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ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP)-A year after
Sandinista guerrillas drove him from his homeland,
Anastasio Somoza is living the life of a wealthy
recluse, tending his businesses from afar, toying with
new investments and dreaming about going back to
Nicaragua.
He also worries about extradition, is growing fat,
feels depressed over losing his country, and is trying
to avoid doing anything that will embarrass his host,
President Alfredo Stroessner.
IN A 90-MINUTE interview-given on condition
that he not be quoted directly-the toppled Central
American leader talked freely about his life and his
regrets.
Somoza blames communism, President Carter,
and former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres
Perez for his fall from power, but he said he is not bit-
ter.
If he had to do it all over again, he said, he might
have surrendered power earlier to some form of
provisional government, avoiding further bloodshed.
The Nicaraguan Red Cross estimates 50,000 people
were killed in one year of fighting that ended shortly
after Somoza left Nicaragua July 17,1979.
HE SAID HE believes the left-wing Sandinistas
were foolish to press socialism so quickly on
Nicaragua, that a popular revolt is inevitable, and
that it could pave the way for his return-maybe even
to political power.
Somoza, a West Point graduate, said the United
States dealt the fatal blow to his government when it
cut off military assistance to Nicaragua because of
the regime's alleged human rights violations and
pressured other nations to do likewise.
He blames Carter for this and warns unless the
United States gets tougher on communism, an
American will not be able to set foot across the Rio
Grande 10 years from now.
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MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) - Venting
of radioactive krypton gas from the
reactor building at the Three Mile
Island nuclear plant was virtually
completed yesterday, much earlier
than expected, a utility official said.
Robert Arnold, senior vice president,
of Metropolitan Edison Co., said the
concentration of gas apparently was
lower than the original estimate of
57,000 curies.
SO FAR, he said, 43,000 curies have
been released into the atmosphere sin-
ce venting began June 28. Only 10 to 15
curies remained and probably will be
released by this morning, Arnold said.
"From a practical standpoint off site,
we're finished venting," he said.
"We're absolutely delighted with the
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He said officials kept their estimates
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cent uncertainty, but is consistent with
what technicians believe to be con-
ditions inside the building, Arnold said.
With the air inside cleared of krypton,
some additional gas may come out of
water still covering the building floor,
Arnold said. But he added he expects
only small quantities of'10 to 100 curies,
which will be vented before manned re-
entry, now about four weeks away.
He said technicians will spend the
next two to three weeks testing the door
into the containment building to insure
it will operate properly when re-entry is
attempted. The first try in May was
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The next step will be to collect data on
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