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Palladium -Item HE Vol. 147, No. 234 Richmond, Monday, Sept. 26, 1977 In 2 Section 16 Pages 20c ID Csase-fiVe hate Lebanon battles By UPI An American-mediated cease-fire took effect Monday in south Lebanon, Lebanese and U.S. officials said.

Israeli troops began withdrawing from the battle zone and a Palestinian spokesman reported calm in the area. The halt in the fighting appeared to end 10 days of escalated fighting between Israeli-supported Christian rightists and joint Palestinian-Lebanese leftist fortes. In Beirut, Lebanese House Speaker Kamel Assaad confirmed the ceasefire had taken hold after a one-hour meeting with President Elias Sarkis. U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Richard Parker also confirmed the ceasefire had gone into effect and said it "is being observed by all sides." Hopes It will last The American diplomat, speaking after a meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fuad Butros, added, "We hope it will last." Asked if the cease-fire was being observed by all sides, Assaad said, "When I say the i 0 CT i i -r: Fiji LA 1 A U.S.

records 15th straight trade deficit These members of the Connersville Fire Department were among those picketing the city building Monday morning, objecting to what a spokesman called a lack of good-faith bargaining by the city, and calling for an audit of city finances. (Palladium-Item Photo) cease-fire went into effect at 10 a.m. (4 a.m. EDT), this means all sides are observing it." "We hope this will pave the way for the implementation of the Shtaura accord," he said, referring to the agreement reached two months ago by Syria, Lebanon and the Palestine Liberation Organization for a Palestinian withdrawal from the south and movement of Lebanese troops to the troubled area. Newsmen reporting from the south said a small force of 800 soldiers and 80 armored personnel carriers were standing by in the eastern Bekaa Valley town of Rayak to be sent to the south.

Earlier, Israel announced it had accepted a cease-fire and a spokesman for the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine had reported that Israeli troops and tanks had moved back across the border to Israel from positions in Lebanon. A spokesman for the PFLP reported the Israeli pullback shortly after the the Israeli Defense Ministry announced acceptance of the ceasefire, and said its patrols in southern Lebanon would end immediately. Calm returning The PFLP spokesman in Beirut said calm was returning to southern Lebanon. But he said there could be no cease-fire with "the Zionist enemy" and said even if Israel pulled back "no one should expect us to reciprocate with similar action." Both Palestinian officials and spokesmen for Christian rightist forces backed by Israel said Sunday night they they had agreed in principle to the cease-fire. An official of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Beirut said Monday said there would never be a cease-fire with Israel, hut that "there could be a cease-fire between us and the isolationists (the Lebanese Christian rightists supported by Israel)." Reports from Metullah, Israel, said that even after the cease-fire deadline.

Soviet-made rockets smashed into into the nearby Israeli towns of Kiryat Shmona and Safed in what Israeli military sources said was an attempt by extremist Palestinians to subvert a new cease-fire in south Lebanon. The Israeli military command said eight persons were wounded in the attacks the heaviest casualties reported since rockets began hitting Israeli towns last Wednesday. The spokesman for the PFLP had no immediate comment on reports of guerrilla rocket attacks but said. "No one can dispute our right to keep on fighting Ihe Zionist enemy." "In fact, Palestinian revolutionaries shelled the (north Israeli coastal) town of Nahanya late Sunday night." he said. di.w'uss the search for the missing woman.

Groups will be organized to distribute full-color posters of Mis Harmeier, and "Where is Ann?" bumper sticker will be distributed. foreign goods than the United States is earning from sales of its goods abroad. It means a loss of purchasing power to Americans and can result in reduced employment and production at home. The Carter administration has said the continuing trade deficit has been caused mostly by increases in imported oil from the Arab countries. Some officials have said nearly all non-Arab countries have built up trade deficits and it could take 10 years to return to normal.

They say other countries have been unable to buy our products because the U.S. economy has been growing more rapidly than theirs. The latest trade report shows that petroleum Imports declined for the second month in a row, dropping from $3.6 billion in July to $3.3 billion last month. So far this year, the U.S. trade deficit is $17.6 billion, and administration officials say it could exceed $25 billion for the year.

The trade deficit for all of 1976 was $2.3 billion. The deficit fluctuated in the last four months, rising from $1.2 billion in May to $2 8 billion in June, then declining to $2.3 billion in July before today's figure of $2.7 billion. Exports of commodities showing big decreases of July through August were soybeans, cotton, logs, iron and steel scrap, coat, synthetic rosin and plastics, textile yarns and fabrics, chemicals, motor vehicles and parts and other machinery. Showing Increases were aircraft, spacecraft and parts and electronic computers and parts. Besides oil, other imports that contributed to the decline were fish, motor vehicles and parts, clothing and crude rubber.

Connersville firemen picket city building national firefighter's association, Rowland said. The president of the firefighter's Kxal said the membership here voted Saturday evening to reject a pay increase offer of $500,. plus already granted by the previous contract Rowland said the firemen rejected the offer because the department would have to give up three men in order lo gel the raise. No non-emergency work Along with the picketing and the threat to have an audit, the firemen are refusing to do non -emergency work, including inspections, training sessions, outside station work, rue cleaning or truck cleaning. Everett chairman of the city council's bargaining unit, said Monday morning that the offer the firemen turned down included if the fire department agreed to cut back its personnel by three men a pay increase of $'JM2 a year per man He said that included, per man, the uln-adv in the contract, plus and the additional $300 granted to the police.

He said the firemen were seeking the same $300 a year raise that the policemen were given, and shift-pay bonuses, but McCauley said the department doesn't work in shiftv McCauley said that in the meeting Saturday morning, at which the offer was presented, "we didn't open up the contract," for wage negotiations, but the offer was nevertheless nude. He said the offer would make the Connersville department the highest paid of any third-class city in Indiana. He also said that even if the department were cut lo 44 men, it would still have one more than any other comp.ir.ihle department in the state. He also satd the effer was in addition to a $4iX) a year clothing allowance, hopitaliaiion insurance and holiday pay. WASHINGTON (AP) American businesses sold fewer products abroad during August than at any time in the last 16 months as the nation's trade deficit grew to $2.7 billion, the Commerce Department said today.

The trade deficit was the 15th in a row and the second largest in history, surpassed only by the deficit in June. American exports totaled $9.6 billion, a sharp decline from the $10.1 billion a month before, and was the smallest amount since a $9.4 billion in exports in April 1976. Imports for the month declined from $12.3 billion to $12.2 billion. A trade deficit means more dollars are leaving the country to pay for Today Now federal special education laws become effective Saturday, and Wayne County schools are relying on the East Central Special Services District of Connersville to meet their growing needs. Page 16.

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By Harold Wiley CONNF.RSVILLE Connersville firemen Monday morning picketed the city building here to protest what a spokesman said was a lack of good faith bargaining by the city and to demonstrate the need, ihey said, for an audit of the city administration. The firemen, members of Local 2203 of the International Association of Professional Firefighters, in past weeks signed a working contract ith the city, but now they want the same kind of pay increases the city later gave the police department, according to Wayne Rowland, president of the local. In previous years, the fire and police departments negotiated jointly with the city, but this year the police split away from Ihe firemen for bargaining purposes and reached an agreement ith Ihe city after a walkout and a threat to have the city administration's finances audited. City "ha money" Rowland said an audit would show that the city "has money It can other than directly out of our budget," to meet the wage demands of the firemen. He said new negotiations with Ihe city will probably be made more difficult because of the new contract under which firemen are working: it has a "no mkc" clause.

Rowland said, "We don't think the city is dealing wtth us in good faith." The audit would be performed by an agency which is part of the inter Search continues for Ann Harmeier; meeting set tonight Carter starts drive to get treaties ratified CAMBRIDGE CITY More than 100 Cambridge City area resident sean tied southern Indiana regions Sunday in quest of missing Indiana University coed Ann Louise liar-meter. Mi Harmeier. 20, last seen Sept. 12 standing beside her disabled car along Indiana 37 north of Martinsville. The sranh party Sunday traveled more than 100 mile from Cambc tdge City to conduct a foot search in the Paoli and French IM areas of Orange County and the Spencer area of Owen County, according to a United Pre International report Rev.

Rose C. Taul of Cambridge City Presbyterian Chunh said a committee began calling prosetlivt searchers Saturday night and rounded up more than 100 who left early Sunday. Krv. Taul is a personal friend of Ihe Harmeier family and is pastor of their church Members of the church donated $133 in a Special collection Sunday In help pay Ihe expense of the trip Cambridge City area residents will meet ai 7 .30 m. Monday in Ihe Lincoln Si hool cafeteria lo further By Jim Anderson WASHINGTON (ITU Spurred by memories of the Senate's l.tleful 1921 rejection of the League of Nations, Ihe Carter administration Monday opened its drive for Senate approval of the controversial Panama Canal treaties Secretary of State Cyrus Vame was presenting the administration's arguments lo the Senate foreign Relations Committee, which begins Ihree weeks of intensive hearings on the accords, The Panama Canal treaties, signed by President Carter and Panamanian President Omar Torrijos in early September, would lurn control of the canal over to Panama by Ihe year MV, but allow the United State lo intervene lo insure neutrality of ihe historic water.

iv Popular sentiment appears lo be running heavily against the treaties Mint mail arriving in congressional office is MgamM Ihe accords, and Senate Democratic 'Leader Robert liyrd of West Virginia has said Ihey would be defeated if voted on todav bv the Senate The administration is believed la be at least l. vote short of the two-thirds majority needed lo secure Senate ratification If the administration cannot secure Ihe missing votes, it may opt for rM bringing the treaty to a vote at all in this Congress Administration olficiais are aware of Ihe historic parallels with IH.M when Woodrow Wilson tried to convince Ihe nation to approve the Versailles Peace treat with it provisions for a world organization the league of Nations for settling international disputes In M.Oih the Senate rciceted Ihe league despite Wilson's desperate journey across America lo II the p.Ki lo Ihe people. In the lourse of Ihjt cross country train tourney. Wilson sulfereil a stroke from whit he never fully recovered the Carter administration fact a similar task lo explain to the American people why the treaty could insure the vi.ibilitv of the canal and promote better relations with Panama and the whole of latin America strike talks set CONNFRSVIU.E Management and representatives of striking workers at Design and Manufacturing Corp. were scheduled to meet Monday to continue negotiations toward settling the week old strike at Ihe dhwasher manufacturing plant.

The two sides met Wednesday and Friday last week, but Richard Stevens, spokesman for Ihe striking local 151, United Auto Workers, said no progress Was made. As previously reported, Fayette Circuit Court Judge George I- Kerrigan wa scheduled Id hear argument Monday on a request from t)AM for a temporary restraining order and Injunction against the union lo limit the number of pickets, hall Ihe blocking of plant entrances and keep sinkers off company property. The principal issue In Ihe strike is job security, Stevens said Monday He said ihe union want job security lor II I.WO members and proiei turn against layoffs that could be caused through company slot kpiling In a statement issued lo Ihe news media Mondav morning, Stevens also said the company had used a "slowdown polity" during contrail negotiations The statement also said. "We have run Ihi legally-sanctioned strike without causing any ma)or problems in Ihe community and plan to do so until the strike is settled." Ihe rotnp.my had no immediate comment Monday morning.