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Manhunt in Somoza killing
ASUNCION, Paraguay ? Paraguayan authorities have
pressed a massive manhunt for the guerrilla squad that
assassinated ousted Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio
Somoza in a hail of machine-gun and bazooka fire so
devastating his mistress could identify the body only
through his wristwatch. |
Somoza's financial adviser and chauffeur also died in
the Wednesday morning attack in the Paraguayan
capital.
Police closed the Asuncion airport and sealed the
country's borders with Argentina and Brazil in an effort to
keep the attackers from leaving the country. Paraguayan
authorities say they think six people took part in the
fusilade tnat left tne 54-year-old Somoza riddled with
some two dozen bullets and his limousine demolished.
Authorities say Somoza's bodyguards, who returned the
attackers fire from a car trailing the ousted strongman's
limosine, wounded one of the assailants. The government
has called on citizens to report anyone seeking medical
a ttention for a bullet wound. .
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VIENNA, Austria ? Taking what it said was a step
toward OPEC pricing unity, Saudi Arabia, the oil cartel's
largest producer and America's chief foreign oil supplier,
has raised its price from $28 to $30 a barrel. In return,
OPEC militants agreed to freeze their $35 to $37 a barrel
prices, until mid-December.
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would add less than one cent a gallon to the retail price of It
gasoline and heating oil in the United States. 1/
The surprise Saudi price hike took effect immediately fj
after it was announced Wednesday night, as the 13-nation
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries concluded
an often acrimonious three-day meeting in Vienna.
The new Saudi price is 125 percent above the $13.34 it was
charging on Jan. 1,1979.
Rene Ortiz, the cartel's secretary general, said the
OPEC oil ministers reviewed the world market and I
decided that excessive stockpiling by the industrialized j
nations justified the increase. ; ]
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MOSCOW ? The Soviet Union is expected to send a
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sent into space under the Soviet space program. A black
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Gang of Four trial begins
PEKING ? Mao Tse-tung's widow and the other
members of China's infamous Gang of Four will go on
trial today before the supreme court on charges of trying
to usurp state power, diplomatic sources said.
Chinese authorities did not confirm the date. But they
have said the trial will begin soon, be closed, that there
will be no announcement until after a verdict is reached.
and that the four will not be sentenced to death.
The trial is expected to be politically explosive. Some of
the defendents are expected to name names, possible
accuse Mao himself and set the stage for the ultimate
downgrading of the late Communist Party chairman.
The four were arrested Oct. 22, 1976, three weeks after
Mao's death and have been imprisoned since that time.
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S.C. wants waste comnact
RALEIGH, N.C. ? South Carolina wants to join with
North Carolina and other neighboring states in a compact
to dispose of low-level radioactive wastes, the executive
assistant to South Carolina Gov. Richard Riley says.
"We stand ready to begin the process...whenever you're
ready," David Reid told the North Carolina Task Force on
Waste Management at its Tuesday meeting.
Such a formal agreement would involve disposal of
radioactive wastes from states not in the compact, Reid
said.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling prevents states like South
Carolina from excluding wastes from any other state
unless it has such a comnact. he said
The Southern Governors Association, meeting this week
in Williamsburg, Va., said Monday it favors establishing
such regional dump sites. 1
Lance to appear in trial
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been given a list of 292 questions to answer in writing
before he meets privately Monday with a Senate subcommittee
investigating Billy Carter's ties to Libya.
The former federal budget director said he was surprised
to receive such a large number of questions but
expects to have them all answered before he sits down
with the subcommittee members.
The questions are designed to learn what kind of advice
Lance gave to the President's brother concerning his
relationship with Libya and a request La :e received
from the President caution Billy about that r? tationship.
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RALEIGH ? Ted Mondale, son of Vice President
Walter Mondale, took a jab at Republican presidential
contender Ronald Reagan Wednesday during a Raleigh
press conference.
"We know what he'll talk about next week and let you in
on it if you promise not to tell anybody," Mondale said.
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Mondale was referring to Reagan's recent remarks on
Vietnam, evolution and relations with China, regarded by
some observers as mistakes that will cost the Republican
candidate votes.
Mondale, who was visiting colleges in the state Wednesday
and Thursday, said voter registration is particularly
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day.
He said 1.7 million eligible voters aren't registered and
that he would like to see at least 100,000 of these, or 6
percent, register to vote.
Airport dedications held
ATLANTA ? Atlanta dedicated its sparkling new $600
million airport terminal Thursday, a rambling, futuristic
complex which, when formally opened to traffic on
Sunday will give the city what it claims in the largest
passenger complex in the world.
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airport to comfortably handle at least 55 million
passengers annually. Most will never have to enter the
main terminals, since each of the four massive concourses
includes its own restrooms, telephones, food and
beverage areas and shops.
To chance planes, even if passengers must move from
one enplaning or deplaning concourse to another, it will
take less than three minutes by rapid rail to move from
the farthest to the closest concourse.
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reduced, officials say, because the terminal complex lies
between existing parallel runways.
The facility can accomodate 120 takeoffs and landings
per hour, up from the present 105.
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November to give federal officials time to decide whether
to bring additional charges.
The hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday before a
federal iud?e. but the National Labor Relations Roard
moved it to Nov. 24.
A ruling may be issued up to 60 days after the hearing,
| according to an NLRB spokesman in the agency's Winston-Salem,
N.C., regional office.
Tuomey became the first non-profit, private hospital in
South Carolina to get union representation last Wednesday,
when ballots cast in a union election Aug. 19 were
counted.
I ine i\auonai union 01 Hospiiai ana Heaiin uare employees
won the right to represent non-professional service,
technical and maintenance employees.
The NLHB has filed three complaints against the
hospital involving alleged harassment of about 50 employees
involved in union activities.
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agency involves eight hospital employees who supported
the union, an NLRB spokesman said.
Beach changes flag law
MYRTLE BEACH ? Any size American flag may be
flown in Myrtle Beach, its City Council has decided. Other
flags may be no larger than 10 by 19 feet.
The ordinance, approved unanimously Tuesday, ends a
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atop a 70-foot pole at a service station. Station owner
James Goldfinch was charged with violating a zoning
code that prohibited such advertising.
He defended his patriotic right to fly the banner.
Anderson petitions are in
Petitions signed by 15,097 South Carolinians who want
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turned over to the state Election Commission Wednesday.
The documents, in two cardboard boxes, were accepted
by Jim Hendrix of the commission staff 45 minutes before
the noon deadline. Hendrix said he hoped the process of
checking whether 10,000 of the signatures are of
registered voters would be completed in two weeks.
"If we can get it done within two weeks, we'll be safe on
| printing the ballots," he said.
Anderson state manager Doug Welson said, "Hopefully,
all will be valid." He said more than 10,000 signers
provided their voter registration and precinct numbers.
| State law requires that at least 10 percent of the names
be checked to determine if they are signatures of voters.
Hendrix noted that the certification would be done by
individual counties' election boards.
Westvaco plans community
GOOSE CREEK ? A planned community for up to
30,000 people has been announced by the Westvaco
Development Corp.
Crowfield Plantation, which is already under construction,
will include about 10,000 single-family and
multi-family homes when it is completed in 20 to 25 years,
said Westvaco officials.
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Interstate 26Avill have areas set aside for industry and an
office park, said Jerry C. Spearman, vice president and
i general manager of the firm's real estate division.
The development will be located in lower Berkeley
County because it is near large, expanding industrial and
military areas, according to Ray Humber, Westvaco
residential marketing manager.
Recreational opportunities will include 150 acres of
lakes, a 100-acre nature preserve, swimming pools and
other facilities, Spearman said.
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