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WORLD Government in turmoil JERUSALEM ? Prime Minister Menachem Begfn's government seems to be in real trouble. It is suffering (Vnm nnnlitinn U~* * :? * v ii win v.uauiiuii ^ctiiid, a uia^uic uciwccii iwu ui lid mubi powerful members, losses in public and parliamentary support and new tension among the Palestinians of the occupied West Bank. 1 The latest blow came Monday when a tie vote in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, defeated a govern i l!11 a- i _l i* 'ii ? " ? uieru oiu 10 oan aDornons now permuted tor social or [ economic reasons. ; As a result, the four Knesset members from Agudat Israel, an ultra-orthodox religious party, are threatening to withdraw their support from the government. This would leave Begin with only 62 of the 120 Knesset seats, a weak and vulnerable majority of four and a spectacular drop from the majority of 36 he once j had. The majority of four would depend on the suport of two mavericks who say they are still members of the prime minister's Likud Bloc but who vote against the government as often as they vote with it. Opposition whip Moshe Shawal of the Labor Party [ said the abortion vote was "another nail in the government's coffin." Another Labor Party member jj predicted new elections by next November and perhaps sooner. Ambassador's car blasted LISBON, PORTUGAL ? An attacker opened up with submachinp-eun firp and h;ind ironnrlps th<> carrying Israel's ambassador to Portugal yesterday, slightly wounding the envoy, killing his bodyguard and injuring two other persons, Portygal's national news \; agency reported. T^he, agency, ANOP, quoted police as saying the attack occurred as 55-year-old Ambassador Ephraim Eldar was about to get out of his car and enter the Israeli embassy en route from his residence. They said i the reason he Wasn't killed was that he remained in the car during the attack. Polru? listed the ambassador's bodyguard as Portuguese,, but the Israeli Embassy said he was Tsraeli. The two others wounded were identified as an embassy guard and the ambassador's driver. Cambodians flee, land BANGKOK, THAILAND ? More than 10,000 Cambodians, fleeing a new round of fighting in their homeland, crossed into Thailand yesterday, and 20,000 more are expected to cross the border later this week, the Thai command said. The command said the refugees are civilians loyal to ousted Cambodian Premier Pol Pot who is leading a guerrilla war against the Vietnamese-backed regime in Phnom Penh that ousted him in January. A group of U.S. congresswomen toured refugee camps along the Thai-Cambodian border and flew tc Phnom Penh Mondav for talks with Cambodiar leaders on relief aid to sick and starving refugees ir Cambodia. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen told them he was grateful for international aid arriving by plane and ship but termed "not practical" an earlier plan b> three U.S. senators to truck in supplies from Thailand. iM Did you say |g| something? W& This furry creature arouses the at- 3?g| tention of two USC students on Pickens fSflS Street Bridge. 'y V> " r I ' HI?UK.P^iAMH^'K ^.'.k: :' - . V ^ NHTItJN Newlyweds fall hard WEST HAVEN, CONN. ? A bride and bridegroom face a long recovery after surviving a six-story fall from a balcony during a photo-taking session on their wedding night, authorities said. Kenneth and Donna Burke suffered multiple injuries when they tumbled from the balcony and landed on rain-softened grass just inches from a concrete patio, police said. Burke lost his balance while trying to help his bride onto a ledge on the balcony, said Police Chief Salvatore Malinconico. "It was a miracle," said Malinconico. "A couple of inrhpc anH thov wnnlHn't hp " The couple were admitted to the intensive-care unit of Yale-New Haven Hospital after the fall Saturday night but their conditions were upgraded late Monday to satisfactory. Youth supports KKK ABSECON, N.J. ? Aaron Morrison may not get his high school diploma because his principal doesn't like hie- i mo tAii a*vui i iluicu acuviuco. The 17-year-old is a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Officials at Holy Spirit High School say Morrison's diploma, which should have been issued after Morrison completed summer school, is being withheld because he will not renounce his membership in the white supremacist organization. Jerry Kay, an atorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, said Morrison is being penalized for exercising his "freedom of association, freedom of political belief and freedom of speech." Dyslexia is brain disorder BOSTON ? Researchers have found evidence that dyslexia, the learning disorder that affects the reading or writing of an estimated 10 to 15 million Americans, may be caused by abnormalities in the brain, it was reported yesterday. Neurologists examined the brain of a 20-vear-old dyslexic man killed in an automobile accident and found "striking" abnormalities only in the section of his brain considered responsible for language function. The Boston Globe reported in yesterday's editions. "Dyslexia has been thought to be a psychology problem, but it is reallv a muirnlngiral nhnnrmalitv " Dr. Anthony Galaburda, who conducted the research with Dr. Thomas Kemper at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, said. School lunch causes illness HUGO, Okla. ? "Our teacher said, 'Anybody who feels sick can iust run to thf? hathrnnm ' anrl nuoruhnHu got up and started running." The unidentified student was describing a wave of illness that hit her school Monday when students and faculty began "falling like flies," vomiting and complaining of cramps and diarrhea after a school lunch of beef tacos, okra and peach cobbler. Doctors said none of the some 270 victims was likely to die, but some might "wish they were dead." Officials at Franklin Junior Hitfh Srhrinl ^ "ft" UC4IV4 fMV victims contracted what appeared to be food poisoning following the school cafeteria lunch. - r r \ STATE World hunger discussed GREENVILLE ? A record $13 million budget and a proposed fund-raising program to fight world hunger are among items to be discussed during the South Carolina Baptist Convention's annual meeting. Some 2,000 delegates from many of the convention's 1.8H3 churches were exnected to attend the thr#?f?-H?v -1 X "" meeting, which began yesterday morning at Memorial Auditorium. The session theme is "Discipleship-Bold Growing." The proposed 1980 budget, recommended by the convention's General Board, represents an increase of $1.5 million over 1979 spending. Thp HplpOatoe arp cphoHuloH unto nn HihoJhof Hin V UV..VWM.VU IV V/ll TVUVUIVI VliV. convention should undertake an annual fund-raising program to alleviate hunger in the United States and foreign countries. The money would be sent directly to Southern Baptist missionaries to buy food. Longest hearing for PSC COLUMBIA ? The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co ratp hpnrina :ilr??nHv tho lr?nun?t in Pnhlir* Qorvino Commission history, is likely to delay the start of another rate case. The PSC has set Nov. 26 as the opening date for a hearing into a 6 percent overall increase by Southern Bell. However, it is expected the current SCE&G hearing may run through the first week in December. PSC counsel Robert T. Bockman predicted Monday that the Southern Bell hearing will be deferred until the SCE&G case is completed. In terms of hearing days, Bockman said, the current o :? a I i ? A. r\n/^i t_ _*. * * o^r^cKvjr iaie uasu is uii' lungesi in nisiory. lie explained that SCE&G's 1977 rate case lasted five calendar weeks, but hearings were held only three days a week. The PSC has been hearing the SCE&G case five days a week since Oct. 22. PnrlcQ qi ihip>rt of qi ir\/o\/ I I x w s_/ V_/ | V_- I O W I V V_/? y i COLUMBIA ? The accessibility of South Carolina state parks to the handicapped will be the subject of a joint survey by several state groups. ! Fred P. Brinkman, executive director of the state ; Parks, Recreation and Tourism, said 13 parks have ! been chosen for the survey. The facilities, he said, : represent a cross section of different kinds of parks. The study will focus on the extent that architectural barriers discourage or keep the immobile from enjoying recreational areas. Inmates' project a winner , Columbia ? A project by inmates at the Kirkland Correctional Institute has been chosen the best in international competition of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The prison's Jaycee chapter will be honored Nov. 24 for its Sesame Street project, a daycare program for inmates' children. The project is the first by a correctional institurion chapter to win the t(jp award, according to L. Townnes Kawls, one of the project's j originators. The project was chosen from among 86 worldwide and was the only entry from the United States. Rawls said he was notified of the honor by telephone from Sweden Saturday.