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STREET EblTO? sauce sftoffy I UTvLlJULJL Bill DiPaolo urn Rill Kclley. 10E Laifcirisfe Street Edition 25 CENTS WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1983 I Copyright New.s and Sun-Sentinel Company All Rights Reserved News ii i Late Broward: more rain Morning Report a Metro 19 18 ft To the Irish, 5 torms pound Texas, Denver The Associated Press A tornado demolished homes in southern Texas; a foot of snow closed highways in Colorado, and Minnesota residents woke up to find their early spring iced by freezing rain. In California, forecasters predicted yet another Pacific storm would strike today or Thursday. Tuesday night, a tornado tore through Harlingen, Texas, destroying four homes, demolishing $50,000 in farm equipment and injuring at least three people. Snow fell Tuesday from Denver to Minneapolis, arid two highways east of Colorado Springs, were closed because of poor visibility.

Stapleton International Airport outside Denver played host to stranded travelers Tuesday, for the third time this winter, Frontier Airlines ordered thousands of sandwiches, coffee, soft drinks and diapers for grounded passengers. Half the runways were closed Tuesday, but all had reopened by today. By early today, the snow was more than a foot deep in the Colorado mountains and up to 10 inches deep on the plains. 25 2Ua By Stephen d'Oliveira Slalf Writrr National Weather Service forecasters predicted thunderstorms for today and more of the same lousy weather for the rest of the week as South Florida continues to be hit with more and more rain. "There's probably going to be a cold front moving in here Friday," said Al Samet, public-service supervisor for the National Weather Service in Miami.

Temperature forecasts for Friday will be issued later today. A 30-percent chance of rain exists tonight. High temperatures will be in the upper 70s and the low is expected to be in the upper 60s. ine worst possible affront a calendar that doesn't recog- nize the most widely rclebral-ed occasion of the year, St. Pal's Day, IB.

John Cortz of Denver shovels sn5w from his yard Tuesday. Review Mjariees Urarlt Charles Branson's standing as laconic, macho super-hero has Havered in recent years, lie's been misplaced but MO to IWidnighl' vill change all that, in terrorist assault Charles Bronson Sports Hi. I'm Phil Earner. I led the Houston Astros last ear in home runs and ('onceiled fellow, von say? No. not at all.

It's just that when a non-poner hitter becomes a team's leading hitler because the club's two other sluggers weren't hilling. you have to 'enjoy it while you Dave ieczorek. IC Poverty, love, struggle, success. Kpie themes are Floydene Par-. tain's stock and trade in her novels and in her life.

Grant Segall Floydene Partain AY x'v" i. it ('77 VI i h'i i i I i i 9 v4 I i 4. 1 I nitt-it Prrts Intfrnnttumil BEIRl'T, Lebanon Terrorists wounded five American Marines in a grenade attack today, the first direct assault on U.S. members of the multinational peace-keeping force sent to Lebanon in September, a Marine spokesman said. "The patrol touk a grenade from a second floor window along the coast road." said Col.

James Mead, commander of the 1.200-strong U.S. Marine contingent in Lebanon. "We have suslained five injuries "There is no danger of loss of life," said Mead, adding that the wounds sustained by five members of the 12-man Marine patrol were superficial Maj. Bill Grein. a Marine spokesman, said "unknown person or persons" lobbed a single grenade at the Weapons Company patrol on routine duty in southern coastal suburb of Ouzai, north of the Beirut International Airport.

"Medical attention has been ad-, ministered at the scene and the five injured Marines have since been evacuated to hospital aboard the USS Guadalcanal off the Lebanese coast," Grein said. "They are getting medical attention on board the USS Guadalcanal. None of the five are seriously wounded," Grein said. The names of the wounded soldiers were not released. Military sources said the five Americans suffered minor leg and arm wounds.

"They were saved by the flak jackets they were wearing," a Lebanese army officer said of bulletproof vests used by the Marines. The officer, at the scene of the attack, said his troops detained about 30 people for questioning. The attack was the first direct assault against the U.S. Marine contingent of the multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon although a car bomb exploded near Marine headquarters in Ouzai last November. The assault was the third in 12 hours against members of the peace-keeping force sent to Lebanon in September.

Reporters visiting the scene minutes after today's grenade attack reported the Marines on combat alert. The American soldiers were joined by Lebanese police and. troops who cordoned off the area in search of the attackers. Col. Mead said the U.S.

peacekeepers would not be deterred by the assault. Caribbean IE. Jobs bill, -freeze facing vote today New Mire servii-es WASHINGTON The Senate, frustrated in repeated efforts to reach a compromise on a $5.1 billion jobs bills, is heading toward a pair of showdown votes on a proposed amendment to repeal the withholding tax on interest and dividends. On the House side, the question today was not whether a resolution calling for a nuclear weapons freeze and eventual reduction in superpower arsenals will pass, but by how much. Backers of the banks-supported amendment in the Senate claim they have the votes to force their measure onto the jobs bill, despite a vow by President Reagan to veto the bill if it contains the amendment.

A victory on the amendment could trigger a filibuster against the jobs bill by Sen. Bob Dole, chairman of the Senate Finance Committe. And that could delay Senate action on the final measure for two or three more days. After nearly a week of back-and-forth debate, the Senate was ready to vote today, first on Dole's effort to block the amendment and if that fails as Senate leaders expected it to on a move by Sen. Bob Kasten, to clear the way for a vote on his withholding amendment.

Kasten claims he has more than 60 votes in support of his amend-ment. If Kasten wins today, "I'll filibuster it," Dole told reporters. "He may have the votes, but it isn't going to come easy." Efforts to end the stalemate peaceably collapsed late Tuesday when Kasten refused to withhdraw his amendment from the bill, despite a promise by Dole and other GOP leaders that he would have a chance to offer it on separate legislation next month. Dole claimed that was a big Please see JOBS, I la Consumer Is your house Doison-proof? If not, someone may get hurt and it may be your youngster. Here are some tips on how to make your house safe, 3E.

Health There's nothing wrong with soft drinks. The ingredients, including caffeine, saccharin and sugar, are safe for people of all ages and have a legitimate place in the American diet. 'They provide an attractive alternative as a refreshment says a nutritionist and food scientist, 2tA. I l'l phuto A U.S. Marine is on alert after patrol was attacked in Beirut today.

Look out, Broward's on move Index spring and summer advertising budget to promote the package. Nearly 100 hotels and motels have agreed to cut their rates through December, Frockt said, and scores of restaurants and attractions would offer cash discounts to entice tourists. Visitors would be courted with "inexpensive" four-day or seven-day vacation deals, promoters said. No prices for the packages were released. The deals would start April 15 and last through mid-December.

A Miami-based tour operator would' market the package, with help from Delta Airlines and Alamo Rent A Car. Part of the battle plan even includes cooperation with Disney. Tourists who stay seven nights or longer in cooperating Broward hotels would be offered two free passes to the Magic Kingdom or Epcot. They would also be offered a discounted bus ticket to the Orlando-area attractions 200 miles north. If they turn down Disney, they would receive free' passes for the Jungle Queen sightseeing cruise or an airboat tour in the Everglades.

The thrust of the package, Frockt said, is "to bring them (tourists) here first" before they're sold on Epcot. The promotion would be titled "Greater Fort Lauderdale For the Fun of It." "There's no question that the major competition for Broward this spring, summer and fall is Orlando and Epcot," said Warren Binder, president of Certified Tours, the Miami firm that has worked on arranging the package for two months. Please see EPCOT, 11.4 By Richard Leiby Staff Writer Broward tourism promoters, struggling in the shadow of Walt Disney World and its tremendously successful Epcot Center, have devised their biggest and most expensive plan to draw visitors to the county. The proposal: Give tourists a "total vacation package" discount airline, hotel and rental car rates, food, drink and shopping freebies and passes to local attractions and sporting events. The goal: Steer tourists clear of Central Florida.

The cost: $825,000 from the Tourist Development Council's advertising coffers. "This is the largest single promotion Broward has ever done, period," said Jerry Frockt, TDC executive director. The TDC will be asked March 24 to spend its entire Vol. 72, Mo. 97 Health 24A world 17A Bridge Horoscope 12E COLUMNISTS Business 1-120 lifestyle 1-4E Broder 23 Classitied and Local 1-12B Brothers 2E legal ads 1-24F Nat(m 3A Donohue Comics 11-12E New5makBr5 Landers 2E Crossword 12E Bnfr Tl2C Linclcome IC Oade Circulation Sla" 'Jz 761-4810 Pealns 66 Television 10E ClauifM 6A 71-4111 Entertain 6-9E WMth 2A 761-4000.