Tyrone Daily Herald (Newspaper) - July 7, 1984, Tyrone, Pennsylvania Slate Hill Camp Pa 17011 Tyrone Daily Herald USPS 645800 Number 275 of Our 117th Year July Per Copy Japan Demands Explanation From Iran For Attacking Oil Tanker With Missiles Bigelow Seek Dismissal of Petition To Fill Empty Council Seat Beirut Clears Land Dud Shells Lebanon UPI Military experts removed land debris and unexploded shells from streets in Beirut as the army prepared to open at least three more crossing points to civilian traffic in the divided Cleanup crews were summoned to remove the last war debris today from the crossing points on the Green Line dividing the Christian east and mostly Moslem western sectors of The army hoped to open the links today as part of a security plan that went into effect Wednesday in a bid to end nine years of civil Prime Minister Rashid Karami Friday told Voice of the Mountain radio the security plan was on the right track and would be extended to all of In the next few days the security plan will be implemented in the Shouf mountains and soon we will reopen all roads linking Lebanon to its internationally recognized bor he Christian militias and Syrian troops control the main highway to the northern Druze Moslem fighters control the primary eastern road and Israeli soldiers are deployed in southern A statement issued by the Lebanese army said military experts late Contd on Page 2 Soviets Accuse USSR Woman Of Passing Papers To US Diplomats MOSCOW UPI Soviet authorities arrested a woman for allegedly passing subversive documents to two diplomats who were detained for two hours after meeting her on a street in The Soviet news agency Tass Friday said Lina a dissident human rights was after a clandestine meeting in a Moscow district with staff members of the Embassy Jon Purnell and George It did not say what charges faces but She is being called to account in accordance with Soviet Tass said it had been in controvertibly established that during the meeting Wednesday handed anti Soviet documents to the two consular officers for smuggling abroad to American intelligence agents and centers for ideological The two diplomats were questioned for two hours and not allowed to immediately contact the The United States protested the detention of the diplomats Wed as unjustifiable and filed a second protest The matter was considered to be worthy of assuring that this didnt happened said State Department spokesman Alan They were npt engaged in im proper activity and we do insist on the right to maintain normal contact with Soviet Romberg a doctor of lost her university teaching post because of her human Contd on Page 2 Japan has asked Iran for an ex planation of an attack on a Japanese chartered supertanker struck by two missiles in the The bound for sailed out of the waterway Friday with its cargo of Saudi crude oil The a tanker on charter to the Japan Lines shipping was hit Thursday by two missiles east of Qatar 75 miles south west of Irans Lavan Japanese officials The tanker was hit after it had loaded its holds with tons of crude at Saudi Arabias Ras export terminal in the Gulf and was sailing toward the Strait of Japanese shipping officials None of the 26 crewmen aboard the Primrose were hurt in the strikes and the vessel sustained only minor Shipping sources said Tehran launched the attack to retaliate for a recent wave of Iraqi hits on neutral shipping in the socalled tanker war between Iran and did not take responsibility for the In Japanese authorities did not publicly blame Iran but the Foreign Ministry summoned an Iranian to furnish the facts on the and this is a big this incident was caused by Iranian it is very a Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman The Seamans Union sent a letter to the Iranian Embassy in Tokyo expressing the unions concern over the which imports 99 percent of its oil twothirds of it from the Gulf maintains relations with both Iran and In Irans House Speaker Rafsanjani said his country would continue to retaliate against Iraqi attacks on commercial shipping in the You will either take oil from Kharg Island and Saudi Arabia or Rafsanjani We will implement this policy and we have shown that we can implement We are not saboteurs but of course Contd on Page 2 Fraud Masterminded By Bankrupt Broker NEW YORK UPI The head of a bankrupt brokerage firm who engineered a million fraud unparalleled in the history of Wall Street was ordered to repay the entire amount and serve eight years in Joseph owner and chairman of Drysdale Securities was sentenced by both state and federal courts previously had pleaded guilty to charges involving a series of frauds at When the firm collapsed in it nearly took the government securities market down with Prosecutors said for eight years looted the accounts of his foreign many of whom were family To cover up that he launched the most serious fraud Wall Street has ever Assistant District Attorney John Moscow Assistant Attorney Andrew Levander said in a This highly publicized financial disaster is vir tually unparalleled in the history of Wall Mondale Ends Auditions As Hart Backpedals Kentucky Martha Layne Collins came to Minnesota for Walter casting call for a suitable running mate while Gary Hart back pedaled on his suggestion that method was a little like the nations sole woman visited Mondale Friday at his suburban Paul home and said 1 think it would be great if there was a woman on the I think there are women who could be a great There are also good Mondale said he believed Collins was qualified to be his running lauding her record on education and in state government in The former vice president now has interviewed three women and four two one Hispanic and a But he has made clear that he does not feel bound to choose one of the people he has publicly asked to meet with Hart spent some time trying to explain what he meant when he told The Denver Post that vice presidential interviewing looks a little like He said the process was like a movie that had one of everything in the including a kid with the Asked about the statement at the Kansas NAACP convention where he gave a speech attacking President Reagans civil rights the senator from Colorado I didnt intend to suggest that he was The rival Democratic presidential who has not ruled out accepting the 2 spot 1 think that everybody for president ought to conduct their search their own It really doesnt matter how you go about I dont think we ought to get excited about how people go about selecting a vice Mondale responded Coolly This process is designed the best vice If T am suc in and I intend to Im going to be stronger across the In his NAACP Hart said the administration was undermining gains in the area of racial civil We have a president into the 1980s who presides over an administration which fundamentally does not believe the government has a responsibility to guarantee justice and opportunity in this 1 believe that by if Ronald Reagan is we could be launched on an almost irretrievable course abandoning our highest and best values as a Reagan Relaxing After His July 4 Politicking WASHINGTON UPI President confident of his standing in the polls and buoyed by the lowest unemployment rate of his ad relaxed at Camp David today after a July Fourth trip that brought nothing but good The president was met at Andrews Air Force Base Friday afternoon by his who was celebrating her She gives her age as The president greeted her at the helicopter door and they kissed Spokesman Larry Speakes called it a perfect end to the He said they would share birthday cake at Camp David Friday Reagan delivers his weekly paid radio address today at EOT from the presidential retreat in the western Maryland Reagan tried to solidify his support in two of the most important electoral states Florida and Texas and also visited and General Motors auto facilities near Detroit on a campaign trip paid for mostly by The only hint of discord came at his last stop in San where Hispanics demonstrated against his support of an immigration reform that would penalize employers who hire illegal But the demonstration was smaller than expected and Reagan went out of his way in interviews broadcast Friday night on local television to explain the and woo Hispanic voters on behalf of his reelection You bet I want their he said on We have more to offer them than theyve been offered over the last few decades by the philosophy of the other he Asked about the womens Reagan noted a recent Gallup poll showing that more than half the women polled support him over Democratic candidate Walter although he did not mention that men support Reagan by 22 percentage points more than do Reagan led Mondale in the poll by 19 the highest rating at this stage of a campaign since President Johnsons 1964 In San Reagan led off his attack on the liberal leadership of the House for stalling his crime legislation with news that the civilian unemployment rate fell from percent in May to percent in It was percent when he took office then shot up to He said it was the first time in 20 years an administration has lowered unemployment and Borough Solicitor James Bigelow Friday presented preliminary ob jections in Blair County Court to the petition to fill what is being called a vacant seat on borough According to the Blair County the six page objection was filed by Bigelow on behalf of Tyrone Mayor Stephen Beals and Acting Borough Manager Gilbert The six page filed by seeks to have the petition filed by a citizens dismissed with costs to be paid by the The petition to which Bigelow objected claims that the seat Beck with left to assume the Borough Managers position in an Acting capacity has been vacant for nearly six The presented by Kenneth claims That or the 17th day of the duly elected council member Gilbert did vacate his office as a member of council by accepting the paid position of Acting Borough Manager for the Borough of The petition filed by Wertz further stated that the council has to declare the office of Gilbert Beck with and has failed to act upon the procedures in Section Filling of Home Rule Section 307 Quoting from the it is stated If a vacancy shall occur in the office of a member of Council for any reason as set forth in this the Council shall fill said vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term by observing the following procedure Notice of the vacancy shall be read aloud at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Council following the occasion of the vacancy and within ten 10 this meeting shall be a Posted in places in the Borough b Published in a newspaper ol general circulation in the Said notice shall contain a schedule of the times and place Council will conduct public in Contd on Page 2 Abuse Hotline If your are being abused by a family member or call the Domestic Abuse Hotline Attitude Booster my name is Carol and I would like to share with you the Tyrone Area School Districts at booster for the Set some realistic goals for your self every time you reach a you gain strength and confidence that you can reach the next When you get in the habit of reaching your you can truly call yourself a Jackson Victory Tour Opener Was No Thriller KANSAS UPI The opening concert of the Jackson brothers Victory Tour included the fanfare one might expect lazey fireworks and a little But the real surprise shows People came from all world just to see them for an Its not worth Rodney said after Michael Jackson and his brothers kicked their 42show tour Friday night at Arrowhead Stadium before It was a good show and but I dont think it was worth the the Kansas City fan Nobody can dance or sing like but it was just a quick Chuck who handled promotions for the defended the length of the 100minute saying the group played a very reasonable period of The show opened 50 minutes after its scheduled 9 CDT start with a King Arthur period scene with costumed an armored eerie music and After the a platform originating at ground level lifted the group onto the prompting screams from the Later in the when Michael Jackson Were going to give you the old the crowd rose to its feet and The Jackson brothers wove 1 Want You The Love You Save and Ill Be There each a Motown label smash hit into a medley to highlight the The singers also received an ovation for Billy Jean and closed show with Shake Your The group then was whisked off to waiting vans under the cover of leaving the crowd without so much as a Absent from the program was Jacksons Thriller and no selec tions from the groups latest album Victory were whose New York firm is handling tour public said he did not know why the smash hit was excluded but Ill try and find that He said cuts from the Victory album were omitted because the Jacksons think an audience gets bored listening to music theyre not familiar After the Jacksons performances tonight and Sunday night at the home Contd on Page 2 News From Around Here HUNTINGDON The Summer of 84 performing arts series will con today at the Seven Points Amphitheater at The per will get underway at with music by The The program is for everyone in the Members of The Beacons range in age from 12 to They will feature gospel and bluegrass The concert is the third of 19 programs of dance and theater com prising the Summer of 84 Sponsored by Juniata College and the Army Corps of all of the programs are open to the public at no although donations are HOUTZDALE A Clearfield girl died Friday morn ing of injuries she received in a headon collision July 4 on Route 53 in Decatur Shannon daughter of William and Joanne Reifer of died at at Altoona Blair County Coroner Charles Burkey said cause of death was multiple injuries in injuries to the ALTOONA Bud announced at a news con ference Friday that he will make an attempt to include a plank in the Republican platform to protect the steel industry from unfair foreign Shuster indicated it might be tough going frying to get the platform plank but that he will do his best to try and insert MILL CREEK Officials broke ground Friday for a hightech sion project at the Huntingdon County Area School that has a price tag of The expansion will allow the school to of fer three additional programs electromechanical computer serving and an electronics John vocational trade and in educational supervisor for the state Department of was on hand and praised the uniqueness of the Brandt said there isnt combination of the new addition expansion to the anywhere else in the He added that the Huntingdon sion will be a showcase for a Navy Wants 2nd Builder For Missiles WASHINGTON UPI The Navy will seek a second contractor to help build a new million now that it has refused to accept the weapon from the current builder because of what the Navy calls shoddy The Navy said Friday it has suspended acceptance of the Phoenix missile from the a division of the Hughes Aircraft in A Navy inspection team in the spring discovered questionable quality control procedures in the manufacture of the Phoenix and informed the company in a June 22 letter it would no longer take delivery of the Navy spokesman Mark Neuhart The letter was sent by Steven the chief of the Naval Materiel Neuhart Pentagon officials said the Navy will seek bids from other contractors to build the Phoenix by fiscal year 1986 but will not cut Hughes out of the It is not expected to cause a delay in full production of the missile Contd on Page 2 Security Problems Arise At Olympics LOS ANGELES UPI With security arrangements for the Summer Games still unsettled three weeks before the opening an Olympic official has accused the city of including caviar lunches in its policing us for but not for hot said Harry general manager of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Box lunches are what everyone else is We have to put a stop to all the caviar Usher said Friday the major stumbling block in a security agreement with the city is million to million in accounting and duplication charges and unnecessary Negotiations were to resume Ushers comments came after a private session with the City Council that failed to produce agreement on a million ad Olympics security A million payment had previously been paid by the for policing the outer areas of the Olympic villages and Games The discussions center on a million disagreement over security levels inside the USC and UCLA Olympic villages and Games The has agreed to million total package Police on Page 2 British Guard Nigerian After Kidnap Attempt LONDON UPI Detectives guarded a semiconscious former Nigerian cabinet minister hoping to question the foe of the Lagos military regime about a bizarre attempt to kidnap Scotland Yard Friday released eight of the 17 people detained in the kidnap raising hopes Nigerian officials would allow a British Caledonian Boeing 747 to leave capital of the former British colony in West The plane was called back after takeoff for London Thursday when Umaru transport minister in the civilian government toppled in a military coup six months was found drugged and unconscious in a crate in London addressed to the foreign ministry in In the crate with him was a man with drugs and A second crate contained two conscious A Scotland Yard spokesman said police were not prepared to discuss reports the man in the crate with Dikko and one of the men in the second crate were Israeli mer who masterminded the At a news conference Friday antiterror squad commander William Hucklesby said the drug used on of deposed President Shehu was a respiratory depressant that induced and un He said Dikko was making a satisfactory recovery and officers were waiting to question him about his abduction from in front of his home in Londons Bayswater Armed officers were assigned to Contd on Page 2 SPRUCE CREEK Spruce Creek Board of Supervisors Harry Gen simore and Sidney Hamer said the board agreed Thursday to erect three Contd on Page 2 Another Mine Fire Burns Inside Mountain UPI The blue flames that once danced along the rippling through the discarded refuse of decades of an have long since disappeared beneath the On clear only occasional wisps of smoke and steam curling upward from the reddish rock and ash strewn across the summit are evidence to the residents of Shamokin in the valley below that the mountain is still Its been there such a long its just shrugged Dan superintendent of the Kerris Helfrick coal colliery in as he searched for words to describe the Glen Burn mine Sometimes when its someone may look up and make a comment Its really steaming he But people really dont give it much Its no grave The apathy is not shared by the state Department of Environmental which fears the Glen Burn mine fire could spread beneath more than onethird of Shamokin in years to It would be like Centralia all over said Vince solicitor of sprawling Coal which surrounds the Northumberland County mine fire in 12 miles east of has burned for 22 menacing the town of with poisonous gases and sudden caveins while defying repeated attempts to control The old Columbia County mining community is now in the midst of a million relocation program that is expected uproot more than 300 families who want to escape the subterranean Contd on Page 2 Weather fair and Low in the upper mostly High near Extended forecast for Monday through Wednesday Warmer and more humid Wed with fair Highs war ming from 75 to 82 Monday to 85 to 89 by Lows warming from 50 to 55 Monday to 60 to 65 by Wed
