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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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