Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Moscow Olympics still on MOSCOW ? Pravda declared todav the Summer Olympics in Moscow will take place "as scheduled, despite the intrigues of the enemies of the Olympic movement." The Communist Party newspaper denounced Western plans for a "counter-Olympics" and said any attempt to deny U.S. athletes passports for the Moscow uames would violate President Carter's human rights policies. Pravda charges that opponents of the Olympics were trying "unpardonably" to please the personal ambitions of President Carter, who launched the boycott campaign because of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. It accused Lloyd Cutler, who heads the White House Olympic task force, of intentionally deceiving athletes : into believing that a counter-Olympics can be easily organized. Noting U.S. press claims that the Lake Placid Olympics were an organizational failure, Pravda expressed doubt that the Carter Administration ; "scheme can in any way replace participation in the ; Moscow Games." Hosfaae staaes escaoe ' I H()(iOTA, Colombia ? Uruguayan Ambassador Fernando Gomez, one of more than 30 hostages held by \ guerrillas in the Dominican Republic Embassy for j nearly three weeks, tied bedsheets together and I IOU/prpH himcnlf frnm o *1 iiiutjvii iiuiii ci ocvuiwaiui y W1IIUU W U1 LI 1U building early Monday, scrambled under a parked car and was rescued, authorities said. Gomez, a 42-year old career diplomat, got behind one of the cars parked in front of the embassy, and shouted out his identity to military police, who picked j j him up in a Mercedes Benz and drove him to a military ' hospital. ; Pope likes Latin Mass VATICAN CITY ? In a move to accommodate traditionalists. Pope John Paul II told bishops yesterday to respect the desire of Roman Catholics who want Mass said in Latin, which he called "the snlcndid lanmmtfp nf ;inr?i*?nf " i - ----o o~ "'v"The I'ojm1. in a 50-page letter made public by the* Vatican, warned against attempts to desanctifv, or "desacralize everything." and called for an end to divisions over church liturgy, or the prescribed form of worship. "Above all 1 wish to emphasize that the problems of the liturgy, and particular of the Eucharistic Liturgy, mi wt nr\t n^naciiui fur Hiiriflinn C'llVinlioc f<>i . ?tw? ?/v i??i vvvuniv;ii iwi ui > ivuiif, v^uuiv;ii\.^ dim iwt t. threatening the unity of the Church," he said, ap- jj parently speaking to both traditional and progressive n wings of the Church. [! Temples oldest in world I VALLETTA, Malta ? The stone temples of Malta are older than the pyramids in Egypt, according to new I scientific evidence, and the islanders who built them 5,000 years ago are now regarded as the world's first real architects. The temples on Malta and the nearby island of Gozo have been impressing visitors since excavations were completed early this century, with the honey-colored f] stones forming high walls, gates and apses in a unique j cloverleaf structure. H wn?otubwniii?tiit??h?mh in m\ mm m w m m m 111 miihiibii?m i ammm hi * JW> r^--^ *vr riVifiiVyi~ f i^6iss^lSmHIBt' |- gfg .y^E-?-fl^ :,, HiZMM* < was1 B mm 31 P K Bil JH MF ^K si \ y fSSBB/F K; j >v^\>>?ji\ ^|Hfc Sli iB : >: ,\t ;v^ M&? mBB^XlJEUK^^BtBL I Bigger Bigger ramriura Carter budget indefinite WASHINGTON ? President Carter has no definitive list of spending cuts in his much-ballyhooed $13 billion budget-balancing package, congressional sources and administration officials say. Whether intended or not, the delay in spelling out what he wants to cut could benefit Carter politically by letting Congress take the heat while preserving his own r'h:inc(>s in thri Tllimiiu Mon; VrvfLr ni-imnrint' Ill V??V mil IWIO UMV4 1 ^ V ** A UI rv pi Illlltl IVO. It also means the overall reductions could come closer to the $18 billion or so earlier identified by congressional leaders as being a likely target for the total amount of cuts. Sources who asked not to be identified indicated the House Budget Committee will consider about $18 u;11...u? :? : *;? *?? > 1- * uniiwii 111 \_ius wnun ii suiriii wi lling nie new UUUgei today. Cubans need Soviet aid MIAMI ? President Fidel Castro has told his countrymen that Cuba's economy survives only through Soviet support yet is also hamstrung by that dependence. The Miami Herald reported yesterday. Pastrn InlH fhr? Nlatinnol --I v. inv iiiHivuui i twjjiv a vjruvci lilllt'IH Assembly that Cuba's economic problems are compounded and the revolution undermined by a selfish "indiscipline" among its people, the newspaper said. The president painted a devastating portrait of the Cuban economy and national will in a "State of the Union" address given in December but previously unreported, the Herald said in yesterday's editions. The newspaper did not say how it obtained a transcript of the 62-page speech. \ | /^i /->* I I |-> ^ -J " ? ^ Nt?y ny t;i ilu LUUbUU LfUbll CHAULOTTK, \.C\ ? The two men flying an Eastern Airlines jet when it crashed short of a runway in 1974 were "grossly negligent," a federal judge said in his final judgment on a multi-million case against the airline. The crash of the Kastern DC9 jet short of a runway at Charlotte's airport killed 72 persons and injured 10. Two survivors and the estate of a dead passenger were awarded about $r> million last November by a federal jury that heard the ease against the airline. The plane was en route from Charleston. S C.. to Charlotte when it crashed. U.S. District .Judge James McMillan, in a judgment tiled Friday, concluded, "the negligence of Eastern was the sole proximate cause of the crash ... (the pilots) were not simply inadvertent but rather were grossly negligent." Bartenders tip better SI'lUNCiFllCLI), N.J. ? A bartender is a bartender's best friend, but a doctor is likely to be stingy, according to a survey of 200 persons who make drinks in New Jersey. The survey of tippers, published in Bartender magazine, shows that "people who depend on tips for their own living ? like beauticians or waiters ? are good tippers at bars," editor and bartender Ray Foley said Monday. The worst tippers are doctors, lawyers, bankers, persons under 22 years of age, women, educators and musicians, according to the survey. The magazine is tn/l i n ( hn Mnur LULU1UILU 111 U1L HLW lUIIVcWUcl. p;- wEr " ^96, 4 ^ Mike Bigger w w as he bl< iihhp h Eh^B SB Wm Primaries to-be delayed COLUMBIA ? If a federal court delays state Senate primaries ? scheduled for June ? because of a suit against the Senate's makeup, all other primaries would be delayed, state Democratic Party Chairman Donald L. Fowler said Monday. "It's too expensive" to conduct separate primaries for the Senate and all other of fices to be filled this year. Fowler added. He said it costs the Democratic Party $300,000 to conduct its primaries and runoffs. The Democrats and Republicans are to hold I primaries tor both the stale House ana benate, plus II Qpnnfp nH f'nnorpi;*; unH 'a hn?t nf loral I UVIIM W MUM M IIWMV w ? . vv-M. x#??a%.x/wf such a sheriff and coroner, this summer. There is precedent for delaying primaries in South Carolina, however. In 1972 they were postponed until August and in 1974 until July. MUSC in $5 million suit. CHARLESTON ? A jury began deliberations Monday evening in a lawsuit in which the Medical University of South Carolina and four physicians are uemg bucu iui -po iiiiiuuii, During the final day of testimony Monday Dr. John D. Thomas, the anesthesiologist who was assigned to auenn me car surgery 01 s>anara u. Mouunc on aepi. 31, 1978, said his actions and the actions of the medical team did not deviate from accepted medical practices. The plantiffs in the case, Mrs. Moultrie's husband and her mother, allege the patient's oxygen was turned ?rr : a i ?c i al : l j iu on liibiuau ui ntr aiiesuicsia, causing iter uuaui. The suit was filed against MUSC, three ear, nose and throat physicians and an anesthesiologist. Ford decision helps GOP COLUMBIA ? The man who engineered Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in the South Carolina Republican primary says the GOP ^stands a better chance of winning the presidency becausc of Gerald Ford's announcement that he won't be a candidnto Ford said Saturday night he was unwilling to "further divide my party" and said his decision not to run was "final and certain." Hep. Carroll Campbell, R-S.C., who served as Reagan's state campaign chairman, said Sunday the Ford announcement will allow Reagan to "consolidate u:,. 4 1: * - ' ? - -- " 4 ma i I'iu niT, ui tiring in me support 01 oiners, and to look ahead to the general election." "There is no question that the Kepublican chances are better because of the Ford announcement." Campbell said. He added it would help the party 'having Ford speaking out as a statesman and former president ? not as a candidate." No-nukes plead no contest BAHNWKLl, ? Twenty-two anti-nuclear demonstrators pleaded no contest Monday to charges of trespassing at the Allied General Nuclear Services Inc. piam lasi uciooer. Judge Roland Jones sentenced the defendants to ;*() days in the Barnwell County Detention Center. The sentences were suspended upon actual confinement of three days. Jones ruled that previous confinement could be deducted from the sentences. Authorities said 20 of the defendants would have to serve sentences of from one to two days. The other two served more than three days in jail at the time of their arrests last October. ^-JLT*--jB WM^M^^fsGtek lisaS&iffl^ ^-1- v^'v-/r^rrrr'^;-:^."-ir -y~;,r.r v': x. ^ ' ^^^^^BHBM!^BiB8WffliWwBwMHg^^^MiS5MB^BHIiP^^-' EmSSCEMI BBp^ ; fe(S^-r^ifjU^S^?|HB[^^B|^HBB^.':^B ^tftHl? i* 1 Bgg. Raines, son of USC baseball coach June Raines, AI aI t?t * iucs mo inrin ot victory and the agony of defeat [>ws a big bubble only to have it pop in his face.