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Show Standard-Examiner NATIONAL Saturday, Oct. 12, 1991 SA NATIONAL Cholera reported in Mexico, near Arizona border BRIEFS Scripps Howard News Senice roa to 15 suspected cases of cholera have been added to two LDS missionaries’ confirmed cases of the diarrheal killers sentenced Arizona border. disease in a Mexican city on the WASHINGTON — Terrorists convicted of murdering two Mormon missionaries in Bolivia in 1989 have been given long prison sentences, according to the U.S. State Department. Of the eight defendants in the case, three remain at large and were given 30 year sentences in absentia. “The other five, who are currently in jail, gol sentences from five to The cholera cases were reported in Agua Prieta, Sonora, just across the border from Douglas, Ariz. Health officials in Agua Prieta this week told health officials in or and nearby Bisbee, Ariz., that “10 to 15 people have shown signs and symptoms of cholera.” Specimens from the people have been sent to a laboratory in Her- said Jeff Axtell, deputy director for the Cochise County Health Department in Bisbee. More than 1,400 cholera cases — and 21 cholera deaths — have been reported in Mexico during the present epidemic. Dr. Leoncio Guerrero, the federal health ministry chief in Agua Prieta, wouldn't confirm the new suspected cases of cholera. But he said cultures of people with diarrhea, the main symptom of cholera, are being sent to Hermosillo for chol- mosillo, Mexico, for confirmation, era tests. Mexican health officials this week said laboratory tests confirmed that By ant. Office 621-6032 two men had cholera in Agua Prieta — the first cases of cholera along the U.S.-Mexico border. The tests showed that the men had the same type of cholera as that which has swept through Peru and is now attacking Mexico. before coming to Agua Prieta, he A 27-year-old man from Guatemala was deported to his country Health officials in Agua Prieta, which has about 80,000 residents, after being cured in the public hos- Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy , OQ. KENT ALLEN, M.S. jarriage & F Inter: added. Axtell in Bisbee said Mexican health officials reported that the suspected cases of cholera were from the same colonia. The people were being treated with antibiotics. or 731-2163 GREEN ACRES SOD FARM 2H ix OFF are testing for cholera in water and pital in Agua Prieta, Guerrero said. sewage in various areas of the ‘hodbie he And an 18-year-old man from the town, Guerrero said. They have also stepped up hygiene campaigns to guard against the disease. 4855 Adams Ave. “We are doing everything we are supposed to do,” Guerrero said. 2-5 p.m. @ Sat. 9-2 Mexican state of Jalisco returned home after being treated for cholera by a private doctor, he said. The men could have caught cholera 479-8207 Hours:. Mon.-Fri. 10-12 20 years,” said Maria Sanchez Car- lo, head of the department’s Bolivia desk, wrote in a memo to Sen. Or- nn Hatch, R-Utah. The defendants are members of the Zarate Willka terrorist group, and were also accused of bombing a motorcade of former U.S. Secre- tary of State George Shultz in 1988. Mormonelders Jeffrey Ball, 20, of Coalville and Todd Ray Wilson, 20, of Wellington, missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were shot as they returned to their apartment in La Paz on May 24, 1989. Saturday, SAVE 30% all Coats. Canned bean recail issued by Van Camp DALLAS — Quaker Oats Co. on Friday said it was recalling 16- ounce and 15-ounce cans of Wolf Brand Chili and Van Camp’s beans after finding a processing problem that could Jead to harmful spoilage bacteria. Chicago-based Quaker and its Stokely-Van Camp Inc. subsidiary said no illnesses have been reported from the canned goods, processed at a Stokely plant in Dallas. The recall affected five varieties of Wolf chili, sold in nine South- western states, and six varieties of Van Camp’s beans, sold nationwide. Cans with a product code that begins with “D” are affected. The two-line product code is stamped on the top or bottom of each can. The “D” maylook an “O.” Customers whofind that code on the can should return the beans or chili to the grocery store where it was purchased for a full refund, Quakersaid. Book ban petition rejected by board JACKSBORO, Tenn. — The Campbell County school board has rejected a petition to ban John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” from the high school. Jannie Saunders took the board a petition with more than 1,000 names on it Thursday objecting to the book. The board voted 6-1 to allow the novel. Ms. Saunders said passages read to her daughter in a 10th grade English class contained “blasphemous” language, excessive cursing and sexual overtones. Teenage brothers die on skateboards GRAHAM, Wash. — Twoteenage brothers skateboarding to school were struck and killed by a car passing a school bus on a twolane road. 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