European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Iran s quake toll Over 15,000 \ \ following the jewish Sabbath Mem Bers of the israeli and . Delegations meet saturday night at Camp David for a session which lasted past Midnight. In night session attendance were from left Ahron Barak israeli Legal adviser prime minister Menachem begin Secretary of state Cyrus Vance partly hidden presidential adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski vice president Walter Mondale president Carter and israeli foreign minister Moshe Day an. A major town 40 villages devastated Mashad Iran up More than 15, 000 persons died in an earthquake that demolished a major town and 40 villages in the Remote Salt desert of Eastern Iran the official news Agency said sunday. Only 2,000 of the 13,000 inhabitants of Tabas survived saturday s earthquake and All the buildings in the City were destroyed the news Agency said. Earlier reports spoke of More than 18, 000 killed and injured in Tabas and sur rounding villages in the epicentre of the world s strongest earthquake this year 7.7 on the Richter scale. In addition to 40 villages destroyed 60 More suffered serious damage pars said. The Shah of Iran and prime minister Jaffer Sharif Emami declared three Days of National mourning and radio stations switched to classical music As a sign of was sitting in my House having the evening meal with my family a survivor continued on Page 28, col. 1 Summit nears Uncertain end authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force vol. 37, no. 153 15c daily and sunday monday september 18, 1978 if 21855 a . Mounts 1ith-hour Unity Effort Camp David my. A with talks proceeding at All Levels the Mideast sum Mit headed sunday toward an Uncertain Windup As president Carter mounted an Lith hour Effort to narrow differences be tween Egypt and Israel on a peace forum s still open said a diplomatic source referring to Carter s drive to Crown his 12-Day-old Summit with Success. While a deadline had been set by All continued on Page 28, col. 4 Tornado in Central Iowa kills 7, injures at least 40 Grinnell Iowa up a Tornado ripped into several Central Iowa farm communities along the nation s major East West interstate Highway saturday night killing at least seven people and injuring dozens of others. Law enforcement authorities said seven people were confirmed dead and 40 injured. There were unconfirmed reports of five More deaths in Baxter and Grinnell. The Jasper county sheriff s office said families were being evacuated from the area including farmhouses where propane Gas tanks were reportedly ruptured by the Tornado. Robert Smith director of Smith funeral Home in Grinnell said of the four bodies at his location two were women one aged 26 and one 65, a girl 8, and a boy 4. A Motel four Gas stations a restaurant and farmhouses were smashed by the twister As it skipped in and around commune ays . Chieff a Washington up soviet foreign policy relies heavily on the spreading of lies rumours forged documents and other propaganda ploys to discredit the ./the Cia soviets believe that propaganda planned and directed at the highest Levels plays a highly significant role in the execution of foreign policy the Agency said in a 96-Page report prepared for the House intelligence primary target of soviet propaganda abroad is the United states it said. Soviet propaganda seeks co isolate the United states from its allies and create a worldwide image of the United states As aggressively imperialist and racist exaggeration innuendo and outright falsehood Are the report said that while Western propagandists generally believe propaganda emanating from official sources should be True and hence credible no such inhibitions deter soviet propagandists. Ethical considerations Are subordinated to the demands of the soviet one recent example it said was soviet press treatment of the death of italian pre Mier Aldo Moro kidnapped and murdered by red brigade terrorists. According to the soviet press the kidnapping of Moro was the working of Western intelligence services or specifically the also credited soviet propaganda with making the Neutron bomb a household scar word in Europe where the . Weapon would be deployed by exaggerating its lethal Power. The study said the Kremlin s Aims Are to spread the impression the . Spends too much for defense is devoted to right Wing regimes interferes constantly in the inter Nal affairs of even its closest allies and is continued on Page 28, col. 1 ties by interstate 80 about 50 Miles East of Des caught in the path of the deadly twister were picked up and tossed into Cornfields. Some of those evacuated were taken to the Grinnell american legion Hall which was turned into a Refuge. Hotels and motels in Des Moines and other cities were alerted to be ready to accept people evacuated from stricken areas. The National weather service which had not issued a Tornado watch but Only a warning for severe thunderstorms charted the path of the storm from Baxter to about six Miles North of Kellogg to Grin Nell All in a radius of about 30 Miles. The storm hit Between 8 . And 9 . Police said five of the victims were in the area in which a Motel four service stations and a diner were located. A couple in a Mobile Home on a farm near Laurel were killed when the Tornado smashed into their Home the Iowa state patrol said. Grinnell general Hospital reported about 30 people were being treated for injun Newton police official said his office received numerous reports of Tornado touching Down All around the Central Iowa area saturday spokesman for Iowa disaster services said it had reports that propane tanks used for storing fuel at farmhouses were rup tured in the area. One of them was report edly holding 1,000 Gallons of a volatile fuel
