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Italian government Tans
HOME ? Premier Francesco Cossiga's five-month-old
coalition government, under fire from labor and the
powerful Communist Party, resigned Saturday after
Parliament rejected its key economic program by one
vote.
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prospect of a long political crisis in this NATO-member
nation at a time of mounting union unrest over plans by
automaker Fiat to fire 14,000 workers because of slumping
car sales.
After the government fell, however, Fiat announced it
will hold off for three months its plans to dismiss workers,
hoping to avoid fueling political and social tensions.
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party's "moral and material support" if Fiat workers
decided to occupy the plants of Italy's largest private
employer.
Countries talk on mediation
BAGHDAD, Iraq ? Iraq claimed Friday the fall of I
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while both countries appeared moving toward mediation
of their border conflict. The two Persian Gulf oil giants
dueled with heavy artillery across their border waterway
on the fifth day of the war, setting off fires in oil installations
on both sides.
Both countries have indicated they will accept Islamic
mediation, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Aga
Shahi, a key figure in the 40-member Islamic Conference
oi Nations. He spoke with reporters in New York in ad- I
vance of a meeting of U.N. delegates who also are
members of the Islamic conference.
Housing costs most in Asia
HONG KONG ? If you're looking for a millionKiollar
house, don't come to Hong Kong until you've saved some
more money.
For a million dollars, you might find a very small house
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so scarce in this tiny, overcrowded British colony that sale
prices are now closer to $2 million if you can find one.
According to the latest Department of Housing figures,
there were 3,300 houses in Hong Kong at the end of 1979,
including 300 built before World War II and several
hundred farm houses in the New Territories near the
Chinese border.
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business information organization, found that
housing costs in Hong Kong at the top end of the market
are now the highest in Asia ? exceeding even those in
Tokyo ? and close to the highest in the world. Only Lagos,
Nigeria, of major world cities surveyed had higher
housing costs.
Sick Greeks go abroad
ATHENS, Greece ? Greece, though homeland of the
god of healing. Asclepius. and of the father of modern
medicine, Hippocrates, faces an exodus of the sick.
Greeks increasingly prefer to seek treatment abroad
because of a lack of confidence in their own doctors and a
related belief that costs are lower elsewhere in terms of
the standard of treatment.
"If something is diagnosed abroad, they will accept it
much better than if a Greek doctor tells them exactly the
same thing," laments obstetrician and gynecologist
Leftheris Tzamaniis, 36.
According to Bank of Greece figures, the amount of
money officially exported by Greeks for medical purposes
doubled from $5.7 million in 1977 to almost $12 million last
year.
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USC students, Sally Leonard and
Lenae Mortsea pick the steps of
the Long street Theater as the
place to study Friday afternoon.
With autumn cooling things
down, it's just too hard to stay
inside. (Photo by Kim Newman)
Nation
U.S. may host meeting
WASHINGTON ? The Carter administration is offering
to play host to a meeting of its key allies to discuss way to
minimize the effects of the Iran-Iraq war on the international
oil supply, a White House spokesman said
Friday.
However, the spokesman, who did not wish to be
identified, denied that the United States has proposed
such a conference and said no meeting has been set. The
United States would be willing to be the host to such a
conference if it was determined that a meeting "is
required," the spokesman said.
He also denied that the United States has proposed joint
naval operations in the Persian Gulf area.
The White House issued a brief statement saying that
over the past few days Carter and Secretary of State
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and allies on a wide range of issues related to the conflict
between Iran and Iraq.
Jenrette trial nears climax
WASHINGTON ? Rep. John Jenrette returns to the
witness stand in U.S. District Court today as his Abscam
trial on bribery and conspiracy charges nears a climax.
Jenrette, who testified for two hours Friday, will
complete his explanation of his involvement in the Abscam
probe. He then faces cross-examination by the
prosecution.
Jenrette, who is running for re-election on South
Carolina's 6th Congressional District, told reporters
Friday "It'll be difficult."
"I would like to go shake hands and campaign in the
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hope the people at home stick with me," he said.
Fog makes residents ill
GUY, Ark. ? A fog that looked like a "light show" blew
into this tiny community shortly after a Titan II missile
silo exploded five miles away last week, and officials say
about two dozen residents, including the mayor, have
been sick ever since.
The residents are complaining of nausea, burning
sensations in their noses, throats and lungs, and dry, salty
lips, although none apparently has become ill enough to be
hospitalized.
Benny Mercer, mayor of the community of 200, puts the
blame squarely on the toxic fumes that seeped from the
silo.
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Strategic Air Command, said Wednesday that Air Force
calculations indicated toxic fumes had not reached Guy
and in fact had not gone more than one mile from the silo.
But Mercer said Thursday that the fog, which arrived
about an hour after the explosion, melted within 15
minutes and the Air Force did not take measurements
soon enough to detect it.
Olympic Village is prison
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. ? The Olympic Village, where the
world's athletes danced, slept and ate during the 1980
Winter Games, officially became a federal prison Friday.
Officials of the federal Bureau of Prisons gathered in
nearby Hay Brook to dedicate the $27-million facility
Friday, although it is not expected to receive its first
prisoners until next month.
The facility was always intended to be a prison after it
served as housing for 1,400 athletes at the Lake Placid
Olympics.
Iuunng me uames, nowever, the prison featured such
unprison-like amenities as the Olympic discotheque, an
all-night restaurant, unlimited helpings of ice cream, and
of course, freedom of movement for the occupants.
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'Probable cause' for trial
A federal magistrate ruled Friday there is probable
cause to try two Cubans on charges of hijacking a Delta
Airlines jet to Havana.
The craft was en route from Atlanta to Columbia in the
early morning of Sept. 17 when two passengers with
containers of gasoline commandeered it and ordered the
crew to fly to Cuba. The next day, in the first action of its
kind the Castro government released the defendents to
American authorities, who brought them to Columbia.
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Cresencio Perez Perez, 26.
U.S. Public Defender Parks Small, who is representing
Perez, and Edward Holler, who is representing Adega,
said they would wait until a later date to argue for
reduction of bond.
Gambrell, who set bail for the men at $750,000 each, told
the defense attorneys, "You will have to make a substantial
showing for a reduction of bond...To use an old
analogy, you're swimming upstream."
Lobbyists submitting reports
Lobbyists spent more than $348,000 to influence
legislation during the 1980 session of the General
Assembly, according to reports filed with Secretary of
State John Campbell.
The deadline for filing those reports is 5 p.m. today,
however all but five of the state's 246 registered lobbyists
filed by late Friday, Campbell said.
State law requires all lobbyists to submit spending
reports within 30 days of final adjournment of the
Legislature, which came this year on Aug. 28.
Last year, about a dozen lobbyists failed to meet the
deadline after it had been extended. However, none were
prosecuted.
But state officials say the names of those who fail to
meet Monday's cutoff will be sent to the attornev general
for action.
Shrimping not only problem
BEAUFORT ? Sen. James B. Waddell, chairman of the
South Carolina Coastal Council, says shrimpers have been
getting too much of the blame for the increasing deaths of
endangered sea turtles.
Waddell, D-Beaufort, said Friday officials should find
some way of protecting the turtles other than closing the
shrimping season early. Such a "drastic" action would be
a severe financial blow to Beaufort County and the state,
he said.
Gulls, sea bass and raccoons prey on sea turtle eggs or
newly hatched turtles, which are the size of a half-dollar,
Waddell said. "These little fellows have a heck of a time
trying to survive ? naturally," he added.
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shrimping season include shortening trawling times,
taking action against sea turtle predators, and artificially
incubating turtle eggs for a year before returning them to
their environment.
Merchants set up fund
SUMMERVILLE ? A group of merchants and
businessmen has established a legal defense fund for
police Lt. Roger Hudson, accused of criminal sexual
assault.
Hudson, who is on leave without pay from the Sum|
merville police department, has been charged with three
counts of criminal sexual assault. He is free on $4,000 bond
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The complaints were filed after three women and a man
were arrested and charged with larceny and grand larceny
Aug. 10. According to the complaints, the assaults
occurred at the Summerville Police Department while the
three women were being questioned by Hudson.