Monday, October 28, 1985
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H
ussein, Arafat set to meet today
AMMAN, Jordan PLO chairman
Yasser Arafat and King Hussein discuss
their strained alliance and the future
of Mideast peace efforts at a meeting
scheduled in Amman today.
Hussein has said he is unhappy with
the alliance and is "reassessing the
entire situation" following a series of
military actions and diplomatic fail
ures that have set back the joint peace
drive Hussein and Arafat launched in
February.
"Monday and Tuesday will be cru
cial," said Jerusalem newspaper editor
Hanna Siniora, referring to the sche
duled meetings.
Siniora, on a visit to Amman, is one
of several Palestinians who have been
mentioned as possible participants in
a Palestinian delegation to peace talks.
He said he believed Jordan and the
PLO would patch up their differences.
Hussein suggested last week he was
near a showdown with Arafat. "In terms
of a lot of things that have happened,
we're not very happy," Hussein said at a
news conference.
He said the quest for peace had been
set back by the killing of three Israeli
tourists in Cyprus last month, Israel's
retaliatory air raid on PLO headquar
ters in Tunis on Oct. 1, the Palestinian
hijacking of an Italian cruise liner Oct.
7 and the collapse of planned talks
involving Britain's foreign secretary
and senior PLO officials.
Prime Minister Shimon Peres has
called Hussein's reassessment "an in
teresting development," and appeared
to offer the king an incentive to loosen
his links with the PLO.
Hussein wants an international con
ference on Mideast peace and Peres
told an Israeli newspaper on Friday: "If
it is possible to oust the PLO from the
picture then one should be a little
more relaxed about the international
framework."
Israel will not talk with the PLO. It
seeks direct talks with Hussein or with
a joint delegation of Jordanians and
Palestinians not belonging to the PLO.
Arafat also has some things to dis
cuss with Hussein.
The PLO leader has expressed con
cern over Saudi Arabian-sponsored
efforts to reconcile Jordan and Syria.
President Hafez Assad of Syria backs
PLO factions hostile to Arafat and has
opposed the Jordan-PLO accord for an
approach to Mideast peace.
U.S. businessmen pledge to help
end apartheid in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
Fifty-two American corporate leaders
with interests in South Africa pledged
Sunday in a newspaper advertisement
to "play an active role" in ending
apartheid.
The ads were in support of an initia
tive Sept. 29 by 91 South African corpo
rate leaders who bought newspaper
space to urge President P. W. Botha's
government to end the country's sys
tem of racial separation.
"Today, we add our voice to theirs,"
said the latest ad, placed by the U.S.
Corporate Council on South Africa. It
was signed by the council's co
chairmen W. Michael Blumenthal, chair
man of the Burroughs Corp., and Gen
eral Motors Chairman Roger B. Smith.
The advertising campaign demon
strated growing pressure by the busi
ness community on South Africa's lead
ers to end apartheid. There have been
widespread campaigns abroad for eco
nomic and other sanctions against
South Africa and an end to foreign
investment in the country, which
already is suffering economic prob
lems. In new riots around the country
Sunday, police said they shot three
blacks dead and two policemen were
wounded by bullets.
Police also announced Sunday that
after 14 months of persistent riots, the
national forces of some 45,000 police
will be expanded by 25 percent, with
11,000 new officers to be put into
uniform.
More than 770 people have been
killed since the riots began on Sept. 3,
1984.
The American businessmen said in
their ad that the group "strongly sup
ports" the South African businessmen
in their call for abolition of statutory
race discrimination "wherever it
exists," government negotiations with
black leaders about power-sharing,
granting South African citizenship to
all South Africans and "restoring and
entrenching the rule of law."
"We pledge to play an active role in
peacefully achieving their goals," the
Americans said in their ad.
No details of what specific actions
the American companies intended were
published.
The United States is one of South
Africa's leading trading partners. With
some 300 or so U.S. firms operating in
South Africa, U.S. investment in the
country is estimated at $3 billion.
Some say it is much higher if one
counts U.S. loans and investments in
corporations that conduct their own
business in South Africa
Soviets '50-percent cutproposal
boosts possibility for arms pact
WASHINGTON - Sen. Richard Lugar,
chain, an of the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee, says the Soviet
Union's "unique" proposal to cut nuclear
arms 50 percent moves the arms con
trol process "miles down the trail
toward some type of agreement."
"Giving credit where credit is due,
and not (looking at it) as a propaganda
ploy but as an interesting and substan
tive proposal, "he Soviet deep-cut situa
tion is unique," the Indiana Republi
can said.
"The Soviets haven't offered this kind
of thing before," he said. "A year ago
they weren't even at the table at all.
The fact that they are there and that
they have mat e a (comprehensive)
proposal is sig ificant," said Lugar, a
consistent supporter of Reagan admin
istration forei,a policy.
Lugar's statements, taken together
with last week's co ment by Vice Pres
ident George Bush that the Soviet
proposal was a "step in the right direc
tion," probably mark most the positive
assessment of the Soviet offer from
ranking U.S. officials to date.
But Robert McFarlane, the presi
dents national security adviser, on
Sunday reiterated the administration's
warning that an arms control agree
ment hinges on Moscow's willingness
to settle regional conflicts and alter its
human rights policies.
"President Reagan, probably more
than on any other issue, believes that
his moment and his responsibility is to
leave office with a real reduction in
nuclear weapons," McFarlane said on
CBS' "Face The Nation."
"But for that to endure it has to be
surrounded by a climate of responsible
behavior," he added.
When Secretary of State George
Shultz goes to Moscow this week for
pre-summit planning, there could be
some progress on such issues as air
safety and boundary rights, "if indeed
the Soviet Union really wants it,"
McFarlane said.
Acknowledging strong U.S. objections
to the Soviet proposal as it stands,
Lugar said he nevertheless found it an
encouraging and a positive base for
negotiation as both nations prepare for
the summit meeting between Presi
dent Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail
Gorbachev,
"So we're miles down the trail toward
some type of agreement with the Soviets
if in fact they are of a mind to really
proceed with that, and it appears they
are at least devoting considerable
energy to their negotiating positions
and perhaps have some genuine desire
to reach agreement,". Lugar. said in the
interview on Friday. '.; ; ... r
Soviet sailor interviewed about defection
BELLE CHASSE, La. U.S. officials
boarded a Soviet freighter anchored in
the Mississippi River on Sunday, seek
ing to determine if a sailor who jumped
ship twice wants to stay in the United
States.
After each attempt to leave the ship,
on Thursday and Friday, the sailor was
returned to the Marshal Koniev by
American authorities even though wit
nesses said he was pleading to stay.
White House national security ad
viser Robert McFarlane said the State
Department wants to interview the sai
lor at a neutral site and find out what
he wants to do. McFarlane said the
United States has the right to interview
the sailor.
"I think we have a responsibility to
assure that the wishes of the individual
are understood," McFarlane said on
CBS' "Face The Nation."
"I would expect the Soviet Union to
understand that is our authority and
our interest and I expect it will be
resolved," McFarlane said.
As two Coast Guard crew boats
circled the grain freighter in choppy
waters about 75 miles upriver from the
Gulf of Mexico, State Department
spokesman Peter Martinez in Washing
ton said the agency was still trying to
find out what the sailor wanted to do.
Mike Flad, a U.S. agent for the Soviet
vessel, said he saw the sailor Friday
morning about 16 hours after he had
first jumped. The man appeared to be
in his 20s, said Flad, an employee of the
Universal Shipping Agency.
The unidentified sailor first dove off
the ship near Belle Chasse, a small
town in Plaquemines Parish downriver
from New Orleans, on Friday. Flad said
he swam 80-100 yards to shore. Border
Patrol agents returned him to the
vessel.; . -vr-
Thomas Richard, Who works for the
Universal Shipping Agents, said he
received a call from the Border Patrol
on Thursday night saying that a sailor
had jumped ship and come ashore.
Richard said he was ordered to put
the sailor back on the ship. The seaman
jumped from the boat that was ferrying
him back to the Soviet freighter, but
was recaptured.
He was returned again after he
jumped a second time Friday, but
Immigration Service officials in New
Orleans contacted their headquarters
in Washington, said David H. Lambert,
district director of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service. Lambert
said Border Patrol agents could not
communicate with the man and thought
he was a stowaway.
So QJog
Hyack prosecutors p
ress rival claims
invests
J:::s"; POP-
ROME An Italian news agency said Sunday that a Sicilian prosecutor
;ating the hijacking of the cruise mip actum lsuto spparcnuy
issued a warrant for the arrest of a FLU oiacisj on ine essa oi ms upea
conversations with the hackers.
The news agency ANSA sai J a warrant for the arrest cf Kofaantssed
Abbas apparently was issued after prosecutors in Sicily reviewed a tape of
'.. Abbas talking to the four hijackers, who seized tha ship Oct, 7 with more
than 500 people on board. . ' . .
Abbas, the leader of a faction, of the Palestine ubeftuon Organization,
was with the hijackers 0n a Jet that was forced down in Sicily by American
warplanes. . ,
Italy released him, an action that provoked sharp criticism from the
United States and was a factor in the fall of Premier Dctthao Craxi's
government. '
Craxi has said Italian judicial authorities detenrjr.ed there were
insufficient legal grounds to hold Abbas.
On Saturday, prosecutors in Siracusa, Sicily issued an international
arrest warrant for Abbas, charging him with murder, kidnapping, hiyack-'
ing and transportation and possession cf crr: tr.d explosives, c"cials
said.
U.S. Chrysler workers approve pact
DETROIT Auiovvcrkcrs at Chrysler Corp. voted to spprcv a new
contract, ending a 12-day walkout by 70.CC3 cr.ica munie-ers th:d ccst the
company an estimated $15 million a day, United Acto Workers cllcials
said Sunday.
Before the vote was announced, local union les-ers hilled the agree
ment as a persond victory for United Auto Workers Present Owen
Bieber.
"It's the best thing that's happened in rcary, many yesrs. It's brought
the union together," said John Coyr.e, president cf Lced 212, which
represents 2,800 UAW members si a Chryskr trim pI2.1t in Detroit.
Union locals nationwide voted SaturJy and early Sar.djy on the
three-year pact, which gives Chrysler workers p;xy and beneiits compara
ble to their counterparts at Fcrd Meter Co. a??d General Meters Corp.
Coyne said the contract, which fivc3 Use 70,CC0 Chrysler workers
immediate cash bonuses cf 12,129 cadi for grant concerions '.vhai the
' automaker rseared barJyrptcy, is a pcrscnrJ victory fcr Either.
Kentucky players reveal payoffs
. LEXINGTON, Ky. - Scrr.s fcrr.cr Kentixk? I z: Ictlill r !:y:ri y they
did a thriin2 business
boosters and received crh rr. .1 c' h :r rr;:.;;":.r frcss
ters, the Lexington II crJ. ILcsIer reratei " '
A copyright story in L:.,I:s ciitier.x ieli cf r'-y.rs f. to
$1,C00 each for the tickets arJ Hr-dir t;3 to XIU in t'.iir p;.'. : tiler
shaking hsnd3 v. ith Er;pe rter.
Ckthir.;, cor tir.J tri f.ee r.ei!.; slsa c- : V: lr v:y f.er.i a small
corps cf boosters djrb T 3 p;.;.i 13 yesrs, V..3 L;:.;er !;-;ers z
The r.ewsps per sJ 1 L a z t cry y.v;; t -:rJ o ir.ie r. i rs v. iih re era than
200 peor 1-3 in the past seven ir.cr.ihs.
Thirty three phyers vere interviewed, 31 cf v;hc:n c;::i they knew of
improper activities v. hi'.s they played at Kentucky. TV. er.iysix pleycrs told
the Herald-Lead: they received ir.cr.cy, 7:3 cr race!.;. ;
University President Otis Cirv;etary told the school's f,ercre! counsel,
John Darsis, to ben en Internal ir.vsi:;.t:ei eflrr $peuhhr; to Ilcrald
Leadcr reporters Oct. 9, the storyed 1 D:.:;!e declined to c: ir.rr:t cn the
investigation last v;eck. . . f.
Ccach Joe D. lb 13, u ho directe d the Kcztui ky p rerr :a for 13 ye srs ur.til
resigning in March, told the p?,per he was iKisTre cf teprcpsitUcs. j ;."
Committee may be issue for Daub
OMAHA, Neb. While Nebraska tk-p. Hal Daub hej not ccnr.itted
himself to run for the EepuLIican neminstiori Lr p'i racr, a Washington
lobbyist and several party cfHciils say Daub's rr.cmlerehip on the House
Ways and Means Committee may become an issue.
Mutual of Omaha's Washington lobbyist Jtrr.cs Drrctt, ssid it has been
the understanding that House members seeking positions on the powerful
Ways and Means Committee would serve on thetax-rritir. ccmir.itiee for
sometime.
"It's been that way for the 30 years I have been here," Darrett told the
Omaha World-IIeraid. "With cor-essnicn v. ho seek cut a p iiien on the
committee, as Hal did, there is an implied coinrrdir 'cr.t ta stey eicund for
awhile." :
, Barrett said an event like Kerrey's announcement ecu! J to considered',
'an unforeseen ciroaastar.ee that changes all the rules e.i.S ccxr.ir r.cnti"
Daub said his assignment this year to the V.'avs zrd Mer-is Cc remittee
was a dream come true. S
Paintings lost in 'theft of the century'
PARIS At least five men brandiehirj revolvers ir.vai-e J a museum
Sunday, forced r3 tr.d visiters to lie cn the f c r : i h five minutes
stripped the rails cf r.ir.e pdntiio, hd a rrla L3 UsrM that
inspired the nante for tiie L.:;re::s;e:i.t movent. ;
Curator Vvcj C-:y:r of the Mirraottan munznm c:.:".. i it "the theit'of
" tie crttov
rmtiher !; d;,t paintinss by ClaUe lUmi and Wo by Pierre
f Ist,,c U3ir v p r t"8 stolen v;ei!:s that Dreyrr vJceJ at a total of
h D milten francs, stent $ 1 2.5 million.
Ke d j 'or:? "Impression Soleil Levant," cr "Ireyressien Sunrise,"
has no price b ecEisa cf its historic value.
The men entered the museum during visiting hours shortly after 10
am., forced guards and visitors to the floor, pulled the nine paintings from
walls in several rooms of the museum and fled, said Drayer in a telephone
interview.-
i rfThS- a.riitan Museum, located on a quiet street in Paris' elegant
87 of th'mMonets68 iinportant collectioa of fcnpressionist paintings,