Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - August 26, 1976, Winona, Minnesota rage on Beirut front fighting raged along the front line between Moslem and Christian sections in Beirut today and hospital officials said 90 persons died and 120 were wounded in the latest round of the Lebanese civil war But the halt of Indiscriminate shelling in residential areas con- for the second day McCarthy influence Former Minnesota Sen Eugene McCarthy could have a significant impact on the presidential race in California a statewide public opinion poll shows The poll showed McCarthy could cut into Democrat Jimmy Carter's lead over President Ford While McCarthy polled only seven percent of the vote test match the survey found that Carter's lead over Ford dropped three Eugene McCarthy centage points from 20 to 17 percent Ford gains President Ford who trailed Jimmy Carter by 23 points in the last Gallup Poll before the GOP National Convention has cut the lead to 10 points a new survey shows Based on interviews with registered voters the poll shows 49 percent of the orate supports Carter and 39 percent Ford Private cutting The House Agriculture Com- is reviewing legislation that once again would open national forests to the cutting of trees by private companies under government permits The Senate voted without dissent on Wednesday to allow the practice Moscow drug trial verdict expected The verdict and sentencing in the case of an American standing trial in Moscow on charges of drug smuggling was expected by Monday following testimony by Gerald R Amster of New York City Paul Brawer 31 Las Vegas and Dennis R Burns 26 New York City have admitted the attempt to smuggle 63 pounds of heroin to Europe from Asia via Moscow airport Fair fight State Auditor Robert Mattson is upset at the omission of his picture from the DFL booth at the Minnesota State Fair Mattson learned of the omission and termed it arrogance in a conversation with DFL Chairman Rick Scott a former Scott disagreed saying the picture is missing because Mattson is challenging Rep Bruce Vento the endorsed candidate for Congress in the 4th District I don't consider it arrogance it's just supporting our endorsed Scott said Equality declared President Ford has declared today Women's Equality and asked states that have not done so to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment Ford asked the states to give con- sideration to its ratification and the upholding of our nation's heritage The inside 2b Daily Jaworski opinion Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski says he doesn't believe former President Richard Nixon could have received a fair trial if he had been indicted Jaworski has written he didn't expect to find Nixon so deeply involved in Watergate Yj J Partly Skies will be clear to partly cloudy through Friday with a chance ot a thunderstorm and lows In upper 60s The high Friday will be in upper 805 with a 20 percent chance of rain Winds be from the south tonight at S to 10 miles per hour weather details Page Will Rogers says Did you know that I was just getting a good start in the movies when they appointed Will Hayes to clean em up and I had to get Now they are talking about cleaning up the spoken 1 will have to move again 1 tell you I am going into Nobody ever cleans that up so I will be set for 1925 S Africa fighting is savage JOHANNESBURG South Africa AP Savage fighting broke out in at least five placet today when rampaging Zulus battled blacks from other tribes in a continuing reign of terror in the Soweto township south of Johannesburg Soweto Police Commissioner S W Lc Roux said violence was escalating ween residents of single men's hostels in the township and other blacks after spreading from the Meadowlands area early in the day Schools in the Meadowlands area were evacuated and police opened fire as people fled before attacking mobs The violence spread quickly to Tladi and areas of Soweto Unconfirmed reports today said a mob of Zulus chased about 600 people in the area of the township Clashes between Zulus and other blacks were also reported Several terrified Soweto residents telephoned the Johannesburg Star to tell of schoolchildren running from schools to escape attacking mobs The sound of gunshots anil he yells of the mobs could be heard in the background The South African Press Association said later that other blacks were reported mobilizing in Soweto for counterattacks against the hostels The residents of Soweto come from several tribal areas and officials fear members of other tribes might organize retaliatory attacks on the Zulus Several policemen were reported hurt in attacks by blacks They were the first reported attacks by residents on police They used every available weapon from stones to pangas a type of machete a police spokesman said There was no immediate casualty report hut lire week's death toll in the huge black ghetto had climbed Nearly Zulus live in Soweto some 60.000 more than lire next largest tribal group the Tswana More unmarried male Zulus live in hostels scattered around the township A serious clash in Soweto between Zulu hostel residents and members of the Basotho tribe left 47 dead persons in September 1957 Rivalry over the few single women available appeared to spark that violence The police announced a confirmed toll of 21 killed and 107 injured in Soweto since Monday the first day of a three-day work boycott against white employers in Johannesburg that touched off the new outbreak of racial violence Deputy Police Commissioner D J Kriel said the police killed 10 of the 21 These deaths and that of a man ot mixed race in a Cape Town township Wednesday brought to 273 the number of confirmed deaths in South Africa's ships since rioting broke out In Soweto June 16 Three of the dead were while Toxic gas link probed FARMINGTON Conn AP The discovery of potentially fatal levels of nickel in tissue taken from victims of legionnaires disease certainly strengthens the possibility that nickel carbonyl gas caused the illness says a medical researcher Dr F William Sunderman Jr who heads a team of scientists at the University of Connecticut said Wednesday night that a study had found significant tracts of nickel in tissue taken from the kidney brain liver and other organs of three victims of the disease Sunderman said the results came out quite well in terms of supporting the role of nickel carbonyl gas as the possible cause of the disease which has killed 26 persons who attended a state American Legion Convention in Philadelphia July The number of people known to have contracted the unidentified disease rase to 176 on Wednesday State health officials confirmed that J Bruce Rogers of Moorestown had been hospitalized in critical condition with the disease Rogers the manager of a Philadelphia hotel attended two sessions of the Legion convention Sunderman said nickel levels found In tissue samples from victims of the disease were five to eight times higher than the levels found in control samples from persons who had died of other causes The nickel concentrations in the legionnaires disease specimens were within the range we've had on fatal nickel poisoning Sunderman said He declined to reveal the exact concentrations of the substance Morton D Rosen Pennsylvania's deputy secretary of health said that the findings were being analyzed by state health of- and by investigators at the federal Center for Disease Control CDC in Atlanta CDC researchers have also found high nickel concentrations in tissue samples Rosen said But he said that the CDC tests were not yet complete Rosen said investigators were prepared to launch a study of how the victims might have been exposed to nickel carbonyl gas a substance commonly used in the manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber Sunderman who has studied nickel poisoning for 15 years said the only known cases of nickel carbonyl poisoning have resulted from industrial exposure He said however that the highly toxic odorless gas can be given off through the burning of copy paper such as that used for application forms Winona Daily News J 121 st year of publication Winona Minnesota August 24 Pages 2 Sections 15 Democratic presidential candidate my Carter attacked President Ford's HQ farm and used a paper claiming Ford the grain scandal to illustrate his points Carter was speaking in Iowa AP League role is clarified WASHINGTON AP Sponsorship of presidential debates by lie League of Women Voters would not violate federal campaign financing laws the Federal Election chief counsel said today However the counsel John Murphy said it might be illegal for the league to solicit funds from corporations or labor unions to underwrite the debates Murphy presented opinions as commission met to discuss claims by some staff attorneys the debate format proposed by the league might violate federal election laws The commission meeting came as emissaries of President Ford and Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter arranged to discuss specifics with officials of the league in their first negotiation session on the upcoming debates The league lias offered to sponsor a series ot television debates and has said it hoped o raise to pay for them from corporations and labor unions The Murphy legal opinion said league costs in sponsoring tire TV debates are neither contributions nor expenditures as defined by federal campaign law The tongue has a history of over 90 years of nonpartisan educational activities in the electoral process and is indeed forbidden by its constitution and bylaws to endorse candidates or lo otherwise appear in a partisan Murphy's opinion said The activity proposed to be undertaken here is in keeping with that tradition But the opinion also that Hip league may nol pay for the debate with funds the source of which is corporate or labor organization treasuries or other sources forbidden to participate in the federal election process Earlier in week other election commission attorneys said the very sponsorship by the league ol the delates might violate a legal provision that bars presidential candidales from accepting private contributions once they have agreed lo accept public funds as both Ford and Carter have Peggy Lampi executive director of the league said this legal uncertainty looms as biggest potential obstacle Trade deficit is largest in two years WASHINGTON AP Another big surge in oil imports contributed to the biggest U.S trade deficit in nearly two years in July the Commerce Department said today Imports exceeded exports by million The July trade figures appeared to put an end lo administration hopes earlier in lie year thai the would havea trade surplus in 1976 The Commerce Department said today the nation could end the year with a trade deficit of billion the second highest on record if present trading trends continue The agency said a major factor in the July deficit was a 7.5 per cent increase in petroleum imports and that the over-all oil import totalled billion Tile increase in oil imports in July was million on a dollar basis which compared with a million rise in June U.S oil imports have jumped sharply as nation's economy has recovered from tiie recent recession The over-all volume of trade in July set a new high with both exports and imports exceeding Ihc billion level the first time they have done this simultaneously Exports totalled billion and imports reached billion The July trade deficit of million compared with a deficit of million in June and was largest monthly deficit since million in August of 1974 If the United States continues to run substantial trade deficits this year it could bring additional downward pressures on he U.S dollar since a trade deficit means more dollars are flowing out of than are coming in However administration economists would not necessarily find that an adverse development A cheaper dollar could serve to boost U.S trade exports in months by making them cost less In addition o the big increase in oil imports the Commerce Department also said imports of and equipment were up substantially rising million tea of billion On UK export side the major gain was in food and live animals which rose million lo a of nearly SI 5 billion Ford seeks party unity SEN ROBERT DOLE Addresses Legionnaires VAIL Colo AP President Ford is trying to emphasize parly unity in the wake of the sharply divided Republican convention by calling in party factions ranging from moderate to conservative for sessions Arriving at his vacation campaign command post today were running mate Bob Dole Vice President Nelson A Rockefeller and John Connally Ford said that the three would join him for a working dinner tonight and o session Friday Rockefeller and Connally may be tagged for membership on a campaign steering committee headed by Rogers Morton who was replaced Wednesday as Ford's campaign chairman by James Baker III a relative newcomer lo national politics Morion who said he wanted to be relieved of day-to-day direction of campaign in order lo travel across the country as an said the steering committee will GOP unity serve as a forum for talks and take periodic readings on the progress of the campaign There had been speculation that Ronald Reagan whom Ford beat for CMP nomination might join the gathering but Ford said the former California governor was tired Governor Reagan will be actively helping in the the President predicted saying they already had held an in-depth discussion before leaving Kansas Cily new on campaign conferences Ford continued lo hnd time lor relaxation lie agreed to participate in a pro-amateur charity golf tournament his seventh straight day on the links Ford played Wednesday pro Lee Elder then went picnicking with Mrs Ford and sons Jack and Steve Mrs Ford is expected to remain here resting for a few days after the returns to Washington Sunday night On the way home Ford will stop at Yellowstone National Park Wyo lo propose a park expansion program then at Rapid City tor refueling of his big jet A While House official described journey as nonpolitical presumably meaning it will be financed by government funds Dole hopes for aggressive campaign By DOUG WILLIS DES Iowa AP Republican vice presidential nominee Robert Dole said he expects to do most of the initial campaigning for the ticket and wants an aggressive campaign Dole heads for a campaign strategy meeting with President Ford today at Ford's vacation home in Vail Colo after following Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter halfway across the country Dole said it was mere coincidence that he appeared in both Seattle and Iowa a day after Carter The Kansas senator said his meeting today and Friday morning with Ford would be their first extended discussion of how to conduct the campaign He said in earlier talks ho got the im- pression that he would be on the campaign trail most of the time while Ford tended to presidential duties I just want a chance lo sit down with the President and others and talk about what strategy is planned I think we need to carry on a very aggressive Dole said Dole kicked off his campaign Wednesday with a speech to the American Legion National Convention in Seattle and then flew to DCS Moines or an at a Lawrence Welk concert at the Iowa State Fair Asked his visit to lie fair had any tiling to do with Carter's appearance there a few hours earlier Dole replied I didn't know he was going to be here I just go to the best events in the try Dole said lie might take his campaign to Carter's home state of Georgia this weekend but that no final decision has been made He said that if Carter is home then as he usually is on weekends lhat would be just another coincidence in campaign scheduling In Seattle Dole received a standing ovation from legionnaires when he said there will be no blanket pardon no blanket amnesty no blanket clemency from the Ford administration for Vietnam war evaders He said there is no difference between amnesty and pardon and accused Carter of confusing issue in his speech to the same convention Carter said Tuesday that he favored pardon for draft evaders but opposed amnesty Amnesty means what you did is he said A pardon means what you did right or wrong is forgiven So pardon yes amnesty no Ford in September 1974 ordered a program of conditional amnesty for draft evaders and deserters if they reaffirmed allegiance lo the country and worked up to 24 months in public service jobs The clemency board set up by Ford listed men eligible but only applied and of them were given outright pardons or pardons conditioned on public service work A change President Ford announces changes in his reelection committee With him is Jim Baker who replaces Rogers Morton as chairman of the committee The change had been rumored for several weeks AP
