Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Wire reports World" Constitution package passes OTTOWA ? Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's Prtncti tnf inn a 1 nonlr o Koc nlAn?*/v/1 Uo ?r, * U..? ? vuuu^ivuviuiiui puvnagv llao v.icaicu IU5 111 SI UU1 Ult? III lilt? House of Commons after opposition Conservatives rushed the Speaker's chair and sang the national anthem to protest Trudeau's cutoff of debate. Most New Democrats, who had voted with the Conservatives against limiting debate, joined with Trudeau's Liberal majority to pass by a vote of 156 to 83 a motion to send the constitutional proposals to a committee of 15 members of Parliament and 10 senators for study and possible amendment. The Liberals want the British Parliament to add a charger of human and language rights and a controversial two-part amending formula to the 113-year-old British North America Act before sending it to Canada. The British North America Act is currently Canada's constitution and Trudeau wants Canadian control of it. But most of Canada's 10 provinces fear Trudeau's pac-Kage win sap mem 01 political clout. Resignation hints of change MOSCOW ? The resignation of ailing Premier Alexei N. Kosygin is expected to have little immediate impact on Soviet policy, but observers here believe it offers important hints about future personnel changes in the aging Kremlin hierarchy. Western analysts say the appointment of Deputy Premier Nikolai A. Tikhonov as successor to the 76-yearold Kosygin strengthens the hand of President Leonid I. Brezhnev, Tikhonov's long-time close friend and associate. But they say the new premier's advanced age, 75, indicates he may only be an interim replacement. Brezhnev, 73, announced the shakeup in a speech to the Supreme Soviet, the national Parliament. His speech included no praise for Kosygin, but Western t analysts said Kosygin apparently left the No. 2 Kremlin post while in good political standing. If so, he joined former President Anastas Mikoyan as one of the few top Soviet leaders to resign of his own will. Pope gives children home VATICAN CITY ? Pope John Paul II has presented Mother Teresa, the 70-year-old winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace, with a building in Rome for use as a home for unwanted children. Mother Teresa, who received keys to the building from the pontiff on Thursday, said she wanted a childrens' home in remarks two weeks ago to the World Synod of DlcV?Anf? uiouvspa luccilllg I1CI C. The Vatican property, in the working-class Primavalle neighborhood, will house 50 children to be cared for my Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. Severe quake hits Mexico MEXICO CITY ? A severe earthquake struck central Mexico Friday, killing at least two people in Pueblo and rocking buildings in Mexico City for more than a minute. Thp RpH frncs rpnnrtpH a follinr? uroll Uilln/l - ? wuu . ?,|yv/. ivu u lulling null IVI11CU IIIC LWU 111 Puebla, 70 miles east of here, and that at least 180 children were injured there when they panicked at a sports event and ran. The Gulf Coast city of Poza Rica suffered heavy damage, Red Cross officials said, but they had no other detail. The quake, felt in a broad path over the south-central part of the country, was centered about 150 miles southeast of Mexico City and registered about 6.5 on the Richter scale ? a jolt capable of doing severe damage ? according to the U.S. Earthquake Information Center at Golden, Colo. ' inmmmmKmM '. . ' ' ' V iitr ' Sfffo Jt Reagan suooorts 1M&m C/emson? Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan campaigned at a lj|?ll Greenville mall Thursday wearing a Clemson Tiger paw print on his j?| lapel. (Photo by John Parnell) Nation Governors praise Carter TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ? Four Southern governors and two U.S. senators, all Democrats, met in Florida's capital Saturday to declare that the South needs Jimmy Carter in the White House. Gov. Bob Graham of Florida hosted the governors of South Carolina, Mississippi and Georgia, along with U.S. senators from Florida and Georgia. They issued a statement praising Carter's performance during his first term. Meeting with Graham wprp Onv RinharH Rilov nf Qr?nth Carolina, Gov. William Winter of Mississippi, Gov. George Busbee of Georgia, Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia and Sen. Lawton Chiles of Florida. "The South cannot afford to lose Jimmy Carter," the Southern politicians said in a statement. Khomeini on costumes NEWARK, N.J. ? Ayatollah Khomeini may be keeping company with Mickey Mouse, Uncle Sam and Jimmy Carter as children parade in their Halloween costumes this year. Novelty stores throughout New Jersey are reporting sales of rubber Khomeini masks for Halloween. Khomeini is the spiritual leader of Iran, where 52 Americans have been held hostage for nearly a year. "At first I wasn't going to sell it in my store. I thought it was in bad taste," Gene DeTone, owner of the Magic Wand in Brick, said. "But now I can't get any more of them. People get a real chuckle out of it." DeTone said he provides fake handcuffs to bind the hands of the religious figure. But at Ken's Magic Shop in Fair Lawn, owner Ken Noble says sales of the Ayatollah masks aren't going too well because people are afraid they'll be shot if the wear it. Garwood iurnrc m i<=>ctir>n?rl - V | W I V_X | o w V_7 o I W I I v? \J CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. ? Col. R.E. Switzer, presiding judge in the court-martial of Marine Pfc. Robert Garwood, will begin questioning jurors today to determine if any have been influenced by news reports of civilian charges against Garwood that he assaulted a 7-year-old girl. Garwood, 34, is charged with desertion and collaboration with the enemy in Vietnam. He has undergone a series of psychiatric tests at Pensacoia Naval Air Station since Oct. 11. Garwood, an Indiana native, could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted on the charges he faces. Public information officer Maj. Timothy Schmidt said Sunday that the proceeding would be ajourned until Nov. 5 following the questioning of the six prospective jurors - all officers. 'No smoke'no fire!' NEW YORK ? Firefighters say they were only doing their duty when they rushed to the fourth-floor Manhattan apartment, but the occupants clearly did not want anyone to investigate the smoke spilling out the apartment window. "No smoke, no fire," a woman inside said in Spanish ana oroKen English as the firefighters knocked on the door. "We have to check the apartment," Lt. James Curran told her. "No, no, no, no!" the woman protested. Firefighters forced their way in and didn't find any fire. However, they did discover 170 pounds of what was believed to be hashish, Curran said. Curran theorized that the apartment was being used as a drug factory and that the puffs of smoke coming from the window were created by people inside smoking I hashish as they worked. .v : ' . x : Z ' % " x x< ',<?'< : s s 4. $ -. : ... _ . J.';' 3': I s. i MB ^ ' HIHhdBBB^ , / State Two charged in murders ! rill *m ? ' ... ... urv ? L?aw eniorcement autnorities, acting on an informant's tip, came up with clues that led to two Sumter men being charged with the murders of three lowcountry service station attendants. Sammy David Roberts, 23, and Henry Wesley Copeland, 40, were charged Friday with three counts each of murder, kidnapping and armed robbery in connection with two separate kidnap-murder incidents last June 19. Roberts and Copeland were among six Sumter County men who had been arrested on housebreaking and other charges following a three-week investigation into what Sumter Police Chief Leslie Griffin called a string of "major crimes." Copeland and Roberts were charged with the murders of Lewis Cakley, 54, of Moncks Corner in Berkeley County, and William O. Spain, 25, and Kenneth C. Krause, 23, both of North Charleston in Charleston County. Krause and Spain were employees at a Port Oil Co. cfafmn An IT C CO - ?i 4 1 ^ 1 1 uvMitvn v/ii u *o in i^iui in V/Iim i^vituii^ ana v^3Kicy wss night attendant at a Texaco station 20 miles to the north in Moncks Corner, the Berkeley County seat. They were abducted within hours of each other on the morning of June 19. Actor's doctor talks in S. C. CONWAY ? Actor Steve McQueen is still in very serious condition, but has been responding to treatments according to the cancer specialist who has been treating the star with nutritional methods at a clinic in Mexico. Dr. William D. Kelley told about 100 people attending a seminar here over the weekend that he had not seen McQueen in three weeks. "He h,?s taken a four-day vacation from the hospital in Ensenada, Mexico at this point," Kelley said. "Our concern now is that he makes it another four months without kidney or heart failure." "But if he died this afternoon the program would have been successful because he came to us with a diagnosis of cancer of the lining of the lung, which is always fatal in a short time," Kelley explained. Spending cut best option Nobody likes the idea of state agencies having ?o cut their spending by 7 percent, but that was the best alternative in light of a projected $46 million state deficit next fiscal year, Gov. Dick Riley says. Riley, at a news conference Friday, said the only other options were to reduce a state employee pay raise or increase taxes. Cutting the pay raises is out of the question and a voluntary spending cut is preferable to a tax increase, he said. The state Budget and Control Board decided last month to urge state agencies to reduce spending wages and benefits by 7 percent. ! Carter to visit state again The battle for South Carolina's eight electoral votes is continuing with the announcement that President Carter i will visit the state this week. The president's trip to Columbia will follow a visit by Republican challenger Ronald Reagan to Greenville by a week. Bill Prince, a spokesman for the state headquarters of the Carter-Mondale campaign, said the president will fly to Columbia Thursday night and probably spend the night at the governor's mansion. Other events have not been scheduled, he said, but Carter probably will leave the state for other points about mid-morning. Campaign workers for Reagan had maintained that Carter would have to return to South Carolina to offset the GOP candidate's appearance Thursday. ' .... ; . ; . . S'\. ___ Ifilft - wmM: * MB|g|M?ilBB^Sm^^WBWHWWBBBWBlB!::