Show 14A Standard-Examin- 4 November 26 1988 Saturday er World Beirut fighting breaks out of southern slums BEIRUT Lebanon (AP) — Battles between ma! Shiite Moslem mibtias burst out of the umbrella group for factions hold- ing most of the 14 foreigners missing in Lebanon nine of southern slums Friday filling whom are Americans Police said neighborhoods that had been quiit was not known whether the et for two years with the thunder fighting with tanks mortars and of cannon and rocket fire rockets had affected the hostages Fighting in Beirut pitted the who are thought to be in the mainstream Shiite militia Amal southern slams “We have vague information (Hope) against the Hezbollah or Party of God Pothat the majority of the foreign lice said at least 10 people were hostages are there but wi don't killed and 20 wounded most of know where exactly they are bethem civilians since the fighting ing held” said a police spokesman whose name was withheld began Thursday evening It was the first time the in keeping with regulations Commanders of Syrian army struggle for domination of Lebanon's million Shiunits in charge of security in ites reached the residential Moslem west and south Beirut ordered a cease-fir- e neighborhoods and Friday night hotel district of central Bei“Fighting ebbed in the city but rut Previous battles in the area clashes persisted in the slums afduring Lebanon’s 13 years of civil ter the latest truce was called” war have involved other rival mithe spokesman said litias “Both sides are massing fightHezbollah is believed to be the ers and fortifying their positions” pro-Irani- an Amal-Hezboll- ah 1 once-glamor-o- he said Amal fighters gained some ter- ritory advancing behind tanks Stray shells hit several apartment buildings in the south Beirut slums setting them afire and forcing residents into basements and bomb shelters Shell explosions and machine gun fire reverberated across the city Beirut’s hotel district had been free of battle since 7500 Syrian soldiers moved into west Beirut in February 1987 to stop a war among other Moslem militias Syria has more than 30000 troops in Lebanon most of them in the east and north and has become the main power broker in the faction-ridde- n country The confrontation betwen Amal and Hezbollah spread into west Beirut early Friday when a d grenade hit the apartment of Ayoub Homayed a ranking Amal leader rocket-propelle- Associated Press Syrian soldiers armed with automatic rifles watch deserted street in Moslem west Beirut Outback yields Stone Age factory Australia (AP) — on Friday reported finding a huge Stone Age “factory” in the Outback where aborigines crafted stone blades and cutting tools for barter some SYDNEY Archaeologists 2000 years ago Scattered among weathered stone outcrops were hundreds of thousands of remains of stone tools and implements that point to a sophisticated aboriginal enterprise long before Europeans set foot on the continent The site at Tiboobura 530 miles northwest of Sydney is so large that archaeologists believe its output may have formed the basis for a local export industry “Almost certainly these people operated the workshop to exchange goods” said Dan Witter archaeologist for the government's National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales ri The Australian newspaper in a report on the quarry said Pituri was used by nomadic aborigines to counteract hunger pains during the long treks between hunting grounds The find follows the recent discovery of a fragment of human bone in central Australia that has been dated at 60000 years old pushing back the date of human occupation of Australia by 20000 i s tSsfe years number about Aborigines 160000 almost one percent of Australia’s 165 million population W’itter of Cody Wyo said the site consisted of fragments of stone artifacts No stone implements were found but the discards indicate blades up to 12 inches long that have only been found hundreds of miles away in northern Queensland and the Northern Territory He said Tiboobura is an ab“Because the site is so big it original word meaning pile of appears aboriginal toolmakers rocks a reference to granite hills produced mainly for in the area The cutting tools trade and implements to other areas of export were made from a Australia” Witter said rock Tiboobura is a parched area Witter said the Stone Age bordered by three states — New most likely traded for a South Wales Queensland and mildly hallucinogenic drug Pitu- - South Australia silica-base- “I- - Mt4 - $K3tyr ta pm ftift-- 9 d tool-make- rs Victims who suppress Holocaust better off JERUSALEM (AP) — Researchers say Holocaust surv ivors emotional problems The 23 participants were divided into two groups one including survivors who suffered emotional problems and the other of those who adjusted well Lavie said survivors did not talk about the Holocaust during waking hours and suffered fewer nightmares and sleep disturbances than the group with more severe problems He noted that in Israel there is constant pressure not to forget the 6 million Jews who died in Nazi death camps “We don’t want to suppress what happened in the Holocaust” Lavie told The Associated Press “But for these people it was essential not to think about it in the face of the constant reminders They simply cut themselves off from the memories” who suppressed their memories of Nazi death camps handled the trauma better than those who talked openly about the ence experi- better-adjuste- d “Many survivors feel obligated to remember the Holocaust” said Peretz Lavie a psychologist at the Haifa institution and supervisor of a new study “We’re saying it may be better to help them forget about it” Lavie said the findings challenge current treatment practices for Holocaust survivors and other trauma victims The study conducted by the Israel Institute of Technology’s sleep laboratory suggests that pressure on Holocaust survivors to recall their experiences frequently contributed to postwar ' Just Ultra-Ligh- In Tima For Christmas U- -J ‘Casual Shoe t "" Discontinued Factory Irreg leather that repels water The In- sole is form fitting and removeable The sole is flexible abrasion resistant and lonq wearing Suggested Retail 69 95 Sizes (B) and (D) 8 13 A Full-grai- n 3 Repossessed French DINING GROUP PROVINCIAL BEDROOM SET i China Buffett Sold Oriamallv table and 6 chains for over $5000 00 $799 NOW Other - 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