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Show 4 A-. Page A4 Thursday, March 26, I81 I li V Mapcr "1 PFffiK CITY 324 Main, 049-3424 if If AX? All Sheepskin Coats Stetson and Resistol Hats All Jeans and Men's 6 Women's Cowhide Leather Jackets Including Cerruti Blazers ' Subject to Stock on Hand March 28th through March 3lst INTERNATIONAL Bygoszcz, Poland In the worst union-government confrontation since last summer, local police ejected members of the labor union Solidarity from the town meeting hall last Thursday, beating 23 people and hospitalizing three. In response, the national union called for a four-hour warning strike this Friday and a general strike the following Tuesday to demand that party chief Stanislaw Kamia punish the officials who authorized the police beating. Kamia said the strike announcement was "a call for self-annihilation." Meanwhile, the Polish news agency claimed the strikers at last week's clash were led out of the meeting hall without the use of force. London Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher plans to address the Parliament Thursday concerning allegations that a top-ranking British spy was a KGB agent for 30 years. The Daily Mail, in a story by its security specialist, said the late Sir Roger Hollis, who headed MI5 counter-espionage division for 9 years, was "feared to be" a double agent. The article said he was called out of retirement in 1970 for an "official, unprecedented" interrogation inter-rogation covering his entire 30-year spy career. His answers, the article said, were not regarded re-garded as satisfactory. Hollis died in 1973. His family and friends expressed shock over the allegations in the story. Randazzo, Sicily Two rivers of molten lava poured out of the northern slope of Mount Etna Wednesday, destroying farm buildings, apple and nut orchards, and threatening entire vil-ages. vil-ages. The eruption was the most destructive in 10 years. The Italian government has prepared for evacuation, moving troops and equipment into the area, but no residents have been injured so far. Police evacuated the village of Monte La Guardia, but allowed villagers to return the next day after one lava flow narrowly missed the town. A second lava flow, headed for the Alcantara River, threatened to cut off the hydroelectric power supplied from that stream. Bonn, West Germany Eighteen percent of the respondents to a public opinion poll considered the ! reign of Adolf Hitler to be "the good old days,"1 according., to a. report in the leading national magazine "Der Spiegel." Spie-gel." The magazine said the poll results so alarmed Helmut Schmidt's government, that it has been kept under wraps since it was completed a year ago. Thearticlesaid 13 of those polled displayed a closed-minded view of the world which included "hatred of foreigners, democracy, and pluralism." plural-ism." NATIONAL Cape Canaveral, Florida One workman was killed and four others were injured in an accident following a dress rehearsal for the launch of the space shuttle Columbia. Four workmen blundered blund-ered into a nitrogen-filled engine compartment after an "All Clear" signal indicated the area was safe. John Bjornstad, 50, died from lack of oxygen, technician Forrest Cole was hospitalized with brain and lung swelling, and three other men, including a security guard who attempted to rescue the workmen, suffered lesser injuries. A seven-member NASA panel is investigating the accident, and the injury could delay the scheduled April 5 take-off of the shuttle with astronauts Bob Crippen and John Young. Washington The bargaining council of the United, Mine Workers approved a new three-year contract by a vote of 21-14. But the strike scheduled for Friday is still on, as the union follows a proud tradition of "no contract, no work." The contract must be printed and sent to the UMW's 160,000 members for ratification, a process which will run into next week. There was no explanation for the opposition votes from the bargaining council. A SKI SAKE to rcfnernbcr begin April 3rd The union won an increase in benefits and wages totaling 36 over three years less than . what they asked for. But they forced mine operators to back down over their proposed pension plan and schedule for a seven-day work week. Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne dramatized her determination to fight crime in the city by. announcing last week she intends to move into the Cabrini-Green housing project, where 10 people have been killed and 35 others wounded in the last two months. Residents in the 70-acre project say the mayor's presence will bring better city services and police protection. Meanwhile, a large-scale cleaning operation began at Cabrini, as sanitation men swept up broken glass, road crews repaired potholes, and police towed away abandoned cars. The project's pro-ject's housing manager told reporters, "We do this on a daily basis," but the claim brought snickers from the long-time residents of the complex. Salt Lake City Did Joseph Smith pass on the presidency of the LDS Church to his son? That question was raised last week as the church historical department obtained a handwritten document which contains a father's blessing from Joseph Smith Jr. to his son, Joseph III, and promises a right of succession. The document was presented to the Reorgan ized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which uses lineal descent from Joseph Smith as its method of succession in the church. Joseph Smith mentioned several the church adopted an TVkA rnriAry- cirt 1170C nrocnnfoH in tVio T? any era lit 111 lllsll I UJ JL VOVAAl.X-'VA l,U lAAVs gUU ized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which uses lineal descent from Joseph Smith as its method of succession in the church. Joseph Smith mentioned several methods of succession during his lifetime, but after his death the church adopted an apostolic succession through the Council of the Twelve. Washington While members of Congress urged him to take tougher steps, President Reagan met with Japanese Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ito in hopes of getting voluntary restraints on foreign auto imports. But Sen. John Danforth, D-Mo., said, "If we dance around the issue, nothing will come of it." Danforth has proposed a bill setting up ; mandatory quotes that would reduce Japanese :! cars sold annually in the U.S. by about 300,000. The White House took the formal line that President Reagan and Ito merely exchanged views. But Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker warned that Congress is itching "to do something by statute if the Japanese don't do something voluntarily." Salt Lake The state medical examiner reaffirmed his opinion that slain polygamist John Singer was killed by one shotgun blast refuting Arizona pathologist Dr. Heinz H. 1 Karnitschnig, who claimed Singer was shot more than once. J. Wallace Graham said i the holes in Singer's clothes looked like " buckshot and all of his wounds looked the ; same. Karnitschnig filed an affidavit as. part of ; the Singer family's $111 million wrongful death suit brought against the state of Utah. But Graham said the pathologist's opinion was only based on examination of-Singer's of-Singer's clothing, pictures of the body, and . other evidence. The Singers' attorney, Gerald 1 Spence, is attempting to prove that a massive cover-up of the shooting took; place. : Hollywood Carol Burnett received moral support last week in her suit against "The" National Enquirer" much to the exasperation" of the magazine's defense counselor. Two jurors were dismissed from the trial after they saw a "Tonight Show" segment in which: Johnny Carson denounced the publication. Carson Car-son displayed an "Enquirer" cover story which said his marriage was breaking up, and said "I'm going to call ... the people who wrote this 'liars.' Now that's slander, or they can sue me for slander.' You know where I am, gentlemen.". It was also disclosed that Gov. Jerry Brown cheered Burnett on in a telephone conversation. Said defense lawyer William Masterson, "I'm trying to try a lawsuit without all of these other wizards out there ..." Washington and New York There was seldom a kind word for the Reagan family over the past week. To begin with, First Lady Nancy came under fire from environmentalists for wearing luxury fashions made from the skin of endangered species. Then a New York woman accused young Ron Reagan of stealing an apartment she had sub-let to him. Rena Howland Adams said that Ron obtained a lease in his own name, threw her furniture out on the street, and used Secret Service agents to keep her out of the building Finally, President Reagan called a Los Angeles theater critic to plug a musical starring his friend Buddy Ebsen, and was scolded by the critic for cutting federal support for the arts. "I'm ashamed of you," said writer Don Sullivan. |