Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\^g-_ - - - || , ^ , _-^ g _ g _-_- g c? r ~ WORLD Objectors resist draft JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA ? An increasing number of young South African men are refusing to report for the draft, many citing the injustice of the war they're being asked to wage, according to church and student sources. "I cannot serve in the military, because the military is an arm of the government which perpetuates an A. _ _! ! _A_. M i J r\_i. ? -11 _ AA unjusi, racist society, saia reier mon, a za-year-uiu Baptist. Moll, who completed his mandatory two-year service some time ago, recently refused to report for a four-day reserve camp on grounds of conscience. He was fined the equivalent of $60 by a military tribunal. Moll said the conditions in South Africa were similar to those in the United States during the Vietnam War. T T 1 O * r_: 1 ...UU. mn1/. :? linkh. uuuci ouuuimnctiu i?tw, cvciy wuuc mate is uauic for two years of military duty. The 65,000-man South African defense force ? three-fourths conscriptees ? is all white, except for small units of colored, indian and black volunteer troops. Nearly half of the South African military is on duty in South-West Africa or the border areas. Church and student sources say more than 10 percent of the estimated 30,000 men called up this year failed to report. Sex education taught MOSCOW ? In the conservative aura of modern Russia, sex is still in the closet ? or at least restricted to the privacy of the bedroom, which is why the project of Moscow school superintendent Georgi L. Aseyev is so daring. He is teaching sex education in schools. From ages 7 to 17, pupils are listening to lectures on love, marriage and biological mechanics. The new program marked its first anniversary last month. Aseyev told The Associated Press that Soviet children were getting "distorted" sexual knowledge in the streets. "Sooner or later, whether he likes it or not, our young people will learn about sex," says Aseyev, a 63-yearold grandfather. "This is a problem we shouldn't pass bv. It is very easy to hurt our students, especially in the period of first love." Indians testing drugs NEW DELHI, India ? Illiterate Indians are being used as "guinea pigs" to test psychiatric drugs made by foreign companies, the United News of India said, quoting a report in an Indian medical journal The drugs are being "pushed" into the country "without proper clinical trials" by foreign mnUinati/inal nnrnnpalinnc tha Tnrlion TAumn! nf II1U1VUUAVIVI1U1 VV& |A/A OilVllO) UIV IllUiCIII UVUllKll Ui Psychiatry was quoted as saying. The companies were not identified. "Innocent Indian patients (are) ... Exploited and used as laboratory animals by enthusiastic (Indian) researchers," the Journal said. It asked the government to ban such experimentation. Coming through? Hp rhis giant Gamecock shows everyone he Bite neans business at the Homecoming Parade fti, J, i n rin - -i- - "ifT?rrr I mi i iun Gunman gives up ATLANTA ? Detective Frank McClure talked all night with the gunman by telephone. He brought him breakfast in exchange for a bullet and offered a satchel * * * i* i _ r L ot casn ana nimseii in excuange iui a nusuigc. When the bespectacled young gunman gave himself up Friday morning, 20 hours after the stand-off began, the veteran policeman embraced him, and the two walked arm-in-arm back inside the hotel where the drama had unfolded. Thousands of spectators burst nrvnloiico Hill/ appiauov. While the gunman, identified as Joseph Thomas Williams, 21, of Buffalo, was charged with armed robbery and kidnapping and a preliminary hearing was set for Monday, Mayor Maynard Jackson 1 1 ?*.ni _ KIAA OA A0Kn? (fnM proclaimed mctiuic a iw ^iwcm, 6?iu hero." "I don't feel like a hero," McClure said. "I feel tired. I'm a sworn law enforcement officer. I feel like it's just part of my job." Music business promising SYRACUSE, N.Y. ? Music students trained in the business end of the music industry can look forward to a Hpalfhv inh market said the director of the recently established music-industry program at Syracuse University. Stephen F. Marcone, assistant professor in Syracuse University's School of Music, said music-industry executives have long been aware that many of their employees, although well trained in music, have no knowledge of business, while those handling business affairs often know very little about music. The bachelor in music industry program at Syracuse University includes internship work in recording ? i no ...Ml no /iaiirc/vo in I t"Uiii{miuca auu [/uuiioiuiig iiuuoco ao ncu no vuuiovo ? ? the legal and business aspects of the industry. Top industry executives are brought to the university to lecture on the realities of "making it" in the music industry. Testicle cancer detection SEATTLE ? Researchers have launched a program of self-examination for early detection of possible malignancies in the testicles of men. Testicular tumors are relatively rare but usually malignant, according to Dr. William B. Hutchinson, director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, which is conducting the program. Hutchingson said testicular cancer was often curable ; C J 4 l 1 _ it.- 1- -i 1 ? ii uclcvicu miu uc<ticu in lus eariy stages, joui, ne added, most cases were now diagnosed in the late stages, making treatment difficult. Death apparent suicide ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Rebecca Ann Coleman was scheduled to testify Monday against a man she said shot her eight times, raped her and raped and killed anouier woman June s in iTansyivama couniy. But Friday, Mrs, Coleman's husband found her dead, an apparent suicide, police said. Coleman, 29, was tn tMtifv MnnHav in Triinsvlvflnifl Cmintv against Konald Felix Brewer, 35, of Sapphire. He is charged with murder in the death of Lyra Rosamond McCanless and with two counts of rape. The alleged incident occurred while the two were on a camping trip in the Whitewater Falls area near Brewer's home. [^At^MwwifMBBBBBiBiBiB^BBBBIBBlMYibbb^kh 11' M ^ I ill I" Mdi Iwj 4* ^jjl^ ^'r4fe^'. ,; ^::P ?J^jM-':*i;.- ?--'.: "'.'. *hjM i|||||l^?^^2m <v S** : <- ' -v ?> -"' ,v'oj <'s v - >'"5""v/7 '" V mmmmmmmm i u qn ? i n mmmmmmnm 1 wmmmmmmmmmL STATE Patrnlman shnt. iniured V? b I *? w % f . . . J ? GREENWOOD, S.C. ? A state highway patrolman was undergoing surgery early Saturday for gunshot wounds he received after stopping a pickup truck for a routine check on a rural road near Laurens. Meanwhile, authorities were searching for the person who shot Patrolman John Smart in the groin, back and hand shortly before 8 p.m. Friday. He was able to get back to his patrol car and radio for help; authorities said. Another patrolman responded and drove Smart to the Laurens District Hospital. He was transferred to Self Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery. State Law Enforcement Division agents and bloodhounds assisted Laurens city and county and Spartanburg county authorities in the search. The attack on Smart marks the 10th time this year that a law enforcement officer has been shot. Four officers were killed by their assailants. Attorney acquitted CONWAY ? North Myrtle Beach attorney John Clarke was acquitted Friday night of charges he tried to hire someone to kill his estranged wife last June. A jury of seven women and five men deliberated 3Mj hours before finding Clarke innocent of two counts of solicitation to commit murder. The accusations against Clarke, 31, were based on a tape recording of a conversation he had with a man he qIWoHIv tritvi tn hirp tn trill Knrpn PlnrlfP | UUVgjVUlJ v* 1VV? vv > ?? V VV ??" va> x/?v?? ??v. In his closing arguments Friday, Clarke's attorney, J.M. Long, said that the case against Clarke was a plot by Mrs. Clarke and several men to set up her husband. Land under foreigners COLUMBIA ? South Carolina has a higher per centage of its land in foreign ownership than any other state in the nation, according to a study being made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. More than 281,000 acres of South Carolina land are owned by foreign corporations and individuals, or 1.4 percent of the total land area of the state. I That percentage is about three times the national - - - * i _ - A % I average, according 10 me sway. About 90 percent of the land under foreign ownership in South Carolina belongs to Bowaters, a British timber and paper corporation. The firm owns 244,000 acres in 30 counties. % **' ::Vv'r y, V; , y'......' : y . .,v '