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Show 5 Page 4 Wednesday, June 14, 1978 v wj bob HIT 3 3 Til ut mm INTERNATIONAL Tokyo Japan's heavily populated northeast coast was devastated Monday afternoon by an earthquake which claimed the lives of at least 21 persons and left 340 others injured. The powerful undersea quake, which registered more than 7.5 on the Richter scale, was the strongest recorded anywhere in the world this year. The earthquake toppled buildings and triggered landslides, resulting in Japan's worst death toll since 1964 when 27 persons died in Niigata. Moscow Renewal of the Cold War could result from the "anti-Soviet hysteria" now building in the United States, Pravda said Sunday. The Communist Party newspaper singled out U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski as the major proponent of a hard-line policy "fraught with danger." A speech in which President Carter accused Moscow of "a continuing aggressive struggle for political advantage and increased influence in a variety of ways" was called an "impermissible outburst" by Pravda. Carter has challenged the Soviet Union to reduce its activities around the world but Pravda retorted: "It is not the U.S.S.R. or Cuba but the United States and its allies that have launched a full-scale intervention in Zaire." London In response to a government announcement that it is considering setting aside blocks of apartments for immigrants from Bangladesh, a mob of 150 white youths stormed through a Bengali area Sunday. The youths threw rocks and bottles in London's rundown East End, smashing shop windows, damaging cars and fighting with bystanders. Twenty of the rampagers were arrested. Panama City Former President Arnulfo Arias returned to Panama after 10 years of exile and warned Sunday that the Panama Canal treaties will be a "source of friction" between his country and the United States. ' Arias was elected president in 1968 but was ousted by current Panamanian leader Gen. Omar Torrijds ll days after he was inaugurated. He also was elected president in 1940 and 1948 but was ousted both times. The former president lived in Miami for the past ten years. Arias, a Harvard graduate, called the treaties "contrary to the vital interests" of Panama and said they would be a "source of friction for future generations" because they give the United States the right to intervene militarily to guarantee the canal's security. The Hague, The Netherlands Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua, during a surprise visit to Holland, pledged Peking's support "to oust the Soviet Union and Cuba from Africa." Huang said Friday that Moscow had "engineered" the rebel invasion of Zaire. "The invasion of Zaire was not an isolated incident," the foreign minister said. "It should be viewed from the wish of the superpowers to reach overall hegemony. They are locked in confrontation in Europe. "So the Soviet Union is outflanking Europe by starting in the Middle East and Africa a series of undisguised acts of aggression. ' ' Dartmouth, England Britain's Naomi James completed a solo around-the-world journey in a sailboat Thursday, setting a new record of 272 days. The 29-year-old Mrs. James shaved two days off the record set by Sir Francis Chichester in 1967. It was the first solo voyage for the New Zeland-born Zeland-born sailor who made the 30,000 mile voyage in the 53-foot "Express Crusader." Mrs. James told of enduring 25-foot waves, long weeks of silence when her radio failed and of watching ner only companion, a kitten, swept overboard. The "most scary moment of the whole voyage" came when her boat capsized 2,000 miles from Cape Horn. Suez, Egypt President Anwar Sadat said Wednesday that he has warned Israel that another Middle East war will erupt in five years if the Palestinian problem is not solved. He repeated threats that Egypt would go to war again if Israel failed to respond to his peace initiative. The Egyptian president stressed that Israel would have to withdraw from occupied Arab territories and that a political solution for the Palestinians must be found. NATIONAL New York "Son of Sam" murderer David Berkowitz was sentenced Monday to a string of 25-years-to-life prison terms which add up to a total of 240 years. The 25-year-old former postal clerk was described as calm during the sentencing by three Supreme Court justices. At one point, a friend of the family of Stacy Moskowitz. Rcrkowitz's last victim, struggled to get to the convicted murderer shouting, "You're gonna burn in hell! You're gonna burn, Berkowitz. I'll get you! " A defense lawyer moved to set aside both his client's guilty pleas and the sentencing on the ground that the .44 caliber killer "by reason of his mental defects" was incapable of taking part in the proceedings. The motion was denied by a justice who cited a report by two psychiatrists which said, "It is our professional opinion that the defendant is fit to be sentenced." Weymouth, Mass. A 17-year-old student shot himself at his high school graduation ceremonies after stepping to a microphone and saying, "This is the American way . ' ' Karim Thompson was listed in fair condition Sunday. Described as a "happy-go-lucky kid," who was a good student and very popular, Thompson stepped to a microphone, pulled a pistol from under his graduation gown and shot himself. As he lay on the ground holding a .22 caliber revolver, the youth reportedly said, "There are too many issues in America today." Salt Lake City Members of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened the doors to priesthood for blacks Friday, saying they were acting on a revelation from God. An edict, issued to all church officers by President Spencer W. Kimball and counselors Eldon Tanner and Marion Romney, removed the ban on black leadership in the church, stating that all worthy male members of the church may be ordained to its priesthood "without regard for race or color." The First Presidency said the revelation came after they had "pleaded long and earnestly in behalf of these, our faithful brethren The exclusion of blacks was based on the teachings of founder of Joseph Smith who said they could not hold the priesthood until the Lord spoke through revelation. Norfolk, Virginia A Lake Taylor High School teacher was treated at a nearby hospital Friday after a student bit off part of her ear. Officials said a 15-year-old student came to the school looking for Mrs. Cloyee Humphries, found her and knocked her to the floor. When students separated the two, part of the teacher's ear was missing. Las Vegas, Nevada After hearing testimony from 69 witnesses and seeing more than 700 exhibits and 480 copies of Howard Hughes' handwriting, a district court jury Thursday determined that the "Mormon Will" of the eccentric millionaire is a fraud. The verdict concluded more than seven months of testimony during which Utah gas station operator and truck driver Melvin Dummar and Alaska contractor Levane Forsythe told a strange tale of curious encounters with the wealthy recluse. Boston Speaking at the Harvard commencement exercises, exiled Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn warned that Western society is in danger of extinction. Sohzhenitsyn said he could not recommend American society "in its present state" as a model for the reconstruction of Russian society. He cited a loss of "civil courage" and said that from ancient times a decline in courage has been considered "the beginning of the end." Los Angeles Reacting to the passage of Proposition 13, California's Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. Wednesday signed an executive order immediately freezing state job hirings. In addition, the state school superintendent recommended the elimination of summer school and the mayor of Los Angeles said 8,300 workers will be laid off because voters ordered a $7 billion cut in property taxes through their endorsement of the Jarvis-Gann Amendment. Gourmet Sandwiches II Luncheon Salad Bar v. $.85 and $1.50 1 11 Ice Cream Specialties fyffcjl It's A Weatherbeater Ik 1 Harley King Tired of increasing utility prices? If so. The Weatherbeater, 556 Main Street, could have just what you're looking for. As the name so cleverly indicates. The Weatherbeater Weather-beater carries products which can make coping with the elements a bit more tolerable. Open since Memorial Day weekend, the store sells a full line of wood burning stoves, as well as paints, wooden fireplace mantles, carpets and drapes, and ready-to-assemble greenhouses. According to Harley King, owner of The Weatherbeater, Weather-beater, he was able to cut his own fuel bill last winter from $90 per month to $19 per month by installing an Earth Stove in his home. He feels the Earth Stove, being air tight, is designed for efficiency, preventing heat loss through the chimney. "This stove will burn 14 to 15 hours on one load of wood," King said. The stoves cost $500 or less and are capable of heating an area up to 25,000 square feet. Another product found at The Weatherbeater useful to people living in the mountains is the ready-to-assembly greenhouse. According to King, many people up here have trouble growing gardens because of the thin air which allows too many ultra-violet rays to reach the earth. He claims these rays can have a very harmful effect on many kinds of vegetables. The greenhouses which are made of fiberglass and redwood, block out the ultra-violet rays thus enabling plants to grow better. They come pre-drilled pre-drilled and are easy to assemble, King said. So whether you're having a problem with too much heat or too much cold stop by The Weatherbeater and see what they've got. It could be just what you're looking for. Gravitation And Relativity Discussed At Resort Lecture A 2OO0'MILE RAILROAD KNOWN AS THE BAM. r-Hr .1 Newtonian gravitation and the theory of relativity will be part of the explanation of the collapse of a star in a free public lecture given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in the Garden Room at the Park City Resort at 9:00 p.m. on June 21. The meeting of the 1889 society is being hosted by Brigham Young University. It will be a three-day symposium on peculiar and variable stars and will attract many of the thousands thou-sands of members from around the world. William J. Kaufmann III, professor of physics at San Diego State University, will present the lecture on stars that use all of their nuclear energy and begin to collapse. One description states that "at one critical stage in the collapse of a star, the warping of space, time becomes so great that space and time fold in over themselves and the star disappears from the universe. uni-verse. Not even light can escape. What is left is called a black hole." "We thought people would attend a public lecture on such an interesting topic," said D.H. McNamara, professor pro-fessor of physics and astronomy astro-nomy at BYU. "We chose Park City because it is such a nice. spot.''; ,,- THE BAIKAL-AMUR MAINLINE IS BEING BUILT BY THE SOVIETS. IT ISA IO-YEAR PROJECT COSTING RUSSIA $15 BILLION. 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