The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 10, 1980, Page Page 2, Image 2

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^uS^HI^H!? llWninM l?l o frnncfnr c n r I r-\ i iwoiuy^ ii ui ioiui 01 IUI i^u TEHRAN, Iran ? Arrangements for transferring the approximately 50 American hostages out of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Saturday were snarled in the hours before they were to be turned over to the ruling Revolutionary Council. Militants hnlHinU th<> hnctaapc annniinrwl thpv u/nnlH hand over control of the Americans to the Revolutionary Council at 5:00 p.m. local time Saturday. But in a separate announcement broadcast on Tehran radio and monitored in London, they insisted they would not turn the hostages over to Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, appointed by the council to handle the situation. They accused Ghotbzadeh of lying to them by saying revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had ordered the Americans transferred to the control of the council. Demand abandoned BOGOTA, Colombia ? The guerrillas holding the U.S. ambassador and other hostages insist on the release of 311 leftists from jail but virtually abandoned their demand for $50 million, a government official reported. A high-level government official said that negotiations between the government and guerrillas have centered on the guerrillas' demand that 311 alleged political prisoners be released. The official, who asked not to be identified by name, said the guerrillas "have practically abandoned" their demand for $50 million in ransom in exchange for the safe release of the hostages, seized 11 days ago during a diplomatic reception. Abominable snowman seen NEW DELHI, India ? Members of a Polish expedition who recently scaled Mount Everest claimed they saw footprints of a Yeti, the legendary abominable snowman, during their climb. At first, expedition leader Andrez Zawada, a geophysicist, said he didn't believe the reports of the sighting by team members "because there are so many jokes about the Yeti." So he sent the team doctor, "a quiet, intelligent man," to the spot to verify the report. The climber photographed the footprints. "Each print was about 14 inches long and nearly 7 inches wide," Zawada said. He said that the depth of the prints in the snow indicated that the creature was "very heavy" and tall. The footprints were more than 3 feet apart, he added. \ "Akron's 1 liddcn Treasure..." \ This polished little company si lino 5 <1 precious jewel in performance." S -Diinrsma^ I C- *-v ! "'fir Ohio Ballet | March 13,1980 i 8:CX> p.m. at the Township TICKETS Public: Stt.OO/SS.OO USC Student: S3.00/S2 (X) Available the Township, the Russell I Activities Office, and Centre State, 717 !^>ireei. This event is sponsored in pan hy a gran lhe National Kndownent for the Arts I Touring Program in conjunction witl ! Southern Arts federation. pp i? j l.... ii... < I/-./- i ! f fit"** jik-u uy uic Culiural Series com miuee. Tickets on sale N( >vv. L? n <"ii #~n i"n r*n r ? m r n r"n i? n 0 n i rus: 8| NOTION i?. r. I . - i i hretighter strike ends CHICAGO ? Striking firefighters in the nation's second-largest city returned to their fire stations Saturday atter ratifying an agreement to end a bitter 23-day walkout. Firemen approved the pact at a midnight membership meeting of the 4,350-member firefighters' union. The session followed bargaining sessions during which the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist, mediated the dispute. The agreement sends firefighters back to work while contract differences with the city are resolved. Most firemen seemed relieved to be back. "Nobody wanted to go out on strike in the first place, but it was something we had to do," said Peter Rivers, an engineman, as he reported for duty. New stnndnrH virtnrim k CHARLOTTE, N.C. ? While calling a new federal cotton-dust standard in textile mills a victory, textile union officials said Saturday more must be done to protect workers. The standard, to become effective March 27, has ' * 1 ^ M ? f* Mn AVktini A " ? iva/|;iiuico niai uiiiun ucguiiaiuis niuai ciusc, uiliuil leaders said in Charlotte. More than 130 representatives from eight states reviewed the new standard at the first national conference on cotton dust held by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Exposure to cotton dust eventually can cause byssinosis, or brown-lung disease. An estimated 35,000 cotton textile workers have brown-lung disease, 18,000 of them in the Carolinas where 391,500 work in textile mi lie I Plane owner files suit BATON ROUGE, La. ? The owner of the airplane in which Louisiana State football coach Bo Rein died Jan. 11 has filed suit trying to make a federal agency release copies of in-flight communications made during the mysterious fatal trip. iiivnuia v/unaii uwnuu *^u. sdiu in ltd (WllllUIl U1CU in federal court Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration has refused to allow tape recordings of flight communications to be copied by a private investigator hired to look into the crash. Rein and his pilot, Lewis Renscotter, were returning to Baton Rouge from a recruiting trip in Shreveport when the twin-engine Cessna 441 Conquest strayed 1,400 miles off course and eventually plunged into the A (Inntin Anno n 1 t ? * I/\iiciiiiu~ wlcuh iw iiuica un uic v II gullet cudbl, Only two small pieces of wreckage have been found. 1 Illl CONTEf IjlSOUND^ ) russeii nous? 5 MiriNi ? I THURSDAY I RUSSELL HC )ance ^ i .he <0 Kf\ a ail **-50 1 L! Ji I TICKETS AVAII sell house 3 STATE No basis for charge COLUMBIA ? The South Carolina . attorney general's office says an investigation indicates there is no basis for a charge that spent fuel rods from a Massachusetts nuclear plant were buried at Barnwell, SC. A spokesman said an inspection of Boston Edison's Pilgrim nuclear power plant by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accounted for all fuel rods. Susan Ryers Lott, 31, of Blacksville, S.C., had told investigators that 26 shipments of spent fuel arrived for burial at Chem-Nuclear's low-level waste site from the Pilgrim plant between mid-1977 and January 1978. Boston Edison officials have denied sending the rods to Barnwell. Judge's ruling appealed ? ?' I I ST. GEORGE ? The South Carolina Attorney General's office will appeal a circuit court judge's decision throwing out criminal conspiracy indictments against three Dorchester County men. Circuit Judge William T. Howell of Walterboro quashed indictments against suspended Dorchester County Councilman Wilbur M. Sweat, suspended road supervisor Richard F. Sweat Jr., and Dr. Granville S. Way. The indictments charged the men with conspiring to use Dorchester County resources to benefit a private golf course. Judge Howell ruled that the indictments were "indefinite and vacme " Assistant Attorney General Andy Savage said Friday he will appeal Judge Howell's decision to the state Supreme Court. Calhoun documents found CLEMSON ? When Clemson University officials decided to renovate Tillman Hall, they never dreamed the decision would also lead them to a historical find. Documents, dating back more than 160 years and signed by presidents James Monroe and John Tyler were found last week as the building was being cleaned out for renovations. me n diutu uuirumenus oeiongea 10 jonn t. uainoun, who served in the administrations of Monroe, Tyler, and John Quincy Adams. Calhoun was also a vice president of the United States. Calhoun's plantation was located on the property where Clemson now stands, and his home, Fort Mill, is a campus landmark. YIPORARY 6 DDE. .I^t. IGHT BLUE MARCH 13-8 PM IB ice DAt I tinhbPkwiVB 1 W/USC I.D. diiri ir I .ABLE 'AT THE DOOR I