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Show 10A Thursday, March 19, 1992 WORLD Standard-Examiner Walkout thwarts Haitian leader’s retum, Aristide’s supporters vow to iry again Scoresstill buried in Brazil landslide RIO DE JANEIRO, PORT-AU-PRINCE,Haiti (AP) — A walkout by legislators has thwarted an attempt to turn back the clock on a military coup and restore exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power. A tense atmosphere surrounded Wednesday’s special parliamentary session, which the anti-Aristide lawmakers deprived of a quorum and thus the chance to approve a plan for Aristide’s reinstatement. A fistfight among lawmakers Brazil (AP) — Hopes of finding survivors dimmed early today asrescuers dug through tons of mud from a landslide that roared through a hillside slum, killing at least 37 people and burying scores more. Rain, darkness andhilly terrain hampered the frantic overnight search by 500 Red Cross workers and family membersfor the missing from Wednesday’s disaster outside the southeastern city of Belo Horizonte. The mudslide followed several days of rain and state troopers, fearing another, cordoned offthe site. Hundreds of survivors tried to push past the barrier to search for family members. outside set the stage for the heated four-hour session, which was marked by accusations of treason and corruption. Atleast three lawmakers wereillegaily carrying gunsinside. After the meeting, several lawmakers leaving the seaside Legislative Palace were accosted by an angry mob backing the interim “My mother is in there, myfather. I need to find them,” Yolanda da Silva, a teenage resident, pleaded with a TV reporter. He said 70 people were in cnitical condition and estimated that the death toll could rise to 150. About 600 brick and wooden shacks, home to 1,000 of the Barranginha shantytown’s 40,000 residenis, were destroyed, said There were no injuries. ; Supporters of the reconciliation plan, which would bring an end to a punishing international embargo, say they fear opponents have new stalling tactics in store but are determined to spare no effort to try again. “We have all the time in the world,” Senate President Dejean Belizaire said Wednesday. After weeks of debate, theSenate had called the joint parliament meeting to ratify the plan mediated by the Organization of American States that was signed Feb. 23 in Washington by Aristide, Belizaire and the head of the Chamber of Deputies, Alexandre Medard. CFTO CFOSS CROGR> FRO GFT! ~~Antique Around midnight, rescuers found the corpses of a 5-year-old boy and his mother. Moments later, a fireman heard the muffled cries of a girl and pulled her from the earth’s grip. “We have reports that dozens of peopie, the majority children, some of our people say 200, couldn't get away and were buried alive,” said police chief Paulo Mansur. “We won't know how many for days.” government of President Joseph Nerette, which was installed by leaders of the Sept. 30 coup. SHOW & SALE The Associated Press A rescue worker carries a young girl from a landslide in Belo Horizonte thatkilled at least fire department Sgt. Esigenio da Luz. He said 100 to 150 people were missing. There was no immediate official explanation for the slide but independent news reports quoted local engineers as saying a landfill above the slum gave way after days of rain. News reports said a 300-footwide shelf of mud that supported the A.M. Martins construction SATURDAY, MARCH 21st 9 a.m.-7 p.m. SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 37 people. The death toll could go as high as 150. 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