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Auburn 3o urad NEWS FRONT PAGE A-2 Wednesday, August 12. 1987 eech Weather IlllllI R393n sp scheduled for for Wednesday Britain, France agree to send minesweepers By Robert MacKay UPI Reporter Regional forecasts Foothill region: Sunny Wednesday with highs in the 80s to mid 90s. Southwest delta winds 10 to 20 mph. Liht winds elsewhere. Clear Wednesday night with lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.

Sunny Thursday with highs in the 80s to mid 90s. Sierra Nevada: Sunny Wednesday. Partly cloudy south of Lake Tahoe and fair elsewhere Wednesday night and Thursday. Sao Francisco Bay Area: Becoming sunny inland and partly sunny along the coast Wednesday. Highs from the mid 60s to mid 80s.

Westerly afternoon winds to 20 mph. Coastal clouds spreading inland Wednesday night. Lows in the upper 40s and 50s. Becoming sunny inland and partly sunny along the coast Thursday. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 80s.

Los Angeles: Low clouds Wednesday clearing during the mid morning to hazy sunshine. Slightly cooler with highs in the lower 80s. Low clouds Wednesday night and Thursday morning, clearing to hazy sunshine in the afternoon. A little cooler Thursday. Lows in the mid 60s.

Highs about 80. Precipitation Tuesday 0.00 Temperatures Tuesday 93-60 Relative humidity Tuesday 31 Barometric pressure Tuesday 30.92 Rain Totals Season Normal Yearly (Julyl) to date average 23.70 0.17 0.00 0U By Helen Thomas UPI White House Reporter WASHINGTON President Reagan worked Tuesday to pull together the final elements of a speech designed to sweep away the debris of the Iran-Contra scandal and set the course for the final months of his presidency. The nationally braodcast address, set for 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday, will deal not only with the worst political crisis Reagan has faced, but also with the course of American foreign policy in Central America and developments in the Persian Gulf, aides said Tuesday. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the speech, expected to last about 18 minutes, will be delivered from the Oval Office the setting for two earlier Reagan addresses on the controversy that failed to put the affair to rest.

Aides were reluctant to characterize Reagan's speech, with Fitzwater telling reporters only that "it's close" to completion, although still "in flux." He indicated the president may work on it up to a few hours before delivery. Fitzwater said that in addition to Iran-Contra matters, Reagan will deal with his domestic and foreign policy priorities for the remaining 17 months of his term. He was expected to mention plans to end the Nicaraguan conflict, but has pledged to House Speaker Jim Wright that he will not use the speech to seek aid for the Nicar-gauan rebels as he originally planned. Fitzwater described as "unfortunate" a remark by an anonymous White House official that a Reagan-Wright plan for Centra America is now on the "back burner." Nevertheless, the administration appeared ready to defer, for the time being, to an agreement for a negotiated peace approved by five Central American governments, including Nicaragua. Reagan also will touch on the Iran-Iraq war and increasing tensions in the Persian Gulf, where the U.S.

Navy is escorting Kuwaiti oil tankers now flying American flags. The speech will mark the third effort by Reagan to deal publicly with the Iran-Contra affair. The previous addresses were Nov. 13, shortly after the secret dealings with Iran Greenspan takes over from Volcker WASHINGTON (UPI) Alan Greenspan, described by President Reagan as "an economist's economist," took over the helm of the nation's central bank Tuesday, hoping for repeal of the laws of arithmetic to make his four-year term easier. Greenspan took the oath of office as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in the East Room from Vice President George Bush after hearing Reagan urge him to continue the low-inflation, high-growth policies of his predecessor Paul Volcker.

Reagan used his introductory remarks to praise the six-and-a-half year record of his own economic policies and Volcker's leadership in reducing inflation from 13.3 percent when he took over in 1979 to last year's 1.1 percent. "And I want to restate my confidence in Alan Greenspan to carry these accomplishments still further, all the while maintaining the Fed's tradition of independence," Reagan said. "Chairman Greenspan will bring all his skill to bear upon the task of promoting our continued economic growth while keeping inflation low," the president said. "Today keeping down inflation and sustaining economic growth is not an either-or proposition. Today, low inflation and economic growth can and must go hand in hand." Addressing Greenspan a leading private sector analyst who served as President Ford's chief economic adviser and on three presidential commissions Reagan said: "You're an economist's economist, one of the most widely respected men in your field.

But you know that economics is more than numbers, that there are crucial intangibles as well, intangibles like hope, a willingness to work and, yes, faith in the future of this great and good land." were exposed, and March 4, following the report of the Tower Commission, named after the Contra aid diversion was revealed. Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh is pursuing possible indictments of key figures in the scandal, including former national security adviser John Poindexter and his aide, Oliver North. UPI photo A mine floats in Gulf of Oman off Fujairah, the busiest shallow-water anchorage in the region. Three mines were found Saturday after another damaged the U.S.-operated tanker 'Texaco Caribbean' on Monday. LONDON Britain announced Tuesday it will send four high-technology mine sweepers to the Persian Gulf to protect Royal Navy warships and British-flagged tankers.

France also ordered mine sweepers to the Gulf of Oman. Several allied governments, including Britain and France, had earlier rejected U.S. requests to send mine sweepers to the Persian Gulf, expressing concern that U.S. naval escorts of Kuwaiti oil tankers could provoke a military confrontation with Iran. But officials from both countries said Tuesday the discovery of additional mines in the Gulf of Oman south of the Persian Gulf had weighed in their decisions to change earlier stances.

They both, however, ruled out combining mine-sweeping operations with the United States or with each other. "News of further mining in the gulf area over the last 48 hours shows that a new situation has arisen there. There is an increased danger from mines in the Armilla Patrol's operational area," British Defense Secretary George Younger said at a news conference in London. The Armilla Patrol consists of a destroyer and two frigates that escort British-flagged tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow body of water that connects the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf. "The government has therefore decided to equip the Armilla Patrol (the British convoy) with a mine-sweeping capability to enable it to continue to carry out its task effectively," Younger said.

"Four Hunt-class mine countermeasure vessels together with a support ship will join the Armilla Patrol as soon as possible," probabaly in five weeks. In Paris, Defense Minister Andre Giraud told reporters France had decided to send two mine sweepers to "reinforce" a four-ship battle group en route to the Gulf of Oman. France, saying it had to protect its interests, sent the battle group led by aircraft carrier Clemenceau to the area after it severed relations with Iran in a dispute over terrorism last month and after an Iranian attack on a French container ship. Giraud told reporters the finding of additional mines in the gulf region this week justified the move, but ruled out combining mine-sweeping operations with the United States and Britain. The Reagan administration welcomed the decisions and expressed hopes other allies would follow suit, saying it appreciated "all efforts to contribute to ensuring freedom of navigation to the gulf." U.S.

Navy ships last month began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers and the supertanker Bridgeton hit a mine in the inaugural convoy in the Persian Gulf. A U.S.-operated tanker, the Texaco Caribbean, hit a mine in the Gulf of Oman outside the Persian Gulf Monday and four more mines were spotted Tuesday in the area. The mine blast Monday was the first such attack in the Gulf of Oman. Iran is suspected of seeding the mines in an attempt to disrupt what it perceives to be pro-Iraqi shipping. World briefs A 1 U.S.

for oil tankr barrassment at being caught in its own trap. The Texaco Caribbean was carrying tons of Iranian crude oil. Earlier, Rafsanjani was quoted in Iranian media as telling the Spanish ambassador to Tehran that the gulf could be made safe for the entire world if foreign powers would exercise restraint. "We believe that if foreign powers do not abuse the situation here, relative security will be ensured," he said. "The Western bloc countries should be assured that all the USA can do is make the Persian Gulf unsafe," Rafsanjani said.

Another IRNA report quoted Revolutionary Guards official Mohsen Rafiq Doust as warning the United States that Iran would teach it a lesson. Doust told a group of servicemen's families that Iran's "combat capacity" in the gulf has "astounded" Washington so much that U.S. Navy vessels escorting reflagged tankers sneaked out of the waterway at night. A convoy of U.S. warships and Kuwaiti-owned tankers departed the Gulf of Oman under cover of night early Saturday and slipped through the cho-kepoint Strait of Hormuz into the gulf.

Iran's four-day "Martyrdom" maneuvers in the strait had ended just a few hours earlier. Doust said Iran would crush any attack on its borders, relying on a national army "of faithful people and on mighty weapons and hundreds of thousands of martyrdom-seeking Basijis." First human tests of AIDS vaccine slated Iran blame STiiilG hit tO NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) Iran Tuesday accused the United States of planning a mine blast that damaged an American-owned tanker, but analysts said Tehran may be embarrassed that one of its own mines spilled Iranian oil. Parliament Speaker Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani spoke on Tehran Radio of "a strong possibility the Americans or their agents are at the bottom of this," but added it was "still too early to make a judgement." Rafsanjani suggested it was "no coincidence" that the ship hit was American and carried Iranian crude oil, and said it also was possible that Iraq, Tehran's arch-enemy, planted the mine. The official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted an Oil Ministry spokesman as saying the mine explosion Monday in the approaches to the Persian Gulf was part of "a U.S. plot" to stir up trouble in the region.

State-run Tehran Radio, reporting on the blast, that said "it is not yet clear whether this mine was planted directly by the American Navy or whether the regional agents of the USA were responsible." Gulf shipping sources believe the mine was released by Iranian commandos, and analysts said that likelihood may explain why Tehran is so actively seeking to deflect blame in the explosion. If the mine was proven to have been of Iranian origin, they said, Tehran's pleasure at seeing a U.S. ship damaged could be overshadowed by em- Rainfall reported at 7 p.m. Stock market Stock prices soar NEW YORK (UPI) Stock prices soared Tuesday on the second-highest volume in the New York Stock Exchange's history, adding more than 40 points to the Dow Jones industrial average for the second straight day. The Dow Jones industrial average, which surged 43.84 Monday, jumped 44.64 to 2680.48.

The Dow has gained 88.48 in the past two sessions. Broad-market indexes also advanced to new records. The New York Stock Exchange index rose 2.68 to 186.13 while Standard Poor's 500-stock index rose 5.33 to 333.33. The price of an average share rose 62 cents. Advances outpaced declines among the 2,015 issues traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

Big Board volume totaled compared with 187,200,000 Monday, and the highest since 302.4 million shares changed hands on Jan. 23. "On substantial volume we have had strong overseas buying, institutional buying, and individual buying and most of it had been concentrated in the blue-chip Sector," said Harry Villec of Sutro Co. in San Francisco. Money market NEW YORK (UPI) The doUar rose against most major foreign Currencies Tuesday, although it declined sharply from a high against the West German mark after Federal Reserve Board intervention.

Gold and silver rose. In New York, the dollar ended the day at 1.8945 West German marks, up from Monday's close of 1.8920 tout down from the 1.9030 it hit in Jearly afternoon trading. The af-Jernoon level was its highest against the German currency since mid-January, according to Robert ityan, a trader with Irving Trust to. Earlier in Frankfurt, the dollar Jnded at 1.8908 German marks, up fractionally from 1.8900 on Monday. Ryan said the Fed entered the "market to break the rise by selling "dollars for Japanese yen.

Once the began falling against the it also fell against other major currencies, including the mark, Ryan said. Despite the dollar's strength, Hyan said it was a day of "very Tquiet, thin, summertime trading." I- Other traders attributed the dollar's desirability to the U.S. Economy. "Recent figures, partic--ularly employment figres, have good, and this has inspired a of confidence," said one trader. "Everyone is just keeping their eyes on what the central banks will do next." The dollar ended at 151.20 yen in York trading, up slightly from Monday's close of 151.00.

Overnight in Tokyo, the dollar slid a bit, falling to 151.17 yen from Monday's tclose of 151.45 yen. In London, the pound strength- ened to $1.5710 from $1.5680. In New York, the pound finished at $1.5720, up from $1.5690 Monday. The dollar increased to $1.3295 Canadian from $1.3280. liam Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine.

The vaccine will consist of purified glycoprotein derived from a small portion of the AIDS virus, Graham said. The drug is similar in formula to one developed by a French researcher, Dr. Daniel Zagury, who inoculated, himself and French and Zairean volunteers. The French vaccine induced the production of antibodies that, when extracted from the volunteers' blood, neutralized the AIDS virus in test-tube experiments. However, no one knows whether the drug or any like it will protect against AIDS virus infection and resulting symptoms of disease.

Because the vaccines do not contain the whole, live AIDS virus, they do not cause infection themselves. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UPI) Van-derbilt University Medical center announced Tuesday it would join five other organizations to begin the first U.S. tests on humans of an experimental AIDS vaccine. Dr.

Barney S. Graham, the assistant professor of medicine who will head the Vanderbilt study, sad the vaccine trials were the first phase toward developing a completed vaccine, which the scientific community hopes will be ready in the 1990s. "The purpose of the initial study is not to see whether the vaccine is going to protect people from AIDS, but is primarily to study the side effects of the drug," Graham said. The testing program would recruit about 20 healthy volunteer adults who have been tested to ensure they are not infected with the AIDS virus or have any other chronic illness, said Dr. Wil Police intensified their search for the former tenant, Harrison Graham, 28, the last occupant of the third-floor apartment where six badly decomposed bodies were discovered Sunday.

Remains of a seventh victim were found Monday on the roof of the house. Preliminary examinations of the bodies revealed at least two appeared have died of strangulation, a spokesman for the city medical examiner said. Both were females in their 20s or 30s, and both had been dead about 10 days. Pilgrims' bodies arrive NICOSIA, Cyprus (UPI) The bodies of 49 Iranian pilgrims killed in Mecca arrived Tuesday in Tehran, and Iran said it expected a shipment of 160 more corpses in a few days, bringing the Iranian death toll to more than 300. It was the third plane transporting bodies from Saudi Arabia to Tehran since the clashes in Mecca.

Six die in aircrash MUNICH, West Germany (UPI) A small plane on a training flight veered off its approach to an airport Tuesday and crashed into the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant, killing six people and injuring 15, police said. The two men at the controls of the twin-engine Piper Cheyenne plane and a woman passenger perished in the fiery crash at 3:28 p.m. as one of the pilots practiced simulated landings to renew his license, a police spokesman said. Three people were killed on the ground, including a pedestrian, a cyclist and a woman who was decapitated by flying wreckage while she waited for a bus, the spokesman said. Witnesses said the plane, approaching a Munich airport, suddenly veered towards the restaurant, grazed a large sign on its roof, then plunged to the ground, striking a passing city bus.

"The landing gear was halfway inside the plane," one eyewitness said. "As the plane was over the last house before the field it veered to the right and began to wobble a little as if it wanted to make a sharp turn. And then I saw a big fireball." Soviets deploy missiles MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Union has deployed the first mobile strategic missile system that can be launched from a railroad car a basing method guaranteeing survival in any U.S. first strike, a Soviet arms negotiator said Tuesday. Viktor Karpov, former head of the Soviet arms negotiating team in Geneva, told a news conference that the rail-mounted missile, known as the SS-24, was a new weapons system, but he denied U.S.

claims the missile violated the 1979 SALT 2 arms limitation treaty. The mobile SS-24, approximately the same size as the most modern weapon in the U.S. arsenal, the Peacekeeper, which can be armed with as many as 10 warheads. The Pentagon has said the SS-24 has a range of about 6,000 miles. It can reach most U.S.

continental targets if fired on a polar trajectory. By basing it on the Soviet Union's 93,000 miles of railway lines, the Soviet Union further complicated the task of trying to verify any arms reduction agreement between the two superpowers. Search near 'death house' PHILADELPHIA (UPI) Police dug for more bodies Tuesday in a weed-choked lot near the building where seven corpses were discovered earlier this week as a picture emerged of drug use and murder inside the so-called death house. Armed with picks, shovels and bulldozers, officers plowed through the vacant lot across the street from the crumbling North Philadelphia row house, acting on a neighbor's tip that a former tenant had been seen burying something in the lot..