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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.