European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes thursday August 24, 1978 Nicaragua rebels threaten killings continued from Page i declared a state of emergency and deployed National guardsmen throughout the capital sparking violent protests by opponents who hurled fire bombs at soldiers and erected barricades in suburban neighbourhoods witnesses said. A second squad of sandinista National liberation front guerrillas who have been fighting the Somoza regime in Nicaragua for 12 years occupied the National guard Barracks in Las Chalupa 12 Miles North of the Border with Costa Rica a san Jose radio said , whose family has ruled Nicara Gua for 41 years was in his downtown Man Agua office known As the Bunker con Ferring with his military advisers and the Costa rican and panamanian ambassadors who were negotiating with the gun men. 100 escape the guerrillas Early wednesday let 500 Low level government employees leave the National Palace ringed by heavily armed National guardsmen and another 100 escaped through first floor windows official sources  unidentified american businessman was among those who escaped through windows a state department spokesman said in  source inside the Palace said another persons remained trapped inside and to 60 were tied up and being held hostage a majority of the 70-Mernber chamber and several Cabinet members Ling Interior minister Antonio Ros e source said the guerrillas armed hand grenades machine guns and r Gas masks had built a makeshift pack the Wall against which executions carried out in the chamber of dept Nephew not hostage l presidential Palace spokesman denied i that Somoza s Nephew Jose Somo go was among the hostages. The t s Cousin chamber of deputies president Luis Pallais debayle was n hostage and wounded in the takeover1 but was freed late tuesday along with ral others wounded. Washington the state department i it condemned the terrorist act and was saddened by the deaths of soldiers killed in the takeover tues / and the 14 persons wounded including women one of them pregnant. United states is not involved and have not been asked by anyone to be in d. We have not been asked out help by s nicaraguan government said spokes a Tom res ton. Lie political turmoil was further com-.,.,_ ated by a major earthquake that to. Rocked neighbouring Costa Rica. The quake measuring 7.0 on the open ended Richter sports in Brief wednesday s baseball National leagues Dluga in to old t ii i  000 to i0 i u Jonts. A min a. Pm Flegm 71 met Sci. Kul Brouer 4eit tikk i. Mccrum u. Pm w. Ursoi dm4 Boom.  fingers in. A pm i ii. Hum 01.90. Turner i. Snip Moltu of 005 001-1 � 1nnrof Okiko o�-1�o knt pm. 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Lettla Changa fran. Fra Murt in a � Senate approves Bill to put  in Congress continued from Page 1 on the floor seeking support for the Mea sure As the vote  waiter Washington and other officials of the District s elected City govern ment watched from the gallery. Point of order a few minutes before the final vote the Senate rejected 65-32 a Point of order raised against the amendment by sen. Or Rin g. Hatch a Utah. Hatch maintained the amendment violated a constitutional provision that n6 state can be denied equal suffrage without its consent. The amendment was approved by the House on March 2 by a vote of 289-127. Ever since the District of Columbia be came the seat of the Federal government in 1800, its residents have had no voting representatives in Congress. President Carter lobbied personally for approval of the amendment. The presi Dent while vacationing in Idaho sent word through the White House press office that the Issue is a major human rights priority of my  if approved by the Legislatures of 38 states after Clearing Congress the constitutional amendment would provide for two senators to represent the approximately 700,000 residents of Washington. This would increase the size of the Senate to 102 members. The amendment also would give the Dis voting strict one or possibly two House members depending on population trends. The membership of the House would be temporarily increased but would be Cut Back to its Lim it of 435 members in the reapportionment following the next census. A constitutional amendment approved in 1961 allowed citizens of the nation s Capi Tal to cast votes for president and vice president. Congressional action in 1971 gave them a single non voting Delegate in the House. Supporters of the measure said it was unfair to deny the District voting representation in Congress when representation is afforded seven states with smaller populations than the District. These states Are Wyoming Nevada Alaska North Dakota South Dakota Delaware and Vermont. Led by Kennedy sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., who led the fight for the measure has charged that opposition to the amendment seemed to arise from. The fear that senators elected from the District of Columbia May be too Liberal too Urban too Black or  opponents have denied that they were racially motivated and said that present population trends indicate the nation s capital May have a White majority by the end of the Century. The District s population currently is about 70 percent Black and 90 percent of the District s voters Are democrats. Big que shakes Costa i san Jose Costa Rica earthquake Shook Costa r utes wednesday sending a dents fleeing into the Streetie. The . Geological "colo., wednesday Eston of the earthquake at 7.9 Richter scale a Mas " by tremors capable Page. The earthquake  epicentre of the quake l 100 Miles West of san Jom and the main quake was i Ter Shock registering 5.6