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Marines' role more extensive than expected?

C. 1982 N.Y. Times WASHINGTON - The Defense Department said Thursday that the scheduled rotation home next month of the Marines in Beirut might be delayed, as speculation grew that their role may be more extensive than originally planned. A Pentagon spokesman, Henry Catto, said: “Some delay in their rotation can be expected. The whole situation in Lebanon is a changing one as diplomats make progress toward the withdrawal of all foreign forces.” The 1,200 Marines in Beirut, with 600 others aboard ships, had been scheduled to return home in November after a sixmonth tour in the Mediterranean. No time limit had been set for keeping those Marines, or their replacements, in the three-nation peacekeeping force in Beirut, but President Reagan has repeatedly talked about a “limited period.” Within recent days there has been discussion in the State Department, the Pentagon and the White House about a possible shifting role for the Marines as part of the security forces in Lebanon. At the same time, officials indicate, efforts to keep the force in Beirut for as brief a time as possible have run into snags because of the slowness of negotiations on withdrawing Syrian, Israeli and Palestinian forces from Lebanon. “There may be changes in the disposition of the Marines,” Catto said. “It is a changing situation.” Later, he said: “It is too early to even speculate on a changing role for the Marines. Whether or not a

Cities banning trick-or-treating as fears mount

Associated Press The Tylenol scare and fears of copycat killers are prompting more and more communities to ban trick-or-treating, or at least urge parents to keep their little ghosts and goblins at home this Halloween. Earlier this week, an Associated Press survey found only one town with a Halloween ban. But by week’s end at least five cities had outlawed trick-Banner-Graphic "It Waves For All" USPS 142-020) Consolidation of The Daily Banner Established 1850 The Herald The Daily Graphic Established 1883 Telephone 653-5151 Published daily except Sundays and holidays by LuMar Newspapers, Inc. at 100 North Jackson St., Greencastle, Indiana 46135. Entered in the Post Office at Greencastle, Indiana, as 2nd class mail matter under Act of March 7,1878. Subscription Rates Per Week, by carrier *I.OO Per Month, by motor route '4.55 Mall Subscription Rates R.R. in Rest of Rest of Putnam County Indiana U.S.A. 3 Months *13.80 *14.15 ‘17.25 6 Months *27.60 *28.30 *34.50 1 Year *55.20 *56.60 *69.00 Mail subscripts is payable in advance . . . not accepted in town and where motor route service is available. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republicatlon of all the local news printed in this newspaper

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change in the current assignment takes place will depend on what happens on the diplomatic front.” Speculation about a broader role for the Marines at Beirut Airport part of a 3,400member American, Italian and French force in the Beirut area increased after the visit to Washington this week of President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon. Gemayel told Reagan and Secretary of State George P. Shultz that he hoped to see the Marines expand their role outside Beirut. Besides the multinational force, there are 7,000 U.N. soldiers in southern Lebanon as well as 22,000 Lebanese army troops. The Lebanese army is known to be poorly trained and equipped, and the U.N. force has stirred Israeli distrust and has proved somewhat ineffective. A State Department official said the whole question of how to provide security for Lebanon was under discussion within the government. “We are still in the course of trying to understand other people’s positions and requirements and desires,” he said. At present, American officials say, the options focus on an arrangement that could involve the three-nation force, the U.N. troops and the Lebanese army. “They can be used singly or in different areas or in combination,” one official said. The official added that the United States had engaged in discussions with the Israelis and Lebanese on the most viable security set-up in Lebanon, especially in the south.

or-treating and dozens of others were strongly suggesting that parents keep their children off the streets. “It’s like banning Santa Claus but keeping Christmas,” explained City Council President Bernard Chartrand aftej- Fitchburg, Mass., banned Halloween trick-or-treating by saying “the safety of our children is at stake.” F our other Massachusetts

Early projections to be discouraged SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California’s secretary of state is urging the broadcasting networks not to project winners in the Nov. 2 election until after the polls close at 8 p.m. Pacific time. In letters Thursday to the presidents of NBC, ABC and CBS, Secretary of State March Fong Eu urged the networks to hold off on projecting winners so as not to affect late voting. Such action, she said, would be “consistent with the public’s right to know and to be free of media meddling in the election process.” Last year, Ms. Eu estimated that 401,000 Californians, who had intended to vote late, didn’t vote in the 1980 general election after TV networks declared Ronald Reagan the winner and President Carter conceded before the polls closed on the West Coast. She said several legislative and congressional races were affected.

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towns voted similar bans and at least one other community is scheduled to consider such a resolution next week. All cite the Chicago-area deaths of seven people who took Extra-Strength Tylenol spiked with cyanide. Since the deaths three weeks ago, authorities have discovered isolated cases of acid or poison in products such as mouthwash and eyedrops in several states, in-

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cluding California, Florida, Ohio and Colorado. “Our concern is for the youngsters,” said Police Chief Harold L. Olson in Palmer, Mass., where selectmen voted unanimously Wednesday to ban trick-or-treating “It’s not to punish the kids.” Benton Harbor. Mich., commissioners approved a resolution urging parents to keep their children home or

Reagan playing tough-guy role on campaign swing

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the last days before the election, President Reagan is using tougher language against his political opponents and putting a sharper edge on his campaign rhetoric to defend administration policies. On a two-day campaign trip through Illinois and Nebraska that ended Thursday, Reagan accused one group of “lying in their teeth.” He said critics of his economic program were trying to “stir up more fear and anxiety” about the recession at a time when Americans were psychologically vulnerable about the economy. And he bluntly declared, “I didn’t cause this recession.” A White House official said Reagan’s tough talk was not calculated or part of a new strategy. “I think it’s just him,” said the official who asked not to be quoted by name. “It doesn’t urt, it doesn’t

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throw private parties. Although they didn’t make trick-or-treating against the law, Commissioner Mildred Wells said: “We’re not sanctioning it.” “Maybe we’ll have to do away with Halloween,” said Dr. Russell Currier, chief of disease prevention for the lowa Department of Health. “Maybe it’s a custom that has outlived its usefulness.” A Perry, lowa, hospital

hurt a bit,” the official insisted. However, the official added, White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker 111 and Reagan pollster Richard Wirthlin were concerned the president’s tact might polarize Democrats and hurt GOP election hopes. With the election just 11 days away, Reagan has only three more days of campaigning on his schedule. He plans to travel to Raleigh, N.C., next Tuesday and make a western swing next Thursday and Friday, probably to Montana, Nevada and New Mexico. Speaking privately, the White House official said final travel plans will be made after a review of late political soundings throughout the country. The chief advantage of a Reagan visit, the official said, is that “you take away the initiative from your opponent. You dominate the news media for a week, on either side of the

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Cyanide found in returned Tylenol

(c) 1982 Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO Another bottle of cyanidespiked Tylenol capsules was found here Thursday among containers being tested for poison, and authorities expressed hope they can find the individual who returned it to a Near North Side store. Police Supt. Richard J. Brzeczek announced the discovery of the latest tainted bottle among a group being tested at Lemont Laboratories, in suburban Lemont, for Johnson & Johnson, parent company of the Tylenol manufacturer. Later, Illinois Atty. Gen. Ty Fahner, head of a task force investigating seven Chicago area Tylenol murders, said the Dominick’s Finer Foods store where the bottle was returned kept records on each individual bringinf back Tylenol. Investigators are “hopeful” of finding that person, who might be able to provide leads in the case, by reviewing all the return records at the store, Fahner said. The bottle was turned in after Chicago Mayor Jane M. Byrne, on Oct. 2, ordered all Tylenol products off the shelves of the city’s stores. The mayor, informed of the latest discovery, said, “It’s a good thing” the pills were taken off the shelves. She added: “As long as there are any questions we’re going to continue the ban.” Fahner, in a Thursday evening press briefing, also termed the new find “very significant” because there is “hope that the capsules have not been touched by anyone but the person who placed them in there (the bottle).” The newly bottle was sent to the FBI in Washington for fingerprint testing. Investigators have said partial fringerprints were taken from capsules, as well as bottles involved in some of the seven deaths in late September.

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decided against offering free Xrays because “it might be the impetus for some crazy to put something in the candy,” said a Dallas County Hospital spokesman. On Wednesday, for example, a teen-ager in Austin, Texas, said she found a needle buried in a candy bar purchased at a convenience store. Police said it appeared to be an isolated incident.

event. It can honestly give a campaign momentum “With less than two weeks to go, that can be pretty important,” the official added In Omaha on Thursday, Reagan campaigned with Thone before an enthusiastic crowd of 8,000 at a Republican rally in the civic auditorium. Reagan said his program was producing results but was “still just a toddler and just beginning.” Focusing on opponents of his economic policy, Reagan asked, “Why do they seem so ready to stir up more fear and anxiety, which can only hold back recovery? There is a psychological element to a recession, if people just start hunkering down and saying it’s going to get worse.” It was during a campaign appearance for Michel in Peoria that Reagan disavowed any responsibility for the recession.

Fahner said the bottle contained “four or five discolored capsules” laced with cyanide. The Dominick’s where the bottle was returned is only about half a block from a Walgreen’s drug store where United flight attendant Paula Prince bought a* cyanide-poisoned bottle of Tylenol that her the seventh area victim of the drug killings ' Brzeczek said investigative efforts will be concentrated in the area around the two stores, especially if the person who returned the bottle can be located. Police hope the person might provide leads to solving the murder and they want to find out whether the bottle was purchased at the store and when it was bought. The latest bottle discovered bore the batch No. MC2BBO, which is the same identifying number that was on Extra-Strength Tylenol bottles that, caused four other deaths. Commenting on the Lemont testing, Fahner said about 70 percent of the bottles returned to stores have been tested and all unsold bottles removed from store shelves have been checked. Both Fahner and Brzeczek said the latest poisoned bottle was discovered after prolonged testing that included “well in excess of a couple of hundred thousand” bottles. The test, Bp zeczek said, showed that the level of cyanide in the capsules was lethal enough to kill anyone who swallowed a single capsule. A Dominick’s spokesman said it was possible the bottle wasn’t purchased in the North Avenue store but was only turned in there after the mayor’s order. On a possible link between the Dominick’s and nearby Walgreen’s, Cesar Martinez, the food store manager, pointed out that the two stores don’t share the same delivery system.

Route discovered, group to re-enact Hannibal's journey Daily Telegraph, London LONDON The leader of Operation Hannibal is “90 percent sure” his party has found the route used by Hannibal to cross the Alps and invade Italy in 218 BC. “There are one or two pieces to fit in the jigsaw yet, and the' next stage will be a return trip to France,” said Capt. Mungo - Melvin, of Edinburgh. “We hope to do further work there, but the major step will, be to re-enact the journey across the mountains with men and I elephants in 1985.” Capt. Melvin, 26, an officer in the 39th Engineers Regiment, has worked for two years on the riddle of Hannibal’s exact route, something that has fascinated generations of military historians, some of whom have formed the privately funded Operation Hannibal. The great Carthaginian general took 37 elephants and 50,000 men over the Alps from France to engage the Romans,' very nearly defeating them. In 1979, Capt. Melvin took an elephant over the passes with his teammate, Wolfgang Zeuner, chairman of the Hannibal Trust, an educational charitv. Capt. Melvin has just undertaken an archaeological survey of the region with two new theories in mind: that Hannibal crossed the River Rhone at Orange instead of at Beaucaire, as is traditionally believed, and that the mountain pass he used was in the region of the Monte Cenis group above l’Ark Valley. “I don’t want to say more than that at this stage because we don’t naturally want the area covered with scores of other people before us, but from all the evidence gathered we are 90 percent sure we are right about Hannibal’s route. “We have walked along the river bank for more than 100 miles talking to local people, checking and cross-checking local traditions and stories. As a result, we believe the crossing point was much further north than the favored place. “Secondly, we have found concrete evidence about Roman routes over the Alps which have not been published widely but are only about 100 years after Hannibal.”

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