Friday, April 3, 1937
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Soviets say U.S.
MOSCOW The Kremlin announced
Thursday an American soldier and his
West German wife had defected to the
Soviet Union and been panted asylum
because they feared political persecu
tion. The U.S. Army in West Germany and
the Pentagon in Washington could not
confirm the defection, which would be
the first by an American serviceman to
the Soviet Union since the Vietnam
War.
The Pentagon issued a statement,
however, saying it was investigating an
enlisted man with a name similar to
that announced by the Soviets who had
deserted in West Germany a month ago.
It said it was not certain if he was the
same person.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Gen
nady Gerasimov announced the defec
tion at a regular news briefing and said,
"They have chosen the Turkmenian
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He identified the soldier as William
E. Roberts of the U.S. Army, whom he
said had been stationed in West Ger
many, and his wife as P. Neumann, a
West German.
Both have been granted political
asylum because "they were afraid of
being victimized for their progressive
views," Gerasimov said. He said Roberts
"had been persecuted" while stationed
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granted political asylum
with the Army in West Germany, but
the Soviet spokesman provided no
details.
Gerasimov did not say when the
couple entered the Soviet union or give
any other details.
Army Maj. Dennis Pinkham, a spo
kesman for the U.S. European com
mand in Stuttgart, West Germany, said
military officials were attempting to
verify the report.
One dies, dozens trapped
in Quebec mine fire
MURDOCHVILLE, Quebec Afire
broke out in a copper mine in the
Gaspe area of eastern Quebec, trapping
dozens of miners underground over
night. Mine officials said today one
worker died but 53 others were found
alive.
The miners were found in emergency
lunchroom shelters on different levels
of the Gaspe mine, spokeswoman
Dominique Archambault said.
By.mid-afternoon, 11 of the 54 men
who were in the mine when fire began
Wednesday night had been brought to
the surface, along with the body of the
one victim. Only one of those rescued
was injured.
Another 29 men were located in a
sealed-off and ventilated lunchroom at
the 2,000-foot level, and the 13 re
maining miners were found in other
shelters, Archambault said.
The cause of the fire was not known,
but mine officials were ruling out an
explosion. The fire started about 2,500
feet below-ground.
The fire trapped the miners during a
shift change at 7 p.m. Wednesday, and
many of the workers made it safely to
the lunchroon area where they have
fresh water, ventilation and radio com
munications with ground level. Mine
officials said they would not let the
miners leave until the smoke was1
cleared.
The copper mine, both underground
and open-pit, has a work force of 800
and is the major employer in the town ;
of Murdochville, population 3,900. It is
located about 250 miles northeast of
Quebec City on the Gaspe Peninsula at
the mouth of the St. Lawrence River.
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The Armv announced Thursday af
ternoon that it had declared a deserter
one of its soldiers assigned to West
Germany, Pvt. 2nd Class Wade Evan
Roberts. It noted that his name dif
fered from that released by Moscow.
Roberts was assigned to Bravo Bat
tery, 3-79th Field Artillery, 42nd Field
Artillery Brigade, in Geissen, West
Germany, and was listed a3 having
been absent without leave since March
2.
The Army added that Roberts was 22,
listed his home of record as San Ber
nardino, Calif., and said that, accord
ing to military records, was single.
The Pentagon and Army stressed,
however, that they were still investigat
ing Roberts' disappearance and "at
this time, we are unable to establish
whether or not this is the individual
referred to in that (Soviet) announce
ment." Noranda Inc., one cf Canada's biggest :
corporations, owns the mine..
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In Brief
Lawmakers advance organ donation bill
LINCOLN The Legislature gave 25-1 first-round ?proval Wednesday
to a bill requiring hospitals or doctors to request orgar. i,i tissue donations
after the death cf patients.
Sen. Arlene Nelson of Grand Island, a chief sponsor of LB74, said she
hoped the measure would increase organ donations, which could thin the
ranks of people awaiting organs for transplant operations.
"I consider it, without question, a preservation of life issue," said Sen.
Brad Ashford of Omaha, another co-sponsor of the bill with Sen. Gary
Hannibal of Omaha.
Casting the opposing vote was Sen. Emil Beyer of Gretna.
Ashford said the bill represents a "very fine balance" between an effort
to increase organ donations and to treat surviving relatives of potential
donors in a sensitive, compassionate manner.
'Love pennant to honor Lincoln MIA
LINCOLN A special flag will be raised on the east side of the
County-City Building Friday morning in honor of a Lincoln man missing in
action in Vietnam.
The 3-by-5-inch yellow "love pennant" with a black silhouette of the
State of Nebraska will be raised below the POW-MIA flag for Larry Zich,
who has never returned from Southeast Asia.
Zich was a warrant officer who was last seen on April 3, 1972, on a
mission as a helicopter pilot. . j
Senate voteo
to override
Reagan .veto
WASHINGTON The Senate
overrode President Reagan's veto
of an $88 billion highway bill
today, 67-33, as rebellious Re
publicans rejected a last-minute
presidential plea for support in a
high-stakes showdown with con
gressional Democrats.
The tense roll call reversed
Wednesday's vote in which the
Senate initially upheld the veto.
It came after Reagan had spent
nearly two hours in the Capitol in
private meetings with Senate
Republicans, urging them to sus
tain both the veto and, with it,
his political prestige.
But with its two-thirds major
ity, the Senate thus joined the
House In enacting the bill into
law over Realm's objections.
The measure permits the states
to raise the speed limit to 65
mph on most stretches of inter
state highways and includes pro
visions for more than 100 high
way demonstration projects tailor
made for individual members of
Congress.
White House spokesman Mar
lin Fitzwater denied that the
defeat would be damaging to
Reagan's ability to govern for the
next 21 months, saying he thought
the president would benefit from
having demonstrated his willing
ness to fight.
Asked to respond to sugges
tions by some lawmakers that a
Reagan loss on so crucial a fight
would reduce his presidency to
caretaker status, Fitzwater told
White House reporters, "I think
the context of the president's
remarks is that he wanted to
show that he's willing to fight.
. . .There will be no lameduck
ism" through the remainder of
his adminstration.
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