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International Union leader killed SAN SALVADOR. El Salvador |AP) A union lt?«cl«»r whs shot Sunday during a demonstration outside the Marions prison north of San Salvador, according to par tipi*..ants in the protest. The National Salvadoran Workers United (UNTS). the main opposition labor union, had called for the demonstra tion to support a hunger strike by about 300 political prisoners. Different versions were given of the shooting One UNTS member, who wished to conceal his identity, said soldiers began taking placards awey from the demonstrators and then fired a few shots, wounding Julio Portillo. Portillo's condition could not In! determined immediately. The Armed Forces Press Of fice said it had no information indicating that solders were present at the prison There was no official report from the _UQ Bookstore— 25% off GERBER Folding Knives Gerber has been making fine knives since 1939. 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Israel radio said only 224 of the Soviet lews chose to come to Israel while the others went to various Western countries. Chaim Chessler. chairman of the Tel Aviv-based Public Council for Soviet Jewry, said of the May figures, “This is the highest monthly emigration rate" since 1981, when 9,447 lews left the Soviet Union. He said that since the beginn ing of 1987, 2.302 Soviet jews were granted visas to leave and 591 decided to settle in Israel. Israeli officials estimate th.it about 4(H).000 of the Soviet Union's 2.5 million Jews want to emigrate. Iran questions sanity LONDON (AF)— Iranian of ficials on Sunday called Presi dent Kr.ig.m mentally unbalanc ed and said America might la; setting itself up for "another humiliation” in the Persian Gulf following the Iraqi attack on the USS Stark frigate. Iran's top diplomat in tendon said that if in his country's best interest, Iran would not he deterred from attacking Kuwaiti oil tankers just because they are flying U.S. flags. Even before the May 17 at tack. the Keagan administration disclosed it would provide military escorts for It Kuwaiti tankers flying the U.S. flag. The decision has not yet been made on when those tankers will tie proivded with U.S flag protection. National AIDS policy criticized BOSTON (API— A homosex ual congressman chided Presi dent Keagan on Sunday for not doing more in the fight against AIDS. "Shamefully, the extreme right-wing idealogues who have too much influence in this ad ministration have overruled (Surgeon General) C. Everett hoop, have prevented the vir tual unanimous consent of the public health community about what ought to be done about AIDS education from being im plemented by the federal government,” said Rep. Barney Frank. D-Mass. "We'll keep that fight up. but it's hard to win that one when executive action is needed," he told 5.000 participants in a r fund-raising walk, adding they should demand more govern ment action while continuing private efforts to conquer the disease. Frank, who revealed his sex ual orientation in a newspaper story published Saturday, prais ed the organizers and par ticipants in the 6.2-mile walk. Report finds fault NEW YORK (A!*)— Com mand errors aboard the USS Stark, not equipment failure, may have left the frigate in a vulnerable position when it was struck by missiles fired from an Iraqi warplane in the Persian Gulf, according to a published report. The New York Times quoted unidentified government of ficials familiar with the ongoing Navy investigation as saying the officers aboard the Stark failed to execute a standard air defense maneuver when the frigate was attacked by an Iraqi jet May 17, killing 37 U.S. crewmen. Bakkers low on cash NEW YORK | A f> ) - Evangelist Jim Hakker said he and his family have only about $100,000 in cash, despite reports that he and his wife were paid nearly $2 million last year by the 1*71. ministry. Hakker. in an interview published in the June 8 edition of Time magazine, also said he regretted making public com ments about the controversy swirling around his troubled television ministry. Money is his most pressing problem, he said. Regional Chapel faces charges PORTLAND (API - A Brook ings funerul chapel has been ac cused of mishandling human remains by transporting them to a crematorium in the trunk of a car. A public hearing will be held July 27 in the Portland State Of fice Building to decide whether to suspend the licenses of the Azalea C.'hapel. one of its owners and an employee. The chapel, owned by Dennis and Sara Massey, faces the loss of its operating license fur 3U days if the board finds bodies were handled in an offensive manner. 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