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Newsmakers Bakkers give up on Tega Cay home FOR I MILL ? Jim and Tammy Bakkcr, who once vowed to fight for the $1.5 million house at Tega Cay used as a parsonage, have turned over the keys to the court-appointed administrators running PTL. The new administration plans an auction Nov. 13 and 14 to sell remaining furniture from the house, knickknacks from the Bakkers* executive offices and a warehouse full of other items that administrators say PTL doesn't need and can't afford to keep. The house also is being sold. The items to be auctioned include three baby grand pianos. Also to be sold are vehicles not in use, including 11 trucks and pickups, five station wagons, four l ord and Chevrolet four-door sedans, a jeep, a van, a Cadillac and a Pace Arrow motor home. "There are just a number of assets that really aren't necessary for ongoing operations," says Barbara Barton, a law partner of William Robinson of Columbia, the court-appointed temporary trustee. Reagan issues ban on imports to Iran WASHINGTON ? President Reagan is tightening the economic screws on Iran, ordering a ban on all American imports a week after the U.S. Navy retaliated for a missile attack against a U.S.-flagged tanker. "The measures I am initiating are a direct result of the Iranian govern wi:.w, 11 c IIICIII > IJ?11 atllUlld, IIIC I VI U 1 I !?, ll?? IIJIJ/I W > V. J rv V, V.1 <11 I U V. W .* YJ 11 VJ . J. IVMV.L.1 UIIU U.S. merchant vessels," Reagan said. The president on Monday directed the State and Treasury departments to institute an outright ban on imports and a partial ban 011 exports, applying essentially to products with possible military applications. The measures were announced a week after Reagan ordered U.S. Navy destroyers to bombard an oil platform used by Iran for military purposes, in reprisal for a Silkworm missile attack on a U.S. flagged Kuwaiti oil vessel. Titan launch returns U.S. to space VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. ? The first successful launch of a Titan 34D, reportedly carrying a spy satellite, after two failures in two years is of "tremendous significance" to America's return to space, ciivc thf* c^rrntarv nf thf? Air Fnrrr* The nation's most powerful unmanned rocket, bearing what the Air Forcc would describe only as a classified payload, lifted off at 1:32 p.m. Monday. If the payload were a spy satellite, the launch would make a major contribution to the American capability for monitoring Soviet compliance with arms treaties, civilian experts said. A successful launch would mean "we're out of the woods in terms of the threat of being blinded in space," John Pike, a space policy expert for the federation 01 American scientists in wasningion, saiti oeiore niioii. Summit still possible, Reagan says WASHINGTON ? President Reagan says he is not ruling out the possibility of a superpower summit and does not regard Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's refusal to set a date as a serious diplomatic setback. While playing down the impact of Gorbachev's move, Reagan hinted Monday at some flexibility on his Strategic Defense Initiative, which the Soviets say should be curtailed. "There may be some maneuvering on deployment and so forth, but not to the extent of making that a bargaining chip in which we would give up SDI in return for something they might give up on their side. We can't do that," Reagan said in an interview with European television correspondents. In an unexpected development, Gorbachev said this past week he is not prepared to come to Washington for a summit because of Reagan's insistence on moving ahead with SDI. 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Students who do not meet present Bookstorethat, in addition to textbook prices, the resale of the books is too low. "The book prices are definitely high," education sophomore Beth Riner said. "But getting only a little bit of money back for your books is just as bad," she said. International studies junior Gail James is also disturbed at high tex tbook prices. "They're definitely not fair," she said. "And you only get a little back for what you paid for them. They shouldn't pay back less than half the value of the book," she said. But Wertz said he believes the bookstore saves students money and tries to keep prices reasonable by keeping a large inventory of used books that are sold at a reduced price. Learn t Nerd si System It's onl shadov is the c Fro nnnlifti Huani^y with Zi s great si | No ? ask yoi \ Contac Sheldo ? 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