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Show Cf u. s. scene Chlorine spill forces exodus chlorine spill at a chemical plant Friday sent poisonous gas billowing over the area, forcing evacuation of schools and thousands of homes and injuring several persons, some seriously. Bernard Lapp, a detective with the Midland County sheriffs department, said authorities used buses, vans, police cars and "anything we could get our hands on to move the people to safety. Police evacuated more than 4,000 homes and four schools in an area spanning several miles and populated b an estimated 13,000 people. MIDLAND, Mich. (UPD A liquid Passenger train derails SPFNCFR. N.C, fUPD - A Dispute over canal defense talcing its toll WASHINGTON (UPI) Conflict between the U.S. and Panamanian interpretation of the future U.S. defense role in the Panama Canal apparently has begun to take its toll. President Carter conceded Friday that Senate ratification "is in doubt and personally appealed for Democratic support for the treaties. The Democratic National Committee promptly praised the President, but did not endorse the agreements. The State Department repeated its interpretation that the canal agreements guarantee a permanent U.S. defense role in the canal as Panamanian officials were saying just the opposite back in Panama. Panamanian treaty negotiator Carlos Lop ez Guevara said in a nationwide television interview Thursday that the current treaty language does not give the United States unilateral rights to intervene. "Neither that language nor that article exists and, as a result, that right doesn't exist, be said. Amid the controversy, "exploratory and informal" talks continued between the United States and Panama to clarify conflicting interpretations of two key aspects of the pacts America's permanent defense rights and guarantees of preferential treatment for U.S. ships in emergencies once Panama controls th canal. State Department spokesman Ken Brown PEOPLE Southern Railway best seat Police roundup Hells Angels in stadium SAN DIEGO (UPI) Moving to halt a gang war over control of Illegal drug sales, more than 100 officers from a dozen police agencies staged a mass roundup of Hells Angels gang members Friday, hunting 39 persons on local, state and federal charges ranging from marijuana possession to attempted murder. By Friday night, 33 had been arrested, including five women. Opposing groups plan rallies ATLANTA (UPI) Federal health officials, noting vaccination levels against polio have waned in recent years, are urging that all children be vaccinated against the crcppling disease to prevent epidemics. The Center for Disease Control said in its weekly report Friday that although the risk of polio is generally very small in the United States today, vaccinations should be continued. Nudist finally succeeds In protest SAN DIEGO (UPI) It took Neon Seville two days to get arrested for stripping nude in public, but he got his wish Friday. Seville became the first person arrested for nudity to protest the abolition of the nations only authorized public nude beach. He called police and reporters Thursday, announcing he would strip on a public beach to invite arrest, but no police showed up until he staged another demonstration Friday. Edone Broughton-Adderl- of Lon- y tries on a pair of drawers which she bought at an auction for $280 Friday. They were formerly the don pin-tucke- d, Ford to lead parade Former President Gerald Ford, once a football star at the University of Michigan, will serve as grand marshal of the nationally televised 1978 Rose Parade that precedes the Rose Bowl football game. Ford and his wife, Betty, will lead the parade Jan. 2 and then attend the Tournament of Roses game. 516-mi- Two men were ALLEN PARK, Mich. (UPD killed and four other persons were seriously injured today when a Greyhound bus went out of control, slid off the road and rolled over several times on the median. Six persons were onboard the bus, en route from Chicago to Detroit, when the driver lost control on d during the early morning. The four survivors were taken to local hospitals with injuries described by Allen Park police as serious. Runaways flee at 130 mph Two runaway GERMANTOWN, Tenn. (UPI) girls were in custody Friday after one of them, who wants to drive racing cars, allegedly stole a car and drove it at speeds up to 130 m.p.h. through two roadblocks during a police chase. The driver, from Camden, Ark., told officers after her capture her ambition is to become a race car driver. Alabama man charged In killing man described as quiet and church-goin- g has been charged with kiliing three members of his family and wounding three others. Tim Crawford was charged Friday with three e counts of murder and three counts of assault with intent to murder. His father, sister and niece were slain in a midnight shooting spree in the rural community of Rehobeth, several miles south of Dothan. DOTHAN, Ala. A (UPD first-degre- Activist walks for working poor - Activist Ned Coll set HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) out for the nation's capitol on foot today to dramatize the need to help the working poor and unemployed of the Northeast this coming winter. Coll, dir 'X1 tor of the Hartford-base- d Revitalization Corps, sa d Friday he will ask President Carter to release about $50 million in unspent Community Services funds to help the needy meet rising fuel costs. Combined AP, UPI Marylynne Webster might enjoy standing a lot more now. For two Northgrueling hours, the ern Michigan University coed concentrated on pushing fellow students out of her way and sitting in one of 1,674 chairs every time the music stopped. The chairs were lined up around the schools football field. In the end, Miss Webster had all the other homecoming revelers and was named winner of "The Worlds Largest Game of Musical Chairs. In addition to the title, she was awarded a special sweatshirt commemorating the event and also received, as did the other participants, a button saying "Sit On It." "I nad a lot behind me," the Grand Rapids freshman giggled. "1 mean, there were a lot of people in the stands rooting for me. Ricky, Kristin split Kristin Nelson Friday sued for a divorce from singer Rick Nelson, 37, to end 14 years of marriage. Mrs. Nelson, 32, an artist and daughter of former football star Tom Harmon, asked custody of their four children, Tracy, 14; twin boys, Matthew and Gunner, and Sam, 3. The Nelsons were g married in 1963 when the "Ozzie and Harriet Show, starring the Nelson family, was still on television. The marriage became part of the series. Comedian Dick Martin gets a hug from his wife, British actress Dolly Read Martin in Los Angeles Friday after she was sworn in as a U.S. citizen. All that is left of the most famous train in the five cars of the fabled Orient Express world were on the auction block today and were sold for I- - $290,000. Two businessmen, one American and one Swiss, bought three of the sumptuous coaches. They plan to use them to take wealthy tourists on nostalgic gourmet train Hues across Europe. The other two cars went to anonymous bidders. The coaches sold for approximately what it Amy almost forgot Presidents and helicopters sometimes have to wait for forgetful children. Amy Carter, 9, tested her fathers patience Friday. Blowing bubble gum, she ran several hundred yards across the White House lawn to retrieve her violin from a car to take it with her to Camp David. Her father waited in the helicopter. WASHINGTON (UPD The troubles of the U.S. steel industry come from excessive wage and price increases, outmoded equipment and depressed demand and neither high tariffs nor new equipment can cure them, the Council on Wage and Price Stability says. "No single factor can be identified as responsible for the industrys difficulties and no single action by the government, the companies or the workers can solve them," said the Council in a e report released Friday. It was prepared for President Carter, who meets with representatives of steel management. Sen. Lowell Weicker, RConn., is going to marry his former appointments secretary. His marriage to Mrs. Camille DlLorenzo Butler, rumored for months, will take place Nov. 5, his office said Friday. A Spokesman for Weicker said he will marry Mrs. Butler in a ceremony in St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York. Weicker divorced his wife of 24 years, Mrs. Marie Louise Weicker, in August. Mrs. Butler, 35, was divorced in 1971 and has three daughters. Weicker, 46, has three sons. and benefit increase "lifetime job security and last spring, have been laying off thousands of employees and closing obsolete plants, blaming imports for their troubles. Steel workers earned an average 40 percent more than other industrial workers in 1973, the Council said. "Their advantage over other workers has widened sharply in recent years" until they now earn 60 percent more than other industrial workers. to duplicate them at today s construction prices, Peter Wilson, chairman of Sotheby Parke Bemet, told reporters. James D. Sherwood, 44, a native of Lexington, Ky., and president of Sea Containers Inc. of New York and London, paid $100,000 for two sleeping cars which will form part of a special train carrying passengers from London to Paris to his Cipriani hotel in Venice. would cost Albert Glatt, owner of Intraflug Ltd. in Zurich, paid $58,000 for a 1926 dining car. He said he plans to hook it up to the other refurbished coaches of his Nostalgia Orient Express," which makes gourmet runs between Zurich and Istanbul. summer decline, but government economists are already starting to worry about next summer. Unemployment figures released Friday showed the jobless rate declined from 7.1 to 6.9 percent in September. White House Press Secretary Jody Powell said the figures are evidence the economy is recovering from a summer slump. Although the national decline in joblessness was slight, it coincided with further signs of immediate improvement in the economy. Consumer credit and new factory orders, which indicate the confidence people have in the economy, made sharp increases in figures released this week. The governments index of economic indicators also jumped after three months of sluggish signals. Government economists warn that figures for another month will be needed, however, to show the size of the upturn. Economists consider it important to keep the economy growing at a rate of at least 4 percent for the year. If the nation's output falls below that level, unemployment usually gets worse. Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal told reporters Friday that the economy is expanding at a rate of about 5 percent after a strong 7 percent rise in the first half. He added, however, that the rate of growth may not be as rapid as is needed to reduce unemployment in late 1978. He did not give a figure, but private reports circulating at the White House say growth could slow to 3.5 percent late next year. tax cuts, but officials have been proposing the tax cut alone for 1978. Totie is tops labor, economists, envrionmen-talist- s and consumer groups Thursday. Major steel companies, which gave workers a 30 percent wage States. Blumenthal added it is more possible than it was two or three months ago that the administration will propose a tax cut in 1978 to stimulate the economy. The administrations tax package for 1979 includes WASHINGTON (UPD Federal threats to cut off highway funds to states have prevented states from boosting the 55 mile per hour speed limit or "Aunt Miriam has come out of the closet. The South Charleston, W.Va., woman has identified herself as the anonymous cookie lady, who for five years sent cookies, candy and reading materials to hundreds of servicemen in Vietnam. Miss Jackson said she decided to identify herself because she wants to correspond with the former soldiers. lowering speeding penalties. "Every time Ive threatened, theyve either vetoed the bill or killed it, Transportation Secretary Brock Adams said Friday. Adams told members of the Senate the lower factor speed limit is "the largest single among Transportation Department programs. Asked if states are enforcing the speed limit, Adams said, It varies. In some states they are, in others they are not. Proposals to strengthen the standards for determining which states are in compliance with the federal effort to maintain the 55 mph limit should be left up to Congress, not his office, Adams said. Its a political decision, Adams said. Adams said 57,000 persons a year were dying on the roads before the 1974 law went into effect and the number has dropped to 46,000. life-savi- Dog hero of 1 977 Meatball Honor for BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPI) Meat-bal- l, The rise in finished U.S. steel prices, totaling 79 percent since the end of 1972, has outpaced the increase in other domestic industrial prices by more than 24 percent, and constitutes a major inflation problem," the report a friendly German Shepherd who gets upset when things dont go smoothly, leaves with his family for Dallas Wednesday to be honored as Americas Dog Hero of 1977. Meatball was chosen for the award after he sent two would-b- e burglars fleeing from his owners nursery busi-nes- s Despite the price increases, the Council said, production costs for the industry caused by the high price of coal and other energy products will lead to further "rapid cost increases. The high price of U.S. steel manufactured in old factories has contributed to a declining U.S. share in the international steel market. Owner Mary Evelyn Keith, recounting the incident Friday, said, "I was talking on the phone with my mother when someone picked up the extension in the greenhouse. "I put Meatball on a leash and we went out to the greenhouse and saw a man in the darkness at the back door, she said. "I panicked like a typical female. I gasped and let go of the leash said. holders of and Meatball went after the man. Mrs. Keith said a getaway car, with another man at the wheel, was waiting on the road in front of their Morris community home. The burglar leaped into the car with Meatballs jaws firmly grasping his leg. They pulled poor Meatball for about 150 feet," she said. He didnt have any toenails after that and the pads on his paws were really injured. Meatball now is recovered and he and his family will be driven in a limousine to the awards banquet to pick up a $1,000 savings bond, a leash and collar, a medal for his gold-plate- d and a bravery for pesticides urged The federal government f wants household pesticides packaged in containers, a proposal that may cost consumers an additional four cents per product. The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday called the increase "a small price to pay for an additional margin of safety for our children." The EPA said package tops that are difficult for children to open could help stop the 10,000 accidental pesticide poisonings each year among children under four years old. Some drugs and cleaning products have similar tops. 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Maurice Chevalier hummed love songs in Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson and his bride, the former Miss Valerie Richardson, begin to relax after their wedding Friday in Richmond, Va. The couple will spend an eight-dahoneymoon in France as guests of the French government. Weicker to wed rain-slicke- The Panamanian government is struggling to neutralize opposition to the pacts, with the argument that the treaties were the best bargain Panama could strike with the United Economists 2A Comedienne Totie Fields has been named Entertainer of the Year by the Conference of Personal Managers West and will receive an award Oct. 20 at the groups annual dinner. Dinah Shore, the only other woman to receive the award, was last years recipient. Others have been Jimmy Durante, Andy Griffith, Liberace, Burt Reynolds, Don Rickies, Frank Sinatra and Danny Thomas. Michigan bus rollover kills 2 Other official sources have said the talks were expected to result in a joint statement with emphasis on the neutrality and priority passage issues. They said such a statement probably would not be issued until after Oct. 23, the date of Panama's ratification plebiscite on the treaties. WASHINGTON (AP) The Carter administration is confident the economy is coming out of its knee-lengt- h property of Queen Victoria. said. optimistic and worried out-last- SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Two groups with a band of Nazis and a group contrasting views Officials urge polio vaccinations 8. 1977 Coed takes mistake, derailed today In a switching yard. Sixteen persons were taken to Rowan Memorial Hospital in nearby Salisbury. Three were admitted and 13 were treated and released. None of the injuries were serious. have calling itself the "Equal Rights Committee been issued permits to hold rallies at the same downtown park. "We hope theres no violence, a police spokesman said of the rallies scheduled for today. "Well try to keep it from happening." ' On Friday, the San Jose city council reversed an earlier decision and granted permits for the National Socialist White Workers Party rally. Brown added, On the matter of expeditious passage of warships, we have interpreted the language of the treaty to mean that our ships go to the head of the line," and he avoided use of the term "priority passage contained in the current treaty signed in 1903. Brown said efforts will continue over the next two weeks "to clarify the meaning and DESERET NEWS, WEEKEND OF OCTOBER train carrying about 135 passenger, apparently traveling too fast to clear a switch opened by of the treaties. The outcome interpretation "might take the form of a piece of paper. It might take the form of a joint statement," he quoted a letter sent to the Senate by acting Secretary of State Warren Christopher reiterating the U.S. position: "We have the right, with the Panamanians to take appropriate measures to defend the canal against any threat to the regime of neutrality established by the treaty." available it the State o I Utah. Franklin and Oneida counties (Call before 8 P.m In ) 0 Idaho and Uinta County In Wvwning T 7 |