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News Briefs
Reagan postpones decision
WASHINGTON (AP)? President Reagan, described as
"not ready to make up his mind" on whether to lift the
Soviet grain embargo, is leaving it in eftect at least two
more weeks.
lleagan, who pledged during last fall's campaign to end
the embargo, postponed a decision Wednesday, a move
that left some farm leaders surprised.
"I guess we'll just sit around and wait and let the
markets stay crippled," Marvin Meek, president of the
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meeting left the question unresolved. s
"I think it (the decision) already should have been
announced," Meek said. "It's going to take two or three
years to get over this embargo, but they (the administration)
deserve this time to evaluate it. ...But if we
really want to hurt the Soviet Union, let's get into their
pocketbooks. Let's double the price of our grain."
Senator maintains innocence
(AP)? State Sen. A.E. "Gene" Carmichael, indicted on
rharcps of voto hnvine savs ho is innoopnf nnd holif?vf?s a
jury will acquit Uim, : .
"1 am sure a jury of my peer will find me innocent of
any political wrongdoing," Carmichael said in a
statement issued Wednesday by his Senate office in
Columbia.
Carmichael, Joe Grady Flowers and Mazel J. Arnette
were indicted Monday by a federal grand jury on 12 counts
of nnvini? jmd offering to nav voters durinc Uist vear's
Democratic primary election in Dillon County.
They were also accused of conspiring to pay voters and
with obstruction of justice.
Nine other persons were also indicted in the alleged
scheme, bringing to 21 the number of indictments
stemming from an investigation of illegal voting activities
in Dillon County.
Volcano blasts steam Dlume
? ? - - JLT VANCOUVER,
Was. (AP)?Mount St Helens blasted a
steam plume more than half a mile aboue its 8,400 foot
crater rim Thursday morning as scientists predicted the
volcano would erupt.
U.S. Forest Service spokesman Thom Corcoran said
there didn't appear to be any ash in the plume rising 3,600
feet above the crater.
"It's venting but we're not calling it an eruption," he
said. "Things haven't changed, we're still in an eruption
alert."
Clouds which shrouded the mountain early today were
breaking up, Corcoran said. He added that seismographs
surrounding the mountain were picking up six to eight
seismic events per hour.
Yoko Ono releases song
NEW YORK (AP) ? "Walking on Thin Ice," the last
song John Lennon Worked on before his death, has been
released as a single sung by his widow, Yoko Ono.
The former Beatle played back-up guitar in the
recording, expected to reach record stores next week, a
Warner Bros, spokeswoman said Wednesday.
On the flip side of the single is a ballad called "It
Happened,' also sung by Miss Ono. It was taped in 1973.
Lennon was shot to death outside his New York apartment
building in December. The couple had recently
released an album, "Double Fantasy."
Pope plans to visit cousin
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)? Barbara Millsap is
looking forward to a visit later this month from Pope John
Paul II? she is his third cousin and has never seen him in
person.
"I am very pleased about it," said Mrs. Millsap, formerly
Barbara Wojtylo. "I would like very much to see
him."
Before becoming pope, John Paul II was known as
Karol Wojtyla. Mrs. Millsap said the "A" in the family
name changed to "O" when her grandfater immigrated to
the United States in 1904. The pope's father and Mrs.
Millsap's great-grandfather were brothers.
Christians against bill
(AP) ? Christian educators have asked for a hands-off
attitude from South Carolian lawmakers who are considering
a bill to require the teaching of creationism in
schools.
"Just leave us alone," lawmakers were told Wednesday
by Reese Yandle, president of the South Carolina
Association of Christian Schools.
"We don't want the state to tell us what to teach,"
Yandle said at a reception his group held for members of
the General Assembly.
Yandle and guest speaker Herman Franklin of Bangor,
Maine, urged legislators to respect the separation of
church and state.
Actor learning to be 'narc'
ATLANTA (AP) ? Actor Hurt Reynolds, saying he
wants his film "Sharkey's Machine" to go beyond run-ofthe-mill
cops and dope pusher movies, is learning to b<> a
"narc."
Reynolds, a Waycross, (ia., native who lias done several
movies in the state, is in Atlanta to direct and play the
lead role in "Sharkey's Machine." The film is adapted
from a novel of the same title by Hill Hiehl of Atlanta, and
shooting begins in three weeks.
Reynolds, the son of a career police officer, plays
Sharkey, a narcotics officei with tlx- Atlanta Police
Department
Goverr
(AP) ? A rnnctitntinn!))
amendment to allow South
Carolina's governors to
serve two consecutive terms
won tentative ratification by
overwhelming votes
Thursday in both chambers
of the General Assembly.
The Senate ratified the
measure 31-0 without debate.
The House voted 94-15 after
several Republicans voiced
objections to it.
There are two bills to
ratify the amendment, one
originating in the House and
one in the Senate. Both
chambers must agree on one
of the bills for ratification to
ho finn 1
The amendment was
approved by the voters in a
referendum last November.'
Republicans have opposed
the idea because th^y fear it
would give them fewer
Bottoms
up
I
Rush e
(AP)? South Carolina new
are bracing for a stamped<
April issue of Playboy n
which is expected to feature i
co-authored by Rita t
; estranged wife of former R
Jenrette.
According to reports, photc
I Jenrette in scant attire
company an article about the
side of a congressman's
Washington, and possibly a
husband, who was convicU
FBI's undercover Abscam oj
The magazine is exDected
streets the first week of Marc
Customers at the Capital N
located just a stone's throw
State House in Columbia, h
Today at
USC Superdance ?
starts at 6 p.m. Frida;
Ballroom. Spectators
RII Film ? "The 1
John Belushi and I)ai
and 9:30 p.m., $1.50. E
and midnight show, $1
Weather
Friday: Fair. Low ii
mid 40s.
Weekend: Fait but
3Os. Highs in thc 5O.s.
lorship I
-i a. i _ n ..Li:
cnances 10 pui a nepuuncaii
in the governor's mansion.
Rep. Moffatt Burriss, RKichland,
said he supports
the two-term governor
concept, but he is against
allowing Gov. Dick Riley, a
Democrat, to lake advantage
of it.
Riley proposed the
amendment last year, and
the General Assembly approved
it, putting it on the
November election ballot.
Riley and his aides have said
he will not announce whether
he will run in 1982 until that
year.
Burriss referred to Chief
liicfipo I WnnHrnw I .(iwiv
who disqualified four judges
the legislature appointed in
1979 to sit on a new appeals
court."Those four app6ihte?s
were members of the
General Assembly when the
court was created. Lewis
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's dealers clamoring for re
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lagazine, "I've asked for
an article you never know ho1
lenrette, he said. "There's
ep. John for that issue, maj
the beach, but the
)sofMrs. for it."
will ac- The demand for
* seamier apparently high
life in Democratic coi
bout her district.
;d in the "It will be first
oration. said Wilson Cain,
to hit the Pharmacy and tv
:h. Myrtle Beach. H
(ewstand, begging him to re
from the issue. "I've double
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use
24-hour dance-a-thon
y in the Russell House
_ J1
are weicomea.
Blues Brothers" with
1 Aykroyd. Shows at 7
arly show at 2:30 p.m.
i the 20s. High in the
warmer. Lows in the
L:tl i.:f:
Hill IdLlll
said lawmakers could not sit I
on courts they created. (
"We should not be up here '
making positions for our- J
selves," Burris said, 4'and *
Kiley shouldn't either."
The lawmaker said Riley, <
a staunch supporter of i
former President Carter, 1
proposed the amendment as i
a backup "just in case he did 1
not get a cabinet position <
with Carter."
Burriss urged lawmakers '
to reject the amendment and 1
resubmit it to voters with the j
stipulaiton that Riley could \
not succced himself. c
Rep. Phil Bradley, R- i
Greenville, said allowing the i
governor to succeed himself
means transferring power ^
from the legislative to the ;
executive branch. 1
"I think there were some 1
strong-arm tactics used in <
getting ths amendment I
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to. News in 1
extra copies, but the maga
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people are waiting they may
to $3.00 di
the April edition is Mrs. J
in the former divorce f
lgressman's 6th about sex
and the f
come, first serve," Jenrette's
owner of Southside in an <
vo other stores in Kathleen
e said people are PostGoss
serve copies of the The arti
;d my order for that Jenrette's
the Dec. 7
Dry weai
concerns
(AP) ? It's not time to
panic, but there's room for
concern over the prolonged
dry weather in South
Carolina, state officials say.
"I haven't heard of any
crisis or shortage at the
mnmonl n coiH nimco
I 1 A V> 11IV-I It, OUKV4 V/KUI VJI UVijO ,
director of the state Water
Resources Commission.
"But my concern is that
weather records indicate
that from Sept. 1 to Jan. 22
we had a six-inch deficiency
of normal rainfall."
lie said he believes the
state needs an above
average rainfall of about 12
inches by the end of March to
r i ach normal levels.
Long range forecasts
indicate a slim chance of
relict, said .John Purvis,
ed
massed, and it was
ieplorable," Bradley said.
'I think the DeoDle of this
>tate were sold a bill of
*oods."
Rep. John Bradley, DDharleston,
said he is not
igainst Riley succeeding
limself, but he planned to
/ote against the amendment
>ecause the people in his
Jistrict turned it down.
Bradley said he is against
'any further erosion of the
Legislature's powers by the
ludicial and executive
tranches unless we can be
convinced it is in the best
nterests of the people we
represent."
One of the few lawmakers
vho argued in favor of the
amendment was Rep.
Francis' Archibald,' DBerkeley,
who told his
colleagues, "You have to
litp tho hullpl cnmoHmoc "
yboy
Gray, owner of the Pee Dee
Florence, which distributes
zine in the Pee Dee and
an areas, said he expected
A wl~ u:
an uuuuic ins saics.
ed some retailers as saying
jack up the price from $2.50
jeto the demand.
enrette, who is seeking a
rom her husband, wrote
and politics in Washington
>th District, and described
womanizing and drinking
article co-authored with
Maxa, wife of Washington
ip columnist Rudy Maxa.
icle, which angered many of
i constituents, appeared in
WJochinrtfAn Dapf monntinn
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ther
officials
chief meteorologist for the
National Weather Service in
Columbia.
Temperatures for the next
90 days are expected to be
below normal, decreasing
the possibiltiy of a southerly
IIWW U1 well 111, lUUI^l <111 .
Lake levels are four to five
feet l>elow normal and that
"could affect peak power
generation of electricity
unless supplies are built up,"
Guess said.
Cities have not been asked
to conserve because "it
hasn't gotten that critical."
he continued.
But he added that continued
dry conditions could
create problems in the
Piedmont, where cities
depend on surface water
rather I han deep wells