The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 14, 1980, Image 2

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viunky U.S.surgeon to see shah PANAMA CITY, Panama ? Framed American surgeon Michael DeBakey will fly to Panama to examine Shah Mohannad Reza Pahlavi and will remove his spleen if he decides the operation is necessary, a spokesman for the doctor says. Although the Shah's personal physician had said the operation was needed, DeBakey's spokesman said Wednesday in Houston, Texas, that "no one is com rniiieci 10 surgery, i ney lirsi will nave lo examine the shah." The shah's New York physician, Dr. Benjamin Kean, said earlier that he examined the deposed monarch last week in Panama and that his spleen was inflamed, enlarged and probably associated with a tumor. Alternate games meeting LONDON ?The United States, Britain and Australia are organizing a meeting for "friendly governments" next Monday to discuss holding alternative games to the Moscow Olympics. The Foreign Office said yesterday that arrangements are still being made, but the conference will be held on Monday. Sources said possible sites for the meeting are I^ondon or Geneva. It was not known how many other countries had been invited to attend. we musi see wnetner alternative games can be arranged," the Foreign Office spokesman said. "The Olympics represents the peak of ambition of every athlete. It is only right and fair that athletes should have the chance to compete on some sort of alternative event or comparable standard to those of the Olympics." Disease linked to hotel CORBY, gland ?Health officials have asked British doctors for help in trying to track down guests who stayed at a hotel in this central English city where an outbreak of Legionnaires Disease has been reported. "We want to trace anyone whas has stayed in the hotel in the past year. They could be suffering from the disease, but the symptons may not be recognized," said Dr. N.S. Galbraith, chief of the government's Communicable Disease Surveillance Center, which traced the disease to the 50-room Strathclyde Hotel. The Hotel, patronized mainly by businessmen, was temporarily closed on Wednesday. The government team was called in last April after a Liverpool businessman contracted the disease, following a stay at the hotel. The man has since recovered. | "" ~ """""^~~""""" ' ' ' ^ i ' 1 Breezy Spring 'Dressing ? in soft rayons & silks, cool, natu r n I rnHnnQ Our rnllpr~ I V?* I V-/ I I vy ' v-x I V J I Nw W I I V> Vy tion ever. the bohemian '. 2736 Devine St.Cola .S C.. . 256 0629 . .Visa.Etc . .. rr . : .' ? w . . .\\ r-r-i r NRTIDN I Prisioners get support MONROE, La. ?Charging that the Iranians jailed here were arrested without just cause and are being treated cruelly, an Iranian diplomat says he cannot rule out some impact on the American hostages in Tehran. Ali Asghar Agah, charge d'affaires of the Iranian L nnoat \1/ no L ?-> t * 4 rv / v<-] # L r\ # ? <4 />?? o i 4 L /\i ?* i"1 iiauuaaay in vv cu>iuiigiuu, viaiitru uic diuucnid in tnc:ii ^ cells for five hours Wednesday. "What I have seen today here certainly is not what I was expecting...our students certainly have suffered ' the past seven days tremendously," Agah said. While he would not say if the jailing would influence negotiaitons for the release of the American hostages, he couldn't rule out that possibility. "I don't know. It might. The situation is so delicate, you can make all kinds of speculation," he said. "Ix?ts not talk about that." Of the 48 Iranians arrested Thursday, 41 remain in ioil 1 n tKn ontmnf h r\f o hn nrtnv o t?iIr a tirn??A jail in tut ot vcuiii uaj ui a iiuiigci 011 ii\u, tin 1^: w ti t hospitalized and four had been released on bond. Doctors enter airlock MIDDLETOWN, Pa. ?Two health physicists entered the Three Mile Island reactor building airlock yesterday to make sure it was safe for two engineers to follow?becoming the first persons to enter the area since it was sealed a year ago after the nation's worst commercial nuclear accident. After three days of atmospheric venting at the crippled nuclear power plant, the health physicists donned protective gear and carried monitoring devices into the 9-by-l 2-foot airlock at 9 :30 a.m. 11/111 ctimmir n O??*1 rvnlr rv* * if f i uv.^ win ouivcj me aiuuLiv IU niaivu suic 11 is Sdic for the engineers," said plant spokesman Sandy Folon. He said it takes about 10 minutes for the health workers to take radiation samples. Big bucks in toilet seat TAMA, Iowa ?Whoever stole the toilet seat that was bolted to the wall in the Thomas Co. display room may ho cittind nn q lot r?f mr?no\i nmn Li WV, V,.. ? .V,V V* ..WT? . Molded into the clear Lucite seat were valuable coins, including some uncirculated silver ones dating from before 1964, police said. j The seat was purchased about five years ago for $50, said investigating police office St. William Steies. Its value is now about $400. The seat was the only item discovered missing [Monday morning after a break-in at the plumbing and heating supply and appliance company in downtown b Tama. [j LJ Ts H III WK JBmdk flRMUl m CH^RLG<*TOM'<> HH j aTnTE 1 1 /*N I 1 O /^\ O X-M I / /^Vt ?/ y-v ^ a ?^ ^ I lUUbt? OptJUKtM lUbiyilS COLUMBIA ?House Speaker Rex L. Carter's announcement that he is resigning from the South Carolina General Assembly has set off a mad scramble for the No. 2 spot. So far, there are only two announced candidates for speaker ? Rep. John G. Felder, D-Calhoun, and Speaker Pro Tern Ramon Schwartz, D-Sumter. But the field for Schwartz's job includes no less than five legislators, including a woman and a black. Unn J\/Tw>K nrtninl T~\ Ph icon /\^l o * kii^ihici jl/uiiici, ly-v-ntiunvx, issucu d SldlClllCIll late Wednesday afternoon that he is a candidate for Speaker Pro Tem. Others reportedly expressing interest in the post include Democratic Reps. Robert Woods, a black from Charleston; Jean Toal of Richland County; Sterling Anderson of Spartanburg, and Robert McLellan of Oconee. 'Junk food' sales limited COLUMBIA ?Public schools in South Carolina will have to limit the sale of certain types of "junk foods" by July 1 to be in compliance with new federal regulations. The state board of education was told Wednesday that the guidelines regulate the sale of foods sold in competition with meals served in school breakfast and lunch programs. The director of the Office of Food Services, Vivian Pilant, said the regulations, passed by Congress in 1977, ban the sale of foods identified as of minimal nutritional value between the beginning of the school day and the end of the last lunch period. Fbods in the restricted categories include sodas, chewing gum, certain candies, and water ices. C i- - - L I opoMbLusrer to leave LANCASTER ? Sportscaster Joe Petty is known to thousands across the state as host of a talk show with former USC basketball coach Frank McGuire. But few know that he's also a self-described "recovering alcoholic" and works with other alcoholics at state prisons and other places. "The way I've been able to help maintain my sobriety more than anything else is by working with ' other alcoholics," he said. Now he plans to leave his job at WUS-TV in Columbia and start helping alcoholics full time, Petty said Wednesday. He will move 56 miles north to Lancaster and begin work April 1 at the Elliot White Springs Memorial Hospital as director of a new treatment program for alcoholics. His last broadcast will be today. m}^'^- I 'B^^l h^Jhm^^&? 15I 8 ] jx;',"':; ; > ' ' --I i S^mMV- BSWB-'fz^r.* y^is^f^E.? ' Wy^faS t'-i^^.;-. | ni^lfl 9TdND9TILL B flOMDCR OM DOCKCC H 11\ r\ a \ ) m a r\ s~-1 i a a r? - ? ^mns*.t JKLJflY riflK^n 14 fer ID ^?J?? wmmssmsssmm iNhhHHV