European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes others in Canada mine fire Montreal up1 a Tunnel fir eat the Gripe Copper mines in Northeast pm Quebec trapped up id 48 mineri2,500 feet underground Thundiyl while rescuers battled Ihrck Black smoke to save them officials said Al least one Man was did. A spokeswoman for the mine s Parent company said 32 Mineri were life in an underground lunchroom but it tool Smen were unaccounted Tor because of a breakdown in radio communications atthe Murdochville site about 530 mites Northcut of Montreal Susan Lewis of Noranda inc. In to Ronto Laid the tire erupted at 6 30 . Wednesday in a new Section of the mine. There arc up to 48 men under ground the said. Thirty two people Nave been contacted and Are she Laid the Miner were in a lunch room which was sealed off from the fire of unknown origin. They have air. They have water the said adding he did not know How Many Miner were rescued when the fire erupted one Man is Lewis said she did not know if he body had been recovered. The government owned Canadia broadcasting corp reported the Man died of asphyxiation Early thursday while trying to escape inc thick smoke. Lewis said officials did know what sparked the fire is very sketchy at this i Ime because we Haven t been Able to make Contact she said. The Rescue teams Are on site and a spokesman for the mine a idiocy expected the arrival of specially trained Rescue cams from other areas to help in the Rescue Effort. We cannot reach the fire it cd but the mine Rescue teams Are working their Way Down he said. It was the first major Accident at the mines a subsidiary of Toronto base Noranda Minn which founded and incorporated inc Ganc Peninsula Community of Murdochville in i9j2. The mine is Well known in Canadia history because of b bitter labor dispute thai began in 1957 with a seven Mont strike by 1,000 mine workers who sought the right 16 form a Union the company refused to recognize the miners Union and violence erupted after the company tried to use strike Breakers and provincial police to break the strike. After a lengthy court Battle the workers finally won Luicir struggle to form a Union in 1965, a the Waker says it s a compassionate world9 Bethel in Wiite Ilij i ii aspirin writer who became the is kaon to walk around the Globe aloneihjpfcja.121,000-mile trek through 20 countries convinced him this is a after four years. Tour pairs of Boot Sand an estimated 40 million Steps Steve Newman 32, completed his journey wednesday by returning to the arms of his Mother in his Hometown about 31miles East of Cincinnati. Officials of the town of 11it a Holiday and Hundred a Vople accompanied Newm Man walked his test mile dojp0mln street., wearing a Large an american Flag never forget this Day if 1 live to Losco gel and Carrold Bracy Are Breed Withespoon Amand accused a fetting Kab agents pro through Thill Marine mat sgt Robert Stanley sufi Mcbeam Junot accused of espionage Fayvis bar investigated for allegedly Bynym Gjok Rule barring con tact with soviet in is suspected of hav ing an affair wih russian woman an then lying a Ojst Pitex Reagan s decision Nee theft ails at the year to embassy Iii Newyia disco As Aasa Over the in Mission in san fran were emt Slaler form l mall the f a Ingi othe ill the take soviet nation a. The soviet withdrew its widens whooped at the Embaby last sep in the dispute Withie unit Edver embassy staffing. Embassy1 also win five fewer foreign service offers to per Ilion Al Diplomat of ice Aaphie and . Be 150," Newman said after embracing his Mother Mary on the front porch of " Rhome. Newman was arrested in with a Shotgun in the australian of quit on Christmas reamed in new Delhi. Ither Edwin had but Book he trip will stress the love id Nesi he encountered. My Job for the next 30 years is to keep reminding people through my Sto Ries that this is a compassionate world he said "1 set out to least and find out what people Are really like. I wanted to show people that it was t such a bad world. 1figured the Best Way to do that was to put a pack on my Back and Start out \ " " think the Foci t have fest in me _ about the world. Man is dominated by passionate to the guinness Book Ozone has walked around the american David Kunst. Journey by walking part of the Way this bother John and the remainder with his brother David. To substantiate his feat Newman had someone from every town he visited sign his log Book. Newman said be will pre sent the Book to guinness officials. A porch. Walked to Boston. Lane to Ireland and then walked through Europe stopping briefly in Afri Ca. From there he flew Back to Yugoslavia and walked through Greece the mid dle cast Pakistan and India before Fly ing to Australia. From Australia he flew to Vancouver British Columbia for the final . Spent Only a third of his time Ihm Fli Enis Roule map proximately j the rest of the if Emilies. He wound up slaying will Bourne Australia woman months. Reagan Calls aids top Public enemy vows . Will find cure for disease Washington a president Reagan is vowing that we will find a Way to cure aids. For the first time in his More than sin years in office Reagan walked extensively wednesday about the deadly acquire immune deficiency syndrome he de fended his administration s commit Mentlo alleviating the health threat. We have increased the spending on that More than anything we be increased in the budget the president told report ers. Reminded that Congress actually had approved More than he recommended for aids in recent years Reagan replied Well Congress is made up of spend at ringside of air Force one upon Landing at Philadelphia International Airport and before a conference of physicians Reagan said aids education pro Grams should stress avoidance of sexual Intercourse. On several occasions Over the past two Days Reagan has volunteered for report ers questions and at each instance he was asked about aids i Don t quarrel with surgeon Gener Al c Everett Koop s advice that Young sters unwilling to remain abstinent should employ other Means such As the use of condoms to protect themselves Reagan said. In his speech to the College of physicians of Philadelphia Reagan said schools and parents rather than the government must decide How to educate children on the threat of aids. He pointed out the recent approval bythe food and drug administration of the drug act which May help aids patients. This is unprecedented Progress against a major virus the president said it took 40 years of study to learns much about polio. It took 19 years to develop a vaccine against hepatitis then our Battle against aids has been like an emergency room operation we be thrown everything we have into it. When the carthaginian general Hannibal was preparing to Cross the was told there was no Way across he said Well find a Way or make one and that s the kind of determination we Alt have about curing aids Reagan said. Well find a Way or make we be declared aids Public health enemy no. aids is a contagious disease that at tacks the body s immune system making it incapable of fending off other disease Sand infections. Health officials estimate Between million and 1.5 million americans have been exposed to the virus. Through lat March aids had been diagnosed in 33,158 americans of whom More than half 19,000. Have died since 1979. In his Philadelphia speech Reagan said the administration plans to spend s766 million during the current fiscal year and More than $1 billion in fiscal 1988, which begins ocl i. Veto from Page 1 sen. Terry Sanford of North Carolina the Lone Democrat to support Reagan announced he was prepared to switch Bis vote. Sanfo Iti s announcement set off a scramble by administration officials and Senaie gop Leaden to find an offsetting vote among the 13 republicans who opposed him. The House with a Large democratic majority voted350-73 on tuesday to override the Vela. It takes a two thirds vote by both houses to override a veto 67votes in the Senate if All 100 members Are voting. Reagan has been overridden on vetoes previously most recently on a clean water measure that Congress enacted into Law Over his objections earlier in the year. The while House decided to turn the Highway Bill veto into a test of Reagan s political standing after months of controversy caused by the Iran Contra affair. Reagan s decision to address republicans was a indication of the political importance of the vote. Reagan said Little to reporters in Advance of thurs Day s trip to the Capitol. I never talk about win or lose before the game he said when asked if rethought he could sustain the veto. Reagan made his decision to meet with Republic Ansas cop whip Alan Simpson of Wyoming conceded we re still Hunting for the missing link in an Effort 10sustain the veto. There was no word on when the Senaie Roll Cal would be held. At slake was the future of a five year Highway Bill that included More than 100 Highway demonstration projects favored by lawmakers As Well As a provision to permit Stales to raise the Speed limit to 65 Mph on most stretches of interstate highways. Reagan vetoed the Bill calling it a budget busier that was larded with wasteful pork barrel construction pro acts. Democrats countered that the measure was Wilh a budget constraints and said 800,000 construction jobs would be lost if the veto were sustained i wednesday s Roll Call was conducted in an unusually quiet Senate chamber with Bush presiding. With the tally at 66-32, Sanford and Senate Republican whip Alan Simpson of Wyoming were the Only senators who had not initially voted present then switched his vote to sustain the veto the Only Democrat to do so Simpson immediately cast his vote the same Way creating a 66-34 vote that was sufficient to uphold the president s action. Senaie majority Leader Robert Byrd . The switched his vote in a parliamentary move that enabled him to Call for a second More than an hour of closed door meetings Sanford emerged to say he was prepared to switch disposition on a second Roll Call. Sanford said he was satisfied his first vote had demonstrated the president was still an effective Leader. He added he would switch his vote because an alternative Highway Bill prepared by the while House would mean less funding for his male than the vetoed s just say i was slightly confused he said about the voting
