Show i Page 6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday November 16 1995 US couple tells harrowing tale of survival KATMANDU Nepal (AP) — Feeling uneasy at an unexpected snowfall the Nepalese guide woke Ron and Deborah Plotkin in their lent in the dead of night and told them pack up Moments later the mountain toppled with a rumble just missed the Plotkins For the next three days they and their guide crawled and stumbled through thick banks of snow and waded across icy rivers trying to reach safety At night they dug caves in the snow for shelter and thought of their three children in San Diego: Ian 14 Rachel V and Melia 5 "I prayed to God: ‘Don't snatch me from them please They need us'” said Mrs Plotkin 41 f orty-si- x people including one of the Plotkin's six Slierpa guides were killed in avalanches and landslides this weekend in one of Nepal's worst disasters in decades Another 5 7 people including 238 foreigners have been rescued But hundreds of hikers and Nepalese villagers may still be trapped in the Himalayan mountains including more than a dozen Americans Helicopters rescued nearly 60 people on Wednesday and were continuing the search The Ciokyo Valley trails buried under the The avalanche 1 avalanches along the ancient trading route between Tibet and Nepal are popular with adventure tourists because they offer panoramic views of the world's tallest mountains including the 2‘Ul2K-loo- t Mt Everest The secretive kingdom opened its borders to oulsidcis and its majestic mountains to tourism in lost Former S Korean president arrested Roh faces charges of accepting bribes from businesses amounting to millions of dollars SEOUL South Korea (AP) — After a g investigation that has gripped o the nation former President Roh of was arrested today on charges acceptbribes from South ing multimillion-dolla- r Korea’s leading businesses Two court officials escorted the Roh from his home to a waiting car for the ride to a detention center south of Seoul Looking grim and fighting to maintain his composure Roh said he was ready for “any punishment" The arrest marks the first time a former South Korean president has faced legal action for deeds committed while in office Prosecutors took the unprecedented step to avoid “the danger of the accused destroying evidence" according to the arrest warrant approved by a judge today Roh admitted in a nationally televised address late last month that he amassed a $650 million political slush fund during his 1988-9- 3 term and left office with $230 million in secret bank accounts The scandal has also drawn in the nation's biggest conglomerates and threatens to topple top politicians — both from the governing party and the opposition — whom many suspect of receiving campaign money from the fund Roh said today he felt sorry for busiAP photo who were grilled by prosecutors nessmen o is taken to prison from Former South Korean President Roh about the scandal and urged South Koreoffice after the second questioning concerning politiSeoul prosecutor's an politicians to stop factional fighting cal slush funds month-lon- Tae-wo- Tae-wo- and cooperate to build a new political culture “To our people I'm really sorry” Roh said “I’m ready for any punishment taking the sole responsibility for this inc- ident" There were no protesters in sight as motorcade sped through Roh's three-ca- r to the detention the evening rush-hour house Thousands of police were deployed along the route to prevent mobs from forming Many civic groups have demonstrated in recent weeks to demand harsh punishment for Roh a former army general If charged and convicted of corruption he could face 10 years to life in prison Roh's arrest and trip to jail were broadcast live on all three TV networks Roh was summoned Wednesday for his second round of questioning in a little more than two weeks After 20 hours of interrogation prosecutors said they would ask a judge to issue an arrest warrant e warrant approved by The senior judge Kim Jong-h- o charges Roh with two counts of accepting bribes: $31 million from the Daewoo group in return for a major submarine depot and $300 million from 30 top companies The warrant is good for 20 days during which time the prosecution can revise or add charges The detention period can be extended only once — by another 20 days — before Roh must be formally indicted five-pag- I Top Serbian leaders indicted for war crimes HAGUE Netherlands (AP) — An international tribunal lndiv indicted the Bosnian Serbs top two political and military leaders lor more war crimes charging them with genocide in the Muslim enclave of Srebreni- Coik See Li For Detais 16V 7SM2HO E MOON ty against the Bosnian Muslim III I 12 PRICE Kids Lenses population” Karadzic and Mladic arc accused of being “directly responsible for the atrocities committed in July 1995 against the Bosnian Muslim population safe area of the ca ed of Srebrenica” tribunal docu- Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and army commander Gen Ritko Mladic have already been charged with war crimes against Bosnia's Muslim and Croat populations ments said The latest indictments against the two appeared certain to fur- ther isolate the Bosnian Serb leadership at a time where the leaders of Serbia Bosnia and including attacks on the capital Sarajevo The new indictments come just div filler Mladic and Karadzic agfve’d to relinquish power once a US sponsored peace deal is signed in exchange for not being handed over to the war crimes tribunal Croatia are trying to hammer out a peace accord Ilic United States has said it would not send troops to monitor a peace agreement as long as the two remained in power After the fall of Srebrenica to Bosnian Serb forces an estimated 25000 Muslim refugees fled to US-broker- -- The tribunal said today's indictment related to “one of the bloodiest acts of (he war in the former Yugoslavia involving crimes ol an unprecedented cruel ed ft the nearby town of Potocari headquarters of Dutch i i Other 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