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A Gannett Newspaper Tucson Citizen Home Edition35 cents Soviets to free political piMsomers i The Associated Press Release by year's end Germany says Diamond found instead of cancer ROSEVILLE Calif Doctors operating on a woman to remove a cancerous tumor found instead a small dia- mond she believes fell into her reproductive tract 52 years ago during the Cae- sarean delivery of her daugh- ter Virginia husband Rollo said he plans to have the stone which is about an eighth-inch wide mounted so his wife can wear it on a lace He said he called his daughter Sharron and told her the news laughed and said a lot of people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths but she was born with a dia- he said said were imprisoned because of their political or religious views Many Western governments have given lists to the Soviets of people they regard as jailed or held in psychiatric institutions In New York the chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry Morris Abram said he was skeptical of the reported Soviet promise heard for a long time that the Soviets are going to obey the obligatipn to let everyone leave the country who wishes to leave And just not Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany $aid today the Soviets have agreed to release all people regarded in the West as political prisoners within the next 10 weeks Such a move would be one of the most dramatic signs yet from Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that he seeks a definitive break with past Soviet human rights practices which have included the confinement of people who disagree publicly with Kremlin policy position to give final Amnesty International the London-based human rights group said last month the number of people imprisoned in Soviet labor camps psychiatric hospitals or exiled for their political beliefs numbered about 200 compared to 10000 a few years ago In January Soviet human rights activist Andrei Sakharov gave Gorbachev a list of 200 Soviets he cal prisoners was not on the agenda of Soviet-West German negotiations that brought Kohl to Moscow 1 Kohl said Soviets confirmed that they will release before the end of the year all political prisoners as we understand it in the When asked how many people might be involved Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher of West Germany said are not in a Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady I Gerasimov refused to verify or deny statement and a spokesman for Soviet Jews said he was of the reported promise Gerasimov said the number of political prisoners was about two dozen However political rights groups say there are about 200 in the Soviet Union Gerasimov said the issue of politi Ships near quarry 2 whales Soviets to launch shuttle Saturday MOSCOW The Tass news agency said today the Soviet space shuttle will blast off on its maiden flight Saturday morning making an unmanned trip designed to break the US monopoly on reusable spacecraft Tass said final checks were being made on systems aboard the orbiter named the (Snowstorm) and the Energia booster rocket that will carry it into orbit The delta-winged Soviet shuttle which looks like its older American cousin has been in the development stages for years and space officials here had long promised a launch this year Two military helicopters crash 10 die The Associated Press GILA BEND Two Marine Corps helicopters crashed in a desert gunnery range during training killing all 10 servicemen aboard military officials said today The helicopters went down last night on the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range in a remote desert area south of Gila Bend the officials said They said the crash site was about 125 miles southeast of Yuma It was not immediately known whether the two helicopters collided said Cpl Darren Fuller a public affairs spokesman at the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma It was the second crash involving military helicopters this week Story 2A Among those killed last night were Capt HL Heyl Jr and Capt ST Andrews both Marines Air Force Capt TJ Kitt and Marine Maj WC Walker III said Lt Mary Baldwin a Marine spokeswoman at the Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airfield She did not know the hometowns of the victims The names or services of the other six victims two captains and four corporals were still being withheld pending notification of relatives Baldwin said The aircraft were being used in a insertion and crews were using nig sion goggles when the crash occurred saicl Army Maj Linda Du-moulin a Pentagon duty officer Four people were on a Boeing CH-46 helicopter and six on a Bell UH-1N copter Both helicopters are designed to carry more troops but were not transporting full teams for the weapons-tactics training course There were no survivors officials said The crash took place about 7:45 last night and an investigation team was at the site Fuller said The flight originated at the Yuma base but specifics were not available said Marine Sgt Mark Williams another spokesman Pumpkin slasher at large in Illinois BANNOCKBURN 111 A reward is being offered for the great pumpkin slasher a vandal who destroyed what was billed as the largest gourd and took its valuable seeds authorities said The pre-Halloween prank has dumbfounded residents of this upscale suburb north of Chicago where the 354-pound pumpkin was on play at the posh Bannockburn Green Retail Center The slasher cut the pump-kin which cost $200 and made off with half of it and all the seeds Associated Press PLOWING THROUGH ICE Soviet icebreakers flying more than two weeks The ships were expected to reach US and Soviet flags plowed through the Arctic Ocean the animals and free them today Atractor-like device will today in an effort to help rescue two California gray cut ice between the ships and whales which were whales trapped in thick ice near Point Barrow Alaska for separated by only about two miles Story 2A GNP growth weakest in 2 years The Associated Press Compiled by Mike Chesnick from wire reports should reduce the need for the Federal Reserve to drive interest rates higher as a way of dampening demand in an overheated economy The weaker-than-anticipated showing threw in doubt the ability of the economy to meet the Reagan projection of 35 percent growth for the entire year The 22 percent GNP growth rate was sharply lower than had been expected Many private analysts had been looking for growth of around 32 percent product the broadest measure of the health rising at the slowest pace since a 14 percent increase in the fourth quarter of 1986 The GNP advance was down from increases of 34 percent in the first quarter of 1988 and 3 percent in the second With the slower growth came an easing in inflation A price index tied to the GNP rose at an annual rate of 44 percent from July through September down from 55 percent in the second quarter vMany economists viewed the GNP re- port as good news because the slowdown WASHINGTON The US economy grew at a modest 22 percent annual rate from July through September the weakest performance in almost two years the government reported today The Commerce Department blamed the weak growth rate -on the impact of the summer drought a deterioration in the trade performance and a drop in government purchases of defense equipment The changes left the gross national IlliUlraUV Beyond the battle for official English The battle over Prep 106 the measure has generated a lot of heat but not much light What would 106 do? How do those affected feel? Find out in Citizen PAUL KRAUSETucson Citizen Baok 3 suspects 0 Robbers risk runnjng afoul of branch manager Channel 18 going off air By DAVID LTEIBEL Citizen Staff Writer Cloudy a tad? Cooler a mite? Gee whiz no raging Blizzards in sight? Dezi Pointed Station closes Tuesday diocese cites finance drain Moreno 'He robbed my bank and I don't like that It annoys me' Paul Blease Bank branch manager By DAN SORENSON Citizen Staff Writer A few clouds today a few more tomorrow Highs in the upper 80s today in the mid- 80s tomorrow Low tonight in the mid-50s high 89 was eight degrees above normal Overnight low 57 Complete weather 3D ald Ives said Blease took a risk in pursuing and capturing the robbery suspect was the second time done Ives said getting older but not Blease responded On Aug 22 the bank was robbed by an unarmed man who implied he had a weapon In that case Blease captured Byron Jackson 33 of a general delivery address Jackson is being held on suspicion of armed robbery in lieu of $10000 bail Another robbery occurred Friday but it was police this time who captured a suspect Police said a man walked into the branch office fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash Police jailed Clifford Davies the next day in connection with three bank robberies including the one at branch Davies was ordered held on suspicion of attempted escape possession of narcotics and three counts of armed robbery risky robbing the First In- terstate Bank office managed by PaulBlease Three men allegedly have tried to rob that branch at 3300 Sixth -Ave since Aug 22 All have been caught two by Blease a 57-year-old retired Air Force fighter pilot who just take kindly to people trying to rob his bank The third man allegedly tried Monday walking into the bank implying he had a gun and demanding cash police said Vhen he left Blease followed him out and made the Why? he robbed my bank and I like that It annoys said Blease who did not want to be photographed for this article As the man walked by on his way out of the bank Blease said he got a good look at him armed so I figured KDTU which went on the air in December 1984 has been for sale for two years and has reportedly nearly been sold several times The push to sell the station became more urgent in July 1987 when some parishes within the diocese complained they no longer were able to borrow money from the diocese for building projects because the money was being used to keep the station bn the air But financial woes apparently were pot the only problem The station which had announced a family and religious programming philosophy seven years ago two years before it went on the air gradually began showing violent cartoons and some movies with sex scenes DIOCESE continued2A The Catholic Diocese of Tucson will take its independent TV station KDTU-Channel 18 off the air Tuesday and fire 42 station employees because the station is financially draining the diocese In a letter written to southern Arizona parifhes announcing the station would be shut down Bishop Manuel Moreno also mentioned his dissatisfaction with some of the pro- gramming as being a contributing factor in the decision to close the station And in 4 related matter KMSB-TV Channel 1 1 has laid off four employees and has not filled two other positions what the Blease said Blease got in car and followed the getaway car about a block before pulling tip next to him in front of Wakefield Middle School 101 44th St said Tom Ellis a bank spokesman Blease jumped out of his car and ordered the suspect to lie on the ground Ellis held him there until police arrived and arrested Patrick James Brady 48 who gave them a general delivery address He is being held in the Pima County Jail on $10000 bond for armed robbery Tucson police Detective Sgt Ron Business 9A Jumble SD Classified 4D Movie times 3B Comics 6B Public rec 4D Crossword BO Sports IE Editorial 12A Television 7B Food 1C dqing 3B 4 'irr y-.