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pRSws Br Hijackers agr DAMASCUS, Syria (API threatened execution of t military regime agreed T prisoners as demanded Americans and more than here, the Syrian news agenc The three hijackers, who s days ago and flew it to Afgh; had also threatend to blow unless their demands were i They set a new deadline o their request, the news agen The agency said that afU nrisrtfi?r? npffntiAtinnc hoo: six of the 55 whose release hijackers. Earlier Thursday, the hi, Americans CIA agents, sai added "be prepared to coll the threat in a letter dicta te< the plane at Damascus airp the official Syrian news age Coffee indust BOSTON (AF - The mul says its studies show no lir but a Harvard study indicat or two a day are nearly twi get cancer of the pancreas. Cancer of the pancreas is malignancy in the United St The Harvard researchers found a strong link betw cancer, there was no proof c stopped short of advising pe The researchers found drinking and pancreatic car the stimulant in coffee, te* factor. About 20,000 Americans and the American Cancer I percent of the victims survi' U.S. supports SAN SALVADOR, El Sa junta told the other Latin i meddle in its war against United States supported its "The revolutionary govei desire the intervention of States in the search for a so in El Salvador," the junta s The message, delivered ambassador in Washingtoi OAS mediation offer "cc rejected "any ad hoc action The United States boycot El Salvador rejected any O Rafael Echeverria of Cosuggested mediation las meeting. Public TV ma WASHINGTON (AP) - P use commercials to gain Reagan's proposed budget president of the Corporation Robben W. Fleming sj broadcasting might seek ai clustered at a few fixed terruption to programs. mi i . A - ? J _ n A. r lenuiig 101a a senate i that if the budget cuts are a to reduce our financial sup high quality programs for nj Reagan lias proposed cu budget by 25 percent in fisc four years. Burning perr (AP) - Burning permits 1 Carolina counties because Forestry Commission annoi State Forester I/eonard Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg Charleston, Colleton, Do Lexington and Orangeburg Kilian also urged persoi outdoor burning until the cu Commission officials sai< since last July 1 and the bla timberland. At this time la more than 2,500 fires that ct Students proi EAGLE POINT, Ore. </ School posted a new polic; bracing, students started w Some 300 students wal Wednesday and gathered ir peaceful protest against the "We only wish to show tl serious about our demands junior Brett Barber. "I really think what you cipal Hazen Bernard. "Wh heard. I've always wanted I I will now." Some members of the d tended the rally. No prornis the rule, however. V. v - A. ... iefs~ ee to free 55 j )? Only mirtutes before the hree. Americans, Pakistan's hursday to free 55 political by hijackers holding the 100 other hostages in a plane ysaid. >eizea uie r aKistani airliner 12 jnistan and then to Damascus, up the plane and all aboard net by 11 a.m. EST Thursday, tf 7 p.m. EST for fulfillment of icy said. ;r Pakistan agreed to free the ain to establish the identity of i was demanded by the three jackers had labeled the three d they would shoot them and ect their bodies." They made d to Pakistani authorities from ort. The letter was released by ncy, SANA. ry denies link ! tibiilion-dollar coffee industry ik between coffee and cancer, es that people who drink a cup ce as likely as non-drinkers to the fourth most common fatal ates. > cautioned that although they een coffee drinking and the offee causes the disease. They j ople not to drink it. no association between tea icer, suggesting that caffeine \ and some colas - was not a die of the disease each year, Society says that less than 10 ve for five years. . junta's stand ilvador (AP)? El Salvador's \merican governments not to the leftist guerrillas, and the stand. -nment of El Salvador does nut the Organization of American lution to the internal problems aid. Wednesday bv El Salvador's n, Ernesto Peralta, called an >mpletely unacceptable" and by the OAS." ted the session on grounds that AS role, said Ambassador Jose sta Rica, whose government t week and sponsored the # iy use ads ublic television may have to extra revenue if President cuts are approved, says the for Public Broadcasting, aid Wednesday that public j jthority to have commercials times per day, without inVppropriations subcommittee pproved, "we would be forced ! port toward the production of ational distribution. tting the public broadcasting al 1982 and by 38 percent over nits revoked have been revoked in 13 South j of forest fire danger, the state unced Wednesday. | Kilian said the counties are , Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun, rchester, Hampton, Jasper, is in other counties postpone rrent dry spell has ended. I d there have been 11,000 fires zes have burned 55,000 acres of st year the state had recorded msumed about 9,300 acres. best kiss ruling LP) - When Eagle Point High < y prohibiting kissing and em- [ ilking. ked out of morning classes i a sun-baked courtyeard for a rule change made last week, fie administration that we are ? and want to be heard," said are doing is OK," said Prinat you are doing here will be o listen to you, and if I haven't istrict's school board also at(es were made about changing Postal r effective WASHINGTON (AP)~ On March 22, the cost of mailing a first-class letter will climb to 18 cents, three times what it cost a decade ago. And the Postal Service says the rates will have to go even higher. The letter rate was 6 cents in Mav. 1971, when it rose to 8 cents. The price went to 10 cents in 1974 and to 13 cents in 1975. The last increase came May 29,1978, when it rose to 15 cents. The Postal Service had requested a 20-cent first-class rate, but the Postal Rate Commission decided Feb. 18 in favor of the 18-cent postage. The Postal Service, calling the 18cent stamp a "recommendation for fiscal irresponsibility" that will lead to constant rate changing, on Tuesday asked the commission to reconsider that decision. Schwartz: <AP)? The House the appea Education Committee does for college not deserve the criticism it to appeal has gotten since its members decision 1 settled a dispute between the USC to Commission on Higher certain Education and the cupationai University of South The C Carolina. House Soeaker Hit*hAr i Ramond Schwartz says. coordinate Schwartz, in a news the state conference Wednesday, said university Today at LJSC USC baseball - Carolina age at Sarge Frye Stadium at 3 p admitted free with ID. Ballet - "Life's Seasons: Pb at 8 p.m. in Drayton Hall. RH Film - "You Only Livi 2:30 p.m., $1. "Live and Let D; $1.50 "Moonrakei" at 9:30 "ThunderbalP* at midnight, $1. weather *71 J ? ? - r i tuay: ^tear ana sunny. Loi High in the 70s. Weekend: Sunny. Lows in Highs in the 70s. ate incr e March "To achieve a lower stamp today, the commission has chosen to ignore more than $1 billion in revenue needs 11 1 . *11 I l ~ I 11 i ] : n tl. ? niai win nave iu ue cuiicclcu in vhc near future. This is not cost-cutting. It is make-believe," the nine governors of the Postal Service said in a statement approved unanimously. The Postal Service, seeking larger rate increases imposed less frequently, says more stable rates allow business customers, who send 80 percent of the mail, to plan better and use the mail more. But the commission says the law allows rates to be only high enough to cover expenses in the year of the rate case. Unless the rate commission changes its course, the governors warned, there will be another Postal Sprvipp for hinhpr "as soon as possible." Appeal se Is process set up USC to elimin ?s and universities programs. The co the commission's said the progranr ast week to allow are part of the C continue offering General Studies, c two-year oc- offerings at other s< [programs. Schwartz, D-Sun Commission on the education c education, which members "do no! is curriculums in the vilification that s's colleges and to them individual ?s, had ordered committee of the H The speaker ?^ dispute between US t commission op "Floodgate of comment and critic linst Howard .. ha eri _ . . tides and editorial ?m. Students to my attention th say this committee under undue ci ?not Danrc " Schwartz said, aneiuance, Schwartz, who with Speaker Pro r Damei, said critic p Twirp " at out of government; . twice, ai to jmpUgn the c ie" at 7 p.m., members who vote p.m., $1 .50. I the<5omm ssion. The speaker's < were directed in pi Harry Chapm Greenville, chairn Senate Educati< iv in the 40s. mittee. I Chapman said draft legislation the aDDeal sMnn the mid-30s. Schwartz quoted saying the House c bowed to trei ease t 99 The Postal Service had said it needed $3.75 billion in additional annual revenue over what current rates bring in. The commission trimmed this by $1.1 billion. As a result, the Postal Service said it will lose money the first quarter the new rates are in effect. The rates that will take effect at 12.01 a.m. March22are: ?For first-class letters, 18 cents for the first ounce and 17 cents per ounce after that. Post cards will be 12 cents. - Increases of 3 percent for parcel post and various hikes for second-and third-class mail used by businesses. -Expanded discounts available to business mailers who do preliminary j sorting of their outgoing mail. These discounts are given because the mailers are saving Postal Service expenses. HH| Clemson's mascot the piSjH Tiger was left resting j atop a trash basket in f :'-Aj the Littlejohn /fl| Coliseum following SH the Clemson-USC : women's Region II game Tuesday night. Carolina's Lady i?S|?|HS Gamecocks beat Clemson 81-64. See story page 10. (Photo iHH by Chuck Eaton) tup sound ate the political pressure from the mmission University of South is, which Carolina. College of "Charges of pressure tuplicated tactics have been alleged ;hools. against the university," iter, said said, "as if no lobbying efommittee forts whatsoever were made t deserve by members of the Comhas pome lYlicciAti ah Utrf^At* l^rlii/oofj/am iinuotun UII iiignci uuuca?,? wi? ly or as a itself or the Governor and his ouse." staff." said the The speaker added to the >C and the list of lobbyists in the dispute ened a the various presidents of editorial colleges in the state, the ;isms." directors of the state's lough ar- tecnical schools and the s brought state Chamber of Comat I must has come Schwartz said he was not iticism," being critical of the lobbying efforts, but he wanted to appeared point them out because they rem Mike had been overlooked by the :s in and media. have tried It is "simplistic and :ommittee arrogant" to presume the Hi against commission's viewpoint is the only valid perspective on comments issues, the speaker said. art at Sen. The committee members, an, D - he said, "do not deserve the lan of the vilification that has come to >n Com- them individually or as a committee of the House." he would The panel's action last week changing allowed the university to continue offering two-year editorials associate degree programs :ommittee in secretarial science and mendous institutional administration.