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Show 8A The Salt Uke Tribune. Friday. February 7, 1986 Pair Guns Down a Spanish. Admiral And His Driver in Madrid Attack to construct replicas of the three ships used by Columbus in his 1492 voyage to America. He had returned to Spain recently from Houston, where he had undergone treatment ; for lung cancer. linhis to related titles the Among eage were high admiral of the Oceanic Sea, governor in chief of the Indies, 17th duke of Veragua and grandee of I By Sarah Nicholson United Press International MADRID, Spain Two suspected Basque separatists assassinated a a direct descenSpanish admiral dant of Christopher Columbus and his driver and wounded the admiral's aide Thursday in a grenade and machine-gun attack in downtown Madrid. Rear Adm. Cristobal Colon de l, 61, director of Madrids Naval Museum, was killed instantly in the attack as he rode through town. His driver, Miguel Trigo Munoz, 50, died en route to a hospital. Car-vaja- An aide, Cmdr. Antonio Rodriguez, underwent surgery at La Paz hospital for head, neck and shoulder wounds. He was listed in serious condition. 45, The two assailants opened fire from both sides of the admirals car as it slowly made its way down a narrow street in the citys elegant El Viso neighborhood. The attackers hurled a hand grenade and sprayed the car with submachine-gu- n fire before running to a waiting car, witnesses said. Safeway suggests you look for Chuck this week. You see, now thru Tuesday, Safeway has 7bone beef chuck roasts on sale at the low, low price of cents per pound. Thats a price just eighty-eigh- t that will please Tom, Dick and Harry and yes even Herb. And looking for Chuck is easy - you only have to look as far as your nearby Safeway store so come in today - and look for Chuck! -- Witnesses said one assailant was a woman, but police said both were men. Police later chased a white Renault auto that was stolen at gunpoint earlier in the morning, but officials said they were not certain it was the search of getaway car. A four-hou- r two buildings near the site where the car was found after a cross-tow- n Descendant of Columbus chase turned up no trace of the gun- men. Authorities said Carvajal apparently was targeted by the group Basque Homeland and Liberty, acroknown by its Basque-languag- e to of relation his because ETA, nym Columbus. The target was carefully chosen. With his name, they knew it would news in the United make front-pag- e States, said government spokesman Julian Castedo. Carvajal was in charge of a project Spain. Carvajal, survived by a wife and six children, left a request that the engraving on his tombstone should read: Here lies a sailor." Authorities have feared an escalation of terrorist violence in the weeks before a March 12 referendum on Spains membership in NATO. ETA killed an army colonel and a policeman in Madrid on June 12 to coincide with Spains formal decision to enter the European Community. Police said the attack Thursday morning was probably the work of ETAs Madrid Commando, which claimed the killing of a Defense Ministry rear admiral in July. An American businessman died in a car bombing in September, the most recent attack in Madrid by ETA, which has killed almost 500 people in its campaign for independence of the three northern Basque provinces. The assassination Thursday was the first fatal attack this year by ar ETA. After the shooting, ultra-rightiyouths gathered at the scene where Carvajals body lay in a pool of blood and shouted, Against ETA, machine st guns. -- Duvalier Denies He Sought Political Asylum By Julie Brossy United Press International Haiti (UPI) Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday. -Pr- , valiers government denied Thuisday he had asked for political asylun in Switzerland or Greece, calling such reports completely crazy. Foreign Minister Adrien Raynond denied the Swiss and Greek government reports about Duvalier, who declared a state of siege in Haiti last Friday amid widespread pretests rule, in an aside against his published by the Le Matin newspaper. But Swiss officials insisted their announcement that Duvalier had sought asylum was correct. esident-for-Life Jean-Claud- e Du-- We received an informal request on Wednesday and it was rejected, a There were other unconfirmed reports indicating Duvalier had made a similar request of other European and Latin American nations. The reports fueled rumors that the president still intended to flee the impoverished country of 6 million people, which has been tom by unrest since last month. There is no official estimate of the number of people who have died in the crackdown on a wave of opposition to Duvalier that began Jan. 26. But doctors estimate as many as 55 people died. In Washington, President Reagan said the United States would "keep our eyes open to see if theres any way we can be helpful. 3. Asked if Duvalier had requested asylum, he replied, To my knowledge, there has been no such request. In Brazil on Thursday, the Foreign Ministry said it has granted political asylum in its embassy in to Haitian opposition politician Edner Pageotte. The politician alleges that he was being persecuted by the Duvalier regime and asylum was already granted to him, a ministry source said. U.S. Embassy In officials said they received a bomb threat Thursday morning at the U.S. Consulate building, which also houses the U.S. Information Service. An anonymous caller telephoned about 8:15 a.m. and said something that led us to evacuate the building, said embassy spokesman Christopher Fitzgerald. Port-au-Prin- e, mic &sf!!!0 RNEp Beef 7-Bo-ne BONUS PACK 2 Roasts or more o Thousands of MEN WOMEN CHILDREN: Items: Tops Pants Blouses sm. DINGLE BOAOTG - Sweaters Coats Jackets 90' per pound SALT LAKE, BOUNTIFUL and TOOELE STORES ONLY. Prices Effective thru Tuesday, February 11th, 1986. Retail Quantities. Denims all at 0 $ You work an honest day. You get an honest deal. 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