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Afghanrebels
and Red Army
units l ked in
bloody struggle
ILSAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -
Fierce fighting between Soviet
paratroopers and Afghan rebels has
taken scores of lives ina river valley in
eastern Afghanistan where Red Army
airborne units were dropped two weeks
ago, a rebel group reported yesterday.
The Soviet newspaper Pravda said,
meanwhile, the insurgent forces were
using the growing spring caravan traf-
fic from Pakistan to get men and arms
into Afghanistan.
THE PRAVDA article reported on
the life of Soviet troops in the battle-
torn land, but it said nothing about
combat involvement or casualties
among the Soviets. The report in-
dicated, however, that rebel activities
continue at a high level.
The report on the fighting in the Pech
River valley of eastern Afghanistan's.
Kunar province came from Jamal Ah-
med, a sookesman for the Hezb-i-
Islami, a fundamentalist Moslem rebel
group.
The area, long a rebel stronghold, is
in the shadow of the 14,000-foot Hindu
Kush mountains, close to the Pakistani
border some 100 miles east of the
Afghan capital of Kabul.
AHMED SAID Soviet planes dropped
paratroopers into the valley in mid-
May. In one of the bloodiest encounters
between the paratroopers and anti-
communist rebels, he said, 64 rebels
were killed and the Soviet casualty toll
was even higher.
No independent confirmation of the
claim was available..Some reports by
Afghan insurgent groups based in
Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, have
later proved exaggerated.
Ahmed also claimed on May 15
guerrillas destroyed part of a natural
gas pipeline running from the northern
Afghan province of Balkh to the Soviet
Union. He said they broke the pipe open
and set the gas alight, and it burned for
three days.
SOME 85,000 Soviet troops are in
Afghanistan, helping the Marxist
government there put down the
rebellion by anti-communist tribesmen
who control much of the countryside.
-oes she or doesn't sie?
A Ralph Nader-affilaited health group based in Washington charged
yesterday that new blood test kits designed to detect gonorrhea in women
should be taken off the market because they give too many false results. The
Public Citizen Health Research Group said the manufacturers' own studies
show that while a blood test may indicate 20 per cent to 30 per cent of the
women screened could have, only two per cent actually would have the
disease. A representative of Organon, Inc., a West Orange, N.J. firm that
sells one of the blood tests called Gonosticon Dri-Dot, acknowledged the high
rate of false results, but said the test is meant only for screening, not for
Raise your prices, please
President Carter, in an apparent slip of the tongue at a business con-
ference yesterday, asked a group of industry representatives to voluntarily
raise their prices. The president has been meeting with industry groups for
several weeks in an effort to persuade company executives to limit prices
even more than called for in the administration's voluntary price guidelines.
Reporters and photographers permitted to attend the beginning of Carter's
remarks at the meeting with machinery manufacturers yesterday heard
him say: "So, the essence of it is, we look or you as a partner in imposing
voluntary price increases on yourselves, hopefully as a patriotic gesture,
even at some sacrifice to your profit margins." What a sacrifice. Q
On the outside
The deluge makes a comeback today following yesterday's short, but
sweet, reprieve from the rains. Skies will be mostly cloudy with scattered
showers throughout the day. The high temperature is expected to reach the
low to mid 80s. H p e ig
Hapenings
FILMS
Public Health-Noontime film fest, Across the Silence Barrier, 12:10
p.m., SPH II Aud.
AAFC-A Boy and HisDog, 7, 10:20 p.m.; The Time Machine, 8:40 p.m.:
MLB 3.
Gargoyle Films-North By Northwest, 7:10, 9:30 p.m., 100 Hutchins
Hall.
Cinema Guild-Lenny, 7:30, 9:30 p.m., Old Arch. Aud.
Cinema II-The Blackboard Jungle, 7:30 p.m.; Wild in the Streets,
9:30 p.m.: MLB 4. PERFORMANCES
Ark-Gamble Rogers, humorist, storyteller, guitarist, 8:30 p.m., 1421
Hill.
Canterbury Loft-Mark Sullivan, guitarist, 8 p.m., 332 S. State.
MISCELLANEOUS
Intl. Ctr.-Picnic at Silver Lake, 4-8 p.m. (transportation provided).
Jackson County Outdoor Club-Carp carnival and sportfest, 5 p.m., 3350
Hart Rd., Jackson.
School of Metaphysics-Rap session, "Karma," 7:30 p.m., 219% N.,
Main.
CARD-Draft counselor training session, Bill Galvin from the Central
Committee for Conscientious Objectors in Philadelphia, Pa., 7:30 p.m.,
Guild House, 802 Monroe.
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