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Franklin County to open fair — Page 5 Outdoor films for deaf to be shown — Page 6 Thompson sets Olympic mark for decathlon — Page 17 Republican own Newspaper of ^^m Clinton Essex Franklm Counhes Vol. 90— NO.298 Copyright 1*4. Th« Press-Republican The Hometown Newspaper of ^H Clinton Essex Franklm Counhes Plattsburgh, N.Y., 12901, Friday Morning, August 10,1984 Suggested Price: 304 32 Pages Egypt talks ban on hostile Suez ships ByWADIEKIROLOS CAIRO. Egypt (UPI) - Egypt warned Iran Friday that Tehran's ships will be barred from the Suez Canal if it was pro- ved the Islamic nation was responsible for planting mines in the R ed Sea and the Golf of Suez that have damaged 16 ships. The warning came as thousands of pilgrims bound for the Moslem holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia sailed Thursday across the Gulf of Suez in de- fiance of the mine explosions. Britain and France joined the United States Thursday in agree- ing to an Egyptian request to send ships to the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea as part of an interna- tional effort to clear the vital shipping channel of mines. In Washington, the Pentagon reported two Chinese vessels were hit several days ago, rais- ing to 16 the number of confirmed mine explosions in the Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea since the mysterious blasts began July 27. Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho- meini, breaking a silence that had prompted rumors this week he might have died, emphatical- ly denied Thursday his Islamic regime was responsible for plan- ting the mines. \Any corrupt action which takes place in the world, (they say) Iranians and the Iranian government have a hand in it,\ he said in a speech carried by the official Iranian news agency. \How could we support something which is against world feelings, against Islam and against reason?\ An editorial in the early Friday editions of Egypt's government- controlled Ahram newspaper warned Iran that Cairo will deny passage to Iranian vessels if the Islamic nation was proved responsible for the mines. The editorial was written by the editor Ibrahim Nafeh, who said Iran and Libya are the prime suspects in sowing the mines in the Red Sea and Gulf of Suez. % . \Egypt had warned Iran, through a third international par* ty, that it was proved she.was responsible for die Suez events, Egypt would take the necessary measures to repel these acts,\ the editorial said. Nafeh wrote Egypt could pro- tect the important oil tanker routes under terms of the 1888 Constantinople Convention, which gave Egypt the respon- sibility of defending the canal. French port officials in Toulon, France, said four naval ships, in- cluding two minesweepers, left for the Red Sea Thursday to help in the mine-clearing-effort. The two minesweepers are equipped with highly sensitive detection equipment arid devices capable of destroying mines at a considerable distance, the of- ficials said. A Tehran radio broadcast Tuesday attributed the minings to the pro-Iranian Islamic Jihad terrorist group and praised the action as part of the \bitter struggle\ against the West. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak threatened to limit ac- cess to the Suez Canal, citing Egypt's responsibility for guaranteeing the defense of the waterway linking the Mediterra- nean Sea with the Gulf of Suez. \We have the right... to deny passage to any ship that poses a threat to the security of the canal/ 9 Mubarak, citing an 1888 international agreement, said during a visit to the Yugoslav resort of Brioni. Egyptian authorities already have begun searching some ships for explosives, prompting a pro- test over the stopping of two Ira- nian vessels. But, Mubarak said, \We have the right to stop and search vessels whenever necessary.\ In his first official account of Buoyant babe the mine explosions, Mubarak said a ship \threw some mines in some parts of the Red Sea to create confusion and affect Egypt or other littoral states.\ Diving off the starting blocks at the Plattsburgh Middle'School pool during a mom-and-tot session of the summer recreation swim program, Kim Le Banh shows perfect form and grace as she dives toward her mother, Melissa. Not bad for a 20-month-old. Kim, who M ondale says he supports abortion rig By DAVID LAWSKY MADISON, Ala. (UPI) — Walter Mondale, confronted by an anti-abortion questioner at a community meeting, reaffirmed his support Thursday of the right of a woman to choose abortion. \I'm very concerned about aid to the helpless,\ said Mrs. Cookie Kelly, 44, asking Mondale a question at the meeting. Mrs. Kelly, confined to a wheelchair by arthritis, wanted to know what he would do to stop the \slaughter\ of babies by abortion. Mondale replied: \This is one of the most sensitive issues in American political and personal life. It's an issue I've prayed over; I'm deeply con- cerned. There is a whole range of things on which I think you and I would agree ... but I have been unable to take the step that you may be talking about, which is the support of a constitutional amendment, the so-called 'right to life' amendment.\ Mondale was wrapping up a three-day, five-state campaign blitz with an emphasis on the Deep South. He arrived earlier in nearby Huntsville, Ala., fresh from a unity breakfast in Colum- bia, S.C. He told the protester he considers this \essentially a judgment made by people in their own lives on the basis of their own faith.\ Moodale won large cheers from the crowd of about 400 in a s weltering tiitfh school fyrnnasfufn. Mrs. Kelly was a Ronald Reagan delegate to the 1968 Republican convention and is now HuntsviUe chairman of Citizens Against Abortion. She said he voted for Reagan in 1980 and will do so again this year. In the corner of the auditorium at the meeting, a group of anti- abortion demonstrators Mood quietly during the exchange. Mondale has faced anti-abortion demonstrators at nearly A pair of queens This combination of figures of Queen sculptor Raphael Maklouf. The dif Elizabeth II shows how she appears ference in the ages of the queen in the currently, left, on coins, and how she two pictures was not revealed. (UPI) will appear in 1985 in a new study by No De Lorean verdict on first day every stop across the South, but it was the first time he replied to them. \ ' \\\ ~\ The demonstrators stood outside Bob Jones High School as the motorcade drove in, and no attempt was made to prevent them from entering the open town meeting. Moodale also was asked abort his Christianity. Mondale, \I was always taaght when I grew up that personal beliefs and behavior spoke for themselves. And when someone came up to said 'Look at me, I'm a trigs** Christian and Tm grab yomr bOtfoid right away.\ By MARK Z. BARABAK LOS ANGELES (UPI) - Jurors in the John De Lorean trial, operating under new security measures, failed to reach a verdict Thursday in the second day of deliberations in the complex cocaine trafficking case. The 59-year-old defendant awaited the verdict with his wife, fashion model Cristina Ferrare, 34, at her mother's West Los Angeles home. At h^ if ft the downtowp courthouse Wednesday, he told reporters, \It's all in God's hand.\ The jury of six men and six women has now deliberated 6% boors since receiving final in- structions from U.S. District Court Judge Robert T guarded room down the hall from Takasugi's court They left at 1:30 p.m. in the same, secretive fashion. The panel has elected to meet Monday through Friday, 8 30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the same hours kept during De Lorean'• 22-week trial. De Lorean is charged in an eight-count indictment with con- spiring to finance importation of $24 million worth of Colombian cocaine in a failed attempt to pull his dying sports car company out of receivership. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 67 years in prison and fines totaling $155,000. His attorneys claim the former automotive executive was lured into a narcotics sting operation by a \con man\ informant who tricked De Lorean into thinking he was entering a deal for millions of dollars in legitimate financing. had never been in a swimming pool before, has been diving and lumping off the blocks, and occasionally off the deep-end diving board, since the two- week swim program started July 30.(P- R staff photo by Gerianne Wright) Stocks hit 6-month high NEW YORK (UPI) — The stock market exploded to its highest level in more than six months Thursday in an afternoon buying binge that revived Wall Street's historic summer rally. \\ The Dow Jones ini average soared 27.94 to 1,224.05, the highest level since it finished at 1.230.00 on Jan. 27. The Dow t which has risen 137.48 from its 17-month low on July 24, is not far from its 19S4 high of 1,286.64 set Jan. 5 or its overall record 1.287.20 set Nov. 29,1983. The New York Stock Exchange index spurted 2.01 to 94.94 and the price of an average share in- creased 68 cents. The paper value of all NYSE issues increas- ed by $30.15 billion. Advances routed declines 1,311-380 among the 2,006 issues traded. Big Board volume totaled 131,190,000 shares, up from the 121,240.000 traded Wednesday. Investors got good news after the market closed when the Federal Reserve reported the na- tion's money supply declined $2.6 billion in the latest week, taking pressure off of interest rates. ^A buying stampede has been in place the past two weeks and the market can erupt at any mo- ment,\ said Ralph Bioch of Mostly, Hallgarten, Chicago. \We are advising buying on any dip in the morning.'* GooctMorntn Weather Earlier. Mandate ate breakfast with Sooth Carolina Gov. Richard Biky. stale party ofocials and leaden of the primary ^-1-^ of Gary Hart and Jettt Jackson in a Met pootefide of fee Socth a to leave to \Tint Carolina K I The panel has not been se- qeestered. But unlike the trial when jurors arrived individually, parting in a lot across the street and walking into the courthouse. the iuron apparently assembled somewhere else Thursday and whisked by van through a Variable ckmds. hazy and humid today. A 40 per- cent chance of thunderstorms Highs in the Ms with light and variable winds. Lotteries ed y at 6 aback ! The daily number drawn ! Thwtday m Che New York 1 state tottery was 212. The Business News Classified Comics Date Calendar Deaths. P Record Editorial Entertainment Horoscope Ann Landers Lively Arts Speak Out Sports Weather 10.11 20-24 15 7 u b 1 i c 10.11 4 16 16 15 6.: I 17-20 S • Claus von Bulow's daughter cut from will far siding with him — Pace 2. • Risky bank loans draw sharp review — Page 12. • U.S. farmers take se- cond job for most -Page 13 toa
