| Show Libya condemns airport attacks TRIPOLI Libya (UPI) -- postponed a planned US warships and planes rally that was to have within striking distance Libya taken place in Tripoli Saturday abruptly reversed Itself SaturLibyan television reported day and condemned last week's Saturday however that “an Palestinian terror attacks at angry demonstration” took two European airports in an place in Benghazi in which it apparent attempt to stave off said protesters declared their “readiness to carry out their US or Israeli retaliation “We condemn any action death orders in defense of against individuals including Libyan stability and security" that one in Rome and Vienna” Peoples Congresses — comsaid All Traki secretary for the mittees that provide the naPeoples’ Bureau for Foreign tion's governing structure — Liaison in a statement to re- have been holding special meetings to discuss how to confront a porters “Libya had nothing to do with possible attack the television it We denied it officially” report said The broadcast also reported Traki’s comments contradicted those of Libyan leader what it called “disappointCoL Moammar Khadafy who ment” by the United States over on Wednesday justified the the failure of its European allies Palestinian terror attacks on to agree to impose economic the airports in Rome and sanctions against Libya Vienna as revenge for the Libyan radio said deIsraeli raid on the Palestine Liberation Organization's monstrations began in several headquarters in Tunis Tunisia large Libyan cities Friday to that killed 68 people Oct 1 protest US and Israeli accusaIn another apparent gesture tions that Libya was behind the to defuse tension in the Middle airport attacks East over the airport attacks See LIBYA on pages to have officials anti-Americ- an With state-sanction- ed anti-Americ- an Hoopes of Smithfield and his cutter racing team show their winning form Saturday as they won all their races at the Winning form Errol Smithfield race track The results of this week's races can be found on page 16 of today's Herald Journal appeared Lincoln parents to hear year-- round school plan By Diane Browning staff writer year and a half of study the committee compiling information on the feasibility of d eduimplementing a pilot cation program at Lincoln Elementary School in Hyrum is taking its final recommendation to the school’s parents in a series of meetings this week in Hyrum A slide-tap- e presentation of the proposed pilot program will be shown Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Lincoln gymnasium to parents of the students currently HYRUM — After a year-roun- attending the school Because of the large number of parents expected at the meetings parents are requested to attend nights assigned alphabetically: Tuesday those with their last name beginning with A through H Wednesday I through 0 and Thursday P through Z The proposed plan for Lincoln school basically is a plan Lincoln Principal William Bertolio said where students are in inschool for approximately about blocks school separated by vacation periods All students k block would have the same year-roun- d ay 60-d-ay 15-d-ay four-wee- off in summer tentatively set for July In contrast to the traditional school year when all students begin and attend school on the same days the d program divides the school year into different “tracks” Each track incorporates the cycle scheduled so that one track is year-roun- not in session at any given time The proposed plan at Lincoln entails five tracks distributed from July 28 to June 26 Bertolio said this track system allows a maximum utilization of existing school facilities where it is possible for five tracks of students to be scheduled through four classrooms because one of those tracks of students will be on vacation This potentially increases the capacity of the school's existing facilities by about 20 percent according to Bertolio who said the maximizing of existing facilities is not the only consideration nor the most important d one supporting the program “I can see the potential for students to learn better as a result of the d school” he said explaining that he has visited extensively d schools with teachers at “I have talked to teachers about it year-roun- year-roun- d (the program) and I’ve learned to rely on what teachers tell us about students “And teachers tell us students are year-roun- learning better” he said In addition to the scheduled vacation periods between the approximate d 604ay blocks students on the the same will also get program school holidays as students in traditional programs Bertolio said such and as Christmas Thanksgiving President’s Day d students will Overall receive the same number of instruc- year-roun- year-roun- year-roun- See SCHOOL on page 3 School alternatives not considered parents say By Diane Browning staff writer and one track students would be would be on vacation d pilot The decision to consider a a study of result was the Lincoln at program funded by the Utah State Office of Education with a $15000 grant two years ago Conducted comby an educational planning committee educators local of of representatives posed administrators and parents alternative school plans were examined to accommodate Cache County School District's increasing student population The final recommendation of that committee education as the “more identified solution" to overcrowdpermanent ing and as the education plan that offered the “better educational approach" Glen and Kathleen Voth of Hyrum who have year-roun- HYRUM — A group of Lincoln Elementary School parents are voicing their concerns about what they perceive as a push from local and d state offices of education to pilot a balanced a without school school program at the consideration of other alternatives The proposed pilot program which will be presented to all school parents this week school year composed of a includes an staggered arrangement of a series of about blocks followed by about 604ay and vacation vacation blocks The blocks would be staggered across five separate school attendance schedules or “tracks” so that at any one time at the school four tracks of year-roun- th 15-da- y ol year-roun- long-ran- d ge currently attending Lincoln believe other school alternatives deserve equal d consideration to the proposal And Kathleen Voth is concerned that the state Office of Education has what she considers endorsed d the proposal by providing the district grant monies to implement the pro- three children year-roun- year-roun- gram Last year the Cache district received a $100000 grant from th state office to implement d a pilot program Half of that grant is earmarked for Lincoln and the other half is earmarked for North Park Elementary School year-roun- in North Logan d education symposium held in At a November at the Utah State University campus year-roun- Patricia Wright d implementation Should the district decide not to pursue a pilot program the grant would be absorbed by the state Office of Education “We feel it is not light for the state board (of education) to put money behind one program and take the choice from us” Kathleen Voth said According to Kathleeen Voth that choice should also include the option of using existing facilities at Lincoln accommodating student population growth by the addition of portable classrooms andor busing students to less crowded schools “I feel we do need to do something" Kathleen Voth said “but not anything as rash as year year-roun- year-roun- Cache's elementary d See PARENTS on page supervisor said the grant money is specified for Radioactive leak kills worker sickens nearby residents - A GORE Okla (UPI) cylinder filled with 14 tons of uranium ruptured and spewed radioactive gas into the air at a nuclear fuel plant Saturday killing one worker and sickening more than 70 employees and residents c Eight employees of Gee's Sequoyah nuclear facility were taken to Sequoyah Memorial Hospital immediately after the accKer-r-M- ident for treatment of exposure to the gas About 70 workers and residents who live near the plant went to the hospital for treatment during the day most of whom complained of chest pains Officials said Saturday night 26 of those i people were admitted for observation and treatment of exposure “It’s a real mad house down here with all these folks coming in"Bea Ford hospital said spokeswoman 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 but Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesmasn Clyde Wisner said brisk winds of nearly 30 mph rapidly dissipated the gas The plant was evacauted and closed and a team from the NRC was sent to investigate The nearest houses were a south-southea- half-mi- le st of the plant near Gore a town of about 500 about 100 miles southeast of Tulsa officials said people living in the path of the gas would be given medical examinations as a precaution Kerr-McG- Kerr-McGe- e ee employee James Harrison 25 of Vian Okla died at Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort 18 miles from the which purifies uraniplant um for production of nuclear about fuel rods and has 32 employees officials said the leak occurred in a pressurized cylinder containing uranium hexafluoride that Kerr-McG- ee “ruptured” Smith Ark about four hours hydrofluoric acid burns to the face and lungs” said Wisner said Harrison “was one of the workers who was right at the place when it ruptured Obviously it was from inhalation” Martin a Carol spokeswoman at the hospital J A1 4-t- at Nuclear Facility cylinder containing uranium exploded at Kerr McGee Sequoia nuclear facility sending an gases into the air undetermined amount of radioactive but did not explode They said the capacity cylinder was filled but did not say how long leak continued before it was stopped or what caused it after the 11:30 am CST accident Harrison suffered “toxic chemical exposure with Explosion Commission 14-t- 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