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Show 11KRAI.I). 1'rovo, Utah, Tuesday, March 1, 1977 Salvador Put Under State El M if S m r- W0 a SUA' ADR, K! Salvador (LTD The government has placed El state of siege Salvador under a after a day of antigovernment rioting The defense ministry reported earlier that "extremist groups, armed boards and with clubs, other objects" had "caused disorders, thai left six persons dead. blocked "Peace and tranquility are threatened by recent events, provoked Ia CiHiiuiuiiist elements that have infiltrate! political parties," the Legislative Avenihiy said Monday night in the emergency decree. pedestrians." The emergency order placed courts and news outlets under military control and prevented citizens from entering or leaving the country. It also banned gatherings of more SAN - d traffic and beaten Vance Gives Views on Peace Progress in the Mideast - WASHINGTON (LTD Secretary of Si;ilf Cutis Vance says he believes the search f.r a Middle Kast peace set not be upset by tough, tlc nu nt nei-in w legislation to counter the Arab hov cott ol Israel. in cooperation with We hel!"ve that an make progress on these 'anlibo eotti issues without ;ring opportunities for l.msly M'l or inhibiting liiie'i'u ;rad( our Mlp'on .e ill t! e Middle Kast," he told (lie 'er;,.!e ',', iking Committee Mon- - day. v.i leturning to Capitol Hill hut the House International delations Committee on his assessment ol peaee prospects in the Middle visit Kast following his to the area .imv tod.iV In The secretary said his trip to Israel, Kgvpt, Jordan, Syria. Saudi Arabia and Lebanon convinced him "there is a consensus on the desirability of reconvening the Geneva Conference sometime during the second half of 1977." Hut he cautioned that "sharp disagreements" remain among Arabs and Israelis over the issue of the Palestine Liberation Organization whether and how the I'LO should participate in the conference. The United States, in consonance with Israel, has come out against PLO participation unless the PLO changes its charter to recognize the existence of Israel "No one can promise success," ne cautioned. Vance scheduled a private briefing for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee late this afternoon on the same subject. Vance's testimony Monday focused largely on the general approach of the Carter administration toward legislation. "We believe that carefully directed legislation combined with diplomatic action can protect our interests. I want to emphasize our intention to maintain close and friendly relations with the countries of the Middle East," he said. When asked for specific details, however, Vance demurred. He urged the Senate Banking Committee to work with the State Department and an interagency task force in developing amendments to the draft legislation being considered by the pantt el. Two Lab Employes Succumb While Probing Mystery III ATLANTA Ui'I t Two employes of the national Centtr for Disease Control have died of an illness contracted while working in the laboratory building where the mysterious Legionnaire's disease is under investigation, it was disclosed today. Robert Dubingon, 43, died at 1 a.m. today at the Army hospital at Ft. Mcl'iierson here where he had been i hospitalized since Sunday. George Flowers, 49. died Sunday at Georgia Bap'ist Hospital. Neither worked in the actual laboiatoiy where the investigation into the Legionnaire's disease is in progress, and doctors were skeptical that the deaths were in any way related to the mysterious illness that claimed 29 lives following an American Legion convention in Philadeplphia last July. An Army spokesman said the Center for Disease control planned an autopsy on Dubingon's body in an effort to determine the cause of death. He was admitted to the hospital suffering from what appeared to be influenza. A retired Army staff sergeant, Dubingon was a custodian in the building housing the, laboratory where Legionnaire's disease tests were being cailied out. An official of the CDC said limited lab tets conducted since the men first became ill had established no connection between their illness and Legion- 11. .il e s i: ink it is : n:t i!a i I Legionnaire's dis-can't say it's not," said Dr. iid Dixon, a hi S V o Ik IU f 1 tv Tint's right! Resorts IHLSt I than three people, allowing only family, cultural and meetings. The antigovernment activity was sparked by results of last week's presidential election in which Gen. Carlos Humberto Romero, of the ruling National Conciliation party, beat Col. Ernesto Cldidiiiount, of the National Opposition Union, by a margin. work-relate- 2-- 1 Opposition leaders charged the results were fraudulent. At least six persons were killed and 52 injured when troops and police opened fire on some 2,000 supporters in the central Plaza Libertad Monday. Barricaded behind barbed wire since last Thursday, they had defied a warning by President Arturo Armando Molina the government would use arms to restore order. Claramount, who went into voluntary exile in Costa Rica, told reporters there he was given the choice of house arrest with his family, an army jail or exile in the country of his choice. Two Gunmen Make Off With $427,000 (UPI) gunmen three armored car Two NEW YORK guards surprised making a bank delivery Monday, handcuffed them and made off with an estimated $427,000, most of it in checks. There were no injuries. police spokesman said three guards employed by the Sentry Investigation Corp. were making a delivery at a Brooklyn bank at 1 p.m. when the robbery occurred. Police at first thought the estimated $427,000 taken in the robbery was entirely in cash. However, they later determined only $40,000 of the loot was cash and the remainder was in checks micro-organis- - Ann Arbor VA Hospital in 1975. The two were indicted last June in connection with a series of breathing failures believed induced in hospital patients by the powerful muscle relaxant Pavulon. U.S. Attorney Philip Van Dam, who took over personal control of the case after assistants failed to share evidence with defense attorneys, said Monday the jury selection process could be lengthy. "A span of 10 days or two weeks would not be unusual " Van Dam said. Van Dam was forced to get personally involved several weeks ago when Judge Philip Pratt ruled that prosecutors had failed to share FBI evidence with defense attorneys as earlier ordered by Pratt and Van Dam. But he now plans to leave most of the courtroom work to four assistants. His office has trimmed the original indictment against the nurses, who were first accused of 15 poisonings, five of them fatal. Free Tax Advice Trust blanch. midlands, threatning livestock herds. A Pacific storm - SALT LAKE CITY Many free publications are available to answer nearly every tax question a taxpayer may have, the Internal Revenue Service has reported. Some of the more popular IRS publications cover moving expenses, crops and roamed from Washington to northern California and into western Nevada, northern Idaho and Montana, bringing rain and snow. eastward Up to eight inches of snow hit the Cascade Mountains of western Truckee, Calif., in the Sierra Nevada, reported five inches of snow. Eugene, Ore., and Astoria, Ore each reported more than an inch and a quarter of rain. Washington. , Snow prompted travel advisories to- day for portions of Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Idaho. Strong winds triggered travel advisories in the mountains and deserts of Southern California. Heavy snow warnings were posted for the mountains and foothills of western Montana and winter storm Weather forecasters said colder temperatures slowed melting of ice and snow but warned of possible flood problems when thawing resumes. Last week's snowfall improved skiing in Colorado's Rockies and bought some skiers back to the slopes. More snow was forecast today but ski resort manager John Rohm at Breckenridge said financial losses suffered earlier in the season cannot be reversed. Dought plagued the Midwest. Minnesota Gov. Rudy Perpich, in Washington for the National Gover- nors' Conference, asked President Carter and Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bergland to arrange immediate farmers in the aid to drought-stricken Midwest. Wisconsin Gov. Patrick J. Lucey reported Monday that even if the state gets normal rainfall this spring, its agricultural losses this year could total $1.5 billion. In Rhodesia Parliament Bill Presented Reducing Whites' Land Use SALISBURY, Materials Offered Frost and freeze warnings were posted for northern Florida. i'he National Weather Service discontinued a flash flood watch for seven counties in western New York, where temperatures dropped to near freezing Monday after record highs Sunday. snow-starve- Rhodesia, March alter the land tenure act, which divides Rhodesia roughly equally between some 270,000 whites and more than 6 million blacks. The plan is part of his effort to create a climate conducive to an internal majority rule settlement as opposed to a settlement with the recognized Nationalist Front. The United States, Britain and black Africa oppose the idea of a settlement with what Smith calls moderate black Rhodesians, saying such an accord will not end the guerrilla war. The bill submitted to the house calls for opening all agricultural land and certain stretches of industrial and commercial land to 1 The government today presented to Parliament a bill that it said would have the effect of decreasing the amount of land exclusively used by whites from 45 million acres to (UPI) 500,000. "We must move with the times. Let us do so cheerfully and intelligently, and with good hope for the future, said minister of land and natural resources Mark Partridge as he put before the House of Assembly amendments to the land tenure act. Voting in the house, which includes 50 left-leanin- contributions, tax benefits for older Americans, medical deductions and earned income credit. Free IRS publications can be members of Prime Minister Ian obtained by filling out the handy order Smith's Rhodesian front party and 16 blank in the tax package mailed by the blacks, will take place later this week. Smith last week unveiled his plan to IRS, or at a local IRS office. four-year-o- 1W Lai rOUQ Lr(BDljT(BJi said neither man had Dixon pneumonia, which was "principally" common in the Legionnaire's disease. Dixon said all other persons who had access to the building were being examined for possible illness, but only routine colds have been discovered so far. The doctor said Flowers worked in the services division of the bureau of laboratories, which handles glassware and laboratory supplies. iflli! 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They won't be this low again till next winter! i acc-cus- for portions of northern Arizona and the Colorado mountains. watches By United Press International Welcome rains eased drought conditions in the Pacific Northwest today d and snow finally came to the slopes of the Rockies, though it was too late to salvage the season for hard-hi- t ski resorts Drought hung on in ihe nation's have off season rates, so why can't carpet LOW WINTER Inn- of th? whole year. r A U.S. says prosecutors of two of poisioning patients at a Veterans Administration Hospital will not seek jurors who know nothing of the widely reported case. A authorities believed were participating in ihe investigation of the illness of the two employes. "We've just discovered it (the which causes the Legionnaire's disease). We don't know the way it behaves in all its various forms." Dr. Charles Shepard, one of the dismicrocoverers of the "bacteria-like- " organism that caused the disease, said "there is no possibility" the illnesses could be Legionnaire's disease. "There isn't anything that resembles it." said Shepard. Dixon said the symptons of the illnesses of the two men high fever, muscle aches and pains are "common with every infection, from influenza to Rocky Mountain spotted fever." Flowers was taken to Georgia Baptist Hospital last week with high fever, muscular aches and pains and weakness. He suffered upper gastrointestinal bleeding and died Sunday of cardiac arrest. The hospital pathologist, Dr. Robert DeLashmutt, said the cause of death had not been determined. Begins Today - nurses Attorney DTROIT (UPI) d rs. AND WHO SAID that spring and fall is the time to clean tk aii A doctor CDC Welcome Rains Hit if iiir lurii in tjnr - Jury selection In V.A. Case t Security Bank offices. 1JARQI Tn Security f Scry M &r utv N A o Bank ol WftO. 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