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WORLD I unna ready to tight BANGKOK, Thailand ? Vietnam said Thursday that instead of withdrawing its troops, China is strengthening o its forces in the frontier area in preparation for more p fighting and on Wednesday continued to attack Viet- r< namese border areas. "While their leaders talk about withdrawal," said Hanoi's Communist Party newspaper, Nhan Dan, J "Chinese troops continue killing, shelling, burning and u destroying economic establishments with the aim of H paralyzing the Vietnamese economy and forcing it into poverty." o Uganda to attack R NAIROBI, Kenya ? Foreign observers expect Ugandan President Idi Amin to launch a counter- j offensive in about a week with sizable Libyan aid against an invasion force of Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles. h With most of southwest Uganda reported in the hands a of his enemies, Amin said a counterattack was in the a offing and called on his troops to fight to the last man. PN ' 1 " Peace 'within reach' 5 CAIRO, Egypt ? President Carter,on the first leg of a ^ pilgrimage for peace between Egypt and Israel, arrived today in Cairo where thousands of Egyptians turned out to greet him. Carter, risking American prestige and possibly his : political fortunes on his oersonal npapp-mflkino miccinn ll said peace is "within reach" just before he left Washington Wednesday night. tl Officials here were optimistic that the trip would v result in a settlement of generation-old differences n between the two neighbors. A cartoon in the leading newspaper here showed Air Force One with an angel of P peach clinging to its tail. si a TrpriK/ nr^ccihlo p I I V->* J Jo' W \JsJ I k-/ I O TEL AVIV, Israel ? Prime Minister Menachem Begin > j came home from Washington today and told his people j they may have a peace treaty with Egypt within a few ; weeks. "This has been a good week for Israel," Begin rfwlarpH aftpr lanHinu ut Hon C-nvmr, \;- r ? mi. jLivirvjuiiuii nil [AJI I, d ICW |> hours after President Carter arrived in Cairo on the first h stop of his Mideast peace mission. n Begin sounded a combative note toward Israelis who contend that the United States pushed him into com- E promising Israel's position and that Carter's visit is p aimed at increasing the pressure. r^-r* A mm mm ^m X- Xw:{Ma? ^ America's favnrit&ZZZZL Post-time 1PP Jim Brodie is shown practicing at the Aiken mile track for this z Saturday's Trinln Cmwn mno pjp Bill Bollln-OAMECOCK ' ^.. JS'*V'W Oil cuts announced [ NEW YORK ? Iran plans to cut by half the amount of CO il produced under the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Trial ahlavi and to seek the highest price possible, the new charj evolutionary government said today. publi Fif The announcement came one day after Mexico ? Fadd 'men supplies aDout two percent of tne crude oil used inves aily in the United States ? said it "almost certainly" An( ill boost prices. progi The United State's southern neighbor also cautioned infoi 1 n Wednesday that it can't assist U.S. airlines, some so missi ard-pressed they have canceled hundreds of flights. t U J Mi .eserves may be used [ miliU Ernes NEW ORLEANS ? The Strategic Petroleum Reserve Hoi I O P fKl If J A ?1-* -,1: 1 " * icio iiiuo mi aiui cu umy to nmiiun Darreis 01 cruae on out will b ilready there's talk in Washington about pumping it out of op nd using it. Parri The However, project manager Donald Mazur of New rleans said Wednesday he knows of no decision by f . 'resident Carter to start taking crude out of the un- r erground caverns in the fall. If the oil should be needed, e added, it will be available on demand. f Carter criticized ^ merv WASHINGTON ? Organized labor charged Thursday atp,n hat President Carter's proposed budget cuts for 1980 ? tt wuld be "devastating" to most Americans and would Betty ot make a significant dent in the inflation rate. leave The AFL-CIO told Congress that Carter, in response to . ublic concerns about accelerating prices and taxes, eems "willing to risk recession, rising unemployment nrl r*i itKonl/c in ~ ~ ~' ' " ? in vimi awiai programs ior me ap- **"* earance of 'fiscal responsibility.'" 2i nflation rate studied *g? in the jense WASHINGTON ? The Carter administration is Kjn, ondering ways to curb the sharp food price rises that police ave paced the economy's high inflation rate and show j o sign of slacking up anytime soon. Qn < President Carter's chief anti-inflation warrior, Alfred issuec !. Kahn, said Wednesday that a "food-price fight" there rogram is in the works. volunl fflj ?& -yy&'fy <?(b4^ w \va v. w v,w?*? >? ^ aw^umu?vi?uwn(II)i? . ftii^iWiim^f 111ii 11 i^jcMyry^ ;j a&88iliSMfe&ft& Sir:/;'i>',;":" Sfoni jjW>^ftP>^^'y^SSxvJ?Ryyv*y ^Wfwwww99WWW<W t^"*-J*k~T ^ ,. -A.---.' Jf L ?XO>iXW^A^'.v-'- Av.w. //v. v. ... **$ . ''#? * ? : ' _ ' ' . , ' ' STFSTE Director charaed - LUMBIA? The director of Richland County's PreIntervention office, PTI, H.P. McFadden, was *ed Wednesday with embezzling about $15,000 in c funds. th Circuit Solicitor James C. Anders said Mcen, 33, was arrested Wednesday after a two-day tigation by two employees of the solicitor's office, iers said his office began looking into the PTI am's finances after auditors Monday afternoon tned him that a sum of monev was ann^rpntiv i ?r i ?""J ng. litary not to be cut SHINGTON ? There will be no reduction of iry operations in South Carolina, according to Sen. ;tF. Hollings, D.-S.C. lings said Wednesday operations at Fort Jackson e expanded and that there would be no curtailment erations at the Marine Corps training center at s Island. i senator said a Department of Defense report lmended closing Fort Dix in New Jersey and [erring some of its operations to Fort Jackson. ity accounts short ARLESTON ? The State Law Enforcement ion will investigate a $14,000 shortage in Sumille city government accounts, according to city ley Walter M. Bailey Jr. rk-treasurer J. Gordon Jenkins and bookkeeper Sedivy voluntarily went on unpaid administrative pending completion of the probe, he said. ikins, clerk-treasurer for nearly five years, is ted with overall operation of the city's office, y, who has worked for the city for about 15 years, es receipt of funds, he said. nd officer innocent >JWAY ? A second Myrtle Beach law enforcement r has been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter death of Grand Strand businessman Flemming n. es, 26, and Robert M. McNeill, 24, an auxiliary man, were indicted this past month in connection ensen's death last Oct. 14. Tuesday, Special Circuit Judge James W. Sparks 1 a directed verdict of innocent for McNeill, saying uiac :J ?- ' 1 * * mmmmmtnmmrwwy mm iw wary manslaughter. - _j*^fs I'jjni' -^i:. L ^ ';;' x ** "* ^ S6I6E.W*1* %" *11? : ^MBI^B|H|lBi^l?'',:-v ' '^t iii r-4^* W-- ::', <:; V ^ ?