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Show Page 1°—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Tuesday, August 4, 1981 U.S. Briefs Brady ‘Stable’ Despite Seizures bulent convulsion stemming from the 4-month-old bullet hospital said Brady who was shot in the head in an assassina tion attempt on President Reagan “did draw some clear fluid from his nose. It was out wound to his brain, had more * mild body seizures’ today but in WASHINGTON (UPI) White House press secretary James Brady shaken Monday by a tur- doctors said his vital signs remainedstable Brady was ‘responsive’ despite the new complications in leakage and thereis noair going Mobil Raises Conoco Bidding purchase offer before tonight's midnight deadline Mobil Oil Corp. boosted its package in the biggest corporate takeover “horse race" in U.S. history by almosta half-billion dollars Mobil alreadyhad the highest per-shareoffer of $105 in it battle for Conoco against chemical giant Du Pont andliquorindustry titan Seagram, but Monday raised it to $115. Beer-Keg Explosion Kills Student LONGBEACH, Calif. (UPI) — A beer keg hooked up to a high pressure gas cylinder exploded like a rocket at a college fraternity house, killing a 26-year-old student. Police say Robert Harris and other members of Sigma Pi fraternity hooked up the 20-gallon keg early Monday to a carbon dioxide cylinder designed for soft drink dispensers. Ms. Evanswould not commenton the spokeswoman said most of the injured were burned over 50 to 85 percent of is not a totally closed system.” NEWYORK(UPI) — To persuade Conoco stockholders to pull out of Du Pont's $7.1 billion tion today six were listed as guarded but serious and four others were treated and released said West Jef ferson Hospital spokeswoman Connie Evans cause for great panic man Washington Three workerswereii °ritical condi The cylinder was pressurized at 75 pounds per square inch. The keg was designed for only 12 poundspressureandit exploded like a rocket, embedding itselfin the ceiling of the fraternity house of burns suffered worker Ms. Evans said It's all pretty serious burns The workers were injured when ex: plosions Monday night at a Celotex Corp. plant ignited one naptha and asphalt storage tank and flames threatened to reach two other nearby extent fluid from his nose, physicians said Dr. Dennis O'Leary, spokes: for George Said today But he said no infection was found in the fluid and “thereis no O'Leary said the spinal fluid was probably forced out by the pressure caused bythe seizure. It indicates he added that “it cluding some leakage of spinal Chemical Plant Blast-Fire Hurts 13 MARRERO, La. (UPI) — A spark froma forklift triggered a series of violent explosions and flash fires that ripped through a chemical plant, injur ing 13 workers andforcing the evacua. tion of nearby residents, authorities by each but another hospital their bodies All are really burned prettybadly tanks containing the highly flammable substances. Celotex officials would not comment on the accidentother than to say it still was being investigated. The explosions andfire did not damage plant 'uildin andthefacility was open today Chrysler Returns to Rebates DETROIT (UPL) — Chrysler Corp returned to paying customer rebates between $300 and $1,000 on several car and truck models Mondayin response to large-scale sales promotions an nounced earlier by its bigger com petitors Word of the new rebate program came as automakers reported domestic car production in July snared 24.7 percent above the same month last year and truck output increased 40.3 percent in the face of falling sales rates The hefty July production madeit clear why automakers now are resorting to expensive sales tactics — thelatest sales downturn has madein ventories a costly burden Theinjured workers havesaidlittle about the blasts Ms. Evans said They're all very vague.” she said It seems as though none of them know what happened just all of a sudden there was an explosion. I don’t think they know what hit them All of a sudden we heard a big kaboom. like an atomic bomb or something, and we turned around and wecould feelthe heat, like the fire was chasing us said plant worker Martha Graham Twoguys camerunning out theside and the treat wasofftheir bodies Just hanging down like raggedy clothes. It wassopitiful.”’ Firefighters cooled the tanks with flame-retardant foam and brought the blaze under control within two hours COMING AUGUST 28th in The Daily Herald... at the University of California at Long Beach Harris suffered a broken arm and internal injuries and died at a hospital 2'2 hoursafter the accident. Agreement Settles 16-Day Strike PROVIDENCE, R.1. (UPI) — Mayor Vincent Cianci and the Laborers Union reached a dawn agreementtoday theysaid ends a 16-day-old strike by more than 1,000 city workers. The 7:01 a.m. settlement, an- nounced by Laborers Union Local 1033 Business Agenet Arthur A. Coia, camethree hours before a scheduled Superior Court hearing on contempt motions Ciancifiled against somestrikers and their union leaders. Lightning Storms Kills Two By United Press International Tornadoes touched down in South Dakota and Wisconsin, causing severe damage to farm property and injuring one man. Lightning killed two Arkansas prison inmates on work detail A cold front pushed thunderstorms packing up to 66 mph winds from northeast Nebraska to the upper Great Lakes region today and a severe thunderstorm watch was posted over central and southeast Wisconsin PolicewomanShoots Dont’s Miss this Sports Special Edition ! Wrong Men at Holdup NASHVILLE,Tenn. (UPI) — A 23- head, and MissAllen shot Waldenin the year-old rookie policewoman who mis- head, killing him instantly. The next man out was David B. took three victims for bandits and methodically shot them down as they Hayes, 27. She shot him in the stomach; everyone in the store. store with tear gas. fled from a robbery scene refuses to he remains hospitalized in satisfactory discuss the tragedy even with her fami- condition. Following Hayes was Anthony Seagraves, 21. Miss Allen shot 1 y. Malcolm Allen, 72, said his daughter him in the arm. Seagraves said as he reached the Joyce Faye ‘‘seemed little bit upset about it’’ but ‘didn’t explain it at all.”’ door. he heard an officeryell ‘‘Stop!"" “I stopped and I was shot.” he said. Miss Allen, who lives with her parents has been placed on ad- “‘T fell down and asked theofficer why ministrative leave while police in- she hit me.” he said. e “*. She asked me how many more vestigat the weekend shootings. She killed one man and wounded two werein there andI said one. She asked others. The robber killed another man who andI said the robber.”’ . re ured James T. Thaxton, 26, remained in befo he was capt Police said escaped convict Billy Guy the store and was allegedly shot twice Anderson strode into an East Nashville and killed by Anderson. who was grocery Saturday night with a sawed- charged with murder and armed roboff shotgun and threatencd to kill bery after police flushed him from the Anderson, after his capture. said Miss Allen, who had been on the force three months and had never before Miss Allen ‘‘didn’t give anyone a chanceto surrender.’* partner rushed to the scene. She took Homicide detective Sherman up a position behind a newspaper Nickens said Miss Allen told him she vending machine 15 feet from the door. thought the three men weresuspects Harry Walden a 37-year-old father of when sheshot tl “She thought they three and the manager of thestore was were suspects,"’ Nickens said. ‘It hapthe first to break for freedom. He pened in a split second. 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