Show 4— Logan Utah Sunday May 3 The Herald Journal 1981 Sands weakens Ireland braces for a firestorm BELFAST Northern Ireland (UPI) — As Bobby Sands lay dying Saturday Catholic and Protestant leaders sounded new warnings of the firestorm of violence his slow suicide by starvation is expected to ignite Supporters said Sands in the 63rd day of a hunger strike to demand political prisoner status for IRA convicts like himself was now blind wracked by pain and able to speak only with great effort They said he could die at any time Francis Hughes one of three other IRA convicts on a similar hunger strike also was reported on the verge of death “vomiting constantly” and sinking fast according to IRA officials He was in the 48th day of his fast also to dramatize five political status demands for IRA prisoners British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has refused to give into the demands Sands sentence for gun possession serving a has spurned dozens of appeals to end his hunger strike unless she changes her mind Sporadic violence erupted in Belfast and Londonderry during the night when Catholic youths hurled bottles filled with acid at security forces slightly injuring one solider 14-ye-ar UPI Women chat on a Belfast street cor- ner in a predominately Protestant section of the Irish city where a sign behind them reads "Let Bobby Sands Die" Sands was in the 63rd day of his hunger strike in Maze Prison Satur- day officials said But the real explosion was waiting for one now seemingly inevitable thing: the death of Bobby Sands Seated behind a desk draped with the British flag militant Protestant leader the Rev Ian Paisley warned of “a vicious campaign” of violence ahead "We know that the IRA has stockpiled petrol bombs acid bombs and that arms have been moving in the Republican (Catholic) ghettoes” Paisley told a news conference “Women and children have already been shifted out The IRA are in this to the death” Roman Catholic politician Joe Hendron spoke of “scaremongering” about a “great onslaught” ahead “People are being told to prepare for a great onslaught without any indications as to who is going to attack them” he said “People are being panicked into believing that attacks in their areas are imminent” said Will Glendenning of the independent Alliance Party “This is despicable" The commander of a paramilitary Protestant force in Londonderry warned his fighters would carry battle to the enemy “if there is a breakdown of law and order” Sands 27 who began his to the March 1 won a special British Parliament last month in a campaign conducted from his bed in the Maze prison hospital The election and the spotlight it threw on his hunger strike turned Sands into a cause celebre for Roman Catholics and the IRA’s war to end British rule in Ulster There have been conflicting reports concerning Sands' condition British politician Don Concannon saw Sands Friday and reported him to be “very mentally alert” But Owen Carron Sands’ campaign manager said Friday that Sands’ was “obviously close to death th Did oxygen tampering cause hospital deaths? RIVERSIDE Calif (UPI) -Government agencies are investigating the possibility that someone tampered with gas and oxygen tanks outside a rural The tanks protected only by a four-fohigh link fence until last week were of particular interest to the investigators because the hospital has been cited before for its failure to provide adequate security for them officials said Earlier a “substance” not identified was listed as the possible killer of 23 patients who died in the intensive care unit of Community Hospital of the Valley in A deputy coroner confirmed that blood gases oxygen and carbon dioxide in six of the patients were not consistent with causes of death listed by the hospital But the exact causes of death have not suspicious been positively identified Hospital officials claimed the unusually high death rate was a “periodical fluctua Thomas Hollenhorst an assistant Riverside County district attorney said several of the 23 persons who died did not die from the causes listed on their death ot hospital where 24 patients died in leu than two months officials said Saturday State engineers have been inspecting the gas storage and piping system at Community Hospital of the Valley in nearby Perris to see if there was any way that oxygen piped to the intensive care unit might have been contaminated with other certificates nearby Perris One patient’s death was not regarded as gases Community Action hearing Nation's weather QD 2977 3000 BOSTON YORK - The Bear River Community Action Agency will hold a public hearing at 8 pm Thursday at the Hall of Justice 160 North Main The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public input on proposed plans and programs of the Community Action program in Cache Rich and Box Elder Counties All general comments and questions from the public are encouraged at the meeting West Side presents play You" The play was a Pulitzer Prize winner and in 1938 was adapted into an Academy Award winning movie starring James Stewart The play will be presented Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm each night in the West Side High School Porter Hall Admission is 82 adults and $150 students UPI WEATHER FOTOCAST Cacho Valloy ACCIDENT — Edith Bell 74 Culligan Softwater Service truck driven in fair condition Saturday night at citations police report Bell’s car collided with a J Preston was reported by John Logan Regional where she BIRTHS Logan Regional Hospital Keyes No had been issued by press time at PETERSON — pm Friday at Brian and Diana accident of 14th North and Main the intersection Smithfield a boy No matter what business or occupation you're part of Utah's tourist industry Tourism is so broad it touches every aspect of every business and community The way wo treat our visitors is every bit as important as the scenic attractions and recreational facilities we can offer If the "natives' aren't friendly visitors won't consider a longer stay or a return trip— and they won't recommend Utah to their hiends You're an important part of Utah's most important "new money" industry Do your part u're A public service message ol this newspaper April 30 SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The National Weather Service says the month that just ended was the driest April on record in the Salt Lake area since 1934 The service said only 45 of an inch of moisture was recorded at the Salt Lake International Airport this April Usually April is the wettest month of the year producing an average of 212 inches of precipitation But the service said this year’s “April showers” came a little early It said March of 1981 was much wetter than normal compensating somewhat for the dry conditions in April Heavy rain soaked parts of Texas Saturday and showers wafted over parts of the Atlantic Seaboard sent shivers through the upper reaches of the Midwest but balmy spring weather prevailed over most of the nation A storm system sprawled across the Gulf of Mexico enveloping southern Texas and sanding scattered showers as far west as New Mexico A flash flood watch was in effect for southwestern Texas Temperatures dipped to the 20s over the northern Great Lakes with the chilliest weather reserved for Michigan The mercury plunged to 34 degrees at Traverse in the northern Lower City Mich Peninsula Light rain stretched ever the middle Atlantic Coast New York got a third of an inch of rain And a few showers dotted the Rockies with the heaviest rainfalls totaling less than aquarterofan According to the r ot in-yo- POLICE BLOTTER Logan City Police 4:42 Once last summer and again in January Department of Health Services investigators said the four-fohigh fence surrounding the tanks which hold oxygen and anesthetic gases and did not assure safety from vandalism 36-b-ed News of record ) two-ca- County health officials have suspended a permit that allowed ambulance crews to take certain types of emergency cases to the hospital Dry dry April in Utah ® yUnltadPraMlntamafloMl Freezing temperatures Autopsies on six unburied bodies confirmed causes of death other than those listed and Hollenhorst said authorities were considering exhuming the other 18 bodies that had been buried Medical charts and records of 24 patients who died at the hospital’s ICU between Feb 27 and April 23 were seized after an informant reported the high number of deaths in the hospital In addition to the district attorney’s office the state Medical Quality Assurance Hospital was taken following a DAYTON — West Side High School this week presents the play “You Can’t Take it With Board and the State Department of Health services were investigating the hospital tion" a statistical anomaly inch Forecasts Logan: Variable cloudiness through Mon day with a few mainly afternoon and even- Utah: Variable cloudiness through Mon- gusty and ing showers or thunderstorms variable winds near the showers highs Sunday and Monday near 7D lows Sunday night in the upper 30s day with a few showers or thunderstorms mainly in the afternoons and evenings highs Sunday and Monday 75 to 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