Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WORLD Spy trial date to be set TEHRAN, Iran ? Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's regime announced Friday it will set a spy trial date soon for some of the 50 American hostages at the U.S. Embassy and that death sentences were possible. The government also struggled to put down a rebellion in the northwest by the nation's biggest ethnic minority. Announcement that a trial date would be set was made by Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, who also said he oped those not suspected of spying will be released "as soon as possible," and that arrangements were being made for all the captives to be visited. He gave no indication how many of the hostages might be selected for trial, or exactly when the date for the tribunal would be given. There have been persistent, but unconfirmed reports that about eight hostages have been under intensive interrogation during the past two weeks. Shah's nephew killed PARIS ? A nephew of the deposed Shah of Iran was shot and killed Friday as he left his mother's home in Paris' fashionable 16th district, police said. Sources said the man was shot twice in the head with a pistol as he left the house. His mother is a twin sister of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Police said the victim, one of two sons of Princess Ashraf, was shot by a motorcyclist at about 1 p.m. The victim, whose name was not immediately available, was identified only by his relationship to Princess Ashraf. In New York, a spokeswoman for the shah confirmed the shooting, but did not know which of the two sons was the victim. Gas exports to double OTTAWA ? Canada has agreed to nearly double its natural gas exports to the United States through 1987 and says it will sell the additional 3.75 trillion cubic feet of gas at current prices, which are lower than Mexico's. Ray Hnatyshyn, the Conservative government's energy minister, announced approval of the additional sales on Thursday. / He said the gas from Alberta would be sold at the current price of about $3.45 per 1,000 cubic feet. That's 17 cents less than the $3.62 per 1,000 cubic feet Mexico will start charging the United States for its gas after Jan. 1. J gm ri ? ? -nr FREE COFFE1 EXAM WEEK at all Dining Service locat I during normal serving per -Reading Day through Dec, Good Ituclc on Exa and. Msrrv Christm I JL UNIVERSITY DlNlk '<? SCNVK M &%?!*** "TM* PKOPLK MLSAiena' y ''SSraK? Toys 'booby prizes' WASHINGTON ? Toys being sold this Christmas season include a goo that could ruin rugs and furniture, a racetrack that will take parents eight hours to assemble and a music machine that makes no music, a consumer group reports. These are among the toys awarded booby prizes last week by the Consumer Affairs Committee of niuci icaiia IUI ucmwittui: m:uuu m iu> uiuiiuti iujr ratings. The group singled out a smaller number of toys for praise. Ann Brown, head of the committee, said the selections were based on safety, good play value, realistic packaging and advertising, sturdiness and durability. Children of various ages were given the toys to see their reactions. Among toys criticized were: ? "The Ork Egg" by Mattel, retailing for $1 to $2. ?"Raceway Pit Stop 812" by JBrumberger, selling for $10 to $15. ?"Disney Mickey Mouse Music Machine" by F.J. StraussCo.-Strasco, selling for less than $5. r j. i. _ i rrui parry oDScene CHAPEL HILL ? A fraternity-sorority Christmas party at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last week turned into an obscene and violent ordeal for the women, say a group of Duke University sorority members who have filed a formal complaint against the fraternity. The complaint by 19 members of Duke's Alpha Omicron Pi was brought after they attended the UNC Zeta Psi fraternity chapter party at the Chapel Hill pamniis Inst u/fvpk According to the complaint, the women found the fraternity house decked with obscene decorations. After a short time, they said, they began to be harassed. About the time a Santa Claus appeared bearing "disgusting" gifts, they said, they tried to leave. However, they found the doorknob had been removed and had to escape by climbing out a window. Fraternity members exposed themselves, dumped drinks on them, put feces on one girl's lap and pulled at the girls' clothing, they said. Members of the fraternity face possible expulsion from school if the allegations are born out, and the fraternity could be kicked off the campus. n I Give a Chmstmas pi ?i A new vor for tha For Only $20.70 you ca I iat!UI IAI Ob B For Only $17.25 you car p Best Re&6in ib by giving a S ions D lOdS My Name is 20? Campus Address Phone ms ins! ^or: ^ame Address Phone L__ Make checks payable to: Unic and mail to: Union,Station, RH ?J 5TRTE Sheriff wants to serve DARLINGTON ? Suspended Darlington County Sheriff Jack O'Tuel, who was acquitted on charges of accepting bribes, says he plans to continue to serve the county as long as its citizens want him. "I intend to make Darlington County one of the best sheriffs possible with the help of God and the citizens," O'Tuel said Thursday after a county jury found him innocent. O'Tuel, 44, was charged with five counts of accepting a total of $2,250 in bribes from John R. Etheridge, once a prominent attorney ana politician in Darlington County. Etheridge, a key witness in the three-day trial, had testified he gave O'Tuel the money about a year ago in exchange for the sheriff's looking the other way as marijuana was smuggled into the county. Man cries in court COLUMBIA ? A young man who tried to get acquainted with a young woman juror hearing a case against his brother was sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of court. "Take my life," groaned Clarence Portee as he struggled with deputies at the Richland County Courthouse. "Please don't put me in jail. Oh God. I work I co to school. Oh Jesus." Portee began crying when he was sentenced Thursday by Circuit Judge William T. Howell. Then he buried his face in his hands and moaned, finally screaming. The deputies then began carrying him out. Authorities said Clarence Portee had frightened the juror by following her to her home 20 miles from Columbia and asking to see her after the proceedings were over. Planes to aid British CHARLESTON ? Pilots and planes from Charleston Air Force Base will help transport British personnel and military equipment to Zimbabwe Rhodesia next week, an Air Force spokesman said. Britain asked the United States to help airlift a peacekeeping force that was agreed upon Wednesday by the British government and two warring factions in the African nation. Two CP5 cargo planes from Dover Air Force Base, Del., and 10 C-141 jet transports from Charleston, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., and Rhein Main Air Base, Germany, have been assigned to ferry trucks, trailers, helicopters, drivers and mechanics to Salisbury, Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Resent that Lasts All Spring | :k times Subscription t Special Friend n send the best in lnfcnnitiA*sil AtiUi iiiwi^aiMbBV/iiui a i^W9 VAIiy i send one of the q GxpeRiences AvailaBle unday subscription. LJ . ciun.ii i i t;i c; * i i ^????????V^^E<-???^