Show I 2A Ogden Standard-Examin- Thursday May 24 1984 er Jordan strike force plan out i' News briefs Koreans digging tunnels under DMZ N SEOUL South Korea (UPI) Communist forces in North Korea are digging huge tunnels under the Demilitarized Zone in preparation for an invasion of South Korea the top US mili- tary commander in Seoul said “ today “We work like heck to try to find them (tunnels)” said Gen Robert W Sennewald com- tmander of the US Forces in South Korea Sennewald who is being reas- signed to the United States after two years of service in South Korea said more than 500 US and South Korean technical ple are searching for North rean tunnels along the border 155-mi- New York Daily News — The Reagan administration has quietly dropped a controversial $220 million plan to equip a mobile Jordanian strike force to WASHINGTON peoKo- le North Korea has reportedly dug about a dozen tunnels under defend the Persian Gulf the State Department said Wednes- Korean DMZ the 2 for military purposes Three tunnels have so far been found day The US proposal to help Jor- dan build an 8000-ma- n rapid — trained unit supdeployment and transported by an ported American military team — will be “redesigned” to meet Israeli and congressional objections One tunnel located 150 feet underground near the truce vilis big lage of Panmunjom a enable to enough fully armed regiment to pass through in an hour according to South Korean military officials one official said He insisted the change was not prompted by recent fighting in the Persian Gulf or by the Gulf oil sheikdoms’ reluctance to accept US military protection of Two Israeli army officers indicted TEL AVIV Israel (AP) — state prosecutor today two Israeli army officers for involvement in a Jewish terrorist underground that carried out attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank raising to 27 the number of people in-diet- ed charged Justice Ministry spokesman Yitzhak Feinberg said the two indicted today were involved in an attempt four years ago to assassinate three prominent Palestinian mayors But he said he was forbidden by court order to confirm any details about the men that might identify them ties to protect their families LOS ANGELES (UPI) — A Russian woman who says she refused to be a spy for the KGB has left her husband and children in India defected to the United States and applied for ‘political asylum The announcement of the de- fection was made Wednesday by the head of the Ban the Soviets Coalition David Balsiger president of the controversial anti-S- o Midshipman Kristine Holderied waves her diploma viet organization that has claimed credit for the Russian boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics said the 35-year-- woman is living in Los Angeles “I will confirm we do have a lady who applied today for political asylum who was a Soviet” Jerry Sewell deputy director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Los Angeles told UPI Soviet envoy a spy Belgium says : BRUSSELS Belgium (UPI) — Belgium declared a Soviet "diplomat persona non grata Wednesday for spying in the lat- being examined The justice ministry spokesman said the procedure to declare the Soviet diplomat since Monday when the ministry revealed an expulsion order had been issued against two persona non grata now had been completed He refused to reveal his name or position at the embassy One of the two trade mission officials identified only as Lach-ef- f was put aboard a Moscow-boun- d mission in Brussels and said the case of a Soviet diplomat was plane with his wife and two dren Tuesday est in a series of expulsions a justice ministry spokesman said Wednesday The move had been expected members of the Soviet trade Aeroflot Soviet airlines chil- Rebels blamed in Colombia blasts BOGOTA Colombia (UPI) — Rebels opposed to a truce between the government and a guerrilla group claimed responsibility for 10 explosions includ- the US Embassy in Bogota and a car bomb blast near the ambassa- outside two ing dor’s home sponsible for the 10 explosions in Bogota and Cali Tuesday night FARC Colombia’s largest guerrilla group is to start ob- serving a yearlong truce it concluded with the government of President Belisario Betancur The dissidents are opposed to the accord woman who called several news organizations Wednesday said a renegade faction of the A Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) was re Nine of the blasts including the two at the embassy and the one near the home of US Ambassador Lewis A Tambs caused damage but no casualties Israeli jets attack Syrian base TEL AVIV Israel (AP) — Israel air force planes attacked a d guerrilla base in Syrian-controlle- eastern Lebanon today military command the an- nounced The command said the base was at Bar Elias six miles west of the Syrian border in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley and eight miles north of the Israeli army's front line in Lebanon It said the base attacked served as a regional headquarters for “terrorist organizations” 29 77 Tr SEATTLE United Press International against possible reprisals A BOSTON NEW FAIR A Y0RK(JE) Wednesday after accepting it as the first woman to finish first in her class at a US service academy FAIR For the first time in US military academy history a ment platform at the Naval Academy at Annapolis Md an honor reserved for the top graduating midshipman Kristine UPI WEATHER FOTOCAST United Press International Woodbine Md Wednesday became the first woman to finish first in her class at any of the US military schools combining a 388 grade point average with high marks in military skills to surpass the No 2 student Dean Miller whose academic average was Rain or showers will appear the Pacific Northwest and over parts of the Lakes Region Fair for most of the rest of the nation The weather today Forecasts Salt Lake City Ogden and Provo: Fair tonlohf and Friday Lows tonight In the mid to upper-40- s Highs Friday in the mld-70- s Utah: Fair to partly cloudy tonight lows range from 45 to 55 Sunny Friday to 100 highs range from mld-7Southeastern Idaho: Cloudy tonight lows 32 to 39 Cloudy Friday with slight chance of rain by late afternoon Highs 65 to 75 0s Extended Forecasts Utah: Saturday through Memorial Day above generally dry with near to a little seasonal temperatures Highs In the upper 70s and 80s except for 90s In the southeast Lows mid 40s through upper 50s Me- Southern Idaho: Saturday through morial Day dry through the period Highs 70s and low 80s Lows In the 40s to low 50s Temperatures ft Israel lobbied heavily against the Stinger sale arguing that the missiles could be g used against Israeli forces heat-seekin- Another official insisted the Stingers had been dropped from the proposal long ago and “Israel had made it clear to the US that it would not raise hell in Congress” The more substantial concern shared by Congress was King Hussein’s refusal to enter peace talks with Israel because of alleged bias of the US to the Jewish state The strike force intended to defend the Gulfs sheikdoms against Iranian or Soviet attack had been proposed in Congress twice before — in 1982 and in 1983 — only to die each time in the face of determined Israeli opposition Academy ceremonies after the 1004 graduates tossed their hats into the air in traditional celebration Ms Holderied credited her success to the women who entered the The Military Academy at West Point NY also held said D-Mi- inWednesday on a quiry O’Neill urged Reagan to overrule the Justice Department 10-mon- opposition to aid for the rebels who are fighting the Sandinista government in CIA-back- Aid From 1A said Rep Jack Kemp the Salvadoran aid is “a critical and urgent necessity” for the “fragile democracy” emerging in El Salvador Rep William Broomfield said Duarte during his visit to Washington this week had made clear he will work to death squads stop the right-win- g that have plagued El Salvador for years and provoked congressional outrage opRep David Obey posed the aid saying Duarte was “first class” but “I question whether or not the policy these dollars arc going to back up is a smart policy” Of the $62 million provided in the bill for El Salvador $32 million would be used to repay R-N- Y R-Mi- ch D-W- is ed Nicaragua O’Neill said a proposal to provide just enough money to close down the rebel operations was rejected by the leadership because the Senate would not ac- cept it and most House Democrats remain firmly opposed to any more money for the war against the once-secr- et government of Nica- pro-Sovi- et ragua It was clear from the vote that Duarte’s visit to Washington had been a success He met with groups of congressman and lobbied some in private meetings to press home his point that American aid to El Salvador is an investment in Democracy d Rep Clarence Long chairman of the House ApproD-M- priations Foreign Operations Subcommittee had opposed fur- the Pentagon budget for the ther aid to El Salvador but equipment and supplies Reagan changed his mind after meeting transferred to El Salvador in with Duarte April when the bill was stalled Long told a news conference House-Senat- e differences he was reassured by Duarte's by House Speaker Thomas O’- promise to carry out major reNeill opposed both the forms in El Salvador “I believe El Salvador and Nicaraguan aid it is important to provide symrequests but other key Demo- bolic support for what your prescrats backed the Salvadoran aid idency offers for the future of El package There was widespread Salvador and its people” ss Standard-Examin- Robert D Monson General Mgr Randall C Hatch Managing Editor Flora Ogan Associate Editor The Ogden Standard-Examinis at Ogpublished daily and Sunday den Utah by the Standard Corporation PO Box 951 Ogden Utah 84402 Second Class Postage paid at Ogden Utah (USPS 403840) Postmaster send address corrections to PO Box 951 All unsolicited materials sent to the Ogden Standard-Examine- r are sent at the owner’s risk The newspaper does not assume responsibility for their custody or 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