The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 07, 1980, Page Page 2, Image 2

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TB3BBK8B WORLD Hostage breakthrough TKHRAN, Iran ? The Moslem militants who have held some 50 Americans hostage at the II S Rmhassv in Tehran for 125 days yesterday asked the ruling Revolutionary Council to take over responsibility for the captives. The dramatic development seemed to signal a major breakthrough toward ending the crisis. But Iranian authorities, who have said a final decision on the Kal' O itAP lift 1 1 /\ 4 r* a m a I A 1 ? nuoiagco win nwi ut' uiciuu uuiii /\(ji ii ui may, iuiu uu immediate comment to indicate whether they now might be freed sooner. The militants' decision to surrender the hostages, first reported by Tehran Radio, appeared to clear the way for a U.N. investigating commission to meet with them as planned. Pr^l/ictr^n I I Q r-^ I I UMOIUI I I U | O L I J V^IVU ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ? Pakistan rejected an offer of $400 million in IIS aid to strpntfthpn its Hpfpn<;p<; against the Russians in neighboring Afghanistan. It said it would depend on its own, "unity and strength" and the "time-tested friendship" of China. Agha Shahi, President Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq's foreign affairs adviser, told a meeting of municipal leaders Wednesday "Pakistan has sDecificallv dissociated itself from any U.S. initiative to introduce the relevant (aid) legislation in the American Congress." He said President Carter's offer of $200 million in military aid and $200 million in economic aid over a two-year period was too small to improve Pakistan's defense capability. Zia called the offer "peanuts" when Carter first made it in January. Guerrillas free 1 hostage BOGOTA, Colombia ? The leftist guerrillas holding the Dominican Embassy freed one of their two dozen hostagesyest v; dLy, Austrian Ambassador Edgar Selzer. The 47-year-old Selzer, one of about 15 ambassadors held by the M-19 guerrillas, was freed because his wife is in very poor health and her husband's captivity was causing her excessive stress. U.S. Ambassador Diego Asencio remained amnnp the rantive<; The Austrian ambassador was freed at 7:30a.m. and taken by the Red Cross to anundisclosed location. Sources said Selzer left Colombia for Europe with his wife. Lfciuuyi muKes promises SALISBURY, Khodesia ? Rhodesia's new Marxist leader, Robert Mugabe, promised no confiscation of private property, a neutral foreign policy and fair treatment for the white minority. The prime minister-designate told the nation in a TVradio address after his landslide election victory was announced Tuesday there would he "no nvnrnnriatinn ? J ?- v..r. wr. of property," and his government wold not be aligned with the Soviet bloc or NATO. "1 urge you, whether you are white or black, to join me in a new pledge to forget the grim past," said the co-leader of the seven-year guerrilla rebellion against wnue ruie in wnicn some 20,000 persons were killed. IF" ? nr~?? T&t thc QV OPltSJONATED? ^ (' 11 7^ Lower L J=E3>1 v^'i lUtr* (J Itil l t 'l I .1 ) I I U * t 'i in ( )f* ^ - New Shi] The GAMECOCK is the, student ritiwspap^r ' of the University of South | ' OwoHHa and -is- published three times a I vyejiTah ays Wednesdays and Fn II daj^R^KjpWjaifl. fall and spriny semesters f.j <4?\inr?M,mm\Jv on Thursdays durinci hn?h III with'tH? exception of , 1fyfj" .^^h^ays and examination, A.\JS\J 'jnuybssecl in the GAMECOCK . ar? mo^B Editors and not those of the /*** Umtfo??ij^ otolith Carolina nj?ersity of South Carolina is an I I Hkjj^. e<l?iS|yi~p|>ort unity institution .. trt6 $o*rd of Student Publications and **%? v.ymrnjiiwi diions is me punnsner 01 me Gantftcock The Student Media Office is the I papfl^t organization of the Gamecock M * f"1 jCHnga of address forms subscription I r* I revests and other correspondence should | I ov seni to inn u?ivicuui/H ocm B9iJi, I Russell '^ Misuse. University of SC. ' M" I Columbia,'S C 29208 Subscriptior rates A \JlFlf i are ib SO pfn. semester and $2 for the summer sessions , Third class postage paid at Columbia, * SC Iir- ?r.. .. . i.iiwm.H. 1 I'll I, I . I - J , y VA^S w ?4 f V I Syndrome kills child CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? Reye's syndrome ? a noncontagious, acute childhood disease ? has killed a 14year-old Charlotte girl, and an infant is in critical condition with the illness. The death of Sherrv I/vnn Morton is the first death caused by Reye's syndrome in North Carolina this year. Miss Morton died on Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital from what her doctors said "just looked like a classic case of Reye's syndrome." An 18-month-old infant from Shelby was in critical condition Wednesday at Charlotte Memorial Hospital with the illness, according to hospital officials.While doctors don't know exactly what causes Reye's syndrome, the disease usually strikes children recovering from viral infections such as colds, chicken pox, influenza or viral hepatitis. Ali will fight again CHICAGO ? "I want (John) Tate first, then (Larry) Holmes, because I want to be a quintuple champion." H says the champ. wno eise dui ine tnamp: Muhammad Ali, 38 years old, three-time former heavyweight champion, at a real heavy weight now, is unretiring again. His manager, Jabir (formerly Herbert) Muhammad, and Bob Arum, president of Top Rank, said so anyway, signing an agreement Wednesday calling for ah 10 ngni late, tne world Boxing Association champion, for what they called a record purse. The date and location of the fight haven't been decided yet. But the matter could be made academic if Tate loses in a previous commitment. ! I _ i wmuais againsr rouies CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? Officials of some towns along Duke Power Co.'s proposed routes for shipping /> M t M r\ ?> ?\? * I U n t Mytnrln i auiualii vc iuci cxi c uuua^py llicit Lildi l udu^ wcic picked to avoid shipping the fuel through Charlotte. Duke has a proposal pending before the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board to truck used nuclear fuel from Duke's Oconee plant in South Carolina to its McGuire plant near Charlotte for storage. Duke's proposed routes, which were published ?I c l 11 ~i i l i uicauay, wuuiu ecu iy mc iuci 1111 uugn scvfiai iuwms in North Carolina and South Carolina, but it would no go through Charlotte. "We think just as much of our town as Charlotteans thinks of theirs," said Shelby Mayor George Clay. Largest terminal to open a mi a m a ml. _ Ail * - - ? ? A - 1 1 r /\nw\;>i/\ ? i ne Aiiania airpori, a nuD lor Southeast air travel that already handles twice the passenger load of many other major airports, will nearly double its capacity in September when it opens what may be the world's largest terminal. Nearly 42 million passengers a year boil in and out ot the present central terminal, where passengers often have to walk close to a mile to make connections. The new, $450 million midfield terminal is designed to accommodate up to 70 million passengers a year. A I subway will connect four parallel concourse buildings, mrl rvnpf AMffn??n tall U/\ rv Ulrv I II.** Iunu ^/asscilgci S Will IJC dUit' IU V.UVCI Cl IllUC IU cl L'Ull necting flight in four minutes. ' ioe String Kp evel - Columbia Mall | n.. I n VyULdfUC LICIA. 5 p pmentof the Famous ? um Shoe * $32.Oft to students with ID. **"*"?>,, % ' " Ifcy Innnrc A iinilnhlp * Burgundy, Brown, 11 ov, Red, Green/ 11 ^A ry *' . ' mmm mm H H mi Resolution gets approval COLUMBIA ? A measure to allow a governor to succeed himself in office ? one of Gov. Dick Rilev's State of the State proposals ? was given tentative approval by the South Carolina Senate Wednesday. The resolution by Sen. Heyward McDonald, DRichland, received 10 votes more than the two-thirds approval needed to put a constitutional amendment before the voters. The measure was approved on a 37-3 roll call despite an argument by one opponent that the Senate was undercutting its own power and turning South Carolina into a gubernatorial state. i ne resolution calls tor a constitutional amendment to be put on the November ballot to let voters decide whether a governor, who presently cannot succeed himself, should be eligible for a second consecutive four-year term. Good forcp will rn<;t COLUMBIA ? If South Carolina wants a professional, first-rate police force, it must be willing to pay salaries more in line with the private sector, Senate and House members have been told. "You get what you pay for," said Eddie Tallon, a spokesman for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Association and Sheriff's Association. If the state wants a police force that is "trained, dignified and nf maximum nualitv it mnct I' D - - .. VJ , ?V MUV " ***** 'b to pay for it," he said during a hearing Wednesday into bills to set minimum annual salaries for all law enforcement officers in the state. Industry should get burden GREENVILLE ? The textile industry and not the taxpayers should bear the Financial burden of supporting brown lung victims in the Carolinas, spokesmen for the Carolina Brown Lung Association say. The association released a study Wednesday indicating that disabled cotton mill workers in North Carolina and South Carolina receive 82 percent of their income from federal programs such as Social Security and 18 percent from their former employers. "The textile industry is avoiding its responsibility by shifting its burden on the taxpayers," said John Cobb of Felzer, president of the state board of the Brown Lung Association. Mock election denied ! CHARLESTON ? Baptist College officials have told students they can't hold a mock presidential election Ion campus because "they don't mean anything." Baptist College President John A. Hamrick said he feared the election results "would not be an accurate reflprtion" of tho nrr?<;iHf?ntinl nrof?ronnn ? ? ?- r- f/i v?v* Viivv UI u inajui 1IJ' of students. "I'm not sure but that they (mock elections) can be easily manipulated," said Hamrick. "It would be fairly [ easy for a particular candidate to get a few hundred students on his side, and the results of the election I VIIAI K/i or* ' * nuuiuu v u>, u II CJLV.UI a It* 1 CICL'llUII. Hamrick denied rumors that cancellation of the I mock election had anything to do with fear of losing I government support. 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