Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'worldI Pullout questioned RAMnvnir Tk?;u~i -? ???> ^viiw/ii, a imluiiiu V/Uiiid 2s<iiu monaay 11 wss withdrawing its invasion army from Vietnam after a bioodyd 16-day war of "punishment," but Hanoi claimed the fighting was escalating and ordered a general mobilization "for national salvation." Peking's official news agency said Chinese troops began pulling out Monday after achieving their goal of ueaung oevasiaung diows to Vietnamese armed forces." It warned Vietnam against new border provocations. Several hours later, the newspaper of the Vietnamese Communist Party said the Chinese announcement "is contrary to the real situation in the \ battlefields." China "is stepping up its aggression, and its troops are frantically destroying Vietnamese villages," the paper i\nan uan said in a commentary reported by the Vietnamese News Agency. Shah's men killed TEHRAN. Iran ? Seven more officials cA thp regime have been executed in Iran. A communique from the revolutionary government says they were j killed by firing squad after being found guilty in a j secret trial in the Islamic Revolution Court. The communique says a long deliberation found all seven guilty as ? in its words ? "seditious persons of the earth." Included among those executed were four generals. Two were former chiefs of the army court held j responsible by the revolutionary regime for executing and jailing thousands of dissidents. The two other j generals were the former military governors of ' Mashad and Tabriz. They were held responsible for S killing protesters during the anti-shah rioting. i. ? k A ' I . v^arrer to /v\ia-easr WASHINGTON ? President Carter will fly to the Middle East today in an attempt to break the EgyptianIsraeli deadlock over a peace treaty. Carter will go to Cairo and then Jerusalem on a trip officials described as "open-ended." The trip was announced by the White House Monday, just hours after the Israeli Cabinet followed Prime Minister Menacnem Begin's recommendation and voted by a narrow margin to accept new U.S. peace proposals. Israeli officials feel that the trip is a breakthrough in the Mideast peach process, but they're warning that the 16-month search for peace is not over. In a statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Begin said there was "good hope a peace treaty will be signed" as a result of Carter's forthcoming trip. 4 Winter scene 1 A deer pauses to have his picture taken in this reminder that despite the Uia#m O O 2 M n ^ ??- ?.All# ? wa im \sai\jiiiia rwrra nitrr, nrirnor IS SI III 0 powerful influence onmost of the nation. Wi 1 A /j : * Joe GelUci ? GAMECOCK Jjfll Divorce law no good WASHINGTON ? The Supreme Court has ruled that state laws providing alimonev for women but not for men are unconstitutional. j The justices struck down an Alabama divorce law that requires some husbands to pay alimony to their ex-wives but makes no provision for wives to make payments to their ex-husbands. The court concluded this statute violated the 14th Amendment, which guarantees equal protection of the laws to all persons. As a result of the court's ruling, 11 other states, including New York, have two options. The can outlaw alimoney payments for either sex, or provide "individualized hearings" at which a judge may examine Loe nnanciai circumstances of both parties involved in a divorce situation, and may order either spouse to pay alimony to the other. Cancer deaths rise WASHINGTON ? The Senate was told today that cancer deaths in the U.S. are continuing to rise, despite advances in treating some forms of the disease. A top official of the National Cancer Institute said that from 19(59 to 1976, cancer among white men increased by about one percent a year; among women and blacks, the rate of increase was nearly twice that. The official, Dr. Marvin Schneiderman, noted that the increase has begun to slow down. But he said it's the only major cause of death that keot increasing _ m C7 through 1976. lonnallyagainst SALT WASHINGTON ? G.O.P. Presidential candidate John Connaly says lie does not favor a strategic arms limitation treaty with the Soviets at any cost. He says calling off the "SALT" negotiations might end what he icriiis American aeiusions aboutSoviet intentions." Connally also called for the resumption of the draft. Democrat indicted MONROE, Louisiana ? The federal court trial of former Congressman Otto Passman begins Monday in Monroe, Louisiana. The Louisiana Democrat was indicted in March 1978 on charges of taking 213thousand dollars in bribes from South Korean businessman Tongsun Park. He also is accused of failing to report 143-thousand dollars of it on his federal income tax returns. fm y' 15M&- Sh? STATE CJourt acted too soon The U.S. Supreme Court has told a lower South Carolina court it must reconsider a 16-month-old abortion decision that barred state authorities from prosecuting a Columbia physician for murder. The Supreme Court, in its brief decision, left many people puzzled about the exact meaning of the ruling, which asked the federal court to defer to the state court on the issue concerning an aborted male fetus that lived 21 days in 1974. The abortion was performed by Dr. Jesse Floyd. Legal sources said the Supreme Court told a threejudge federal panel in S C. it acted too soon in 1977 by overturning substantial portions of South Carolina's abortion laws before state judges had a chance to hear the case. Fowler chosen The chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, Don Fowler, has been named chairman of the committee to select a site for the National Democratic Convention next year. Fowler's selection was announced today by John White, Chairman of the National Democratic Committee. Fowler said a number of cities are expected to bid for the convention. He said his committe will study their proposals and visit each of the cities to inspect their convention facilities. Fowler said a decision on the convention site is expected to be made by early July of this year. The National Democratic Convention will be held in the summer of next year. I Ull^fcJ UI1 INCH CONWAY ? Two police officers went on trial this afternoon on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the October death of Myrtle Beach motel operator Flemming Jensen. At their arraignment, the two officers pleaded innocent. On trial are James King, a Myrtle Beach patrolman, and Robert McNeill, an auxiliary officer. Defense attnrnm/c _ ..%/ j u wv*UJ Ui f,UWI IVI O change of venue, saying pre-trial publicity had made a fair trial impossible. Judge James Sparks denied the motion. Jensen died October 14th after receiving head injuries at the Myrtle Beach City Jail the previous night. The incident occurred while officers were nilttinrt him m " ~ei * arresl on a charge ol public drunkenness. iB^^^^HE(jH^^^^?|IM^^BRp^fejpPNS3|^^^H|K2P!^^^^^^lte**3?,i""?^t*,**^^^"jBii ii^W _^Lf ' "v- ~~~~ / vj- 4 ^ . '-m r if ?* ' *'- * f i ? ! , I j f A I . / |Lf s / j ~ ' * .- .3*..,f*r\ - ?