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^^^;rLi*iiii<QSUgm?ir ^ J " \"? :y/'-_-/ r j:-- T-^ - -:a-"-'-7-:: -- " <r-^'^ '--: V^Tv>':--;-.r -v ' r .yrTfV . WORLD UN debate bitter UNITED NATIONS ? Vietnamese and Cambodian delegates to the United Nations exchanged bitter charges Saturday at the Security Council debate on rhina's invacian of Vietnam anrl Viotrrim'c militotnf n W TMwavta va V vvaiuni unu f ivviiumi o llilll U41 J intervention in Cambodia. Vietnamese ambassador Ha Van Lau condemned China's "open and deliberate aggression" and rejected any link between fighting in Cambodia and Chinese invasion of his country. He criticized the United States for naming both conflicts in its call for the Security Council meeting and said the main problem in Indochina is "the war of | o rf rf o? /\n mr# t?rU< aU ' oggi cooiun uy r civuig wiuv.il inuai uc (JUIIUCIIIIIUU. Lau said the United States "proved its complicity with the Chinese aggressors" by linking both disputes. Fighting reported w V I NAIROBI, Kenya ? Radio Uganda reported fierce fighting Saturday near the garrison town of Masaka with thousands of Ugandan and Tanzanian soldiers engaged. The state-run radio said Ugandan soldiers and a force of 20,000 Tanzanian soldiers and mercenaries. with "a few Ugandan exiles," were fighting for Masaka, 45 miles north of the border with Tanzania and 80 miles southwest of the Uganda capital of Kampala. In a broadcast monitored here, a military spokesman quoted Ugandan president Idi Amin as appealing to all friendly countries for troops and militarv sunnli^ ^ ?.rr-.^w. I Explosion kills 10 CiLACK BAY, Nova Scotia ? An explosion five miles deep in one of Nova Scotia s biggest coal mines killed 1 10 miners Saturday and injured six others, mine oflicials reported. They said nobody was trapped in the shaft. [ The injured were rushed by ambulance to a hospital in Halifax, 270 miles south of here. A surgeon at the special burns unit there said the men had burns covering 40 to 90 percent of their bodies. Three were ; Loniaiose ana in cruicai conaiton and the other three !j were conscious but in serious condition. jj About 150 other men working the overnight shift in 3 the mine escaped uninjured. | l ne injured were brought to the surface within 90 minutes of the accident, and the dead within six hours. < Seasonal I schizophrenia | It's that time of year again, when our hearts and minds turn to spring, but the 1 weather fails to cooperate. Typical of the mood is this scene of surfboards in the * snow outside a bar in Long Beach, N.J. m & *> : Joe Gellicl ? GAMECOCK Pi? I NRTION mmh a. a - - ? Treaty 'complicated' WASHINGTON ? President Carter's reported plan to observe a U.S.-Soviet arms control agreement regardless of Senate action "complicates" prospects j for the treaty's approval, Senate Majority leader Robert C. Byrd said Saturday. The West Virginia Democrat told reporters he voiced his concern to Carter after hearing of the report Friday. He said the president promised to issue a statement of clarification. An article in the current issue of The Atlantic had Carter declaring that if the Senate blocked or severely weakened a strategic arms limitation treaty, ne would comply with its initial terms under his authority as chief executive. j Troop use not seen WACUIKir.TAM J 1 lir-U n ?- j . t ffi>v/>?nu vri-? ? * 11.C riraiucui watier r . ivionaaie says the Carter administration has closed the door on the use of American troops in another country "except under the most extreme, compelling circumstances." | Asked whether use of U.S. troops in the ChineseVietnam fighting was considered a possibility, Mondalc said: "Of course, we do not want to send American troops j anywhere, except under the most extreme, compelling ] circumstances. When you talk about deploying American troops and risking American lives, vou need i the highest, the very highest set of national priorities to justify such a use of American manpower.'' Sled race begins ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? Two women, 53 men and 800 dogs hit the trail Saturday on the 1,049-mile Iditarod dog sled race from Anchorage lo Nome, ! setting out on an historic trail blazed by 19th century adventurers. The seventh annual race began under sunny skies in Anchorage. Mushers left Anchorage at iwo-minute intervals. The best among them are expected to reach the Bering Sea gold camp in Nome within two weeks. Krairinff frAof Ki fn^irtnn Vvlir?rt^ " wiuviii^ Iiuiiiunc, IdllgUC, MII/./.UI US CUIU VV1IIU MU1 lllb !, that can send the chill factor plummeting to 130 degrees below zero. Body plan needed SAN FRANCISCO ? A judge will consider today a \ plan to use a convoy of moving vans to ship the 567 poisoned bodies of the Peoples Temple mass murder- j suicide from their temporary storage in a Delaware hangar back to California. The State Department has been negotiating with a half dozen East Coast states to find out where the j bodies could be buried or cremated. p Ifn ifflt ' > S^&aSSB ^ ?H^:$S?fe;: BH >v ?* ? + > * 4 kHR V Hb I II ^^B| Mi .4,U?" "WW *** ^ 'itki-pWF ' is-si.,Js STRTE Shop operator held CONWAY ? A coin shop operator was being held Saturday in connection with a wave of violence that Knrfon nitiU r? UA?1 ? 4 4U? l_ ? ? - ? ? - *1 - * krv5ai1 vvitii ci nuiuujj ui me iiume 01 h coin collector and ended with five persons dead. Horry County Police Chief Herman Enzor said Fred Thomas Whitehead, 30, operator of the Myrtle Beach Coin Shop, was arrested Friday night on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, armed robbery and ' accessory to receiving stolen goods. He was being held at the Horry County jail along with Ronald R. Woomer. 24. of Huntington, W. Va. Etheridge indicted i FLORENCE ? Attorney John R. Etheridge, Jr., former chairman of the Darlington County Democratic Party, has been indicted by a Florence County grand jury on charges of bribery and drug dealing. Etheridge, who quit the party chairmanship after his arrest in connection with a Jan. 24 drug raid, is accused in the indictment returned Friday with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to bribe, distribution of marijuana, bribery and attempted bribery. The indictment is in addition to charges previously _i - < - - ? maae oeiore magistrates in Darlington County and the U.S. Magistrate in Columbia, according to Solicitor Dudley Saleeby Jr. Jobless hold march KINGSTREE ? Several thousand jobless persons held a "want to work" march Saturday morning, claiming state authorities have prevented Williamsburg County from getting federal aid by underestimating the county's unemployment problem. Rep. B.J. Gordon, D-Williamsburg, who organized the march, told an estimated 2,500 pei&ons at a rally afterward, 'Every American has a right to a job. \ "I'm SPrvinP nntipp j-icrht nnii? "? ? '' o "vv,^v * nvn lilt; UUVCI I1U1 b mansion, the county and state development boards and our congressional delegation that something must be done right now, not next year." the Baptist minister said. 'First step' planned Legislation reducing the mandatory school attendance age in South Carolina from 7 years to 6 will be introduced next week as part of Gov. Richard W. Riley's plan for a compulsory kindergarten program. Riley told Senate members of the Legislative Liaison Committee Thursday he is not abandoning hopes for dropping the mandatory attendance age to 5, but thinks a one-year reduction this year would be a good first step. a tfti flH - - , IB B i iH& vr jjj^