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broadcast said their mission did not include attacking the ship which planned to lead a protest against French nuclear tests near Muroroa atoll in the South Pacific The radio report the latest element in a case that has produced a host of press reports that French officials were involved in the Rainbow Warrior attack did not disclose its sources of information and has not been publicly confirmed by French officials French President Francois Mitterrand has ordered a "rigorous investigation" into the case and See FRENCH Page 14A Down We Go: Clown Katherine Maddrey escorts 3-year-old Kristen Alexander down the sliding board at Latta Park Saturday afternoon during the 13th annual Dilworth Jubilee Maddrey was one of four volunteers from the Safety Clown Troupe of the American Red Cross on hand for the celebration a yearly fundraiser for the revitalized neighborhood close to downtown Charlotte More photos on Page 1C Staff Photo By CANDACE FREELAND A- By ROBERT ROSENTHAL Knight-Ridder Newspaper JOHANNESBURG South Africa The Rev Allan Boesak the president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches and a vehement opponent of apartheid was arrested Saturday as he attempted to attend a funeral in a black township of Cape Town Boesak and 18 other persons were arrested after they defied a police order to stop at a roadblock police said The 19 were released hours later on $50 bail each Boesak was charged under Article 9 of the Urban Consolidation Act of 1949 which forbids people of one race from entering an area where people of another race live Boesak 39 is "colored" or of mixed race the township Is black The law usually has been loosely enforced Earlier Saturday police said the death toll In rioting that began Tuesday in black and Indian townships outside Durban rose to at least 53 Police said they killed 36 blacks and found 17 other badly mutilated bodies The Durban townships were reported quiet Saturday with police as well as bands of local residents both Indians and blacks patrolling to prevent further looting Boesak's arrest came when he tried to enter the black township of Guguletu as he led a procession going to the funeral of a 17-year-old black youth killed by police July 29 He and other clergy members marching with him were scheduled to officiate at the funeral Boesak who is a leading "patron" of the United Democratic Front (UDF) a multiracial anti-apartheid organization had been asked to speak at the funeral See WORLD Page 7A Break From SC Utility Helps Keep Plant Afloat By JOHN MONK Columbia Bureau COLUMBIA When Alumax of South Carolina Inc began producing aluminum in Berkeley County in 1980 it was the state's largest private industrial investment Never before had one company invested so much $350 million in a new plant Seldom had a new company created so many Jobs 660 within Just a few years Alumax became the state's largest industrial electrical consumer using more than $15 million of power a week enough to supply a city of more than 200000 Instead of the average 33 cents per kilowatt-hour it paid Alumax will pay about 3 cents Santee Cooper's average industrial rate this year is about 37 cents Such a special discount for a financially troubled company would not be permitted in North Carolina "Here that would be frowned upon The (NC) law states the rates shall be nondiscriminatory" said Dennis Nightingale of the NC Utilities Commission The circumstances surrounding the unique discount offer an unusual glimpse into the mutual dependence of a large electric utility and a sizable See BREAK Page 14A Alumax hit hard times Like textiles and other beleaguered industries its profits have tumbled stricken by complicated economic factors ranging from cheap foreign competition to high power costs But Alumax unlike any other ailing company in the Carolinas last month received a special one-year discount on Its power bills from the state-run Santee Cooper electric company Santee Cooper on July 28 decided that from July through next June It will bill Alumax less for power than any other industry it serves The company will pay about $14 million less than the $90 million or so it expected to spend on power inside 1984 Sande Cornett: Reported missing from 8918 Eagiewind Drive November 18 1984 11 1 0101 4 Bell living at Will Hill Road Mint Hill 74: -tmi- zi 4 Nii'' z)1 Mint Museum Thirty-nine months after the Daltons first offered their art collection to Charlotte the Mint Museum is doing the most important thing museums do: putting art on the walls Page IF WI HI Rd wA03's Id I 0 0: 444 I Cornett Porch Hagen Bell Suspected In 3 Cases Similar To SC Killings Beirut Politics Nabih Berri the Shiite Moslem militia leader makes his strongest demand yet for the ouster of Lebanon's Christian president saying "either the regime dies or all of Lebanon will" Page 2A 1 1 10 B''''' 2 ilifogn wind cl 1 SCALE MI MN-NS 6---- -4 0 1 N146 (5 a tilliplopliAt volo p44a0 04 "pm 6110 1110 etwollitoran 0 2000 Denise Porch: Reported 1411 El Beth Marls Hagen: Bod! found near Alexander missing from Yorktowne 'I' eDec mber 181980 Apartments 254 Tyvola a Bell living at 221 Hickon Road July 311975 gm lc off Reverdy Rd ElBell living at 5009 El--- Cherrycrest Lane fr A 1 Both Mario Hgon: Body Oa found near Alexander December 181980 1 Bell living at 221 Hickory MA Rd Emig DI ll' d'NO Road Hill In the cases of Porch and Cornett Bell lived near the women when they disappeared in the Hagen ease he lived close to where the body was found The way the women were believed abducted at gunpoint or knife point in daylight is consistent with the way both SC girls were kidnaped It's also the way Bell assaulted two women in 1975 Bell was convicted of those assaults The three women shared certain characteristics: They were young ranging in age from 17 to 26 They were attractive police say And they wore their hair long By TEX O'NEILL Staff Wrtter One muggy day a dozen officers from the Charlotte Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation spent the morning poking around a garden in Matthews The plot is a stone's throw from the former home of Larry Gene Bell the 36-year-old electrician charged recently in the kidnaping deaths of two SC girls Police now are eyeing Bell in connection with the disappearance of at least three Charlotte area women: Denise Porch Beth Marie Hagen and Sandee Cornett Their attention is riveted for ihree reasons: College Costs The average cost of a year at college will climb 7 in 1985-86 the fifth straight year such costs will outpace the nation's inflation rate The College Board says Page 8A 0CA1E PI MET 1m 0 2000 sN E2 NI mNI 11 Matt klop By GE9RGE OREIBACHER See BELL Page 11A f'.