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Tuesday, October 1, 1985 Page 2 Daily Nebraskan ews Digssi JW The Associated Press N Le&ctars dififer on prospect of Arab-Israeli peace talis WASHINGTON President Reagan expressed optimism Monday about over coming obstacles to the opening of Arab-Israeli peace talks this year, while Jordan's King Hussein stressed that negotiations must take place at an international conference attended by the Soviet Union. . Reagan and Hussein met for nearly an hour in their second round of talks this year. The meeting came against the backdrop of Reagan's announce ment Friday of a controversial, $1.55 billion weapons package for Jordan. The United States and Israel have objected to holding peace talks at an international conference because that would give the Soviet Union a role in shaping the future of the Middle East. Israel does not have diplomatic rela tions with Moscow, and the Soviets have provided arms to Syria and other Arab countries that are hostile to Israel. A senior adminstration official said Reagan and Hussein focused their talks "very intensively" on the organization and structure of an international con ference. "I think headway has been made. This is not the moment, this is not the place to get into the details of that headway," said the official, briefing reporters under rules granting him anonymity. Reagan and Hussein both have talked about holding negotiations under "appropriate auspices" but have dif fered on what that should be. "We're not excluding anything," said a White House official, speaking privately. "We are exploring what appropriate 'international auspices' might contain. We don't want to geMnvolved in some thing where Israel is made a spectator." Reagan and Hussein made joint state ments outside the White House diplo matic entrance. Expressing hopes for talks before the end of the year, the president said, "There are complex and sensitive issues which must be resolved before actual negotiations can begin, but I believe these issues can be resolved. He said negotiations should be con ducted under United Nations resolu tions calling on Israel to withdraw from occupied Arab territories in return for Arab peace with Israel. Hussein, condemning violence and terrorism, pledged that Jordan "is com mitted to a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict." "We are prepared to join all parties . in pursuing a negotiated settlement in an environment free of belligerent and hostile acts," Hussein added. In Hussein's view, the "appropriate auspices" for talks is a U.N.-sponsored conference attended by Middle East delegates and the five permanent mem bers of the U.N. Security Council: the United States, the Soviet Union, Bri tain, France and China. Another roadblock posed by the king has been his proposal that Palestinians tied to the Palestine Liberation Organ ization participate in pre-negotiations talks with U.S. officials. Battle over pay equity heats up By Gene Grabowski The Associated Press WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats thought they were waltzing toward passage of a law this year that would lead to equal pay for women. Then House conservatives stopped the music. Angry women's groups and labor unions say the few Republicans who have stalled the legislation with scores of amendments are fighting a losing battle against one of the most signifi cant women's issues of the decade. But opponents backed by Presi dent Reagan and major corporations believe they are buying time to inform Americans that the proposal to raise pay for certain jobs traditionally held by women could destroy the economy. At issue is a House bill scheduled for action this week proposing to study whether women and minorities in the federal workforce are victims of pay discrimination. If it becomes law, it could be used to establish a system of comparable worth under which men and women would receive the same salaries for different jobs judged to be of similar value. If the bill fails, the women's movement and labor unions will have lost an impor tant test of strength. "If they make this a big national issue, they're going to get a black eye," predicts the bill's sponsor, Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, D-Ohio. "Women and minorities have a stake in the bill. If conservatives want to fight it, good. Let them alienate the blacks, women and Hispanics in their districts." Oakar's pay equity bill passed the House by a 413-6 vote last year, but it never came up for a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate. To in crease the chance of passage this year, the measure was broadened to include minority groups. In addition, an identi cal bill was introduced in the Senate by Sens. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., and Daniel Evans, R-Wash. This year, Oakar said, Senate appro val is more likely because Evans is a co-sponsor and because 22 Senate seats held by Republicans are up for re election next year. The president has ridiculed com parable worth as "harebrained" and Clarence Pendleton, Civil Rights Com' mission chairman, called it "the looni est idea since Looney Tunes came on the screen." But supporters of the proposal say it is uncertain whether Reagan would be bold enough to veto the bill with the 22 Senate seats on the ballot next year. 'The Republicans cannot afford to be known as the party that opposed fairness for women," said Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women. Opponents say including blacks and Hispanics in the proposal is a political trick designed to pass legislation that would hold down the pay of men who hold blue-collar jobs and increase pay for women who work mostly in offices. "How can you tell a steelworker that his job is less valuable than a secre tary's? Free enterprise should decide that, not some government panel," said Rep. Richard Armey, R-Texas, a former economics professor leading the House fight against pay equity. Rep. Dan Burton, D-Ind., says com parable worth is an "attempt to find discrimination where it does not really exist." "Equal pay for equal work is already the law of the land," said Burton, author of most of the amendments that have bogged down the bill. "Setting up a new standard is uncalled for and costly." Backing the bill along with NOW are the National Education Association, the League of Women Voters, the AFL CIO, and B'nai B'rith Women. Turbulence not repprtedflight study shows WASHINGTON The crew of a Delta Airlines jet taxiing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport noticed turbulence so severe it looked "like a tornado" at the end of the runway min utes before another Delta jet crashed, documents on the investigation revealed Monday. But the documents indicated that the taxiing crew did not relay the sight ing of the severe weather and the information was never relayed to Delta Flight 191, which crashed on its approach. Investigators have speculated that Flight 191 encountered a severe wind shear when it attempted to land Aug. 2 and crashed just short of the runway, killing 1 36 people. The flight, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was bound for Los Angeles. There were 163 passengers and a crew of 11 on board. Documents released by the National Transporation Safety Board supported the theory that the plane encountered a wind shear. At one point, the pilot of Flight 191, apparently recognizing he had encoun tered a sudden, severe shift of wind, desperately attempted to increase power. "Push it up, push it way up, way up," pilot Edward Conners declared. "Way up," co-pilot Rudolph Price Jr. responded as the sounds of engines revving to maximum power could be heard in the cockpit. Seconds later "push it way up" again could be heard from the aircraft. Then, "oh," followed by what the NTSB called a non-printable word. During the approach, the transcript made clear that the crew of Flight 191 was aware of the severe weather in the area, and at one time received permis sion to go around a particularly severe storm. "We're going to get our airplane washed," the pilot said at one point. As Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 jumbo jet, was making its approach, another Delta jetliner, a Boeing 737, had just landed and was taxiing away from the runway. "Is that a waterspout out there on the end (of the runway)?" the pilot of the Boeing 737 remarked. "I don't know. Sure looks like it, doesn't it? Looks like a tornado or something. I've never seen anything like it," the co-pilot replied. But, according to sources close to the investigation, there is no indica tion that the sighting of a possible tor nado on the approach being used by Flight 191 about 24 minutes before the crash was ever relayed to the airport tower. NewsmakGrs A roundup of the day's happenings A nationwide six-day poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times indicates that more Americans (four out of five) are concerned about reducing the federal budget deficit than reform of the nation's tax reform. Mansfield, Ohio, police are looking for two women who tried to con an elderly woman out of more than $700 but wound up giving her $1,300 by mistake. Officials said the case was just another one of thousands of "pigeon drop" con tricks that happens across the nation each year only this one backfired. Dr. Benjamin Spock, noted child specialist, says a society that is trying to prevent child-snatching should be spending more money on better child care instead of on fingerprinting. Sixnone Signoret, 64, whose long career as an actress, political activist and writer made her one of France's most admired women, died of cancer at her home near Paris. ir? ; on"' no tha makes offer; but not; full vote 1 'v " I- "t l. ..... r; J some - i V IE s 1 t ... .J . it:;. 1. ill. . t- ' rlhck . arid : f. n a 1 Ur :uon . ' I Friday ; 4 Soviet . jt a uS SO. id : ", '." . ; t ; ' i ' ' found inter- -:t v f.T.-tf.nM'S fa r : f : 2 i.: 5 rA since IrdvlvLvv11' " ry 1 3 foreigners I .vi li t 3 fc?f,ce ika rJ 1 cth ;r f Ji.;. ::Msstag (: ;vr:vr fvr Ita-b,:, tf.r? 3 ! n ! 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Eut .Nebraska has not developed all of the things that it needs to attract tkat mcr.ey. $4 million raised for quake victims L03 ANGELES Stars including Hicardo Mcria::va and Vikki Carr joined by satellite Sundry with celebrities from Lr.ru. :u' ricain a 12-hour telethon and raised alacst $4 mil'ibn for cu"i: m: .va-.'ated Mexico. The show started si 1 1 a.ra. CDT and by 8X3 p.n. LIS million had been leered in the United States alone, tclcti.cn & c.;:r .a Stoi 2 Moya said. Organizers lad hoped to raise $4 million daring the telethon. Totals from the other countries where tie program was btinj $hr,n vmli not be Powerful earthquakes en r-t. 13 ar.d CO K-rtatl-v 1 1,500 people dead tad much cf central Merxlco City La ruins. I-Iery ra: ly Sunday's show vili be sent to the Mexican Hod Cress to eci up cd'Jcs and to buy medicine and food, American Had Cross spoken llitzi Rodriquez said. Reagan says Hecldor v;on?(; be fired WASHINGTON rrc:idcr.t Hssan sa! d lis-1 . y 1 . r t ping to fire Market Heckler as secretary cf hcrJlh ?rJ h- r m c . :i ices, but hinted that a job change may be in the cf.".r. The president declared himself sriLHci v.Ith It r-fomance and denied ha vas cdr.i fa r.r. n-i!- v- -- ? sHlitv and loyalty to conservative idca!s have been c;: ::A I .:: Uyt Av !:..ir.istration eliiclius. ' TL-r,;e critics. rerort.!'y h-A ! v V r - f ' f rf F:;iT Donald n?rvi, want 1'jcUer nrjtied srA?s v ; r to I : ' !. Vc 2 rrc:;tr.t, rvrvrir. itycy J : -3 1 1 1 " 1 1 t r. - 'rtcrs in the CvJ C've, r:fa:.d to vrj ; :r 1 - v I r v' i:r to the Federal liquor ta:: increri-j today V,Vr:GTO:4 Uef.d :.. r r t.. ; I " 'r i the federal excise tax m ciarettes h cct?--!:-r,t to J,f pin : J, i. -n 1 ') to ei&M cents a pack, at mi'Jni&t, but smokers v.-j-cU U v.: -1.. t to tvrst on it. TS-.3 Senate voted la:t v:e;k ta exi-'i ! i - 3 ta c f r i " , 3. 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