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Show HERALD 20-- THE Page Provo uh I November Sunday 19. 1978 U.S., World News in Brief Sid Vicious Is Indicted rights laws The judge then ordered the city to pay the women workers awards ranging from $1 000 to - .9 ill V NEW YORK L PI British punk rocker Sid Vicious has "been indicted on charges of stabbing his American girlfriend to death in their room at Manhattan s Chelsea Hotel Vicious. 21. whose real name is John Simon Ritchie will be arraigned on murder charges next Tuesdav and is expected to be represented bv F Lee Bailey The indictment Friday charged Vicious killed allev. Pa Oct 12 Nancy Spungen 20 of Huntington room at the landmark hotel that in their caters to artists and show business personalities He was arrested hours after the slaying V $52 880 Town Officials Arrested - The miliurv arUPI MANILA Philippines rested a mayor and seven militiamen today for allegedly forcing two suspected Communist sympa thizers to run naked through a market A Defense Department spokesman identified the official as Fruto Elizaga. mayor of the town of in ("agayan province 245 miles northwest of Manila Gat-tara- Spain Says Plot Crushed Wins $3.6 Million Suit - The Spanish governMADRID. Spain il'PD ment on the eve of King Juan Carlos trip to Latin American, crushed a plot by right-winmilitary and police officers to overthrow the democracy. Madrid newspapers said Saturday Government sources said at least 12 officers, including four generals, five colonels and three lieutenant colonels, were arrested Thursday night and Friday in connection with the conspiracy - A Connecticut STAMFORD Conn (UPI woman who suffered brain damage when her head was caught in the railings of a hospital bed has been awarded $3 6 million in what is believed to be the largest malpractice verdict in state history. three-ma, The Superior Court jury rendered the verdict Friday The suit accused Stamford Hospital of negligence and was filed for Carol Pisel. 26. bv her parents. Leo and Sara Pisel of Stamford Richard Silver. Miss Pisel's lawyer, said his client was injured Jan 24, 1976. while she was a patient in the hospital's psychiatric ward "Her neck got caught in the bed rails, cutting off the blood sudpIv to her brain." Silver said. I three-woman- W Hfe,. By ICC Last-Minu- te Iff Ji 4i - RAILROAD BUFFS were all et to make one of the last rum on the "Rock Island Rocket" passenger train out of Union Station, Chicago, when a last moment decision by the ICC stayed Its order which would have shut down the line. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company's Rock Island and Peoria Rockets" are the last remaining intercity passenger trains in the Midwest, except for Amtrak. The BMP' Rockets have been running since 1937. Here brakeman Jim Normyle chats with 20th Century Club members Jim Coston, standing at right, and Bob Conway, seated. (I PI Telephoto) Order g post-Franc- o n Castro Will Meet Exiles The train coach CHICAGO (UPI) smelled musty, its seats were worn and there was a cracked window But it didn't bother 40 railroad buffs taking what they had thought would be the last Chicago-to-Roc- k Island "Rocket" passenger train "I ride trains for a living and I still love ' said student engineer Bob riding them, Aurora of 19, Conway, "As a matter of fact I took the day off " today to take this train The railroad buffs are members of Chicago's 20th Century Railroad Club rail Each year they make a round-tripilgrimage to mourn the 1967 passing of the 20th Century Limited the famous York train. "That was some train." said Roger Koenig, 39. of Oak Forest, as he and his two daughters waited to board the Chicago-to-Ne- Rocket." "They even used to roll out a red carpet at the train station for it We usually take our excursions on the anniversary of its last run Dec. 2, but we pushed it up this time because we wanted to make the Rocket's last run." "he bankrupt Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad had announced this weekend would mark the last runs of its p two "Rocket" passenger trains from Chicago to Rock Island and Peoria. But labor groups representing railwaymen appealed the closing, arguing workers were not getting protection from job losses. And on Friday, the Interstate Commerce Commission stayed its order allowing the line to be shut down and said the stay would remain in effect pending a full review. The "Rockets" are the last remaining intercity passenger trains in the Midwest not run under Amtrak. The railroad said the trains had been losing $1,700 a day. Report Cites Nicaragua Carter Fending Off Human Rights Violations More Claims That WASHINGTON National Guard - (UH) in The strife-tor- n Nicaragua has violated human rights in a "grave, persistent and widespread manner," an Organization of American States commission reported Saturday An OAS human rights commission ink released a summary of its two-wee- vestigation of alleged military atrocities in Nicaragua during and after the September civil war. The United States and other American nations had called for the OAS investiation following news of National rights violations reports Guard human Investigators charged in the report the Nicaraguan military was responsible for numerous deaths, arbitrary imprisonment, extensive use of torture and "generalized repression" against "all young men between the ages of 14 and 21." "The commission is fully convinced," the report said, "that the Nicaraguan National Guard ... used its firepower in an indiscriminant manner, causing a great number of deaths and wounded and great suffering to the civilian population." It said, "The Nicaraguan government is responsible for many deaths occurring after the combat ... in their summary and collective execution of numerous persons for the sole reason of having lived in neighborhoods" where guerrillas operated and the assassination of "youths and children." 3 Escapees Being Sought In Four States (UPI) - Police Journalists Oppose three armed states Saturday in four CINCINNATI sought a riot leader, a robprison fugitives who broke for ber and a murderer freedom Friday and vanished after a series of kidnappings and car thefts. The three convicts, inmates of Ohio's maximum security prison, were last seen in Cincinnati, a city with highways to states in all direccriss-crosse- d tions. Ohio police alerted authorities in Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia to be on the watch, but admitted they had no late lead on the three. The fugitives were Harold John Conte, 43, one of the leaders of the Ohio Penitentiary riots and serving 25 to 125 years on a variety of charges; Billy McKinney, 25, serving time for attempted murder and aggravated robbery, and Da"id Pilkington, 34, serving a double life term for two murders. i News Businesses Gifts to Politicians - The BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) of Professional Journalists, Society Sigma" Delta Chi, went on record Saturday as opposing news corporations making contributions to political action committees. The resolution was approved by a voice vote of delegates on the last day of the organization's annual convention in Birmingham. It was spurred by south Florida members of the society who were disturbed by political contributions from newspapers in opposition to a campaign to legalize casinos in Florida this vear SIROfRD vi i ivy upiy 120 N. University 377-420- 2 Recession Coming - WASHINGTON (UPI) Fending off doubters on all sides, and more every day. President Carter insists his program will work without controls. causing recession and without wage-pric- e "Many economists have even predicted that we are going to have a recession or depression next year." Carter said in an interview transcript released Saturanti-inflati- day. "We don't think we will ... We do not anticipate a " next - WASHINGTON (UPI) Republican National Chairman Bill Brock called on President Carter Saturday to reaffirm the late President John F Kennedy's 1962 policy against permitting offensive weapons in Cuba aircraft in Brock, noting reports of Soviet Mig-2tuba, said such a development would be a violation of an agreement worked out by Kennedy and then Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev during the Cuban missile crisis The Republican Party leader said it is "critical to the security of the United States and the future of its defense policies" for Carter to reaffirm Kennedy's policy "that we will not tolerate offensive weapons in Cuba." But Judges Not Interested - More than 170 YPSILANTI, Mich. (UPI) Michigan judges were invited to tour the Huron Valley state women's prison Friday but not one of them came to see where they send Michigan's female convicts. "We were not so naive that we expected full response, but certainly did not anticipate total rejection, either." said Launa Wakenhut. chairman of the American Association of University Women's "Lifeliners" group CASH Firestone Kissinger Speaks Out lor Facing Blowout Suit Big - Former Secretary of LUBBOCK, Texas (UPI) State Henry Kissinger says the Soviet MiG-2that were sent to Cuba are the latest example of Russia using Cuba as a surrogate to fight its battles around the world. Kissinger remarked that the United States can not continue to accept such tactics because they defy detente and jeopardizes the normalization of U.S.Cuban relations. 3 - ATLANTA (UPI) Chamblee Real Estate Contracts It A h woman has sonal injury lawsuit against Firestone Tire and Rubber Co claiming one of her radial "500' tires blew and caused an tni nti filed a $1.7 million per- ! : i. y.''i iiitr. ii ! i jui'v Prudential Fed , Women Win Wages Suit accident. Sarah Capps said in the suit that the "sole and - A federal judge has ordered CHICAGO (UPI) the City of Chicago to pay about $2.98 million in damages to 225 women public work employees who charged the department with sex discrimination. U.S. District Judge John F. Grady ruled Friday on a 1974 class action suit filed by the National Organization for Women. The suit charged that female workers in the city's Department of Public Works were being discriminated against in job classifications and pay. trial. Grady ruled in July Following a 1977 that the city was guilty of violating federal civil three-mont- proximate cause accident of was tire." about Firestone tires. h 10 radial recal-le- d million "500" 487 4577 1 the defendant's manufacture The company has Bob Williams the negligence of the defendant (Firestone) in the of the Contact: Ext. 337 Ur write !o him at Pnjder;!i,ii Federal Box 5500. Savings P Salt Lake City Utah 841 15 (Al!er5pm or on weekends phone 0 i 486 3619) n n - . Viet Ship Refugees To Get Relief Pack - KUALA LUMPUR. Malaysia (UPI) The Malay sian Red Crescent Society readied a rescue load of food, water and medicine Saturday for the 2,504 Vietnamese refugees cramped aboard a freighter off the coast and refused permission to land. A spokesman for the relief society, the Moslem world's Red Cross, said the organization plans to deliver about 10 tons of rice, several sacks of sugar and a few hundred boxes of milk, canned food and medicine Sunday to the passengers of the 1,600-toHai Hong Refugees have been crowded on the cargo vessel's deck for more than a week under makeshift canopies that protect them from the blazing sun n UTAH IS SERVED. Mention Utah commercial property to an businessman and watt h his mouth water. 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