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Show Friday. January 18. 1980. THE HERALD, Provo. Utah—Page 5 Witnesses Detail Pinto Crash Sanctions Seen Boomeranging States is caught up in to freeze Soviet-American relations because of the invasion of ‘a fit of bel- licose psychosis’ in its actions against the Soviet Union, butits embargos and sanctions will Afghanistan will have a greater im- pact on the U.S. economythan it will on the Soviet system. boomerang and hurt Americans more than anyone,the Soviet Union said today A series of reports in the Soviet press carried the Kremlin's message: President Carter's attempts Pravda commentator Yuri Zhukov said the United States is moving sharply away from the course of detente ‘recorded in a numberof agreementsin the first By United Press International The report, which came 24 hours after the government ordered American newsmen expelled from Afghanistan,said the Americansat- MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI) — To get “excited” for his concerts. Elvis Presley wanted drugs so bad he would turn to mysterious out-of-town sourcesif his U.S. official tempted in their reporting to ‘harm Afghanistan's friendly relations with Pakistan and Iran, and carrying on false propaganda against Soviet-Afghan friendship.” The government-run Radio Kabul broadcast monitored and reported by the Press Trust of India in New Delhi reiterated the charge that reports by U.S. journalists conStituted “interferencein the internal affairs of Afghanistan.” Headsfor Talks in Pakistan PEKING (UPI) — Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hualeft for Pakistan today for high level talks on a joint jee to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. “The talks will last about a week. Theywill be very important,” an official of the Pakistan Embassy in Peking told reporters at the airport. Hesaid the talks would focus on the Soviet invasion into Afghanistan and possible joint moves to counter the perceived threatto Pakistan. Another Chinese official told a Japanese news agency Thursday he believed President Carter would come to China early this yearto discuss the Afghanistan crisis. Iran To Protest to Soviets By United Press International Iranian Foreign Minister Sa Ghotbzadeh said today Iran will protest strongly ta the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet troops in Afghan areas near the Iranian border. “We cannot remainindifferent to the increase in Soviet military presence on our border and we are sensitive to this and will strongly protest against it,” Ghotbzadeh said, according to a Tehran radio broadcast monitored in London and Washington. The Tehran Radio also quoted Ghotbzadeh as accusing the United States of blocking U.N. efforts to solvethe crisis between Washington and Tehran. Shah of Iran ShowsBitterness NEW YORK(UPI) — Theexiled shah of Iran, in an interview tinged with bitterness and sorrow, denied claims against him by his countrymen of mass murder and torture and vowed he would not abdicate his throne. “Abdicate — that doesnotexist in our vocabulary,’’ Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi said in a interview ble to explosions and fires in rear-end collisions Thesix witnesses indicated the Pinto was moving slowly most estimated the speed about 15 mph — while the van was traveling near the speed limit of 50 mph with British journalist David Frost aired Thursday night on ABC-TV. When asked whyhe chese to flee Tran instead of staying and fighting when followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took over on Jan. 16, 1979, he responded: ‘“‘If I was not a king, surely I would have done that (died fighting).”” Prices WASHINGTON (UPI) doctors cut off his supply, friends and physicians claim. “He was one whodidn’t like to suffer, so he would get whatever he needed to ease him up,”’ Billy Smith, a cousin and wardrobe managerfor Presley, testified Wednesday during a state Board of Medical Examiners hearing on Dr. George Nichopoulos. The white-haired family doctor, who treated Presley for 11 years. is charged with the indiscriminate prescription of drugs to the entertainer and 19 others. He could lose his medical U.S, Halt Dolars 1965 to 1970 Jan. 19 at *3.00* 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. ‘The hijacker, identified as Fuad Hamade, 19, a the plane to return to Beirut for refueling. Mall Center *2.00* Court Area | GREENFIELD, Mass. (UPI) — Doctors say Earle N. Spring, 78, a senile nursing homepatient who needsregular kidneydialysis,will die within a month if his treatments are stopped. A Franklin County Probate Court judge, acting on orders from the Massachusetts Supreme Court, tuled Thursday that Spring’s family could “refrain from authorizing any further life-prolonging medical treatment.” Spring’s court-appointed attorney, Mark Berson, said he would not appeal the decision. Spring, a patient at the Holyoke Geriatric Center, has been declared mentally incompetent to decide whether he wants to continue the treatments. But his wife Blanche,75, and son Robertasked that the dialysis be discontinued, saying he would choose to die if he realized his condition was hopeless. The state SupremeCourt agreed with the family Monday and ordered the Probate Court to end Spring’s treatments. The Supreme Court modified the lower court decisionslightly, saying the Probate Court, not the family, should make the decision. 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A{ puasricraPe 49° |ritrerwnenca 99" Seeking, also, British, Cana- CALL The 80 It wasthe third hijacking by militant Shiites, and all on behalf of securing Sadr. The hijacker also demanded that the Lebanese armybe sent to south Lebanon where the majority of the country’s Shiites live. Negotiations with the hijacker was conducted by Interior Minister Bahij Takieddine, Minister of Public Works Butros Harb and Middle East Airlines chairman Assad Nasr. The red-and-white Middle EastAirlines jet was parked in a far corner ofthe airport during the negotiations. It was surrounded by armed Lebanese pie while it took on fuel for a possible flight to ran. OTT aes “ US. Dimes to 1964 “He said. ‘If you've seen my shows then you must know howexcited I have to get.’ passengers and cabin crew. excluding the pilot, copilot and flight engineer, were released. . Ruling Renderd In Dialysis Case US. Quarters to 1964 *5.00* The drug dependence so concerned the physicians that they confronted Presley in his hospital room. “‘Lasked him why he wastaking those uppers and downers," Rubles said. Imam Musa Sadr,the spiritual leader of Lebanon's Shite Moslems. Sadr disappeared in August 1978 while on a visit to Libya at the invitation of Col. Noammar Khadafy. Khadafy said Sadrleft his country after a short stay forItaly. Italian authorities denied Sadr ever entered that country. The hijacker seized the plane at 1:45 p.m. (6:45 a.m. EST) 15 minutes ovt of Beirut and ordered it to Tehran but the pilot said there was not enough fuel for the trip and the hijackers agreed to permit Lebanese Shiite Moslem, surrendered to police after two hours of negotiations with government ministers andofficials of Middle East Airlines. The hijacker, armed with a pistol, first ordered the Boeing 720 jet to Tehran and demanded that an investigation be undertaken by the Lebanese authorities into the 17-month-old disappearance of US. Hal Dilas prir to 1965 Saturday, “Several times Dr. Nichopouloscalled to lament his difficulty in trying to regulate medication given him byothers,” Rubles testified. “Wefelt he was being overtreated bydoctors in the West.”’ Hijacker Surrendersto Police in Beirut BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — A hijacker gunman seized a Middle East Airlines jetliner enroute to Cyprustoday; ordered the plane back to Beirut then surrendered after two hours of negotiations in which he demanded aninvestigation into the disappearanceof a Lebanese Shiite Moslem leader. Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. & 5 p.m. *10.00* specialist in gastric illnesses who was called in to treat Presley during hospital stays BULLETIN MEMPHIS, Tenn.(UPI) — Elvis Presley died of a heart attack and ‘‘the presenceof drugs did not play a role,” medical examiner Dr. Jerry Francisco told the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners today. Gasoline prices have jumped an averageof6.1 cents per gallon in the last month, the sharpest increase since last summer’s widespread shortages, the AAA said Thursday. Examples: But the family doctor knew about the drugs Presley was getting behind his back and tried to stop the flow said Dr. Lawrence Rubles, a chopoulos.”* says. INSTANT CASH PAID FOR SILVER COINS Shetold the court there was one large explosion like a bomb blowing up She her brother and sister returned to the crash and sawthe Pinto“‘all in flames both testified Presley often received drugs that were mailed from unknownsources in Las Vegas “He would do his best to conceal it from everybodyelse,’ Estrada said about tie reckage that arrived every two months. “Even Dr. Ni- Orem Civic Theatre Production Of Lionel Bart's — Texas is the only state with gasoline selling for less than $1 a gallon, while New York has the highest statewidepricein the continental United States, the American Automobile Association Miss Ihrig said after she passed the Pinto, it ap- peared to bestill slowing down when she sawthe Collision with the van license if found guilty of the civil charges Smith and A] Estrada. road manager for Presley See Excerpts From The Revealed also trailed the Pintoat a speed of about 30 mph flames were up over the roof,” he said Vicki Shriner Bristol, Ind, said he was traveling st UNIVERSITY (B)MALL Orem Gasoline short distance at a speed of about 45 to 50 mph and William J. Martin, Lewiston, N.Y., rushed to the scene shortly after the accident 1 could look directly into the front windshield areaof the Pinto. I could see a solid massof orange flame. There was absolutely no air space The Elvis Presley Drug Urge Related West must‘‘respond vigorously’ to the and then flames shooting above: the van She testified she sawno other vehicle until she got out of her car and looked around Yolanda Ihrig, a high school student from Elkhart. said she was driving from Goshen to Elkhart and eventually passed both the van and the Pinto. She said she traveled alongside the van for a negligent in designing the Pinto, makingit suscepti The van hit the Pintointhe left rear Osteen said. ‘I expected it to be a fender bender To his horror, however, Osteen watched as the 1973 Ford Pinto —the subject of a landmark criminaltrial in which he wastestifying Thursday — exploded into flames “About a second laterthe whole car was engulfed in flames,"’ he testified. “It was — I m an ex-GI — testified they saw the girls’ Pinto explode almost immediatelyafterit was struck from the rear AfghansInvite Other Newsmen The foreign ministry of Sovietoccupied Afghanistan todayinvited newsmen from ali other countries to visit the nation and report ‘the correct and true picture” that American journalists failed to present. carrying three young women State Warren Christopher found European allies agreed that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan left the spirit of detente “wounded and bleeding." To restore detente, they ‘eel the the aggression, said behind the van and noticed it fishtail, saw sparks The deaths of the three girls prompted the indict ment of the Ford Motor Co on charges of reckless homicide The prosecution contends Ford was like a large napalm bomb Osteen was among a half dozen witnesses who haif of the 70s” U.S., Allies Study Actions WASHINGTON(UPI) — Backed _ by broad support from European allies, the United States is examining ‘‘strong punitive action" against the Soviet Union, including postponing or moving the Moscow Olympics. A senior administration official Said Thursday Deputy Secretary of The trial ended its first week of testimony Thurs. day It resumes Monday [ JGHEST QUALITY AT AUTO SHACK PRICES HIGHEST QUALITY AT AUTO SHACK PRICES HIGHEST QUALITY MOSCOW(UPI) — The United WINAMAC, Ind. 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