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Show Page 18 - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Tuesday. May 8. 1984 National News The latest reports in national news from United Press International Reagan Starts Campaign for alvador Aid Twisters, Floods, Inundate South Tenn. (UPI) that that flung CHATTANOOGA, A storm system 23 J.r.- :f-.- r (ill - &.vWv-- 17 vr. pLZ : tssr fi fry , their homes and that number could "quadruple." Allen said homes and businesses in 79 areas of Chattanooga were threatened ; by rising water. Biking became difficult as flood water turned this street in Jefferson City, Tenn. into a river. Tennesseee Valley Authority spokesman Bill Felts said torrential rain from the storm system would bring the Tennessee River - to a crest four feet above flood stage today. The Hamilton County Sheriff's ; Department said a half dozen roads were closed early today because of high water. "The 800 block of Browns Ferry Road (in West Chattanooga) it's underwater," said sheriff's department dispatcher Rusty Aalberg. One of the nearly two dozen tornadoes that hit the state Monday slashed between three schools . 1 " apart a shopping center, injuring people and trapping dozens in the rubble. None of the students was hurt in the swath. "That's 2,500 students and the schools were packed and it didn't touch any of them. It's just a miracle," said Don Ridgeway, an insurance agent across the street from the Jim Adams Shopping Center. Tornado damage was estimated 40 Laurence Mcquillan There are a total of gates at stake today in 368 dele- UPI Political Reporter Gary Hart altered his schedule today so he would not run into Walter Mondale at a Cleveland subway stop. Both candidates stood in a strong rain to greet commuters in a state that may be a turning point in the campaign. . much-criticize- filled with 2,500 children in Paris, in West Tennessee, before ripping $10 million by civil defense officials. The threat of flash flooding loomed today. at In Chattanooga, evacuations began at midnight to escape the rising Tennessee River. Flood waters surged over the Tellico Dam 40 miles southwest of Knoxville, and officials opened all four flood gates on the Percy Priest Dam in Nashville. The Tennessee Valley Authority predicted there would be 4 feet of water in Chattanooga today if heavy rain fell as predicted causing up to $35 million in damage. Water surged over Tellico Dam and out of several major rivers and countless streams. Three drowned Sunday but no deaths were reported Monday. "The worst is yet to come," said Tim Holden of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. "There will be a whole lot of flood damage," said James Francis, operations manager for the agency. Mixups Mar Ohio Primary Campaign By Ohio. Indiana, Maryland and North Carolina. Ohio, with 154 delegates, is the biggest prize and both Hart and Mondale began their day there. Mondale, looking relaxed, arrived first at the Terminal Tower station, a subway stop in downtown Cleveland. He was accompanied by Gov. Richard Celeste and Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, Mondale turned aside questions with humor, saying at one point, "I'm not picking vice presidents. It's raining too hard." Mondale also showed some political good will in the face of a snafu in the Hart campaign. Oliver Henkel, Hart's campaign manager, went to the wrong Ohio airport to catch the Hart plane home to Washington. Mondale was at the airport, however, and he offered Henkel a ride. Junkman Dies Saving Condemned Building BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) killed by a police sharpshooter to end a four-hostandoff. Authorities said a police marksman fatally wounded Roy Banas, 58, when he appeared at a window two- at the rear of the trash-fille- d An armed junkman, who vowed to keep a demolition crew away from the condemned building where he lived among rags, papers and bags of garbage, was Briefs Pesticide Found in Chicken Mix - The SLIDELL, La. (UPI) FBI today was investigating poison found in a box of Shake 'n' Bake seasoned coating mix sold at a grocery store, and wholesalers agreed to remove other boxes of the product from store shelves. Customers returned packages of Shake 'n' Bake and Stove Top r stuffing mix Mondav to a Winn -- By HELEN THOMAS UPI White House Reporter WASHINGTON (UPI) President Reagan, buoyed by the apparent election of a moderate in El Salvador, is stepping up his campaign for more aid for Central America. Reagan arranged a morning meeting today with Republican and Democratic leaders of Congress to review developments in Central America and the Salva-dora- n election. Reagan also is preparing an address to the nation on his Central American policy that he will deliver Wednesday evening from the Oval Office to drum up public d support for his aid program for El Salvador. Reagan did not hide his pleasure over unofficial reports that Jose Napoleon Duarte had scored a victory over rightist Roberto d'Aubuisson in Sunday's presidential election. - tornadoes across Tennessee and injured 40 people sent the Tennessee River surging over its banks today, cutting off roads and threatening to inundate business and residential areas. Don Allen, director of Hamilton County Office of Emergency Preparedness, said early today that at least 50 people had evacuated Dixie supermarket after the food distributor removed the remaining boxes from the store. General Foods spokesman Ken Defren said tests on contents of an altered box of barbeeued-fla-vore- d Shake 'n' Bake seasoned coating mix concluded it contained agricultural pesticide Jsw story building where Banas lived. Banas was "a dumpster rat," said one neighbor who asked not to be identified. "He had piles of junk in there, not stuff you could salvage, just garbage." John Zwawa, 69, who said he knew Banas for 15 years, described the man as desperate and said Banas "cried like a baby" about the city's plans to demolish his building. "All that I've seen so far is the projection that Duarte is the winner and by a sizable majority. That's pleasing to us," Reagan told reporters as he posed for pictures with West German For- eign Minister Hans-Dietric- h Genscher. "Most pleasing is that they had a successful election and proved again the strides they've made toward democracy there," he said. The White House hopes the election will be the turning point in Reagan's stalled drive to sell his Central America policy to Congress. The House is scheduled to begin debate today on a foreign aid bill that could serve as a vehicle for approving the entire $129.3 million Reagan requested in additional 1984 aid and the $132.5 million for 1985. Part of the aid would be conditioned on specific political reforms. Blaze Blackens So. California By RALPH WAKLEY LOS ANGELES (UPI) More than 400 firefighters worked - throughout the night to slow (lames that blackened some 10,000 acres of parched California brush in a rugged mountain area, one of several fire that destroyed nine Southern California homes. wind-whipp- A spokeswoman for the Ventura County Fire Department said a 1,000 acre backfire, purposely set by firefighters, appears to have stopped the South Mountain blaze from spreading further near Fillmore. "But we won't declare it officially contained for several more hours," the spokeswoman said early today. The Ventura County fire was the largest of at least a dozen brush blazes that erupted Monday in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riv- erside counties. The fires destroyed nine homes and several outbuildings, but there were no injuries reported. The Ventura County spokeswoman said the only structures destroyed by the flames, about 40 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles in nearly inaccessible mountain terrain, were a chicken coop and several dog houses. Crews on the South Mountain fire believed a forecast for decreasing winds and cooling temperatures, along with the extra manpower brought in late Monday night, would help them contain the blaze that was fanned by hot Santa Ana winds Monday. ESSES THSE 3 Month Term $50,000 Deposit J& 12 Month Term $50,000 Deposit Voters Will Pick Mayor's Race STOCKTON, Calif. (UPI) -Voters today decide whether to oust a city councilman who has been accused of pretending he is black to win an election in a district where most residents are black or Hispanic. The unusually bitter election pits a black millionaire bail bondsman against a longtime civil rights activist who maintains he is black despite his opponent's charge of fraud on the issue of race. Three other candidates are on the ballot. Murder Plot Ends in Prison ; - A ALEXANDRIA, Va. (UPI) woman whose boyfriend's religion prohibited divorce was sentenced to 10 years in prison for plotting to kill his wife first with poisoned mushrooms and then by hiring a hitman. Laura Gassam, 21, of Royal Oak, Mich., turned to her grandmother sitting in the spectator's gallery and frowned after a federal judge pronounced the sentence Monday. Miss Gassam, a legal secretary, pleaded guilty last month to one count of conspiring with her boyfriend to murder his wife. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison. 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