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Balloonists end. flight
NEW DELHI, India. (AP) ? Two American balloonists
were forced to cut short their attempt at the first non-stop,
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in a village of northern India, officials in India said.
A New Delhi airport control tower worker and a local
government official in India said the 20-story balloon and
the red, white and blue gondola carrying Maxie Anderson
and Don Ida touched down at Mirchpur about 5:30 a.m.
EST, or about 4 p.m. in India. The village in Hissar county
is 90 miles northwest of New Delhi.
Yogeshire Sawhney, commissioner of Hissar, told The
Associated Press in New Delhi by telephone that doctors
examined the baiioonists. announced "thev were in fine
shape" and that the two then left for New Delhi.
3 ex-hostages file lawsuit
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A lawsuit seeking $90 million in
damages has been filed against Iran by three former
hostages who say they were deprived of their U.S. constitutional
rights to free speech and liberty and to be free
from unreasonable search and seizure.
The suit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, notes that
the U.S. embassy seized Nov. 4, 1979 in Tehran is considered
U.S. territory. The suit was filed despite an
agreement by the Carter administration that the former
hostages would be unable to collect damages in U.S.
courts.
The three plaintiffs are Steve M. Lauterbach of Dayton,
Ohio, who was released Jan. 20 along with 51 other
Americans, and two hostages who were released Nov. 19,
1979: Lillian Johnson of Burke, Va., and Elizabeth
Montagne of Washington.
Gressette opposes merger
(AP) ? State Sen. L. Marion Gressette says he will
oppose any attempts to merge South Carolina State
College with Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College in
order to comply with a federal desegragation mandate.
The 79-year-old Senate president pro tempore said last
week he is "opposed to any interference with the status of
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College whatsoever, for
any purpose whatsoever."
S.C. State is one of nine state-supported colleges which
retain vestiges of segregation from the days when South
Carolina had a dual educational system, the U.S.
Department of Education says.
'Killer trying to get caught
ATLANTA (AP) ? The discovery of the remains of two
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19 months ? has led one police official to speculate that
the child killer or killers stalking the Atlanta area may be
trying to get caught.
"He doesn't fully want to get caught and yet he does/'
said Dick Hand, public safety director for DeKalb County
where one of the bodies was found.
"The more cases that occur, the more evidence there is
going to be. The more it happens, the greater the chance
of apprehension. We've learned more and more with each
one of these cases," he said.
Six small bodies have been found in the past five weeks
alone.
State queen crowned
MYRTLE BEACH (AP) ? Blonde, brown-eyed Zade
Denise Turner was crowned Miss South Carolina-U.S.A.
Saturday in a preliminary event to the Miss U.S.A. and
Miss Universe pageants.
The 21-year-old beauty from Myrtle Beach was crowned
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Weatherly won the same pageant a year ago on her way to
winning the Miss Universe title in Seoul, Korea, last July.
Miss Turner won the title over 31 other competitors
after judges reviewed them in swimsuit and evening gown
competitions.
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(AP) ? A Hollywood
producer who says he's
bought the film rights to
former Congressman John
Jenrette's life story won't
necessarily concentrate on
just Jenrette.
Michael Viner told a
Washington-based reporter
for The State newspaper of
Columbia, "I'm interested in
John Jenrette as a
prototype... who comes to
Washington, and the temptation
and mistakes that are
made, and the things that
cause" them.
Jenrette was convicted in
October of accepting a
$500,000 bribe from FBI
agents masquerading as
representatives of phony
Arab shieks in search of
political favors. An appeal is
under way.
He was subsequently
defeated in a bid for a fourth
term.
The producer said the
movie would describe the
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Jenrette's relationship with
"newspaper people" and
other congressmen.
Viner said he did not know
when the film might be
made. "It's a slow process,"
he explained. "For one
thing, a book has to be
written and the writers are
working on it now."
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Jenrette's congressional life
without portraying his wife,
which would require her
approval, Viner replied,
"I'm not interested in Rita
as a story. We would have to
stay away from those areas
involving their private
relationship," the producer
said.
''She's a public figure and
permission would not be
needed" for segments
touching on her public role in
Jenrette's life, he contended.
Jenrette has said his wife
decided to leave him
because of an argument over
movie rights to their story.
He said he at first refused to
sign a release that would
allow Mrs. Jenrette total
freedom to portray him in
any light she chose in a
movie she is trying to sell to
Hollywood.
According to reports, Mrs.
Jenrette will appear partially
nude in photographs
that will accompany an
article she has written for
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Saturday's newspaper
story Viner, mainly known
for his television specials,
paid Jenrette an unspecified
amount. The pair came to an
agreement when the former
North Myrtle Beach attorney
was in Los Angeles
last week.
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CHARLESTON (AP) ? S|
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Friday. fi
Members removed the fc
internal auditing team from
jurisdiction of the vice r<
president of finance and r<
administration. In the future b;
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in the middleweight
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plitting the work between
ice presidencies for adlinistration
and finance,
reated was a vice
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Board Chairman Charies
Hanna said the changes
ere not prompted by a
raft report by the federal
eneral Accounting Office,
hich charged that $440,000
i entertainment exenditures
were unjustified,
lisclassified or unocumented.
MUSC officials
ave said the GAO based its
ndings on incomplete in>rmation.
Hanna said the
^organization was the
isult of recommendations
y the Legislature preceding
le report.
MUSC President William
nisely will appoint the new
ice presidents after the
udget and Control Board
pproves the school board's
ztion, Hanna said.
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