PAGE 8, THE HERALD, Thursday, May 4, 1978 10,000 died in Afghanistan coup KABUL (AP) — Tanks still guard mest major streets in Afghanistan’s capital six days after a bloody coup brought a pro- Communist government to power, but the city is calm and battle-ravaged relics of thefighting are a sightseeing attraction. Kabul’s airport reopened Tuesday, and authoritative sources told foreign correspondents who arrived on the first flight that the death toll In the rebellion last Thursday and Friday was far higher than the 200 -originally reported by the military rebels. The sources said as many as 10,000 may have died, They included President Mohammed Daoud, his wife, brother, three sons, and a number of his young grand- children, and many of the elite presidential guard who tried to defend the presi- dential palace armored and air attacks (There were no casualties among the 80 or 90 Canadians in Afghanistan, Canadian Ambassador Frank Stone said in a telephone interview from Is- lamabad, Pakistan. ‘If fact, no foreign nationals of any country have been affected by the fighting,” Stone sald in an interview with The Canadian Press in Toronto. Stone is responsible for Canadian interests in Afghanistan as well as being Canadian ambassador to ‘Pakistan.) TANKS WRECKED Curious Afghans swarmed “aver half a dozen burned-out wrecks of tanks and armored cars on the palace grounds, which have been thrown open to the public. Garlands of flowers hung from same of the shattered hulks that camefrom Afghanistan's hig northern neighbor, Soviet Union. Troops stood guard at key government buildings, in- cluding the Radio _ Afghanistan, said to be the headquarters of the ruling Revolutionary Council. The council, headed by 61- year-old Nur Mohammad Tarrakhi, has announced no political affillation and deacribes its philosphy as Islamic and democratic nationalist, However, the premier and his 20 cabinet members have been reliably identified’ as Communist party members, SERVED IN U.S. : Tarrakhi was press at- tache at the Afghan embasay in Washington in 1952-53 and also worked for 18 months as a translator for the U.S. embassy in Kabul. He has devoted his life to the Communist movement since the mid-1960s, informed sources said. Several Afghans in- terviewed in the sunlit streets of the hillrimmed city said they had net heard the new leaders were Com- munists. ‘It's a democratic republic,” said one man, then cut short the exchange by telling a reporter: “It would be better if you don’t walk with me.”’ Like others questioned, he aston not to be identified. Scientists clone trees EUREKA, Calif, (AP) — California scientists ‘say they have discovered how to clone redwood trees, a process they say may some day revolutionize the timber industry by producing millions of exact copies. Dr, Ernest Ball says he has perfected the first tissue culture process for Teproducing the coastal redwood, the tallest living tree, It grows up to 367 feet high and produces lumber highly favored for its beauty, - durability and workability. Ball, a professor emeritus of biological sciences at the University of California Irvine, said that cloning already has been done with orchids, asparagus, tobacco and other annual or semi- annual plants, including many house plants reproduced through cut- tings. Now, he sald, test-tube trees can bring something new to the timber industry, whose product takes decades to mature. They would offer a sure winner rather than a chance on nature's whims. WOULD HELP INDUSTRY “If we can expand this :to other trees, it would be highly beneficial to the timber industry,” Ball said. “We could improve production and growth rate,” When scientists say they have cloned a redwood tree, they are not describing the process involving the cloning of animals about which there has been much controversy. Strictly speaking, cloning refers to any process which reproduces an offspring from one parent, ensuring that the offspring will be genetically identical.. Thus, when some simple animals split naturally, they have ! cloned, And in some forms of plants, it is easy to take a cutting or bud and produce a new plant from it—a form of cloning that has been in use for centuries. But cloning has proved difficult to achieve in many’ coniplex plants, and that is ule accomplishment being described now with the redwood. DEVELOPS SOLUTION Ball said the process used for the redwood begins with a piece of stem only one centimetre long. It is placed in a test-tube under sterile conditions with various chemicals—including agar, minerals, glucose-Sweetened water and plant hormones. The solution was arrived at after about 1,000 tries with various combinations. Stems, needles and roots slowly sprout in the special solution. The stems grow to six inches in about 10 months and are ready for planting. Balthas been working with foresters from the Simpson Timber Co, and received $71,000 from the company to conduct a three-year ex- periment, Simpson and Ball have also teamed up to do similar cloning studies with Dougias fir trees and expect firm results by next year. ‘ UN troops wary after ambushes in Lebanon BEIRUT (AP) — All United Nations troops in south Lebanon were put on red alert today following a series of ambush and mortar attacks by Moslem ex- tremists in which two French paratroopers, a Senegalese soldier and a World FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) — Policeman Eugene Crump can't get rid of his 1966 Chevrolet. Last June, he sold it to a Rock Hill man, who agreed to pay $500 in monthly in- stallments. Seven days later, the man, the car and the money disappeared. Crump spotted the man in Fort Mill last October and took off afler him, but he got away. Warrants charging the man with larceny and failure to stop at a traffic light were issued, but never served, Deputies in Callahan County, Tex,, found the Chevrolet abandoned near Abeline in December, but it wasn’t until last month that Texas authorities found the Fort Mill connection. Crump received a letter Monday from Sheriff BIll Skinner saying the Chevrolet _ was waiting, but no longer is in running condition, Before he can get the car, Crump will have to pay storage and towing charges, plus charges to get the car home. That will be about $600. "Pll send them a title, " says Crump. MOUNT VERNON, Chio (A) — A Mount Vernon woman ls going to court over the way Ohio issues validation stickers for licence plates, People whose last names start with the letters A through K were required to obtaln their 1978 stickers by the end of April. Those with last names from the rest of the alphabet can only pur- chase stickers in May. The woman's maiden name began with G but she was married in December and her new last name begins with an M, Her car was registered under her maiden name, but her driver's licence was issued in her marrled name. When she tried to buy a Palestinian were killed, UN sources reported. There were conflicting reports on the number of UN troops injured in the in- cidents. Capt. Jean Menegeux, press officer for French troops, said 12 UN soldiers Briefs. sticker in April, she was told she would have to wait until May, She was on her way to work Tuesday when a police officer stopped her, pointing out that the licence tag sticker on her car was out of date. The woman was charged with expired regis- tration. She'll have to go to court next week, The woman asked that her name—maiden or married— not be used. NENANA, Alaska (AP) — The gold bonatiza in Alaska is over. But there's a new bonanza bringing big money—melting ice, This year, Alaskan residents shelled out more than $200,000 in $2 tickets to be part of Alaska’s oldest game of chance: The Nenana Ice Classic. The object is to guess the day, hour and minute when the thick Tanana River ice will melt. When it does, a tripod posi- tioned at mid-river near the banks of this tiny village, 80 kilometres southwest oi Fairbanks, surges down. stream with the ice cakes. A cable fastened to the tripod stops a clock. ERIE, Pa. (AP) — One of two men alleged to have at- - tempted to hold up an Erle service station ran into an unexpected crowd—47 off- duty state policemen who had been dining across the street, Walter Reed, 23, df Erle was jailed and charged with armed robbery Monday night, The policemen, holding a regular get-together, were called from the restaurant by a woman who saw the attempted robbery. Three of the policemen tackled Reed, who was ar- med with a shotgun. The others surrounded — the station, but could not prevent a second man from escaping, . were wounded and that most were French. Menegeux said the bodies of the three dead UN soldiers were recovered and that French troops previously reported missing were found wounded. The wounded were flown by helicopter to clinics © in Naqoura, a Lebanese village, and Haifa, Israel. Lieut, Jacques-Pierre Andre Descamps, 25, one of the wounded French troops, said in a Haifa hospital that he was hurt when the ar- mored car he was riding in was fired on and caught fire, He said the vehicle was hit by rocket-propelled gre- hades. Pte. Christian Galvelle, 20, another Frenchman taken to Haifa, said he was wounded when the truck he was in came under machine-gun re, CIVILIAN MISSING Beirut sources said a British civilian with the UN peacekeeping forces was missing in the Tyre area, but they refused to give any information about him, Menegeux said he had no information’ about the missing civilian. Col, Jean Salvan, the com- mander of French forces in Lebanon,’ was among the wounded, A UN spokeaman said Salvan, who lost an eye in the Algerian War, was hit by five bullets that caused -Multiple fractures of the lega and hips. ‘‘Most of the bullets have been removed, and the colonel is off the’ critical list,” he said. The UN sources said the peacekeeping force of nearly 4,000 French, Senegalese, Iranian, Nepalese, Swedish and Norwegian troops was ordered to return fire from any soured and forcefully prevelit guerrilla infiltration across its Ilmes toward territory still occupied by Israel to the south. In Ottawa, Maj, Geof Haswell said there were no reports of injuries to Canadian troops stationed ° with the UN force, ARE BEHIND LINES “The Canadians are usually back behind those ’ ines and out of any direct confrontation,” he said. There are 111 Canadians with the UN force, providing communications and other backup services to the peacekeeping Lrooops. Foreigners who arrived in India. Tuesday. after wit- nessing the rebeltion reported the fighting lasted barely 24 hours. By Friday afternoon, “people hugged soldiers and garlanded tanks as they moved down the streets,” sali Sharon Lowen of Detroit, a teacher on a visit from the American School in New Delhi. SANTIAGO (Reuter) — Two members of a Chilean army bomb disposal squad were injured when a time bomb they were trying to defuse exploded in their faces in a Santiago suburb, army sources said. There was no indication of who planted the bomb. ‘War will continue in ‘Rhodesia, says leader SALISBURY ‘(AP) — Black guerrilla leader ‘Joshua Nkomo today rejected the. Rhodesian government’s offer of uncon- ditional amnesty for his men in the field and pledged to keep on fighting, The Zambia-based head of the Zimbabwe African Peoples’ Union declared in Lusaka, Zambia, ihat the four leaders of Rhodesia's biracial interim government were “daydreaming” if they thought they could end Rhodesia’s six-year-old guerrilla war by extending such an olive branch "The war will continue until that which we have been fighting for Is achieved,” declared Nkomo, co-leader of the guerrilla Patriotic Front along with Robert Mugabe of the Zim- babwe African National Union. © ‘Commenting - on the Rhodesian government's lifting of a longtime political ban on ZAPU and ZANU, Nkomo said: ‘“‘No one has powers to legalize ZAPU apartfrom those that control it, the people.” - . The legalization of ZANU and ZAPU was seen as the first step in the new government's campaign to end its war with the errillas, who have an esti- mated 6,000 fighters within Rhodesia and 30,000 more _ troops in border bases inside ‘Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana. ZAPU was’ outlawed in 1962. ZANU broke away from ZAPU and was banned by in 1964. Rhodesia’s interim government, led by Prime Minister Jan Smith and three black moderates invited the estimated 6,000 Rhodesian rebels tolay down arms and join a peaceful Katimavik. It’s not a school. “ a new way of life. | You're probably saying to yourself, “KatimaWHAT"? # 6©Katimavik. It means “meeting \ place” in the Inuit language. m If you're between the ages of . 17 and &2 it can mean a lot more. Katimavik is a total life experience for 9 demanding, challenging months cf living and working with young Canadians from other places and backgrounds. What will you be doing? Working on projects that are a service to Uanadian communities. 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Languages spoken luenty Student o ’ Franch ©) -English O C) want to learn more Sue q Other tSpeetn : & about yourself Unemployed’ 0 What Is your mother tangue? , intensive 30.8 Have OU applied to b) Have you participated in 21. Ara you a : interaction with . KATIMAVIK bolare? KATIMAVI heforg? ‘ option in RATIMANcg TMary a others yos no O . yess O no O ves O noD Owstgchanenging, | LEE momar | Ol . chac cl certificate or Lan . adventure filled and alatemort requested —no, 22 7 ‘ ame immigrant papers tt applicable) mon! : 24.1 lable to enter th Phase B Phase C IMPOR , . Lam available to enter tha pragram: asa ase ; TANT n Then KATIMAVIE j- for ; Application deadlines, May 26 May 26 This application cannet be pr } processed unla you! Apply now! Projact starts: August 2 August 80 a requred det answered comalatoly mee i : First choice Sacond choice ‘Guired’ documents enclosed, | -