Danville Register, The (Newspaper) - August 5, 1976, Danville, Virginia THE DANVILLE REGISTER FOUNDED FEBRUARY 1847 NO 30094 AP LEASED WI RES ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTYNINE YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE DAM VILLE V A THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST 51976 PRICE FIFTEEN CENTS During Visit Along With Schweiker Reagan Apparently Loses Ground In Mississippi REAGAN SCHWEIKER CAMPAIGNING Ronald Reagan shakes some hands at the Jackson Miss airport Wed afternoon while his potential running mate Sen Richard Schweiker holds a youngster in the background Both were in Mississippi to huddle privately with the states 30 uncommitted delegates AP Wirephoto WASHINGTON CAP ald Reagans Mississippi lead ers admitted Wednesday he lost ground after skeptical members of the states crucial uncommitted Republican delegation quizzed running mate Sen Richard S Sch weiker about his voting record Reagan brought Schweiker to Jackson in a bid to stop com plaints that the Pennsylvania senator was too liberal But af ter a closed meeting Reagan delegate coordinator Swan Verger conceded that we may have lost one or two delegates One Mayor Clyde Whitaker of Tupelo said he was switch ing to Ford because of Schwei kers vote favoring a federal employment Before meeting with Mis contingent the largest remaining un committed bloc Reagan told reporters he selected Sch weiker to bring the Republican party together and to save the party in the Northeast There was no move by the delegation to abandon its un committed status after the meeting however and since it has tentatively decided to abide by a unit voting rule all 30 delegates remained in the uncommitted column As the GOP presidential nomination chase moved within two weeks of the first ballot at Kansas City there were these other delegate developments uncommitted Virginia delegate Ray Edwards an his support nor Ford calling the selection of Schwei ker a stupid blunder by Rea gan But Ford backers among the states delegation said none of the five remaining mitted delegates was con verted to the Presidents cause during a White House meeting Wednesday with Ford Arizona GOP chairman James H Colter who had been uncommitted declared for Reagan In a statement issued by Reagan headquarters Colter praised Fords leader ship and courage but said Reagan could best translate the present national mood and attitude into an enthusiastic majority and unify the national purpose Arizona now stands 27 to 2 for Reagan See POLITICS Page 2A One Of Most Dangerous Things In Yet Identified Virus Fungus Or Toxic Matter Probably Caused Mystery Disease IN ISOLATION Richard Wells of NJ is cared for by a nurse in the isolation unit of a South New Jersey hospital after he was admitted with symptoms of a mystery disease that has hit the area Most of those that have died or became sick were connected to an American Legion convention held in Philadelphia recently However Wells a truck driver only delivered a load of canned goods to one of the hotels in in the convention AP Wirephoto Police Clash With About 20000 PHILADELPHIA AP Scientists said Wednesday they think the mystery disease that has killed 22 persons since an American Legion convention here last month was probably caused by a virus a fungus or a toxic substance but they still have not identified it Whatever it is its one of the most dangerous things in the world said Jay Satz Pen top virologist Ive never seen anything like it Researchers at a state labo in Philadelphia and the federal Center for Disease Con trol in Atlanta have been work ing since Monday to try to determine what caused the disease which has hospi 130 persons Stale officials have confirmed 22 deaths and Philadelphia hospital officials said Wednesday a 23rd victim had died But that last death was not included in the official death toll CDC Director Dr David J Sencer told an Atlanta news conference Wednesday that scientists do not know what the disease is but weve Rioting Explodes In Black Township Of Soweto Again ruled out most of the important bacterial We cannot say it is swine in or say that it is not Sencer said adding that it ap has been confined to those persons who have died or are now being treated Each day that goes by with out a spread from family to community makes us rest eas ier that it is not swine flu Sen cer said But it is still too early to say The possible causes he listed virus fungus or toxic sub stance result in a variety of diseases Influenza is caused by a virus fungus causes relatively rare diseases generally spread by inhalation and a toxic substance could be any poisonous matter Researchers are taking sam ples of blood cells and mouth scrapings and injecting the material into mice and eggs trying to reproduce and then isolate the disease Were under a lot of pres sure sure because I guess people from all over the coun try or the world are watching to sec what we find out here and at the CDC but my people are doing a great job said Satz who heads a team of 11 researchers at the state lab I cant say when well find it its just a process of going through the steps testing and checking Like I said we think were pretty sure its a virus but it could be a different type maybe something that no one has ever seen The lab a stone building on a hospital com pound in a rundown section of is guarded round the clock Its quiet except for the trucks rumbling up in front their drivers bringing in the small packages of more samples We really got a lot of stuff samples Monday night It just poured in Since then its slowed down but were still getting all we can handle State Health Secretary Leon ard Bachman said doctors are having trouble treating the dis ease because they dont know what to treat Some are getting an and some arent and that hasnt had an effect one way or the other Bachman told a news conference in Philadelphia All those who have come down with the disease either at tended or had some contact with a state American Legion convention last month in Phila delphia The dead range in age disease and its symptoms which include fever chills and lung congestion officials say they havent yet ruled anything out When the disease is fied Bachman said the state can begin a crash tion program If it is swine flu such a program could begin within a short tune since state officials have been preparing an flu campaign tor several weeks The four drug companies manufacturing the swine flu vaccine have said 90 million doses of the vaccine are avail able State health officials said all the persons affected were among the estimated 10000 per sons who attended the legion convention or were in some way connected with it They said there have been no confirmed cases yet of secon dary infection which would mean the disease is spreading but refused to rule out the pos it could be infectious While theories ran the gamut See DEATHS Page 2A LISTENS TO QUESTION Dr Leonard Bachman Pen State Secretary of Health listens to a question in Harrisburg Wednesday during daily briefing on mysterious deaths of Pennsylvania Legionnaires said he unknows when his department will be able to identify the disease causing the deaths AP Wirephoto while most of the ioo state After More Than 240 Are Evacuated and federal suspect J a virus is causing the JOHANNESBURG South Africa AP Rioting ex across the sprawling black township of Soweto again Wednesday climaxed by a clash beween police and about 20000 blacks trying to march on Johannesburg The Johannesburg Star newspaper quoted witnesses as saving three blacks were killed and 18 injured when police opened fire to break up the march Police denied there were any deaths and said only 13 people were injured Officials said po lice were trying ho avoid shoot ing whenever possible in quell ing the disturbances which di minished late Wednesday af Police Commissioner Gert Prinsloo said police fired at the demonstrators only on ce when a unit was surrounded by blacks Neither report on casualties could be independently con firmed It was the worst disturbance in Soweto a segregated city of more than one million blacks eight miles south of Johannes burg since a student demon stration on June 16 touched off an upheaval in black townships around Johannesburg and Pre toria the capital At that time 176 persons all but two of them black were killed and more than 1100 injured Those riots began with a stu dent demonstration against a government order that Afri language of the original white settlers of South Africa See RIOTS Page 2A Shooting In Lebanon Forces Plans Made For Rapid Vote ReJ Cross To Cancel Convoy On Legislation WASHINGTON AP gressional leaders in the health field alarmed by the deadly illness in Pennsylvania and other states laid plans Wednesday for rapid passage of new swine flu legislation The House Commerce Com set a meeting for Thurs Vikings Arm May Be Jammed For Good GOOD MORNING Four Pages PASADENA Calif AP Vikings stuck sampling arm may be jammed for good officials said day But if one crucial ex periment can be carried out later this week the overall im pact may not be too serious the organic analysis experiment can be done on Friday Mission tor Tom Young said We would have carried out studies of Mars soil with three analy tical instruments However he said that the failure to fix the sample arm would mean Viking I would have been able to analyze soil obtained from only one spot in the landers neighborhood Officials planned to try and carry out on Friday the organic analysis a search for basic building blocks of life for which the arm was scooping dirt when it jammed Tuesday However they suspect that enough dirt for the test was obtained by the See VIKING Page 2A Classified Local Womens day to consider approval of a federal insurance plan for the vaccination program A Senate health subcommittee called a hearing on the issue at the same time In Hartford Conn Aetna Life and Casualty said it would be willing to provide product liability insurance for the vac cine manufacturers under ter ms of the before the House committee It was the first in surance company to state publicly its position on the measure Rep Paul Rogers chairman of a Commerce health subcommittee said he hopes for final congressional approval of the plan before Congress adjourns next week for the Republican National Convention The Senate plans to adjourn at the close of business Aug It the House Aug 12 Timing is critical a key con gressional aide said to keep the momentum gained by the reports of more than 20 deaths See 2A BEIRUT Lebanon AP A Red Cross convoy took 243 more wounded out of the Pale refugee camp at Tal Zaatar on Wednesday but shooting incidents forced the Red Cross to cancel a similar convoy planned for Thursday officials of the relief organ said DRY WEATHER From If rather Station Atop The Building VIRGINIA Mostly sunny and warm Thursday highs in the Partly cloudy and warm Thur sday night and Friday with chance of showers in the mountains during the night and over the state Friday Ions Thursday night in the 60s and low highs Friday in the and NORTH CAROLINA Fair skits through Friday except increasing cloudiness in the mountains Friday Highs Thursday and Friday in the in the mountains and in the 80s elsewhere Lows Thursday night in the mid 50s in the maintains to near 70 the coast DOWNTOWN WEATHER LOG Wednesday Hour II pm I am Temp 81 Bar 75 3029 69 3030 Thursday W 3031 Wind Calm Calm low to 1 am 59 precipitation none It was the second straight day that the Red Cross under a temporary local ceasefire managed to enter and evacuate some of those woun ded in a siege of the camp by rightwing Christian forces Red Cross officials said one Red Cross vehicle was hit by two sniper bullets and a shell exploded several yards from the last truck as Wednesdays convoy departed from the camp with wounded aboard Although the firing incidents injured no one we cannot take it lightly a Red Cross spokeswoman said A convoy worker said the sni per fire that hit the car defi originated inside the camp and missed the driver by a few inches The same worker said the shelling which could have been mortar fire was too close for comfort The Beirut radio said Wednesday the Christian side signed a ceasefire agreement designed to stop hostilities See LEBANON Page 2A i Dramatic similar to many deserts on earth Sharp dune crests indicate recent wind storms and the large at lef Us feet from the spacecraft and measures about 3 by 10 feet The boom which supports Vikings miniature weather station cuts through the pictures center The photo is a 100 degree view of the planet surface with the nor theast at left and southeast at right AP
