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Wire reports "World r\ L ~ L :l I _ il I 1 uuui^y kiiis mousanas ALGIERS, Algeria ? As many as 20,000 people are feared dead and an estimated 250,000 others, including injured and homeless, affected in a major earthquake in the Algerian city of A1 Asnam, which destroyed 80 percent of the city and sent tremors across the Mediterranean into southern Spain and France. ! The Algerian Red Crescent, the Arab nation's equivalent to the Red Cross, gave preliminary estimates *L_ 1 T71-* -1 ?- ? * mai r nuay s quaKe Killed Detween 8,000 and 20,000 people, according to the League of Red Cross Societies in Geneva, Switzerland. A spokesman for the Swiss group, Jean Claude Marte, said the estimate of 250,000 people affected by the quake was also a preliminary estimate supplied by the Algerian organization, which has issued an urgent international appeal for aid. In A1 Asnam, rescue teams searched through the city for what the government said were "thousands of our brothers and sisters killed and injured." American aets Nobel Prize w STOCKHOLM, Sweden ? The 1980 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded jointly to three genetic researchers and immunologists, including two Americans. The award went to Baruf Benacerraf, a Venezuelanborn American citizen working at Harvard University, George Snell, who works at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, and Frenchman Jean Dausset for their discoveries concerning "genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reaction." The three share the coveted prize, this year carrying a sum of $212,000. Snell, who was born in Haverhill, Mass. in 1903, is the oldest recipient at 77. Benacerraf, who was born in the Venezuelan capital of ParfflfOC arirl mill ho CA nn L 1 ? * "? ? ""? ?a- w vii v/\.i, 43, 11(15 ueen an American citizen since 1943 and a professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School since 1970. 1 6-year-old lived'dog's life' KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ? A 16-year-old boy who had been chained to a post by his mother for two years and was living "a dog's life," has been freed and admitted to a hospital, a welfare official has announced. Welfare officer Manjir Singh said the mother, a divorced fruit-seller, told officials she kept the boy chained because he was mentally retarded, mischievous and mieht set fire to thp honsp "Our investigations reveal that the boy had been living i a dog's life the past two years," the spokesman said. No charges have been filed. American climber killed NEW DELHI, India ? Thomas Mutch, leader of a seven-member American expedition scaling the 23,545 toot Mount Nun in the Himalayas, was killed while making an assault on the summit, according to reports received here today from the climbers' base camp, 370 miles to the north. Mutch's body was brought to the town of Kargil from the i base camp at Tangoie following his death, the United News of India reported. The domestic news agency gave no details of Mutch's death. His hometown in the United States was not immediately known. UNI quoted the Indian liaison officer with the expedition j as saying all other members of the team were safe and piannea 10 continue tneir assault on the mountain. Musical dBp Benefit 2KT Members of the Austin Cayce Band played for (JSC students Saturday afternoon at the band ? field on Sumter Street. The event Bra , - M was a benefit for Palmetto Place, ft local home for abused children. BjjgKjil (Photo by Tony Williams) , - i Mafirvn 11UL1UII Deaths 'touch off' killer BUFFALO, N.Y. ? A vicious killer who cut out the hearts of two black taxi drivers may have been "touched j off" by the murders of four black men who were shot in the head with a .22-caliber pistol, the county prosecutor says. i But District Attonrey Edward C. Cosgrove has said that ! he doesn't believe the two sets of slayings were committed by the same person. A manhunt by some 100 policemen ? the biggest effort in Erie County history, he said ? has been launched to find the killers. "I can't imagine a more serious, traumatic situation occurring in a U.S. community," Cosgrove said. Hours after the discovery of the mutilated body of j cabbie Ernest Jones, 40, the sixth murder victim in three weeks, a 10-foot cross was set ablaze in a black residential neighborhood. Cosgrove blamed "kooks and drunks" for the indicent and warned them not to "i^onardiTP thp npsfp" nf black community, which has been traumatized by the slayings. Spinster admits to deaths JOHNSTOWN, Pa. ? A spinster who admitted bearing five infants, whose remains were found in an attic trunk 50 years after their deaths, said in a letter she murdered them because she felt like only a plaything for their father. "He never wanted me," wrote Stella Williamson, "only something to play with and I was a fool in his hands." "I want to make things right if anything should happen me," wrote Miss Williamson, who died last month at the age of 76. "How I got away with (it) I don't know, but I did so I don't want anyone else to be blamed...," she said in a letter found by a boarder in her home in nearby Gallitzin. The letter was not addressed to anyone and it appeared that Miss Williamson intended it to be found after her death, police said. No pants in City Hall BOSTON ? The order, which takes effect Tuesday, is direct and succinct. Women employees in City Hall must wear skirts. No pants. No jeans. No shorts. Mayor Kevin White only wants "professionalism in government," says a spokesman. But he probably didn't expect the backlash. "If the mayor thinks it's so wonderful to wear skirts, he should try wearing one while he's waiting at a subway station when it's freezing cold outside," said one angry female worker who asked anonymity. 1 The memo came down via city Building Commissioner Frank Gens. On women's dress it KAid* "Wpnrincr nnruirol mnct Ko clean, neat and of a 'business look' nature. Pant suits, dungarees, slacks or shorts will not be permitted at any time." I Woman survives jump GASTONIA, N.C. ? As her boyfriend watched helplessly from a plane, Gail Tate plummeted 4,500 feet and hit the ground at nearly 120 mph after her parachute failed to open fully. But the petite, 20-year-old Air Force enlistee stationed at Kure Beach, N.C., survived, suffering only two broken feet and a minor back fracture. j Her jump over Myrtle Beach was recreational and not connected with Air Force duties, she said, adding that there wasn't even time to scream. ^^Tne partially opened main and reserve chutes broker her fail somewhat, said her boyfriend and instructor, Denis Schmider, but, "Logically, she should be dead." . - ? If. ^ ^ I H^|M|^ |feg r S; j^jb^b BL flHI v .l^'/. f. ? /'M^.<= ' Jw ' %. :''' " ' ," V , s/ %fnc State I > ? ! jenrerre announcing roaay Hep. John Jenrette, convicted last week on bribery and conspiracy charges in connection with the government's Abscam probe, has scheduled an afternoon news conference to announce his political plans. Jenrette said after his conviction by a Washington jury that he would continue his re-election campaign against Republican John Napier. But he also said at the time he would consult with Democratic chairmen in the 6th District "to determine the best course." At an afternoon news conference today at the Florence Quality Inn, Jenrette will announce what that course will be. Jenrette spoke by telephone to a group of 6th District Democratic county chairmen Friday night, but did not indicate whether he would resign from Congress or continue his re-election effort. There was still no indication Sunday as to what he planned to do. Riley not cabinet choice MYRTLE BEACH ? President Carter's press aide, Jody Powell, says South Carolina Gov. Dick Riley is not being considered for a cabinet post or other high federal office. "So far as I know, there have been no discussions between the president and Gov. Riley at all about that sort of thing," Powell said in an interview with radio station WKZQ. Riley frequently calls the White House when he learns a Hppicinn ie ahniit tr> Ko marl a that- miaht havo haauu Innol vayvujavaa bm mk/vm? w mv uimuv u?wv ihitv ?4vu f j iw?i impact in South Carolina. The calls are returned "without a great deal of delay/' he said, and Riley's opinions are taken into consideration. Powell said Riley "is a man who is well qualified for, I think, any position in the federal government.'' TeacherofYear' named GREENVILLE ? A Greenville High School teacher who has always "been for the underdog" has been named South Carolina's 1981 Teacher of the Year. Sara Payne has taught for the past 22 years. She says she tries to be more than a teacher to her students. "I am in awe when I think of the position I hold as a senior English teacher," she said. "If I only teach the student figures of speech or the skill of writing a correct sentence, 1 have done a poor job because mechanics are irrelevant unless tied into life's experiences." Mrs. Payne will represent South Carolina in the National Teacher of the Year Awards Program and will also receive a $1,000 award. 'Possible war involvement' CHARLESTON ? Air Force Secretary Dr. Hans M. Mark says he thinks the United States would get involved in the Iran-Iraq war if the conflict jeopardizes the supply of oil to the West. U.S. involvement in the war now is limited to observation, but "if the conflict were to threaten the oil flow, I have no doubt we would go in," Mark said Thursday in a Charleston new conference. Four sophisticated U.S. radar planes are in the Persian Gulf area, but a spokesman for the secretary said Air Force units, including "highlv mobile surveillance radar" teams capable of gathering information from as far as 200 miles away also are in operation in Saudi Arabia. Mark said the intensity of the conflict would determine if Iran, which has mostly American-made equipment, needs supplies of spare parts and equipment from the United States. 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