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Show ber 5 1979 THE HERALD. Prov Shunned Dad Wins Acquittal 400-vear-old ul aconsery religious sect On the witness stand in moment he raised the CARLISLE, Pa (UPI Robert L. Bear excommunicat ed by the Reformed Mennonite Church and shunned by his fam: ly, has been acquitted of charges be accepted and his wite I want to see this family, this nine-man three-womenjurythat found himinnocent Tuesday You don't have the ability to he said. said In its verdict the jury rejected the argument of Assistant District Attorney Michael Eaken Large Head that Bear had no moreright to hold his wife against her will than the Iranians had to hold Americans hostage in Tehran Citizens of Cumberland County don't have to look over their shoulders to see if pickup truck last Aug. 31 In 1972 the Reformed Mennonite Church excommunicated Bearbecausehecalled its elders hypocrites for declaring their faith the one true Christian LETTUCE [34 somebody with a grievance against them is going to snatch them up’ he said In Cumberland County, you obey Bear has been ‘shunned’ by Mrs. Bear and their six children ages 9 lo i9 meaning they refuse to ackowl edge his existence. Shunned Mennonite Robert Bear smiles outside the courthouse where he wasfound innocent of charges that he abductedhis wife. (UPI Telephoto) 49: pulverized me and with the lash of the hand has beaten me. Bear dragging his wife, Gale, 41 tohis a BREAD years if the Reformed Menno: nite Church has broken me He was accused of forcibly Bear WONDER whole picture down over 400 “Only death will free me Bear, 50 acting as his own defense attorney, recounted the Old Testament story of Solomon and compared hisplight to Jews in Nazi Germany and blacks before the Civil War religion. As a penalty Lorge 1'/ Ib. could by returned if he simply recanted his criticism 1 don't think that would help my wife. my children or the Bear said in an emotional speech to the tree me ative 9t whether he should Church leaders have said he he kidnapped his wife Now he says he wanis his family back marriage, reunited,” the law.” Mrs. Beartestifie¢ she feareu r= MEAT DEPT. a sexual assault or — referring to WHOLE PORK LOINS FREE CUT & WRAP a previous incident involving Bear and his son David, 19 — hav- ruggedly handsome man with sharp features but a gentle voice, wept when telling the jury he sometimes felt his situation was hopeless and that one of his daughters once cailed him liar. “My family hates me.” he said in testimony. he admitted holding his wife against herwill. but argued he loved her and humiliation After the trial Bear told reporters the Reformed Mennonite Church would have to be broken because it stood in the wayof his reconciliation with his wife. He said he would not give uphis fight “because that is what causes suicides.”’ However,Bearsaid he realized wanted to save her from a great his wife, at least right now ing her hair cut off in an act of evil: “religious tyranny,” by the 98‘. LOIN PORK ROAST .......°9°%. RIB PORK CHOPS .........°07%n. LOIN PORK CHOPS .......°97%m. COUNTRY STYLE SPARE RIBS wantsnothingto do with him. Latest Iran-Related Developments U.S. Cuts Back Libya Dealings U.N. Issues Unanimous Plea UNITED NATIONS (UPI) — The U.N. Security Council has issued a un- WASHINGTON (UPI) — The United States today suspended most ofits diplomatic operations in Libya and warned of further steps if the Libyan government does not accept respon- sibility for allowing the sacking of the U.S. embassy building. State Department ‘spokesman Hodding Carter announced that the Libyan representative in Washington, Ali Alhoudari, had been called to the State Departmentand informed that the Librag responses to the Americanprotest about the embassy episode had been “unsatisfactory.” animousappeal to Iran to immediately release the 50 American hostages and ensure their safety in leaving the country. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim cabled the 15-0 decision to Tehran Tuesday and pledged to work with both Iran and the United States to defuse the stalemate at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The council's action cameafter 10 days of diplomatic maneuvering, prompted by Waldheim’s call for the emergency meeting onthecrisis, now in its 32nd day. 98'.. Gunpoint Threats To Hostages Cited In its resolution, the council also appeals to Iran and the United States to “exercise utmost restraint’? and peacefully resolve their remainingdifferences. The resolution asks Waldheim to lend his ‘‘good offices’’ to this endeavor and gives him the keyrole of middleman in the further U.N. effort to get the Iranians to the negotiating table. Iran boycotted the U.N. debate and said in advance it would reject any resolution that ordered the hostages released but failed to deal with Iranian demands — the foremost of which is the return of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Hispanic population.” ‘Compared with whites, mortality is much higher for blacks and American Indians, especially those in the younger and middleyearsoflife,”’ the reportsaid. ‘Violent causes of death are especially high for blacks and American Indians.” And, the reportsaid,‘Evidence suggests thatdiffering incomedistributions may accountfor part of the race differentials in mortality and infant mortality, differentials that persist despite significant declines in mortality during the past 25 years.”’ BONELESS POT ROAST ...°1°%n. LEG ‘0 LAMB ieee NAVEL orances 8!°4 °° SUNKIST NAVEL ORANGES 4 ws.° °° By United Press International Winds gusting past hurricane force blasted the Plains today and gales churned the Great Lakesinto raginginiand seas. fast-moving Pacific frontal system was blamed for high winds that tossed 23 empty grain hopper cars from a Union-Pacific freight train between poles caused electrical outages in some sparsely populated areas. Gusts of 85 mph were reported at Bowman, S.D, 65 mph at Cutbank, Mont., and 55 mph at Casper, Wyo. A highwind warning for most of the Northern Plains states was posted for today. Some light snow and rain fell behind the frontal system in the Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyo.. northern mountain states. day. Tues- “A wind, which we estimated at 100 mph, simply lifted them off the tracks and deposited them on the cou railroad spokesman Barry Combs sai from his Omaha, Neb., office. 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Jewish Zealots Agree To Vacate West Bank Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan.Light snowfell in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Snow showers also scattered light snow across New England and rain showers covered the southern tip of Texas. National Mercury Readings as prepared by the PINEAPPLE Gale warnings were in effect again By United Press International North Platte Temperature and precipita- Oakland tion table for the 24-hour period Oklahoma City LARGE, JUMBO SWEET, HAWAIIAN FRESH HEWSecretary Patricia Harris said the data “clearly indicate progress in extending health care to all groups. However,it is also clear that major unresolved problems. including spiraling costs and differentials in health status. will move with us into the 1980s.’ Black life expectancy similarly lagged behind whites. In 1975. figures from the National Center for Health Statistics showed black males,for example, could expectto live to be 60, 7.9 fewer years than their white counterparts. Plains Blasted by Gale Winds 7% is WILSON CERTIFIED FRANKS WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Carter, now a formally announced candidate for reelection, says the crisis with Iran ‘may not be resolved easily or quickly” amid reports the hostages have been threatened with death at gunpoint. In a paid five-minute television broadcast Tuesday night, Carter said: “The overriding fact is that 50 of our fellow Americans have been unjustifiablythrust into agony and danger. and I have a personal responsibility to get them outof that danger as fast as possible.” Minorities Endure Poorer Health WASHINGTON (UPI) — The gapis closing, but minorities — especially the 23 million black Americans — still endure poorer health care, higher death rates, lowerlife expectancy, and a reduced sense of general well-being than whites, the U.S. Public Health Service reported today. 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