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Wine reports wotoi Brezhnev sees 'difficulties' MOSCOW ? Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev has acknowledged "shortcomings and bottlenecks," in the nation's economy and "difficulties" in supplying milk and meat. Brezhnev, in a speech to the Soviet Communist Party Central Committee, also called improvements in the production of consumer goods "of paramount economic O nri 1 ? ' 1 c?u<-? (Jwnv.iv.rtl linjnM UUK'C "Many goods are still of poor quality. The supply of some other products that are much in demand is quite often erratic," said Brezhnev, whose speech was reported by Tass. The Soviet leader was vague about the 1980 Soviet grain harvest, saying only the nation had averaged annual yields ot more than 2(X) million metric tons during the fiveyear period that ended Dec. 31. Any harvest this year over 164 million tons would Droduoo that nvi*rnc*0 Jinfl mnct frwoirJM cnnninli.'li 1 ?% v>?u HMOI lui Vigil opwiu liaio UAJJCV. I the crop this year to be in the 190-205 million ton range. The goal lor this year was 235 million tons. Greece to end boycott ATHENS, Greece ? Prime Minister George Rallis is expected to win Parliament's approval Friday for Greece's return to military participation in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after a six-year boycott. i Rallis announced he would seek a vote of confidence debate today. The two main opposition parties, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement and the Communist Party, both criticized the government's action. But since Rallis' New Democracy Party holds 177 of the 300 seats in . Parliament, he is certain to win the vote. Greece withdrew from NATO's military wing in 1974 because of the invasion of Cyprus by neighboring Turkey, another member of the alliance. The Greek Cabinet agreed Sunday to accept a plan worked out by NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, for Greece's return, and the NATO Defense Planning Committee voted unanimously in Brussels Monday to accept the Greek decision. A II' * America held in bombings MANILA, Philippines ? President Ferdinand E. Marcos has accused an American held in detention here of responsibility for the bombing campaign Marcos said was designed to overthrow or kill him. Shortly afterward, presidential guards arrested opposition leader jnvifn Salnnoa ir? h5c ~f4? I Uv..u..bu 111 mo uuopiuil UCll ct 1 LCI Ylarcos also linked him to the campaign, Salonga's wife said. Marcos, 63, told reporters he had personally in'errogated Victor Lovely Jr., a Philippine-born American irrested last month in connection with the bombings, and oncluded Lovely had directed "a conspiracy... to iestabilize the government through terrorism." The alleged plot involves bombing public places, killing civilians, and "assassination of high-ranking civilian and nilitary officers, including the president," Marcos said. | Pregnancy Termination | I Counseling Available | KH nc^shoi included \i SI7"> \K >nday-Wednesday-Friday J $200 Saiurday \t The Ladies Clinic ffSSk I 1411 Barnwell St., Columbia, S.C. !(, ^ I his is not a referral agency. 254-7553 j| If you don't read the Gamecock , 6c-fS V"*"V ' we'll shoot this dog! ir*** w :Z"v" '?rr'irr."" t Nation Pilots picket White House WASHINGTON ? About 200 airline pilots demonstrated outside the White House yesterday to protest what they :? ?i *- ? > ' ici ucinjicinjies in uiu nation s air saieiy system. At the heart of the protest is the government's recent certification of the new McDonnell Douglas DC-9-Super 80 jetliner with two pilots instead of three. The 33,000-member Air Pilots Association, which sponsored the demonstration, said three pilots are needed in the Super-80 cockpit to assure a safe operation. Placards carried by the pickets called for President Carter to fire Langhorne Bond, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, who certified the Super- I 80. ; "President Carter Must Act On Air Safety Now," read many of the signs. Concerning the demonstration, the FAA issued this one jseiiieuue siaieineni: mere is no more eloquent comment on FAA's long, effective stewardship of U.S. aviation than the more than 14,000 scheduled airline flights that are conducted every day in safety." Raising kids isn't cheap NEW YORK ? The government's estimate that it will cost parents $65,000 to support a child until age 18 is ridiPlilrMmlv lnw anH fVio !< ~ 4. - - "" j uuu uiv uguic ia iiiui c nivciy iu reacn tj $254,000 ? not counting college ? says Parents Magazine. I The magazine said the government failed to include inflation as a factor. An estimate of $85,000, which included four years of college, released earlier this month by the private Population Reference Bureau also was underestimated, the magazine contended in its issue released Monday. Thomas Tilling, a contributing editor of the magazine, said the magazine arrived at the $250,000-plus figure by using federal figures issued by the Agriculture Deaprtment as a starting point. Some government estimates considered low were estimates that it costs only $22 a week to feed a teen-age boy and $115 a year to clothe a newborn baby during its j first year. "Our least costly way to clothe the baby's bottom (diaper service) comes tc $7.30 a week" Tilling wrote. "That's$380a year." * Police end parity raid BOSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. ? Police believe they have put an end to the one-man panty raids that had been plaguing this community for months. But authorities are having trouble returning the goods. For the past few months, a 21-year-old man had been riding his bike around Grosse Pointe Park snatching women's underwear from clotheslines, police say. The man was arrested last week and pleaded guilty to larceny charges in municipal court, police said. AlltKnritioc caM tlioii ittmil/l L:? ?- *J muivtiuui ouiu uitj nuuiu 1IUI lUCIIlliy U1II1 lO SVOIQ embarrassing his family. Police recovered 200 pieces of underwear and have been beset by women searching for their lost undergarments. "It's been a circus around here," said Detective Richard Wedding. State Local contractor wins suit A Columbia contractor who charged that Southern Railway Co. officials twice prosecuted him maliciously and once had him fired without reason has won $1.3 million in damages from the railroad. Tiny Smith said Tuesday he was surprised by the verdict returned by a U.S. District Court jury after a 14dav trial. ,4I felt like we balanced the scales a bit. I'm very happy with the verdict," Smith said. Smith was tried and acquitted in two 1977 trials in which Southern Railway charged him with mail fraud. In the first, the company accused Smith and two other nf lintri nrt ?t ? ? r? 1?? inof n llrtrl tti f U<\ iui;u wi iiuviiig an an Luiiuinunci nisiaiicu in uic uuiin." ui one defendant, C.W. Edwards, and billing the railroad for the cost. Edwards, a master mechanic for Southern, and Robert Ridgell, a hardware supplier to the railroad, were convicted by a jury. Later that year Smith and Edwards were tried on charges of "job swapping" ? submitting bills to Southern Railways for jobs other than what they had performed. Both were found innocent. Smith was later hired by another contractor to work on a Southern Railway project in Savannah, Ga. When Southern officials learned that Smith was employed at the prujwi, mey ioiu me coniracior 10 nave mm removed from the property. Statewide voting surges Two weeks before the Nov. 4 election, state election officials said they have received an avalanche of applications from persons wanting to vote. "I'm certain we'll have an all-time hiah nf 0- ? voters. We had that for the primary," said James F. Hendrix, training coordinator for the state Election Commission. "It wouldn't surprise me to see us reach 1.2 million statewide." "I don't know what brought this on," Hendrix continued. "We had a surge around primary time and it hasn't slacked off. There are awfully interesting local races around the state, and a lot of people are interested in just voting ? period." Officials say the problem facing registrars is the workload involved in getting those registered voters properly recorded and the election equipment ready by Nov. 4. Player eats worms for wins rilESTPR ? I .act \lfinfnt' D 1 niuwi m. i nuLfci Ls muue a promise to eat a live squirming worm for each point by which his high school team outscores its opponents. So far, Roberts, an offensive tackle for the Chester High School Cyclones, has gobbled down 62 of the slippery gray wrigglers. "It tastes like a noodle you dropped in the sand, like a string dropped in the dirt or something," Roberts said Monday just before football practice as he held a paper cup with dark gray worms lumped together. "Want one?" Last Friday, Chester beat York High School 48-7. That meant Roberts had to eat 41 worms. So Monday, as a crowd of teammafps nnH watched, Roberts downed 17 earthworms before practice. He saved the other 24 for an after-practice snack. I At Great 'W' we're looking [ ahead with savings more Important than money. Time. I Al Gf?at Exptcutioni Pfecmon Htircutten <v? offtr m\ ikff tht best itylei mon?y can buy ?n<) < ? reuon m ? 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