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~ ^ . -.r\. mmmmrnmrn HBHBhIIbH wnm n 1 Red troops to Cuba WASHINGTON ? The Soviet Union apparently slipped its first ground combat elements into Cuba about 10 years ago while U.S. attention was focused on the Vietnam war, according to administration of utiaid. Much of the U.S. intelligence effort had shifted to Southeast Asia and concern about Cuba had ebbed when signs of a possible Soviet command structure were first detected there in the late 1960s, said the officials, who asked not to be named. There was some feeling among intelligence specialists then that the command structure might be in Cuba to oversee what was described to Congress as a "substantial number" of Soviet military advisers, technicians and instructors, these officials said. Since there was no significant buildup of Russian military personnel after that, officials said, intelligence authorities apparently decided there was no cause for alarm. Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance said Wednesday the intelligence community has concluded that a Soviet combat brigade of 2.000 to 3.000 men has been in fhiha since at least the mid-1970s and that elements may have been there since the early 1970s or even before that. n^u i r\ 1 V^JIU CAJUIO II I pilL.C LONDON ? Gold soared more than $ll to a record $341.50 an ounce in Zurich yesterday amid hectic buying. The dollar dropped, depressed by gold's burgeoning value. The massive overnight leap was one of the biggest single jumps in gold's year old climb. The closing figure in Zurich Wednesday was $329,875 an ounce ? the previous high. In T 1 U * * ? " in jLAJiiuuu, guiu openea ai $337,625, up $9.75 from Wednesday's close. I s~\ s~v f~\ rr* n s~\ k /s~\ tr*r*t LCUUCIO HAIFA, Israel ? President Anwar Sadat returned to Egypt yesterday after a brief summit meeting with Prime Minister Menachem Begin that maintained the mr*m*>nflirr? r?f tho no nrrmnfu nnH nrru)unn/1 v??avaavu?i vta vnv pvwv>v pi UVVOO OI1U pi WiUVV/U agreement on three issues. However, no progress was reported on the key problem of autonomy for the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation, and Sadat and Begin also were still split on the emotional issue of Jerusalem's future. The summit, scheduled for only 49 hours and including only about three hours of face-to-face talks between the two leaders, was filled with warmth and expressions of optimism but short on major results. Agreement was reached "in principle" on the Questions of Israel's huvine Sinai oil from F.ffvnt #?arlv A -- ? o ? ?r"? return of Biblical Mount Sinai to Egypt and a temporary Israeli-Egyptian force to supervise Israel's withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula. Sadat told a joint news conference only brief discussion was needed to reach agreement on the three issues. All Wet? Strong winds and heavy Sl&BSill rain this week caused inconvenience to snmn students who battled the storms with or without an umbrella. pgppRP I i^iwB SffljM NATION Oil costs rise WAfilllMniVlM An Pnoronr PWinn rlmnnt nfftniol *1 i i\/ii nn ju' ivsa lyvpui hhviiv vaaiviui said that many Americans may face "a cruel choice between food or heat" this winter because home heating oil costs will be more than 50 percent higher than last vear. Despite the rising costs, Deputy Energy Secretary John F. O'Leary told a congressional hearing, homeowners who heat with oil will have more than enough to get through the winter. O'Leary said the Carter administraation soon will 1 J!l* 1 A?I-A 1112 i 1 ii? eon. isuugress iui an auuiuunai iiiiiiiun, oeyunu me $250 million already appropriated, for energy assistance to low-income families to compensate for higher heating costs. O'Leary testified as a new Library of Congress study claimed that heating oil consumers have been charged $1 billion more in higher prices over the past year than can be justified by inflation in higher crude oil costs. Resources abundant ANCHORAGE, Alaska ? The energy contained in natural gas, crude oil and coal deposits beneath Alaska's land and waters are crucial assets in (Uiivt iva o \jucot w 5CI uul 11UII1 U11UC1 UIC IIIUUCUCI; UI foreign oil producers. However, drilling and mining are competing with another Alaskan resource ? vast tracts of wilderness with a delicate environment, which conservationists want to protect from development. The 49th state's 586,412 square miles of land and the surrounding seas contain: ?At least 10 billion barrels of recoverable oil at Prudhoe Bay, the source for the trans-Alaska pipeline, and an estimated total potential in excess of 300 billion barrels. ?An estimated 238 trillion to 438 trillion cubic feet of natyral gas. ?One trillion tons of rwnvprnhlp r>nal anH Q trillion tons of as yet unrecoverable coal. Some have put recoverable reserves at 1.7 trillion tons. ?All but three of the 33 basic minerals used in modern industry, including uranium. Gay rape probed ? II FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) The court-martial of Air Force Capt. Robert N. Coronado, charged in coimecton with the alleged homosexual rape of an Army enlisted man has been delayed by a federal judge. Coronado, 30, was scheduled to have gone on trial in a military court at Pope Air Force Base on Thursday on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. However, U.S. District Judge John D. Larkins issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday blocking the trial pending the outcome of a dispute over whether military authorities have jurisdiction of the case. Coronado, a flight nurse in the 1st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, is accused of raping Spec. 4 - Jonathan Wade Heaton at Coronado's apartment in Fayetteville on Aug. 17,1978. hMm * s$% rnm^m^ >* V BKSMUBM ^TSBKsMttgSmfBMPB K?BWS*0 MB mm MJj5?K?tS^Ml?ll^^;^~-. } STATE ~ ^..4. A rvo A-AJIIfcMI UUI Ub MU! Jim Carlen's contract as athletic director at South Carolina will not be renewed when it expires three years from now but he would remain as football coach, according to USC trustees. President James B. Holderman has been authorized to offer Gamecock basketball Coach Frank McGuire a : j i? a: t it I vice pi tssiucucy iur puum: mauuiis wnen uie upcoming season ends. McGuire, 65, is going into his 16th season at South Carolina. According to reports, his salary of $54,600 would continue. i uanen, ai soum uaronna lour years, nas supervision over all athletics except basketball. McGuire is his own boss with the title of associate AD. The trustees and Holderman have been considering seeking re-affiliation with an athletic conference in recent weeks. The president rejected an invitation from the Metro 7 last month because it did not have a football program. He said South Carolina was interested in a "full and comprehensive" athletic program in a conference. Budget increases The state Budget and Control Board will receive a budget request today for South Carolina's public schools that is $106 million above this year's budget. The $677.3 million 1380-81 budget was approved Wednesday by the state Board of Education. mosi oi me requested increase will go toward meeting certain legislative mandates, said state Superintendent of Education Charlie G. Williams. One of those mandates is the Education Finance Act, which is in its second year of a five-year phase-in. Williams said almost half the increase, $51 million, will INpH tf? imnlamont tho ont in ?wiv avi, VT I11V.II 13 UCOI^ilCU IU ensure that every public school student is offered an educational program that at least meets minimum state standards. Shealy wins dispute House Clerk Lois Shealy will be allowed to retain her State House offices after all. [ Two legislative committees voted Wednesday to allow Shealy and her staff to remain in the Capitol instead of moving into larger quarters in the Solomon Blatt office building. The House Operations Committee and the State House Committee decided to allow another state agency to use the 3,030-square foot suite originally designed for the clerk's use. Shealy declined last month to move into the larger quarters. She said she was concerned about moving delicate House records. That decision was opposed by Rep. Sterling Anderson, D-Spartanburg, chairman of the House Operations Committee. In a letter to House members, he said the clerk's reluctance to move was "an embarrassment to the House of Representatives." WIUHM1BMMMMBMBM1HII mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn I V^o $ - > i _ vv' -'t-/'' W!tiffl~lBg(WW - 1 5 v. * > ^,-N<*.v. !?K^?SWW