Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I digest? Nixon blames bad < WASHINGTON (AP) ? Former P Nixon said "bad advice from well-intei kept him from destroying the White Hous his resignation in 1975. Nixon, in an interview to be televised CBS' "60 Minutes," said the lawyers ' cockeyed notion that I would be destroyi In a second segment of the interview, Tuesday night on CBS' "The Americj former chief executive said he knew in J presidency was doomed when Gov. Ge Alabama refused to intercede and try to ii vative and powerful Southern Democr Flowers, to rally other conservatives Judiciary Committee. "The call had taken only 6Vi minut "But as I hung up the phone, I knew it w; ed to A1 Haig. I said, 'Well ? there goes Legislator calls for di (AP) ? A temperance movement is a Carolina State House, prompted by the lawmakers over the on-the-job drink in colleagues. Rep. Jarvis Klapman, disturbed aboi said he sees around the State House, hoi through the House of Representatives tl quor, wine or beer from the Capitol buil Under the rule, any House member a drink would have to go before th Committee. State laws do not prevent legislators drinking alcoholic beverages in their o House or Senate floors, said to Alcoholic Commmission Executive Director Nichol Alcohol is barred from the "public an house, but it's difficult to distinguish beiv ui. a ..,u:?u A T aic puuiiL ciilu vv11il11 cii c iiui, .^aiu t The self-governing rules created by i numerous areas of conduct, but they don' Klapman points to the March 23 late-ni House during which he claims a bar was ! chamber. "I came back (to the chamber) from \ and saw them going in and out like it w? ] Lexington Republican said. "If we're n I derelicts and drunks on the State Ho leaders shouldn't do it." Salvadorans find mas SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) tilled with murdered peasants was discovt Salvador, and officials said the country's tion is triggering an increase in political ' In Honduras, the Congress elected B Lopez Reyes, the head of the air fore ousted commander of the country's arm Reyes, 43, the nephew of a former militar to favor close ties with the United States A member of El Salvador's human r said that the bodies of murder victims almost daily in areas north ot the ban Si The human rights observer, requeste fear of reprisals, said some 20 bodies we past week in a mass grave near the tow miles west of the capital. The bodies were believed to be those o property disputes with former landowr were partially burned, apparently in an their identities, the official said. in interviews, government otticials ; linked growing political violence by lefti the U.S.-backed presidential election. "The elections are going to raise hel country right down the middle," said Jc election council official and the only on< identified by name. Because no candidate won a majorit balloting, there will be a runoff betweei getters: Jose Napoleon Duarte of the r Democratic Party and Roberto d'/ ultrarightist Republican Nationalist Alii ino omciai date nas been announced May 6 has been mentioned as the most In New York, in the U.N. Security C States vetoed a Nicaraguan resolution t! mining of Nicaragua's ports. U.S. delegate Jose Sorzano, who cast vote, said the resolution was unfair and of peace. UbC today OUTDOOR FILM FESTIVAL - "Goldfingor "Blues Brothers" shows at 10 p.m. and "I shows at midnight on Field A. Admission GREENE STREET - Carolina Program Uni begins at 11 a.m. and lasts until 3 p.m. RH PATIO - Amateur entertainment begi y ,,, ?? . . ?... ? ... . . advice HO US 8 01 resident Richard (AP)- A constitutional limi itioned lawvers" growth of state spending anc e tapes that led to ',as "on '>f endorsement of th Carolina House after at least fi Sunday night on of consideration. had sort of the The H?us,e "ceded 82 rl ing evidence." tat.ves to back the proposition , to be broadcast vo,e Wednesday. Eighty-three an Parade " the members voted in favor of it, w uly 1974 that his f4 ?PPosea 'hl;,measu'f:orge Wallace of , ]w0 ore ballots w,II be ifluence a corner- bcforc, the Proposed const, at, Rep. Walter amendment passes the Hou on thp Home both VOtes VVl11 need ?n,y a S,m jority instead of the two-thirds es," Nixon said. ty necessary Wednesday. as all over. I turn- , the presidency."' 1HE Seni"e' whlch P: similar measure three years ago '\/ UniICO the latest version this year, it w Y mUUoC the voters in a referendum November general election ball fOOt in the South "Thp nnKllc Jc cir>L- anH tirpH concern of some jng tax dollars wasted and g habits of their ditures ever-increasing," said Speaker Ramon Schwartz, a jt the alcohol he advocate of the spending limit' 3es to push a rule ??j thmk they will welcome a hat would ban li- that makes us eVen slightly mo 'dings. servative in our approach to I night with strong the state." C HOUSC EthlCS TKn Qnmtor r*r\n A I IV UUIUl VI L'CJIIUVI Cll f VVSIJ the General Assembly to a "d from keeping or sailor ... spending all the mone 'ffices or on the Beverage Control as Sipe. , eas" of the State f * . * . v ^een which places _ ; "uesday- & U v. he House cover 'V"7afi 't cover drinking. 1MEF SU n I. t cpcciAn nf thp Ilk ^hSKL* ESirf - * A ;red in western El presidential elec- ** jOZ/ rig. Gen. Walter e, to replace the > ''wlfa ied forces. Lopez "*<?> y dictator, is said " *'P.% jBf' -^rd anonymity for \ ffl ^ , tra 1 r/Atrofn/4 Uir . '***' .iv. ui9vuvv.iv.u una ' > >rj :->3UEM n of Armenia, 24 f i f peasants slain in V ^ lers. Some bodies X effort to obscure < and other sources ^ '>-<\v sts and rightists to :?,? v*uv/# . ' . 1. They divide the >rge Rochac, a top Qnopiol fKlnmnino 2 who agreed to be wpuumi uty mpiua y in the March 25 F,om le,t- Kell? S,ohs' Darlene \ the two top vote- Track. noderate Christian m mm m Vubusson of the OfflCIBlS C for the runoff but likely date. WASHINGTON (AP) :ouncil, the United are concerned for the safe h'di condemned the number of U.S. spies now that Army counter-intelligence of the sole dissenting been charged with selling the ic 4 A I allS rtruihl#* ao*?nt tr\ 'j* cr\\ i nui 111 uic unci cm ~ ~? w Soviet KGB. p3i arrested Riehai Smith, 40, of Bellevue, Was arrived at Dulles Internationa from Seattle to surrender. " shows at 8 p.m., Thc financially sirappc lawn of the dead" employed real estate inve: ... charged with transmitting " defense information to a S telligence officer, which carr o* * n ? UU 3 on on i oacaa, penalty of life in prison. IN A court affidavit, F ns at 3 p.m. Michael Waguespack sail acknowledged in interviews : J bureau during February tha ilinEr nrlnrQPQ cnpnrl t on the pockets," said lawmakers needed im1 hiring posed restraint. e South ve years BUT REP. Robert Sheheen, a leading opponent, said legislators ipresen- voting for the limits would be "adrnitin a key ting that you cannot do the job which House you (the voters) elected me to do." hile on- The Kershaw Democrat said the best place for voters to express themselves needed on the level of state spending is at the tutional ballot box, not in the constitution. He se, but noted that the proposed constitutional pie ma- amendment says nothing about how majori- much taxes are raised, only about how much money the Legislature spends. Sheheen charged in a floor speech assed a that it was the "industrial establish, passes ment," not the general public that was ill go to pushing the limits. on the "They had too many people outside lot. the General Assembly lobbying for it of see- and nobody against it," he said. "The expen- only people who were against it were Mouse me iew people in me uenerai leading Assembly who had to use good sense >. as their argument." nytliing ?re con- BOTH SUPPORTERS and critics funding of the constitutional proposal noted what happened when statutory limits, nparing passed in 1980, came into play for the Irunken first time this year. y in his "It got crumpled up and thrown out isSWW wi& w / X i ^v';*-' v. < T,* *?*??- ''' v '" - < - ,-.. - $&&&':*? :>'*' > - :, '... ,' >" * ''. < *.' ' 1 .' *** . ,' -, * -4 -? 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Both the :d, self- double agent and the operation were ctnr u/ac pA^o.-nomA/1 <' n k " vuuv-uaillbU IVUydl ivilicr. national "Smith has provided us with some loviet in- information, but we believe he wil ies a top provide more detailed informatioi now that he's under arrest, said oik federal law enforcement source, whe BI agent declined to be named. J Smith "He hurt us." said thi? com- . with the "Obviously, we're concerned aboul it he was what he gave up. We're concerned ing limit the window with that penny sales tax (increase)," Sheheen said. Under the spending statute, state government can't spend more than the average growth in the state's personal income of the past three years. But in passing the 1-cent sales tax increase to fund Gov. Dick Riley's education package, the House was forced to place the education tax revenues in a separate fund so it wouldn't technically push the 1984-55 state Duaget over tne spenaing limit. A CHANGE in the statute passed by the House Tuesday would have made room for that added spending by providing an optional way of setting the limit. The option would set the limit at 9.5 percent of the state's personal income in the previous calendar year. Figures show state spending has ornu/n hv ahmit Q S nprrpnt annnallv D" " ' ~ J ' ' - I during the past 11 years. The $2.7 billion budget passed by the House would have exceeded the current limit by more than -. $100 million if the lawmakers hadn't ^"ound a way to get around it. Using the optional limit formula, lawmakers could havf ?npnl ahnnt million ->-> ^ ^ kyIyw,,v MVV/MV m nil v.' 11 111UIW than budgeted. ^ ,< ^ ^ ^ ^ ?< ,, iW :-v ' . "V ?. ., . . y f Vf .* r*? v^^;> > . o.? * <:. ' .*.? -V' SWA ..-> ' ,C >' ? . - :: ' ' : .'*. ' ^ : ' m ' '' * **" f '* ' ' f. -'V *r > t * < .. w > v L-Vtk 'its. . ^ :4 s- > ?v * ? - ' >. ? K-Vf. . v ; ' '* , s i A - t > V * "? #*>?*?# '?% !* "iPhoto by Jenoiftf Wooten ednesday's Special Olympics at Weems-Baskin afety of spies i about the safety of a lot of double i agents" who, like Smith, worked with \ the U.S. Army Intelligence and Securi; ty Command, a counter-intelligence operation charged with protecting the : Army from spies. : THE SOURCE said no other arrests ) - were anticipated at this time. The fifth spy arrested in this country in the past 12 months, Smith was ordered held : without bond for a preliminary hearing : April 13. Ill lllf \A/a o 11 *? c n/- b ollonocl ; that Smith turned over the information I to Okunev at the Soviet commercial i compund in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 7, ; 1982. The FBI said Okunev gave Smith > the $11,000 in cash at that time. Officials at the Soviet embassy in Tokyo said Okunev works in the cont sular section but they had no knowledge 1 of the spy case or Smith's arrest.