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Show lit Salt Lake Vol. 221. No. 28 C ity. I'tah Monday Morning to Soloes Hobo i 1' WASHINGTON to mow swiltlv the Sept Congress this week to f l;in and bolster - iho food preserve which helps teed 21 program, 'tamp million Americans Senate-Houseonferenee eonintit tee was scheduled to convene Mnmluv to con-id- a er $ft.5 twn-vear- . iiiTciil liseal year, "Inch ends ;u Thursday Deadline Aytt'li-iil- l Holt lire Secretary Bergluiui has said the available money for food 'lamps this fiscal year, about I 6.2 billion, will be exhausted by dune and billion The ad expansion of the program. uunislrtilion sas the expansion is ueecssun to meet rising food costs and tnerased unemployment, which makes more people eligible lor stamps Heady for action oil the House Hour meanwhile, is ;i 3 billion appropriation to lund the expansion lor the balance ol lie will have to suspend the program unless ;m expansion package becomes law by Thursday. Last Thursday, the House over whclmmgly approved a measure that would raise food stamp spending to nearly $h.2 billion in liseal lUxn and $ft.5 billion in liseal !s The Senate last year approved an unlimited expansion ol the loot! slump program and it will be up to the Senate-- louse conference to agree on a plan ppi American.III isldies - of one in now qualifies lor the lood oxnnately every Work Qualification contains several new provisions in leaded to hold down costs and protect against abuse and fraud l or example, under current law a .Li' -- m. :p,h,w ' A tVp,G' "J ' s V & measure calls p,r si.jj w H n amend year incuts 'till await action related lull would rai'C the 'pending celling lor llle inTeiil ti'eal y ear fin ) toi the itcxl fiscal b.ilaiieed budget for I'M between Tin differ-lilie- the two hiNlses Will lie worked out in eonlerenee The Senate Mipropiintioits Commit-teill. iv eomplele aeltou Monday 01) I rc'vdcnt I arier's draft registration plan, i tearing it lor debate on the Xi n.iie dool Tile House already lias .ippmv ed the program lie Senate panel has refused to make .no ents in the s ; :j million needed lo begin registering ut young met Ibis sointner l'rotosals to register vvoim 11 and !" protect the- right to dcel.ee one-e- i es ,1 conscientious ol iteet ore are till p tiding in Ibc committee ' flic Senate budget package in linked lo die lood stamp expansion Congress mii'l raise the I'tsu spending celling in a separate vole betore additional lands an be spent on food stamps tins Iim ui eat tie Seliale was due to eollVeUt innl atieriioon Monday m - v program In I louse lias already venter by Hy Dan Sewell rf - other scheduled action, the Senate olive again will take tip the proposal lo balance the budget for the I'M fiscal marathon session last week year lasted well pest midnight Thursday without completing the spending Associated Press Writer KEY WEST, Fla. Thousands more refugees, including more than IKIO in one boat, streamed in record numbers across the Florida Straits Sunday as the rejuvenated, ragtag "Freedom Flotilla" claimed its eighth victim The Coast Guard rescued 265 re fugees from overloaded vessels Sunday and one refugee said lhat as many as 2.00ft inmates were released from a prison to come to the I'nited States The eighth victim, a man in his late 5fts, was picked up by a Coast Guard boat that was en cutter from a route to Key West from the Cuban port of Mariel with no refugees, said Coast Guard Lt. J.G. Nimick. Crew Disoriented' "The boat apparently had lost its way and the crew was disoriented. They saw a tugboat pulling a barge and went over to ask directions." Nimick said. They accidentally ran into the tow line and the man suffered a severed jugular vein. He had bled to death when we " I-- A? c jt 4'1 O-- Monday Afternoon Cents Twenty-Fiv- e approved .1 Cuban Boatlift Resumes Claims Eighth Victim 1 - w. Price 12, 1980 parent with a child aged 12 or less cannot be required to register to work to qualify for stamps Hut the House bill would excuse a parent from registering for a ob only if the child were 6 years old or younger In The House lood stamp expansion bill May ' V' ' - v "S' '$&$ - Marine Private Theodore Stanton, part of unit of marines assigned to Key West. Fla., gives Associated Press Ldscrphoto Eddie Agulia ride on his shoulders while playing with refugee children at housing facility. On arrived record 12 ill p in Wednesday. here, setting MDT. ofliciuls 4.015 refugees the previous Large Caravan Officials expected the mmiber to climb higher as more boats rami ashore We understand that a large earav an "Kitty Hawk (API - A father-so- n p wind-drive- identity was withheld pending notification of relatives. Only a handful of vessels braved thunderstorms around the Cuban coast Saturday. But Sundays bright, sunny weather and relatively calm seas allowed dozens of large boats to unload a record 4. Soft refugees at this busy processing That was times the 3.50ft refugees See Page 2. Column I 1(1 a team, trying to complete the first balloon flight across North America by outdistancing a rain, began their descent late Sunday and headed for a landing in Canada, trucking officials said "I don't see how he can possibly land in this country, said Air Force Sgt. Roger Couturier at the tracking station at lairing Air Base, Limestone, Maine. Couturier spoke on the radio with Maxie Anderson, 45, the Albuquerque. N.M.. pilot flying the non-sto- vice officer The total number of refugees arriving so far during the boatlift was more than I.Vooo, officials said He said the balloon, descending at rate of 50ft feet a minute, was at 8.50(1 feet at 11:4(1 p.m. EDT, and headed toward Grand Falls. New Brunswick, five miles across the Nenrs Touchdown BOSTON left Ibis morning and we ex(eet them h be coming ut all night." said one Immigration and Naturalization .Ser- Kitty llavvk balloon with his son. Kris. 23. m arrived." The mans ..a 0-- said. n international border. "He has no direct controls, said Air Force Sgt Michael Otlis. "He's really at the mercy of the winds. Winds are gusting up above 10 knots. That's going to make landing a little tricky. The National Weather Service in Portland. Maine, said a gusty drizzle was heading north from lloulUm. Maine, about 5ft miles south of Loring. Ted Rider, a spokesman at another tracking station in Bedford, Mass., said a private helicopter was See Page 2. Column I Hardliners Appear Victorious in Voting for Irans Parliament By Associated Press The Islamic Republican Party and its hardline clerical allies have won a majority in the runoff round of the Iranian parliamentary election. Tehran radio said Sunday. Ayatollah Kuhollah Khomeini appeared to he tightening controls over the military and the press. The Iranian revolutionary leader has said the new Parliament w ill decide the late ol the American hostages. Many Islamic Republicans say the captives 'hoiild go n trial as spies if deposed Shalt Mohammad licza Pahlavi. exiled in Egypt, does not return lo Iran to lace charges of murder and corrupt ion The Islamic Republican Parly won 5ft of the 98 parliamentary seats decided in the first round of voting March 14. Returns from Friday's second round showed that the IRP had won 60 of the seals decided as of midday Sunday. w inners were independents. including Moslem fundamentalists expected to support the IRP. The radio report of a majority appeared to include some of these fundamentalist winners in the count. In 23 districts, the second round of voting has beet) postponed because of unrest. But the cont Parliament stitution allows the 124 Most of the other 2ft-sea- Protesters Caused $80,000 Damage To Statue of Liberty, Police Charge - Two men who NEW YORK (UP!) climbed the Satue of Liberty to protest the imprisonment of a Black Panther member in California were arrested Sunday and police said they defaced the monument to the tune of $80,000. Edwin Drummond. 35. a British mountain climber, and Stephen Rutherford, 31, were greeted hy federal agents descent that at the end of a ended a vigil which closed off the statue to tourists. The two wriggled up and down the folds in Miss Libertys robe for about 30 minutes, showing off their climbing prowess to photographers, before reaching bottom at 9.33 a m. Spikes Damage Sheath U S Park Police said the climbers drove spikes into the tarnished copper statue and sheath of the caused about $80,000 in damages. They appear totally oblivious to the fact that they damaged a very important historical structure that belongs to all Americans." said David Motfitt. superintendent of Liberty Island 180-fo- 23-ho- He refuted claims by supporters oi the climbers that only rubber suction cups were used in the climb, the first in the statue's history. 'Dog and Pony Show' "They confiscated the statue, drove spikes into it and put on a dog and pony show for the press," Moffitt said. "I find this tprotestt very hard to accept. Rangers of the U.S Department of the Interior and National Park Service took photographs of the climb and descent that Moffitt said will be used for evidence in a trial. The two wore taken to the Federal Detention Center at Foley Square and charged with defacing government property and holding an illegal demonstration. A supporter, David Flat- - Todav's Chuckle It's better to sleep on what you plan lo do than to be kept awake by what you've done ley. was arrested Saturday and given a summons for passing out leaflets. Drummond said he and Rutherford had climbed up the monument and banunfurled a ner that read, " Littery Was Framed, Free Geromino Pratt" to bring attention to Pratt's case. t, "It is impossible to deny he was framed if you look at the facts of the ease," Drummond said before he was arrpsted. Convicted of Murder Pratt, a Vietnam veteran, was convicted of the robbery and murder of a woman at a Santa Monica tennis club in 1972. He claimed the FBI. hoping to discredit the black panthers, had framed him and infiltrated his defense team. His fight for a new trial has been supported by Amnesty International and several politicans. among them and Reps. Ronald Dollums. Paul MeCloskcy, to coin cite once Ixn members are elected A Bet rut based newsletter reported Sunday that Iranian Foreign Minister Sadcgh Gliolhzadch expressed lo Arab leaders his fears that a long economic blockade by the West could force Tehran to turn to Moscow for help Arab r during a recent Report said that Mideast lour. Late Snows Hit Nevada And Wyoming United Press International Mother's Day storms buried May flowers under more than a fool of snow in llte Nevada high country Sunday and of snow in parts of more than Wyoming. The National Weather Service reported 13 inches of snow fell at Austin, Nev .. in the Shoshone Mountains. Casper. Wyo.. was hit with an unseasonable 8 inches of snow, and 4 invites fell at Lander, Wyo. However, most of the snow melted quickly as temperatures inched above the freezing mark. heavy snow warning for an additional 8 inches of snow was posted for cast central Wyoming, and travelers advisories were in effect across the Colorado rockies A Cold rain pelted the Plains from Iho northern half of Nebraska into the northwest corner of Iowa Police Try to Unravel Bank Raids Web SAN BERNARDINO. Caltl t.APi -Authorities uete Hying lo liclei mine Sunday who was In hind Ihe guerrilla style raid on a Norm bank Dial left two bandits and a sheriff's deputy dead in a running gun Italile Three ol the gunmen were lit ciislodv lor investigation of inunler after failing to elude a 2uo man posse ill a tJl mile i base through the snowy and rugged San Gabriel Mountains Two ol Ihe men were hospitalized Willi bullet wounds Riverside ( ouutv law enlureemenl ollieer characterized llte gunmen as militants " bid he declined In claim late l l'--l 'pekcMiun lied Kvjgjii said In- - agency was trying lo find out exactly who we are dealing vvdli " iilboi dies had (bought the gunmen intgld be members ill (lie "Stopwatch Gang." a band Gang" or o batik robbers operating in Ihe San Diego ai ea whose leader allows only Iwu minutes for slickupx and limes Ins nirii w Hit a stupwali It "Two-Minut- lid Ibc I'bior' s g tune Friday night, lust helm live armed lllctl dressed m Xrttiy luckets and ski masks and tot lit'; military M In nlles nil.'I min tile I Iacdti Nalioiial Hank in Noun 15 tittles east ol os inj'ele' They ordered ev erv one to hit Ihe floor" and emptied sl'Ulon tidivi tit awers ol an I ' V Mm. ijWnfWI Xu Gary llakala Fontana, father of seven who was taken hostage when the fleeing bandits commandeered bis van. said. "They used lois ol military phrases. They had to have had military training, just because ol llte way they executed it And I got tin- impression they had done this ol a liore they ran from the bank, the liomlits wi le mi I by a hail of bullets limn 'licrdl's deputies responding lo a Vs 'iloiil alarm dm er. identdied as Hill Delgado of W estminster, believ ed in bis early 'Us was 'hoi and killed soon after tingunmen sxd I nun the bank m llte Tin- 'm gelavv ay Tin- lour other gunmen comman deered a pickup truck and lied with deputies in pursuit. Shooting Buck Sheriff's Capt John Jones said Ihe gunmen were shooting and throwing homemade bombs in Coke hollies and I eer cans from the truck. Miners and helicopters chased the men into the mountains, exchanging lire all Ihe while. Jus! below Ml. Baldy m San Bernardino County Ihe bandits ambushed the posse, killing Riverside Comity sheriff s deputy Janies Evans They then fled into Ihe brush But aided by a helicopter with a heal seeking device, ollieers Saturday Sec Page 2. Column 3 ' Ghotbadcll belled tile all' ol sell eolilidenee which he assumed ill public once be was alone with bis Arab hosts The Aral) leaders adopted an ambiguous altitude lo Ghotbzadeh's pleas for help " The Fulled Stales has cut diplomatic and economic ties with Iran to pressure it into releasing the 52 American hostages. America's allies have prom iseil lo step up pressure on Iran if deei'ive progress' o not made toward releasing the captives by May 17. Gllotbaileli was quoted as saving Iran "cannot withstand an economic boy colt imposed by the I'nited States if it is supported by Western Europe and " Japan Iri'h diplomat quoted Sean MacBride was Tittles of London by the Sutldav See Page 2. Column 6 Cubans Sink Patrol Boat Near Bahamian Island - NASSAU, Bahamas (UPD Eight Cuban MiGs attacked and sank an armed Bahamas patrol ship that had seized two Cuban fishing boats for killing four Bhaniantian poaching, crewmen and wounding others, a government spokesman said Sunday. The Saturday night attack on the Bahamas defense force vessel MiGs "Flamingo" hy the Soviet-buil- t sent the Bahamas National Security Council ft''" 's frst emergency meeting in memory at Churchill Hall. The meeting of the council continued late into Sunday night and at one point. External Affairs Minister Pual Adderly stepped outside and said: "It's going to be a long night." He declined further comment The Flamingo, one of six vessels in Bahamas defense force, the was attacked about 30 miles south of Ragged Island after it had taken two Cuban fishing boats into custody for allegedly poaching in Bahamian waters Tin Bahamas chums a 200 nnle fishing limit, hut a government spokesman saul if that lim't overlaps another nation, "we divide the distance Everyone Ini' uriepted this and respected this for veal s." crew escaped The Flamingo's the sinking patrol Itoal in one of the Cuban fishing boats it had in custody and made its way to Ragged Island The second Cuban fishing boat also was taken to Ragged Island, a government spokesman said Officials did not know how many of the Flamingo's crewmen were injured in the Cuban jet fighter attack, but confirmed four of the crew were killed. The Bahamas official said they believed the Cuban fishermen aboard the two boats that wore under tow by the Flamingo alerted Cuban authorities by radio that Huy had been taken into 102-fo- five-memb- n custody Prime Minister Lyndon O Pindhng was )n London and Deputy Prune Minister Arthur Hanna was lit charge ol the nation There was no immediate reaction from the British government in London, but a Bahamas government spokesman said: "We view this as a very serious incident." The Commonwealth of the Bahamas, which is comprised of nearly 700 islands and more than 2,000 islets, achieved full independence from Britain in 1973. d The U.S. Slate Department m Washington said it was "aware" of the incident and awaiting nure detailed information. If the facts arc as stated by the Cuban MiGs Bahamian government sinking a Bahamian Defense Force it aiqiears to lie a gross vessel violation of international law." a Slate Department sttokesinan said The Flamingo was attacked ahoot jit miles south of Ragged Island, the largest and southernmost o! a circular I chain of Bahamas islands some 50 miles nif Hie northeastern coast ol ('ul)j the Bahamas sjtd Inside The Tribune Trilitjnt' TrUphune N umber x, Pae .Vi Page Amusement Bridge Classified C-- 7 C-- Co lilies Nat too. d Page Obituaries Public Forum D-- KcgMMui) Editorials Foreign A 8 C-- Sports B U A .U Star Gazer J.ilesiy le t'-l- Monday ashingtim 2 A- ( 17 Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Rant, possibly mixed with sikiw decreasing by afternoon, ckianug by tughl. Weather details uuC-- 6 |