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WORLD Coe quits meet LONDON ? The next time Sebastian Coe runs competitively will be next year when he begins his buildup for the Moscow Olympics, he said. Coe withdrew from a track meet at London's Crystal Palace following an argument with a policeman which interrupted his training session for Friday night's meet. The policeman had informed the 22-year-old economics graduate that he was causing an obstruction on a narrow road in Richmond Park, a vast open space southwest of London. ~ 1 ? A _ A A Z ~ 4 />AA <joe, wno aoagea an mviiauon iu compeie m a i,owmeter relay at the Crystal Palace last weekend, had set the world record for the mile and 800 meters on July 5 in Oslo, Norway before breaking the mark for the 1,500 meters two weeks ago in Zurich, Switzerland. No right turns QUEBEC ? The City of Montreal does not have much faith in its own drivers. City officials said Tuesday they would not approve immediate application for right turns on red lights because Quebec drivers and pedestrians "do not have the same discipline and sense of responsibility that can be found in other Canadian provinces or different U.S. states." David strikes islands SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico ? Hurricane David regained its strength and lashed the Virgin Islands and the south coast of Puerto Rico with gale winds and torrential rains early yesterday after battering two of the Windward Islands. Radio operators reported heavy property damage on the islands of Dominica and Martinique, but there were no reports of casualties. Actor Gould robbed MONTREAL ? Actor Elliott Gould had some uninvited guests at his 41st birthday party. While Gould was partying on a movie set here, some thieves were busy ransacking his van dressing room. A publicist for the film said nothing of value was stolen. Wednesday's partv was attended bv the crew and cast members, Kate Jackson and Arthur Hill. The movie? "Dirty Tricks." Paddling around HI! m C/ta/^#<s om// C#AI/A HHHKflr wi/cr uocif(7f? uriu u(av(7 # Diai/U/n practice for the upcoming Raft NnTIDN MacDonald jailed RALEIGH, N.C. ? A federal judge sentenced former Green Beret doctor Jeffrey MacDonald to three consecutive life terms Wednesday after 12 tearful jurors pronounced mm guilty of murdering nis wite ana two young daughters. Asked by U.S. District Court Judge Franklin T. Dupree if he had anything to say, the 35-year-old Huntington Beach, California emergency physician stood and said in a steady voice, "Sir, I'm not guilty. I don't think the court has heard all the evidence. That's all I have to say." His former father-in-law, Alfred Kassab, said his pleasure was bittersweet. He waged a lengthy campaign to have MacDonald brought to trial for the 1970 slayings at Fort Bragg. Feminists protest NEW YORK ? Former congresswoman Bella Abzug and feminist Gloria Steinem rnwpd alono thp Ink#* in " ? ?""O ?W " Central Park and waved a sign: "Fed up with inflation? Send your bills to Congress." The women said Wednesday's nautical demonstration launched a nationwide grassroots protest against inflation. Abzug said the $3 boat ride was to demonstrate that "while President Carter was on a showboat on the Mississippi, Americans were left up the creek in the fight against rising prices." Redford guarded OSAGE BEACH, Mo. ? Actor Robert Redford required such heavy security at the Midwestern Governors Conference that Gov. Joseph Teasdale of Missouri joKingiy questioned wnetner ne (Teasdale) was being given adequate security. Redford, here to talk to the governors about environmental issues, was ushered in to a news conference Tuesdav bv five Missouri Hicfhwnv The governor entered seconds later with no police escort. Teasdale turned to newsmen at the rear of the chamber and quipped: "I've been attacked by five people while they were guarding him." Teachers armored CLEVELAND ? Some members of the Board of Education may wear bullet-proof vests as a result of the controversy over Cleveland's school desegregation program, the board vice president said. Board business manager George J. Mazzaro confirmed Tuesday the vests are being made available to board members A limited desegregation plan affecting 23,000 pupils in 26 elementary schools, five junior highs and three high schools is planned for this year in the 92,941-pupil system, which has two-thirds non-white enrollment. The plan requires the busing of 9,500 pupils. EaWMf^jif *??? j^pQ^pg^/ ^ v*? f!?V83B VE! aTnTE Pot Smuggling CHARLESTON ? South Carolina ranks third behind Florida and Georgia in the volume of illegal pot and cocaine smuggling, according to a U.S. Customs Service official. VI 1J I I il. A. _ 1 A. !i_ li wouia oe ueiier 10 legalize marijuana ana iax lis use than to continue fighting drug smuggling in the present manner, said Frank G. Kinney Jr., patrol director for the service's Charleston district. Customs agents are seizing about 7 percent of the estimated 750 tons of marijuana that is brought into South Carolina each year. Huge sums of money are exchanging hands, untaxed, he said. He estimated 80 tons of marijuana are brought into the state each month, much of it in small airplanes and most of it from Colombia, South America, which exports about 9,000 tons annually. Evangelist charged v_/ vx COLUMBIA ? Evangelist Leroy Jenkins, who is trying to get out of prison while he appeals his conspiracy conviction, has been charged in a civil lawsuit with copyright infringement and unfair competition. An Ohio-based religious organization, The Way International, charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court were that Jenkins is unlawfully using a phrase it coined. The Way claims it created the slogan "Power for Abundant Living" more than 10 years before the Leroy Jenkins Evangelistic Association, also named in the complaint, began using it. Jenkins is serving a 12-year term for conspiring to assault a highway patrolman and an Anderson IndeDendent reDorter. and to burn the homes of the patrolman and a Belton man. Solar energy possible CLEMSON ? Solar energy could supply as much as 75 percent of home heating needs in western South Carolina, one of the nation's leading solar experts told a seminar at Clemson University. Edward Mazria, an Albuquerque, N.M., architect and author of "The Passive Solar Energy Book," addressed the first session of a two-day seminar WednesdflV on firiftrPv-rnnspinns rociHonHol * * W1UVIIV1UI Passive solar-heated homes do not overheat in the summer and Ho not h^lnno ovnllicuralir in fVin C/\t?4U ??? ? W WVIVII^ VAVlUOlTblJ 111 UIC OUUU1" west, he told some 400 architects, engineers, builders and students attending the seminar. r^ncnnnl nni inrlrtnrQ I U UUI I V_v< \-A I IV^V-/ ItuLtivim/i i/yjtj ? aoum uaronna is now a leader in the Southeast ,if not in the nation in gasohol production, a conference on the substitute fuel was told Tuesday. More than 200 perdons attending the meeting at the state house were told that gasohol is a new and burgeoning industry -r and that South Carolina is shaping up to be a leader in the field. Lamar Prister, director of the Governor's Office of (Energy Resources, said the state produces about 30,000 gallons of alcohol a month for use as a fuels supplement. yK : -x^^Mi^^|iaai^^^BPfYV^T^nm^?lffBMBaqBa ^BHBHBR?^Cf^^wywffi'i r ''1- jn^jB^WBiB X