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NATION AND WORLD News briefs from UPI
Vietnamese army pushes civilians out of Cambodia
BANGKOK, Thailand — Vietnamese tanks and infantry advanced on rebel positions in northern Cambodia yesterday, forcing more than 10,000 civilians to seek shelter in Thailand. That military officials said. Casualties were reported to be heavy, but no figures were available.
Vietnamese forces moved 22 Soviet-built T-54 tanks in their latest offensive against anti-government guerrillas, pushing an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 Cambodian civilians into the northeastern Thai province on Saturday, a spokesman for Thailand's Supreme Command said.
The Vietnamese offensive was centered near the historic Khao Phao Virharn temple, 400 miles northeast of Bangkok, where Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge guerrillas and loyalist forces of Prince Norodom Shanouk were active, the spokesman said.
D.C. man arrested after arson spree
WASHINGTON — A "sick individual" on a two-hour arson spree set five fires before dawn yesterday and tied up nearly half the city's fire department, authorities said.
District of Columbia police said Milton Goddard, 24, of Washington, D.C., was charged with five counts of arson. The fire brewed before Dawn.
Not referring specifically to Goddard but in general to whoever set the stationation Chief Ridley售出 sale and apparently gets some satisfaction from it being a sale's a gift.
Arson investigators refused to discuss specifics of the case.
No citizens were injured.
Officials sav volcano not big threat
VOLCANO, Hawaii — Fire fountains pushed one of Mauna Loa volcano's four rivers of lava to within 15 miles of Hawai'i's eastern seaboard yesterday, and scientists said the 32,000 residents of Hilo should be concerned but not alarmed.
"They certainly should be concerned, and they should be alert for bulletins and stay informed, but based on history I feel there's no reason for grave concern at this time," U.S. Geological Survey chief scientist Robert Decker said.
Civil Defense officials said the main flow had advanced farther than expected. It was at the 4,000-foot elevation. Civil Defense officials began preparing residents for the possibility of encroaching lava flows, but stressed there was no immediate cause for alarm.
Marcos' wife says no to candidacy
MANILA, Philippines — Imelda Marcos, wife of President Ferdinand Marcos, announced Tuesday that she would not seek election to parliament as official campaigning opened amid charges of corruption.
"I am not a candidate," Mrs. Marcos told a seaside rally of 60,000 people, many chanting, "We want Imelda."
Mrs. Marcos, 54, spoke to a government-sponsored gathering at Rial Pazada, to proclaim candidates for the ruling KBL, or New Society Movement.
Movement. The Independent Business Day newspaper said Central Bank employees were ordered by the office of the president to attend the rally. More than a dozen marchers said they were paid between 30 cents and $2 to participate.
Report links heart attacks and AIDS
"We were surprised at the high incidence of cardiac abnormality," said Dr. John Reitano. "Nobody has been looking at the hearts in AIDS patients."
A New York Veterans Administration hospital team headed by Reitano reported the findings at the 33rd annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology.
Poems by Faulkner found in attic
AUSTIN, Texas — Fourteen love poems by novelist William Faulkner, whose refusal to pay a subsidy to a publisher kept the works hidden for 60 years, have been found in an attic. A book of the poems, titled "Visions in Spring," will be released May 26.
The poems were the Nobel-and-Pulitzer Prize-winning author's last significant work of poetry before publishing his first novel, "Soldier's
Faulkner, best known for novels such as "Abalom, Abalom" and "The Sound and the Fury," bound the诗家 by hand and presented the 890 poems in a single volume.
A Faulkner scholar from Chicago, Judith Sensibar, received permission from the author's daughter, Jill Faulkner Summers, in 1979 to search through the attic in the family home in Charlottesville, Va., for the elusive poetry.
After 50 years, that's not all, folks
WASHINGTON — Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and countless other animated cartoon characters, gave a sample of his vocal artistry in the "spokesman" capital of the world yesterday, but he refused to get involved in politics.
"I don't do presidential candidates," said the 75-year-old Blanc when invited to apply his talents to the current campaign.
Blanc did reveal, however, that he once did a benefit show in Hollywood with Ronald Reagan and that he worked with Nancy Reagan on an ill-starred entertainment venture when she was pursuing a movie career. "Both times it was for no money," he ruefully confided in his natural voice.
WEATHER FACTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST to 7 PM EST 3-28-64
Showers and snow flurries are again forecast to dampen Kansas today.
Locally, today will be cloudy and windy, with a 40 percent chance of rain. The high will be in the 40s. Tonight will be mostly cloudy. The low will be around 30. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy. The high will be in the mid-40s.
CORRECTION
In yesterday's Kansei, the date of the showing of the Japanese film "The Makiko Sisters" was incorrectly reported. The movie, presented by the Asian Film Festival, will be shown at 7:30 tonight in Hoch Auditorium.
By United Press International
Meese welcomes scrutiny of prosecutor
WASHINGTON - Edwin Meese said last night that he welcomed the request by the Justice Department for a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of cronyism that are blocking his confirmation as attorney general.
In the request to a special federal court yesterday, Attorney General William French Smith sought the appointment of a special prosecutor with jurisdiction "broad enough to allow . . . discretion to investigate" a variety of complaints against Meese, who now serves as counselor to the president.
Smith enumerated virtually every allegation raised against Meese during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Meeses' failure to report on his financial disclosure statement a year earlier from a friend, Edwin Thomas, who later got a job at Thomas. Wife's son and also got government jobs.
Meese said in a statement, "I believe that as attorney general I can do a good and honorable job for the president and for the people of the United States. I would not otherwise persist in this effort."
"I WELCOME THE IDEA of a special prosecutor," he said. "Indeed, I called for it myself."
Smith told the court, "Resolution of the questions whether the omission was knowingly false or inadvertent and whether there was any improper action with respect to the loans and the jobs, will determine the investigation of all pertinent objective factors and a definitive determination as to Mr. Meese's state of mind."
There was no immediate indication whether or when the court would act on the request
THE INQUIRY INTO Meese's financial dealings and allegations of cronyism has delayed hearings on his
nomination, sent to Capitol Hill two months ago. Last week, Meese asked Smith to appointment of an independent counselor to consider the charges, which he said were politically motivated.
Aide James Jenkins described Meese as pleased with the department's action. A White House spokesman said Reagan welcomed the decision because he thought that an impartial, prompt, and thorough inquiry would provide the opportunity to air surrounding his friend and close associate.
The request for the special investigator came amid indications that Smith was anxious to vacate the top job at the Justice Department and leave Washington. When he announced his resignation Jan. 23, Smith said he would stay on until Meese was confirmed, but he added it was not an open-ended commitment.
A special prosecutor's investigation could take
half a dozen past experiences under the Ethics in
Government.
NRC declines to OK license for nuclear plant
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said yesterday it would not allow test operations at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant until a panel of the nation's top atomic scientists resolved new
Three of the five commissioners said they would not approve a low-power test license of the $4.9 billion plant while doubts surrounded the construction of the plant's piping and the qualifications of its operators.
The commissioners stated their positions during an informal vote on the controversy, which the NRC examined during two days of sometimes emotional debate about the plant, owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
AFTER THE VOTE, Chairman Nunzio Pallidino
said the NRC's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, composed of the nation's leading nuclear scientists and engineers, would review a key dispute among government engineers over whether Diablo Canyon's piping was properly built and met safety standards.
"They are going to attempt to give this prompt attention," said Paldikko, while acknowledging the newness of the research.
Other NRC officials estimated the investigation could take as long as three to six weeks.
Commissioners Frederick Bernthal and James Asselstine said the dispute would have to be resolved before they will vote to allow low-power testing at the plant. Commissioner Victor Gilinsky also opposed granting a test license, citing concern about inexperienced operating personnel.
CLEARLY SHAKEN by the developments, Pacific
Gas & Electric Chairman Frederick Mielke said he feared the technical dispute could drag on.
"We like everyone else, had expected a decision on a low-power license and are surprised by these demands."
Yesterday's informal vote followed heated debate over whether to allow test operations at the troubled pu-
The dispute among the commissioners erupted before a packed hearing room on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the worst accident in U.S. commercial atomic power history, at Pennsylvania's Three Mile
Gilmsky, the strongest nuclear industry critic on the panel, argued vehemently against approving a low-power license without closer testing of personnel and equipment. It was likewise operation of the Unit 1 reactor at Diahole Canyon.
THE CASE OF THE GIRL. THE GUMSHOE, AND GAMMONS.
River City doesn't offer too much in the way of work for a private eye. So I spend most of my time pounding the pavement of these mean streets, just trying to scare up a little excitement Lately, I hadn't had much luck.
Then I walked into Gammons.
This wasn't just another gin joint. This was Action with a capital A. Classy clientele, fancy dancing, space age entertainment technology, and best of all, a big, long bar with a place at it just for me. So I slid up to it.
She was a raven-haired vision, taller and cooler than the Lóng Island Tea in front of me.I tried
And she slid into my life.
to speak, but my tongue had suddenly decided to take a vacation
"You don't say much," said the vision.
"I'm having too much fun drooling, sweetheart" I replied, trying to figure out just what it was she wanted from me.
"I want a drink," she said.
I obliged, and raised my drink to hers. "So here's drooling at you, kid."
Then she asked me to trip the light fantastic
Then she asked me to step right fantastic. I'd left my dancing shoes at home, but I decided to wing it. I wasn't ready for any long goodbyes yet.
After all, this looked like the beginnings of a beautiful friendship.
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