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U.S. farmers demonstrate for more money WASHINGTON (UPI) -- America's farm- convoys several miles in length to -- they say they will strike Wednes- farm vehicles clogging the streets ers, proud and defiant, came by the surround capitols in at least 30 day. of Denver. thousands into the nation's capitals states in order to show support for To back their words, they drove during the weekend to tell politi- the strike proposal by the Colorado flag and placard-draped tractors "We had to take the chance and cians and urban Americans they must based group American Agriculture. Saturday to the nation's capitals. show everyone we were serious and receive more money for their crops The largest of the rallies occurred meant business," Keith Thomas, a or they will strike. Unless farmers are guaranteed 100 in Georgia where at least 6,000 ve- southeastern Colorado farmer from percent parity on their crops -- hicles took part in the "tractorcade" Springfield and one of the founders Their flag-draped tractors belch- money to cover the cost of produc- around the Atlanta Statehouse. of the American Agriculture movement, ing smoke, farmers created tractor tion as well as a reasonable profit There were 1,500 tractors and other said Sunday. Child abuse seminar Vl Wednesday 32 No. 23The Navy's on tanamhoe-bayed daMo Vol. 32 No. 233 U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Monday, December 12, 1977 Cairo conference will draft model pact JERUSALEM (UPI) -- Prime Minister Vance and Begin said that the Cai- his compliments to the U.S. role. with Israel, in fact, that Israel Menahem Begin said Sunday the pur- ro conference will be dealing with The only time he showed a flash of should be destroyed. The Soviet Un- pose of the Cairo conference will be both substance and procedure, and anger, was when he discussed the ion is behind that attitude and it to draw up an agreement with Egypt Begin repeatedly refused to reveal Tripoli conference of two weeks ago is regrettable," he said. that could later serve as a model the Israeli positions on such points and the role the Soviet Union played Vance was asked if ne concurred for Israel's other neighbors. as the Palestinians. in it. with this view. He was bland and Begin voiced repeated optimism "The negotiations will begin Wed- "The Tripoli conference could not noncommittal. that the Cairo talks, which begin nesday.I will not negotiate before make anyone optimistic. "As co-chairman of the Geneva con- Wednesday, will succeed in drawing the television cameras," he said. "It was most negative. They said, ference, the Soviet Union has a se- up a peace treaty and that the peace Begin was optimistic and lavish in no recognition for Israel, no peace rious responsibility. I wouldn't treaty and that the peace process want to comment on their role." will be followed by other Arab na- Vance, who has now travelled to tions that are not boycotting the two Middle East countries -- Egypt face-to-face sessions. Twelve killed as USAF and Israel -- on his current tour, "We are interested in doing our said that the U.S. "future role will best to bring about peace treaties be to support the Cairo negotia- with all our neighbors -- south, tions." north, east," Begin said at a joint Vance was asked if the other coun- news conference with U.S. Secretary plane crashes in Canaries tries which have rejected the face of State Cyrus Vance. to-face negotiations -- Syria, Jor- "The purpose (of the Cairo confer- MADRID, SPAIN (UPI) -- A U.S. Air burned and more might be found. dan and Lebanon -- might join later ence) really is to produce a set of Force plane crashed Sunday in the A U.S. Embassy spokesman said the when the conferrence might be step- principles. There are a great num- Canary Islands, killing at least Orion was based at Lajas in the ped up to a higher elvel. ber of documents and points, which 12 servicemen, the U.S. Embassy in Azores Islands in the North Atlan- The secretary of state, who will could be signed with all the others. Madrid reported. tic. be travelling to those countries, Under no circumstances will this be Police on the island of Hierro He said such an aircraft is usual- said "There is a possibility that the end," the prime minister said. said the P-3 Orion, a four-engine ly used for electronic surveillance other countries will join.we must Begin started the news conference turboprop, crashed on a mountain work, but it was not immediately proceed with the Cairo conference by saying, "There is reason for op- peak. They said the plane almost known if the downed plane had been and see what might happen along the timism." disintegrated and the bodies of the on such a mission. way." "This will be a historic occaision. victims were badly mutilated. The national news agency Cifra Earlier in the day, in between two For the first time in history Israel "We suspected from the boots and said the plane was flying at an sessions of private talks, Vance and the largest Arab country are sit- the uniforms that the plane was altitude of 1,200 feet when it made an unannounced visit to the old ting down to serious peace negotia- American, but everything was so bro- crashed about 12:30 p.m. Some or city of Jerusalema journey that his tions." he said. ken up it was impossible to tell for the peaks on the island reach as predecessor, Henry Kissinger never As to the other Arab countries, he sure," a police spokesman said be- high as 4,200 feet. wanted to take because of the deli- said, "It is a problem of time. Let fore the plane was identified. The weather on Hierro was report- cate question of sovereignity over us give ourselves time." Police said the bodies were badly edly rainy and overcast. the ancient walled city. Cosmonauts dock with orbiting space station MOSCOW (UPI) -- Two Soviet cosmonauts to link up with the space lab failed the space lab and looked straight spacecraft to dock with the sta- successfully docked with an orbiting and the spacecraft returned to earth into the television cameras beaming tions, which is very important in op- space station Sunday in what could 48 hours after liftoff. his picture back to earth. case of change of crews, rescue of be the first step toward linking up To avoid a similar problemm the "Can you see us better now?" he erations, delivery of supplies two spacecraft with the lab at the Soyuz 26 crew linked up with an as- asked ground control. food and equipment to the scientific same time. sembly on the equipment bay of the Soviet space experts called the orbiting lab." station instead of on the transfer linkup a "textbook docking." Vladimir Shatalov de- The Soyuz 26 spacecraft, carrying compartment. Lt. Gen. the work facing the cosmo- Cosmonauts Georgi Grechko and Lt. The official Tass News Agency Tass said the crew now faces a scribed of flight nauts as "very hard" Col. Yuri Romanenko, docked with the said one of the first tasks "great and complicated task." comments suggested the crew Salyut 6 space lab 25 hours and 43 engineer Grechko, who entered the "The presence of two docking de- His will not attempt to break minutes after its Saturday blastoff station first, was to check out the vices on orbiting stations signifi- probably American-held space endurance from the Baikonur Launch Site in previous linkup section. cantly expands the chances for fu- the record of 84 days set by three astro- Central Asia. The 46-year-old flight engineer ture space flights," Tass said. aboard Skylab 4. An attempt in October by Soyez 25 grinned broadly ag he floated into "In particular it allows for two nauts Non-union striking mines in Utah Flash floods kill several in Athens refuse U.M.W. request to close ATHENS, GREECE (UPI) -- Rain-trig- gered flash floods killed several people in the Athens area Sunday as PITTSBURGH (UPI) -- Three non- tiators walked out of Saturday's "It's just another of their at- bad weather buffeted much of the union mines in strike torn Utah have session when industry representatives tempts to stall the negotiations," country, disrupting transport and refused a request from United Mine failed to show up for face-to-face charged Sam Church, UMW vice presi- shipping. Workers officials to close down and meetings. dnet-elect. Britain, too, was hit by storms avoid more violence in the six-day Illinois Sen. Charles Percy called and the French weather service old nationwide coal strike. for a quick end to the strike in re- warned residents of the English Operators of the three Carbon marks at a weekend coal conference Channel and North Sea coasts to be County mines did agree during a NOT in Carbondale, Ill. WASTE on the alert for for a violent weekend meeting with Utah Gov. Scutt LIH MTEIE HEAT Although the weekend had few of storm moving down across the North Matheson to transport workers only the violent incidents that have Sea which would whip the coast with during daylight hours. plagued the walkout by 188,000 UMW "exceptionally tall waves." Coal Opera- miners in 22 states, roving pickets The UMW and Bituminous Gale force winds and torrential resumed federal-me- are expected to press efforts this tors Association rain battered West and Northwest talks in Washington over the week to close non-UMW mines and halt diated England, causing widespread damage.