Local officials urged the public to remain calm, and repeated that the threat of the disease spreading widely beyond the church group was still slim.

Soviet officials repeated that demand today, casting the issue as the major barrier to a new treaty that could be concluded within two months.

But the officials repeated that the worldwide campaign against terrorism could go on for years.

As a result, meteorological officials repeated their warning that small boats should not put to sea.

American officials, while more cautious, have repeated much of the same information.

But other officials repeated their belief that a three-strike measure was simplistic.

Israeli officials repeated demands that all attacks, including rock throwing, had to stop.

American officials this week repeated their longstanding threat to attack any Iraqi troops south of that line.

Soviet officials repeated last week that they have no military interest in Nicaragua.

Some officials in Tripoli also repeated the claim.