Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WORLD Nnviot v/orrlirt loniont vv^ VIVI T VI VXIV^I I V-/I II I I I MOSCOW ? Soviet Judge Lev Mironov convicted U.S. businessman Francis J. Crawford Thursday of buying rubles on the black market and gave him the five-year suspended sentence requested by prosecutors. Crawford immediately went to the U.S. Embassy to apply for an exit visa from the Soviet Foreign Ministry. Crawford said he might leave as early as FYiday night. There had been speculation he would be detained nfin/tino tko tmol *? ?? O -i 1 i?* J " *' pvmveiiig i4iv vi mi ui iwu a^tuocu ouyici spies ncici in cnc United States and exchanged for them. Crawford, a native of Mobile, Ala., was accused of buying 20,000 rubles for $8,320, about one-fourth their - a 4.1? -it * -? m utiuaai vaiuc, auu ui uie megai purcnase 01 six antique samovars. Labor rules in Britain LONDON ? Prime Minister James Callaghan announced Thursday that his Labor administration will continue to govern Britain despite its minority position in Parliament. Speaking in a nationwide television broadcast, Callaghan said, J^We will go on because we are doing wnat is nest for Britain. And so, I shall not be calling a general election now." Such a national election at this time, he said, would solve none of the problems facing this island kingdom. Rork Hri immpr rli^c . , w ^ W1 W I W I ? WS^ LONDON ? Rock star Keith Moon, 31-year-old drummer of "The Who," was found dead in his London apartment Thursday by his fiancee Annette WaterLax. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "His personal doctor was called.and he certified Moon to be dead." The body of the drummer was taken to Middlesex Hosnital ThiirsHnv ovariiJ?il r J v.vimig. vauac un ueaui was not immediately known. Syphilis rate soars SUVA, Fiji ? -Syphilis has reached epidemic nmnnrtians amnno tha iuahIa * i- ? - - r- -ir ?~..0 ?,v ui r iji aim is causing uie deaths of babies at birth, a consultant at the chief medical center told a Fiji Medical Association seminar. Dr. Mary Schramm said that of 2,200 babies delivered at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in the first half of this year, 60 had syphilis and 22 of them died. i, ! jt > Some of us have to \ Here Tyrone enjoy I [ NATION JFK study released > WASHINfJTOM ? A nanol r\f nnfhnlnaiatc unanimously concluded that President John F. Kennedy was struck in the back of the head by a bullet, not from the front as some conspiracy-theory investigators have claimed, Congress was told Thursday. The pathologists told the House Assassinations Committee that the bullet, after entering from the back of the head, shattered the president's skull and exited through the front of the head. The conclusion agrees with the finding of the Warren I Commission and the doctors who performed the I autopsy on Kennedy's body only hours after he was I i assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Defense veto upheld WASHINGTON ? The House sustained President . Carter's veto of the defense authorization bill yesterday, thus scuttling a proposed $2 billion nuclear ' _ #i. t? ? ' * - - aire ran earner ne naa lermea a waste of military dollars. Thursday's vote marked the first veto challenge of Carter's presidency. Carter vetoed the bill that included the carrier on Aug. 17. He described the carrier as wasteful at the expense of other, more vital defense projects. Smoking rules tabled WASHINGTON ? The Civil Aeronautics Board t postponed action Thursday on a proposed rule that would ban cigar and pipe smoking on commercial airliners. { The board, reduced to three members by retirement, said it wanted to defer a vote until it had a full five members. That may be another month or so. In addition, the rule asks for public comment on three other possibilities: a total ban on all smoking aboard commercial airliners, a ban on all smoking on short flights or a ban on smoking on small aircraft. Airlines might merge NEW YORK ? The directors of National Airlines accepted a $350 million mercer bid from Pan Amorioon i World Airways, the companies jointly announced 1 Thursday. y Under terms of the agreement, still subject to I government and shareholder approval, Pan Am would I buy National shares at $41 each. The Miami-based | airlina ~ ?? ?1 J1 ^^ife vrai&iHHffiw&:.: ttu,. ^ Down the hatch work all day, but others get off with muci s a sunny afternoon snack of ice cream. ainiE %ioeba causes death fni TTMDTA An aiaht.vaor_rtlH Nnrfh niBPlnatnn VV/UUmjL#A4 & A U? VI0MV V?%B *1W? ??a WHW*?WVWM boy died recently of a rare disease caused by a tiny organism commonly found in freshwater ponds in the Southeast, state health officials say. The youngster died of a form of meningitis caused by an amoeba, naegleria fowleari, that destroys the brain and almost always results in death. The key to treating the disease may be early detection, health officials say, but the ailment is so rare most physicians are unfamiliar with it. New license guidelines COLUMBIA ? Motorists with more than one vehicle, each with a different registration deadline, may apply to renew licenses for all their vehicles at the same time, according to a state Highways and Public Transportation Department spokesman. Under the state's new system of staggered renewals, motorists who obtained their license plates for two or more cars at the same time will be given the same deadline for renewing them besinnina next vear There are about two million motor vehicles in the state, and officials expect 160,000 to 170,000 licenses to be renewed each month. SCE&G appeal heard COLUMBIA ? An appeal to an order directing the South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. to refund $7 million to its customers will be one of the cases heard bv the State Sunremp f-Aiir* rfin^ni? o w ,? ? WW* uw uig a inwwccR BpOUM term beginning Monday. The Public Service Commission ordered the refund last Dec. 13. The refund has been delayed because of various legal actions. Tax attorney jailed COLUMBIA ? Sumter attnmpv Rnhart to riaAo/m .WMVA V VMMnOVM yesterday was given the maximum penalty of 85 years in prison on 17 counts of filing fraudulent income tax returns for clients. U.S. District Judge Sol Blatt Jr. ordered Clarkson to undergo a three-month psychological evaluation at a federal facility. At the end of the evaluation, Blatt said he would reconsider the sentence. The law allows for an evaluation period before final sentencing only if the j # aeienaant receives the maximum penalty. ***BKT RakKK ? OAMECOCK h more leisure time. j Lucky, huh?