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digest House approves educatu (AP) ? The oddsmakers wouldn't have gi Riley's education plan a hope, much less a p arrived in the South Carolina House 10 wet But the governor beat the odds by turning 11 legislative supporters that became knov Team" - a group some described as more Smurfs battling the titans of the House. The group, which had learned the finer pc ball" politics by coming up on the short ei more frequently than the long, was pitte ponents like Ways and Means Committee ( Mangum, Judiciary Committee Chairman R and House Speaker Ramon Schwartz. Each of these opponents had their ow fighting the package, but their bottom-lin Riley's proposal to raise the sales tax from 4 on the dollar to pay for the programs - the hike since 1969. McGovern finds job SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ? George McC successful presidential contender and forme from South Dakota, has found a iob ? ai night of April 14. That's when McGovern will be the host o! comedy show "Saturday Night Live." McGovern will appear the same night a group Madness, according to Virginia spokesman for the program. Oil prices may incree LOS ANGELES (AP) ? As small, refineries in the United States vanish, reduce ~~: i ,1 i i _i ideality aiiu 11ifi cd^cu uenuuiu COUICJ petroleum prices, an oil industry analyst saic Of about 180 independent refineries in 19? of them small ? have closed in the past three because of government deregulation, analy berg said. "The single most important reason was ti government subsidies, entitlements terme< refiner bias,"' Lundberg said. The result coi Iea pressure on prices, saia Lunaoerg, wno weekly Lundberg Letter. The analyst was speculate how high prices might go. Despite the possible bad news for consum said there was also a bright side to the dc refineries: a potentially stronger industry petroleum independence for the United Stat "The demise and mothballing of so many tech, independent refineries is concentra amnnp larppr rpfinprips " nllnwino rpfinprc t their maximum production capacity and "stronger, more viable basic refining indust U.S. refineries have achieved a 73.9 percei rate so far in 1984, after a low of 68.5 perce cording to the newsletter. Eighty percent ust normal, and refineries probably can't opera percent, he said. Total U.S. production capacity has drop] million barrels a day from its 1981 high of 18 rplc r^ailv caiH Report questions AM/ CHICAGO (AP) ? Top American Medic officials killed a story on smoking schedule tion in its leading journal in order to w tobacco-state politicians, a published repori i ne l.nicago sun-1 imes reported in buncu its investigation revealed the 25,000-memb< formal policy of "restraint" on printing in i tides about issues "that could be harmful political interests." The paper identified those issues as toba< tobacco use, nuclear war and abortion. Dr. James Sammons, executive vice presi executive officer of the AMA, called the Su "a scurrilous attempt to misrepresent th< matter." The Sun-Times said U.S. Army Capt. Da\ expert on preventive medicine at Madigan Center in Tacoma, Wash., was assigned by / do an article about the successful effoi manufacturer Philip Morris of the United S British court ban the film, "Death in the V A bootleg copy of the film, whicl "Marlboro Country" TV commercials with life cowboys suffering from emphysema an u/?? chnwn nn I I fplpvicinn USC today BASEBALL - USC plays Georgia Tech at 3 p.m tm UIWVEASITV BOOKSTORE - Jamas Dicke Kufme wftf attend an autograph party from 3 to the book, "Intervisions, Poems and Photograph Date I an plan ven Gov. Dick )rayer, when it u:? * t a vu as ins a\- v ./ d against opn reasons for e concern was cents to j cents ; first sales tax on TV * liovern, an unr U.S. senator [ least for the r tMBP TV I IIIV i UV.- A T s the musical The Spirit of Flig Holden, a T,. ... r.. . . . 0 This flier sails through the air n ise Geter reci ' Mow-fprh" a ? ? ? ?- y ? ? iai'j ? Lcnen ;d production thrust from relative obscurity mean higher limelight by his successful f ' - overturn an armed robbery coi 51, 97 ? most and life sentence he said result* years, mainly racism, has been asked to c st Dan Lund- book and television movie off , could bring him $500,000. le removal ot 6 , ' . , . 4 Two producers want the ri j tiic smtiLi i t ? ? p i .... ? make a television movie ol tli lid be increas- , , . nn r* m nnr r Ii to I ?! i .1 v.11k.iiicvi o nit, aitu ^tvtiai publishes the b , . , , . .. ii* ~ want to chronicle his travails. , unwilling to ..He (Geter) .s a sym lers, Lundberg strength," said Roger Joyner, cline of small ^eter s attorneys. "He nev - and greater hoPe' H(; s a/>"nbo' of PeoP' es ing together for a common go; smaller low- was what freed him* And he iting capacity himself wi,h di?ni'y- You've o use more of Ambulance it capacity use ; is considered finds three te at below 60 ped nearly 2.3 DALLAS (AP) ? An eval .6 million bar- amoulance service m Dallas tur judgement by tire department Two of the cases involved H [ nnllOM fired this past week because sh \ UUIIUy minutes on Jan. 5 before send mother, who was dead when p; :al Association '.a for pubhca- jjie investigation was launc in favor with about that incident, focusing < says- nurses to screen ambulan< ly editions that situations. :r AMA has a "We're please with the nu ts journals ar- Mike Freeman. "This shows to the AMA's ov?Anciim ?? Freeman, who headed the i :co, control of mined Myrick used poor judg not send an ambulance to help dent and chief peb Myrick also delaye< n-Times report woman who appeared to be h i facts in this saj(j Neither of those two cases /id Fletcher, an Army Medical g ff V\1 A editors to ItQl -t of cigarette I OBIUI I B 11 tates to have a vest. WASHINGTON (AP) h interspersed House panel that investigat scenes of real- President Reagan's 1980 camp id cancer, later tained documents from Carter's White House will cit ______ discrepancies in the testim attorney-general designate Meese III, The Washingtc reported in Sunday editions. at Sarae five The Post> Quoting unnamed said Meese changed the wordii final affidavit to the House . mittee chaired by Rep. Dc i and Sharon Albosta, D-Mich. I p.m. fof Meese, Reagan's counselor ri/\m ( n o # t/\rt / ~ i liuiiiiuaiiuii IU duttwvu r J??' General William French Sn ;linE l ^m ?^WBHPIMaW m x. // ilsaM^Pr^ II A / a yw> -s: ht ear Glassy Mountain in North Greenville County. eives television, Geter, respect that. There's nothing fak< into the about him." ight to Geter was convicted of aggravate( iviction robbery in the holdup of a suburbai ;d from fast food restaurant and, although i ronsider was his first conviction, he wa: ers that sentenced to life in prison. He served about 16 months of hi ights to sentence before he was released fron le black jail in December after Dallas Distric authors Attorney Henry Wade agreed to a nev trial. bol of Geter always maintained he was in , one of nocent and contended the convictioi 'er lost and life sentence was the result o e work- racism and shoddy police work. Co al. That workers worked for Geter's release carries saying he was at work at the time ol got to the holduo. And news renorts. in probe jHart los mistakes ' ^ in the presidents ? handed Mond uation of 84 complaints about comeback from ned up only three cases of poor Mondale forge dispatchers, officials say. were to be comp lillye Myrick, a nurse who was The third cat e argued with a caller for eight nomination, the ing an ambulance for his step- to urge his supp* aramedics arrived, fire officials system'' there ar Jackson ran u hed after widespread publicity from voters in 3n the fire department's use of Jackson gave wa :e calls for non-emergency in from other p? Mondale in Ki imbers," said Assistant Chief to claim what sta that that kind of thing wasn't the state's 37 pk Convention. nvestigation, said it was deter- "To win in G ment on Dec. 14 when she did Mondale said in j a man with a dislocated hip. On City. "As the del i sending an ambulance to a president, we arc laving a heart attack, Freeman money there. It "Clearly a wii led to death or serious injury. Kathleen Sebeliu ids Meese disc ? The become embroiled in controversy ovei ed how loans he received from friends whc aign ob- later obtained federal jobs, was ques Jimmy tioned by aids to Albosta. The con e minor gressman's aides summarized th< lony of answers in a draft affidavit that wai Edwin submitted to Meese for hi< )n Post signature, The Post said. sources, The draft affidavit included a sumrig of his mary of Meese's response to questions subcom- about whether he saw Carter's debate >nald J. briefing book. It said: "1 did not know during the 1980 campaign, or until whose June, 1983, that these materials were Attorney in the possession of Reagan-Bush camnith has paign workers in 1980." i j i J * . / Photo by Drew Pearson book offers ^ eluding a "60 Minutes" segment, drew national auenuon 10 inc ca.se. i This past week, Wade announced i the charge against Geter, \tho was t scheduled to be retried on April 9, s would be dropped. The prosecutors said four of the five eyewitnesses in the s case now identify a man in the Harris l County jail in Houston as the bandit t and Wade said he was now convinced v Geter was innocent. Sigel told the Dallas Morning News that Michael Warren, who plays Bobi by Hill on "Hill Street Blues," wants f to co-produce a television movie about Geter and wants to portray Geter in , the film. f The lawyer said Geter has had several offers ;es in home state r Mondale and Gary Hart pitched their apNew York on Saturday, while Democrats il caucuses in Kansas ? Hart's native state tale a resounding victory in his continuing a string of early defeats in New England, d into the lead in Virginia in caucuses that leted Monday night. ididate for the Democratic presidential Rev. Jesse Jackson, returned to Virginia Drters to overcome what he called "a bad id turn out en masse on his behalf, p an early lead in Virginia, thanks to help the state's biggest city, Norfolk. But y to a slim lead by Mondale as results came irts of Virginia. insas rolled up big margins in major cities ite party officials said would be 20 or 21 of :dge delegates to the Democratic National ary hart's home state is very gratifying," a statement issued by his aides inNew York bate proceeds about who would be the best ) picking up steam. We didn't spend much was truly a grassroots effort." ri wouici nave Deen better tor Ciary," said s, Hart's Kansas coordinator. repancies r The Post reported that in the af) fidavit he signed, Meese deleted the phrase "or until June, 1983," the date the briefing papers controversy ^ became public. ? I _ .1 > ? ' ' ivittac aisu iuiu /\ioosia s investigators that he saw an Oct. 17, 1980 memo on Carter's strategy to win black votes but didn't think any action was taken on it. In his final affidavit, Meese deleted the words "I do not recall seeing it in 1980." Meese has asked the Justice Department to seek a special prosecutor to investiofltp thp allpOQ?i/\nc nnnton/lr --O?w ???V Miivguill/A M I1W- VA/HlWIIUvJ are the result of political mudslinging.