the statute." Cunningham, director of the Center for Bio-ethical Reform in California, and Brenda Hucks, executive director of South Carolina Citizens for Life, argued that the law doesn't outlaw debate on abortion, just information to help girls obtain one. "To suggest that the word 'abortion may not be spoken in the classroom is so astonishing to me that that's the thing you would expect in Iraq or Iran," said Cunningham, who also is a lawyer.

"Unfortunately, it has become politically incorrect to even talk about this issue in some schools, and in other schools it's politically incorrect to talk about it from anything other than a pro-abortion perspective." Ms. Rudnick has asked for an attorney general's opinion on the matter. Ms. Tenenbaum said she might ask the courts to act. Aiken High School principal William Gassman said Cunningham would not have been invited to speak if officials had known what he planned to discuss.

audience is attuned to subtleties. Prepared. Prepared for Miss Wester's perky and razor- sharp execution (albeit ever-so-slightly tentative). Prepared for Kim Sikorski, a model of elegance and quietude. Prepared for Andrew Kuharsky's snappy yet refined acrobatics.

And prepared for a corps de ballet that moves crisply, succinctly, and with a lovely ease. At the finale, they bring almost a gran-deur and majesty to the spectacle. Greenville, somewhat in spite of itself, may actually have a genuine dance company in town. providing labs has been growing for several years as Clemson has scrambled to deal with declining funding and a resulting reduction in lab assistants. The situation will be worse in the 1993 fall semester because even less money is expected to be available, Wixson said.

The College of Sciences is not the only Clemson college facing difficulties because of a state-required $4.8 million budget cut earlier this year, said Provost Charles Jennett. Still, the College of Sciences is facing severe problems because of its large numbers of students. The college had a fall 1992 course enrollment of 26,013 students, Wixson said. The enrollment figure is based on the total number of courses taken by Tis the season! And 'Nutcracker' delivers COLUMBIA (AP) Some abortion-rights activists say a visitor to Aiken High School broke the law last week when he showed students at the public school a videotape discouraging abortion. Gregg Cunningham played a six-minute videotape that showed aborted fetuses and told students what was wrong with abortion, The (Columbia) State reported Saturday.

Rep. Irene Rudnick, D-Aiken, and abortion-rights activist Inez Tenenbaum, both lawyers, said Cunningham broke the law because of a provision in the state's sex education law that forbids schools from offering "programs, instruction or activities including abortion counseling (and) information about abortion services." Abortion opponents had the provision included in the law. "I think you can encourage legitimate debate on choice," Ms. Tenenbaum said. "But to go in and show a movie clearly designed to discourage women and to intimidate women I think vio for young angular.

They make Julie San-ford's Arabian Coffee not only sinuous and long of line but deftly timed and they make the Marzipan Candy scene (danced by Angela Wester, Jan Jurecek and Ashley Noonan) a flashback to true 18th century courtly dancing. All this helps to invigorate the slow moments of "The Nutcracker," much as the addition of guest dancer Alexander Eriksson brings a much needed male athleticism and energy to his three cameo appearances. Then, when the story gets to some real dancing, the audience gy, biological sciences, chemis-try, Earth sciences, mathematical sciences, physics and astronomy, microbiology and computer sciences. Clemson's financial problems are forcing the college to reduce its number of graduate assistants and to freeze faculty positions when they become vacant, Wixson said. Classes are larger, fewer class and laboratory sections are being offered and optional classes have been dropped.

One major factor was the decision to cut 28 laboratory sections of up to 25 students each, Wixson said. The college does not have enough graduate assistants to handle those labs. "We're getting killed on lab space," Wixson said. Wixson said the problem of Rail car carrying chemical of Seneca The overturned car should be put back on the track Monday, he said. The pellets are a material escapee where his brother Drew Brinson, 28, was wounded in a shootout with police early Friday.

"He's very cold. His feet are swollen very badly," said Ingram. "When found, he simply surrendered." Brinson, who had difficulty walking, was taken to Stabler Hospital before being placed in jail. Brinson fled into the woods along 1-65 after the shootout, in which his brother was hit six times, and police used tracking dogs and a helicopter in a round-the-clock search. REVIEW Sunday at 3 p.m.

at the Peace Center for the Performing Arts, it was the Greenville Ballet's turn. But, lo and behold, in a city not especially overwhelming in support of ballet, and in a ballet not especially overflowing with dance, the Greenville Ballet offers a ''Nutcracker" soundly based on dancing. Not only that, this "Nutcracker" is, quite significantly, musical, and as important, intelligent. David Pollitt's conducting is supple and fluent, quite sponta skirts, sweatshirts and dresses all in shades of blue to signify peace between the races. "We want to express the fact that we are accepting each other," said student body president Kendall Heath.

"We want others to do the same." Miss Heath also read a speech on racial unity at the school's Christmas assembly Friday afternoon. "No matter the color of the brother that stands next to you, our shadows are identical in the day," she said. The idea to promote racial unity came from eighth-grader Allison Reynolds and was organized by a group of five students. The committee met with other students to discuss racism. They decided racism was a big problem, especially with adults, both par By Blake A.

Samson News arts writer It's that time again. Tra la. Another production of "The Nutcracker." 'Tis the season. Tra la. Tra la.

The holiday family entertainment that keeps the kiddies busy and their grateful parents grateful is back. And, its popularity shows no sign of diminishing, witness the several thousand toddlers and parents who have attended an ever-burgeoning number of area productions this season. As was the case Saturday afternoon and evening, and is again Students back racial with school show of Clemson students face sharp cuts in College of Science class offerings neous, and although some might miss a full orchestral sound, makes do here with the thinner, 38-piece Greenville Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Its playing is well defined and bouyant. The possibly insolvable problem with "The Nutcracker," however, is that there just isn't enough bona fide dancing.

And, when the Snow pas de deux and corps finally come at the end of Act or the Kingdom of the Sweets divertissements, Waltz of the Flowers and Grand Pas de Deux complete Act II, those moments only remind us how little harmony unity ents and teachers, Miss Heath, said. "It's the time they grew up in," she said. Trevor Miuer, another eighth-grader, wore a navy-blue jacket and blue shorts. "There shouldn't be racism in the U.S. or anywhere and I wanted to show that," he said.

Inigo Robinson, another student, said he liked both the speech and the show of racial solidarity among students. "Things will never get better unless we try," he said. Chiquitha Johnson said that the show of unity was a first step, but "there are going to have to be a lot more steps. I don't think you can stop racism." School principal Zeb Pack said he was impressed with the students' initiative. By Jenny Munro News Clemson Bureau CLEMSON Clemson University's College of Sciences may have 725 fewer class spaces this spring and 3,228 fewer next fall because budget cuts have forced a reduction in the number of classes available, an official said.

College of Sciences Dean Bobby Wixson said that estimates indicate that freshmen will seek 335 more class spaces and sophomores, juniors or seniors 390 more spaces than will be available this spring semester, which begins in January. Wixson's message to those students: "We will do our very best to shoehorn you in after registration." The College of Sciences at Clemson offers classes in biolo Students and teachers came to the school dressed in jackets, skirts, sweatshirts and dresses all in shades of blue to signify peace between the races. MYRTLE BEACH (AP) In a show of racial unity on the last day of school before the holidays, students at Socastee Middle School joined together to express a special message of peace. Students and teachers came to the school dressed in jackets,.