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Page 2 ? February 25 1985 Dateline THE GAMECOCK rOear Abby, Reagan join: By Associated Press w /^anii^vj i ? likc inc Dieppeuon-Stepmother.M "Doghouse Granma," "Fussy-in-Florida," and "Mad-inManhattan," President Reagan has written to "Dear Abby" with a problem. In a letter due to be published today, Reagan urges newspaper readers of advice columnist Abigail Van Buren to send contributions for the March of Dimes directly to the charity and not to the White House, as "Dear Abby" had recommended. "This will alleviate any delay in those contributions reaching the March of B mm Wm - v' HHil B E wH 1 jHuj I I,-.fey"^a9j^HHBBT yJEg2& fifiii^ ; : _.-"?^if_t x-:Lii Let them eat cake Henry Lumpkin of the Department of History c birthday. The celebration wa? held at Flynn Hi world today? Beirut hijacker flees, the eludes authorities and BKIRUT, Lebanon ?An airport nn security guard kept a passenger jet fly- | j. ing back and forth between Lebanon and Cyprus for five hours yesterday, l?gl threatened to blow up his country's presidential palace, then escaped / without a trace. a i A 65-year-old passenger was killed tro and seven were injured escaping the he< plane, which the hijacker seized in a Th demand for promotion and pay raises I fnr himcAlf onH faI 1 mi/ /?mnlnu/?pc Uri ?vi imiiijvii uiiu iviiutt vuipiu;vvj. 1 it Most of the injuries came as the 109 Mc passengers scrambled down emergency anc chutes from the Middle East Airlines i jet when shooting began at the start of its the hijacking. The man killed was wh reportedly sucked from the Boeing 707 an< pDONT I Clubs that have beei I by the Garnet & Bis I representative to atte B / 4 i Itollowing meetings: Tuesday, February 26 at 4:( Wednesday, February 27 at If you have any quei Mary at 777-4170 or i thousands wt Dimes, and it will also solve the trememdous logistical problems that arise when monetary items of any kind are sent to my attention at the White House," the president said in a letter dated Feb. 4. "Your readers' cooperation in this request will make my staff much happier, and it will also allow the March of Dimes to get to work immediately on the vital activities your readers are supporting," Reagan addqd. The dimensions of Reagan's problem were obvious Friday as he stood in front of 20 sacks of mail sent to the White muff uts a pake at the Army ROTC luncheon in honor ill. t took off with the doors open and Phori chutes dangling. OmUII 'he hijacker set various deadlines :i I screamed by radio at the airport ' itrol tower. MOS et guru Pritikin !neis?e Is self at age 69 demo ALBANY, N.Y. ? Nathan Pritikin, lutritionist who pioneered a con- when h versial low-cholesterol diet to fight irt disease, committed suicide The ursday. He was ov. newsp< 'ritikin founded and directed Chern< tikin Longevity Centers in Santa govern mica, Calif., Downingtown, Pa., first ti J Surfside, Fla. had ad -le popularized his diet which, with of vot< emphasis on fruits, vegetables, Elec ole grains, avoidance of red meat choose i insistence on regular exercise. of the FORGET-. i previously contacted ick must send a ? / i :nd one ot the )0 p.m., RH room 202 5:30 p.m., RH room 202 stions please contact 777-0854. io have writter House at Van Buren's suggestion. Reagan said the White house was receiving an average of 2,000 letters a day and had collected more than $41,000 for me maun 01 uimcs since van uuren usca her column Jan. 30 to urge that contributions for the march of Dimes be sent to Reagan on his 74th birthday Feb. 6. To make sure no one thought he was upset with the fund-raising appeal, Reagan posed for pictures with Van Buren; six-year-old Kristen Ellis of Hebron, Ky., the 1985 March of Dimes Poster Chilli; the president's wife. Nancy; nafees around the i "' 3?^^. ' BmM has charred $' blaz ' ?j About 16 JW^HH ditches arou '' -in the Goldc \iwMBr th< ? M^v 5^p| mons said. He said t jS iheb blaze's mov iy M?p jMm wH Cloud cov ml the Gol Ijftl iJ fifl DAGGE1 ' A] million dese fig electricity w ' -At J flH nited an oil; k B About $5 mm trical Gener |No^H has been ger Hn B SHBH Mojave Des REGGIE ROSS I Th? Gamecock The 8:30 e about 700 g of George Washington's into a trougl mechanical i The mim fluid within the mirrors N.J. V .... ? nenxo appears llness is reported Sh?u?d COW? Soviet citizens went to Airport an< Is yesterday to elect parliaments In sayre, publics, just two days after get- powder ing : first official word that Presi- a jant Tj1| anstantin Chernenko is ill. out 0j- tjJC ^ nenko made his first public ap- j houses :e in more than two months ca e to vote. investigatic country's two principal national A half-d ipers published the news of blaze, whi inko's illness Saturday. The Powder Cc ment had announced it for the Neafsy. It ime on Friday, saying doctors vised not to address a gathering At the h< ;rs in Moscow. glowed wit tions are held every five years to motorists c deputies to parliaments in each the scene, Soviet Union's 15 republics. whole city Ikinko THE FUTUKCOPY I $1.00 Discount on Bir Velo-Bind or Spira with this coupon Mon.-Thura. 7em ta 1 IBf" Friday 7?m to ( 'B? Saturday 9am to ( ga 933 Main St. * i for help and the young puppy, "Lucky," which had been given to the Reagans by the Ellis family. The Reagans each signed the cast on kristcn's right leg, and Lucky jumped up ll on her wheelchair. The young girl, who is partially paralyzed, broke her leg several weeks ago. V "The doctor tells me she'll soon be out /fl of that cast and everything will be all ||1 right," Reagan said. "I had a broken leg ((fl myself. I know what it's like. We have that in common now." ' i s plague U.S. y d Prwi res char 4,000 acres 1 , Fla. ? State foresters driving bulldozers worked , :lock to contain the state's largest wildfire, which , more than 4,000 acres, while firefighters put out a e. i HiiMCWMir rtf frtrnctrir cof firnr /4n/> 4 uivmwiu v/i i vy i v.ii i y ?tv/i i\vi .i avi uuvi\ iiivo auu uu^ nd the bigger fire Friday, but the 4,070-acre blaze \ :n Gate area just cast of here ignored the barriers, esnian Al Simmons said. Might they had it contained, but it jumped," Simhe firefighters would try today to anticipate the ? .1 ement and dig barriers to contain it. -er and lower winds Firday helped firefighters conden Gate fire, which burned 1,270 acres, he said. < solar plant burns [T, Calif. ? Fire broke out Friday at a new $62 , :rt plant designed to convert the sun's energy to hen it apparently generated too much heat and ig- 1 / fluid that had leaked, authorities said. i f) OHO in Hamno/* u/ac rpnnrfpH at tKi*? Qnlor 1 w?wwv ... "MO I vpv? ?VV4 Mi 1IIV UUIUI B?f IVC" | ating Station, which was dedicated Feb. 14 and lerating electricity since December at its site in the ^ ert, about 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles. 1 i.m. fire began after a stainless steel pipe burst and allons of a special high-temperature fluid spilled 1 h-like set of parabolic mirrors, said Scott Eddy, a engineer at the plant. ! >rs are used to focus the. sun's rays, heating the the pipe. Plant officials believe the intense heat of ignited the fluid, Eddy said. varehouse under control ETH, N.J. ? Firefighters Saturday brought under 10 million fire in a three-block-long warehouse that nds of exploding aerosol spray cans popping into g* temporarily halted traffic at Newark international i on the New Jersey Turnpike. /ille, meanwhile, 20 miles to the southeast, a gunredient exploded as it was being packed in drums at jrsday night, killing one worker who was "blown juilding," critically injuring three others and shakup to a mile away. uses of both explosions remained under >n. lozen fire companies helped battle the Elizabeth ch began about 7:15 p.m. in the N.Y. Bronze r. mi,. waicuuu5c, saiu L?cpuiy rirc t^niei wiiuam causcd only minor injuries. eight of the fire, the 400,000-square-foot structure h red, green and blue flames, and hundreds of in the turnpike and nearby streets stopped to watch i described by Fire Chief Charles Swody as like "a block on fire." 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