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Page 2A GULF CRISIS Statesman Journal, Saiem, Tuesday, January 15, 1991 Food terrorism attacked Drills, security get world ready for war ice bran oil helps heart Ex-surgeon general assures Northwest processors that pesticides are safe Turks flee homes on border Cuts bad cholesterol 1 C. Everett Koop Statesman I ournal Salem, Oregon Tuesday, January 15, 1991 35 cents Roberts looks ahead French leaders propose plan for gulf peace The Associated Press Israelis practiced chemical warfare drills; Turks fled an Iraqi border area, and security was heightened at airports and other entry points as the threat of a Persian Gulf war and terror attacks loomed Monday. Israel beefed up its military forces in case of a pre-emptive Iraqi attack. State radio reported fears that Iraq might make a surprise first strike on the Jewish state before the Tuesday midnight U.N. deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait or face possible attack.

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's threats to hit Israel with chemical weapons were apparent: Many Israeli stores ran out of batteries, flashlights and tape for sealing windows against poison gas after days of frenzied shopping for emergency supplies. The United Nations ordered all dependents of its employees in Israel to leave, and about 400 spouses and children complied, U.N. officials said. Fears of Iraqi attack also led thousands of Turks to sell belongings, board buses and begin heading from the Turkish border zone with Iraq for more distant towns and cities, officials and newspapers reported. Turkey, the only North Atlantic Treaty Organization country bordering Iraq, is a staunch supporter of the U.N.

embargo imposed for Iraq's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. With about 100 U.S. and NATO warplanes deployed at Turkish air bases, many Turks fear that Turkey risks retaliation by Iraq in the event of war. In Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak ordered heightened security against possible terror attacks.

Egyptian officials met Monday to discuss preparations to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Egyptians from areas that are potentially unsafe. Saddam has treatened the possibility of worldwide terror attacks if the 28-nation military coalition launches an assault on Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait. The sources said an order has been issued for police border sweeps to prevent terrorist infiltrations and to detect suspicious activity near sensitive installations, the Suez Canal and southern Egypt's Aswan dam. Greek military forces, meanwhile, went on alert against possible terrorist attacks, Defense Minister Yannis Varvitsiotis said in Athens. Security forces stepped up patrols at embassies, airports, harbors, military installations, telecommunications networks, power stations, oil refineries and depots.

In the Netherlands, the Justice Ministry announced Monday that it was increasing security at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport because of the threat. Britain also tightened airport security, and British Airways suspended flights to Israel and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The airline evacuated 1,300 people, mostly British nationals, from Israel in four extra flights during the weekend. The United States ordered dependents of diplomats and some other personnel out of Morocco and suggested that U.S. citizens leave several other Middle East and northern African countries.

The Associated Press exercise Monday outside a downtown Tel Aviv Israeli army medics treat a mock victim (with his name tag in his mouth) during a chemical warfare Kopetski: Only miracle can prevent gulf war Rep. Mike Kopetski has little hope for peace in the Persian Gulf. "I think that George Bush is personally committed that the only way to get Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait is through military force," Kopetski, the new congressman from the 5th District of Oregon, said Monday during a visit to Salem. "Only a miracle will stop us from losing American lives in the Persian gulf." Kopetski, a Democrat from Keizer who was elected in November to replace Republican Denny Smith of Salem, attended Monday's inauguration of Gov. Barbara Roberts.

He said he was able to be in Oregon because of Congress' vote Saturday authorizing President Bush to use force to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Kopetski voted against the resolution. "Unfortunately, what the Congress has done is abrogated its responsibility to the president by turning over its war powers," he said. "We'll return to Washington if the bombs start dropping," he said. Doctors see gulf war as a disaster Gannett News Service WASHINGTON "War in the Gulf would be an unprecedented medical disaster for which doctors have no cure," members of a Nobel Prize-winning physicians group told a congressional forum Monday.

At the same hearing, the head of a Vietnam veterans group warned that the United States could lose a war with Iraq and urged lawmakers not to squander U.S. lives. Dr. John Pastore, the secretary of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, told the hearing that estimates of Persian Gulf casualties approaching 200 an hour from intensive battle "would dwarf the rates seen in Vietnam." "There is no medical system in the world that can provide adequate medical relief under such circumstances," said Pastore, an associate professor of medicine at Tufts University Medical School, Boston. His group won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985.

Pastore noted that a 1988 congressional study found that the military medical system "could not carry out effectively its peacetime or wartime mission." A report from the physicians group released Monday questioned Pentagon assertions that the military medical system is prepared to recover wounded soldiers and ferry them to hospitals behind the lines, in Europe and the United States in time to properly treat their wounds. Pastore said the doctors found the estimates of Rep. Les Aspin, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to be absurdly low. Aspin has said he expected U.S. casualties as low as 3,000 with 500 to 1,000 of those being fatalities.

He told the hearing, called by Rep. Lane Edwards, that outside experts such as the Center for Defense Information have estimated as many as 45,000 casualties, of which 10,000 would be deaths. The physicians' report also cited published accounts that indicate that the Pentagon has 45,000 body bags in the Gulf already and has ordered 16,000 more. Bobby Muller, the director of the Vietnam Veterans of America, warned that despite contentions of vastly superior air power and weaponry, there was no guarantee that U.S. forces would defeat Iraqi troops.

"If you think it's absolutely impossible to lose this war, I ask you: roll back the clock 25 years," said Muller, a former Marine. Iraq's U.N. Deadline If President Bush opts for war to dislodge Iraqi troops from Kuwait, he has the green light starting today. The deadline falls simultaneously at these times at these locations: Salem Ap 9 'clock Washington, D.C. I 1 nT Midnight "gsBsf Tfl'iBai tonight i I Kuwait 1 i 8 a.m.

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And U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar said his talks with Saddam left him without "any reason to have real hope" of averting war. On LithuaniaSalem woman keeps vigil Two top PLO deputies, State gets 1 st woman governor By Shawn Wirtz The Statesman Journal Gov. Barbara Roberts pledged Monday not to lose sight of the future despite severe budget constraints as she was sworn in as the state's first woman governor. "I do not wish to be judged as an Oregonian who made decisions isolated from the future," Roberts said.

"I will take positions, and I will even draw lines in the sand that advocate for the long-range solution over the quick fix." Roberts, 54, a Democrat, takes office in the face of tax-limiting Measure 5. Roberts last week proposed more than $500 million in cuts in programs to comply with the measure, which forces the state to replace property tax revenue lost by schools. "Ballot Measure 5 will not be the battering ram that some expect it to be," Roberts said. "It will not topple this administration. Nor will I allow it to cripple state government." Roberts said she would campaign to put a sales tax on the ballot by May 1992.

That would avoid even deeper cuts as a result of Measure 5 during the 1993-95 budget cycle. Roberts agreed that property taxes were too high and joked that the best tax system was one in which someone else pays. But she said a sales tax with a specific rate fixed in the state Constitution was the answer to paying for high-quality education security officer killed Barry NicholsStatesman Journal More inside More gulf news Page 2, 3A Local people rally Page 1C How war affects sports Page 1 Markets hinge on news Page 6D Gerry LewinStatesman Journal Barbara Roberts takes the oath of office as Oregon's first woman governor from Senior Judge Berkeley Lents. reason that Soviet authorities decided to crack down on Lithuania. "Lithuania is probably the strongest in its rebellion," she said.

Considering the economic and political turmoil in the Soviet Union, Gentzkow said that the Soviets should allow gradual steps to independence with a resumption of economic ties. The food shortages in Leningrad and Moscow can be attributed partly to the cessation of trade between the Soviet Union and Lithuania, whose primary exports are agricultural products. "The Soviet Union has much more to lose than to gain by this action," she said. Lithuanians and expatriates long have looked to foreign governments to keep the watch for independence. But the Persian Gulf crisis could be distracting.

"With the preoccupation in the Middle East right now, it's hard to know what the Western countries are going to do to persuade (President Mikhail) Gorbachev not to use any force," she said. Continued from Page 1A triates such as Gentzkow. "I think Lithuanians always viewed themselves as a minority, and minorities tend to preserve their heritage," she said. "There is a real sentimental love, even for those who didn't have a chance to grow up in that country. You always think of yourself as a part of that." Gentzkow and her family left Lithuania in 1943, when she was 4.

Her German father took the family to his homeland, but like other emigres, Gentzkow's family thought that the exile would be temporary. After traveling to the United States as an exchange student, Gentzkow moved to Salem and became a professor of German at Willamette University. She has never returned to Lithuania. But even after the violence of this week, Gentzkow is convinced that it is only a matter of time before Lithuania is freed. "Lithuania never quite gave up the desire to be independent.

From 1944 to 1955, there were actual guerrilla wars going on against the Soviet said. "If the Lithuanians could go and Tunisian police stormed into Abdel-Hamid's house, where the shootings occurred, arrested the assailant and freed the two women hostages, Abdel-Hamid's wife and daughter, unharmed, the commander said. The death of Khalaf left Arafat as the sole survivor among the three original founders of Fatah, the first PLO group and its largest faction. Khalaf, better known as Abu Iyad, was the mastermind of the Black September murders of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Abdel-Hamid's nom-de-guerre was Abul Hoi.

Both men were in their late 50s. At the United Nations, the PLO's representative blamed Israeli agents for the killings, which he compared with the April 16, 1988, assassination of the other PLO founder, Khalil al-Wazir. That killing also took place in Tunisia. on from '44 to '55 and carry on a guerrilla war, there is no way now that they have a few months of semi-freedom, of semi-identity, that they will back down." That independent streak extends to what Lithuanians would call a battle against Soviet forces, Gentzkow said. "Somebody yesterday in the news asked the question, 'Will it come to a civil I think that is really a misnomer.

Lithuanians are not Russians; therefore, it cannot be a civil war," she said. "It has never been part of Russia, only the Soviet Union." The Soviet Union swallowed up Lithuania in 1940, making it a Soviet republic with a communist government. But Lithuanians have preserved their identity in a number of ways. Most of its residents are Roman Catholic, as opposed to Russian Orthodox. Their schools are modeled after those of Western Europe.

All but about 20 percent of the republic's residents are Lithuanian. Neighboring Estonia and Latvia have far more heterogenous populations. Gentzkow said that may be one The Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia A turncoat bodyguard assassinated PLO leader Yasser Arafat's two senior deputies and a security officer Monday night at a house outside Tunis, Palestinian officials said. The killer held two relatives of one of the victims hostage for six hours before his arrest. A senior Palestinian commander in Tunis said the killer was a former member of Abu Nidal's terrorist PLO faction, sworn enemies of Arafat.

But "we still don't know who he's working for," the commander said. "He may also be working for the Israelis." The assassin, armed with an AK-47 assault rifle, took the hostages after killing Salah Khalaf, Arafat's second-in-command and counterintelligence chief; Hayel Abdel-Hamid, the PLO's security chief; and Abu Mohammed Al-Omari, Khalafs aide, sources in Tunis said. Six hours later, PLO guerrillas and ensuring that Oregon retains its livability. "A sales tax is not eyp," she said. "A sales tax, like any other tax, is as good and as fair as its design." She pleaded with Oregonians to get involved in crafting the sales tax proposal.

"Measure 5 is not the answer," Roberts said. "It will slowly over the next six years cripple Oregon and put it permanently on More inside Opening is harmonious5 Smith talks for peace Page 4A Editorial Page 8A Blankenbaker column Page 9A the economic back burner. We must not, we cannot, let that happen." Roberts said the state must focus on two other priorities: developing a prepared work force, and controlling the effect of urban sprawl and population growth. "What we must prevent is preparing this work force, only to lose them because our communities don't offer the quality of life they Turn to Roberts, Page 4A Perez de Cuellar's advice, European Community leaders decided against sending an emissary to Baghdad. Iraqi officials, though, showed no signs of wavering.

The National Assembly unanimously gave Saddam a free hand to deal with the crisis and called for a holy war. In Washington, President Bush told congressional leaders that he would decide whether to launch a military strike after the U.N. deadline of midnight EST Tuesday 9 p.m. PST. Salem-Keizer may seek new schools RBBBaflflBBi iBL- EjK 1 Lithuanian expatriate keeps vigil By Jillyn McCullough The Statesman Journal Christine Gentzkow was a baby when Soviet tanks rumbled into Lithuania, crushing the country's 12-year experi- HOW ON SALE AT WESTERN INTERIORS SKI TALK Smith, the district's school board chairman, said.

Alternatives discussed Monday included year-round schooling, longer school days, and the purchase of additional portable classrooms. The problem: the Salem-Keizer district has grown by an estimated 850 students each of the past few years. Voters, however, have rejected several district requests for additional money to build new schools. By Dave Berns The Statesman Journal The solution could face a rocky political trail, but 40 Salem-Keizer school parents agreed Monday that new elementary schools must be built to ease the district's student crowding crunch. "Whether this city is really willing to finance schools, nobody knows.

But we have to build some schools," Don Lauritsen, a Salem parent, said. District seeks ideas Page 1C The evening meeting at McKay High School was the second of five scheduled for this month by school district officials who hoped to persuade voters that just a single solution exists for the district's crowded classrooms. "There really is only one option: We need new schools," Craig Statesman Journal 280 Church St N.E. Salem, Oregon Circulation 399-6622 or toll fr 1-800-452-2511 (You should receive your Statesman Journal no later than 6:30 a.m. every day.) Our lowest prices even include a ski pass to Mt.

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Salem City Council members voted 4-3 Monday to raise the rate from 25 cents an hour to 50 cents. The process of changing meters will start about March 1 and will take three to four weeks, Jim Young, the city's general services director, said. The current rate was set in July 1985. The council also agreed to place 25-cent-per-hour meters at most spaces in the new library parking garage. The remodeled library will reopen Jan.

26. The changes are designed to help make up property tax losses from Measure 5, officials said. City staffers projected that the higher parking raies would raise about $158,000 a year. The cost of converting the meters was estimated at $13,500. At the library, the parking meters will regulate 300 of the 350 parking spaces in the new garage.

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