WORLD The News-Leader 2A Thursday, March 2, 1989 Four more reported killed in price riots in Venezuela By Anthony Caplan The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela New ri 1 ots broke out in the western slums Wednesday despite martial law imposed because of two days of disturbances, and at least four people were reported killed. Government it I i ple into jeeps and taking them away outside her building to enforce the curfew. Fighting continued in Petare, a shantytown east of Caracas, and local hospitals were full of injured, a parish priest said. Officials refused comment on numbers of dead or injured. Before the curfew, Venezuelans jammed the few remaining food stores, guarded by soldiers, to stock up after two days of riots and looting, during which more than 100 people have been reported killed and 800 injured.
Thousands have been reported detained during the protests. An AP photographer said he saw at least four bodies of people who had been shot Wednesday in a slum, west of Caracas. Press office as a 6 p.m. curfew fell over the city. President Carlos Andres Peres declared martial law late Tuesday, saying the "incredible tragedy" of the violence threatened Venezuela's "consolidation of democracy." The president also announced an agreement between industry and labor for an immediate wage increase that would raise the pay of those earning the minimum wage by more than 50 percent.
Bus fare increases of 30 percent to 50 percent were the immediate cause of the riots, but oil accounts for 90 percent of Venezuela's export income and the economy never recovered from the plunge in world prices several years ago. Nicoie Mendoza, a Caracas resident, said soldiers were piling peo Peres ministers maintained that calm had been largely restored to Venezuela, but they censored international TV broadcasts from Caracas. Sporadic gunfire could be heard just blocks from the Associated 1 Art re "WW "wrA 35 injured in 'Satanic Verses' clash Writers group speaks out against Khomeini's 'death sentence' on Rushdie Mm BRIEFLY Missionaries from U.S., Canada freed in Nepal From Our Wire Services KATMANDU, Nepal A court has acquitted two missionaries from the United States and Canada on charges of proselytizing. After spending four months in prison awaiting trial, they want to leave the Hindu kingdom as soon as possible, the men said. "We've had enough of Nepal," David McBride of Columbia, told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
"We are going to go home." McBride and Mervyn Budd of London, Ontario, were acquitted Tuesday on charges of preaching Christianity and causing a disturbance to Hinduism. McBride, 33, and Budd, 26, arrived Wednesday in Katmandu from the town of Phidim, 150 miles to the east, where they were arrested Oct. 27 at the end of a five-week trek of the Himalayan foothills. Technician acquitted for 'Sand of Iwo Jima' TOKYO A U.S. Coast Guard technician who tried to sell $19 packets of the "sand of Iwo Jima" won't get into trouble because no one responded to his advertisem*nts, the military said.
Electronics technician George Wills ran several classified ads last month in the Pacific Stars and Stripes, a U.S. military newspaper, offering a package that included the sand, a letter of authenticity, a history of "one of America '8 bloodiest battles" in World War II, and a color photograph of Mount Suraba-chi, where the American flag was raised on invasion day. U.S. military officials, checking a possible "misappropration of property," found Wills innocent, said Maj. Anthony Rothfork, spokesman for U.S.
Forces Japan. Elsewhere MANILA, Philippines Police seized about 9,000 sticks of dynamite and other explosives in a jeep that stopped near the U.S. Embassy early Wednesday, police said. SEOUL, South Korea -South Korea and North Korea will resume talks today on preparing a meeting of their prime ministers, but there are no signs the problem that plagued the last meeting has been solved. Last month's talks bogged down after North Korea demanded a halt to joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises.
The Associated Press Serb demonstrators, carrying a Yugoslavian national flag, march on the Parliament Building in Belgrade on Wednesday during a protest by Serbs against persecution by the majority Albanians. Ethnic demonstrations simmer in Yugoslavia The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India Police fired shots in the air and lobbed tear-gas Wednesday at a rampaging mob protesting Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses" in the northern city of Srinagar, news reports said. At least 35 people, including 15 policemen, were injured in the clashes, United News of India said. Also on Wednesday, a Swiss newspaper quoted the son of the former Iranian shah as saying that any harm to Islam from the book is small compared to that caused by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death sentence on Rushdie. Canadian Foreign Minister Joe Clark met with 25 ambassadors from Islamic countries Wednesday in Ottawa in efforts to help end the death threat.
The ambassadors responded by calling on Canada to ban the sale of Rushdie's book. No progress was reported. In London, about 1,000 of the world's leading writers challenged Khomeini's death sentence on Rushdie by declaring themselves involved in the publication of his novel "The Satanic Verses." "We, the undersigned, insofar as we defend the right to freedom of opinion and expression as embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, declare that we are also involved in the publication," said the statement. "We are involved whether we approve of the contents of the book or not," added the statement, whose signers included America's Saul Bellow and Arthur Mexico's Carlos Fuentes, Soviet writer Anatoly Ryba-' kov, and Nadine Gordimer and Andre Brink of South Africa. The statement appeared to be the most high-powered pledge of solidarity yet by writers with Rushdie and his publishers, and was a response to Khomeini's Feb.
14 call. In Paris, French singer Veronique Sanson has withdrawn a pop song entitled "Allah" from her following bomb threats to the concert hall where she is performing. Indian-born Rushdie, a British citizen, has been in hiding for two weeks since the Iranian spiritual leader sparked an international furor by ordering him killed. Right wing wins big in local elections in Israel Outside Parliament, about 4,000 members of the Sorb and Montene-" grin minority from Kosovo blocked streets and chanted songs to protest alleged persecution in the province by Albanians, who make up 90 percent of Kosovo's estimated 2 million people. Mojsov told the assembly 50,000 Slavs emigrated from Kosovo since 1981 because of harassment.
The flag-carrying protesters were joined by at least 10,000 Belgrade sympathizers. On Tuesday, a Belgrade rally led by Serbian Communist Party boss Slobodan Milosevic drew an estimated 500,000 people. The mainly Christian Serbs believe the predominantly Moslem Albanians in Kosovo, which was ancient Serbia's heartland, want to unite the province with neighboring Albania. The ethnic Albanians have demanded that Kosovo's autonomy not be restricted. The Associated Press BELGRADE, Yugoslavia -Thousands of people demonstrating against ethnic Albanians massed outside Parliament on Wednesday while a senior official inside told lawmakers ethnic violence threatens to tear Yugoslavia apart, Lazar Mojsov, a member of the ruling 12-man state presidency, also charged that an illegal group of ethnic Albanians has detailed plans to disrupt southern Kosovo province, the state-run news agency Tan jug said.
"The integrity of Yugoslavia is jeopardized to the extreme degree," Mojsov said in comments carried on Belgrade radio. 1 The government indefinitely extended a ban on all public gatherings in Kosovo, Tanjug said, following more than a week of widespread unrest in the province. kud 26 and the rest went to local or religious parties. Final results are not expected until later in the week, but Labor estimates it lost control of at least 10 towns councils, including several in traditional strongholds. Likud has been a major national force for 12 years, but Labor has been perceived as the establishment party because it controls such grassroots organizations as the trade uni6n federation.
The Associated Press JERUSALEM The right wing scored a decisive victory in Israel's municipal elections, and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir said Wednesday the voters had vindicated his refusal to deal with the PLO. The elections Tuesday extended the power of his Likud bloc on the local level and gave major gains to Jewish and Moslem fundamentalists. Teddy Kollek, the moderate La bor Party's best-known mayor, won a sixth term in Jerusalem but lost control of the City Council. A preliminary count gave religious parties 12 of the 31 council seats, up from 10 in 1983. Kollek's One Jerusalem slate got 11 or 12 seats, down from 17; four went to Likud and three or four to the secular Citizens Rights Movement.
At stake in Tuesday's elections were 147 mayor's offices and city councils. Labor won 54 in 1983, Li AMERICA'S SKIES TODAY'S WEATHER OUTLOOK 3926 Kirksville RAIN Tomorrow HI Lo Ottk 35 21 in Today HI Lo Of 30 15 cdy 66 34 cdy 68 35 cdy 25 IS cdy cdy clr clr 57 37 64 31 12 04 58 40 rn ICE 4127 St. Joseph 46 33 56 42 39 26 74 51 41 24 10 -02 rn clr cdy cdy sn THU I FRI I SAT I SUN I MON ft', Mostly Cloudy Che, o) Showers Che. o( Rain Partly Cloudy Fair 3053 3955 34 44 2840 2542 4228 A 66 48 cdy 43 34 rn 83 60 Cdy 49 33 rn 18 00 sn 68 51 cdv IS -03 cdy 38 29 sn SNOW 4228 Tonnka -7 Kansas City 4133 Columbia 4135 St. Louis OZARKS ALMANAC OZARKS FORECAST 4631 Clinton STORM sn cdy sn sn sn cdy rn sn sn 35 26 86 64 36 21 31 16 28 22 65 49 62 39 59 42 31 21 32 27 57 39 1 4837 Rolla cdv Bolivar 5137 5332 Wichita 5137 Lebanon Yesterday Hi Lo Pre 35 24 .01 65 36 49 31 24 05 51 28 51 43 .07 45 25 47 .02 45 24 01 -03 .16 46 36 .06 05 -05 50 28 41 28 62 55 .03 25 19 34 25 13 -01 .02 54 43 .01 42 27 53 31 28 12 .02 23 11 36 18 31 20 50 36 32 19 37 11 58 43 31 17 32 20 22 12 .02 29 17 00 -14 74 46 41 20 25 -02 00 -17 52 25 19 15 .02 00 -01 .22 51 26 39 24 02 -04 .21 79 49 .12 57 50 33 16 47 42 .44 63 56 .07 32 10 29 23 77 4 5 49 35 63 53 41 21 46 34 TODAY: Mostly cloudy with high 50 to 55.
Cloudy tonight with a 40 percent chance for showers. Low 35 to 40. FRIDAY: Cloudy with a 40 percent chance for showers, high in 50s. SATURDAY-MONDAY: Rain likely-Saturday. Low in 30s, high in 40s.
Sunday rain ending, low near 32, high in low 40s. Monday fair, low in 20s, high in 40s. MISSOURI OUTLOOK 5438 joplin 5339 Springfield 5540 Branson 5641 West Plains 5441 Poplar Bluff 44 30 cdy 58 45 rn S3 35 cdy 29 17 sn 82 54 clr 52 35 cdy 44 29 sn 31 20 sn 35 24 in 07 -03 cdv 74 52 clr 55 42 cdy 05 -10 clr 13 -05 cdy 43 31 34 22 sn 20 05 cdy 55 38 33 22 Mi 25 00 cdy 79 61 78 51 cdy 50 37 cdy r- 6140 Tulsa 1 56 40 rn 05 -10 cdy 47 37 rn 33 24 clr 60 59 cdy 26 14 cdy 21 14 cdv 36 04 cdy 59 46 rn 50 22 cdy 47 35 rn 41 16 cdy 29 IS sn 44 22 cdy 34 15 cdy 56 40 rn 40 17 cdy 29 14 clr 73 47 cdy 39 18 cdy 55 25 cdy 28 15 sn 26 14 sn 02 -13 Cdy 76 47 clr 48 28 cdy 08 00 sn 01 -IS cdy 48 27 cdy 24 11 sn 10 -OS sn 45 32 Cdy 31 20 clr 10 -05 sn 79 70 rn 72 52 41 22 cdy 65 43 69 58 31 18 sn 42 23 cdy 72 48 rn 58 35 cdy 63 52 53 27 cdy 75 39 cdy 54 38 cdy 83 69 cdy 77 42 cdy 20 06 sn 10 -01 sn SO 32 cdy 72 55 37 26 cdv 44 31 cdy 26 II cdy 61 38 cdy 27 13 cdy 83 63 rn 37 22 clr 78 55 cdy 37 16 cdv 5741 Harrison 5841 Fayetteville TRI-LAKES AREA: Mostly cloudy, high 50 to 55. Cloudy tonight, 30 percent chance for showers. Low in upper 30s.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS: Mostly cloudy, high 40 to 45. Mostly cloudy tonight, low 30 to 35. STATES OUTLOOK cdy cdy sn cdy ctr 6043 Albany.N.Y. Albuquerque Amarillo Anchor age Asheville Atlanta AtlanticCity Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington.Vt. Casper Charteston.S.C.
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Smith Memphis MOON PHASES: THIRD QTR. NEW MOON FIRST QTR. FULL MOON Feb. March March March 28 07 14 22 SUN Rise 6:44 a.m., Set 6:08 p.m. MOON Rise 3:09 a.m., Set 12:20 p.m.
HIGHS Wednesday's 40 Today's normal 51 Today's record 79 (1904) LOWS Wednesday's 23 Today's normal 29 Today's record 0 (1943) PRECIPITATION Wednesday's 0 This month 0 Normal for month to date 09 So far this year 3.58 Normal for year to date 3.82 WEDNESDAY'S TEMPERATURES Bolivar 4215 Forsyth nana Gainesville nana Humansville nana Lebanon nana Licking nana Lockwood 3824 Mount Vernon 4026 Ozark nana Stockton nana Willow Springs nana EXTREMES 65 52 cdy 56 40 cdy 5849 Little Rock I Forecast for Thursday, March 2 1989 WeatherData, Inc. .76 clr cdy dr in sn 71 45 60 46 83 71 78 49 27 15 1) 06 57 44 76 60 Cdy 41 31 cdy 53 38 26 15 sn 59 38 Cdv 28 16 sn ARKANSAS: Mostly cloudy, chance of rain, highs in mid-50s to lower 60s. Lows near 40 to lower 50s. KANSAS: Chance for freezing drizzle and flurries north central and northeast in, otherwise mostly cloudy. Highs in low 40s to low 50s.
Lows in mid-to upper 20s to mid-30s. OKLAHOMA: Partly cloudy, chance of showers mainly east. Highs in upper 50s to upper 60s. Lows In mid-30s to lower 40s, WORLD WEATHER 32 16 .25 rn cdy cdy sn cdy in sn cdy 82 66 43 33 72 54 49 29 30 17 45 31 34 24 56 38 16 09 42 34 57 39 56 44 clr rn Clr sn rn 44 34 32 46 32 14 01 52 40 54 34 77 69 50 39 21 11 05 -03 49 31 62 it 43 31 51 28 23 12 55 36 22 16 82 57 44 29 80 55 31 20 40 14 45 32 42 26 52 34 08 00 61 26 54 26 54 41 36 12 56 28 57 47 61 53 53 47 83 71 16 04 31 30 49 41 10 00 17 14 32 23 78 61 29 24 80 50 55 33 48 29 46 29 34 23 14 March roars like a lion in Washington, Plains The Associated Press March came in like a lion over some parts of the nation Wednesday, with Washington state clocking wind gusts of up to 50 mph and most of the northern Plains registering wind chills of 35 below. At the opposite corner of the country, thunderstorms spread from the Ctulf of Mexico into western Florida and rain covered much of the Southeast from the Carolinas to Mississippi.
Snow fell over parts of the central Plains, with 4 inches of new snow in Anselmo, and similar accumulations in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Up to a foot of snow fell in Ohio and New York. Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures prevailed in the 48 35 COV 43 31 in 83 61 65 54 Ctfy Cdv 58 50 Cdy 83 71 clr 13 05 46 29 73 53 sn cdy cdy 46 28 cdy 57 46 rn 41 26 Cdy 56 37 cdv 76 51 Cdy 64 53 rn 60 52 84 70 clr 10 -05 in 40 29 cdv 63 45 cdy 16 00 tn 27 14 sn 26 IS cdv 64 cdy 42 24 cdy 78 48 clr 61 38 city 42 30 cdy S3 31 cdy 30 IS cdy 39 2 cdy Thunderstorm 09 sn 34 12 cdy 36 21 sn Wf HI WWW Amsrwdm 4J Jprmalm )3 45 rtfy Attwm tlf Jo'burg 61 cdv Ban Tl dr Uston 55 rn Bjtn)M 14 11 London 3 cdy WHn 39 co Ma'd 54 37 clr BmvI 55 clr MmIcoCIV 43 clr BwHn 44 31 ctfV Mokow ttfy Bermuda att NMu cdy B'uswlj Paris 46 39 clr Aires 1 3 rt Kio 5 11 clr Cairo 5 clr Ron Ml 48 Oilatiy -0J 4t cdy SnoPai IS cdy Crwirwijni 41 40 cdy Singapore to 75 cdy Dublin 44 37 cdy Sydney 7t 67 cdy F'(urt 4 5 34 cdy Tokyo II 57 cdy HongKong 71 44 Cdy VKnnl 44 43 ctr National temperature extremes for Wednesday. Low: 3,1 in Warroad, Minn. High: 86 in West kendall, I'la.
For nn up-to-date, recorded weather forecast, call 8(39-4191. 78 67 40 28 73 49 57 40 54 36 45 32 35 28 46 30 cdv cdv cdy cdv ctJy rn 1 1989 WoalherDala Inc. Today's forecast calls for showers in the Southwest changing to snow in a wedae from eastern California to Utah and northeast to South Dakota..
