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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
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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
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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
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USC today
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UIWVEASITV BOOKSTORE - Jamas Dicke
Kufme wftf attend an autograph party from 3 to
the book, "Intervisions, Poems and Photograph
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U.S. senator
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s the musical The Spirit of Flig
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ise Geter reci
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;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- , , .
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?! 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
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it capacity use
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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
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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
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J??' General William French Sn
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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."
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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
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are the result of political mudslinging.