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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.
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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.
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Lt. Col. Tom Jones, said in
Washington that he could not say how
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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.
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rs (AP) ? South Carolina National
Bank and Bankers Trust are not as far
apart in their merger offers to First
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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
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drove into the lobby...and detonati
of the building."
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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.