Show W ' ' ' - r' c r - l r ' t - t ' Serving Weber North Davis IVlorgan and Box Elder Counties ZACATECOLUCA El Salvador (AP) — A jury today convicted five former national guardsmen of killing four American churchwomen reaching its verdict in the case after an court session The jury deliberated one hour be3'2-year-o- t all-nig- ht ld five-memb- er fore reaching its verdict The guardsmen had been taken back to their jail cells and were not in the courtroom when the verdict was read The presiding judge Bernardo Rauda Murcia told reporters he has 15 days starting Friday to 750 Sunday Daily Carlos Joaquin Contreras Palacios 27 the only defendant who had confessed to the murders told reporters Wednesday he was coerced and offered money for his confession But Judge Bernardo Rauda Murcia said he would not allow the confesAfter action on the Nicaragua rebel’s amendsion to be retracted at the trial ment the bill will be returned return to the “It isn’t the truth because they have tortured blican-controlled Senate which must decide us threatened us offered us money not to tell the whether to insist on the rebel aid or go along truth” said Contreras Palacios 27 with the House on the matter Three other defendants who have maintained The vote came shortly after five former natheir innocence also claimed they had been oftional guardsmen in El Salvador were found fered money by members of the armed forces to in four the murder of American Catholic guilty admit involvement in or confess to the Dec 2 churchwomen a killing that had incensed 1980 murders of the churchwomen Americans Congress placed restrictions on aid Maryknoll nuns Ita Ford 40 and Maura Clarke to El Salvador last year pending resolution of 49 both of New York and Ursuline Sister Dothe case See AID on 2A rothy Kazel 41 and lay worker Jean Donovan 27 both of Cleveland were found shot to death and buried in a shallow grave two days after they During arguments prosecutor Leon Romero were last seen driving from El Salvador internaCordero waved pictures of the slain women in the tional airport to San Salvador “I have to tell you the truth We were offered a defendants’ faces “How can you kill four women in the prime of bribe while in custody to confess to these crimes their lives?” he asked “These are the four women which we did not commit” said former Sgt Luis that these men killed and they do not have the Antonio Colindres Aleman 28 accused of leading courage to lift up their heads to see if they recog- the other guardsmen in the crime See NUNS on 3A nize them ” Salvador yes Nicaragua no WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House encouraged by pledges of reform by El Salvador Jose Napoleon Duarte today apt in additional military aid million $62 proved for the troubled Central American nation President-elec- Opposition remained strong however to President Reagan's request for $21 million for d rebels in Nicaragua and that amendment was expected to be rejected sentence the men who face up to 30 years in prison He then presents the sentence to the defense which can appeal it but cannot appeal the verdict 4 to accept a Senate The House voted he said amendment providing the $62 million for addiThe verdict together with the May 6 election of tional military aid for El Salvador this year moderate Jose Napoleon Duarte as president could help sway the US Congress toward more aid for E! Salvador in its war against leftist guerrilasCongress has withheld $19 million US Embassy officials were pressing for a trial without recess to make sure the jurors are not subin military aid pending a verdict The defendants each faced three criminal char- ject to any outside pressures said Michael Posner ges — aggravated homicide aggravated de- executive director of the New York-base- d Lawyers struction of property and theft The final two Committee for International Human Rights which charges stem from the burning of a van in which has represented the victims’ families The judge said this week the jurors will be given two weeks the churchwomen were riding when they were of protection after the trial CIA-backe- 267-15- 4'2-year-o- 250 Ogden Utah Thursday May 24 1984 No 145 97th Year ld Repu- Two more gulf shops attacked The Associated Press Iraq said its warplanes today attacked and hit two naval targets southeast of Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf and the US State Department said Iran retaliated 'a few hours later by striking a tanker “It Liberian-registere- d j is probably fairly 'good information that a Liberian tanker was hit probably about 10 o’clock this morning (EDT) by an Iranian i i t i F-- 4” US State Department spokesman John Hughes said in Washington He said Saudi planes scrambled and chased the attacker but made no contact Hughes said he had reports from US intelligence sources in the southern gulf that the ship was sinking and that crew members might still be on board No No Jordanian strike force — 2A US intervention — 14A He said he could not pinpoint the location of the strike but shipping sources in Manama Bahrain said the ship Chemical ture was hit 37 miles east of Saudi Liberian-registere- d bia off Jubail Garry BryantStandard Examiner t Volunteers remove debris from around grate By MARK PETERSON Standard-Examine- keeps flowing down Rudd Canyon A series of slides that started early Wednesday afternoon continued this limbs the slide brought down two monitoring devices but five more remain in place according to Public morning filling Farmington City’s new debris basin with 6 feet of mud water and debris but causing no property damage to nearby homes The basin was built following last 5-- jear’s devastating mudslide that dam- homes The first slide came down about 12:30 pm Wednesday spilling about 2000 cubic yards of mud into the basin ach cording to City Administrator Max 1 the slide problems were over for this season Other small slides sloughed off an un-- 1 stable land mass near the top of the canyon during the afternoon and intov the evening Nelson flew over the canyon Wednesday afternoon and said small slough offs could continue for some time but added that the basin is working perfectly and there is no danger to area residents Renee Rhods who lives in a house just below the basin said she was glad the basin had been constructed “It seems to be working just fine and ' that’s good” Mrs Rhods said County crews were called in Wednesday night to build a temporary berm that will divert water coming down the basin’s spillway away from area homes and down 500 North according to Wa- - i FARMINGTON — The mud just aged Rudd Canyon debris basin as mud continues to flow into the new catch basin Evacuation order lifted — IB Genola families evacuate — IE D3vis Bureau r in 1 For-bus- Davis County Sheriff’s personnel were alerted to the slide by telemonitoring devise installed in the canyon this year In addition to mud rocks and tree ! Works Director Ron Nelson The slide also brought in many area residents and even more members of the news media to see how effective the $1 million basin would be The basin’s choke point — the grate that stops up diverting water from its normal course into the basin in the event of a mudslide — has been blocked since last month when a small slide put a few feet of mud in the basin Farmington Councilman Paul White said the city had considered unblocking that grate just a few days earlier hoping : US goes deeper in deM WASHINGTON (UPI) — The House facing a ceiling is raised bit by bit each year to accommomidnight deadline on raising the federal debt limit date increased borrowing but Congress often waits approved a $30 billion increase in the ceiling to- until the last minute to take action for anday just enough to carry the government The debt ceiling increase to $152 trillion is v month other identical to one that was rejected Tuesday by the 8 and House in what Without the increase which passed Speaker Thomas O’Neill termed a still must be approved by the Senate Treasury political vote Secretary Donald Regan warned that Social SecuriIn the Senate the Finance Committee has apty checks might bounce and that the government as well securities on default proved a debt limit bill that would set the ceiling might Under law the government cannot borrow more at nearly $17 trillion enough to keep the governthan the debt ceiling set by Congress allows The ment operating through March 1985 ter Supervisor Dave White The berms were put in as a precaution and no water has reached the spillway “There’s only 6 feet of fill in it and the basin’s walls are 30 feet” Nelson said A group of volunteers began clearing the slotted drain in the bottom of the basin shortly after the first slide They continued working about six hours allowing water to flow down a culvert into Farmington Creek Police Chief Val Morton said the flow in and out of the basin is now considered stable A small amount of mud and water flowed down 600 North the normal drainage area qf the canyon That was caused when water began clearing the choke point of the basin 5-- and flushing mud and silt out Dmsodls (6 VenAra- 100 miles north of Bahrain The official Iraqi news agency quoted a military spokesman in Baghdad as saying two “big” vessels were “accurately and effectively hit” but did not identify the stricken ships A spokesman for the Dutch shipping salvage company Smit International said in Bahrain that three tugs set off from Manama to help the stricken Chemical Venture Salvage company sources in Manama said they had not received any other distress signals in the gulf region The Iraqi military spokesman was quoted as saying the attack was “a further affirmation of Iraq's determination to tighten the blockade” which it has imposed around Kharg On Wednesday Iraqi President Saddam Hussein vowed that “the days are near when we will possess weapons capable of demolishing Kharg Island itself’ and not just ships loading at the oil terminal" about 125 miles southeast of Iraq Syrian Vice President Abdul-HaliKhaddam was in Tehran today meanwhile to discuss the war with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Ak-bVclayati “We investigated methods for preventing the exacerbation of these developments in the region in order to prevent the expansion of the war Our positions were identical in this respect” Khaddam said before leaving Tehran m ar Sections 68 Pages) Graduation About 4000 high school seniors are becoming high school graduates this week 6-8- B 211-19- G ‘Cats unhappy Weber State is unhappy with next season’s Big Sky basketball playoff format IF Goodbye Storey t i IB |