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2 Th Nw Journal, Wilmington, Saturday, Nov. 4, 1978 Licenses foreign briefs- L. Arab leaders gather in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday to discuss a possible joint strategy against Israel and Egypt. (AP) Arab leaders allocate funds BAGHDAD, Iraq (API Arab $11 billion to bolster their defenses expected loss of Lgypt in the confrontation with the Jewish state, summit sources reported yesterday. The money will be allocated over a period of five years, the sources said.

At $2.2 billion per year, the approved sum is much smaller than the $9 A gigantic explosion of a gas pipeline Wednesday night in Colonia Benito Juarez. Mexico, left this crater in the ground and killed 53 people. (UPI) Mexican pipeline explosion all but wipes out tiny town billion annual fund proposed by billion was allocated lor Lebanon to restore security and to launch the long-awaited reconstruction program after the 1975-TH civil war. Ugandan troops bomb bridge DAR KS SALAAM. Tanzania ed a kev bridge in embattled northwest Tanzania yesterday as the Tanzanians geared up hundreds of miles away for a major COLONIA BENITO JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) Workmen pieced together a wrecked natural gas pipeline yesterday while survivors of the gas explosion that nearly wiped out this tiny truck stop hamlet buried the 53 reported killed by the blast.

A faulty valve in a nearby pumping station leaked Wednesday about 11 p.m., setting off an explosion and fireball that also left 32 injured 10 critically said Rafael Marquette, a spokesman for Pemex, the national oil and gas company. Viets, Soviets sign friendship treaty campaign to repel the invaders. Uganda's President Idi Amin poked fun at the Tanzanians. saying he and this country's president should settle the conflict in the boxing ring. Uganda Radio reported that Amin's invasion force, which seized a reported 710 square miles of Tanzanian territory earlier this week, blew up the Taka Bridge at the town of Kyaka.

the main road link between the conquered territory and the rest of Tanzania. The Ugandan report said a demolition team blew up the bridge under intense small-arms fire from Tanzanian troops in Kyaka. Police disperse Iranian protest TEHRAN. Iran (AP) The government radio reported a new bloody clash yesterday between police and anti-shah demonstrators in a northern Iranian city, and authorities struggled to overcome crippling strikes in the oil. aviation and other industries.

Because of a walkout by workers of the national airline, the air force stepped in to help fly Moslem pilgrims to Mecca. Police opened fire to disperse protesters in Babol, 200 miles northeast of here, after the crowds set fires throughout the city, the national radio reported. It said one teenage demonstrator was killed and another youth was wounded. Teng begins diplomatic tour BANGKOK. Thailand (API China will take another step in its resurgent global diplomacy this weekend when Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping begins a tour of Southeast Asia, apparently seeking to undercut Soviet and Vietnamese initiatives in the region.

The energetic Chinese leader will spend six days visiting Thailand. Malaysia and Singapore. Reports from the three capitals on Teng's itinerary indicate the visits will not produce dramatic results, and certainly nothing on the magnitude of the historic ratification of the Japan-China treaty last month. Khaled's vacation loses HAMILTON, Bermuda (API King Khaled and the Saudi Arabian royal entourage flew home yesterday after a week's stay on this vacation island and a spending spree that left the natives astonished and considerably richer. "It was particularly startling, but quite common, for 9- and 10-year-olds to have $100 and $500 bills," clothing store manager Lucille Marsland said of the free-spending Saudis.

The entourage numbered about 100. The king came here to convalesce after heart surgery in Cleveland. Contlnutd Irtm at Ont The Delaware law on child welfare states that "any person conducting a boarding home for children and all such institutions, agencies, associations or organizations must obtain licenses annually from the Division of Social Services." The code applies only to private agencies, not those under state ownership and control, or to the maternity wards of general hosptials. The licenses are not issued until the division has made a thorough investigation of the agency, checking for fire safety, sanitation, sufficient staffing and general welfare provisions for the child. When Irene Zych, the most recent full-time licensing coordinator, took a leave of absence in 1975, no one replaced her, Mrs.

Timko said. Mrs. Zych returned in 1976, but only to work part-time in licensing, and part-time with the status offenders program that was being started. She resigned from both duties in July, and Mrs. Timko said no one has filled the part-time position since.

Dorothy B. Talbert, administrator of family serivces during Mrs. Zych's employment, said efforts were made during that time to continue licensing. It was difficult, she said, with only part-time staff, and few agencies were completed. The licensing lapse has been a sore spot with many agencies and child advocacy groups, and they met recently with division officials to discuss the matter.

Duncan Mackie, chairman of the Delaware Task Force on Foster Family Services, met last week with Harry L. Cates, director of the Division of Social Services. The task force recommended in January that the licensing coordinator position be filled, and has urged Cates to make it a full-time position. Cates said yesterday he hopes the position will be filled by January. Mrs.

Timko said the licensing problems should improve now that two persons have been temporary assigned to license the agencies. She expects all agencies to have their licenses renewed within six months, provided they meet the standards. Lyn Doto, child placement services" coordinator in the division, and Mrs. Timko both agreed, however, that the licensing issue would not be solved until a coordinator is hired. They also agreed that problems arising from having unlicensed agencies appear to have been surprisingly minimal.

Mrs. Timko said there was a risk of losing federal funds for the 150 children Dlaced bv the division in the vari ous agencies, but said they have never received notice of any such action from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Mrs. Timko said she "could not begin to answer" if the quality of care in the homes had dropped. But one official within the divi sion, who asked not to be identified, said two unlicensed agencies had been questioned recently for possible child abuse.

The official would not name the agencies but said protective service workers were sent to both to investigate reports of corporal punishment. Nothing substantial was turned up, he said. Every agency contacted aetena- ed its quality of care licensed or not. Their main concern appeared to be problems in obtaining mal practice insurance, accreditation by other groups, or in applying for funds from organizations that require a license be shown. Many said a copy of the old licenses was merely attached to the forms, with an explanation of why they were not renewed on time.

But not having a license, said Richard Pryor, director of Cath olic Social Services, "makes everyone uncomfortable." Pryor said the licenses of both the agen cy and the two residential care facilities it operates expired in 1976. Not keeping up with licensing "puts the division in a precarious situation," said Elizabeth Town-send, director of the Children's Bureau. "If anything were to hap pen in an agency they were supposed to license, I don't know who would be responsible. "It's good discipline for the staff to know an inspector is going to check on them," said Joseph Del-l'Olio, executive director of Child which runs Bellefonte Emer gency Shelter for Children. An extension to Bellfonte's license ex pired on Friday.

"I think you want to know you're running a place that's safe for kids." That fly in your soup may be full of protein DECATUR. Ga. (AP) An en- tymologist at the Fernbank Science Center suggests that eating certain insects might be good for vnur health. Termites, for example, are high in protein and available free at your neighborhood woodpile, said Dr. Fred Sher-berger.

And, he added, a laTge mouthful tastes "somewhat like pineapple." 'Just about all insects are ed ible," Sherberger said. "Things like grasshoppers and termites are things which are edible." Insects can be cooked any way meat is prepared, said Sherberg er. "They can be roasted. They can be made into soups, into stew. Many of them are often eaten raw." 3 ed about a dozen huts, small restaurants and taco stands that served bus and truck drivers.

A nearby oil and gasworkers' camp was not affected. "The high number of victims was because homes were illegally built next to the pipeline," a Pemex statement said. The company said it would pay for all material damage and indemnify persons "with a right to it." Mexico City, 350 miles to the northwest, also is served by a 36-inch gas pipeline and the supply to the capital was not affected. Vance Continued from Pm Ont New York session with Vance to accept less stringent language designed to accomplish the same thing. Officials indicated yesterday that the near-agreement on the complex and, for the Israelis, emotional issue of "linking" the Egypt-Israel peace treaty to a commitment for discussing the wider issues is of prime importance.

After Thursday's talks in New York, there is still disagreement over how, precisely, to express that principle of linkage in the preamble of the treaty, officials said. "The Egyptians and the Americans agree on language on this point," one official explained, "but the Israelis are still negotiating." The underlying principle of linkage, however, is no longer regarded as a serious obstacle. "There will be a preamble that will make it clear that the treaty is not taking place in a vacuum," an official said. Vance said at the yesterday's news conference that the issue of negotiations on the West Bank-Gaza issues and the Palestinians loomed large in his Thursday talk with Begin. Other U.S.

officials said the document on the timetable of further negotiations would take the form either of an exchange of letters between Begin and Sadat or a joint statement acceptable to both. Sources said that both the document and its precise timing were still under negotiation, but that it would spell out "the implementation foreseen in the Camp David accords." The Camp David agreement specified that Israel, Egypt and Jordan "will agree on the modalities for establishing an elected self-governing authority in the West Bank and Gaza." said the fact that corrective legislation "dropped through the crack in an apparently disorganized legislative session" didn't matter. If forced to grant a half-day holiday, substantial amounts of overtime would have to be paid to state employees who were required to work on the holiday, he said. Brown said he had thought he would be able to rule from the bench, but that it was a "touchy matter" that he wanted to reflect upon over the weekend. He said he would give his decision on Monday.

"However you want to cut it, we're dealing with a tradition," he added. "I maintain an office in Sussex Brown, a Dover resident, said he carries at all times a passport issued to him by Sussex County. It permits him to enter and leave the county at will, he added, smiling and displaying a card from his' wallet. 1 The 53rd victim, a 9-year-old child, died late yesterday, authorities said. A government spokesman said all the victims were buried.

A Pemex engineer on the site said the 21-inch line ruptured by the explosion "should be in operation sometime within a day or so." The explosion in this tiny bus-and-truck stop village of about 100 inhabitants on an intersection of two busy highways left a crater 20 feet deep and 300 feet wide. Police said the flames destroy- sion, and, at the end, all four men were shown embracing, congratulating each other and sipping champagne to celebrate the event. The contents of the friendship and cooperation treaty were not immediately disclosed but a com munique was expected later. At a dinner in honor of the visiting Vietnamese officials, Brezhnev noted that the alliance between the Soviet Union and Vietnam was important because of Chinese moves in the area. "At this complicated moment when the policy of the Chinese leadership has created new considerable difficulties for socialist construction on Vietnamese soil, the strength of our the strength of the solidarity of the states of the socialist community holds special significance," Brezhnev said.

The Vietnamese-Chinese quarrel was sparked earlier this year by Chinese accusations that Vietnam was mistreating its ethnic Chinese population. The situation worsened as about 160,000 of the Chinese made their way to China. A series of border incidents have also been reported. Reflecting Chinese worries about Soviet influence in Southeast Asia, Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping will tour Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore beginning this weekend, apparently seeking to undercut Soviet and Vietnamese initiatives in the region. The Soviet president called the friendship and cooperation pact "a document of great historic importance." It is the first such agreement signed between them in the history of the two countries.

leaders have agreed to spend against Israel because of the Iraq. $1.7 billion of the $11 (AP) Ugandan troops bomb MM yesterday praticing how to walk Terrorists blamed for killing BONN, West Germany (AP) Bullets found near the spot where an unidentified couple gunned down a customs official on the Dutch-German border indicate the escaped killers are West German terrorists, the Interior Ministry said Friday. Police established that 24 ammunition shells and nine bullet found at the scene were fired from the same Polish-made, PM-63 submachine gun used in an August 1977 bank raid in the German city of Essen. The man and woman escaped in a stolen van after killing the 20-year-old Dutch customs official at Kerkrade. Two other customs men were injured.

BYNIKKI FINKE MOSCOW (AP) The Soviet Union and Vietnam signed a long-awaited treaty of friendship and cooperation last night that Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev called of "special significance" because of difficulties created by the Chinese. The agreement was the result of two days of intensive talks between Vietnam's top leaders, Communist Party chief Le Duan and Premier Pham Van Dong, and their Soviet counterparts, President Leonid I. Brezhnev and Premier Alexei N. Kosygin.

In Washington, Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance told a news conference Hanoi now appears willing to normalize relations with the United States without a prior commitment of U.S. aid. But he said he could not predict when an exchange of ambassadors would take place. Some officials say the Carter administration fears that China might be offended if Washington moves too quickly.

The Kremlin signing ceremony was broadcast on Soviet televi- corrections The news brief about Ruthanna Hindes' lecture on Delaware silversmiths at Rockwood Museum which appeared in the Evening Journal on Wednesday neglected to say that the lecture will be tomorrow at 3 p.m. Lunch will be available from noon until 3 p.m., and reservations are requested, A story in yesterday's Evening Journal incorrectly listed the percentage salary increase for Harry B. Gorton, superintendent of the Avon Grove (Pa.) school district, as 11.7 percent. The percentage should have been 9.6. The dollar amounts were correct $34,700 last year, $38,000 this year.

This was a reporting error. The obituary for Joyce E. DiRo-sa in The Morning News yesterday1 should have said that she is survived by three half brothers, Joseph Bassett and James Bassett, both of Rhodesdale, and John Bassett, of New Castle. Incorrect information was supplied to the newspaper. you have a comment about accuracy, fairness or adequacy of news coverage, call the office of the public editor at 573-2142 between 8:30 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Downstate readers may avoid a toll call by phoning the News-Journal offices in Dover or Georgetown and leaving their name and telephone number. The numbers to call appear on Page 4. London official questioned on funds LONDON (AP) Detectives investigating the disappearance of about $700,000 from Foreign Office funds held a middle-ranking member of the diplomatic service for questioning yesterday. A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard declined to identified the civil servant pending a possible charge, but described him as an administrative official rather than a diplomat.

Scotland Yard said the discrepancy was found during an investigation by accountants of the Paymaster General's office. Most of the funds are thought to have vanished since the beginning of this year. Suit over tradition has bar all aquiver Continued from Pooe Ont the union and the state agencies involved. If not granted the holiday, Rubenstein contended, the state employees will suffer irreparable injury because Return Day is "unique' the legislature said so. A bill was introduced in the General Assembly which would have restored the holiday, but it wasn't acted upon before the law makers recessed, he said.

Mark A. McNulty, an assistant attorney general representing the Department of Transportation, argued that oversight or otherwise, Return Day had been eliminated as a legal holiday. The contracts and merit system rules contain clauses providing that if there is any conflict with state law, the law takes precedent, McNulty said. Assistant Attorney General Charles J. Durante, assigned to the state Personnel Commission, 1 r.

Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalyenok (left) and Alexander Ivanchen-kov, shown here on the steppes of Soviet Central Asia after ending the longest space (light in history, spent upright, Tass reported. (AP) i.