Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wire reports ~UW1R? V W W JL 1VII Suspected assassin killed ASUNCION, Paraguay ? Police shot and killed a leftist guerrilla sought in the assassination of Anastasio Somoza and arrested another. The remains of the ousted Nicaraguan dictator were flown early Friday back to the United States, the country he felt abondoned him in his i _ r i uuurui neeu. . Police identified the slain man as Hugo Alfredo Irurzun, and said he was killed in a shootout Thursday night in the Asuncion suburb of Lambare after he opened fire on security forces coming to search the house in which he was hiding. Police said they were tipped off to Irurzun's presence by a businessman who recognized him from a photograph shown on television. ronce reported me arrest ot anotner guerrilla suspected of taking part in the assassination. He was not identified. India's death toll climbinc NEW DELHI, India ? Southeast India's rain-swollen m ? i i r*? ri 1 n -i i tt t l rv Mananai niver overnowea ine giani narauuu uam yesterday, adding to the region's climbing death toll, swamping power lines and plunging the entire state of Orissa into barkness, reports from the area said. The United News of India reported floods killed 26 more people in southeastern India, and official reports said the death toll for the week in Orissa and adjoining Andhra Pradesh state for the week passed 250. An estimated 1,750 people have died in floods this summer. Military units were trying to rescue an estimated 30,000 people marooned in villages after flash floods swept more districts of the two states on the Bay of Bengal coast. Heavy damage to highways, railroads and telephone lines isolated the stricken areas from the rest of India. Officials say nearly 140 villages are under water in nonnern uuar jrraaesn siaie, ana i.j minion nouses nave been damaged or destroyed, leaving hundreds of thousands homeless. Cuban cosmonaut in space MOSCOW ? Cuba's first cosmonaut and his Soviet mission commander hurtled toward a space rendezvous Friday with a pair of Soviet cosmonauts neanng a world endurance record in an orbiting space station, Tass reported. Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez, a 38-year-old Cuban air force pilot, and veteran Soviet cosmonaut Yuri V. Romanenko, 36, rocketed into space Thursday from the Baikonur launch center in Soviet Central Asia. The Cuban was the seventh non-Soviet citizen to fly in the Intercosmos series, the official news agency said. Romanenko flew for % days in the Soyuz 26 flight in 1977 78. Cosmonauts Leonid Popov and Valery Eyumin have been orbiting aboard the lab since April. On Oct. 1, they will break the world space endurance record of 175 days, 36 minutes set by Ryumin and Vladimir Lyakhov last year. Fashions shock Chinese PEKING ? American fashion designer Halston shocked his Chinese audience into silence Friday when two of his models appeared in see-through black net outfits during the first show of U.S. fashions in China. "The silence was almost painful," said one American who attended the show. He said he overheard a Chinese guest whisper: "Never for China." Halston said the purpose of the show was not to clothe China but to show the Chinese how to design their silk and other fabrics for the foreign market. The show stoppers were a see-through jump suit and a blouse, both of black net. The jump suit was transparent "from top to bottom" said an American in the audience, which included 1,400 people from China's fashion and textile industries. Fun WffiSSand WXM:Sz. Games I USC students Steve Smith and Jerry L ynn Hall enjoy an afternoon of pool playing Sunday in the /?/7QC(p// HntJSfi Rnnreatinn Rnom. (Photo by Barry Newman) ? Nation Defense: 'Jenrette tricked' WASHINGTON ? With a courtroom call to his office, Rep. John W. Jenrette's attorney hopes to prove undercover FBI agents manipulated telephone recordings that the defense says would show the congressman was tricked into a hriherv discussion. Defense attorney Kenneth M. Robinson told the U.S. District Court jury Thursday that the FBI could have recorded, but didn't, two calls arranging a meeting between the South Carolina Democrat and Abscam agent Anthony Amoroso. Robinson contends that recordings of the Nov. 15 calls, from FBI informant Melvin Weinberg to Jenrette codefendant John Stone, would have shown that Jenrette was lured into a bribery discussion he had never intended to hold. IJenrette, who is charged with DriDery ana conspiracy, is basing his defense on entrapment, which occurs when a person is tricked into commiting a crime he had not planned to commit. 125 million saw 'Shogun' NEW YORK ? NBC estimated Saturday that 125 million viewers saw all or part of its 12-hour "Shogun," a r! ? 4.1 i. ij ? mi rt_ 1 t_ 1 i a i ngure mai wouia mane 11 ivs secona-mgnesi-raiea miniseries behind ABC's "Roots," which drew an audience of 130 million in 1977. National ratings from the A.C. Nielsen Co. for the program's first four nights appeared to solidify the second-place position of "Shogun," which starred Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune and was adapted from James Claveil's novel about 17th century Japan. TVn?Aiirtli TUni?c?rloi? n i ftVi f ' 'CV^/\rfnrt ' ' V* r% rl n rvf OO i in uugu i iiui ouajr 1115m, ouugun nau a 1 aimg ui 00, which means it was watched at least in part by an average of 33 percent of the nation's TV-equipped home. That compared to a 45 rating for the eight-day run of "Roots." NBC's "Holocaust," the previous runner-up miniseries, had a rating of 31 in April 1978. Oswald exhumation refused FORT WORTH. Tpvn? ? A inriop PriHau poionio^ on y _ jviv.^xy * AlUU^ t VJVVWU Oil attempt by a British author to open the grave of Lee Harvey Oswald to determine whether the body buried there is that of the accused presidential assassin. ] State District Court Judge James Wright said there is "no necessity or compelling reason for the threatened exhumation or autopsy are shown in this record. "In short," he added, "rumors, speculative theory, conjecture, and public curiosity will not suffice." Lawyers for British author Michael Eddowes, who tried to have the body due ud. said thev wer*> stuHvina th** (ruling and would decide later if they would appeal. Eddowes had filed suit to have the body removed and an autopsy held because he believes the person buried there is not Oswald, but a Russian spy who was allegedly sent to murder President John F. Kennedy. Don't smoke in interview NEW YORK ? Going to a job interview? Don't smoke. That's the advice of the heads of management-level personnel agencies across the United States and Canada who were surveyed on the question. The survey was taken by National Personnel Associates, a network ol 237 personnel agencies in 145 cities that cooperate in filling jobs at the $18,000-$75,000 level. Asked, "Would you encourage applicants not to smoke during the interview with the employer?", 87 percent said yes, 11 percent said no and the remainder did not comment. "If they smoke it is best to ask permission of the employer before lighting up," commented Betty Ormond of Raftu OrmAnrl Dn^r-Til 7 % i ^i-f Sl-f/3 VJT LULV State economy stabilizes | South Carolina's falling economy has apparently etnhili^pH snmpwhat but a raoid recovery is not in sight. according to the September issue of the South Carolina Economic Indicators. "A period of stagnation is likely before positive growth 11 ?? ? *J ?i? 4 .-.u:?u u.. I Will occur, saiu uie i cpui i, wintu la Aaaucu mummy uy the University of South Carolina College of Business Administration and the state Employment Security Commission. "The housing and automobile industries will probably have continuing difficulties as a result of high interest rates on consumer loans," the report said. The report said the state unemployment rate could also "v.r>n/ilrvr) tn hnlH of ropont lpvolc in fho near ILIU UApwtv-u VV 11V1U MV tvvvuv *v? ? V??M Ml VIIV tlVUft future. Skyjack suspects held Cuba has sent back two alleged skyjackers to avert unfavorable Dublicity and to deter the return of criminals who came to the United States in the "Freedom Flotilla," says a long-time Cuba-watcher. "I really feel (Cuban Premier Fidel) Castro felt 'enough was enough' and he had to start clamping down on what the hijackers were doing," says Edward Cox a professor of Carribbean history at the University of South Carolina and a native of the Carribbean island of Grenada. Cox says the return of Cresencio Perez, 26, and Juan Adega Fresneda, 25, does not represent a radical change - ? > 11?. ?*_ L 1~ II /*n.,nmmAn4)n in l/UUan policy, nc CUIIICIIUS uic navaua ^uvciuiucui. o action was actually consistent with past practices designed to serve Cuba's best interests. i Officials say the return of the two men to Columbia, S.C. Thursday marked the first time in 20 years of hijackings that Cuba has returned alleged air pirates. Perez and Adega are accused of hijacking an earlymorning Delta flight bound for Columbia Wednesday. The plane and its 109 passengers and crew returned safely later that day. Rosalynn visits Charleston ICH ARLESTON ? Rosalynn Carter's two-hour visit to Charleston should provide benefits beyond the news media coverage she received, said a supporter of President Carter's re-election effort. Mrs. Carter stopped off in Charleston on a flight from Florida to Washington long enough to hold a news conference and address a meeting of the Charleston County Democratic Women's Club on Friday. "There were a lot of crouns uiro teachers, for instance," said Margie Sirisky, a member of the womens club and a Carter supporter since 1976. "I think they are going out to help the campaign with their groups." j She said the main value of the brief campaign stop, however, will be for "the people who see her on television in the Lowcountry." j ^ Rate hike set for Oct.4 Southern Bell will raise its South Carolina rates by $36.5 million on Oct. 4, the company announced Friday. The increase will be in effect until the Public Service Commission decides whether to approve a larger increase. Early this month the utility asked PSC permission to boost its rates by $39.6 million a year, or about 12 percent, effective Oct. 4. But last week the PSC suspended the increase for six months until it can conduct hearings and conduct other examinations. If any or part of the tentative increase is rejected, customers will get refunds plus 9 percent interest. Company vice president Harry S. Marsh said, "Inflation is cutting our earnings further each day and we need the increased revenues now to enable us to continue providing adequate service to our customers while our rpnnpct ic imHor '' u -~M vv^.uvtcuun. ' -'' .. ! ' :/ ' .: * > -A'. mm % - R& ? mm