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World Watch Jewish settlers warn Arabs JERUSALEM (AP) Jewish settlers distributed leaflets warning Arabs that rioting in the occupied lands will "bring destruction upon you" and held a protest in Tel Aviv calling for harsh treatment of the rioters. Earlier Monday, two Palestinians died of gunshot wounds inflicted in clashes with Israeli troops in the oc- SHAMIR cupied West Bank and two Arabs were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the occupied Gaza Strip. In another development, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir on Monday said he did not reject the recommendation of some Cabinet members that the occupied lands be closed to media coverage. "If it becomes clear that indeed it may limit the damage, I would be willing to consider it," he said. NATO leaders meeting BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) Arms control and disarmament may dominate this week's NATO summit discussions, but the leaders also will talk about human rights and budget problems, alliance officials say.

Leaders of the 16 NATO countries meet Wednesday and Thursday. In their closing declaration, they are expected to stress support for strengthening the 1975 Helsinki Accords on respecting basic human rights such as freedom to emigrate and to dissent. "What is at the core of underlying tensions in East-West relations is the human dimension," Alton G. Keel the U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, said in an interview.

Strike fails in Panama PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) A general strike protesting the regime of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega failed to halt transportation and most commerce in the capital, but organizers predicted it would gather momentum. An apparent lack of faith in the effectiveness of mass action conspired against the strike's success on Monday, which was payday for many workers. The strike appeared to be somewhat more effective in industry. Gephardt blasted in debate WILLIAMSBURG, Va.

(AP) The debate-a-day Democratic presidential field was scattered across the Super Tuesday landscape today after a forum in which Rep. Richard Gephardt was singled out for attacks on his trade policy, tax vote and the contributions he has taken from special interests. one liveliest debates -y the campai n) the Democrats spelled out differences on trade, taxes and foreign debt with bare-knuckled zest, sparing not even the moderator who was chided by Jesse Jackson for asking "a race-based question." After the third Democratic debate in as many days, the contenders were campaigning in states that will hold primaries or caucuses on March 8, the mosl delegate-rich day in the history of presidential politics. Document: Waldheim knew UNITED NATIONS (AP) While serving in the German army, Kurt Waldheim forwarded a request for the mass deportation of Greek civilians to labor camps in 1943, according to a key Nazi document. The authenticity of the document, found in the U.S.

National Archives and made public Monday, was confirmed by U.S. Justice Department spokesman John Russell. He said it was among the crucial documents on which the government based its decision to place Waldheim, now Austria's president and formerly U.N. secretary- general, on a list barring him from entering the United States. Under the Nuremberg Charter adopted at the end of the war, deportation of civilians is both a war crime and a crime against humanity.

When the U.S. Justice Department barred Waldheim from the United States, it said he had "assisted or otherwise participated" in "mass deportation of civilians." Sanctions applied to Panama WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan's imposition of economic sanctions on Panama for alleged drug running is merely symbolic because the penalties prescribed under U.S. law already have been applied against the country, according to U.S. officials. The formal application of the drug trafficking sanctions law, expected today, will have little effect on Panama, a senior U.S.

official said Monday. Shultz meets Hussein LONDON (AP) Secretary of State George P. Shultz turned today to King Hussein of Jordan to back the U.S. drive for Mideast peace talks. Talking to reporters on his flight from the Middle East, Shultz hinted he was inclined to return to the region after a NATO summit meeting in Brussels Wednesday and Thursdav.

Index Weather Ambulance 4A Calendar 2A Classified 4B Comics 14A Deaths 4A Fire Calls 4A Hospitals 4A Living Today 5A Opinion 6A Sports TIB Phone 785-8744 Classified 785-5538 Cloudy Wednesday 50 percent chance of rain Wildcats pull out an win over error-prone Prairiland team President Reagan's day is scripted start to finish by staff members Sports Page 11A Section A Page 3 A 120th Year No. 204 Tuesday, March 1. 1988 Paris, Texas 75460 24 Pages in 2 Sections 25 Cents BIDS OPENED Paris architect Bill Lightfoot, left, opened bids for construction of a new kindergarten through second grade elementary school in the North Lamar School District Monday night. Two contracts totaling $1.2 million were awarded to J.A. Permenter of Sherman and David Buster of Paris.

Also shown, are Board Vice President Terry Hill, center, and Superintendent Roy Chadwick. (Staff photo by Dave Herfort) North Lamar awards contract for new elementary school By DAVE HERFORT News Staff Writer The Board of Trustees of the North Lamar Independent School District awarded a $1.2 million contract Monday night for construction of a new elementary school on the main campus. Six bids were opened by Paris architect Bill Lightfoot, with the winning bids awarded to J.A. Permenter Inc. of Sherman and David Buster Inc.

of Paris. The building will be constructed by the Permenler firm at a projected cost of $1,070,960, Lightfoot said. The paving contract was awarded to Buster at an estimated cost of $158,257. The total cost for the facility is $1,229,217. Lightfoot said the project will begin immediately with a completion time of approximately 300 days.

Other bidders included Cordova Co. ol Nacogdoches, $1,520,000: Monterey Co. of Woford, Harrison, Walker and Harper of Paris, and Bartex Inc. of Dallas, $1,288,798. In other business, the board amended the 1987-88 budget and labled the awarding of bids for property and liability insurance.

The board scheduled an election for two trustees on Saturday, May 7. Absentee voting will be held in the administration offices from 8 a.m. io 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 18 through Tuesday, May 3. The following election judges were appointed by the board: Precinct Chicota Community Outer Jimmy Whites ides.

Precinct II, Stone High School Mrs. H.A. Todd. Precinct III, Sumner Community Center Mrs. James Howell.

Precinct IV, Parker Elementary School Ben Henson. Precinct Reno City Hall Mrs. Irene Isom. Precinct VI, Novice Baptist Church Mrs. Madeline While.

A five-member search committee has received 30 applications for athletic school football coach, said Superintendent Roy Chadwick. "Hopefully," he said, "we will be able to begin interviewing next week." The candidates will probably be narrowed down to "between three and seven" to carry to the board, Chadwick said. The board also extended the contracts of eight administrators for one year. They include Mary Stephens, special education supervisor; Don Moffitt, director of student services: Dr. Tommy Eads, mathematics and computer coordinator; Thomas Moffitt, high school assistant principal; Virginia Bollon, high school assistant principal; Billy Douglas, middle school assistant principal; Virginia Mabry, assistant prinicipal at Parker Elementary School; and Emily O'Connor, asistant principal at Everett Elementary School.

Chadwick said the new kindergarten through second grade facility will be named W.L. Higgins Elementary School, "named after a longtime superintendent of the Chicota School District prior to its consolidation." The new combination high school band hall, drama and choral building, which opened a week ago, was named the Steve Bybee Fine Arts Center. The superintendent said Bybee was a former Reno board member and past president of the NLISD school board. HIGGINS Kidnappers want to try Higgins BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) The kidnappers of a U.S. Marine officer said in a statement released today they are determined to put him on "trial" for espionage.

The typewritten Arabic statement from the Organization of the Oppressed on Earth, said the "trial" would begin once the interrogation of Lt. Col. William R. Higg i a completed. The statement, delivered to a Western news agency, said Israel's crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the Middle East trip of U.S.

Secretary of State George P. Shultz "make us more determined to try this criminal, Higgins." "This will be done after the completion of the investigation to make the world understand that any hand that reaches out to hurt (our) pride, Islam, See HIGGINS. Page 4A Billy Joe Ervin files for North Lamar Board of Trustees By DAVE IfEKFOKT News Staff Writer Billy Joe Ervin, a lifelong resident of Sumner, has filed for election to the Board of Trustees in the North Lamar Independent School District. Ervin said he has filed for the May 7 board election because, "I thought maybe I could help the school and I maybe hold the HUfe taxes down." The candidate said, "I feel like they (the board) need to watch what they're spending and get the best bids they can get. EKVIN "My school taxes are outrageous," Ervin said.

"There may be a need for it, but 1 don't know." See KRVIN. Page IA Prosecutor: Remove Mecham from office PHOENIX. Ariz. (AP) Gov. Evan Mecham should be removed from office for obstructing an investigation of an alleged death threat, senators were told today during opening arguments of the first-term Republican's impeachment trial.

Prosecutor William French also said the man accused of making the alleged threat, former state official Lee Watkins, had claimed that jobs in the Mecham administration related "to P.A. Reves files for City Council P.A. Reves, a retired Bpbcock Wilcox machine operator, filed for the Distict 3 seat on the Paris City Council Monday. Reves was the first person to file for the May 7 city election. Reves, 62.

is a native of Batesville, Ark. His family Clarksvillc when he was about 2 years old He moved to Lamar County in 1933. He attended school is what is now the Chisum Independent School District. He retired from about four years ago aft or more than 30 years of service. "I just wanted to see how it felt," he said of his decision to file for the council race.

"I just want to represent the people of West Paris." Sec RKVKS, Page IA the amount of money that you were able to bring into the campaign." French said the evidence was "overwhelming" that Mecham violated criminal laws and his oath of office and committed malfeasance in office, "any one of which call for impeachment." However, defense lawyer Fred Craft later told senators that Mecham broke no laws and was acting within his authority. "What has this man done?" Craft said during the beginning of his opening argument. "He's had the book thrown at him." Craft said the accusations resulted from a "mutiny" by Attorney General Bob Corbin and Ralph Milstead, director of the Department of Public Safety. Mecham, who also faces a March 22 criminal trial and a May 17 recall election, did not appear at the Senate on See MECHAM, Page 4A Candidates' responses on Page 7A On page in today's Para News is a story detailing the responses of candidates in the Lamar County Tax Assessor-Collector race to a questionnaire focusing on issues in that campaign. The story is the third in a series based on the responses of candidates in all contested Lamar County races to similar questionnaires.

An element of the series will appear daily in the News prior to the upcoming March 8 primary so that voters may better acquaint themselves with the different candidates' positions on the issues in their races. REVES Bill Kilgarlin campaigns for Texas Supreme Court BLASTS ATTORNEY Gov. Evan Mecham criticizes his former attorney during a news conference in Glendale, Ariz. Mecham's trial began Monday. (AP Laserphoto) In Paris Monday, Democrat Bill Kilgarlin, a candidate for the Texas Supreme Court, Place 2, asked not only a vote for himself, but also for a vote on a referendum listed on the March 8 Democratic ballot.

At Cox Field Monday morning, Kilgarlin said the referendum is the result of a move to ban the election of judges in lieu of appointing them to the court and is supported by most Republican candidates running for the Supreme Court. KILGARLIN Not the only candidate running for a supreme court seat to oppose appointment of judges, Kilgarlin said the publicity about the move is just a "poorly disguised attempt by vested interests and the Republican party to gain control of the court." He named several Republicans both who currently serve on the court and who are running for a place on the court, including a Republican opponent, Nathan Hecht, who favor the appointment of judges. Campaigning throughout Texas, Kilgarlin said the focus continues to turn to this issue, and most people, he said, favor the election rather than appointment of judges. The reasons proponents give for the appointment system, Kilgarlin said, are merit, an attempt to remove money from the system and a concern with the idea of judges campaigning for office. "You don't take money out of the system.

You don't get better judges as a don't take politics out of the system. It just moves it to the back room," he said. See KILGARLIN, Page 4A.