Florence Morning News (Newspaper) - October 1, 1976, Florence, South Carolina GOOD It's Friday October 7 1976 OUR YEAR NO 275 FLORENCE S C DAILY 15 SUNDAY 35 Viking Again Fails To Find Signs of Life on Mars The Viking chances of finding life ort Mars were dealt a blow Thursday when latest data from the Viking 2 showed no sign of organic material in the Martian soil Life as we know il is not possible without organics tiny chains ol carbon atoms and neither of the Viking landers have found organic in their probes of Mars red soil Gentry director of the science analysis said there was still the possibility of life on Mars but admitted that it was difficult to explain no organics Scientists said Viking 2 will conduct further searches for organics including a dig under a Martian rock but there was not much hope here at Jet Propulsion Laboratory that the building blocks of life would tx The results reported Thursday from the first test of the soil by Viking 2 A sample of soil was healed lo 200 de- grees in the hopes ol vaporizing any simple organic compound that might be in tlic dirt It is possible were in the dirt but not vaporized so UK experiment will be conducted three more Limes each lime at a Impressing caution against ruling out the possibility of Mars Dr Klaus of the organics team We can draw no conclusions except that at 200 degrees in the the nickname ol the sample site sample we have no organic processes Scientists that probes would Una life if il was there and the organic chemistry experiment would tell them something about thai life If the biology experiments could find no life the theory went al organic chemistry experiment could probe the bones of possible earlier life the twin Vikings I and 2 came up with was something quite unexpected The biology aboard repoalerilv came up positive showing what we would expect them to show if there is life up there said spokesman Rut organics were never found casting a giant shadow of over findings of biology probes Dr Norman whose release biology experiment was supposed to have given lite definitive answer lo the question of life Mai s said positive results from both his experiment and Ihc organic experiment would bo necessary before we conld positively sav there is life nn Mars have lo walk on two he added and both feet we cannot say there is life tin Mars Palestinian Guerrillas Hard Hit by Syrians SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER There Can Be No Selective Detente ALKY Lebanon Palestinian guerrillas suffered a major loss to Syrian forces Thursday and the top guerrilla leadership met in this mountain resort lo decide whether lo continue fighting or lo negotiate Syrian armored units kept up their advance and clashed with guerrilla positions five miles from the villa where over-all guerrilla chief Yasir Arafat met with his senior military lieutenants A Palestinian source said they were choosing between war or talks After meeting for six hours guerrilla lenders were reported moving their discussions lo Nothing was revealed of the talks Lebanese leftist sources said Syria was demanding that the Palestinians give up their positions on the highway and starl withdrawing to refugee camps to the south Alev is on tlie highway 10 miles cast of Beirut Forward positions of the guerrillas and their leftist Moslem allies arc five miles resort town There was no word Thursday on responses lo Egypt's call Wednesday for a limited Arab summit within 48 hours to deal with the worsened crisis in the Lebanese civil war Cease-fire efforts by new Lebanese President Ellas Sarkis and Arab League mediator Hassan Sabri Kholi have so far proved futile Guerrilla positions in an area Bulling into the enclave of right-wing Christian enemies north of the highway overrun after a two-day Syrian push that began al dawn Tuesday Abu Jihad guerrilla commander of the mountain area told Associated Press newsman Mohammed Sulam before the Palestinian meeting start Syrians will not win anything a price He said 10 Syrian tanks were advancing on a village and our forces are Fighting there On a small road a guerrilla with a gun lold Co buck to or die here While consolidating their after Ihc two-day push the Syrians were keeping sure on the with careful armor thrusts and artillery barrages As Syrians moved in from the cast Christian private armies were IK gathering for attack north of Aley The radio operated by Phalange party which has the largest Christian militia said il the guerrillas fail to withdraw by peaceful negotiations will be committing military suicide Christians demand that the guerrillas slop support of the side in Ihc civil war return lo their refugee camps ami submit to Lebanese control of their armed Opinion aiming guerrillas is said lo be divided Doves ear defiance could provoke Syria inlo crushing Ihc movement completely and hawks argue lhal backing down will lead lo Syrian domination anyway FORD PERCHES ON HIS OVAL OFFICE DESK TO TALK WITH NEWSMEN As Long as My Conscience Is Clear I Have No Real Problem Ford Denies Wrongdoing In Past Campaign Funds Kissinger Says Soviet Union Working against African Peace UNITED NATIONS API Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger declared on Thursday that southern Africa is on a course toward peace and racial justice but outside powers fueling the flames of war and that might never Kissinger making his annual speech before General Assembly peppered review of world affairs with thrusts at the Soviet Union lie said United Slates is disturbed by the continuing accumulation of Russian arms and in an obvious reference lo Angola hy instances of military intervention lo tip he scales in local conflicts in distant continents The future of mankind requires coexistence by the superpowers Kissinger said and restraint reciprocal and global There can he no selective detente Besides the evident irritation with Moscow he jabbed al Third World for bloc voting and a widespread tendency to come here for battle rather lhan negotiation ff these trends persist Kissinger said hope for world community will dissipate Kissinger advanced no new major policy initiatives in hour-long speech although forecast that a comprehensive program for nuclear controls lo be announced shortly KISSINGER Page Agricultural Fair To Open Monday INDEX Eastern South Carolina classified ural Fair opens Monday in HB ence Page 2A Deaths Doctor ji Danny Murtaugh retires as man ager of the Pittsburgh Pirates Editorials 5 Mrs Mondale campaigns in the 3 Carolinas for Jimmy and her band Page 1B Markets Sports Theaters Women g 12B 1B jij BA Finney Takes Oath As Judge SUMTER AP A Finney Jr Ihc first black man to become a judge in South Carolina limes was sworn in Thursday by Chief Justice J Woodrow Lewis al County courthouse Hundreds of persons black packed into the troom to hear Finney a stale legislator lake oath of of- fice Finney's wife Frances held a large Bible with a red cover His father Ernest A Finney Sr and his Iwo sons and a daughter helped him into his black robe I am completely humbled by the responsibility which you have given Finney said after the ceremony I am in- deed grateful and appreciative of the law because I believe the American system of democracy Sec FINNEY Page WEATHER Sunny and mild Highs upper 70s Lows low 50s Details Page Hurricane Gloria No Threat MIAMI Hurricane Gloria clear of Thursday as its winds headed east into the open Atlantic Ocean the National Hurricane Center said Forecasters in Miami said medium-sized hurricane was centered at noon near latitude 33.4 longitude 58.5 west or about 375 miles of By The Associated Press Prodded by Jimmy Carter lo discuss bis past campaign fi nances and golfing weekends President said Thursday that no campaign funds ever went fnr his personal use and he is tain there was no impropriety I am certain that when the investigation is completed lhal 1 will free of any allegations such as I have read about tin President lold a news ence As long as my con- science is clear I have no real problem Carter in turn lold reporters the President's declaration ends matter as far as he i concerned He said he accepts Ford's statement al face value Carter was campaigning in Ihc Northeast Mel at the falo airport hy pickets calling for an uf Americans still missing in Southeast Asia he pledged to try as president lo send a gation lo and Cambodia The Democratic candidate said such a delegation would try to determine what happened lo U.S servicemen Pentagon says are still unaccounted for in Ihc Vietnam war Carter gave nn specifics about Ihc or makeup of the delegation CARTER CAMPAIGNS IN BUFFALO Led Demo Senate Hopeful Pat Moynihan investigation hy special Hoth vice presidential dates Democrat Waller K Mondale and Republican Prosecutor Charles Huff Dole campaigned in reportedly into whether rord to Washington and Dole headed lions lo when lie was in Baltimore in Congress The Securities and Exchange Carter bad challenged the President from reporters about an Commission meanwhile has a separate probe under way into corporation provided ment for government officials including Ford That Ml I n vania Then returned political Page BAI Congress Overrides HEW Veto FINNEY TAKES OATH AS CIRCUIT JUDGE His Wife Frances Holds the Bible WASHINGTON API Nearing the completion of their business election yea r Congress on Thursday overrode President Ford's veto of a billion appropriation lo nance a broad range of social programs The Senate completed passage of the when it voted 67 to 15 lo override The vole was 12 more than two-thirds majority required Earlier Congress passed a compromise measure an action which should clear Ihc way for adjournment for the year on Friday Ford issued a statement saying passage of the revenue sharing was a most significant accomplishment although he said il is not all thai I and mayors county executives and governors had hoped for General revenue sharing has proven lo be a of the conviction that state county city and local government can be far more responsive and flexible in lhan bureaucracies and special interest said Nineteen Senate Republicans deserted Ford and supported the appropriation which provides funds or programs administered hy departments of Labor and ol Health Education and Welfare Earlier Thursday before the congressional vote Jimmy Carter the Democratic presidential candidate in an interview with several Boston television reporters had decried Ford's the Kord lias vetoed 59 bills since he became President Twelve vetoes have been overridden The HEW and hill contains a provision prohibiting use of federal funds for abortion Ford said his objection to the was based purely and simply on he issue of fiscal integrity Ford announced late Thursday CONGRESS Page SA
