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WARSAW, Poland ? Government investigators
sifted through the scattered wreckage of a Polish
jetliner Saturday in an effort to find out why the plane
crashed near Warsaw's airport, killing all 87 persons
aboard including a team of young American amateur
boxers.
The Soviet-built Ilyushin 62 jet of Poland's LOT
Airlines plowed into the earthen wall of a 19th century
czarist fortress just south of the Polish capital, nearly
two miles short of the runways of the Okecie Airport
complex.
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American athletes, and those who coached and
assisted them, reflected what is best about our country.
They represented our nation well and will be sorely
missed," President Carter said in a statement released
in Washington.
Two of America's top amateur boxers ? Lemuel
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ford, Mass. ? were among the dead, as was Tom
"Sarge" Johnson of Indianapolis, coach of the
Amateur Athletic Union's national team and trainer of
the 1976 American Olympic team, which claimed five
gold medals in the Montreal Games.
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Utner games sougnr
LONDON ? At least 10 governments are expected to
send representatives to today's meeting in Geneva to
discuss holding alternative games to the Moscow
Olympics, Australian Home Affairs Minister Robert
Ellicott said Friday.
Ellicott, visiting London for talks with British
government officials, declined to say which countries
had been invited or which had accepted.
"If governments were behind the Games, providing
fares and the like, I imagine that would attract athletes
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Britain's Foreign Office said the meeting could last
until Tuesday and would probably be held at the U.S.
and British missions in Geneva.
Independence delayed
SALISBURY. Rhodesia ? Prime Minister-elect
Robert Mugabe said that Rhodesia's independence
from Britain would be delayed until the end of April.
Mugabe told a news conference his party "was not
ready yet" to take over the reins of government from
the British governor, Lord Soames.
The former guerrilla leader has repeatedly said he
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but the governor's spokesman has said this would be
difficult. Soames' spokesman had indicated independence
would be set for the end of this month or
early April.
Cocaine found on kid
LIMA, Peru ? Police saw a boy scratching himself
constantly at Lima airport and decided to see what was
wrong. When they searched him they found about 100
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cocaine.
Authorities charged the boy, 9, and his 27-year-old
mother, who burst into tears during the search, with
cocaine trafficking. Officials identified her as Claudia
Bill Marshal, and said she and her son were
Americans.
They were about to board a flight to Madrid, Spain,
via Caracas Venezuala, Thursday when police intprvpnpH
Tht?ir hnmp town wax not immediately
available and the boy's name was not made public.
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Electric chair for Gacy
CHICAGO ? The victims' relatives and friends
cheered and applauded as John W. Gacy Jr. was
sentenced to die in the electric chair for the sex
slayings of 12 young men and boys. But it was only the
beginning of another legal battle for the 37-year-old
contractor.
Circuit Court Judge Louis B. Garippo on Thursday
set June 2 for the execution of Gacy, convicted of
murdering 33 young men and boys. An appeal to the
Illinois Supreme Court is automatic with imposition of
the death sentence.
The same jurors who debated 1 hour and 50 minutes
to find Gacy guilty deliberated 2 hours and 15 minutes
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defense request for a new jury to sentence Gacy. When
the court clerk read the verdict, there was a burst of
applause and cheers from the spectators. It was
quickly subdued by guards.
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WINAMAC, Ind. ?A jury Friday acquitted Ford
Motor Co. on three counts or recKiess nomiciae in me
fiery deaths of three teen-agers killed when their Pinto
sedan exploded in flames when hit from behind.
Prosecutor Michael Cosentino and defense attorney
James F. Neal sat expressionless as the judge read the
contents of the three envelopes containing the verdicts.
When asked if either attorney wished to poll the
panel, Cosentino replied quietly: "No your honor."
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The verdict was read before a packed courtroom
that included more than 150 townspeople, reporters
and members of the lawyers staff. The panels decision
came in its fourth day of deliberations.
Sex, booze don't mix
RALEIGH, N.C. ? The state Board of Alcoholic
Control suspended the liquor license Friday of a
Charlotte nightspot that featured male dancers who
allegedly simulated sex acts with customers.
Club general manager John Daunt said he would
challenge the suspension in Wake County Superior
Court.
A state undercover agent, Lenora Topp of Asheville,
testified at an earlier hearing that, during an investigation
at the club, she saw a dancer's pubic hair,
and saw another caped performer remove his G-string
to expose his geniutals, and saw dancers simulate sex
with partrons, kiss them and allow customers to slip
dollar bills into their G-strings.
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GASTON i A, N.C. ? How much is a penny worth?
Maybe 15 cents to Gaston Memorial Hospital.
Franklin D. Cato of Gastonia thought his wife's insurance
policy and his personal insurance would pay
full coverage when he was released from the hospital
on Dec. 13 after an operation and 10 days of
i hospitalization.
! But he was misinformed. The insurance only paid for
$2,069.65 of the $2,069.66 total charge.
j But the hospital's computer is ever-vigilant. A pennyis
a penny. So Cato got a one-cent bill from the hospital,
i "I couldn't believe it," he said. "It cost them 15 cents
j to mail the thing to me."
But the small charges (one penny to $5) are called
I! "administrative write-offs" that the hospital would
forget if the patient didn't pay the bill.
, The hospital won't have to write-off Cato's bill ?
3 they'll just have to cash the one-cent check he plans to
send.
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Sisters killed in blaze
GREAT FALLS ? Two young sisters were killed
Saturdav morning when fire swept through their home
I near Great Falls.
Fairfiolri Countv Coroner Joe Silva said 2-vear-old
Veronica White and 9-year-old Jennifer White apparently
died of smoke inhalation. The girls' parents
and another sister escaped.
The fire broke out about 5:30 a.m. in the Pea Ridge
section of Fairfield County about three miles from
Great Falls.
The fire apparently started in the kitchen near a
wood heater, authorities said.
Sheriff's deputies said the 2-year-old girl was found
in a back bedroom she shared with her 9-year-old
sister. The older girl, however, was found in another
bedroom near the front door, where she had apparently
made her way before being overcome.
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CHARLESTON ? Albert McCray has been sentenced
to life in prison for the death of an eldery
North Charleston man and the beating of his wife
during a break-in at their home Oct. 7.
A Charleston County jury took about three hours
before returning a verdict in the case Thursday af
Iternoon, finding McCray, 20, guilty ot muraer,
burglary and assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature.
Circuit Judge Klyde Robinson sentenced McCray to
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and 10 years for the aggravated assault charge. The
terms are to be served consecutively, but McCray will
be eligible for parole in 20 years.
Filibuster a success
COLUMBIA ? John Drummond, who has
represented Greenwood County in the South Carolina
Senate since 1967, knows how to get things done.
Friday the 60-year-old businessman abandoned a
filibuster after 22 hours so the Senate could tentatively
approve a bill he opposes. But in so doing he may well
have defeated the measure.
The issue was whether school boards may allow
teachers to let dues be taken from their checks for
organizations such as the South Carolina Education
Association. Some boards already do that, though state
law is silent on whether it's legal.
Democrat Drummond said he believes the SCEA is a
union. He also contended the Senate was too hasty in
scheduling a vote on the bill Thursday despite his
objections.
; So, using a Senate rule that says a member who
starts talking cannot be silenced against his wishes,
Drummond talked. And talked. And talked.
Two men battle cancer
SUMTER ? To help the battle against childhood
cancer, two men are running and rolling their way
along the East coast.
Bob Hall, 28, is pushing his wheelchair from Winterhaven,
Fla., to Washington. David McGillivray, 25,
is running alongside. Both are from the Boston area.
The two are making the journey to raise money for
the Jimmy Fund, the fundraising arm of the Sidney
Farber Cancer Institute of Boston.
Thev nlan to run to the White House bv March 25.
I They passed through Sumter Thursday, and planned to
II make their way into North Carolina by Friday night.
[j Jerry Rubin, who is also making the trip, says the
j! journey, sponsored by a sporting goods company,
| started March 1. He says the two start about 6:15 a.m.
I and make about 45 miles a dav.
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