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DANVILLE KY RIDAY Soviets seek quick action to halt breakup of MOSCOW (AP) The na tional legislature today asked President Mikhail Gor bachev to quickly sign tempo rary agreements with the 15 Soviet republics to prevent the further breakup of the country and stabilize the economy The Supreme Soviet bogged down in negotiating a new union treaty while the coun republics increasingly disregard Kremlin authority urged Gorbachev to sign the accords within a month The overall resolution was approved in principle by a 272 88 vote with 40 absten tions Lawmakers were still debating some of the mea individual provisions Amid fears that food will be in short supply this winter the resolution also calls for steps to improve the food situation in the country continues to worsen and is ap proaching a crisis condition The balance between goods and money has been destroyed by severe it says Last Saturday Gorbachev himself had promised to an nounce emergency food mea sures within two weeks In the past month he has been tour ing Western Europe in search of foreign food aid and he has received several offers In a 10 minute speech today Gorbachev told the 542 mem ber legislature that day is and urged them to move swiftly toward a new union treaty to replace the 1920s accord grouping the re publics The lawmakers however told Gorbachev to act first Their resolution said the pro visional agreements would help stabilize the and economic situation in the country" The legislators apparently wanted Gorbachev to take the swift action because work on a union treaty is going slowly and the need to prevent a fur ther breakup of the union is becoming more urgent So far each republic has acted independently in intro ducing reforms to switch to a nation free market economy All but one of the republics have declared sovereignty from the Kremlin The result has been what many call a of that has hindered any reform and caused a break down of the political and economic life The Supreme Soviet said in (Continued on Page A8) Staff Photo by James Morri irefighters work to extinguish a blaze Wednesday af minor and no one was injured ternoon at an 303 Main St in Stanford Damage was ire damages Stanford building STANORD Workers were completing repairs to day to an East Main Street building next to Stanford City Hall in the aftermath of a Wednesday afternoon fire The commercial resident building which is at 303 Main St received minor damages and no one was in jured according to Stanford ire Chief Leroy Lunsford The fire started between the walls of two apartments in the back of the building and then spread to the attic and double roof Lunsford said today The fire was re ported at 3:51 pm Wednes day he said There was no fire damage to either the apartments or a recently opened beauty shop in the front of the building Lunsford said He said there was only light smoke damage to the shop some minimal fire damage to the ceiling and roof and minor struc tural damage The residents of the two apartments will be able to move back in as soon as ceil ing and roof repairs are com pleted Lunsford said Lunsford said the cause of the fire remains under inves tigation4 Police seek new leads in Marion body parts case By Mike Marsee Staff Writer LEBANON Two human hands were found by authori ties Thursday in a wooded area in Marion County where a foot had been found a day earlier but state police have called off a search until fur ther leads develop The hands were found at about 11 am Thursday near the intersection of Ky 412 and 'US 68 about three miles south of Lebanon near New Market a Kentucky State Po lice dispatcher said today The hands a left one and a right one were discovered with the aid of a state police tracking dog during a search Thursday morning Police said the search was called off at about 1:15 pm Thursday Other evidence found in the search included parts of a denim bag that may have con tained the body parts before they possibly were dug up by animals A foot had been found Wednesday morning by the (Continued on Page AS) Bush confident of winning UN vote against Saddam CAIRO Egypt (AP) Presi dent Bush declared today world is getting of continuing occupation of Ku wait and said he was closing in on agreement for a UN resolution authorizing the use of force in the Persian Gulf cri sis think very very close Bush said at a See related stories on Pages A7 B6 news conference with Egyp tian President Hosni Mubar ak Bush fresh from a Thanks giving Day visit with US troops in the Persian Gulf (Continued on Page A8) Britain doubles its forces in gulf Three Conservatives battling to succeed Thatcher ignation announcement Thurs 4 4 A3 lagged behind the opposition Labor Party in recent surveys as a result of high inflation and interest rates as well as an unpopular per capita tax Mrs Thatcher a staunch US ally whose tough free market policies dismantled much of welfare state and sold off government indus tries survived a no confidence vote Thursday that was drawn up by Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock which could have brought down the government was re soundingly defeated by a 120 vote majority in the 650 seat House of Commons with no defectors among the 372 Con servatives Seo related stories on Page B7 LONDON (AP) Hailed as the end of an era that trans formed Britain Prime Minis ter Margaret deci sion to resign has angered supporters pleased opponents and left three men battling to succeed her The Chinese and Soviet for eign ministers held talks to day on the Persian Gulf crisis and afterwards the two reiter ated their opposition to invasion of Kuwait and their demand that it withdraw Neither Qian Qichen of China nor Eduard Shevard nadze of the Soviet Union dis closed whether they had reached agreement on the next step to defuse the crisis They met in the remote Chinese city of Urumqi near the two coun Central Asian border Secretary of State James A Baker III visited Yemen on Ex defense secretary Michael Heseltine whose vative Party leadership race by oreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and Treasury chief John Major While the contenders battled for her job Mrs Thatcher re mained at her 10 Downing Street office Messages of sup port and good will poured in from the leaders her aides said very well feel The Conservatives had ing fine said Conservative chairman Kenneth Baker as he emerged from the building President Bush telephoned on Thursday and told Mrs Thatcher love in a 10 minute conversation A new poll today indicates the party led by Mrs Thatcher for 15 years stands a better chance of winning an election now that she agreed to step down when the party picks her replacement next The motion of censure week Thursday trying to get the only Arab nation on the UN Security Council to support a resolution authorizing the use of force to drive Iraq from Ku wait Both sides said no decision had been reached But Presi dent Gen Ali Abdullah Saleh standing next to Baker criti cized the military buildup in the region and called for an Arab solution to the crisis It was a lonely Thanksgiv ing for the Americans held in Iraq against their will and a (Continued on Page AS) By The Associated Press Saddam Hussein has an swered President trip to the Saudi desert with his 'own morale boosting missionto Iraqi troops in Kuwait tell ing them he is ready to fight evil if at tacked The US dominated force in the gulf got a boost mean while with an nouncement Thursday that it was nearly doubling its forces bringing its contribution to 30000 the second largest contingent after the United States More than 250 jubilant left ists celebrating the resigna tion announcement gathered outside gates leading to Mrs Thatchers office and official residence at 10 Downing Street on Thursday night po lice said Scotland Yard said officers arrested 13 for minor offenses and no injuries were reported Mrs Thatcher 65 prime minister since May 1979 keeps the post until a succes sor is chosen by secret ballot (Continued on Page AB) Sharing a turkey dinner with US troops in the sands of the Saudi desert President Bush promised them that are not here on 'some" not walking away until our mission is done until the invader is out of he said that may well be where you come The troops cheered with approval The president also cautioned that Iraq was developing nu clear capability and he warned that Saddam possessed a weapon he 2 charged in Sammi Sound burglary By Emily Morse Staff Writer Two Lexington residents were arrested Thursday' and accused of the August bur glary at Sammi Sound Tech nology Corp USA on Stanford Road A Briari Brown 19 of 156 Burnett Ave Lexington and Rhonda Brown 18' of the same addressboth 'were charged with third degree bur glary and theft by unlawful taking over $100 They were arrested at 9 am Danville Detective Robert Williamson who investigated was still working on the case today He said he would re lease details of his investiga tion later today The company reported that $11364 in stereo equipment was taken in the break in which was reported Aug 17 The company was still able to open in September although chaucnge res 1 a luiiavivu aiiiivuiivouicuL aiiuid (Continued on rage AS) Jay was joined in the Conser ALSO INSIDE: Police suspect link in Lancaster burglaries amilies of soldiers in the gulf had Thanksgiv ing dinner in ort Camp bell mess halls See story on Page B8 Area news A2A3A6 Advice 02' Business A5 "Classified C4 C6 Comics C7 Local news A2A3A6 National news B6 Opinion A4 Religion Cl Sports B1 B5 State news yy 18 TV schedule's C7 Weather statistics ''4 'A8 CELEBRATING 1 25 YEARS LOCAL NEWS! 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