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More riots
follow death
of ughes
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From AP and UPI
BELFAST, Northern'Ireland-British
authorities refused to release the body
of IRA hunger striker Francis Hughes
for seven hours yesterddy until his
family agreed not to drive it through
Roman Catholic West Belfast for a
hero's farewell.
The move, in an attempt to avert fur-
ther violence, came as Catholic rioters
attacked police patrols with gasoline
and acid bombs in West Belfast in
angry response to Hughes' death. The
25-year-old guerrilla, convicted of mur-
dering a soldier, died Tuesday on the
59th day of a fast at the Maze prison.
SECURITY CHIEFS feared that
taking Hughes' body through the An-
dersonstown and Falls Roads districts
wouldtouch off more troucle in the area
where violence flared Tuesday night.
Thousands of Catholics gathered in
Belfast to pay homage to Hughes, a
convicted murderer who became the
Irish Republican Army's latest "hero
martyr."
They massed in areas of shuttered
shops festooned with black flags and lit-
tered with the debris of rioting which
followed Hughes' death, a week after
Sands died in the 66th day of his hunger
strike.
BUT AFTER five hours, organizers
of the memorial procession through
Catholic west Belfast called it off.
"Police have arrested the body under
the flags and emblems act," said a
spokesman for Sinn Fein, the political
wing of the illegal IRA, referring to the
banning of Irish Republican emblems
in the British province.,
Hughes' death touched off rioting in
Belfast and Londonderry Tuesday
night. A 21-year-old man was shot dead
by British soldiers when a crowd
opened fire on an army patrol,
authorities said. A soldier was wounded
by gunfire and another was burned by a
gasoline bomb.
THERE WERE sporadic street bat-
tles yesterday between youths and
police but no reports of injuries.
Police said milkman Eric Guiney, 45,
injured in rioting nine days ago after
Sands' death, died yesterday in a
Belfast hospital. His 14-year-old son,
Desmond, injured in the same violence,
died Friday.
Guiney, who died without regaining
consciousness, was the fifth person
killed violently since Sands died nine
days ago.
HIS DEATH raised the known death
toll from Northern Ireland's nearly 12
years of political and sectarian blood-
shed to at least 2,101.
Police also announced the death of 14-
year-old Julie Livingstone who lived in
the Roman Catholic Andersonstown
district of Belfast. Authorities said she
was admitted to a hospital late Tuesday
suffering severe head injuries but
police have not determined whether she
was injured in the widespreadrioting.
Hughes, a legendary figure in the
IRA, had been serving a life sentence.
He and 27-year-old Bobby Sands, who
starved himself to death a week before,
went on a hunger strike in a bid to win
from the British government political
prisoner status for Irish nationalists.
Hughes is to be buried today in
Ballaghy with full IRA "military"
honors, which include the firing of a
volley over the coffin by masked gun-
men.
In Brief
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Presss International reports
Support for Reagan's tax
cuts lacking in Senate
WASHINGTON-The administration delivered a clear-cut message to the
Senate Finance Committee yesterday that the president is not ready to
compromise on his tax-cut proposal.
But the clear-cut support that helped President Reagan win a victory on
his budget plan in both the Senate and House is not now present on the tax cut
issue.
Throughout the hearing, only three Republican senators pledged support
for the administration's plan.
Most others expressed concern that the plan is not sufficiently targeted to
assure increased savings and investment.
When asked what elements the president would insist be included,
Treasury Secretary Donald Regan listed a large tax cut-about 30 percent, a
multi-year reduction-preferably three years; and that the bill deal with tax
rates rather than specific tax code changes.
Tons of marijuana
found bobbing in bay
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala.-Authorities say they are baffled by a "fleet" of
more than 130 bales of marijuana found bobbing in the waters of Mobile Bay.
U.S. Customs, the U.S. Coast Guard and sheriffs' departments all sent
boats Tuesday to pluck the wire mesh-covered bales from the bay.
Authorities said they don't know where the marijuana came from and had no
comment on its exact amount or value.
Kenneth McMillan, station supervisor at the U.S. Customs office in
Mobile, said authorities don't know of any downed planes or ships in the
area, and are stumped over why the marijuana suddenly appeared.
VA Committee approves
special treatment of POWs
WASHINGTON-The Senate Veterans .Affairs Committee voted
unanimously yesterday to provide special treatment for former Vietnam
prisoners of war who suffer physical or serious psychological problems as a
result of their imprisonment.
The legislation would permit ex-POWs to receive treatment in a Veterans
Administration Hospital years after their service if the ailment could
reasonably be attributed to their imprisonment.
The legislation, approved 12-0, is intended for ex-POWs who suffer from.
problems that may have been caused by malnutrition, torture, or forced
labor. The bill would cost an estimated $5.7 million.
Under the proposal, a former captive who spent 30 days in a North Viet-
namese prison would be eligible for benefit. Current rules require six mon-
ths' imprisonment.
Economist's words
spur French investors
PARIS-Investors deluged the French stock market with buy orders
yesterday, rallying prices after two days of panicky retreat in the face of
Socialist Francois Mitterrand's victory.
Yesterday's rebound was fueled by bargain-hunting but appeared to hve
been ignited by a television interview with a key Mitterrand aide.
In the interview, economist Pierre Uri said investors should not be worried
about Mitterrand's plans, which include nationalization of industries and
financial institutions. Uri said stdckowners would not be "robbed" under a
Mitterrand administration.
Mitterrand plans to dissolve Parliament soon after he takes office and call
new elections for next month in an effort to gain the leftist majority he needs
to push through his economic program.
President Valery Giscard d'Estaing accepted the resignation Tuesday of
Premier Raymond Barre, asked Barre and his Cabinet to remain in a
caretaker capacity until Mitterrand officially assumes his duties.
Hospital closed by officials
due to mysterious deaths
RIVERSIDE, Calif.-State officials yesterday shut down Community
Hospital of the Valleys, under investigation for the mysterious deaths of 25
elderly patients, saying it presented a "severe threat" to the public safety.
Officials said they ordered the closure because administrators took no ac-
tion after the rash of deaths last March and April. Only six patients died in
the 36-bed facility during all of 1980.
On Tuesday, nurse Robert Diaz fileda $100,000 civil rights suit in federal
court, charging that Riverside County officials have destroyed his career by
linking him to the deaths.
Authorities said some of the bodies autopsied so far contained large doses
of Lidocaine.
The hospital also filed for bankruptcy this week.
Drinking may be a
'hazard to your mouth
NEW YORK (UPI) - Heavy
whiskey, beer, and wine drinkers may
run a greater risk of mouth cancer than
two-pack-a-day cigarette smokers, the
American Cancer 'Society Journal
reported yesterday.
And heavy drinkers who stick to beer
or wine alone may run a greater risk
than those who drink equivalent
amounts of whiskey, the Journal report
by Dr. Arthur Mashberg and Lawrence
Garfinkel said.
SETTING UP A "whiskey
equivalent" system - one ounce of
whiskey equals four ounces of wine or
12 ounces of beer - the report con-
tained these highlights:
* Those who drank less than 6
whiskey equivalents a day had an oral
cancer risk 3.3 times greater than those
who did not drink.
" Those who drank between 6 and 9
increased their risk to 15.2.
" For those drinking 10 or more
whiskey equivalents, the risk dropped
to 10.6. This apparent drop in risk for'
the heaviest drinkers was attributed to
the fact that this group consisted
primarily of whiskey drinkers, whereas
the 6 to 9 whiskey equivalent group was
heavily weighted with drinkers who
favored beer and wine.
* Those smoking 10 to 19 cigarettes
daily incurred a 3.2 times greater risk
of oral cancer than those who did not
smoke.
" Those who smoked 20 to 39 cigar-
ettes were 4.5 times more at risk.
e Those who smoked 40 or more were
5 times more at risk.
e For someone who smokes and
drinks, doubling the alcohol consum-
ption leads to a much greater risk of
oral cancer than doubling the cigarette
consumption.
Mashberg is chief of oral and
maxillofacial surgery at the Veterans
Administration Medical Center in East
Orange, N.J., and a clinical professor of
surgery at New Jersey Medical School,
Newark, N.J. Garfinkel is the ACS vice
president for epidemiology and
statistics.