9NTV i U7S September 18,197S County ambulance station to serve Clemson By Kerry Capps Managing Editor service in the late 1960s. The Pickens County Ambulance Service Officials cited the cost of maintaining plans to expand its local emergency the service and the infrequency of ambulance service into the Clemson area emergency calls as reasons for discon- by Jan., 1976, according to Walter Perry, tinuing the service. chief of the ambulance service. Perry said Since that time emergency calls from Pickens County Council voted at its Sep- Clemson have been answered by the tember meeting to establish a station county ambulance service or by area between Clemson and Central to serve the rescue squad units. Clemson area. The new ambulance station will be The county currently has ambulances located at the Clemson Motel, about half stationed in Easley, Pickens and Liberty, way between Clemson and Central on Perry said. He said the expansion into the highway 93. Clemson area would enable the county to provide complete county-wide coverage Arrangements have been worked out for for the first time. the use of a trailer to house the station and Perry said the Clemson station would be for the installation of necessary septic equipped with two ambulances — both tank facilities at the site, Perry stated. furnished with standard emergency Perry said the four EMTs will work 24- medical equipment. The station will be hour shifts, with two attendants on duty at manned by four certified Emergency all times. Medical Technicians (EMT), Perrv said. "The only thing holding us up right now Emergency call patients will be taken to is the fact that the two new ambulances the nearest hospital facility, according to which were ordered have not yet arrived," Perry, while in less-critical situations the Perry said. ambulance will provide transportation to He said the expansion of the county the hospital of a person's choice. service had been in the planning stages for Perry said calls for the new station will some time and that the motion passed be handled by the county's central law unanimously at the council meeting. enforcement headquarters (868-2373), "Though I can't give an exact time when which currently handles all dispatches for the service will begin, we expect them (the year," Perry added. locally-based ambulance service since the the Easley, Pickens and Liberty-based ambulances) to be here by the first of the The Clemson area has been without a university discontinued its ambulance ambulances. McAlister is permanent president of board Paul McAlister of Laurens, a life trustee changes in enrollment, prices and salary Brown University Union in honor of gifts might violate the 1975 Ethics Act. at Clemson University, was unanimously levels, including adjustments to meet Brown, who was a Clemson trustee for —confirmed the reacqUisition from elected chairman of the institution's board Clemson's portion of the special statewide more than 40 years and president of the Liberty Properties, Inc., of the 30-acre of trustees Friday. appropriation for increasing state em- board from 1966-75. tract and some 40,000 square feet of McAlister, 56, becomes the first Clemson ploye compensation in 1975-76. —ratified a memorandum of un- buildings formerly occupied by Saco- graduate to serve as permanent chairman President Robert Edwards said: derstanding among The Belle W. Baruch Lowell Shops in the nearby Ravenel of the governing board. "Recognizing the econmic situation the Foundation, USC and Clemson concerning Research Center. Purchase price is Life trustee Frank Jervey had been the state faces, and notwithstanding the fact the management and use of Hobcaw $600,000. The board also reaffirmed its board's president pro tempore since the that our needs will be greater, sound Barony near Georgetown. policy that the property will be used as a death last June of Sen. Edgar Brown, who business judgment dictates that our —approved the administration's research and development area. had been president of the board since 1966. request for 76-77 be pegged at the level of decision to rescind a policy of providing —approved the use of reserve funds McAlister, a 1941 graduate, is former 75-76." complimentary season football tickets to from ticket sales and special ticket president of Laurens Glass, Inc., and is a The board also endorsed a proposal that members of the General Assembly, in light charges for minor improvements on practicing attorney. He serves as Clem- would create a coordinating committee to of an Attorney General ruling that such Memorial Stadium this year. son's representative on the S.C. Com- approve budget and program proposals for mission on Higher Education. Clemson and the University of South "I am very highly honored to be Carolina's main campus operations. chairman of the board and am equally The proposal, developed jointly by the honored by the confidence placed in me by two universities and presented Sept. 9 to NCAA letter received my fellow trustees," he said. the special legislative subcommittees on "These are very serious and sobering formula budgeting for higher education, Clemson University President Robert C. would receive a two-year probation, but no times. With the responsibilities facing the would remove Clemson and the main Edwards received a letter Tuesday from official confirmation was given by the board, it is imperative that we plan wisely campus of USC from the jurisdiction of the the National Collegiate Athletic NCAA. in charting the course of this university." Commission on Higher Education. Association informing the University of The decision came as no surprise to During the Friday meeting, the board In other action, the trustees: the decision of the NCAA infractions also voted unanimously to hold Clemson's —in a memorium statement, expressed University, administrators, as Edwards committee concerning the investigation had indicated to the Tiger last week that a 1976-77 basic budget request for state gratitude for the late Sen. Edgar Brown's into athletic recruiting violations here. appropriations to the levels requested for support of public education and passed a decision was expected within a few days. 1975-76. resolution "that the Board ... express our The NCAA has given Clemson a 15-day The proposed budget, which is still being period in which to appeal the decision. NCAA investigators were on the great gratitude for the enduring and Clemson campus for a week last spring developed and must be submitted in lasting contribution which he made by his Edwards said that no comment would be Columbia by Sept. 25, covers educational made on the specific charges at this time, and continued their investigation life and work to the welfare of this throughout the summer. The investigation and general and public service activities. university." in accordance with a request by the NCAA. It will differ from this year's request The Washington Post reported Sunday focused primarily on the Tiger basketball —named the campus union building program. only to reflect adjustments attributed to under construction The Edgar Allan that the Clemson basketball program __ September 18-the Tiger-two , VA&WPOANT Playgrounds needed FASHION IN POUTICS , C?URDU&tt TUt A&fcS. Barbara Montgomery, instructor of Speech, THE &ARB WORN &V pointed out in a guest eidtorial in the Clemson T^LITICIAN-S HAS Messenger, July 23, that Clemson University REFLECTED lb AH must accept responsibility for the recreational facilities available for the children of residents ]NTEREST|N&t€GrREE.\ in University housing. THE SOCIAL CUJWE Since Montgomery's editorial, the city has c^ THEIR ERAS - announced the funding of a 4.5 acre park to be located behind Morrison Elementary School. This is in the area of the intersection of highways 93 and 123. But, the city park is not a panacea for campus residents who have no room for playground equipment in their yards. Transportation will be a problem when the new park is completed since the park will be at least two miles away from the campus. The problem can be partially solved, ac- cording to Montgomery, if the city and the University begin to think small. LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY Montgomery feels that the community needs NINETEENTH CENTURY EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY small parks equipped with playground equip- ment where children "can swing, slide, and play in the sand." It's time, for the University to begin plans to Letters provide some recreational facilities for the children of on campus residents. heard by me or anyone else Buzzers, Car "copnapped" around me, and I can prove it. At least two small playgrounds are needed. As any soccer goer knows, the no blessing One is needed in the area of the pre-fabs, south of A funny thing happened to public address system at the the main part of campus. A second one is needed me and a lot of other people on soccer game is operated for the Last week, the Tiger Staff in the vicinity of east campus housing. our way to the Southern Illinois entertainment of the an- expressed its opinion of the There is a perfect site on east campus already. soccer game last Friday, and I nouncer and a few friends quality of service being offered feel that it should be at least seated within 10 feet of him. It by the Clemson University Fire A section of the land between Sikes Hall and noted. is totally inaudible. Department. The main gripe Palmetto Boulevard, along highway 93, could Arriving about 3:45 p.m. for Since the citations were seems to be that the fire warning easily be converted to a small playground for the game, I noticed that the issued after the half, there was horns in Johnstone Hall are not children.