Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? ? T " I wofid Strikers near agreement WARSAW,Poland ? Poland's Communist government announced yesterday it had accepted all demands of striking Silesian coal miners and was ready to sign an agreement. But a government source later indicated talks Wflro cfill linflap lltoit urifknli} rtiiiinx n??i "V.v UMU Hiiuvt ?MJF, nmivut gl* 1115 CXIIJT CA^iaiiailUU 1UI the apparent snag. Warsaw Radio reported that a government commission led by Deputy Premier Aleksander Kopec had reached agreement in talks with representatives of workers from 10 mines in the Katowice area of Upper Silesia. But a Westerner traveling in the area said he was told by worker leaders that 17 mines were on strike and as many as 50,000 miners were involved. "The government commission is comprehensively examining the joint terms of reference for an agreement worked out earlier," the radio reported. "The demands put forward by the workers are acceptable in their en ureiy. /\ guverimieni commission is ready 10 sign an agreement with the inter-factory strike committee." Political violence kills 25 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador ? Officials in El Salvador say at least 25 people died in weekend political violence in this Central American nation Six leftists were reported killed in San Martin, about 10 miles southeast of the capital of San Salvador, when soldiers re-took the city from insurgents. The bodies of 10 persons were discovered in San Marcos, about eight miles east of the capital, police said. They also said six bodies were discovered in various parts of San Salvador, and three others were found in San Miguel, about 80 miies east of the capital. Leftist and rightist factions are battling to overthrow El Salvador's ruling military-civilian junta. Human rights groups say the wave of violence has claimed an estimated 6,000 civilian lives so far this year. Svria. Libva to merne , , - f ? - - - cj ~ DAMASCUS, Syria ? Syrian President Hafez Assad has agreed to merge his nation with Libya in an effort to strengthen Arab defenses against Israel, the Syrian government said yesterday. A government statement said Assad telegraphed his acceptance to Libya's leader Col. Moammar Khadafy minutes after Khadafy proposed the merger in a speech in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, Monday on the 11th anniversary of his overthrow of the Libran monarchy. It is Khadafy's third attempt to merge Libya with another Arab nation and Syria's third also. "The Syrian people and myself were deeply moved by your unity appeal," Assad said in his telegram. "This unity appeal has struck an immediate favorable response amongst us. We stand together on the path of unity...And we stretch out our hand to shake yours in order to begin at once the work to bring about this great goal." n* . . .. r- i i rope to visit tngiand LONDON ? Militant Protestant leaders protested plans for Pope John Paul U to visit Britain in two years. But the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed "great joy," and Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth II would receive the pontiff if she was not out of the country. The Roman Catholic information service announced Sunday that Pope John Paul accepted an invitation from v^trcunai oasn nume to make the first papal visit to Britain in history in the summer of 1982. A Catholic spokesman said Northern Ireland would not be on the itenerary. "The blood of the martyrs cries out against this visit," said Presbyterian Rev. Ian Paisley, a member of the House of Commons for Northern Ireland. He said he had complained to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's office Dominoes ?1| David Curtis inspects his Lit- * motorcycle at the library parking ^ | lot Monday after De/ores McCoy, the driver of the patrol car on left, P*|J9Hp hit Curlis' motorcycle. The , Kawasaki fell creating a domino effect with two other motorcycles. / v "j'?- ': . .. A 1ULI\711 Governors blast Reagan ATLANTA ? Democratic governors of seven Southern states blasted Ronald Reagan in a joint statement Tuesday as a man unfit to be president because of his remarks linking the region with the Ku Klux Klan. Calling Reagan's comments a "callous and opportunistic slap at the South," the governors said, America caniiui anuru as iu> presiuem a man wnu nas such a limited, uninformed and simplistic view of this great region of our united country." Reagan told a Labor Day audience in Detroit Monday that Carter-launching his campaign in Tuscumbia, Ala. - was opening his campaign down in the city that gave birth to and is the parent body of the Ku Klux Klan." Denouncing Reagan is a joint statement were Govs. George Busbee of Georgia, Bill Clinton of Arkansas, Fob James of Alabama, Bob Graham of Florida, James Hunt of North Carolina, Richard Riley of South Carolina and William Winter of Mississippi. Carter plays underdog INDEPENDENCE, MO. ? President Carter portrayed himself yesterday as a beleaguered president and underdog campaigner in the mold of Harry S. Truman, and made it clear he expects the comparison to apply on the morning after election day. "When I have to make a tough decision," said Carter in remarks for delivery to a town meeting at Truman High School, "I think about the tough decisions Harry Truman had to make." "When I have to take a step that is not so popular, I think about the unpopularity Harry Truman had to suffer before he was finally vindicated." "When I am criticized in the media or elsewhere, I think of the far worse criticism he had to endure." "When I look at the public opinion polls, I recall what Truman said about those polls and what he did to those noils in 1Q4A " Carter flew to Truman's hometown today to visit his widow, Bess, to stop by the Truman Memorial Library and to meet with local residents at the high school. Judge won't scratch juror CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. ? A military judge refused to scratch a potential juror for the court-martial of Pfc. i r? 1 a /i ? ? - " tvoueri uarwooa yesterday aespiie defense claims that the man would be prejudiced against the 34-year-old Marine. After turning down a motion to remove Capt. R.A. Teeter from the jury panel, Col. E.E. Switzer recessed the court because of the illness of one of Garwood's attorneys. He tentatively scheduled pretrial proceedings to resume today. When the court-martial goes back into sessions, Switzer will continue hearing arguments on makeup of the jury for Garwood's trial on charges of disertion and collaboration with the enemv durine almost 14 vears he ?n#?nt in vw. nam. Prewitt thinks of future ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. ? Cheryl Prewitt, nearing the end of her reign as Miss America 1980, says she's too busy with her evangilical and singing careers to consider marriafle I "My career is too full for anybody or anything else right now. It's my fault, but I'm happy with it," Miss Prewitt said Monday as the Miss America Pageant got under way. Miss Prewitt, 23, of Ackerman, Miss., gives up her title Saturday night after eakning a $20,000 scholarship and more than $80,000 in personal appearance fees in her yearlong reign. Even when another beauty wins the crown, Miss Prewitt is booked for personal appearances into next summer and plans to finish a book about her comeback from a crippling car accident. 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Service stations in trouble some soutn uaronna service station aeaiers say their profits have not grown along with gasoline prices, which are 30 cents a gallon higher now than they were a year ago. "We're not any better off now than we were last year, maybe even worse," said Ed Norris, vice president of the Columbia chapter of the South Carolina Service Station Dealers Association. W.T. Bryant, executive director the state organization, said he was in Washington last week urging legislators to vote for two bills which would change the way gasoline is uiai ivcicu. "So far, I think we have gathered a lot of support, but if we don't get this legislation passed, the survival of the full service dealership is in question," he said. Bryant said the biggest problem facing full-service station operators is the emergence of the oil companies' large, high-volume, self-service stations. "The oil companies are selling all their surplus gasoline to the self service stations for a lower price or selling it on the spot market," he said. Shrimp season to be good CHARLESTON ? A strong run of shrimp are expected in South Carolina's coastal creeks in about two weeks, bringing a good season for recreational shrimpers, says a of Q fn tviotHnA Ui/\1 ^ auiw. mai uic uiuugiai. "There are a lot of small shrimp in the creeks now that are rapidly growing to eating size," said Charles Moore, of the state Wildlife and Marine Resources Department. "In about two weeks recreational shrimping should be really good," he added. Recreational shrimpers usually cast nets or use ha dpulled seines in the shallow waters of coastal marslies. There are no restrictions on the amount of shrimD that may be caught, but state law restricts the length of seines and the mesh of the net that may be used without a license. Labonte wins Southern 500 DARLINGTON ? Terry Labonte zipped by David Pearson on the next to last lap of the Southern 500 stock car race Monday to win the 31st running of the Labor Day event. The Corpus Christi, Texas, native had not led a single lap before he passed Pearson, who had come from more than two laps behind at the beginning of the race to take the lead in the last laps. T oKnnta uvnr Sm C/vuniU ?'4L. 4_ i ? - ?1 uHinniw noo ui ivui ui |fu?^v wiui two taps 10 go wnen Dale Earnhardt, the leader in points and money earnings on the NASCAR circuit going into the race, hit the wall going into the second turn as he tried to challenge Pearson, who has won more races on the Darlington International Raceway more than any other driver. Smoke billowed from Earnhardt's car as other cars tried to steer clear of the wreckage. Pearson just barely made it by Earnhardt, and one of ^^^!r^^uncturec^!n!^8crap?l through. 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