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L. uciODBr /.h, iaoj, uamecocK I I M I Ml /% I M M #J #? n4 n4l A M JP M W A #\l A UllUbUdl IdUlu oldlllHi IUI bdltJ LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLL, Wales (AP) ? A Welsh village railroad station, complete with its 36-foot platform sign giving the longest place name in Britain is up for sale. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch station became a tourist center nine years ago after state-owned British Rail stopped running trains for lack of passengers. A price tag of 170,000 pounds ($253,300) has been put on trie center, which has a restaurant, parking lot and souvenir shop that sells 10-inch-long train tickets with the name of the railroad station and instructions how to say the name without becoming breathless. The Welsh name means in English: St. Mary's Church by the pool of the white hazel trees, near the rapid whirlpool, by the red cave of the Church of St. Tysilio. The Guinness Book of Records lists the longest place name currently in use in the world as the 85-letter Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, a hill on North Island, New Zealand. It means in the Maori language: The hill whereon was nlaved the flute of Tarnater. circumnavigator of lands, for his lady love. Election draws few candidates CLEAR SPRING, Md. (AP) ? There wasn't exactly an overwhelming fielu when Clear Spring held its municipal primary election - even the mayor left town to keep himself from being drafted for another term. "I left town until the election was over," said Mayor William Albonowicz, who has served four terms in office. "They thought I'd be around so they could call. 1 outfoxed them. Four terms is enough." Earlier, the mayor suggested candidates were scarce because there were no problems in town. The only people who showed up to nominate candidates for the five elected offices in the town of 500 Monday were four incumbent and former mayor George Boyd. Assistant Mayor Paul Hose was nominated .^r mayor, and three veteran councilmen nominated each other for reelection. They ran into trouble when they tried to find a candidate for assistant mayor. We called a bunch of people and none of them wanted it," said councilman Christian Hawbaker, 74, who has spent 25 years in town government. The group finally called Gary Lee Grove, who agreed to give it a try. The primary resulted in "just a full slate, no extias" and no contests, town Clerk Nancy Keefer said. The town's approximately 400 voters go to the polls Nov. 7 to formally elect the slate. Mt. Everest conquered again KATMANDU, Nepal (AF) ? Three Americans have conquered Mount Everest from the Tibetan side, the first nonChinese to do so, a Japanese mountaineer reported today. Almost all Everest climbers approach the 29,028-foot peak, the world's hiehest. from the Nenalese side. Until now Chinese climbers have been the only ones to have scaled Everest from the Tibetan side, in 1960 and in 1975. The names of the Americans were not immediately known. However, a 16-member American team led by James Morlissey of Stockton, Calif., left for the Tibetan side of the mountain in August and had hoped to reach the summit around Oct. 6. The team, including Chris Kopsinski of Spokane, Wash., and David Brashears of Boston, Mass., were attempting to be the first Americans to reach the top via Tibet. The Chinese Mountaineering Society in Peking could pro vide no information about their progress. Ranger applies for Watt's post BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) ? Who's better qualified thai William Clark to be U.S. Interior Secretary? Park ranger Bil McClean said he is - and he's serious enough to have appliei for the job. The burly, 26-year-old McClean, who lives in a camper a the Skunk River campgrounds in nearby Augusta, has give his resume to Peter Verstegen, a legislative aide to U.S. Rep James Leach of Iowa. Leach has promised to pass it on to th president, wno nas cnosen ^iarK 10 succeed james wau. McClean said that as a fisherman, hunter, canoeist an hiker, he's traveled the nation from the Everglades to tli Grand Canyon. And as a Des Moines County park rangei he's conducted tours "that teach people to appreciate natui and all we have out there." In addition, McClean says, "I'll be much less of an emba rassment than Mr. Watt." If his qualifications and attitude don't clinch the jol perhaps his price will - McClean says he's willing to work ft "half of whatever Mr. Watt's salary was." Cabinet membe make $80,10() a year. The park ranger's job pays $13,500. i TTSn tnrldxr i w vv v/ - \y vi u. j I | j RH FILM ? "Short Eyes" (1977). Bruce Davidson, Freddy Fender. An inmate befriends a man in prison for the first time. 7 ; 9:30 p.m. Free. I i Marine commai BEIRUT, LEBANON (AP) ? A lo/^nn rn^b iiMic fl\/pn !lltr\ Q uumu"iauvn 11 uvi\ ** u.j v?n*vu nuv v? U.S. Marine command center and blew up the four-story building at Beirut Airport early yesterday, killing 146 Marines according to the Pentagon. The explosion was the worst attack on the Marines who have been under sniper and shelling fire in recent days. Before this explosion, six Marines had been killed by sniper fire or artillery explosions around the airport. Two minutes later, another explosion ripped through a French command center in west Beirut's Ramlet al-Baida seafront residential neighborhood, and the state radio said at least 25 French peacekeepers were killed. NO GROUP immediately claimed responsibility. Defense Department spokesman, Lt. Col. Tom Jones, said in Washington that he could not say how ? ? 1~ i j i i.:ii a nidiiy peupie nau ueen miicu. The radio quoted police as saying Goodbye, goodnight The South Carolina State Fair prepares for to catch the fun, rides and stuffed animals '60 Minutes' to (AP) ? CBS-TV's investigative n Minutes" is preparing a segment on the Carolina men accused in Texas of separa CBS newsman Morley Safer and a cre\ were in Orangeburg Oct. 17 working on two South Carolina State College gradua The men, both blacks, moved to Green U as engineers for E-Systems, Inc. :1 LENNELL GETER has been convict robery of a fast food restaurant. He fac ! his attorney is requesting a new trial. Anthony Williams is accused of robbin in Garland, Texas, of $31. He faces tria Both men claim they were falsely arrest , charges. Safer was seen in an Orangeburg res 1 leagues Monday. A S.C. State spokesw show's crew was in town wrapping up tl CBS OFFICIALS said no date has segment. ' Banks vie for r rs (AP) ? South Carolina National Bank and Bankers Trust are not as far apart in their merger offers to First Uotil/chornc Pnrn at if anniiarc cinfl V.l \^-VM }/. U .1 11 (Ij/pvil1 .1, C111V4 SON could try and match the ante with the stock swap, experts say. Bankers Trust offered $69.20 a share for First Bankshares Corp. stock. The SCN earlier offer amounted ' to $50.46 per share of First Bankshares as of Friday. But some bank officials and investors say SCN coulu come back with a higher stock-swap offer. Since stock I id center bombec "A truck filled with explosives drove into the lobby...and detonati of the building." ? American pe< the death toll was expected to rise in tl both devestated sites and that moans tr and faint pleas for help were being heard from the rubble. fi "A truck filled with explosives C crashed through the gate, drove into vs the lobby . . .and detonated, collaps- si ing all four floors of the building," s< said Marine Maj. Robert Jordan, spokesman for the American s peacekeeping force in the Lebanese 4 capital. n THE BLOWN-UP French center housed a 110-man company of the F 2,000-man French contingent, and ' French spokesmen on the scene said a ^Hii. ,vv "TTriffr-TXij tHKM H?1bs&^. ?v "*~v t-'^YjTSZ ??fi^5*!SB^<?PMI ?; ^ Mil?Oki- - * > Jura 18* <** ^PtC3 ^ ^RMKuBr^^ ~ '" 'r 4^** atijiv ' * , P|R * * ^ \- ?..> <i ~^^BP its final weekend in Columbia. Yesterday was the las for another year. investigate piigli ews program "60 Geter's attorney, Edv nlieht of two South has improved chances t ite armed robberies. Sigel said evidence th< v from the TV show criticized Geter's backgi the story about the should improve the cha ites. Several groups have I ville, Texas, to work including the NAACP, faculty at S.C. State. ed of a 1982 armed GETER, A $24,000 es life in prison, but Systems, was convicted He was convicted despi g a convenience store was at work when the i 1 Oct. 31. Geter, a native of Dc ed on armed robbery September on the arme down. taurant with six col- But Sigel said the ne> oman confirmed the court makes it likely th le segment. "We feel we'll be sue been set to air the adding that Williams's Oder's appeal. rierger with First swaps arc non-taxable, the equivalent I per-share value would not have to ! match Bankers Trust. SCN earlier had offered to merge < 1.16 shares of SCN stock for each First Bankshares share. I The Bankers Trust proposal had a value of $173 million on Wednesday, i the trading day just before the offer, while the SCN offer was valued at $ 124 million. Coin offers, however, arc subject to change as bank stocks go up and down. And the offers are different in j in Beirut crashed through the gate, ed, collapsing all four floors acekeeping force spokesman Maj. Robert Jordan 0 ley feared most of the soldiers were apped beneath the rubble. Frantic Marines were pulling bodies rom the rubble after the explosion. ilass and cement from the two blasts 'ere hurled hundreds of feet at both ites. Large patches of blood could be sen on the ground. AT THK White House, presidential pokeswoman Sheila Dixon said, 'We're aware of the reports and we're n o n i t o r i n g the situation very ^ arefully." When asked if President Ronald teagan knew of the reports, she said 'the president was informed at 2:27 .m. EDT." 'InHH g.... ^A..* fifi jMp^^i>^y<>- y*'"v ] Photo by Mary Ann HoUu it day it of S.C. men , vin Sigel of Dallas, said new evidence hat Hie rlipnt \uill ?At a n am; trial at South Carolina police officers never round despite the prosecution's claims nces for a new trial. raised funds to assist in their defense, E-Systems employees and students and i-a-year mechanical engineer for Eof robbing a Kentucky Fried Chicken, te testimony of six co-workers that he obbery occurred. mmark, S.C., requested a new trial in " d robbery conviction, but was turned \ evidence introduced to the appellate ere will be a new trial. cessful at the appellate level," he said, trial could nlav an important role for Bankshares [hat Bankers Trust's is taxable while SCN's is tax-exempt. In other words, Bankers Trust made >uch a strong offer that if First Bankshares doesn't accept it, there will have to be some explaining to First Bankshares' shareholders. Because of the significant gap between the Rankprc Trust nffpr iinrl the nrifr- llw stock was trading at not long ago, the broker said, the First Bankshares board also has to think of the possibility of shareholder suits if it turns the offer down.