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The soldier had escaped from a fierce gun battle between desert ers and loyal troops on Tuesday, the officials said. Fourteen sol diers in his group were killed and more than 50 seriously wounded in the fight. Two of the injured died in the hospital Wednesday, the officials said. The latest deaths raised the toll lo at least 54 people, mostly army deserters of the Sikh religion, killed and more than 1,700 ar rested in three days of clashes with security forces, according to police and Defense Ministry re ports. Police and Defense Ministry of ficials said at least 51 people were killed and more than 1,700 ar rested in three days of clashes with security forces, prompted by last week’s army assault on Sikh extremists in the Golden Temple of Amritsar. Lt. Gen. S. Oberoi told report ers his army rounded up desert ers from a camp near the city of Pune, 900 miles southwest of New Delhi. Oberoi, who commands the vast southern army region, said the deserters represented only a small percentage of the 80,000 Sikh soldiers in his forces. A national security alert re mained in place, with special pre cautions in force at airports, gov ernment offices and the homes of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and other officials. The army set up a control cen ter in Uttar Pradesh state east of New Delhi to coordinate mop ping-up operations in the area be lieved to contain most of the re maining mutineers. After two days without violence in Punjab state, where Sikhs hold a narrow majority, security was relaxed somewhat. The Sikh soldiers deserted in protest at the army’s violent sup pression of an uprising in Punjab last Wednesday of Sikh extremists who have waged a two-year terror campaign seeking religious priv ileges and political autonomy for the state. Curfews were eased through out Punjab. Public bus service re sumed for the first time since June 3 and about 4,000 travelers stranded in Chandigarh, the state capital, were allowed to leave. Battles still jolt Lebanon United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s national unity Cabinet won a vote of confidence from Parliament Tues day with new battles still jolting Bei rut as it mourned 93 people killed in the worst factional strife in four months. Parliament also approved special powers for Prime Minister Rashid Karami’s 6-week-old Cabinet that in effect enabled his government to rule by decree for nine months. The vote of confidence and ap proval of Karami’s request for spe cial powers followed the worst day of fighting in Beirut since the Leb. 6 Moslem revolt against President Amin Gemayel’s Christian-domi nated government. Schools, shops and businesses closed amid religious observances for 93 people reported killed and another 328 wounded in a barrage of artillery, rocket and mortar fire around the capital Monday. Lebanon’s Christian and Moslem factions accused each other of start ing the shelling in hopes of influenc ing the outcome of the parliamen tary debate. At least one army soldier was re ported killed and two others wounded in the fighting between ri val militias along the Green Line di viding Christian east Beirut from the capital’s predominantly Moslem western half. Meeting at Villa Mansour near the Green Line, Parliament gave Kara mi’s Cabinet a vote of confidence by a vote of 53 to 15. The vote, the required formal ap proval of the new government, was a clear endorsement of the pro-Syrian Sunni Moslem prime minister’s goals for steering Lebanon out of nine years of civil war. The prime minister formed his Cabinet of five Moslems and five Christians April 30 with a mandate lo stop the civil war, enact political reforms grant equal power to the Moslem majority, rebuild the army and force some 10,000 Israeli troops out of Lebanon. Voice of Lebanon, the radio of the rightist Christian Phalange party, said three deputies abstained from voting in Parliament, where Chris tians maintain a 6-to-5 edge over Moslems. PROFESSOR PUBLISHING PUTS THE CLASS INTO COURSE MATERIALS kinko's copies 201 College Main 846-8721 Cease-fire in Gulf continues United Press International ABU DHABI, United Arab Emi rates — Iran and Iraq observed a limited cease-fire for a second day Wednesday as Saudi Arabia rejected Iranian charges that Gulf nations conspired with the United States to strike Iran’s oil ports. “Saudi Arabia wants to affirm that all these allegations are unfounded,” an unnamed Saudi Defense and Avi ation Ministry official said in an offi cial response to Tehran’s claims. The Saudi official, quoted by the official Saudi news agency, also den ied Iranian claims that Americans would pilot Saudi planes in an attack on its oil terminals. “All pilots working for the Saudi air force are Saudi nationals. There are no foreign pilots among them,” the official was quoted as saying. The statement came as Arab for eign ministers of the Gulf Cooper ation Council held a second day of secret talks at Taif, a Saudi Arabian resort. The council members are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. A U.N.-negotiated cease-fire bar ring attacks on cities by Iran and Iraq held for a second day, although both sides reported inflicting casual ties on each other’s forces in ground fighting. But the two-day respite failed to calm Gulf governments concerned about escalated attacks on shippixtg in the Persian Gulf. The states to gether export 7.7 million barrels da- ily. All six states in the Gulf Cooper ation Council, a military and political integration pact, support Iraq. Teh ran has warned it would retaliate un less the Gulf states stop aiding Iraq. Abdulla Bishara, secretary gen eral of the council, said the ministers discussed building a pipeline to by pass the Gulf and open on the Ara bian sea, and considered setting up sea corridors in the Gulf with protec tion from their joint military forces. Israeli defendant: Jewish underground exists United Press International JERUSALEM — An Israeli de fendant accused of being a member of an anti-Arab vigilante under ground admitted publicly for the first time Wednesday the existence of a Jewish terrorist organization. In pretrial hearings, another Is raeli defendant charged with at- empted murder sought bail and im mediate release on the grounds he is a realtor on the occupied West Bank. He claimed his imprisonment was holding up settlement plans of his buyers. Israeli press criticism mounted over the release Tuesday of another defendant, also charged with at tempted murder, to attend the wed ding of his sister in the West Bank town of Hebron. In the first public admission of the existence of a Jewish terrorist group, a suspect identified only as de fendant No. 9 confessed his mem bership but not participation — a plea bargaining deal that could cut his sentence by 15 years. A court or der forbids publication of the de fendants names. In the agreement, the prosecution dropped the original charge of at tempted murder and participation in a terrorist organization that car ries a 20-year-sentence, changing it to membership in a terror group. That lesser charge bears a live- year term. The indictment charged de fendant No. 9 helped spy on Ibra him Dakak, an East Jerusalem engi neer, and Dr. Ahmed Hamzi Natshe, who were targeted for assas sination. Neither was attacked. The confession could be used as evidence against the other de fendants to mete out harsh sen tences. In all, 27 members have been ar rested in connection with the under- gound. One, Yitzhak Anon, has been sentenced in a plea bargaining deal. Dutch parliament debates deploying American missiles One Bdrms. from $325 Two Bdrms. from $405 FREE Cable and HBO • Pool • 24-Hr. Emergency Maintenance • On Shuttle Bus Route • Laundry Rooms • Large Walk-In Closets 1001 Harvey Rd. College Station 693-4242 METRO PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT INC United Press International THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Parliament debated a government plan Wednesday on the deployment of American nuclear missiles in The Netherlands with die fate of the Dutch government hanging on its approval of the proposal. Some 2,500 anti-nuclear protes ters demonstrated outside the Par liament building as the 150-member legislature discussed the scheme for a second and final day. 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