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A-8 Tuusdav. August 23. 1994 Star-Bulletin THE NATION Yale virus lab may be closed as public menace U.S. may add to Guantanarno forces WASHINGTON As thousands of Cuban refugees pour into Guantanamo naval base, U.S. officials charged with maintaining peace at the camps are concerned about a volatile mix of heat, boredom and frustrated flights for freedom.

A Pentagon official said the military was consid Clinton pleads for GOP help on crime bill Star-Bulletin news services WASHINGTON Opposing sides marshalled their forces today for a Senate struggle oyer President Clinton's born-again crime bill as Clinton appealed for more of the compromise spirit that V. Reuters NEW HAVEN, Conn. Officials are considering closing the largest depository of tropical viruses at Yale University because a scientist unwittingly exposed some two dozen people to a rare disease. Federal, state and local public health officials met privately with university leaders today to discuss what to do in the aftermath of the second known' escape of an exotic disease from the lab in 25 years. The officials refused to comment, but one source who attended the meeting said two health officials ering sending additional medical and security personnel to deal with the influx of refugees at the urged the lab be closed as a public menace.

Instead of reporting the accident and going into isolation, which university rules require, the affected scientist kept quiet and over a 12 day period moved about in the general public, Public health investigators said at least 25 people in Connecticut and four in Massachusetts were being interviewed and closely watched for symptoms of the disease. They said the chances that anyone will catch the disease, which can kill by causing internal bleeding, are extremely small. rescued the bill in the House. Tho Hnnso nt Representatives passed the 7 mm for base, which normally houses about 5,000 military and civilian workers and their dependents. The U.S.

manpower commitment could be expanded to include several dozen more Marines to secure the perimeter of the remote site, military police units to maintain order inside the camps, an additional 50-bed field hospital and about 125 support personnel to feed the refugees. Teacher suspended over silence law SNELLVILLE, Ga. A teacher was suspended today and could be fired for refusing to obey a new state law requiring a moment of silence in schools. Yesterday, the opening day of the new school year at South Gwinnett High School, American government teacher Brian Bown led class in a discussion of the new law during what was supposed to be the moment of silence. Today, Bown told Principal Delores Hendrix he still would not comply with the law.

He then left the building and was suspended with pay pending a hearing, said Berney Kirkland, spokesman for Gwinnett County schools. Although the language of the law says It "is not intended to be, and shall not be conducted as, a religious service or exercise," many opponents contend it is too close to state-ordered prayer. Classes are to observe a moment of silence for no more than 60 seconds. Bown said prayer was clearly the Legislature's intent. "I either violate my conscience and beliefs and follow a law that is patently unconstitutional, or I'm fired," Bown said.

From Star-Bulletin news services billion bill Sunday after bipartisan amendments and White House lobbying reversed an earlier rejection and Senate approval would hand the Democratic president a bracing political victory he badly needs. 1 "Every senator, without regard to party, ought continue the bipartisan spirit that was established in the House," Clinton said today. But Republicans planned to try a parliamentary tactic to reopen the delicately crafted compromise to changes, a move that would effectively prolong the struggle indefinitely and throw its outcome back into grave doubt. Democrats said the tactic was only a political ploy backed by the National Rifle Association to kill the bill because it bans 19 types of semiautomatic assault weapons. if I Under Senate rules, supporters of the bill would need 60 votes to overturn the "point of order opponents hoped to raise, meaning 41 (votes would sustain it.

Clinton's Democrats have bnly a 5644 Senate majority. Clinton said some of the best ideas in the bill came from Republicans during House revisions, implying it was ironic for Senate Republicans to be fighting them now. i 1 Associated Press DEATHS REMEMBERED: A flag flies at half-mast yesterday on Colorado's Storm King Mountain, where 1 4 firefighters died fighting a brushfire last month. A federal report blames communications lapses and failure to follow procedures. Meanwhile, about 18,000 firefighters today are battling 32 other major fires covering more than 465,000 acres In Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah and California.

I THE WORLD 31 Ex-sex slaves angrily greet Murayama 172 polled: Japan jwar amends lacking Kyodo News Service TOKYO A majority of Japanese think has not made full recompense for its invasion of Asian countries during World War II, and although most Japanese are friendly toward Asian countries, they do not believe Asians like Japan in return. Asahi Shimbun reported the findings after a poll of 3,000 Japanese adults taken last month. Questions on their views about Asia were answered by 2,316 of the pollees. In the poll, 72 percent of the respondents think Japan's compensation to the countries ruled or occupied by Japan during wartime is not enough, while 17 percent say Japan has, made adequate amends. Classified by age and gender, men aged 70 or more constituted the majority of those who think Japanese redress was -V, In contrast, many in the postwar tion say Japan's compensation is inadequate, with 85 percent of women in their late 30s giving such a response, the newspaper said.

Reuters MANILA Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama arrived in the Philippines today and was confronted by angry women demanding compensation for being used as sex slaves in World War H. Police kept about 50 of the women, -waving banners demanding "Compensation Now," more than 100 yards from the luxury Manila Hotel where Murayama was staying. -The women were demanding $200,000 each in compensation. They were led by Rosa Henson, the first Filipino to end decades of silence in 1992 and tell of her experience as one of 200,000 women forced to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers. i v.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo said the comfort women issue would be discussed when Murayama and President Fidel Ramos held talks tomorrow. "We have beeni working on the individual claims so, totviously, we are sensitive to the said. Murayama was expected to repeat apologies for Japan's wartime atrocities as well as discuss economic and security issues with leaders of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore. It -Vl swarm one "Si She's friendly. Tred' kills 700 people in China Reuters ii BEIJING Typhoon Fred killed more than 700 people in China's eastern Zhejiang province and caused more than $1 billion in damage, officials said today.

The typhoon pounded the coastal region over the weekend, collapsing thousands of houses and destroying river embankments. A spokesman for the provincial foreign affairs office said at least 700 people had died but there was no final tally of deaths and destruction. "There Is no way of calculating how many people are still missing," the spokesman said. He added that about a quarter of the province's 42 million people were affected by the disaster, whether by having their homes damaged, factories stopped or croplands ruined. Official figures say the storm resulted in the collapse of 100,000 homes, with damage to 700,000 others.

More than two million people are surrounded by flood waters, and 560,000 have evacuated. More than 180 towns have been flooded, with 90,000 enterprises forced to suspend production. Total economic losses will top $1.2 billion, the officials said. ike bne moves lightning; greased i Jm Ex-Pakistan PM warns India of nuke threat ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Former prime minister Nawaz I Sharif delivered a warning to India today and said Pakistan the atomic bomb, but the claim was denied by a Pakistani government spokesman. Sharif, who left office last July and now leads the opposition, made the claim in a speech in the disputed territory of Kashmir.

He warned India that any attack could trigger a nuclear war between the two countries, which have fought two wars over Kashmir. India also denies having nuclear weapons although it ex- ploded a nuclear device in 1974. Western diplomats believe both countries could assemble nucle-; ar devices. Canada's crime rate drops more than 5 i OTTAWA Canada became a safer place last year as the rate of violent crime declined, the government said today. The overall crime rate tum-- bled by more than 5 percent, the largest decline in more than 30 years, the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics reported.

The number of homicides in 1993 fell to 630 a drop of 102 from the previous year. In con-; trast, the United States had a 3 percent increase in the number of homicides between 1992 and 1993, pushing its homicide rate to more than four times that of Canada, the agency reported. Zaire limits border to truck crossings BUKAVU, Zaire Fearing more chaos, Zaire today limited the number of Rwandan refugees crossing its border here to those who could be taken by truck to U.N. camps. With up to 50,000 frightened Rwandans heading toward the border and only 20 trucks able to receive them, resettling Ithe refugees could take a month, a U.N.

spokesman said. The trucks can take only about 3,000 refugees a day to a camp outside Bukavu. Tasmania to fight to keep anti-gay law CANBERRA, Australia The conservative government of Australia's island state of Tas-1 mania vowed today to fight to keep its laws banning homosex ual sex, despite a federal gov-J ernment move to overrule it The Canberra government 'said yesterday it would pass legislation to override the Tas- manian laws, which prescribe prison sentences of up to 21 I years for homosexual sex. Tasmanian Attorney General Ron Cornish said he would look at challenging the proposed federal government legislation. From Star-Bulletin news services i- i i To) i 1 i.

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