The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington • 1

A Weather Chuckle 8howore and Isolated thunder torma tonight partly cloudy Tuesday highs 60 to 65 low about 40 south winds Chance of rain 100 percent Nothing makes It hardsr to remsmber campaign promises than getting elected Our 88th Year No 187 Monday May 15 1978 Columbian 1978 Vancouver Washington (206) 694-3391 40 Pages 6 Sections 15 5 Zaire president in appeal for help spawned in Angola spearheaded by Cubans and helped by Russians Algerians and Libyans In Washington the State Department confirmed the rebels had seized the mining town of Kolwezi but the Zaira government denied 1L Koiwezi is 220 miles east of the Angolan border but closer to Zambia The KINSHASA Zaira (UPI) -appeared today to have seized two important towns In copper-rich Shaba province amid heavy fighting that could have dangerous international repercussions The government of President Mobutu Sese Seko called for help from biends in the West and bom Morocco and China In Paris the French government said it has received a formal request from Kbuhasa for aid In Brussels a foreign ministry official said Belgium the former colonial power is sounding out the views of other countries which might be called on to help Zaire But Zairean opposition groups warned foreigners to stay out of what they said was an internal popular struggle to put an end to IS years of Mobutu's increasingly chaotic rule in the former Belgian Congo They rejected Mobutu's allegation the revolt was revolt was entirely Indigenous The State Department said it was not clear whether the rebels had succeeded in taking Mutshatsha a town 0 miles west of Koiwezi Zairean officials conceded government forces had given up the town in a tactical retreat In Brussels a Belgian foreign ministry spnkmaa said the rebels had set up a rudimentary political administration in the Koiwezi region the mining and railroad hub of Shaba formerly Katanga province If Amtrak cuts back route eyed Inside today National Multimillionaire Inventor William Lear once was advised to go back to school to learn the meaning of the word Lear who died Sunday replied at the time: don't want to" Page 4 Opinion Columnist Joseph Kraft looks at President Carter's image-building efforts Page 6 Local 4 It appears the Vancouver City Countil likes the idea of another vote on whether to change the name of the city to Fort Vancouver Page 9 State Comedian Bob Hope says he didn't have to study hard to get an honorary degree from Gonzaga University Page 12 People Florals and water-colors abound at one of the area's biggest competitions Page 29 Sports David Thompson finally gets his shooting touch back and the SuperSonics are the victims Page 35 Union Pacific Railroad tracks on the Oregon side of the river before cross- Vancouver and boosters of the old Spokane Portland Seattle Railway Kssenger service up the Columbia ver Gorge could be among the beneficiaries of an otherwise aim announcement last week calling for massive cutbacks in Amtrak rau service around the nation The federal Department of Transportation is imposing re instituting Poitland-to-Spokane rail passenger service in connection with DOT Secretary Brock Adams' proposal to cut two east-west trains in the Pacific Northwest The DOT is not proposing a specific route for a Portland-Spokane train But the old SPAS passenger trains crossed from Portland Into Vancouver then headed east up the gorge through Pasco and into Spokane Or the service could run over the Federal Railroad Administration in Washington DC Whether existing trains are finally eliminated as Adams mots or new ones are added will be decided eventually by Congress There was an Indication today of the resistance any cutbacks would face The House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee approved a tall that would delay any reduction in Amtrak trains until Oct 1 1979 That bill still faces action by the full House and the Senate The action today was seen as an attempt to delay the plans by Adams announced last week to para the 27 009-mile Amtrak system to 18900 miles Adams said the cutbacks are needed to hold down rising deficits which could reach fl billion by 1964 tag into Washington Public hearings on a i a train will be held by the Interstate Commerce Commission There has not been passenger rail service along the Washington bank of the Columbia for several years Part of proposal aimed at cutting Amtrak losses would Involve dropping the current Pioneer train The Pioneer links Vancouver and Portland with Salt Lake City via the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon Side Adams also would (hop one of two trains between Seattle and Spokane In effect two of the current routes would be combined into one rail passenger route to Spokane said Beverly Silverberg a spokesman for the President sees jet sale win I a 33 1213 17-28 34 Amusements Business Classified ads Comics WASHINGTON (AP) President Carter after talking with several senators is predicting that the Senate tonight will refuse to block his plan to sell sophisticated US warplanes to Israel and two of its Arab neighbors The Senate vote this evening will come after 10 hours of debate today that includes a two-hour closed-door meeting of the Senate to discuss classified aspects of the pending sale Sen Abraham Ritacoff D-Conn who asked for the closed session said he wants the lawmakers to discuss the security implications for "the entire Middle East" of the presence in the area of Soviet-backed Cuban troops Even if the Senate should vote to kill the sale of planes to Israel Egypt and Saudi Arabia the proposal would survive if the House refuses to block the sale too Such proposals are automatically approved unless both the Senate ana the House vote to reject the sales On the eve of the Senate showdown vote Carter lobbied his $48 billion plane sale proposal with several senators Crossword puzzle 32 Editorial 6 People 2931 Sports a 35-39 TV-Radio 33 Vital statistics 32 32 1617 Staff phrta fey Daw Ofcan Randy Norris senior at La Center High School manned the buckets today as rain dripped through leaks in the gym roof Repairs to the roof are budgeted In the school district's levy Weather Youth Levy votes tomorrow Ah -i Skeleton that of woman 19 They also would enable the district to acquire land retapment and to build sh at the junior high school devel rooms for The levy would provide school supplies textbooks and blacktopping for a basketball court In Woodland an $89 million school building bond issue would alleviate overcrowded classrooms and repair old plumbing heating and electricity in elementary and high school buildings About $65 million of the bond issue has been earmarked for a new high school The Evergreen bond issue is for 20 years and is expected to coat property owners 85 cents per $1000 assessed valuation The owner of a $40000 home would pay $34 a year in taxes on it The La Center levy would cost property owners $544 per $1000 of assessed valuation the owner of a $40000 home would pay $21760 in 1979 property taxes Hockinson property owners would be taxed $271 per Sue ptwta ky Ralph Nny It was supposed to be a softball game but It looked more like a mudflght The base runner had trouble finding the bag In this action from the soggy championship game of the Muscular Dystrophy Benefit Slowpltch Softball Tournament Sunday Sloppy weather to ease up a bit What might have looked like the beginning of a monsoon season for the area is nearing an end according to weather forecasters The Nruonal Weather Service in Portland is calling for showers with isolated thunderstorms today and tonight with a 50 percent chance of precipitation tonight dropping to 10 percent Tuesday Highs should be 60 to 15 with loirs about 40 A total of 171 inches of rata sloshed over the area Saturday and Sunday according to a weather service spokesman Today only 04 inch had fallen as of 9 am The rain brings the total for the month to IIS Inches versus normal precipitation of 108 inches The total for the year through Sunday Is 1590 inches versus a normal 1681 Inches At the same time in 1977 1039 inches had been recorded for the year and 15 J1 in 1978 high was 51 degrees at the Southwest Washington Research Unit in Hazel DelLJhe low was 45 Evergreen and La Center school district voters Tuesday will have their last chance of the year to approve operation or construction measures State law allows school districts to try for passage of levies and bond issues twice in one year Evergreen voters rejected a bond issue on the first try earlier this year La Center voters rejected a two-part levy request the first time around In other school elections Tuesday Woodland voters will consider a bond issue and Hockinson voters a levy and two bond propositions all for the first time The Evergreen School District is asking voters to reconsider an $11 million bond issue defeated on Feb 7 to help the (a st-growing district cope with Increasing enrollment The bond Issue primarily would be used to construct four new schools to house an estimated 4000 more students in the next six years according to Superintendent Kenneth Schmauder La Center voters will face a $210188 levy request to maintain and operate the school district as well as add spring sports field trips and a custodian Voters there rejected a two-part levy for those same purposes in March The current one-part levy request which combines the two proposals defeated earlier this year has been shaved $63897 in anticipation of joining a transportation cooperative run by Ridgefield kahuna and Woodland school districts Hockinson voters are being asked to support two bond issues each $150000 and a $100000 levy The bonds would provide money to build a multipurpose room kitchen cafeteria and resource library at Hockinson Heights Elementary School -e i The skeletal remains of a young woman found near Lacamas Lake last week are those of Gloria Nadine Knutson daughter of Bert Knutson 708 WincheUAve Clark County Coroner Archie Hamilton said today Hamilton said the Identification was made by comparisons of dental work and skull X-rays Min Knutson was reported missing on June 1 1974 She was last seen alive on May 21 1974 She was 19 at the time Min Knutson was the woman Sheriff Gene Cotton said last week he suspected ms the victim He refused today to say why he suspected the wu that of Min Knutson is the latest of four apparent murder victims found In the county under similar circumstances since mid-1974 All four young women are believed to have died or have been killed during the spring or summer of 1974 Cotton said he Is Investigating a possible link in the deaths out refuse to elaborate $1000 assessed valuation all measures pass there Id pay $17140 a Woodland property owners would be taxed ap imatety $4 per $1000 assessed valuation for the 20-year bond or the owner of a $40000 home would pay $160 a year Polls will be open from 7 a to 8 pm Sample ballots and polling places were published in The Columbian on Friday Further infoimation can be obtained by calling the county's Election Department at 699-2345 Clark County Auditor Ron Douauer is predicting a 25 percent turnout for the election.