Page A8, August 8, 1979 - North Shore News AT-END OF CONFERENCE Commonwealth leaders confident __ ——TUSAKA; Zambia 5 PC) - salar . she Key figures at the Common- wealth Conference expressed confidence Tuesday that both sides of the Zimbabwe Rhodesia~conflict would’ at- tend a constitutional confer- ence leading to new elections in the_ _war-torn southern - African nation. “I hope and believe that . Salisbury will come to the Commonwealth leaders, par- ticularly Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, as chairman of the five frontline states, would place pressure on the ‘Patriotic Front to come to the. conference. The Patriotic Front, led by: Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, has been battling. the Salisbury government of lan Smith and, now, Muzor- ta problem, it would come from Muzorewa and Smith. Nyerere, who said he had been in touch with the Patriotic Front since the Commonwealth blueprint for peace in Rhodesia announced Sunday, asked, ‘Why do: you think. they need pressure to discuss a democratic constitution lead- ing to free and fair elections? bargaining table,’’- British——ewa since 1975. “If Julius wrime Minister Margaret Nyerere can deal with his Thatcher said of the current Rhodesian government led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa. . ‘I believe they will come, because the prize if we are successful will be enor- mous.” + Mrs.- Thatcher also said -hoped the TORONTO (UPC) naires’s disease, the mysteri- Legion- ous pneumonia-like illness that strikes in the heat of sumer, is suspected of killing three people in Toronto in the last week. . Nine others hospitals are seriously. in two city “ill five . Seven victims, all over 50 — were in Humber Memorial Hospital. he three sickest were in intensive care, breathing with respirators. The other four, were re- sponding well to the antibi- otic erythromycin. v Two patients were in Northwestern General Hos- pital’s intensive care unit ‘in African ~ B problems, I believe I can deal with mine,” Mrs. Thatcher Said. Nyerere, meanwhile, re- jected suggestions the_Patri- otic Front might boycott a constitutional conference and said if there was any *‘improving’’ condition. legi- onnaire’s disease had not been confirmed. At Humber, Dr. Sandu Toma, chief medical bacteri- ologist with Ontario’s health ministry, said blood and tissue-culture tests that could confirm the disease would likely take a week to 10 days. . Marguerite Archibald, North York medical officer of health, said no connection vhad yet been found among the.. patients,, despite a canvass -of victim’s families. Drinking-water samples and air samples from Humber’s ventilation and air-condition- ing systems were being checked. .. with the -ewa. aires disease ed in Toronto Nyerere also - suggested the talks would not be stalled by remarks last week by Nkomo that he would not talk ‘‘traitor’’” Muzor- “I will-not ask the Patriotic Front to negotiate with Muzorewa, 1 will ask them to negotiate with the British,’’ he said. ar However, Dr. Sydney Shubert, whose patient, 68- year-old Stephen Lowe, died July 30, told reporters soil, dust and swamp water tests should be conducted at an excavation for an extension of Highway 400. The excava- tion intersects a 1.6-square- mile area near the homes of seven of the victims. i> Dr. Ming Chang, a specia!- ‘ist in internal medicine, said Monday, ‘‘We_ are not putting a label on these cases at this time,’’ but added all the Humber cases had shown similar symptoms of sudden sickness, ‘‘patchy consoli- dation’’ in lung X-rays and body temperatures of more than 39 degrees Celsius. Guilty thieves return to help victims start car aoa cane beck Mich. (UPI) - ~ sean king for, from All, ord tadie their rr thrse,., slerning baks and: bose snecteneleiokeg LE ae a vakisind tala yet watt lean Ot .who robbed twoxnen strand... td a remote road, then returned to help them start their car. Danicl Ward, 21, and Bruce All, 18, both = of Muskegon, told authorities they were driving hame from a concert in Charlevoix late Sunday night when their car broke down about 11 miles north of-Mancelona. When they could not get the car started again, they decided to go to sleep but carly Monday, they were awakened by three men in a bluc van. told) me **They to give them my moncy,'’ Ward said, ‘‘But I didn't so one of them stabbed me in my arm and hand.”’ Ward said the thieves then took $10 from him and $3 “AM stood in the middle of the road trying to flag down passing cars for help when he noticed the bluc” van returning. He said he jump- ed back in the car and he and Ward locked the ‘doors. The man who had stabbed Ward got out. “He said he'd = never stabbed anybody before and he felt kind of bad about it,’’ Ward said. ‘‘He also wanted to see where I'd been stabbed."' Ward said the = thieves returned their sleeping bags and radio, but kept the $13, they then asked what was wrong with the car and helped start it up again, Ward said. *'We just drove off then,’ Ward said. **1 don’t know what they did.”’ South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (UPI) - Squandering gasoline has been made a crime in South Africa and speeders will pay dearly for it — up to $2,400. To stress the scriousness of the country’s oil crisis, police have started handing out tickets which say “the accused did wrongfully or illegally use fucl to exceed the specd limit.” Fines start at $120 for going if mph above the speed limit and rise to a apectacular $2,400 maximum, was - - aoe nee ote acreage FL na GARRITY MAINE, A MEALS ERG AMATI RAN AA AE A PUERTO DEL MESQUITAL, MEXICO: Texas newspaper reporter Evelyn Simmson stands on beach with her feet coated with globs of oil following a walk along the shore area at Puerto Del Mesquital. The oil from a damaged Mexican rig began t¢ to reach Texas beaches, Tuesday. ‘FED UP’ WITH SPANISH LEGION Hijackers surrender | GENEVA, Switzerland (UPI) - Three members of the Spanish Foreign Legion, who hijacked a Spanish airliner because they were ‘‘simply fed up’’ with legion life, surrendered meekly and were led off — not even handcuffed. , The legionnaires — two French nationals and a Chilean, began their air odyssey by commandeering a DC-9 on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura Sunday. Fair trom — August 22. 24 Aug. 18th.. The New Look PNE for ’79 NASA Space Exhibit Stunning pictures of Jupiter from the Voyager Spacecraft PLUS A specially protected Rock trom the Moon brought back by Apollo 16 Showcase '79 Great performances throughout tne HEART - August 19 SUPER VALU CIACUS . ROLF HARAIS - August 29 JONI MITCHELL - September 2 PRISM - September 3 The New Look of Playland 11 new rides and attractions head. lined by the incredible JETSTAR II They first flew to Lisbon, Portugal, where they re- leased the 12 passengers, three cleaning personnel and the stewardess. After getting Swiss assur- ances they could land at Geneva if they surrendered peacefully,. they came to Switzerland Monda: _hold- ing just the pilot and co-pilot as hostages. The three soldiers then handed over their machine grams to see With over missed More August 18 Guinness World Record Challenges eA 76 pound Turkey! *The world's largest donut! *And More at PNE ‘79 Pacific National Exhibition Sept. 3rd. Livestock/Agriculture More entries, more exciting pro. Horse Show 800 entries, and new events, the horse show shouldn't be Grand Prizes $150,000 Grand Prize Home, A Cara Day, An Appliance A Day Free Attractions to see, much more to do - FREE! Catch the big PNE Parade Esso Talent Festival B.C. Regional finalists pertorm to deter. mine the best talent in the Province guns to the pilot and co-pilot and gave up. The three soldiers were driven off, with police not even bothering to handcuff them. “The men told us_ they were simply fed up with life in the Foreign Legion,”’ Geneva Police Minister Guy Fontanet-said.