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Show THEp Page 4 4 Thursday, April 5, 1979 INTERNATIONAL Islamabad, Pakistan Former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reportedly was hariged Wednesday for the murder of a political opponent four years ago. Bhutto had exhausted his legal appeals and had refused to plead for mercy. Appeals from the.ynited States, Saudi Arabia and other countries- to cancel the execution were ignored by President Mohammed Zia Ul-Haq who deposed Bhutto in a July 1977 coup. Western analysts feared the hanging would plunge Pakistan into political turmoil and aggravate already existing separatist sentiments. sen-timents. Cairo, Egypt Israeli Prime Minister Mehachem Begin Monday became the first leader of a Jewish nation to travel to Cairo and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat proclaimed the; visit as the start of peace in the Middle Ea$t. ''The peace process is underway," Sadat said, "We fought and we will go on fighting, but this time we fight for understanding and lovel,,,:' Begin was greeted with little fanfare but the Israeli leader appeared unruffled by the low-key low-key reception and said he was happy just to be in Cairo. His welcome was in sharp contrast to the elaborate reception Sadat received in Jerusalem in 1977. But the Begin visit came at a time when other Arab nations were turning their backs to Sadat for signing the peace treaty with Israel. Moscow Now you see it, now you don't, now you do again. The legendary lost continent of Atlantis may be right where the Greek philosopher Plato predicted it would be, according to a Soviet scientist. Prof. A.A. Aksyenov said a recent expedition ex-pedition west of Gibraltar may have discovered the lost continent. Aksyenov said in a magazine article that the expedition found ruins and a group of flat-top mountains about 300 to 600 feet below the surface sur-face of the ocean. The area in the Atlantic is the same location Plato said was populated by an advanced civilization until it sunk into the sea. Nairobi, Kenya Another major escalation in the war between Tanzania and Uganda occurred oc-curred Sunday when Tanzanian warplanes bombed and strafed Entebbe International Airport. Diplomatic sources said the raid appeared to be retalliation for an attack on the Tanzanian town of Mwanza last Thursday night by a Libyan jet bomber. The sources said all Tanzanian planes returned return-ed safely and there apparently was no opposition op-position from Ugandan warplanes on ground defenses. The attack was the first Tanzanian aerial assault on any major Ugandan target and it added more fuel to the already heated war between the two nations. Moscow If you think Mondays are blue in the' U.S., try the U.S.S.R. Soviet factory managers estimate that each Monday 30 to 40 percent of the Russian work force is too drunk or too hungover to put in a good day's work. Drunkeness also is blamed for crijhe, divorce, accidents, inefficiency, juvenile delinquency and economic stagnation. 'ill is our worst problem," one Soviet official told a reporter. Statistics gathered by Western researches show; that Soviet factory and office workers spend 10 to 15 percent of the incomes on alcohol. Fabri, Italy A million dollars worth of gold and'platinum were stolen from the Milan-Rome express Saturday and police believe the theft waslhe work of urban guerrillas. Described as one of the most technically perfect per-fect crimes ever committed in Italy, the robbery rob-bery occurred when thieves stopped the train by using a sophisticated electronic device to change a signal from green to red. When the train" halted, they uncoupled the last five cars and then changed the light back to green, sending send-ing the train down the tracks. After overpowering two guards and injecting them with a sleep-producing drug, the thieves took; between 20 and 30 sacks of gold and platinum from one of the freight cars. London Airey M.S. Neave, one of the closest advisers to Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher, was killed Friday when a bomb exploded in his car. Two different factions; fac-tions; of the Irish Republican Army claimed -cnonsibiiity for the blast. Neave was a much-decorated hero of World War II and he had served in Parliament for 25 years. As a member of Mrs. Thatcher's "shadow cabinet" responsible for the affairs of Northern Ireland, he considered himself a "natural" target for IRA terrorists. London The Labor party government of Prime Minister James Callighan was removed from office last week on a slim one-vote margin on a motion of no confidence. The 311-310 vote marked the first time in 55 years that a British government had been defeated on a confidence ballot. The removal of the Labor Party may open the way for Conservative Conser-vative Party leader Margaret Thatcher to become Britain's first woman prime minister. NATIONAL Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Federal officials said Tuesday that the danger of an explosion at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant is no longer significant. Technicians at the plant were seeking to maintain shrinkage of the hydrogen bubble inside in-side the reactor. The bubble has impeded efforts to bring the reactor's temperature down to a point at which it would no longer be capable of breaking loose. A spokesman said monitors showed the bubble was still being reduced and emissions of radiation were diminishing. Claiming the hydrogen bubble "has been eliminated for all practical purposes," Harold Denton of The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said, "I think the danger point is considerably down from where it was a few days ago." Despite the reported progress in controlling the nuclear accident, Gov. Dick Thornburgh again advised young children and pregnant women to stay more than five miles from the plant. The governor also ordered all schools within a five-mile radius to remain closed and said "precautionary shipments of medicine" were being kept on hand. Chicago Democrat Jane Byrne, who defeated the party machine in the primary, captured over 80 percent of the vote on her way to a landslide victory in the Chicago mayoral race. Tuesday's win made Mrs. Byrne the first woman ever elected mayor in Chicago's history. Washington Union Strikes against 75 trucking companies resulted in a nationwide shutdown of the industry Sunday. Following the collapse of marathon contract talks between trucking executives and the Teamsters Union, the union targeted 74 companies com-panies for strikes in an apparent attempt to avoid a back-to-work order under the Taft-Hartley Taft-Hartley Act. The resulting lockout is seen as a move to make it easier for the Carter administration ad-ministration to invoke Taft-Hartley. More than a dozen auto plants went on short shifts Monday as a direct result of the trucking industry shutdown which affected an estimated 235,000 of the nation's 300,000 Teamsters. Chicago United Airlines said Sunday that it was laying off a total of 13,300 pilots, attendants and other crew members as a result of the machinists strike that has grounded all its daily flights. The friendly skies were empty after the machinists rejected a contract offer and the old contract expired at midnight Friday. United carries 130,000 passengers daily, and a spokesman said operations would be halted until un-til at least April 10. Monroe, Lousianna A 12-person jury found former congressman Otto Passman innocent Sunday on all counts of accepting illegal gratuities from South Korean rice dealer Tongsun Park and charges of tax evasion and conspiracy. Passman was indicted a year ago on charges he took as much as $213,000 to use his influence to aid Park in rice deals. Passman's lawyer said the former congressman was duped by Park. Sarasota?- Florida Famous clown Emmett Kelly died of an apparent heart attacITMarch28 at age 80. Kelly entertained audiences for half a century with his "Weary Willie" act. He performed with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1942 to 1956 and then spent a year entertaining enter-taining for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. After that he performed in night clubs. Shirley Black Loses Fight To Keep Her Children Third District Court Judge Bryant Croft last week granted the divorce petition of Shirley Black, but ruled that her husband Dean take custody of their four children. Mrs. Black said Monday that the judge's decision apparently was based on the fact that she had married polygamist John Singer before divorcing husband Dean. Polygamy is illegal in Utah. Mrs. Black, 48, became a controversial con-troversial figure when she married Singer in July and moved her four children in with Vickie and John's seven children on their Marion farm. The Singer family remained sequestered on their farm for more than a year, protesting the state's compulsory education law and taught their own children in a one-room schoolhouse built by Singer. Singer was shot and killed January 18 by Utah law officers attempting to arrest him on charges of aggravated assault. Mrs. Black sought a divorce from her husband, citing mental cruelty stemming from his drinking habits. In addition to the custody of her children, Brent, 14; Nancy, 11; Grant, 10; and Julie, 8, Mrs. Black asked for ownership of the couple's Kamas house. However, Judge Croft reportedly granted Black custody of the children, child-ren, the Kamas house, and two of the families three vehicles. Mrs. Black will retain ownership of six acres of Summit County land given her by her father and one family car, and will receive $100 a month in alimony from her husband, plus 20 percent of any monthlv infnro '"voopdms RflO. ' Judge Croft granted Mrs. Black "reasonable" visitation rights. She said Monday that she has been to the Kamas house often to see the children. "He's been pretty decent about letting let-ting me see the kids," Mrs. Black said of her ex-husband. "I've been up to tend the kids every day while he's at work." Mrs. Black said she will be appealing ap-pealing Judge Croft's decision, possibly in a higher court outside the state. 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