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It has fallen a matter of inches, and we have feet to lose, said City Manager flood-ravage- d be-fo- ie Dan Ward The rain spread east across Missouri and Kansas, flooding some roads Police in Springfield, Mo., reported that a man had to be rescued from his pickup truck when it was washed off a bridge. In Parsons, Kan , officials of the y Airport were forced to vert some flights because more than an inch of water covered the runway and the floor of the terminal. Heavy rains in southern Indiana pushed the Muscatatuk River up 7 feet in six hours. Residents of Lubbock, Texas, began moving back Friday into houses drenched by more than 7 inches of ram, and South Plains farmers surveyed extensive damage to cotton crops. The flooding was spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Tico, which smashed into the Mexican resort city of Mazatlan Wednesday with di- Tri-Cit- 150 mph winds Rescue ships searched Friday for missing members of the crews of seven shrimp boats. Plans to End Guerrilla Aid Are Deficient, U.S. Says By R. Gregory Nokes Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The Reagan administration declared Friday that Nicaraguas proposals for ending outside support for guerrilla movements in Central America are deficient and said it would not negotiate them directly with the leftist Sandimsta government. Alan Romberg, the deputy State Department spokesman, said the proposals were still under review but declared, even at this point, it is clear that they are deficient. He said the proposals arent specific enough about how agreements barring arms and other outside support for guerrilla movements would be enforced. U.S. Isnt Proper Forum Moreover, Romberg said, the proper forum for negotiations is the Mex-ciContadora group of nations Venezuela, Colombia and Panama The United States is not part of those negotiations and Romberg acknowledged that whatever agreements emerged would be subject to further consideration by Washington, a process that could take a long time. The proposals, which were presented to Assistant Secretary of State Langhorne Motley on Thursday by Nicaraguan Foreign Minis--te- r Miguel DEscoto, caught admin-lstiatio- n officials by surprise. "It was made clear to Mr. DEscoto that the place for negotiations, the appropriate forum, was the Contadora process, Romberg told reporters. Attract U.S. Attention The Nicaraguan Embassy said D'Escoto was attending a Contadora meeting m Panama this weekend to discuss the proposals there. One reason for unveiling them in Washington unquestionably was to attract public attention at a time when the House of Representatives was voting to cut off funds for the covert U guerrilla movement in Nicaragua. Under Nicaraguas proposal, the United States would, in effect, agree to stop CIA support for guerrillas in Nicaragua and Nicaragua would stop supporting leftist rebels in El Salvador. Overt and covert aid to guerrilla movements would be prohibited. Outside military maneuvers, military installations and arms trafficking would be banned. U.S. commer- - ent to Tribune Wire Services A Barbados U S Navy task force carrying 1,900 Marines steamed towaid Gienada Friday as leaders of Caribbean nations met to coordinate their reaction to the slaying of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in a violent coup Reports from Washington quoted unidentified Pentagon sources as task force was disaying the verted en route to Lebanon and ordered to Grenada to signal U S intentions to protect U.S citizens on the island The reports coincided with growing speculation that the Caribbean leaders meeting here, outraged by the Grenadian bloodshed, could appeal for some type of international military intervention to restore peace to Grenada. Cuban Condemnation Earlier m the day, Cuba, Grenada's lone ally in the Caribbean, condemned the violence in a statement that branded Bishop's slaying as "atrocious and said its political relations with his successors will undergo serious and profound analy- - BRIDGETOWN, ? v .$' 2? n &' 9 t ( - r" .i yir W ' f. sJ&J' - ? ' X 9 Marines y ,4? cial ships and planes would be allowed passage through Nicaraguan sea and air space. While some of the proposals have been made before, the new element, m addition to the comprehensive nature of the proposals, is the provie verification and ension for forcement by the Contadora nations. Romberg said that "the Nicaraguan proposals recite some general principles that everyone could agree on. But he said they lack any specific means of verification and focus on only a few of the 21 points previously agreed to by the Contadora nations. The treaty will stop and prevent war in Central America and guarantee the security of every state in the region, said a statement issued by the Nicaraguan Embassy Six people have died m Oklahoma and Kansas since the rains began Wednesday, and as the downpour dwindled to a drizzle m Oklahoma, National Weather Service meteorologist Harry Gordon said cresting on the Washita and Cimarron rivers could cause damage into next week. Gov George Nigh declared a state of emergency across Oklahoma Thursday, authorizing the National Guard and other state workers to join rescue and relief efforts Damage in Guthrie and across the state was expected to be in the millions, but state officials werent prepared to begin making estimates on Friday. We think that probably the worst is over, said Civil Defense program director Robbie Robinson Were still watching some rivers crest. Robinson estimated that 800 to See Page 2, Column 1 On The Inside Tribune Telephone Numbers, Page 2 A-- sis. death upset the leadership of our party and we offer the greatest tribute to his memory, the government of President Fidel Castro said Friday m a statement transmitted by the official Prensa Latina news agency. There are an estimated 400 to 500 Cubans on Grenada, most of them laborers at the airport being built at Port Salines, near the capital of St Georges. The airport project, largely financed by Cuba, alarmed U S officials, who feared its 10,000-foo- t runway would be used for Cuban and Soviet warplanes U.S. Suspicious The US. State Department had expressed "some suspicions of Cuban involvement m the deaths Wednesday of Bishop and three of his Cabinet ministers. Reports from Grenada said they were killed when soldiers fired on a crowd that had freed him from house arrest. But Prime Minister Tom Adams of nearby Barbados said Bishop was wounded in the mti-tishooting, then taken captive and executed. There had been speculation that Grenadian power struggle, siding against Bishop and with his foe, Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard. Unseen Strategist? Coard regarded bv many as a Marxist than Bishop more hard-lin- e resigned from the government Oct. 14 to quell rumors he was plotting to kill Bishop and has been neither seen nor heard from since. There is speculation that he has been devising strategy from behind the scenes. Salt Lake and Vicinity skies, warmer temperatures. 20s to 40s. Highs 60s. Details, Grenadian Army Chief Gen. Hudwho seized control of Grenada after his soldiers killed Bishop and five top aides Wednesday to end a weeklong power struggle, announced over Radio Free Grenada that he would name a son Austin, Todays Forecast Fair Lows C-- broad based Cabinet within the next two weeks Icuders of the smaller English sptaking island nation-- , in (he east trn Caribbtan met lure ne Fridis to discuss the Grenada situation 1hev w ill go on to Ti .rudad Saturdav foi a summit of all of the region s leaders (Austin told officials at American-orienteSt Ceorges University Medical School Friday that he wanted them to intercede" on his behalt with the State Department and that he had agreed to allow a U S government observer on the island, perhaps as early as Saturday (Austin also said he would hold general elections soon and that 18 people had died in Wednesdays violence, according to a statement released in New York by authorities of the offshore school, which has a 1 d mostly American faculty and dent body ) 25th Day of the least they were ixpected impose trade and other eionomu sanctions against Gienada t to But there is mciea-in- g specula tion that they could appeal for some type of international military intervention to restore peace to the 13J e island situated about midway between Barbados and Trinidad square-mil- stu- Cease-Fir- e Lebanese Under Fire Despite- Agreement BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) The news of (Bishops Cuba might have had a hand in the on-sit- w Leba- nese troops m the mountains outside Beirut came under heavy attack Druse Moslem from Syrian-backe- d gunners Friday despite an agreement by Lebanons warring factions to hold peace talks in Switzerland Authorities also said there were sniping attacks from the Moslem quarters in southern Beirut, but no casualties were reported In the heaviest fighting reported the 25th day of Lebanons Friday cease-fir- e Druse gunners shelled army positions in the area of Souk El Gharb, a strategic Chouf Mountain town that represents a gateway to the capital. The Lebanese army positions m Souk El Gharb and the neighboring village of Ain Rummneh came under heavy mortar and rocket bombardment, said a Lebanese army spokesman, Maj Maroun Awad Druse gunners and snipers had attacked army positions in Souk El Gharb, 8 miles southeast of Beirut, earlier m the day, drawing return fire. But the attacks had died down following mediation efforts by third parties, including Saudi mediator Rafik Hariri, a government source said. The Druse militia, one of the facrebel cotions in the Syrian-backe- d alition fighting President Amin government, boycotted a daily session of Lebanons cease-fir- e supervision committee despite its agreement to attend peace talks. Druse leader Walid Jumblatt said m a statement released in Damascus that he will go to Switzerland for the peace talks but insisted they should not take place m the Lebanese Embassy building Jumblats political adviser, Mar-wa- n Hamade, said in a telephone interview from Damascus that the talks would be held m Geneva although the date has not been set. In the Swiss capital of Bern, gov- - Chuckle Todays Learn from others mistakes, you'll never find the time to make them all yourself Shoots, Kills Judge, Attorney in Court an A former poCHICAGO (AP) liceman in a wheelchair pulled out a gun in divorce court Friday and shot and killed the judge and his ex-- 1 wifes attorney after a property hearing, police f1 said. Hutchie Moore, 55, T. was taken into custody immediately, police commander Robert Casey said. Witnesses and police said Moore fired first at Cook County Circuit Judge Henry Gentile, then turned his revolver on his lawyer, Jim Pizsczor, firing several times. er The shootings followed a hearing property which had been requested by Moores former wife, Dorothy, and a discussion of the suspects legal repiesentation, officials reported. Moore had rejectd ed a lawyer. Shot In the Temple Gentile, 63, was shot in the right temple, police Sgt. Edward Sander said. He was taken to Henrotin Hospital, where he died at 12 23 pm. CDT, less than an hour after the shooting. on division of court-appointe- Preit Loserphoto Attorney James Pizsczor is wheeled from a Chicago courtroom where he was shot. He died 2 hours later in a hospital. I Pizsczor, shot in the chest and stomach, died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 1.28 pm. CDT, according to a hospital spokesman. ls Most Will Feel Changes in Social Security ls o, Ex-Policem- ernment spokesman Michel Pasche said "agreement has been given to a Lebanese request for a place to hold talks between the nation s warring factions. The delegates to the negotiations would represent all of Lebanon's major Christian and Moslem groups, with both the United States and Syria taking part as observers "It is now a question of fixing a date and the site," Pasche said But officials said it would be impossible for the talks to take place in Geneva next week as requested because hotels for 100 miles around are booked solid until the end of the month by a telecommunications trade fair The peace talks between government and the opposition were to have begun Thursday behind U S Marine lines at Beirut airport They were called off when Moslem leaders refused to attend because of fighting in the area The shootings occurred shortly af11 30 a m. on the 16th floor of the Daley Center, a government office complex in Chicagos Loop. The So- cial Security Act affect almost all Americans. Any sacrifice that they entail has been spread fairly evenly And too, the changes will ensure the financial stability of the retirement, survivors and disability programs Here are some of the major changes that affect you and your family. One change affects the adjustment. Since 1975, there has adbeen an automatic justment in July, essentially whenever the yearly increase in inflation has been 3 percent or more 'I his automatic COLA simply maintains the purchasing power of benefits The most important news about the COLA is good. It has been kept basically unchanged. However, the bad news is that in 1983 the COLA is being delayed six months from July 1983 to January 1984 In the future cost-of-liv-- cost-of-livi- ter Police spokesman Jay Schroeder said that Dorothy Moore, divorced from Moore four years ago, discovered he had more property and returned to court to revise their settlement Left Before Shooting Mrs. Moore left the courtroom before the shooting began, said attorney Mort Zaslavsky, who had been awaiting the next case. Zaslavsky said Gentile had completed dividing property between e Moore and his before the gunfire began. He said Moore had concealed the gun under a blanket on his lap. Moore has used a wheelchair sine he was shot in the chest and left shoulder in 1978 by his son, Michael, then 22, according to police spokeswoman Paula Darcy. Michael Moore was acquitted in the shooting, which occurred during a family argument. Gentile, a native Chicagoan who lived in the southwest suburbs, was married and had two grown children, according to supervising Judge Richard 11. Jorzak. "Henry was a very, very warm, very open judge who tried to drain the emotion out of the divorce proceedings. He was the type of individual who could drain the emotion out of himself and the litigants, Jorzak said. By Eric R Kingson recent amendments to the 7th of the g be made every U Articles adjustments will January instead of the previous July. The delay in the COLA amounts to a loss in 1983 of a bit less than $150 for the typical retired couple and about $84 for the single, retired worker. One can also consider the change as a delay (from July to January) in the COLA for as long as the program continues This represents roughly a 2 percent reduction in benefits. In general, the COLA will continue to be based on price changes. But beginning in January 1985, if the amount of money in the combined Old Age and Survivors, Disability Insurance (OASDI) trust funds is exadtremely low, the justment will be based on the lesser of the change in prices or v, ages, until tht trust funds return to an ac increases ceptable level Catch-uwill be made when there is sufficient money in the trust funds. Beginning m 1984, the new law f also makes up to of Social Security benefits subject to income taxes for beneficiaries whose yearly g p one-hal- incomes exceed certain base amounts $25,000 for single taxpayers and $32,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly. The base amounts include your adjusted gross See Page 4, Column t s 1 |