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WHAT ELSE IS -3 it congressional approval of a strategic arms limitation (SALT) treaty agreement with the Soviet Union despite midterm election losses among congressional SALT supporters. At the same time, Jordan, who has been given the task of lining up Senate support for the SALT-II pact by President Carter, acknowledged the job would be more difficult now, raising again the possibility that Carter might submit the measure to the Senate as an "executive agreement." That would require only a simple majority, rather than the two-thirds vote needed for a treaty. The possibility has been bitterly denounced by SALT exponents. 500 experts eye Legion disease Atlanta (UPI) Scientists from more than 30 countries meet here today to look for a cure for Legionnaires' disease, the mysterious ailment that appeared in 1976 and took 29 lives at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. More than 500 scientists will meet at the national Center for Disease Control to share knowledge about the disease that researchers say is caused by an organism different from all previously known agents of human illness.

Tanzania begins counteroffensive Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (UPI) Tanzania said yesterday it launched its expected counter offensive against Ugandan invaders, but Uganda claimed it repulsed the attack and that many Tanzanian soldiers were "eaten by crocodiles" in a tropical river dividing the two armies. Tanzania said the fighting was still raging last night, 24 hours after the start of the attack, but did not indicate whether the offensive had been successful. Ex-cop shoots 2 in S.I. bar brawl A retired cop shot and critically wounded two men yesterday after a crowd of 10 persons, some wielding bats, chased him from a Staten Island cocktail lounge following an argument involving his girlfriend, police said. The wounded men, Robert Altieri, 19, of 59 South Railroad Ave.

and Nevio Restrope, 23, of 32 Windsor Road, both Staten Island, were reported in critical condition at Doctors Hospital on Staten Island. The ex-cop, Ciro Barone, 29, who retired from the force in April with a knee disability, fired the shots from his licensed revolver after being chased by an angry mob from the Cosmo-Politan Lounge at 1300 Hyland Blvd. The argument started when a man grabbed the arm of Barone's date. Barone went to his date's aid and was chased from the bar. Martin Gottlieb Gov't scientists open cancer push Washington (UPI A new campaign in which government scientists will track down and control toxic and cancer-causing chemicals in the environment was set in motion yesterday.

Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph A. Calif ano Jr. announced that four federal agencies have allocated $40 million for the 1979 budget of the government's new National Toxicology Program. The secretary said only a small number of the more than 7 million existing chemicals have been tested for possible cancer hazards. Ham sees Congress passing the SALT Washington (News Bureau) Presidential assistant Hamilton Jordan predicted yesterday KHSWB! Jewel thief left 300G behind A thief who looted four Bloomingdale's showcases and escaped with $250,000 in assorted jewelry.

Saturday morning left untouched six other nearby displays containing about 5300,000 worth of similar jewelry, police said yesterday. Detectives were questioning store employes yesterday while Bloomingdale's officials were completing an inventory to determine exactly what was stolen. Police have taken the showcase locks to the police laboratory to see what method the thief used to break into the cases. Police believe the thief may have hidden in the store when it closed at 9:30 p.m. Friday.

One detective said "He probably took as much as he could carry." Jerry Schmetterer. GM will repair hatch-top leaks General Motors will repair leaks in the lift-off glass hatch tops of certain Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs, State Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz announced yesterday. Lefkowitz said that GM failed to inform customers of a water-leak problem with the hatch roof and has agreed to fix the leaks and supply a one-year warranty on the new hatchr The cars involved are the 1975-77 Buick Century Custom Coupe and Regal Coupe, 1975-77 Oldsmobile Cutlass, the 1976-78 Pontiac Firebird and the 1976-77 Pontiac Grand Prix. Customers who have sold their cars and who can prove a loss will receive the difference from GM, Lefkowitz said. Roosevelt tram closing for repairs The Roosevelt Island aerial tramway will be shut down for maintenance for as long as three weeks beginning today, the VSL Corp.

has announced. VSL, a private firm that operates and maintains the tramway linking the island and Manhattan at E. 60th said the one-and-five-eighths-inch steel hauling cable that propels the tram's two cabins had to be replaced. "The rope has worked for 2Vt years with passengers and for six months of testing before that. The (Swiss) manufacturer's guarantee is for one year or a specific number of trips, and we've certainly exceeded that," said David Ozerkis of VSL.

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