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Show Rebels Launch Offensive Attempt to Disrupt Elections The left is boycotting the election for an assembly that will appoint an interim government and draft a new constitution, asserting it could not possibly be held fairly. Leftist rebels mounted a campaign to disrupt the balloting through intimidation and attacks that escalated steadily in the 48 hours preceding the vote. SAN SALVADOR. El Salvador ( UPI i Leftist rebels launched their biggest offensive in more than a year Saturday, battling government troops through the streets of a provincial capital and paralyzing transportation nationwide in a bid to disrupt Sunday's elections for a constituent assembly. "Obviously the intimidation by the left is building up," said Sen. Nancy head of Landon Kassebaum, U.S. team observing an the elections, centerpiece of U.S. plans for a settlement of El Salvador's civil war. Following up attacks in the capital, where they blew up a tenth of the city's polling booths Friday night, the rebels overran much of the provincial capital of L'sulutan. 66 miles east of San Salvador, early Saturday, pushing government troops back to the city center where journalists at the scene reported "intense'' fighting. Observers said it was the biggest rebel offensive since January, 1981, when a guerrilla push to overthrow the d government was defeated eight-memb- Six parties are contesting the elec- tion but it is expected to be a race between the moderate Christian Democrats and archrightist Nationalist Republican Alliance, whose leader has vowed to k all communists." U.S.-backe- bv the armv, which suffered heavy casualties. Journalists said bands of guerrillas advancing from the west, east and south fought to within five blocks of the city's central plaza Military vehicles raced through the streets carrying wounded soldiers The rebels also blew up a bridge and a power station outside l'sulutan, cutting power to the city's 60.000 residents Another rebel force ambushed a relief convoy of three army trucks. Spokesmen at L'sulutan's state-ruhospital said one national policeman was killed in the fighting and that six or seven civilians were brought in with n tea WMH gunshot wounds. Guerrillas pinned down a military-guardeconvoy of 27 gasoline tankers hauling fuel to the provincial capital of San Miguel. 83 miles east of San Salvador, witnesses said d In El Salvador Protest Reagan Policies 20,000 - More than demonstrators marched on the White House Saturday to protest President Reagan's El Salvador policies and r held a rally reminiscent of the demonstrations of the 1960s. Reagan was inside the White House when speakers mounted a platform in Lafayette Square across the street to denounce U.S. military aid for the Salvadoran junta facing a crucial electoral test Sunday. But a force of white helmeted Secret Service agents and police officers, some on horseback, kept the protesters at a distance. "Today we are in front of the White WASHINGTON (LTD 20,000 anti-wa- House and most likely that is not enough," shouted Arnoldo Ramos, a spokesman for the leftist Salvadoran guerrilla force battling the junta. "But the message is clear. "A majority of American people are against the foreign policy of this administration and there is no doubt about that." Ramos. 35, wearing a pinstriped suit, said the guerrillas could not participate in Sunday's elections for a constituent assembly because "it would be suicide for us." The elections will be inconclusive and frustrate U.S. policy, he said. There were no reported disruptions as the demonstrators marched to the route, carrying park along a three-mil- e blue and white Salvadoran flags and slplacards and chanting n ogans. Lt. Roger Oliva, a spokesman at the U.S. Park Police command post, and District of Columbia police spokesman John Folliard both said the crowd was estimated at about 23,000 people. The demonstration was organized by the March 27 Coalition, which was to disband afterward. The coalition organized other rallies across the l PI Telrpboto country. Seattle police said ticipated there. 4.000 people par- More than 20,000 people protested Reagan's El Salvador Policies Sunday: iAUMkyrl u h t j. Train Derailment Kills One A Union Pacific Railroad employee was killed Friday when several cars derailed near Payson. Another railroad worker was slightly injured. The acci- - 108TH YEAR, NO. 205 PROVO. UTAH, SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 1982 , ttalh $5.50 MONTH PRICE 50 CENTS dent temporarily closed the line, but it was opened by Saturday morning. Story and pictures are on Page 4. Columbia Astronauts Get For Landing Monday Go-Ahe- ad Columbia Landing Site a Wonderland The missile base where the shuttle Columbia will land is the size of Connecticut and a desert wonderland of atomic glass, unusual wildlife and fossil footprints of woolly mammoths. Astronauts Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton will land the. Columbia Monnorth-soutday on a remote runway after making a wide sweeping turn over the San Andres h On-Sched- ule or more than they ever hoped for" on phere flying like an airplane. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (LTD -A heater on one of the three units that Columbia's third voyage. The space shuttle astronauts breezed also said the pilots have "a help power the control surfaces acted Draughan cheerily along in orbit Saturday, got fair chance" of getting a crosswind on up on launch, and was due for a the "go" for an landing their landing a test that project checkout Sunday. Mission directors Monday and took a look at their white want the shuttle to undergo said if the heater does not operate managers desert runway 150 miles below. before it starts coming down on the properly, the unit will be used only on The pathfinding weeklong mission of concrete strip back at Cape Canaveral. the final leg of the landing. among those selected to receive astronauts Jack Lousma and Gordon federal funds, but the Peraho-Ut- e Oil That will significantly reduce the An estimated 100.000 people, were 115 mil3.4 all orbits and Shale Project in Uintah County was Fullerton time required to "turn it around "' near the mountain-girdea end to of it is with lion miles gathering between missions. among five projects that didn't make where Columbia is to touchdown at 2:27 p.m. EST Monday on the list. The astronauts took the TV pictures Northrup Strip land for the first time and be returned the dustv gvpsum floor at White Sands, before rolling Columbia over with its to Florida for refurbishment. The N.M. back to the sun. where it was to remain See story on Page 13. "We're just surveying the ground for about 28 hours to check its reaction space freighter is scheduled to fly track we're going to fly on Monday to again in late June or early July. temperatures ranging from 200 coming into White Sands, and White to 200 below. "After being here, it's really going to degrees Fahrenheit Sands, we see right now, is wide open," Among the remaining chores for the be a grind" going back to fighting said Lousma as the good ship Columbia astronauts is checking the "power gravity. Fullerton said as he and compassed over New Mexico on its 84th or- steering" system that comes into play mand pilot Lousma put finishing tour of health department facilities bit. once the shuttle is back in the atmos touches on some of the myriad of ex- "That's good news," said astronaut which they will make to the county George Nelson at Mission Control. commission. "I can even see runway 17 and 23 Story is on Page 3. from here." Lousma said, referring to the two landing strips at White Sands. The pilots also treated ground controllers to another of their television spectaculars, showing the big payload Clouds and gusty winds will increase bay doors opening up with California's in the CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. fl'PI) -management operations. Playback at tonight with highs Monday near 55 after Imperial Valley and Salton Sea Here are the kev events planned for the 11:35 a.m. background. today's thermometer reading should "These are really spectacular pi- seventh dav of Columbia's scheduled 10:30 p.m. Playback of recorded reach near 65. Lows tonight should be a television of personal hygiene accomfortable 45 degrees. Chances of ctures." exclaimed ground com- weeklong mission. municator George Nelson. "The best (All times MST and subject to tivities such as shaving and washing. rain are 30 percent Monday. we have seen so far." Gas sample released H:50 p.m. change) At the same time, ground controllers from shuttle to be detected by contrained a remote-contrcabin camera Todav, March 28 tamination monitor. 1 on the astronauts themselves, showing Astronauts end sleep a.m. Pavlaad bay doors closed 105 p.m. them floating around at their work. hrieflv again in thermal test. period. Columbia is in orbit 94. Astronauts begin 7:15 a.m. That work throughout the mission Astronauts maneuver 710 p.m. Missionary Reunions 4 Obituaries drew high praise Saturday from flight checkout of their ship's flight control rolnmbia out of its position, controller Harold Draughan. who told system in preparation for Monday's 56 nding thermal testing. Opinions 8 p.m. scheduled return to Earth. Astronauts begin seven-hou- r 24 an afternoon briefing in Houston: "I Prime Time telecast with a.m. 22 think it really has been extremely sucReligion sleep period. Shuttle is in orbit 105. cessful" and scientists "have gotten all astronauts demonstrating waste Sports Todav Travel 20 Mountains to See story on Page the West. 5. New Energy Funding Near The Synthetic Fuels Corp. Board voted to place five projects one step closer to receiving billions in federal funds to encourage the controversial new forms of energy. The New Hampshire Coal Liquifac-tio- n Project in Gillette; Wyo., was d Wastewater Treatment Meet Topic The Utah County Health Board will learn about the status of wastewater treatment in the County on Tuesday. The board will also review a report on a Here's Schedule of Today's Events Aboard Space Shuttle It's Mild, But Watch Rain Lawns are turning green, trees budding and Central Utah is enjoying sprat least until tonight. ing weather Mild temperatures will remain until a hand of rainshowers and colder days roll into the Intermountain Region. Where To Find It 28 Agriculture Amusements 34-3- 5 Arts Business Classified Ads Comics Community Notes Crossword 32-3- 3 n 48-5- 1 7 59-6- 7 55 12 35 Head-O- n 1 A Utah Technical College student was killed just before noon Saturday when the motorcycle he was riding with a car at 460 W. crashed head-o3700 North St. in Provo. Provo police identified the victim as Darrell S. Huff 24, of 382 E. 3060 North, Provo. Investigating officer Phillip Perry said the Huff motorcycle was westbound on 3700 North and a car, driven 16, of 429 E. by Vernon L. Crandall Heather Road. Orem was eastbound when the accident occurred. Perry said that both drivers apparently realized a collision was imi- n lound it good. The officials earlier had weighed the possibility of bringing the shuttle back as early as Sunday or as late as Tuesday if the weather showed signs of not cooperating on Monday. "The mission management team has concluded a meeting reviewing weather conditions and has determined to make a nominal landing at White Sands on Monday." said mission control spokesman John Lawrence. The noon- EST forecast for White Sands on Monday called for southeast ;md southwest winds up to 23 miles an hour and clear skies. Officials were particularly interested tied in wind and visibility, closely together on the desert floor because the line, powdery gypsum is easily stirred up into dust storms. White Sands was chosen as the landing spot in the first place because heavy rains wiped out any chance of going to Edwards Air Force Base in California, the initial target where Columbia landed both times before. Late Friday. Lousma and Fullerton racked up more light time in Columbia than the total of 108 hours and 35 minutes logged by John Young and Robert Crippen on the maiden mission last April and Joe Engle and Richard flight in Truly on the November. bob-taile- d 7 Crash Kills Sui' Seefcs Ho,f fo Jordan Rv PATRICK CHRISTIAN Utah-Tec- h periments they have carried out since blasting away from the Florida spaceport last Monday. The pilots were given a landing "go" early Saturday afternoon as they streaked through their 82nd orbit at 17.500 miles an hour after mission officials had a close look at Monday's weather outlook for White Sands and Student netit and both took evasive action, but instead of turning away from each other they turned into each other. The motorcycle impacted the car dead center Perry said. The officer said the impact threw Huff over the top of the car and he landed about eight feet to the rear. The motocycle was knocked 52 feet back in the opposite direction of travel. Perry said Huff suffered massive head and internal injuries as well as leg injuries. pronounced scene. the victim A dead doctor at the Herald Staff Writer Seven northern Utah County cities, unsuccessful in previous attempts to block construction of the Jordan Aqueduct of the Central Utah Project, have filed suit in sourt seeking to half further work on the water line project. The cities, including, Lindon. Pleasant Grove Cedar Hills, Highland, Lehi, American Fork and Alpine, have formed the Timpanogos Planning and Water Conservancy Agency to fight attempts by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District to build the large water conveyance system through the their cities. The seven cities have filed a suit claiming that the Central Utah Water Conservancy District doesn't have the right permits to build a section of aqueduct through the cities. The Jordan Aqueduct would be a closed and buried conveyance, the the northern cities have for over a year pushed to have the federal reclamation agency and the conservancy district join Central Utah Porject water with water in the old. open Murdock Canal and run it in the Murdock inside a large, enclosed, concrete box culvert. They said it would prevent drowning deaths and have less impact on the northern cities. The district and federal authorities claim that they do not own the Murdock and add that abandoning their present plans would delay the Central Utah Project aqueduct by at least two years. They said that Salt Lake County cities need the water that the aqueduct right-of-wa- y Aduct will bring them soon. The aqueduct would cut a swath through several areas of northern Utah County and carry 200 cubic feet of water per second. Alpine Mayor Don Christiansen, who has led the fight of the northern cities says the District needs a special permit it does not have if it is to build its waterway. He also cairns that Utah County or- allow the kind of aqueduct the district plans in certain agricultural zones, but he claims the aqueduct would also cross some land zoned residential. The suit was filed Friday by Pleasant Grove. Lindon, Cedar Hills, Highland Lehi American Fork and Alpine. Contacted Saturday Lynn Ludlow, dinances onTy executive director of the conservancy district said he is aware of the suit, and has turned the matter over to the district's attorney. Ed Clyde. He said lie is not ready to comment on the suit at this time. In a year-loncampaign, the northern Utah County cities have tried to get state and federal officials to consider the plan that they claim is the result of extensive study and examinag tion. But Christiansen has claimed that both district and federal officials in Utah have not given their proposal a fair examination. Officials of the northern cities group now hope the court suit will help them to maintain their fight for a single conveyance water system. |