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lliliip pgff DETROIT FREE PRESSSATURDAY, MAR. 6. 1982 1 1 A 9 Did a nightmare kill Chalong Paul csll us: 222-C434 Action Line solves problems, gets answers, cuts a mobile home, Mr. Nicol said, before moving to a northwest Detroit apartment. After working briefly for a tool and die shop, Pan was laid off and unemployed for "about six months," according to Mr.

Nicol, before going to work recently for a fiberglass factory. "He was a very aggressive, eager and hardworking fellow," said Mr. Nicol. "He liked America very much and wanted to adjust to American ways. He bought a brand new car and his ultimate dream was to purchase a home." SMIALEK SAID he will rule out every other possible cause of death before exploring other considerations such as nightmares.

"We're still conducting tests to see if there were any drugs in his body," said Smialek, "as well as testing to see if there's anything that might show up microscopically. That's going to take us another two weeks or so." Smialek stressed that what often appears to be a death due to natural causes is ruled otherwise when all testing is completed. "We had a case a few years back where a U. of M. student was found dead in his room and everybody said that, because he was such a student of meditation, he'd lowered his heartbeat and breathing while meditating and died," said Smialek.

"Well, when the test results came back, they'd found a load of cocaine in him. That was the cause of death." But Smialek agrees that it's a mystery how Pan and more than 40 other Southeast Asian refugees could all die at such a young age of apparently natural causes. "The question in my mind is why these people apparently have a predisposition Why are these Southeast Asian refugees dying in this fashion? It's a challenge that we'll try to figure out," he said. "But I still find the idea of nightmares real hard to take. A lot of people maintain that living in Detroit gives you nightmares," said Smialek, "but we don't see deaths as a result." nightmares before and, shortly before his death, she had a traumatic episode involving a nightmare, according to a family friend.

"Early one Sunday morning, Pan called and was very upset and excited and he was concerned about his wife. He said I had to come immediately," recalled the Rev. Stanley Nicol, pastor of the North Farmington Baptist Church. Mr. Nicol said that when he arrived, Pan's wife was obviously upset.

"He (Pan) knew what was wrong with her, but had to get a dictionary before he could explain to me that she'd had a nightmare," said Mr. Nicol, who noted that the woman calmed down only after her grandfather drove in from New Haven, where he lives with other relatives. "He came," said Mr. Nicol, "and tied a white string around her wrist and a white string around the baby's neck later Chalong told me it was for protection from the spirits There is evidently a great deal of animism (a belief in spirits which exist outside the human body) in their background." ASKED IF he thought Pan might have died while having a nightmare, Mr. Nicol said, "I'm sure there must be a great deal of superstition involved in their background, but I don't think so.

It's just a gut feeling, but I think it could've been the so-called 'yellow rain' that chemcial warfare that was supposedly used in Cambodia. In my mind, I think that's probably closer to the cause than a dream he had," Nicol said. In 1971, Pan and a friend fled Cambodia and then "spent quite a bit of time in a refugee camp in Thailand," according to Mr. Nicol, who said Pan was transferred to a camp in the Philippines before he and his wife finally immigrated to Detroit under the sponsorship of Mr. Nicol's church congregation.

"A month after they arrived," said Mr. Nicol, "she had a baby, Jo Lee. She's also pregnant and expecting her second child in two months." The Pans lived briefly with the Nicols and then in DEATHS, from Page 1 A Asian refugees. The deaths of more than 35 of the refugees, according to medical information provided to the CDC, occurred between 9:30 p.m. and 7 a.m.

All the victims were in good health and apparently died of natural causes. Although pathologists have been reluctant to advance it publicly, one possibility being explored is an obscure pattern described in some medical literature as "Oriental nightmare death syndrome," in which death reportedly results from terror induced during a nightmare. The syndrome, according to a CDC report distributed nationally last Dec. 4, is most prevalent in the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines, where it is known as "bangungut," which means "nightmare." The syndrome has also been noted in medical literature in Japan, where it is known as "Pokkuri disease." IN DESCRIBING the deaths reported in the Philippines and Japan, the CDC report noted, "Witnesses interpreting the terminal groans in these deaths as signs of terror supported the popular notion that deaths resulted from terrifying dreams. Several refugee deaths in this country were initially described in this manner and thus were attributed to nightmares." However, the report noted, "careful questioning of the witnesses in the United States indicated that the terminal sounds were those that are often heard following cardiac arrest." Dr.

Roy Baron, a CDC epidemiologist, said, "We don't subscribe to the theory that a nightmare causes the death We're simply saying the only thing we're sure of is that the deaths occur during the sleep process." Being more specific than that, Baron said, is impossible because "studying the clinical sleep physiology is like exploring outer space we actually know very little about it." PAN'S WIFE reportedly said he had experienced red tape, stands up for your rights. Write Action Line, Detroit Free Press, 321 W. Lafayette, Detroit, Mich. 48231. Or dial 222-6464 from 8:30 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Stove on the way i am a social worker and one of my clients, who is blind and 61 years old, needs a stove. I found one for her at the Society of St. Vincent De Paul on the city's east side.

But my client lives downriver, and so far I have been unable to find anyone willing or able to get the stove to her. Can you helP? I. Detroit She'll be cooking with gas next week after range is delivered by the Brown Brothers of the Holy Light Holy Order of Mans. Goodwill gesture was arranged after Action Line alerted religious order to the case. Brown Brothers are a nonde-nominational Christian order that has been involved with ecumenical teaching and service for the last 14 years.

Order is currently setting up a neighborhood center in the Cass Corridor to provide food, clothing and other assistance to the needy. Father Arthur Roberts said the Brown Brothers need roofers, plumbers and carpenters to help renovate the old building that will house their center. Anyone interested in volunteering can call Father Roberts at 896-2140, weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Address Is the question My husband and I are interested in joining Toastmasters International, the public speaking group.

We live in Ferndale, but because we're planning to move to Grosse Pointe we'd like Information on a chapter in that area. So far, I haven't been able to get the club's address. Can you find It? v.C, Ferndale Just drop in at Grosse Pointe Central Library on Kercheval, second or fourth Hostage released but siege continues SIEGE, from Page 3A afraid officers would storm the house and kill him. SHERIFF Norman Heine-mann, reached Friday while on vacation In Florida, ordered deputies not to use tear gas or any other force against Cole but instead to continue talking to him until this morning. If Cole still refuses to surrender, it will be up to Heine-mann to decide the next step, Undersheriff Earl Butler said.

Meanwhile, authorities cut off power to the home in hopes of forcing Cole out. Cole's attorney, Harold Bristol of Coldwater, was called to the scene at 5 a.m. Friday and talked to Cole about 40 minutes through a telephone hookup. He called a second time later in the day, but Cole refused to answer, police THE REV. Kernie Watson, a retired pentecostal minister from Marshall who is an old friend of Cole's, spoke to Cole through a bullhorn at 3 p.m.

Friday, urging him to give himself up. Cole never responded. "We don't want to hurt you," Mr. Watson said. "We just want to help you.

Please come out. Nobody will hurt you." Butler and Sgt. John Pollack remained at the house during the standoff. Deputies were rotating on shifts. Authorities said Cole had been arrested twice before on felony charges, but never convicted.

Neighbors said Cole, who also lives in Sherwood, a village about five miles northwest of Coldwater, is unemployed. IN A BIZARRE sidelight to the standoff, three people who drove a car through police lines in an abortive effort to rescue Nelson were arrested and taken to the Branch County Jail in Coldwater. Police said Lee McGregor, 43, got as far as the front door, but retreated when Cole fired several shots at him. No one was hurt. Police said McGregor, Janice McGregor, 40, and Lucille Vogel, 45, would be charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice.

McGregor also faced a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol for striking Cole's car. Free Press wire services contibuted to this report Guatemalan leftists kidnap leading publisher for Alvaro Contreras Velez, director and co-owner of La Prensa Libre, Guatemala's largest newspaper. Contreras Velez, 60, was abducted from his home by gunmen who claimed they were sent by the defense minister, family members and newspaper sources said. A RELIABLE SOURCE at the newspaper said a message signed by the Guatemalan Labor Party, which is Guatemala's Communist Party, demanded publication of a manifesto by the Miami Herald, the Los Angeles Times and newspapers in Guatemala and Mexico City as the only condition for Contreras Velez' release. The statement, entitled "No to the Electoral Farce," also left at the home, was signed by the political commission APandUPI -v GUATEMALA CITY Leftists urging a boycott of Guatemala's national elections kidnapped a newspaper publisher Friday, killed his bodyguard and demanded publication of an anti-election manifesto.

Military authorities, who were already tightening security in preparation for Sunday's voting, began a search Escape muddles El Salvador issue of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. Newspaper spokesmen said the family had been in touch with U.S. newspapers, but gave no details. A spokesman for the Mexico City paper Excelsior said it would print the communique as a paid advertisement. Leftist parties are boycotting Sunday's elections for president, vice-president, Congress and state and municipal officials.

Fewer than a million of the country's 2.3 million eligible voters are expected to go to the polls. THE FOUR presidential candidates shook hands Thursday night, embraced one another and offered their solutions to Guatemala's violence. The candidates, speaking before about 1,000 members of the Guatemalan Managers' Association, agreed that a top priority is to defeat the growing guerilla insurgency in this Central American nation, which has been ruled by conservative, military-dominated governments since 1971. The front-runner, Gen. Angel Anibal Guevara, said he would offer amnesty to the estimated 4,000 guerillas but said, "Those who do not wish to lay down their arms should know this right now they will be crushed." Sandoval Alarcon, the National Liberation Movement candidate, called for military victory.

Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. You'll learn how to become a "more effective speaker, listener and thinker, along with others who want to improve public speaking skills in a workshop atmosphere rather than a classroom." So declaims Robert Lathrup, lieutenant governor of administration for Detroit area the House and Senate intelligence committees. Both committees have received intelligence briefings on the subject. The chairman of the House committee, Edward Boland, said in a statement Thursday: "The insurgents are well-trained and well-equipped with modern weapons and supplies and rely on the use of sites in Nicaragua for command and control and for logistical support. The intelligence supporting these judgments provided to the committee is convincing." Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Barry Goldwater, said, "The briefing left no doubt that there is active involvement by Sandinista government officials in support of the Salvadoran guerilla movement." EL SALVADOR, from Page 1A the second public relations setback in less than a week for the administration in its efforts to discredit Nicaragua's foreign and domestic policies.

On Monday, State Department spokesman Dean Fischer acknowledged that photos described by Haig as proof of Nicaraguan atrocities against the country's Miskito Indian population were fraudulent. The photographs, published last month by the French daily Le Figaro, were taken before the Sandinista government took power in Nicaragua in 1979. Haig has dismissed the mix-up as evidence that "even the free press" can make mistakes. At Friday's meeting, Haig and Gutierrez discussed the latest develop ments In El Salvador's civil war. Romberg had no comment on the meeting, and the State Department denied reporters and photographers access to Gutierrez, apparently at his request.

Gutierrez is an Army colonel. MEANWHILE, the State Department withheld the release of evidence which it claims documents the administration's claim that El Salvador's rebel forces are getting outside help. Haig had indicated the evidence was to have been released Friday, but officials said they expect the disclosures would not be made until next week. Romberg, responding to widespread congressional skepticism about authenticity of the evidence, called attention to recent statements by the chairmen of MICHIGAN FORECAST 170 S.S.Marie Marquette Detroit area forecast: Partly cloudy today. Highs will be in the low to mld-30s.

Clear and cold tonight, low near 5. Southwesterly winds at 10 to 20 m.p.h. For local weather at any time, call 932-1212 or 932-8437. sm TRAVELERS' FORECASTS Minneapolis: Mostly cloudy Sunday, highs around 30, lows around 10. Cloudy Monday and Tuesday, highs in the low 20s.

Chicago: Mostly fair Sunday and Monday, highs In the 30s, lows around 20. Mild Tuesday, highs around 50, lows In the mld-30s. New York City: Partly cloudy Sunday, sunny and cool Monday and Tuesday. Highs In the low 40s, lows around 30. Washington, D.C.: Chance of rain Sunday, partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday.

Highs in the mid-40s to low 50s, lows around 30. Miami: Partly cloudy Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, highs In the 70s, overnight lows in the 60s. TODAY'S U.S. CITY FORECASTS Alptna( Code: JA cloudy Trav.aty 911 fx Saginaw M4Q Extended outlook for the Detroit area: Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday, fair Tuesday. Highs In the 30s, lows In the teens Sunday and Monday, around 20 Tuesday.

RECENT DETROIT TEMPERATURES OrandRapW. Qovercaat- I 2511 rain :7 f0 vvmxiM 4- Data I 227 1 228 1 31 1 32 I 33 34 High 35 33 40 32 19 36 Low 5" 19 20 17 1 10 1 11 ffii annul Oisi Kalamazoo 257 Toastmasters International. Club members take turns giving brief, impromptu talks and longer, formal speeches. Each speaker has an evaluator to offer constructive comments. Each evening is hosted by a different "toastmaster," who emcees, and a rotating "wordmaster" to introduce new words that members add to their speaking vocabularies.

Toastmasters also provide speakers to other organizations through their speakers bureau. Finding local chapter for you was no problem since Detroit area has 30, Lathrup said. For additional info, write him at 3014 Caswell, Troy 48084, or call 646-3014 evenings. Renters' rights Recently while looking for an apartment, I was told by one manager that I'd have to pay $10 for a credit check. I don't think this is fair.

Why should I have to pay for my own credit check? F.P., Detroit Because there's no law against it. According to spokesman at Michigan Consumers Council in Lansing, there is no state law prohibiting fees for credit checks. And he added that as far as he knew, there were no plans in the Legis-' lature to draft such a law. League of Women voters of Detroit Metropolitan Area have a free pamphlet, "Do you that outlines tenants' rights. It gives info on security deposits, as well as responsibilities of both tenants and landlords.

Spokeswoman told us League is updating pamphlet now, but there are 2,000 old ones left with plenty of useful information. To get a copy, send long self-addressed, stamped envelope to League of Women Voters, 2230 Wither-ell, Detroit 48201. CLIMATIC ALMANAC Temperatures! Thursday's high 36, low 11. Records for March 4: high 62 (1979), low 5 (1912). One year ago today: high 36, low 26.

Departure from normal since Jan. 1: minus 415. Precipitation: Thursday: .68 inch. Total for the month: .84 Inch. Total tor the year: 5.37 inches.

Snowfall: Thursday: 6.1 Inches. Total for the month: 8.8 Inches. Total for the season: 60.2 Inches. Heating degree days: Friday: 41. Season: 5,447.

(Degree days equal the difference between the mean temperature for the day and 65 degrees.) Wayne County pollution Index at 2 p.m. Friday: downtown Detroit, 70, light contamination (dust). Highest outside downtown was In southwest Detroit, 77, light contamination (dust). Sun rlaea today at 7:01 a.m., sets at 6:29 p.m. Phasea of the moon: Full moon, Tuesday; last quarter, March 17; new moon, March 25; first quarter, April 1.

Moon rises today at 2:57 p.m., sets Sunday at 5:55 a.m. number Indicate predleted highlow FORECA8T8 IN OTHER CITIES For 50 cents per call, you can get a two-day forecast for some cities. For Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Little Rock, Miami Beach, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York and Washington, call 900-976-EAST. For Bismarck, N.D., Dallas, Denver, Great Falls, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle, call The map below depicts today's national forecast, based on afternoon data from the National Weather Service. 30.24 Thursday's Michigan high was 36 at Detroit; the low was 1 below at Alpena.

Lower Peninsula: Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday, fair Tuesday. Highs in the 30s, lows In the teens Sunday and Monday, around 20 Tuesday. Upper cloudy Sunday and Monday, cloudy Tuesday. Highs in the low to mld- 308, lows 5 to 15. SKI CONDITIONS FROM AAA (In Inches) Southeast: Alpine Valley 15-40.

Black Forest 12-15. Irish Hills International 15-18. Mt. Brighton 5-36. Mt.

Grampian 19-37. Mt. Holly 51-55. Pine Knob 20-30. Rlvervlew Highlands 16-18.

Northeast: Blntz Apple Mountain 8-16. Mt. Marlah 24-30. Skyline 12-14. Sylvan Knob 14-18.

Tyrolean Hills 22-32. Northwest: Boyne Country 60-70. Caberfae 48-50. Crystal Mountain 49-70. Hilton Shanty Creek 36-48.

Nub's Knob 40-44. Schuss Mountain 42-60. Sugar Loaf 30-64. Traverse City Holiday 25-30. 8outhwt: Cannonsburg 30-45.

Swiss Valley 35-40. Royal Valley 20-35. Timber Ridge 24-48. Upper Peninsula: Indlanhead 40-55. Black Jack 40-44.

Big Powderhorn 40-44. Mt. Zlon 36-40. Pine Mountain 24-40. BOSTON CITY WEA HILO CITY WEA HILQ Albany ptcldy 3325 Kansas City fair 3619 Albuquarqua fair 5626 Las Vegas fair 7042 Amarlllo ptcldy 4521 Utile Rock cloudy 4028 Anchorage fair 3014 Los Angelas ptcldy 7054 Ashevllle rain 4529 Louisville cloudy 3925 Atlanta rain 5535 Memphis rain 3830 AtlanttcClty ram 3530 Miami Beach ptcldy 8370 Austin ptcldy 5834 Milwaukee ptcldy 2918 Baltimore rain 3526 MptsS.Peul ptcldy 27 9 BIHInoa lair 3718 Nashville rain 3828 Birmingham ram 4727 New Orleans tslrma 6140 Bismarck cloudy 18 3 New York rain 3532 Boise fair 5632 Norfolk rain 4435 Boston Cloudy 3327 Ok'maClty ptcldy 4429 Buffalo ptcldy 3120 Omaha fair 3416 Casper fair 3917 Orlando ptcldy 8256 Char'ton SC tstrms 6846 Phl'delphla rain 3427 Char'tonWV rain 3929 Phoenix fair 7847 Charlotte rain 5232 Pittsburgh snow 3826 Cheyenne fair 4017 Portland Me cloudy 3224 Chicago lair 3518 Portland Or ptcldy 6241 Cincinnati cloudy 4220 Providence cloudy 3227 Cleveland cloudy 3416 Raleigh rain 5034 Columbia SC tstrms 6037 Rapid City ptcldy 4214 Columbus Oh cloudy 4020 Reno ptcldy 6230 DalFtWorth snow 3929 Richmond rain 4326 Dayton cloudy 4019 St Louis lair 3819 Denver ptcldy 4323 Si PtTampa ptckty 7960 DesMolnea ptcldy 3416 Sell Lake fair 5230 Dututh ptcldy 21-3 San Antonio ptcldy 6831 El Paso fair 6534 San Diego ptcldy 7055 Fairbanks NA NA San Fr isco cloudy 6547 Fargo cloudy 16-1 San Juan PR NA NA Flagstaff fair 6217 Seattle lair 5738 Hartlord cloudy 3126 Shreveport ptcldy 4928 Helena fair 4216 Spokane fair 5126 Honolulu lair 6065 Syracuse ptcldy 3422 Houston ptcldy 5032 Tucson fair 7245 Ind'apolls cloudy 3920 Tulsa ptcldy 4428 Jacks'vllle tstrms 7850 Washington rain 3832 Juneau cloudy 3320 Wichita lair 3017 TODAY'S CANADIAN FORECASTS CITY WEA HILO CITY WEA HILO Edmonton ptcldy 16-2 Regjna lair 14-8 Victoria fair 34 3 St.

Johns fair 3621 Halifax flrys 2623 Toronto lair 2521 i Quebec City fair 163 Vancouver fair 343 Montreal fair 19 6, Winnipeg fair 14 -8 EW YORK AROUND THE WORLD YESTERDAY HtLO HI10 CITY WLO CITY CITY sananciscdenver 1 Irl los angeles I YwJXtTPaa HIGHEST DALLAS SCVSA temperatufies A JL szSTjMsl "JfJr70 tBAIN 1 A) SNOW 7i70V SHOWERS FLOW 1 Women still on outside in Chinese gov ernment PEKING (AP) Few women hold important Chinese government jobs, and only one of 13 vice-premiers is a woman, defying the late Mao Tse-tung's assertion that "women hold up half the sky," the Chinese Women'sederation said Friday. 5039 8265 6134 7582 9077 4134 7366 NA 6846 6236 47NA Pari! Rio Roma Sao Paulo 8lngapora Stockholm 8ydney Tal Avtv Tokyo Vlanna Waraaw Qanava Hong Kong Jerusalem Jotxirg London Madrid Manna Mexico City Moscow New Dolhf Nlcotla 4539 7764 NA 7561 5237 5541 6172 7952 3732 6651 6041 8346 6446 5439 4136 6850 NA 6650 4134 4639 6032 Amsterdam Athens Mrut Belgrade Berlin Bogota Brussels Cairo Copenhagen Dublin Frankfurt.