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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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