Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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waSml Amin's city silent NAIROBI, Kenya ? Residents of Kampala described Idi Amin's capital as a deserted and silent n/v.m an*p lon/1 1 J >iu->iiaii o iauu niuiauojr, wiui juiuyciu uciciiuers retreating on one side and Tanzanian and exile invaders massed on the other. "The fighting has pretty well died down, and the Libyans are on the road east to Jinja," a diplomat in Nairobi reported after contacting people in the Ugandan capital. "The people there are relieved, even ecstatic. They believe it's all over in terms of any fighting. Amin's whereabouts were publicly unknown. He was last sighted three days ago in the eastern border areas he still controls, confidently predicting victory even though his armies were evaporating before the inuaflorc O nrl (ho T iKlinno ntnxn in t uuvi u uuu uiv uiujraiio wci c ill i cu CdL. Sadat threatens CAIRO, Egypt ? President Anwar Sadat Thursday asked Palestinians to join in the peace process with Israel and warned against terrorist attacks on Egypt, saying his country will return every slap with "one hundred and one thousand slaps." Terrorist bombers struck against both Egypt and Israel Thursday, apparently in retaliation for their peace treaty. Pol Pot flees BANGKOK, Thailand ? Former Cambodian Premier Pol Pot and some of his followers fled across the border to Thailand after their remote guerrilla headquarters and their last stronghold at Pailin were overrun, the Vietnam news agency said Thursday. There was no independent confirmation of the Hanoi report. Three months ago, invading Vietnamese troops drove Pol Pol's pro-Chinese government from Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, and installed a pro-Vietnamese regime of Cambodian Communists headed by President Heng Samrin. Protests continue NEW DELHI, India ? Violent protests over the execution of former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto erupted for the second day Thursday in Kashmir, and the leader of India's predominantly Mnclom ctofo o.r\rvnn iVAVUIVIll OM4W aFFvax<&U 1V/1 V^CXllli . The United News of India, the nation's domestic news service, said police fired tear gas to disperse 9,000 protesters who tried to set fire to the Ahmediya Mosque in central Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. There was no immediate word on injuries or arrests. I 111 , A H i On the Ml waterfront H WM Harbor Town in Sea Pines Plantation UII nuiuri ntsuu isiunuis one Of trie most :j;::|W:ra 1!^ beautiful spots in South Carolina's low wilPP Bill Bollln ?GAMECOCK ' I I i| f 1 rf-fntiiini I NATION Nl?m nt rr\ i icq 1 I \ IV-/VINO I VJ U HARRISBURG, Pa. ? With a stable but still highly radioactive reactor ready for a cold shutdown, attention has shifted to the cause of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Engineers said three separate human errors contributed significantly to crippling the power plant eight days ago, at least one in violation of federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC, regulations. NRC engineer Darrell Eisenhut, who briefed NRC commissioners Wednesday, said mechanical as well as design problems also were "major contributors" to the accident. But he emphasized that eight similar plants around the country could continue to operate "without undue risk to the health and safety of the public." Physicists working round the clock at the contaminated Susquehanna River site examined a number of reactor shutdown options, including one proposed by the plant's designer, Babcock & Wilcox, that could do the job in 10 days. Prices up?again WASHINGTON ? Wholesale prices increased another 1 percent in March, the same as in February, as inflation continued to rage at the highest level in more than four years, the government said Thursday. The Labor Department said wholesale prices, which eventually are reflected in the prices consumers pay, rose at a seasonally adjusted rate of 14.1 percent during the first three months of 1979. It was the largest quarterly advance since the fourth quarter of 1974. But a hint of some future relief from rising food prices was contained in the March price report. Consumer food prices were up 1.2 percent, the smallest increase this year, and prices of crude foodstuffs rose just 0.2 percent, down sharply from the 3.8 percent increase the month before. Strike: strength test WASHINGTON ? As a four-day trucking shutdown sends shock waves through the auto industry, government officials say truckers and the giant Teamsters union could stay locked in a "test of strength" at least into next week. Federal mediators arranged a resumption of contract talks Thursday for the first time since the industry lockout of striking Teamsters began Sunday. However, sources said no rapid progress seemed likely to break the impasse. "I think I would expect it to continue into next week," said an official, who asked not to be named. "There will be a test of strength for a few days." | i|"iiiiM)i^iitww?nmiiL hi I. n mi .in mi. : i \ \ I I \ r:V ? j * ' < 4 STRTE PSC bill opposed If the South Carolina Legislature gives the governor authority in the selection of Public Service Commission, PSC, members, there's no telling where his expanded powers will lead, says one House member. Rep. John G. Felder, D-Calhoun, told the House Wednesday he opposes a bill to change the way that PSC members are chosen because he is not convinced it is better than the current system and it might set a dangerous precedent. Felder spoke for two hours and 15 minutes against the measure Wednesday and indicated he was ready to speaK tnrough tne night before an adjournment vote cut him off. Plant won't receive Chem-Nuclear's burial site in Barnwell County is not authorized to receive radioactive material from the stricken Three Mile Island nuclear unit near Harrisburg, Pa., according to a South Carolina health official. Hey ward Shealy, chief of radiological health at the Department of Health and Environmental Control, said Wednesday the radioactive level of wastes from Three Mile Island's No. 2 reactor has not been determined. Check bill approved A bill spelling out what merchants need to do to prosecute writers of bad checks has been approved by the South Carolina Senate. Sen. Rembert C. Dennis, D-Berkeley, said the business community had expressed an avid interest in the legislation because merchants have been "hit hard" by fraudulent checks. ThP hill (Ave a mornhant mlinn ? ?1 1. ~ ? ...vivnaiu, nucil aV.VC)il.lll^ a CIltXR, must obtain the writer's full name, residence and home telephone number. Otherwise, the merchant could not prosecute the writer if the check bounced. Explosion unlikely The theory that a gas explosion caused a cofferdam collapse that killed seven men at Lake Keowee last October has been laid to rest by a firm that investigated the accident. The Law Engineering Testing Co. of Columbia has been investigating the collapse for the state Department of Labor. NIUJIIII.I II "I ? :ajflg; : .:{;::::::j::^;>:;:::;^:::::^% r* B| . :' ::??*#.>S?&:''" ' '' v(^B8RPK3jR|HB8P^MBB|E^3wft^itSMMBB :^"'-j"r>:\T^B v^x^x^/wx^MSailMt ^ . ;: /v.'-". \ :-: M.--^ - - - BbI