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Show Page 10—THE HERALD,Provo, Utah, Wednesday, June 6, 1979 FDA Reports Ban Is Planned On Cancer-Suspect Sleep Aids WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Food and Drug Administration said todayit will ban a suspected cancer - causing agentused by at least 10 million Americans PanamaIs Charged With Fomenting Nicaragua Turmoil petitioned the FDA for a ban onall products contain: ing the ingredient. The group said the ingrede WASHINGTON (UPI) found in such products as Compoz. Nytol, Excedrin cold medicines FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy said the agency agrees with findings presented last month by a National Cancer Institute advisory panel, which hard and veryactively on scenes for getting it out of over the counter drugs. left U.S. the entire Central American region level, which the manufacturers have not offered t recall because the industry does not consider it imminent health threat state for congressionai relations, 962,985 unils a veal ago But foreign automakers Toyota and Datsun of Japan ran up a cent increase from a year ago and warned that nothing could be more adverse’ to US. interests U.S., World Newsin Brief — the matters before you Rep Robert Bauman, K-Md., called the evidence anama can be considered an impartial witness to tract talks today and appeared to be on the vergeof settling the walkout that caused the cancellation of Wednesday's editions. “Thedispute is subject to immediate settlement said labor lawyer Theodore Kheel as the negotiations got under wayshortly before 11 a.m JERUSALEM (UPI) — A Jewish woman was beheaded in her homein Shiraz, Iran, and a crowd of Moslemsdisrupted her funeral shouting that her death was‘‘only the beginning’’ of reprisals against the Iranian Jewish community, family sources said today. The incident was reported to have taken place May 18. The sourcesin Israel said Mutram Kohanim, age unknown, wasbeaten andfinally killed and beheaded by a groupof intrudersin the Iranian town of Shiraz. in southwest Iran “It. can be resolved very quickly or it can drag on a few days. But this strike will be settled shortly and may havea decided impactonthelegislation we CARSON CITY (UPI) — By a 4-1 margin, Nevadans Tuesday votedto repealthestate sales tax an food. The repealer offered by the recent Legislature. is part of a $240 million tax relief package lawmakers hope will curb 1980 voter approval of Question 6, the tax-slashinginitiative akin to California's Proposition 13. Despite the overwhelming general approval, the sales tax question was defeated in Battle Mountain and Hawthorne The statewidelevy is 3 percent, and abouthalf the At her funeral two days later, the sources said, crowds of Moslems called out, ‘This is only the beginning. This is nothing compared to whatwill happen to the Jews.”’ Marijuana Plane Crashes CHARLESTON, W.Va. (UPI) — A cargo plane loaded with an estimated $8 million worth of marijuana crashed and burned at the end of a Kanawha Airport runway early today, authorities said. One person was injured in the crash, which destroyed the DC6 plane. KanawhaAirport manager Ralph Cowgill said the cargo plane had a foreign registry and was flying without a flight plan. Thepilot ‘‘camein, touched down, and apparently decided he was goingtoo fast,”’ Cowgill said.‘Heinitiated a go-round — meaning he wasgoingto takeoff again — apparently changed his mind,cut the power, androlled off the end of the runway.” counties imposed an addition half-cent tax. It added up to about $25 million a year in revenueto thestate treasury. Iran Executes 6 More TEHRAN, Iran (UPI) — AnIslamicfiring squad today executed six men as ‘‘counterrevolutionaries." marking the first major trial of peoplenot charged with crimes committed underthe shah's regime. Thestate radio today also announced two other executions Tuesday, bringing the total put to death since the February revolution to 291 Amid a pervasive anti-American mood, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Yazdi said Tuesdaythe reason Iran had asked the United States to replace newly appointed ambassador Walter Cutler was because he had served to promote U.S.intervention in Africa Travel Pact for Mideast CAIRO, Egypt (UPI) — Prime Minister Mustafa Khalil said today Egypt and Israel have reached agreement on procedures governing free travel by air and sea between the two countries. Khalil, speaking after two hours of talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, said all Egyptian andIsraeli citizens will be able to move between the two countries, but onlyif they travel by air or sea. Movementby land will not be allowed. EDMONTON, Mail Rates Hike Indicated NewspaperTalks Resume publicly aired “Public access to this hearing poses a clear and present danger to (Bundy’s) right to a fair trial,"" Minerva said in asking that the arguments be closed. Cowart appointed Monticello attorney Brian T. Hayesto represent Bundy just for this phase of the hearing Hayes, 42, who is city attorney. said he is glad to help out with the secret motion, but does not want to handle the case permanently. He said he could not afford to take on a lengthy involved case on a volunteer, unpaid basis which court- appointed attorneys must do. A separete motion by " hat he be allowed to fire Minerva and his twoassistants on grounds they have become convinced he is guilty and cannot give him an adequate defensealso will be heard Monday. The actual trial is scheduled to start Monday and Cowart has ordered a venire of 3% prospective jurors to comein to be qualified. Whether any actual fury Washington: Senate Democratic Leader Robert Byrd said Tuesday he would not try to stop a filibuster against legislation designed to reimpose federal price controls on domestic crudeoil. Washington: The Senate Tuesdayrejected, 79-10, a plan that would force peopleto leave their cars home one day a week but House sponsors of a similar measure continued to solicit support for it Washington: Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher told Americans Tuesdayto accept the fact thereis a serious energy crisis and proposed improvingrelations with OPEC andother producersas one wayto cope with shortages. Albany, N.Y.: Gov. Hugh Carey said Tuesday $1.50-agallon gasoline is ‘‘inevitable’ and federal plans to assure sufficient home heating oil for next winter are ‘‘inadequate.’” state-controlled petroleum company Tuesday raised its crude oil prices by 32 percent to the highestofficial price in the world at $26.80 a barrel Washington: Ralph Nadercalled Tuesdayfor closing down the entire nuclear industry and told Congress that all five nuclear regulatory nl delivered Tuesday al the barrels under its leased reserves in the Lloyd. minster area east of Edmonton and straddling Albertathe Saskatchewan border Alberta province could Crude and Tar Sands yield as muchas20 billion James A. Williams barrels of heavy crude senior vice-president of oil. it was disclosed dur- Husky Oil said the com. ing a conference on crude panyis working on 40 peroil cent of a 6500-square In a background paper mile area rich in heavy Current production is ¥ 27,000 barrels a day, Wil- hams said but with further research and in vestment in thermal the accident that shut it down could have been averted if operators had permittec their equipment to function as designed Wiscasset. Maine: The Maine Yankee Atomic PowerCo. plant — oneoffive nuclear reactors shut down in March by the Nuclear Regulatory Commis sion — becamethefirst Tuesday to comebackonline and start producingelectricity. Atlantic City N.J.: Tenneco Oil Co. said Tuesday it completed testing in a well 80 miles off the coast of New Jersey. but hadn't foundsufficient quantities of natural gas or oil to justify commercial development. Cleveland: Standard Oil of Ohio, in a major move to expandits oil and natural gas exploration operations, tinveiled plans to acquire two Denver-based companies with substantial holdings in the Rocky Mountain States. Houston: Esso ExplorationInc., anaffiliate of ExxonCorp., has signeda contract with China to survey portions of the South China Sea. recovery techniques the company hopes to in. crease that yield signifi- cantly over the next few years. To date, Husky has produced about 100 mil lion barrels of heavyoil from the area Alberta Canada's major oil producing province, has only recent- ly started to develop its huge heavy oil and oil sands reserves, which is new economical to extract because of increased world demand. Pittsburgh. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Tues- day announced ‘*Project Penny’ — a 3,500-well oil supply development program that will open substantial volumes of natural gas to area customers. Berkeley, Calif.: Scientists at the Lawrence Rerkeley Laboratory Tuesday announced they have produced the first barrel of oil made from wood chips, calling it a major breakthrough in the search of alternative energy sources and onethat could use trash and garbagein the manufacturing process. call 224-H-E-L-P Landslide Buries Houses MONTERREY, Mexico (UPI) — A pre-dawn landslide buried five houses under tons of mud in a poor neighborhood onthe outskirts of Monterrey,killing 11 people including nine children, the Red Cross said Tuesday. The mudslide in La Barrica neighborhood, at the bottom of a steep ravine just outside Monterrey, 625 miles north of Mexico City, occurred following a night of intense rains. Mi Genare Leal Maitines videred aii evacuation of the area and gave temporary shelter to more than 60 families who lived in the neighborhood. selection will begin depends on how Cowart decides two other motions. One asks for a three months postponement. 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Pete Domenici, R-N.M., called a situation in which Ecuador: and ed sales in the last 1 18.431 units, down 2 flation, that's not bad.”” Bolger hedged on the proposed amountof the next increase.In answerto a question,he said it would be “well under a nickel” and blamed inflation for pushing rates higher. Motionsin Secret TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (UPI) — Thejudgein the Theodore Bundy murder trial was asked today to hear secret motions believed to involve the handling of the case by defense attorneys. behind closed doors Monday. The nearly identical motions, which Judge Edward Cowart sealed because of their “sensitivity,” were filed by the prosecution and defenseearlier this week. Cowart, who has shunned so-called in-camera hearings on proceedings in the Bundy case. indicated he might lock the press and public out of this one Public Defender Michael Minerva said the motion did not concern the actualtrial of Bundy, 33, on charges of killing two Florida State University sorority sisters and beating three other women, but could A report prepared for Secretary of State Cyrus Vance Tuesdaycited President Anastasio Somoza’s dictatorial rule as the root cause of the growing violence and warfare in Nicaragua ST. LOUIS (UPI) — The U.S. Postal Service will commissioners should resign Va.: Babcock & Wilcox. manufacturer probably raise the price of the 15-cent stamp by ofthe Lynchburg. ill-fated Three Mile Island nuclear plant, said “well under a nickel’ in the spring of 1981, Postmaster Genera! William F. Bolger said Tuesday He said the increase would come ‘‘three years NEW YORK (UPI) — Negotiators for the Daily News and the photoengravers’ union resumed con- Chrysler mile area of Canada’s over to Panamabythe end of 1999 Quito, reported Corp of America’s sales of US -built cars totaled 16 106 units pany officia hlamed the Auto 1 o poot showing ii May with rec d sales a year ago, a payback in the market for above trend sales ¢ rlier this spring and tight Combined sales of foreign and UPI The purpose of the canal implementing legislation Is to settle a host of practical details arising out of the Panamacanal treaties which will turn the canal Nevada Repeals Food Tax Motors CanadaTells Oil Discovery of gunrunning into Nicaragua ‘more thandistrubring will be considering, presumably next week Jewish Woman Beheaded enough togivethe imports a record 23 7 percent shareof the U.S market American cars. down 10.1 per May salesof 16 cent from a year ago, and Volkswagen domestic cars in May totaled 1 045,008 units a 97 percent drop from last year Gener Motors was down 141 per than legislative efforts to subvert the turnover of the Panama Canal Atwood also charged ‘neither the government of _ Nicaragua nor, for that matter the government of paced by record 248,000-unit month, a 276 per But Brian Atwood deputy assistant secretary of He said the pe has been used for 25 years and a total recal! is unnecessary and Chrysler Corp. slipent with sales of 93.579 un. automakers with a dismal 17.2 percent setbackin the new car market The five major U S. carmakers Tues: day reported combinedsalesof797,008 passenger cars in May down The panel asked Nicaraguan Vice President Luis Pallais to testify that “Nicaragua is under a relentless attack by international communism led by Cuba and Panama ‘The State Department responded with an expres sion of concern over“the very dangeroussituation in level. He said there is a 60-day supply at the retail But hesaid nofinal decision has been reached on whether there should be a recall of products which containit. The agency, hesaid. is still trying to determine how many products containing the ingredient are in the pipeline On May 1 the Environmental Defense Fund treaties fomenting revolution in neighboring Nicarague products containing the ingredient at the wholesale ing 469.906 units » was off 25.5 percent on supplies turned to fuel-stingy imported cars last month in record numbers and charged today that Panama is deeply involved in makers, said. “We have shut down manufacture(of methapyrilene) throughout our membership. We have offered to cease shipment immediately of all propducts with it and we have offered ‘to FDA) to recall it Walden said there is about a 20-day supply of declared the ingredient — an antihistamine called — Members of the House legislation to implement the waterway sociation which represents the nonprescription drug methapyrilene to be a source of cancer in test animals The FDA. Kennedy said is now‘working very 17.2% Setback in May DETROIT (UPI) — American motorists worried about tight gasoline Panama Canal subcommittee hoping to influence P.M Sominex Cope and Allerest Time Release Cap: sules Jack Walden, spokesman for the Proprietary As in manynonprescription sedatives, sleep aids and U.S. Auto Sales Suffer a great name in furniture! Open Mon.-Sat. ‘eG CARTWRIGHT’S 10600 ; : py ICIore Quality, Service, Selection xz2 5591 SOUTH STATE PROVO_| |