Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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wnm n Olympics 'must go on' LAUSANNE, Switzerland ? The International Sports Federations agreed unanimously yesterday that the Summer Olympic Games must go on in Moscow as planned. Leaders of the 26 Olympic federations met with the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee and confirmed they will carry out their obligation in the Olympics and will not supoport any alternative Games. A it. _ r_ i a i _ _ _i . I. . J . _ Among me ieaerauon leaders wno arew up a resolution to this effect was Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and president of the International Equestrian Federation. As he left the meeting for a lunch break, the prince made it clear to newsmen that he will not go to the Games himself. "There is no way I can go to Moscow," Prince Philip said. "I cannot tell you whether I have advised the International Equestrian Federation to go." n ^ I j.:. i _ l_ rceiunve visks emDassy TEHRAN, Iran ? The first relative to visit one of the American hostages in Tehran reports her Marine son, the youngest of the captives, is two pounds heavier, in excellent health and says he is "a stronger person" because of his 170 days in captivity. Barbara Timm of Oak Creek, Wis., spent 45 minutes Monday with her 20-year-old son, Sgt. Kevin Hermening, in a room plastered with posters at the occupied U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Most of the time they held hands, hugged and talked of home, she reported. "There were no tears," Mrs. Timm told a news conference in Tehran. "I kept telling him how strong he was and he kept telling me how strong I was. "He was surprised and overjoyed that I had traveled across the globe in order to be with him. "I gave him a gift that was given to me ? a good luck piece, a silver dollar ? given to me by a very dear friend. I passed it on to him." Refugees get comforts SAN JOSE, Costa Rica ? The Costa Rican govern ment has moved hundreds of Cuban refugees into c first-class hotel, giving them comforts they never hac at home. "We've never seen anything like this," a sunburne< refugee said Monday at poolside of the Hotel Irazu. "Ir Cuba, a hotel like this was too expensive for us." Juan Jose Brave, 30, said the hotel was out of th< reach of most of those on the communist-ruled island "There are only four hotels like this in Havana and al the technical experts from Russia, Bulgaria and th< other Socialist countries stay there with a fev tourists," he said. Ballerina gets asylum CANBERRA, Australia ? Australia grante< political asylum yesterday to East German ballerin; T-Imrli n C iU a ^ * uciui uici ov-u, a iiicimuci ui mc luunug rvuillisciu Opera Ballet who defected Sunday when the rest of he company left for home. Foreign Affairs Minister Andrew Peacock said h< was convinced the 20-year-old Miss Giersch would fac persecution should she return to East Germany. Peacock's decision was an unusual one. In simila cases recently, the government has given defector refugee status. Last year, the government refused t grant political asylum to Lilian Gaskinskaya, , Russian woman, declaring her a political refuge instead. Everybody || Out || These unlucky pfev students stand outside during a false fire ^!arrr at 5 a.m. % i im m i ucouay iiuii. IVJ Oavo Mat^h*V??- GAMECOCK NHTIUN Begin wants U.S. forces WASHINGTON ? Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin says the United States is out of range for reacting to a crisis and should station military forces in the Middle East and "in every region where there is a possibility of Soviet expansionism." i In an interview taped before he left Washington last j Friday, the Israeli leader said "if you want facilities in our country, we shall put them at your disposal. I would recommend it to the (Israeli) government." The interview was broadcast Sunday on ABC's 'issues and Answers." "You know, you should see the map," Begin said. "Now, the Soviet Union is in Afghanistan, and through Baluchistan, they can reach the Indian Ocean in no time, and there is no force to stop them. Iran itself could become a communist state with the Tudeh Party, the best organized group... waiting." First class rate may rise WASHINGTON ? The Postal Service, citing rapidly rising labor and energy costs, wants to increase the cost of sending a First Class letter 5 cents ? the biggest jump in history. But it could be next year before the 20-cent First Class rate takes effect. Postmaster General William F. Bolger announced Monday that the request to raise rates would go before the independent Postal Rate Commission, which can hold hearings on the proposal for up to 10 months. Abortion funding discussec WASHINGTON ? Congress cannot constitutionally trade off the health and lives of impoverished pregnant women to protect fetal life, a New York attorney representing the poor told the Supreme Court Monday. "The preference for fetal life, at the expense of maternal life and health, is irrational," Rhonda Copelon of the Center for Constitutional Eights said as she urged the court to order federal welfare payments for medically necessary abortions for the poor. But Solicitor General Wade McCree argued that i Congress was well within its rights in denying \ payments through the Medicaid programs for all abortions except in pregnancies endangering the j mother's life or resulting from rape or incest. Wild turkey visits Carter 1 WASHINGTON ? A "scared and exhausted" wild i turkey was perched yesterday atop a large tree on the / front lawn of the White House, defying attempts to beckon him down. The turkey apparently flew over the White House fence from Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania Avenue sometime during the night, said head groundskeeper Erv Williams. i President Carter was informed of the presence of the a visitor, according to a spokesman for the usher's ofe fice. r Reporters and cameramen crowded around the 10pound turkey this morning, but he showed no signs of e movement. e Food was spread out under the tree in case the turkey grew hungry, and a group of animal rescuers r was called for consultation. s "It will probably be two to three days before he o comes out of the tree," said the spokesman from the a usher's office, who did not wish to be identified. "He's e scared and exhausted" from all the traffic and people around, the spokesman added. T| - v U^ffl I STATE Hostage's wife to visit Iran COLUMBIA ? Angela Belk, wife of one of the Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, says she plans to leave for Iran this week. Mrs. Belk is planning her trip in the wake of the first visit by a relative to the embassy. Barbara Timm of Oak Creek, Wis., met with her son, Marine Sgt. Kevin Hermening for 45 minutes Monday. j Mrs. Belk, who had planned to join her career diplomat husband, William, in Iran a few days after the Nov. 4 embassy takeover says she already has her passport and a visa. Mrs. Belk, 24, said Monday she is unconcerned by President Carter's ban on travel to Iran. "I don't really care what Mr. Carter or anybody else at the State Department says because if I want to go I'm going to go and I don't think they can stop me," she said. "All I can think about right now is seeing my husband and I'm just trying to think that I'll be as * ** m? ?1 v !I1 ? _ X L.! 19 _1 lucny as Mrs. iimm ana i win gei 10 see mm, sue said. Gressette talks on Senate COLUMBIA ? The South Carolina Senate's current ] fight over how its members are elected is partly the product of tl 3 federal voting rights act approved by Congress in 1965, says Sen. L. Marion Gressette. : "It was one of the most vicious pieces of legislation ] that has ever come out of a legislative branch," says Gressette, president pro tempore of the Senate. "It affects only a part of the states," he added. "If . it's good for one state, it ought to be good for all -j states." Gressette, 77, has served in the South Carolina Legislature for almost half a century. He recalled uicic wctc nu pruuiums wiui now senators were elected before the civil rights movement sought to put blacks in office. Derrick without opposition j AIKEN ? With no opponent in sight, Hep. Butler C. Derrick Jr. formally announced that he will seek a fourth term as congressman from South Carolina's 3rd District. Derrick, a Democrat, told a news conference he agrees with President Carter' threat to mine Iranian harbors and blockade ports. But he said he would have acted sooner. "The president has shown admirable restraint, but we are at the point where that won't work any longer," he said. Boycotting the summer Olympics in Moscow will have a "negative impact" on the Soviet Union, Derrick added. | Derrick was on the Banking and Budget Committees during his first two terms and is now on the Rules j Committee, the first South Carolina congressman on that panel since 1932. I No one has filed to run against him. Visa reauest denied I I CHARLESTON ? An Iranian student at Baptist College and two at the College of Charleston have been turned down on requests to have their diplomatic visas 1 changed to student visas. An official of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Charlotte, Lewis Richard, said the students have 15 days to leave the county or appeal the decision. 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