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I Doors opened to stranded refugees People in the News New homeland hi opes revived End of the journey Patty Wilson, 16-year-old epileptic from La Palma, holds hands with her father, Jim, as they arrived at Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Park after four-month, run from Minneapolis, Minn. Patty, who last year ran from Los Angeles to Portland, undertook the latest run to raise public consciousness about epilepsy. (UPI Photo) Parole denied Monson VACAVILLE, Calif. (UPI) Raising and dropping his voice like a pulpit-pounding preacher, mass murderer Charles Manson declared in his unsuccessful bid for parole that he would return to the desert if freed from prison. For nearly three hours Thursday, Manson, longhaired and clad in prison blues, gestured wildly and preached a disjointed sermon that included excerpts from a Beatles song and his version of why follower Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme tried to assassinate former President Gerald Ford.

The 44-year-old cult leader was arrested in November, 1969, for masterminding the slaughter of actress Sharon Tate and eight other persons in Los Angeles. He has been in prison seven years and is eligible for parole under California law. Charles Manson Argentine "runnerup" wins title of "Miss World 1978" LONDON (UPI) A tearful 19- year-old Argentine beauty, who was only a runner-up in her own country, has been chosen Miss World 1978 in a contest full of old-time ballyhoo. The winner, 5-foot-6 architectural student Silvana Suarez, beat the odds Thursday night at London's Royal Albert Hall in winning out over 67 other contestants in the 27th annual contest. Watching on the television around the world were an estimated 300 million people.

London bookmakers had established Miss Australia, 23-year-old receptionist Denise Coward, and the sombrero-waving Miss Mexico, 18-year- old student Martha Eugenia Ortiz Gomez, as the 7-1 favorites. But the 10 judges chose Miss Suarez. She finished second to 16-year-old Margarita Susana Heindrycks in the Miss Argentina pageant, but Miss World rules state that a contestant must be at least age 17 before the contest begins. As the runner-up, Miss Suarez replaced Miss Heindrycks for the London contest. The new Miss World, whose hobbies are classical dancing and writing poetry, will pick up about $10,000 in cash and modeling contracts worth Quote of the day Silvana Suarez, the new Miss World.

(UPI Photo) another $30,000. The runner-up was Miss Sweden, 21-year-old Ossie Carlsson. Third place went to Miss Australia. Miss United States, 20-year-old makeup artist Debra Jean Freeze of North Carolina, had been listed at 141 odds but failed to survive the cutoff to the final seven contestants. Ralph Nader, commenting in Washington on a survey of candidate spending, and the results of that spending, in the last election: "This survey roughly documents that the golden rule of politics prevails he who has the gold, rules." Two on a walker Eight-month-old Amber Barker joins thoroughbred "Bolero Chief" for a stroll on walker at Hollywood Park race track.

Bolero was babysitting while Amber's parents were busy getting the rest of their stable in shape for the evening's harness races. (UPI Photo) Hitchin' britches Lisa Radermacher, 5, had to take a break from autumn sidewalk-sweeping chores when her britches slipped below the bounds of decency. A hefty tug set things to rights, and Lisa soon rejoined her parents in the battle of the falling leaves. (UPI Photo) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (UPI) The United States, France and Canada have offered to give homes to 2,500 Vietnamese refugees stranded aboard a freighter off the coast of Malaysia, it was announced Friday. The office of the U.N.

High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva said the U.S., French and Canadian ambassadors in Kuala Lumpur made the formal offer when they called together on the Malaysian foreign ministry Friday. The three Western ambassadors and a U.N. official had asked the government to delay any forcible expulsion of 2,500 Vietnamese refugees stranded offshore aboard the freighter Hai-Hong. "Negotiations are now going on concerning the selection and registration of the Vietnamese, deciding who is who and who goes where," a spokesman said. In the meantime, he said, the refugees will remain on the boat.

The announcement came as hope for sanctuary had dimmed among many of the hungry men, women and children aboard the freighter. French officials had said earlier they would accept some of the refugees, but only those who have some ties to France. Eviction notice Malaysian officials have issued an eviction order to the refugees aboard the freighter, whose engine is disabled. If the ship is unable to leave or the Vietnamese refuse the order, they said, they may hitch a towline to the vessel and drag it out beyond territorial waters. The Hai Hong and its human cargo two children have been born aboard ship, raising the total of refugees to 2,504 arrived off Malaysia more than a week ago after Indonesia and Singapore refused permission for a landing.

While the Hai Hong affair dragged on, another group of 460 refugees arrived at an Exxon Oil Co. rig 200 miles off the country's northeast coast. Workers there said the refugees climbed aboard a tugboat anchored at the rig and scuttled their own three boats. Racketeers were suspected to be involved in transporting the Hai Hong passengers out of Vietnam at exhorbitant fees. The United States Thursday accused Vietnam of at least condoning a practice by which refugees purchase their exodus for as much as $2,000 worth of gold.

With tension easing US, Soviet summit set WASHINGTON (UPI) President Carter, describing U.S.-Soviet tensions as easing, says he will meet Soviet leader Leonid Brezh- nev in a summit meeting that goes beyond a SALT accord to the "broadest range of differences" separating them. "In recent weeks, there-has been an alleviation of tension between us," Carter told a group of White House reporters. He said he could not cite specific reasons for the improvement in relations, which reached a low point during the recent trials of Russian dissidents. "I am determined that our relationships with the Soviet Union will improve as we go into the next two years," Carter said. "I think that when I do meet with Brezhnev we don't know exactly when it will be, then the agenda to be discussed would be quite broad." He said when he sits down with Brezh- nev a new strategic arms limitation "Hold hi I want an arms limitation pact will be the centerpiece, but "we would be prepared to discuss the broadest range of differences that exist between ourselves and the Soviet Union." U.S.

officials say such a summit may come in December or January, -although the uncertainty over the status of the Middle East peace efforts may affect the date of a session between Carter and Brezhnev. 5 CENTS fTTl 1 HOMI The Salina Journal SALINA, KANSAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1978 107th YEAR No. 321 28 Pages Mild weekend predicted Here comes the sun if only temporarily Senators see Brezhnev; Kosygin meeting heated MOSCOW (UPI) Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev's cancelled meeting with a dozen visiting American senators was on again Friday afternoon. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said the delegation leader, Sen.

Abraham Ribi- coff, had been informed that Brezhnev would receive the American senators. Soviet authorities had called off an 11 a.m. appointment with the senators, an hour before it was to start, for talks with visiting Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam. The senators capped two days of what they described as very frank discussions on Soviet-American relations with Soviet parliamentarians with a sometimes heated 90-minute talk with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin late Thursday. The meeting with Kosygin turned sour when Ribicoff warned him Soviet actions in Africa and the Middle East affected U.S.

public opinion and Senate thinking. A spokesman described Kos- ygin as Inside today Area News 20 Church News .12 Comics 27 Courts 13 Crossword 6 Deaths 13 Hospitals 13 Local 14 Markets 13 Opinion 4 Sports 15-18 Thosteson 6 Weather 13 Women 8-9 (Detailed forecast, Page 13) The dismal, cold and wet weather Kansas has been experiencing for the past week is on the way out and will be replaced by sunny skies and mild temperatures for the weekend. The National Weather Service office in Concordia said the weather should be sunny and warmer over the entire state Saturday and Sunday. Highs should be in the low to mid 50s and little or no precipitation is indicated. Another cold front should lower temperatures again early next week.

By Tuesday, highs should drop to the upper 30s or low 40s. At this time, little or no precipitation is seen in the extended forecast. Cloudy skies covered all but extreme Western Kansas Thursday night, though most precipitation was confined to the northeast corner of the state, where Atchison received .95 of an inch and Clinton recorded one inch. In the western half of the state, 24- Young Iowa "Gunsmoke" fan to get dying wish during Dodge City visit of storage bins hour rainfall accumulations ending at 6 a.m. Friday ranged from .65 of an inch at Cuba to .02 of an inch at Goodland.

Salina recorded .42 of an inch, with most of the rain falling Thursday morning and afternoon. Though skies were clear in the West and Northwest Kansas Friday morning, temperatures remained on the cool side. At 8 a.m., Goodland reported 23 degrees, Hill City had 29 and Garden City reported 30. Highs around the state Thursday ranged from the low to mid 40s in Southeast Kansas to the low to mid 30s elsewhere. The high in Salina Thursday was 36.

Forecast KANSAS Clearing and warmer during the day. Clear and cold tonight. Lows in the low 20s northwest to around 30 southeast. Sunny: and warm Saturday. Highs Saturday in the 50s.

Kansas farmers bilked in sales DODGE CITY, Kan. (UPI) An 8-year-old Iowa fan of "Gunsmoke" will get his dying wish to see replicas of Kansas' frontier days Saturday, thanks to Shri- ners in Des Moines and Dodge City. Wade Jacobson, whose life expectancy is limited because of cystic fibrosis, is scheduled to arrive in Dodge City about 10 a.m. Saturday on'a charter flight funded by the Shriners. Officials have planned royal treatment for the boy, who is a fan of the television show that depicts Dodge City in the 1880s.

"We're going to make him an honorary marshal of Dodge. But both sides still optimistic We're going to take him on a tour of our grounds and the frontier museum, let him see our western gun collections and some things from the 'Gunsmoke' TV series," said Jim Vongremp, executive director of Boot Hill. "We're going to have 'Miss Kitty' here and a lot of our Longbranch Saloon variety show. "We're going to try to make it just a totally happy experience for him." The charter flight, which will also be carrying a paramedic to monitor the boy, is scheduled to leave Dodge City about 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) Kansas and Missouri farmers who invested in steel storage bins were among farmers in 13 states who were tricked by salesmen who took down payments on the bins but never delivered them. The newspaper said information provided by the Kansas and Missouri state consumer protection agencies indicate losses in the two states alone may run into the millions of dollars. Three little words are big roadblock to Mideast peace United Press International Three words are holding up Israeli Cabinet approval of a treaty with Egypt, Israeli reports said Friday. But both Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said they were confident agreement on the historic pact soon would be reached.

Negotiations on the first-ever pact between the Jewish state and an Arab nation have been stalemated for two weeks over language that would tie the Israeli-Egyptian treaty to an overall Middle East settlement, involving the West Bank and the Gaza strip. A total of 700,00 Palestinians live in the occupied West bank of the Jordan and 400,000 in the Gaza strip which Egypt administered until 1967 when Israel took it along with Jordan's West Bank. President Carter has fashioned two compromises and pleaded with Egypt and Israel to reach agreement. Sadat sent his vice president to Washington Thursday to try to break the logjam with a proposal that Gaza and the West Bank be treated separately. The Egyptian compromise could delay Israel's first withdrawal from the Sinai to the holding of autonomy elections in Gaza which Israel would like.

The Cabinet will meet Sunday to debate the Egyptian postion and com- promise U.S. proposals on the linkage issue. Israeli reports said the Cabinet has objected to three words linking the treaty to the future of the occupied territories. They said the words were, "on the basis." Weizman told reporters at Ben-Gurion Airport on his arrival from Washington to brief the government that Egypt does not want to claim any territory in the Gaza Strip as part of an agreement. Egypt denied Friday it had toughened its position at the Washington peace talks with Israel to appease Arab radicals and said its demand for "linkage" was put on the negotiating table from the very beginning.

He was real bear at bar TOFTE, Minn. (UPI) A 300- pound bear dropped in at the Edgewater Lounge this fall. Bartender Dave Rogge, 29, figuring the bear might be hungry, said he hustled to the kitchen and told everybody to get out. "Then I went back to the bar, pointed to the door and told the bear, 'Get he said. "And out he went.

had more trouble trying, to get some people to leave," he said. Rogge called the game warden. anyway, and the officer came over and shot the bear. Dear Sal: And those who see pink elephants think they have problems! Yours, Ina.