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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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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.
"Intrinsically, Iran is a stronger country than Iraq,"
Mark commented.
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