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WORLD 17 to be executed NAIROBI, Kenya ? Somalia's national security court Tuesday imposed the death sentence on 17 army officers convicted of staging an abortive coup against President Mohamed Siad Barre last April 9. Somali radio, in a broadcast monitored here, said the 17 would be executed by firing squad. It did not say mViAn fVin -*-1 nuvii mt oviiituv^co wuuiu UC taiiiCU UUl. The 17 were among a group of 20 tried together by the court. One of the others was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and two were acquitted, the radio said. In two other trials, 35 military men, mostly army privates, received sentences of between 20 and 30 years, and 18 were acquitted. Rebel arsenal found MANAGUA, Nicaragua ? National guardsmen were rennrted advancing hoiisp tn hmicp imHpr honw cninar fire in Masaya Tuesday night, trying to root out leftist guerrillas fighting to overthrow the family dictatorship of President Anastasio Somoza. Troops in the capital city of Managua reported discovering what they described as "enormous" caches of rebel weapons as they pressed their search for guerrillas in Managua. A military source said the rebel weapons caches included automatic rifles, rockets, home-made noise bombs and Molotov cocktails. Refugees reported the city of Masaya, a rebel stronghold 18 miles northwest of Managua, was without electricity and running water. Peace talks blasted BONN, West Germany ? Syrian President Hafez Acco/1 Kqc K1 ocfa/J J ? a. a ? n? jaoouu nao uiaoicu JLLigJT |illCUl r I C&1UCI11 /YllWcir dilQ&l S Mideast peace initiative and the Camp David summit, saying there can be no peace until "the rights of the Palestinians" are restored and occupied Arab lands returned. While Assad did not mention the summit or Sadat directly at a state banquet Monday night, he deplored the individual action which led to "weakening of Arab solidarity" ? a clear reference tn Sadat's overtures and trip to Israel last November. Assad, who arrived in West Germany on Monday for a five-day visit, is a leading spokesman of the Arab bloc which rejects Sadat's peace efforts. Hie West Germans are hoping to persuade Assad to moderate his opposition. r ~ ? ~m 'Saxy'solo if U/!t6 a pa CO ftf hilQIlfir onrl ttin Jfll >? uu u vuuv vi U11U UIC ,'jggjfg blarer this past Saturday during t|||J halftime activities at the USC- ?jf| Furman football game. Performing |fg| on the saxophone was Frank Thorn- ||gg ton, a guest soloist from Columbia. jj|S mm S ^ L Brltl Andrew ? GAMECOCK ||^| NATION Mediator to arbitrate WASHINGTON ? Amid continued threats of a mail strike, a special mediator decided Tuesday to settle the postal contract dispute himself, saying the Postal Service and its unions appear unable to reach a settlement on their own by Saturday's deadline. His decision to settle the lengthy dispute with binding arbitration appeared likely to fuel strike threats by some local postal union leaders who contend that the bargainers should settle issues on their own and submit the agreement to rank-and-file ratification. Automakers sue FTC DETROIT ? Three U.S. automakers are suing the Federal Trade Commission in an effort to block the agency's anti-trust investigation of the auto industry. r* i ^ * ^ viciierai motors ^orp., two um aeaiers, unrysier Corp. and American Motors Corp. filed suit in U.S. District Court Monday claiming the FTC study is too broad and lacks purpose. The suit seeks to quash subpoenas issued by the agency and challenges its authority to conduct the investigation. Nixon postpones tour NEW YORK ? Richard M. Nixon signed a contract Tuesday for a book on America's role in the world and Z _1 1.1 I * Al -1 "* - 2>aiu iiuti uectiuse 01 uie aeaaime ne will not maKe a world tour until next year. He said he hopes to produce a book "that will be read by the opinion makers," but added that it in no way marks any reentry into the political arena. The former president, holding his first full dress news conference since he resigned his office four years ago, acknowledged that he got a cool response from some heads of state when he proposed visiting their countries. Cheerleader injured DURHAM, N.C. ? A Georgia Tech cheerleader who fractured a neck vertebra while warming ud on a mini trampoline for the Duke-Tech game Saturday, remained hospitalized Tuesday with much of his body paralyzed. Dwayne Sanders, 19, struck his head on a track curb while doing a flip from the tramDoline. Although |j Sanders was paralyzed from the neck down, reportedly he had some use of his arms. Doctors said it was too early to tell whether Sanders would recover from the paralysis. Duke University President Terry Sanford issued orders Monday halting the use of mini-trampolines by Duke cheerleaders. V / i STRTE More pot discovered CHARLESTON ? Three tons of marijuana have been added to the 30 tons found on Edisto Island last weekend, Charleston County police reported Tuesday. The three additional tons were found in a camper parked at a North Charleston motel by an officer checking a room registered to one of the nine men arrested in the drug raid last Saturday. Officers said no decision has been made on what to do with the marijuana, valued at $30 million on the street. They said the bales of illegal weed were being guarded by officers with shotguns at county police headquarters. Hiring policy studied CLINTON ? The commissioner of the state Department of Mental Retardation said he would reevaluate hiring policies at the department in the wake of a 25-year-old employee's arrest on charges of assaulting patients at the department's Whitten Village complex in Clinton. The Laurens County Sheriff's Department said Rnrrv A Turner nf ninfnn ic (kao ah tic Afta J ? j ?. A ?U AAVft ) V* V/iUIWIl) 10 11 W Ull flU|VW UU11U after he was arrested and charged with 15 counts of assault and battery in connection with an incident a week ago in which 15 patients were burned with a cigarette lighter. Interim funds sought COLUMBIA ? Representatives from the attorney ^ f/! l - ?it .1 ^ I general s umce mei witn ine state Budget and Control Board today to seek interim funds for South Carolina's "runaway parents" location program. A spokesman for the attorney general's office said the program, aimed at making parents support their children, could be curtailed because of a lack of funds. Assistant Attorney General Cliff Koon said in Wednesday's meeting his office will seek enough funds to hold them over until a supplemental aDoronriatinn can be requested from the state legislature. South Carolina's three-year-old program is being carried out under a federal directive being implemented nationwide to reduce government child-support payments. iimfKiii