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Show r I 2A . , , . The Salt Lake Tribune, - - - - Sunday. January 5, - " laf Spotlight Reagan Vows Support For Contras - &. ft - Associated Pf " ess Laver photos Its Faster Than an Elevator John Carta gets his SAN FRANCISCO off to a (lying start, left, by leaping off an unfinished downtown building. Carta, i right, floats toward a successful conclu-dasion of the jump, believed the first of its kind ever performed in this city. y 500-fo- I ot Uranium Containers Leak Kills And Sends Scores to Hospital - team from the NRC was sent to investigate. Herbert Lowe, a Kerr-McGe- e maintenance mechanic, said workers were heating the cylinder in a routine procedure when a side of the tank broke open, seeping gas into the plant's air conditioning system and into a lunchroom. "It creates an ammonia effect in your lungs, Lowe said. I was right in the big middle of it. I got some of it, but not enough of it to hurt me. "I probably ran about a hundred yards through a pretty thick cloud of it to get out of it. We were caught in the lunchroom when it happened. Before we knew it, we were just covered with it," he said. "As soon as I got out of it, I was directing others out of it. Some of them were heavyset, and its a pretty good run trying to hold your breath. A cylinder GORE, Okla. (UPI) packed with 14 tons of uranium ruptured at a nuclear fuel plant Saturday and spewed a cloud of radioactive gas into the air, killing one worker and sickening more than and residents. 90 employees 's Eight employees of Sequoyah nuclear facility were taken to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital immediately after the accident for treatment of exposure to the gas. Officials said 83 residents and e workers went to the hospital for treatment during the day, most of whom complained of chest pains. The hospital admitted 29 of those people for observation and treatment of exposure. A plume of white smoke shot into the air above the plant as the leaking, hot gas reacted with colder air outside the ruptured cylinder. Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesmas Clyde Wisner said brisk winds of nearly 30 mph dissipated the gas. The plant, which purifies uranium for production of nuclear fuel rods, was evacauted and closed, and a Kerr-McGee- Kerr-McGe- employee James Harrison, 25, of Vian, Okla., died at Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., about four hours after the 11.30 a.m. CST accident. Harrison suffered toxic chemical Kerr-McGe- e 1 exposure with hydrofluoric acid burns to the face and lungs," hospital spokeswoman Carol Martin said. The nearest houses were a half-mil- e of the plant near Gore, a town of about 500 about 100 miles southeast of e Tulsa. officials said people living in the path of the gas would be given medical examinations as a precaution. e Rick Pereles, spokesman, said he hoped the plant would be given NRC approval and resume operations in about two days. e is the same company that employed Karen Silkwood, a union activist who worked at a Crescent, Okla., nuclear facility before she died in a car accident in November 1974. south-southea- Kerr-McGe- Kerr-McGe- Kerr-McGe- Silkwood, who had been exposed to a large amount of radiation a week before her death, was on the way to meet with a New York Times reporter when she died, and she had promised to deliver evidence of safety problems at the plant. tAork Is Not Over Yet Hart Bows Out of 87 Senate Race, Says He Still Has iInterest in Presidency 9 Continued From l would lose one of its most thoughtful members a year from now. But Sen. Hart's voice will be strong and influential in the coming debate about the future of the Democratic Party and the nation, Kirk said. Other potential Democratic candidates for president include Democrats Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, Virginia Gov. Charles Robb, Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt, Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Sen. Dale Bumpers of Arkansas and Sen. Bill Bradley of A-- New Jersey. Republicans seen as likely to enter the race include Vice President George Bush, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole of Kansas, Rep. Jack Kemp of New York, former Gov. Pete DuPont of Delaware, Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and Donald Rumsfeld, a former Illinois congressman and defense secretary. But Some Doubt Act ill W A recent poll by The Denver 4 found that Hart would get at least 50 percent of the vote in a Senate race. Coloradans would be less likely to vote for him if he ran for the Senate in 1986 and later campaigned for the White House, the poll found. Hart said he would support Rep. Tim Wirth of Boulder in the Senate race. Wirth has not announced he will seek Harts seat, but is considered the leading Democratic contender. Wirth is known nationally for his work as chairman of the House panel that oversaw the breakup of AT&T. Three Republicans already have begun campaigning for Harts seat: Rep. Ken Kramer of Colorado Springs, state Sen. Martha Ezzard and Terry Consi-dinof state GOP Chairman Howard 38, Callaway. In 1984. Hart began as a dark horse stressing his "new ideas" platform but gave Walter Mondale a strong challenge before the latter won the Democratic nomination. e, son-in-la- WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan vowed Saturday to continue supporting the rebels battling Nicaragua's leftist government, saying the answer to Central America's woes was political and economic freedom not Soviet tanks. Reagan's remarks came one day after he spent four hours in Mexico meeting with President Miguel de la Madrid, who opposes Washington's backing of the rebels. Although the two leaders agreed on the need to help Latin America repay its huge foreign debt, they did not narrow their differences over the turmoil in Central America. In his weekly radio address, the president said he delivered a crucial message to his Mexican counterpart. "The answer to Central America's problems is political and economic freedom, not Soviet tanks and ruthless regimes like the communist dictatorship in Nicaragua that wages war against its own people, Reagan said he told de la Madrid. The president said this was the reason why his administration "will continue to support those fighting for freedom and democracy in Nicaragua." Reagan noted that he and de la Madrid had expressed their "respective viewpoints on the Central American issue, and that the Mexican leader had stressed that the conflict had roots in social and economic injustices. Alice Walkers hometown, Eaton. Ga , is hoping she will return to The Color Purple, that central Georgia city for a special screening of Pulitzer on her based movie hit the Steven Spielberg Prize-winnin- novel. Proceeds from two screenings Jan 18. and an accompanying recepFund at Putnam tion, will go to the new "Color Purple Scholarship Hood of Atlanta, the novelist s Walker Ruth said School, County High sister. The Color Purple," winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, tells the story of a black rural Georgia woman in the early part of the 20th the experiences oi century. Walker has said the book has its roots in women in her Putnam County family. actor, plans to adopt a homeless with the actor in Gossett s plush been who has staying boy Malibu, Calif., home since late November, says a social worker. five-minut- Gossett Jr., LOU Oscar-winnin- g Otis Woodard, coordinator of Lutheran Outreach Ministries in St Louis, says he is trying to arrange a belated Christmas visit between the boy, Sharron Anthony Jones, and his family, which still lives in poverty. Gossett started a search for Sharron after seeing him in a television documentary about the plight of homeless children. The boy had been living in the streets with his mother and younger brother and sister for the past two years Overall, Reagan said, relations were good and that the talks were "marked by an air of friendship. He had high praise for the effort to battle the rising tide of illegal drugs flowing across the two nations borders, but noted that much needs to be done. The president devoted his Tutus Bishop Desmond visit to Hartford, Conn, will mix The Anglican bishop, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, will peak at two churches, receive an honorary degree, and attend a dinner commemorating the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. And while in Hartford, he will raise money for The Bishop Desmond Tutu Southern African Refugee Scholarship Fund and The Bishop Desmond Tutu Refugee Fund. ' e address, delivered from the Oval Office, to hailing the "sprit of friendship cooperation he says has been reborn among the North American nations of Canada, Mexico and the United States. The bishops daughter, Naomi Tutu-Se- a vers, lives in Hartford, and so it will be partly a family visit for him and his wife, Leah. Tribune Wire Services Countdown Begins For Shuttle Crime Replaces Economy As Utahns Chief Worry CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) -The countdown began with computer precision Saturday for the shuttle Con lumbias launching Monday, 19 days late, on the first of two January shuttle flights to ring in the new year with a roar. Columbia and its crew of seven, including congressional observer Rep. Bill Nelson, are scheduled to take off at 7.05 a m. EST Monday on a five-da- y voyage, the first of a record 15 missions now planned for 1986. The veteran shuttles countdown began on time at 1 a.m. and NASA officials said later Saturday work at the seaside firing stand was proceeding smoothly. A preliminary weather forecast called for acceptable conditions at launch time. At the controls will be commander Robert "Hoot Gibson and Charles Bolden. Their crewmates are F ranklin Chang-DiaSteven Hawley, George Nelson, RCA engineer Robert Cenker and Bill Nelson, on board in his capacity as chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees NASAs budget. The shuttle fliers tried to take off Dec. 19, but an electrical problem stopped the countdown just 15 seconds before launch, which was already 24 hours behind schedule because of unfinished work. Landing now is scheduled for Jan. 11 back at the Kennedy Space Center. "I guess theyve been telling us if we keep practicing this well get it right," Gibson joked. pre-daw- co-pil- Take Full Effect Budget Cuts Set to Start March n Continued From A-- l the current federal deficit, submitting their findings to the General Accounting Office. defThe icit target for 1986 is $172 billion. Both the OMB and the CBO are expected to estimate a current deficit in the vicinity of $200 billion, roughly $30 billion over the target making automatic spending cuts this year a near certainty Gramm-Rudman-Hollin- However, for this year only, automatic cuts are limited by law to $11.7 billion. These cuts will be ordered by and will take Reagan on Feb. 1 effect automatically on March 1 unless Congress in the meantime passes a separate package of $11 7 billion in cuts, action deemed unlikely by both congressional and administration officials. Still, the cuts in fiscal year 1986 which runs through next Sept 30 are small comparison with the that would be required for fiscal 1987 and the following years under the act. In fiscal 1987, which begins on Oct 1. the deficit must be reduced to $144 billion, then to $107 billion for fiscal 1988, and on down in increments of roughly $36 billion a year, until all the federai red ink has been eliminated in in 1991. Reagan will submit his budget for Kliadafy Hopes to Unite Islam Against U.S. Continued From l faction, which broke from the FLO in A-- 1974 Libyan F'oreign Minister Abdel Treiki sent a letter Friday to U.N. Secretary-Genera- l Javier Perez de Cuellar complaining that the United States and Israel weie preparing to attack, and warned against such "folly." Treiki reiterated Libyas denial of any involvement in the airport attacks and said Libya "igur-ouslcondemns" such at ts. His letter was one of a series of contradictory statements from Libya on the attacks. The offuial Libyan news agency JANA called the attacks 'heroic," but a government state-ont later said the killing-- , tould not y n be ( ondolied In ik i s Matoni! nt was rt h .i ,.f- - ter Washington confirmed that a l! S. naval task force led by the aircraft carrier Coral Sea had left Naples, Italy Defense Department sources were quoted as saying the United States has forces in the Mediterranean that could attack Libya, but added that such action would be dangerous and difficult. Navy officials in Washington stressed that the task force had merely ended a holiday port leave, and called its movements routine The Arab League on Friday expressed support for Libya in the face of threats of lT S. reprisals, but at the same time condemned "all arts of terrorism and barbarism " The Arab League is devoted to strengthening relations among Mid- - die East member nations in political, cultural, and economic affairs, and mediating disputes involving members. The United States and Israel (ailed for international sanctions against Libya in retaliation for the airport raids No other U S ally has supported the call for punitive measures against Libya, and Britain and West Germany both ruled out economic sanctions. Soviet news media on Saturday said the Reagan administration and Israel had wrongly accused Libya of ties to terrorists, and said Washington was "tiying to kindle new hot ' spots in the world Syria pledged Friday to back Libya ' in ,e-- of I S or I rat li a t tat k ( I busi- ness with pleasure. Continued From A-- l cent majority answered in the affirmative. Although Utahns have responded with optimism to this question in the past, the current nine in ten "satisfied compares favorably with a 1980 sounding. ly express themselves in answering the question: What would you say is the number one problem facing your community that is, the one problem today which concerns you and your family the most?" Utahns' Satisfaction with Lite Those generally satisfied with life were slightly more inclined to point to social problems as the major concern facing their family than were the dissatisfied. This is another in a series of reader interest features sponsored by The Salt Lake Tribune. Sample for the study consisted of 604 telephone interviews with adult residents in all sectors and corners of the state. The maximum sample error range was 4.1 percent plus or minus. Respondents were allowed to free- - An identical question was asked in Mild Quake Hits N.Y. Area NEW YORK (AP) Suburbs north of the city were jolted Saturday by a Residents throughout the county reported feeling the quake. Radio stations said their switchboards lit Up immediately after it struck. mild earthquake that registered about 2 on the Richter scale. John Beavam, a research scientist at the Lamont-Dohert- y Geological Observatory in Palisades said the quake hit at 10.35 p.m. and was centered in the Ardsley or Dobbs Ferry area of Westchester County. No injuries were reported. The metropolitan area was hit Oct. 19 by an earthquake that measured and was centered about 15 miles north of midtown Manhattan in Ardsley. An aftershock of that quake, registering 3 0, was felt in the area two days later. 4.0 1 CLIP & SAVE 1 fiscal 1987 to Congress on Feb. 1. It will include some $50 billion in spending cuts for that year. Since administration officials repeatedly have said the Gramm-Rudma- n targets will be met without raising taxes or reducing Social Security benefits, while allowing defense spending to rise 3 percent above the rate of inflation, the result will be the largest package of domestic spending cuts ever presented to Congress. The plan being assembled by the White House, according to those familiar with it, includes drastic cutbacks in federal aid to states and cities, in housing, health and mass-transprograms, and proposes the elimination of some two dozen fed." al programs including Amtrak rail subsidies However, many economists and political leaders doubt that the budget austerity mandated by the new law will ever come to pass at least it not fully. 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