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University Daily Kansan, October 14, 1980
News Briefs From United Press International
Aftershocks continue to iolt Algeria
AL-ASNAM, Algeria—Two sharp aftershocks jolted northwestern Algeria for the fourth straight day yesterday, but rescue workers ignored the danger and continued their search for trapped survivors in earthquake-devastated Al-Asnam.
In Aligiers, Red Crescent President Maloul Boudelaane said that because of the heavy loss of life in other communities in the quake zone, he feared the final death toll would exceed the 20,000 previously estimated by the government.
Seven U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo jets and one C-5A Galaxy landed at Algiers airport with several thousand tents, cots and blankets urgently requested by the government for the 150,000 people left homeless by Friday's quakes.
Two aftshocks, one of them registering 4 on the Richter scale, rumpled across the 60-mile diameter circle of damage yesterday. They were the 10th and 25th in the series.
Carter, Reagan face hecklers' jeers
Hecklers needled both President Carter and his Republican opponent Ronald Reagan yesterday as they campaigned on opposite sides of the country.
In New York, Carter marched in the Columbus Day parade and spoke at a Jewish community center in Queens, where Orthodox Jews nearly drowned in the streets.
Carter's speech was strongly pro-Iran, pledging strong and continuing support of Israel and opposition to the Palestine Liberation Organization and assistance to Iran.
He ignored the approximately 20 backleaders, but at one point he said, "Even in a nation where freedom of speech is important, it is also important for you to hear the positions of the president of the United States on these issues."
Reagan, during his first stop on a day-long helicopter swing through the Los Angeles suburbs, was greeted at Claremont College by 300 hecklers in a room full of exasperated students.
"If it weren't for our generation, they would be raising their hands and saying 'heil' to somebody real for," Reagan said.
Reagan completed his speech on education even though he almost was drowned out at times. After the heckler had finished singing "America the Beautiful," Reagan's response was
Iraqi forces struggle toward refinerv
BASRA, Iraq-Iraqi ground forces struggled toward Abadan and the shattered remains of the Middle East's biggest oil refinery yesterday during the fourth week of fighting in the Persian Gulf area.
Iranian forces resisted the Iraqi advance with tanks, artillery and helicopter attacks.
An Iraqi military spokesman in Basra said Iraqi forces pounded Abadan with a heavy artillery attack yesterday but admitted that the Iranians injured him.
Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, reported that Iranian warplanes hit a new target yesterday in the northern Iraq summer resort of Haj Oromo.
Iran's foreign ministry confirmed that Iran would participate in a U.N. debate on Iran's dispute with Iraq, raising hopes of a limited cease-fire to address the situation.
But there were no signs of a settlement of the conflict. Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr told Moscow's Tehran ambassador that Iran would not stop fighting until Iraq halted its "aggression and intervention in Iran's internal affairs."
In a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, Bani-Sadr made no mention of a cease-fire, which Waldheim had urged. Bani-Sadr's letter said: "I wish to assure you that we have absolutely no intention to interfere with peaceful shipping and lawful international commerce in the conflict area."
United States, China near grain pact
PEKING—China and the United States reported yesterday that they were near agreement on one of the biggest grain deals in history.
Sales of up to 9 million tons of grain a year to China would mean up to $1 billion annually for the American farmer, agriculture experts said.
Saylor was cautious in his reports about the talks and said there were still "things to discuss and work out with the Chinese."
Diplomatic sources went further and said the two sides were "very close" to an agreement, under which the United States would provide China bet-
Peking has already been active in the American market this year by nearly doubling its previously anticipated buying, U.S. grain officials said. Following a disastrous summer, China's grain production this year is expected to fall by as much as 6 percent.
Atlanta day-care center blast kills 5
ATLANTA—A powerful explosion blew up a portion of a day-care center in a nine-room income project yesterday, killing four small children and one of the occupants.
Authorities blamed a natural gas leak for the explosion at the Bowen Homes Day-care center in northwest Atlanta.
At least seven people were injured seriously enough to be taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, but two later were released. Many of the victims, including 83 young children, were treated for minor injuries by emergency personnel at the scene.
The explosion at 10:30 a.m. blew out one side of a hallway in the building, bricks and concrete 300 feet and smashed windows in the housing project.
Mayor Maynard Jackson, acting to dispel rumors that the building had been bombed, said the explosion appeared to be an accident.
Arrests may be related to gold scam
However, city officials ordered all day-care centers at public housing projects to be evacuated until safety checks could be made of natural gas lines and furnaces.
WICHTH-A police yesterday checked leads they hoped connect three New Jersey men with a national billion-dollar scam.
The three men, from Newark, N.J., were arrested Friday after allegedly trying to sell gold-plated brass bars as pure gold for $10,000 each to several police officers.
Jersey about the case, which may involve a New Jersey-based group. Police sources were told the scheme have netted $1 billion nationally.
A warrant in Austin, Texas, has been issued for one of the men in connection with another scam, police said.
Chrysler price hike industry's lowest
That figure is slightly less than the increases ordered by General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co, and American Motors Corp., a fact Chrysler owns.
DETROIT—Chrysler Corp. capped the auto industry's initial round of steep price increases in yesterday, boosting its car prices by an average 4%.
Based on tentative prices, Chrysler said dealers reported sales of 10.217 Kia compactes in the first 10 days of October, the best introductory period for new models.
With the initial reception favorable for its fuel-efficient, high-priced new compacts, Chrysler executives said they were holding to projections that the company would earn money in the October-December quarter, despite lagging behind the rest of the industry in across-the-board price increases.
Inflation, the need to gather revenue for capital spending plans and higher costs of government-mandated pollution control and safety equipment have been blamed for the huge price increases automakers ordered to begin the 1981 model year.
Human rights advocate wins Nobel prize
OSLO, Norway - Adolfo Perez Esquivel, an Argentine champion of human rights who once was imprisoned and tortured, was awarded the 1980 Peace Prize yesterday for his "vital message of no violence to the world."
By United Press International
Perez Esquivel, 49, was cited for his leading role in "Peace and Justice Service," a Christian group that acts as an umbrella organization for human rights activities throughout Latin America.
"This prize is not given to me in particular, but to the poor of Latin America, the country folk, workers and
The group, working closely with church authorities critical of the human rights issue in America, provides legal and practical help to workers and labor organizations.
those who work for a more humane and just world," said the Nobel laureate at the group's headquarters in his native Buenos Aires.
The 1980 laureate said the award would bring him "more work for the dignity of man and more obligations." He also expressed concern over the human rights situations in Bolivia and El Salvador.
PEREZ ESQUIVEL, an architect and sculptor who gave up a professorship in architecture in 1974 to direct the human rights organization, is the second Argentine to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The other was Carlos Saverda Lamas who won the prize in 1936.
The prize is worth $80,000 Swedish kroner, about $215,000, and will be presented to Ferez Esquivel on Dec. 10 in Oslo.
Perez Esquivel said the prize money would go to his organization.
Even though he has been a candidate for the Nobel Peace prize over the past 15 years, Esquival said receiving it was like being "spaulated with a bucket of cold water."
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"Perez Esquivel is among those Argentines who have shone a light in the darkness," the committee said. "He champions solutions to Argentina's grievous problems that dispense with the use of violence and is a spokesman for a revival of respect for human rights."
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