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Show Salt Lake City, I'tah I IM Mondale Has The Lead In Delegates By Evans Witt Associated Press Writer Walter F. Mondale swept past Sen. Gary Hart for caucus victories in the union heartland of Michigan and the hills of Arkansas and held a decisive lead over him in Mississippi - FolWASHINGTON (UPI) lowing is the United Press International count of delegates committed to each of the Democratic presidential contenders as of 9:25 p.m. MST Saturday. Needed for nomination at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco July 9 are 1,967 of the 3,933 delegates to be chosen. Previous includes results before Saturday. With 251 delegates at stake Saturday in four states and the Canal Zone, complete returns were in from Arkansas and partial returns from Michigan. Nothing was available to project delegates from Mississippi or South Carolina. The totals: during Saturdays delegate-ric- h drive for the Democratic presidential nomination. The only weak spots for Mondale in the five caucus states came when uncommitted slates carried the day in South Carolina and in Kentucky, where just a handful of counties voted Saturday. Latin American Democrats meeting in Panama City. Panama. also backed uncommitted delegates. "It's been a good day. and I could 16-1- strained Lebanons 3-- 2 four-day-ol- d e napped American diplomat William Buckley. Embassy officials said they had received no claims of responsibility, ransom or other demands a day after three gunmen in civilian clothes aenmnitted. Sudan Bombing Denied; Egypt Sends In Troops KHARTOUM. Sudan (AP) -Egypt sent troops Saturday to its ally Sudan in response to a bombing raid on the nation's largest city and Libya denied charges it carried out the attack. Both President Gaafar Nimeiri and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak claimed Libya was responsible for the air raid Friday that killed five people, wounded two and damaged a national broadcast center in the city of Omduran. Libyas official JANA news agency said Saturday in Tropoli. the Libyan capital, that the Foreign Mini- said Egyptian newspaper officers are "participating in manning the joint Egyptian-Sudanes- e operation room.m - Other troops representing various branches of the Egyptian armed forces also were dispatched to Susaid in its Sunday dan. edition. m The Sudan News Agency quoted Nimeiri as saying, "Joint defense See Page 9, Column 1 denied the abducted the Buckley in front of his home in west Beirut. "There are no further developments. said Marine Maj. Robert McLean. 34. a spokesman for the embassy. Police said at least 13 people were killed and 35 wounded in battles between Christian and Moslem militias along the "green line" between Christian east and Moslem west Beirut. at the city's southern outskirts and in the hills east of the capital in the 24 hours ending at sundown Saturday. The Gaza hospital in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra. south of Beirut, reported seven people were killed and five were wounded when the camp and surrounding area were shelled Saturday evening. The casualties included both refugess and Lebanese residents, hospital officials said. Toll Heaviest It was not known if those victims-werincluded in the police account, but it was the heaviest casualty toll for a single day since the Tuesday cease-fir- e declared by the reconciliation conference among Lebanon's nine principal leaders in Switzerland. The negotiators in Lausanne. Switzerland, resumed full meetings on Saturday after 48 hours of informal bargaining sessions. Key aides to President Amin said the talks continued to progress positively, but the Saturday afternoon session would not be the final one. Buckley, first secretary of the Beirut embassy's political section, was abducted Friday morning at the driveway of the apartment building in which he lives. He was forced out of his car at pistol point, then taken away in a white Renault el charge. The New York Times quoted an unidentified Reagan administration official as saying the United States is considering an emergency airlift of military equipment to Sudan. It reported the official said there wa no doubt the bombing attack Tu-2- 2 was carried out by a Soviet-buiSudaand of the Libyan air force, nese requests for help were being given high priority by the State Department. the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Department. White House spokeswoman Sheila Dixon, State Department press duty officer Joe Reap and Navy Lt. Cmdr. John Woodhouse. a Pentagon spokesman, all refused comment on the Times report. The official Sudan News Agency said Nimeiri disclosed the Egyptian troop movement at a political seminar for army officers at the African Islamic Center in Khartoum. Egypt and Sudan have a mutual defense pact, and Sudan has ordered a full military alert. The Sudan agency gave no details about the number or location of the Cairo troops, but the lt 12. Embassy officials said that eight hours after the abduction, they received reports the kidnap car was seen heading south through the beachside suburb of Khalde. just south of Beirut. Road Intersection Khalde sits on an intersection of d roads leading to the Chouf Mountains southeast d of the capital, the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon d and southern LebaDruse-con-trolle- Syrian-controlle- Israeli-occupie- non. Today's Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity -Partly cloudy, some showers. Highs 40s. lows 30s. Details. B-- Buckleys abduction frightened several other American Embassy staffers into leaving their apartments in the Moslem half of the capital to stay at the Marine-guardeembassy compound on the seafront Ein Mreisseh Boulevard. d WM1 cent: Hart. 34 percent: Jackson. 14 percent. The rest went to uncommitted slates. Those Michigan results translate into 79 delegates for Mondale: 49 for Hart and eight for Jackson. Hart spent only one day campaigning in Michigan, but his campaign ran radio and television ads in Michigan in the last two days, urging his supporters to turn out. Given Mondale's advantage with union support there. Hart said. "We just had no choice but not to put a lot of effort in there. In Mississippi, the former vice president was winning just over 30 percent of the vote, slightly ahead of the uncommitted slates in returns from 1.325 of 2.070 precinct caucus Twenty-eigh- t percent backed Jackson, and 12 percent Hart. Parly officials in Mississippi slopped counting late Saturday night, saying they would resume Monday. No estimates of national convention delegates based on the incomplete returns were available Puerto Rico Primary Mondale's momentum from his Saturday victories will get another boost Sunday when he expects to win the primary in Puerto Rieo. where Hart made no effort for its 48 pledged delegates. Uncommitted slates led in South es. Carolina. Kentucky and Latin American Democrats Saturday See Page 2, Column 1 Hi v Lu'-- tions on where to vote during Saturdays Democratic Party caucus in Michigan. Voters in a United Auto Workers union retirees hall in Detroit line up for instruc- - Jury Convicts Duo in Bar Rape, Triggering Jeers and Outrage - Two Vieira's wife Louise collapsed FALL RIVER. Mass. (AP) men were convicted Saturday of ag- against another woman, sobbing. gravated rape of a young woman on One man who said he was Vieira's brother leaped to his feet, screama barroom pool table while onlookers joked and cheered, a verdict that ing in Portuguese, before he was dragged from the courtroom. sparked cries of outrage from courtA man identified as Joseph Vieira room spectators and angry charges of racism from crowds outside. Sr.. 58, was arrested outside the court for disorderly conduct, said Cries and screams from the defendant's relatives echoed through courtroom. A man the century-ol- d leaped to his feet screaming in Portuguese and was dragged away officers. Outside the courthouse, an angry crowd jeered jurors as "racists." while the victim, a CASSELBERRY. Fla. (AP) -Jmother of two. gave a statement im Booker got fed up answering through her attorney: "Justice has phone calls from persistent sales been done. people. So he put his telephone in his dogs name Ferdinand DinBut the district attorney said he go. advised the woman to leave her home for the night because of the When someone calls asking for Mr. Dingo. Booker says hes out ugly emotion generated by the verdicts. and he doesn't know when he will be back. Daniel Silva. 27. and Joseph Vieira. 28, were convicted of aggra"If they ask who I am. I say I'm vated rape, which could bring a life Mr. Dingo's butler. Booker says. sentence and deportation for the The mail's another thing, men. both Portuguese immigrants. though. WilBristol Superior Court Judge Last week. Ferdinand Dingo reliam Young scheduled sentencing ceived a brochure in the mail sayfor Friday. ing he had been highly recommended as a potential partner in a good part-tim- e business enterA jury of eight men and four women returned the verdict after 5la prise. hours of deliberation following a Mr. Dingo could make thoutrial. sands. the brochure said, if he Four other men are being tried opened up his own wholesale distribution business in his home. No in a is trial that separately expected investment was required, and he to go to the jury later this week. could get a company car and earn The defendants heard the verdict fully paid vacations to Hawaii. read over headphones by a translaLondon or Vienna. tor. They showed no emotion, but Go to the Dog 16-d- Officer Thomas Silva. Peter Cordieiro. chief court officer, confirmed that Vieira is the defendant's father. As the jurors were taken to their bus, a crowd of about 100 people booed and jeered. Shouts of Racists were heard. The victim also is Portuguese, as is District Attorney Ronald Pina, who rejected charges of bias. "I am proud to be a Portguese American. That has nothing to do with this case at all. Pina said. "How people feel in a city, their bigotry. I- have no control over. I just do a job.I'm just glad it's over." said juror Joseph Saraiva of Acushnet. The case has generated strong emotion and national attention for over a year since police reported the woman was raped and sexually abused while spectators cheered at Big Dan's, a New Bedford tavern, on March 6. 1983. News reports of a crow d of men cheering as a woman lay pinned to the table provoked an outcry among women's rights advocates. A week later, some 2.500 people staged a candlelight march to New Bedford city hall to protest the incident. Scott Charnas. attorney for the victim, said he spoke to the woman after the verdict was returned. "She feels that justice has been done." he said. "She feels bad for the families of the defendants, but she said her family has suffered, and she has suffered as well." Pina, the district attorney, said the woman was pleased by the ver-SePage 2, Column 2 e Bit O the Irish Comes Out in Thousands As Nation Celebrates St. Patricks Day j tLawi I ries. Mondale was looking for a better showing Saturday to give him momentum going into Tuesday's crucial primary in Illinois. And he got it. "This has been a good national win for me, he said at a campaign stop in Illinois as well. "We did well on Super Tuesday. We did better tonight. Were fighting back. Mondale was the victor in Arkansas, wanning 20 national convention delegates to only nine for Hart. He won Michigan, where strong support from the United Auto Workers and other unions were the key to his winning the lions share of the states 136 delegates to his column. Returns from 377 of Michigan's 397 caucuses gave Mondale 49 per Cease-Fir- e on Saturday, and the U.S. Embassy reported no word on kid- cease-fir- Tfya - 1984 Clashes FrontBEIRUT. Lebanon (AP) line clashes and renewed bombardment of residential neighborhoods Hart 304, Jackson 52 and 134 are uncommitted. Fourteen of Hart's delegates are former supporters of Reubin Askew. Among 241 of 568 unpledged delegates chosen so far from party and elected officials. UPI show 114 for Mondale. 13 (or Hart, 10 for Jackson and 104 363, semi-offici- 18, In Beiruts Streets of 3.365 pledged delegates chosen in primaries and caucuses so far. Mondale has 853 categorically use one." the former vice president said in Illinois. candidate only Hart, a dark-hors- e three weeks ago. played down the significance of the results, particularly from Michigan, saying he was happy to get as much as he did in a process that was stacked against us from the beginning. And the Colorado senator said he expected a long fight for the nomination. "I never anticipated winning this nomination in March, he said. Back on the Road Mondales performance Saturday was another step on the road back from a string of early defeats by Hart. After fighting Hart to a split in the Super Tuesday prima Front-Lin- e Strain stry March Mondale Wins Day Over Hart Tally Among Sunday Morning AtltVfr r,i & m The Emerald Society bagpipers parade past St. Patricks Cathedral in New York By The Associated Press From New York City's green-stripeFifth Avenue to slushy Omaha, Neb., from tiny Shamrock. Texas, to Washington. D.C.. hundreds of thousands of St. Patricks Day revelers marched, drank and. along with President Reagan, celebrated their Irish heritage. More than 100,000 people joined in Saturday's parade in New York, the nation's oldest and largest St. Patrick's Day march, as more celebrants stayed on the sidelines, standing on phone booths, mailboxes and each other to get a look. Vendors offered green carnations and asking "Where's the Beer'." in big green letters. New York's 223rd parade was notably free of political controversy, during annual St. Patricks Day parade, which was seen by thousands of revelcFs. unlike last year when the grand marshal was a staunch supporter of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. This year's grand marshal was Teddy Gleason, head of the International Longshoreman's Union. Rose Marie Slusser and her two daughters of Elmwood Park. N.J.. arrived at 10 am to get a choice spot across from St. Patrick's Cathedral. "We re cold but its worth it." Mrs. Slusser said. "I've been going as far back as I can remember." In west Omaha. Neb., despite 5'j inches of wet. heavy snow. Maureen O'Brien launched her fourth annual combined birthday-St- . Patrick's Day parade, saying. "It'll take more than a blizzard to stop this parade." Two hundred spectators shared her enthusiasm. While Ms. O'Brien led fire engines. clow ns and an Air Force color Chuckle Todays It's easy to find the to success . . key the hard part is finding which door it opens. t skishv luutc guard on a mile-lonsponsors of a downtown Omaha pa rade cancelled their celebration The O'Brien spirit was alie Sal urday in the little places like Shamrock. Texas, and O'Neill. Neb: in places like New York. Chicago Kansas City. Denver and New Orleans: and in the places like Scranton. Pa., and Savannah g tile-bi- Gil. Honolulu boasted that its parade would be "the last St. Patrick's Da " parade on earth thanks to its proximity to the international date line From Washington. President Rea gan saluted his fellow in his weekly radio speech. sa ing Saturday was "a day when those of us of Irish descent have an opportunity to boast a little, and like good Irishmen, celebrate a lot." s s in Denver Some wore lavender shamrocks in protest See Page 2, Column 3 parade-watcher- |
