Show 2-- The Herald Journal Logan Ufa" October Sun-- 12 vt-- A Duarte rejects truce offer Earthquake death toll put at 500 aid pours in El Salvador iUPD -SAN SALVADOR Rescue teams snaked feeding tubes Saturday through mountains of rubble to survivurs of earthquakes that killed hundreds of people and leveled much of San Salvador Aftershocks rattled the city and international aid poured in Leftist rebels fighting a civil war government announced against the a temporary truce to allow the nation to recover from the disaster but President Jose Napolean Duarte rejected the offer “You will see this country rising up from the ashes” said Duarte standing downtown amid smoldering rubble an orange hard hat on his head “We will see these people coming out of this problem” International Red Cross officials in San Salvador said Saturday evening that the death toll would rise to 500 The government said early Saturday that 100 were confirmed dead The Red Cross said 5000 people were injured in the quake while the government said 15CM were treated for injuries Volunteers pulled back concrete and metal slabs in search of survivors Dozens of bodies were pulled from the ruins of the devasrated capital and hundreds were feared trapped The United States sent tents blankets and rescue teams with dogs to help in the hunt "Not even in the war has there been so much blood” a broadcaster for YSU radio said as he toured San Salvador and described the awesome destruction from the series of earthquakes that US-back- ' - Thousands of dazed residents stayed in the streets or in parks as aftershocks rumbled in the wrecked capital Duarte said the country was rocked by 257 earthquakes and aftershocks Friday and more than 50 aftershocks by 1 pm a : i' ' r ' J s VC v t' ' r - Saturday unstable” he said “It’s do not sleep in their the that people important homes but rather in open areas — that way they will have the security that if another quake ‘The fault is still 's - f ? ” comes they will be safe" Throughout the city citizens searched for loved ones comforted the injured and mourned the dead “The center of the city is nearly completely destroyed” said Guatemalan army Maj Jose Puentes Soria who delivered the first load of Guatemalan relief aid to San Salvador You can say that the destruction was done in the form of a giant ‘F’ in the center of the city” he said “There are many deaths and injuries Salvadoran officials told me they have found 400 dead" Red Cross officials said 30 bodies were pulled from the burning wreckage of the five-stor- y Dario commercial center where some Rut-e- feared trapped Firefighters 30j people were worked to put out a blaze in the building Saturday Rescuer John Carroll of Dade Fla said rescue efforts were more successful than those alter the devastating 1985 Mexico City earthquake "The bottom line is that we’re pulling out a lot of people here that are alive" he said Rescuers pulled a dozen people alive from the ruins of one downtown building at midday Saturday struck Friday "It appears like a nightmare out of Dante with untold numbers of people wandering through the ruins looking for their loved ones” he said Relief heading to Hood victims WEST ALTON Mo (UPI) -The American Red Cross expects to spend $21 million to help flood victims in the West Alton area the relief agency said Saturday and residents slowly returned to their homes as floodwaters from the Missouri and Mississippi rivers retreated The National Weather Service It’s drastic Missouri as disaster areas Preliminary estimates place crop losses at a minimum of $75 million in 15 counties and personal property losses at $30 million statewide Most of the displaced families will be eligible for Red Cross aid Jim Bowling manager of the rot going to cause a rise" said Dennis Stephen'! the of A: my Engineers hydraulic engineer “It might keen tV water up a little higher but I don’t see it jumping ip that limit again” “The rain should end sometime Sunday evening and will taper off” said Doan Hutsell a meterologiea! technician with the National Weather Service The forecast for Monday through Wednesday calls for fair and cool weather American Red Cross said Operations million has been contributed in the Midwest to support Red Cross relief operations An estimated 22572 families have sustained losses in eight Midwestern more than said a chance of scattered rain during the weekend is not expected to aggravate the flooding though both big rivers will remain above flood stage Missouri Sens Thomas for about 10 days The Eaglcton and John Danforth Mississippi crested Friday at 39 joined forces to ask President feet Reagan to declare 55 counties in Reagan 4wifh - great reluctance’ signs Continued from page 1 The body was found in the Bear River four miles west of Logan roughly 50 feet north of the Valley View Highway The site was a boat launch dock straight north of a highway bridge Groll said it was not surprising that the baby hadn't been seen before Saturday The water level in the Bear has dropped a great deal in the last week and the water in the Bear is always murky "You can't see more than three to four inches into that water Groll said the Bear River the site the body was found was three to four feet higher six weeks earlier when the bab was reported missing On paper the government ran out of money at 12:01 am EDT Saturday when a short-termeasure that Congress passed last week ran out The technically empty coffers even over the weekend forced some agencies and offices to plan for a shutdown The Office of Management and Budget told the relatively few workers on duty Saturday to go about “business as usual” until Reagan decided whether to sign the continuing resolution OMB spokesman Edwin Dale said early Saturday that federal workers on duty “came to work this morning and they are being told to go ahead and finish out work today pending the presi- m time factor He knew we were working against time” React Child shutdown “We never close I don’t know any exact details but anything to do with national security is said pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood Justice Department M arm an said spokesman Brad of the people on weekends are essential The people who are there on weekends are the police the "Most people who protect life and property the prisons staff” Even though Reagan signed the continuing resolution the Library of Congress said it will close Sunday and Monday because of the money crunch Dale said national monuments White House tours and the Smithsonian Institution will remain open to the public through Tuesday Because lawmakers have not passed the 13 appropriations bills to pay for the federal government Congress rolled all the measures into one massive spending bill worth roughly billion for the 1987 fiscal year that began Oct 1 $556 Geneology Package s Life History 5 Package Word Processing E A story in military news section of the The Herald Journal Thursday incorrectly identified Micheal R Army National Guard as a lieutenant colonel Liechty is a lieutenant The Herald Journal regrets Dos Published every evenimi Voniliy thru Friday and Sunday morning by Cathe Valley Publishing Co 75 West Jrd Norm 487 Logan Utah 84 'VI P O Box7171 32 Basic Telephone 752 Second Mass postage paid m Log in Utah Road Construction Special r r inconvenience With Savings At Lundstrom E E - 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about the daily since then "I had so hoped there would increased eftorts to locate the be a day when I would hold that child "Wo kind of things baby" Kirschman said "I and talked about m inline fliers never got to hold him I just throughout the I rated States" wanted to feel him warm in my Kirschmiu sain "He i James1 arms After we carried his w as aiw ays concerned about the picture around for so long " Herald Journal MEMBER Night flight A hot air balloon floats over the clear skies west of Logan Thursday night in a rush to beat the storm system on its way to Cache Valley states “This is no way to run the The (UPI) "busiwent federal about government” he said government ness as usual” Saturday even “It is inefficient disruptive though it technically was broke and costly — in a word it is a for about 18 hours until Presi- disgrace I repeat my call for dent Reagan "with great re- the Congress to do its duty: luctance" signed a new stop- send an acceptablo budget gap funding bill flown to him at without further delay " the Iceland summit Reagan said he was signing which would The four-da- y "continuing res- the resolution olution” approved Friday night allow the government to by lawmakers and sent to operate "for five mere days Reagan will cover federal until the Congress can agree on expenses throughout the long a full year’s budget" Columbus Day weekend "I do this with groat reThe In a statement from the luctance" he added Icelandic capital of Reykjavik nieijure was sent to Rckyjavik where Reagan was meeting on an airplane thal later will fly with Soviet leader Mikhail Secretaiy of Mate George Gorbachev the president noted Shultz to Belgium ior arms he had already signed two control meetings temporary funding extensions WASHINGTON Jim JohnsonHerald Journal $1 CASH UNDSTROM ONLY! 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