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Show Page 4 THE Wednesday, May 4, 1977 S STILL OUT THERE Six File INTERNATIONAL Stavanger, Norway - A team of American specialists Saturday capped the blowout of a North Sea oil well which spewed an estimated 8.8 million gallons of crude oil onto the water. The Bravo 14 well spouted for eight days, creating an oil slick covering 170 square miles. According to experts, the blowout which occurred oc-curred in the Ekofisk field, was contained before it could cause significant environmental damage. "Red" Adair and his crew of Texas troubleshooters succeeded in using steel discs called "blind rams" to stop the oil flow and then attached a four-ton "stopper" mechanism over the well head. Four previous attempts to stem the fountain of oil had failed. Adair told newsmen, "It was nasty and hotter 'n hell but it wasn't no big thing. It was a medium job." Adair's crew had to labor in a spray of oil heated to 240 degrees Fahrenheit by friction. The well site also was highly susceptible to a fire of huge proportions which could have been ignited by any accidental spark. London - Dr. John Kibukamusoke, a former personal physician for Ugandan president Idi Amin, says Amin suffered from "grandiose paranoia" which may be the result of syphilis. Although tests on Amin for syphilis were negative during Kibukamusoke's tenure as a presidential doctor, the physician said he had discovered that an Israeli doctor had treated the African ruler for Syphilis from 1969 to 1971. Kibukamusoke said he fled Uganda in March of 1973 after learning he was to be killed. Rawalpindi, Pakistan - After saying last Thursday Thur-sday that his government is the target of an "international "in-ternational conspiracy" bankrolled by the United States, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Bhut-to of Pakistan asserted Saturday that U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance has offered to begin a "secret dialogue. " More than 200 people have been killed in eight weeks of antigovernment protests in Pakistan and on Saturday Bhutto had his security forces seal off Rawalpindi to prevent opposition party members from marching on his official residence. residen-ce. The Pakistan National Alliance claims Bhutto's Bhut-to's Pakistan Peoples' Party retained a parliamentary majority through massive voting fraud during the March 7 national elections. As for the reported offer by Vance, State Department officials declined to comment. The U.S. government has disavowed any intervention interven-tion in Pakistan's internal situation. j r THE Sf5 ESTABLISHED 1972 Park City's Finest Dining Beef Seafood Lamb Top of Main Street, Park City, Utah EVERYDAY EXCEPT CHRISTMAS AND WN DAY (JiTlliIironT I aCLQ Wed. 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NATIONAL Washington - The State Department announced announ-ced Thursday that the United States and Cuba have reached an agreement on fishing rights and tentative boudnaries for the waters separating the two nations. The agreement, worked out by high-ranking U.S. and Cuban officials in New York and Havana, was the first to be negotiated between the two countries since the U.S. severed its diplomatic ties with Castro's government in 1961. Oklahoma City - Hayden C. Hewes, organizer of the International UFO Bureau, said Saturday President Carter reported sighting an unidentified uniden-tified flying object four years ago. The UFO Carter Car-ter saw changed colors and shapes and moved toward him, according to Hewes. Hewes said Carter made the sighting in 1973 while serving as governor of Georgia . In a related matter, Richard Nixon is receiving secret State Department and CIA information in-formation from President Carter. Carter said former President Gerald Ford and Nixon are supplied regular briefings on "secret, unpublicized, inter-relationships between us and other governments." Washington - The chairman of a postal study ' commission said Thursday that Saturday mail delivery is a luxury that the U.S. can no longer afford. Gaylord Freeman, chairman of the Commission Com-mission on Postal Service, defended his commission's com-mission's report which recommended elimination of Saturday deliveries along with increased in-creased government subsidies for the Postal, Service. r do m,$ is: JiwiTiJ&finsra Washington - White House tape transcripts recently made public show that Richard Nixon was extremely preoccupied with the Watergate coverup more than a year before his resignation. The transcripts reveal Nixon was very aware of the efforts being made to keep the Watergate scandal contained. In Dallas, former Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski said Thursday he will speak out if Nixon does not admit his role in the Watergate mess during taped interviews with David Frost which begin this week. "I have the feeling, between you and me, that he's going to lay a lot of this off on his staff," Jaworski predicted. Portland, Oregon - A task force created by the governors of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana has developed a plan which calls for the periodic cut off of electricity to homes and businesses in the drought-stricken Northwest. Most of the region's electricity is produced by hydroelectric dams and thin snowpack is expected expec-ted to mean an extremely low spring runoff. The most stringent part of the task force plan, Stage 3, would be enacted if the states' reservoirs reser-voirs become in danger of running dry. Except for police, fire department and health organizations, all electricity users would have their supply temporarily terminated on a rotating basis. A utility spokesman said the chances of the cut off are better than ever. POP JENKS PLACE 0 bV ST A t AAiA 4fm 0f 4f Sf 430 Main Street Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Remember Mother on Mother's Day CANDIES, GIFTS MOTHER'S DAY PLATES Free Gift Wrapping For Sewer Board Posts Bob Trepanier, who initiated the petition calling for Park City's withdrawal from the Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement District, has filed as a candidate can-didate for the district's board of trustees. In addition to Trepanier, sewer board incumbents Jan Wilking, a Park City Councilman, Coun-cilman, and Burnis Watts, chairman of the Park City Planning Commission, have filed for the two board seats open to city candidates. Seeking to become one of the two representatives from the unincorporated areas of the district are incumbents Mel Flinders, who is presently presen-tly board chairman, and Judge James Kilby. Also running for a non-city post is James Somis of Summit Park. Park City is empowered to appoint one member to the five-man board and the City Council has selected Councilman Coun-cilman Jack Green to continue con-tinue serving in that capacity. The sewer board election will be held concurrent with the sewer district bond election elec-tion on May 17. "Do You Know Where You're Going To?" i 7 S Ti. , I V rfl V? -- if A i I I Jfi-i 1 ""off not Jlo I I fy;J&'i(wm 1 4 i I " Practice has begun for the Park City High School Junior Prom which will be held May 6. The Junior class of Park City High School is hosting the traditional Junior Prom Friday, May 6, from 8-12 p.m. in the high school gym. Using the theme from "Mahogany," the Prom committee, consisting of Susan Su-san McComb, Bob Jarvis, Lisa Stagg, Chris Evans and Cliff Martinez, has ordered all decorations, including a large gazebo. Class advisers Fred Mar-chant, Mar-chant, Arlene Burgnener and Hal Smith have been working work-ing with the Junior class most of the year in preparation prepara-tion for this "social high light" of the year. Nan McPolin has been working with the young people to prepare the dance routine for the Promenade. Dress for the dance is formal or semi-formal. The band is "Christopher," a soft-rock group from Salt Lake City. Cost of the dance is $5.00 per couple; $3.50 single. A photographer will be on hand to take pictures. There will be a $5.00 charge for two 5X7 and four wallet-sized photographs. 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