Wednesday, November 6, 1985
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U.S. .to interview YwcheHko
WASHINGTON - The Soviet Union
on Tuesday agreed to a U.S. demand for
an interview with KGB spy Vitaly Yur
chenko to prove that he is not being
coerced into returning to his homeland
after three months in the hands of
American intelligence agents.
A State Department official, speak
ing on condition he not be identified,
said the interview was scheduled for
Tuesday afternoon at the department's
headquarters, and that a doctor would
be present.
The purpose of the meeting was to
assure U.S. authorities that Yurchenko
truly wanted to return to the Soviet
Union and was not being forced to do so
by Soviet officials, said Charles Red
Commonwealth depositors upset
over having to pay legal bills
LINCOLN Commonwealth Sav
ings Co. depositors were stunned Tues
day by the news that they apparently
will be paying the legal bills for both
sides of the federal lawsuit they filed
last week against the state in its role as
the Commonwealth receiver and against
the state Department of Banking and
Finance.
"That's gotta be unreal. That's a
further denial of our civil rights," said
Claude T. Weimer, president of the
Nebraska Depositors Action Commit
tee, which filed a $50 million federal
court lawsuit Thursday on behalf of
6,700 depositors who had money in
Commonwealth when it was declared
insolvent and closed by the state on
Talks end on dowBte0a.it, bnat...
'Life doesn ' end in the middle of November '
MOSCOW Secretary of State
George Shultz wound up 14 hours of
"vigorous discussion" with Soviet
Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and other
Kremlin officials Tuesday, saying the
talks failed to narrow the superpowers'
differences on arms control.
Shultz said despite "serious dis
agreements'the two sides had pledged
to work hard in preparing the Nov. 19
20 summit meeting between President
Reagan and Gorbachev in Geneva.
In a news conference before depart
ing for an overnight refueling stop in
Iceland, Shultz tempered his downbeat
appraisal of the two-day visit by observ
ing "we see some positive develop
ments" in the U.S.-Soviet relationship.
But he was unable to cite any major
area of reconciliation or prospect of sa
Poland changes propaganda tactics
By Charles J. Gans
The Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland Polish televi
sion recently shocked viewers by show
ing Solidarity supporters outside
Poland's U.N. mission in New York
shouting "down with Jaruzelski" and
carrying placards urging the visiting
leader to "go back to Moscow."
The report did not translate the
more caustic references to Gen. Woj
ciech Jaruzelski as a "butcher." View
ers, however, did not need to know
English to understand the shouts of
"Gestapo" or a placard equating a
Communist hammer-and-sickle with a
Nazi swastika as Jaruzelski's motor
cade arrived at the mission.
Although the 15-minute broadcast
was intended to discredit the protes
tors as extremists ignored by New
Yorkers during Jaruzelski's September
visit, the TV report would have been
unimaginable in any other Soviet bloc
J B WS ill B k
Four priests in the Omaha Catholic archdiocese
will be elevated to the level of Reverend Monsignor, a title
that hasn't been awarded to a priest in the Omaha archdi
ocese for 25 years. Archbishop Daniel Sheehan nominated
man, a State Department spokesman.
Meanwhile, the top two members of
the Senate Intelligence Committee said
the panel will investigate the CIA's
handling of the Yurchenko case.
Yurchenko, identified by U.S. intel
ligence experts as the onetime head of
the KGB's American section, came to
the United States in early August and
was in the custody of CIA officials until -
last weekend.
He turned up at the Soviet Embassy
on Monday and, at an extraordinary:
news conference, said he had been.,
abducted in Rome, . drUgged;3rsdjl
pumped for Russian secretsataCIA '
hideout in Virginia, but managed to
Nov. 1, 1983.
"Already, the state as a defendant
collects taxes from us to defend against
our suit and the receiver takes funds to
pay an attorney to advise them on how
they should handle our affairs," Wei
mer said. "Unfortunately, much of that
action has been adverse to our cause. I
can't believe this."
Members of the NDAC, other deposi
tors and some non-depositors contrib
uted $250,000 to pay the plaintiffs
costs of the suit, the NDAC said last
Friday.
On Tuesday, Roger Hirsch, counsel
for the state Banking Department, said
that the Commonwealth receive" will
pay the legal bills to defend itself
accord for the first superpower summit"
in more than six years.
In fact, Shultz said, he would not bet
on an agreement in principle between "
the two leaders on how to pursue a
treaty to curb the arms race.
Philosophically, Shultz said "life
does not end in the middle of Novem
ber." He said the possibility of addi
tional meetings between the leaders
was "before us, but nothing has been
settled." - xt . ;
He said later the four-hour session
was "a very vigorous exchange that
covered everything."
He twice described the talks as
"frank," which in diplomatic parlance
often means considerable disagreement.
But Shultz said, "It was far from a
country.
The broadcast was a striking exam
ple of the Communist government's
new offensive in an information war
with the Solidarity underground press
and Polish-language services of Radio
Free Europe, the Voice of America and
the British Broadcasting Corp.
'In the information
war it is important
who is quicker.'
Polish spokesman
Jerzy Urban
Unable to enforce a monopoly on
information, the government has
changes its propaganda tactics. No
longer ignoring opposition, the author
ities regularly publicize and ridicule
Solidarity protest calls and anti-govern
S ' A rounduP of
escape. The State Department said the
allegations were "completely false"
and that Yurchenko defected freely,
but for some reason decided to return
to the Soviet Union.
; Redman said it appeared that Yur
chenko's decision to go to the embassy
after three months of talking to U.S.
intelligence officials "was a personal
decision and we will attempt to con
firm that at a meeting with him."
In another development, U.S. intel
ligence sources said Yurchenko may
have defected to the West in part to be
near a, girlfriend, in Canada and may
have returned because the affair turned
sour.
against the suit, which alleges that the
defendants deprived Commonwealth
depositors of their rights, money, prop
erty and legal status in the adminstra
tion of the insolvent institution.
The receiver's funds come from the
investment of what remains of Com
monwealth deposits and from the sales
of property pledged as collateral for the
bad loans that drove the institution
into insolvency.
"It would seem the appropriate place
for the cost to come from," Hirsch said.
In effect, the depositors will be paying
the receiver to defend itself against the
depositors.
Hirsch said he could not estimate
the legal bills that will be incurred.
shouting; match. The discussions were
straightforward, always'iquiW cordial
: and I think they reflected ouirdesire tor;:
use the time well." "
Besides arms control, Shultz singled
out regional issues and human nights.
"As we broke up we wished for suc
cess at the upcoming Geneva meeting
and beyond and pledged to each other
that we would work hard for continuing
preparations.";,; - vtrJ
:u;;At "the sessioniwith Shultz were
Robert McFarlarie, head of the National
Security Council, and Arthur Hartman,
the U.S. ambassador to Moscow.
- With Gorbachev were Foreign Minis
ter Eduard Shevardnadze and Soviet
Ambassador to Washington Anatoly
Dobrynin.
ment commentaries on Western radio.
They also have been more forthcom
ing about economic, environmental and
health problems which were often
covered up under past governments.
The result approaches, in a limited
way, the pluralistic journalism advo
cated by the Solidarity labor movement
during its 18 months of legal existence
in 1980-81.
"In the information war it is impor
tant who is quicker," government spo
kesman Jerzy Urban wrote in a fore
word to a new book on his weekly news
conferences with foreign journalists.
"We are the target of a propaganda war
in which aggression is a good thing."
Urban, whose news conferences offer
a mixture of pure information and
sharp attacks on Western press reports,
has been a main shaper of the new
information policy since Jaruzelski
appointed him to his post in August
1981.
the day's happenings
the four priests and Pope John Paul II made the designa
tions. The priests are the Very Rev. Edward C. O'Donnell
the Rev. Robert P. Hupp, the Rev. Albert L. Krejci and the
Rev. Cyril J. Werner.
Kerrey open to income tax increase
LINCOLN Gov. Bob Kerrey said Tuesday that he is willing to consider a
1 percentage point increase in the state's income tax rate, but he
emphasized that he wants to see a sufficient anour.t cf badct cutting by
the Legislature. . ' . - . ;
. Kerrey commented as lawmaker teck their first- step toward enacting
an Appropriations Committee plan to reduce the 3 percent budget cuts
slated for NU and the state college system and toh&e the state income :
tax rate for 1085 only. . . . ,
Kerrey said he did not know what he would do if he received a bill for
$17 million in budget cuts. Senators who, talked with Kerrey Tuesday
morning to find out whether he would veto anyt hing less than a 3 percent
cut for NU and the state college system came back with varying versions of
his position. , - rt
Sen. John DeCamp of Neligh said he wouldn t support the 2 percent cut
for staU colleges because he got the impression Kerrey would veto it in
favor 0 a 3 percent cut. Sen. Chris Beutler of Lincoln said the governor's
position was more flexible than that. .
"The word veto never passed my lips," Kerrey said. 'The question is, if
we get the $17 million (in cuts) and the cigarette tax, will DeCamp
support the income tax?" . , t .
Kerrey said he would consider an income tax increase, but only for tax
year 19S5, which would raise about $17 million in extra revenue. "That
income tax must go down on Jan. 1," he said.
5 schools fined in asbestos violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a total of
$41,200 in fines against five Nebraska school systems for alleged viola
tions of federal asbestos regulations.
The EPA said the systems failed to "inspect, sample and analyze"
asbestos in school buildings. The agency said the school systems also
failed to maintain records about asbestos hi the buildings.
Morris Kay, EPA Region 7 administrator in Kansas City, Kan., proposed
fines for alleged violations in the following schools: Brownell-Talbott,
Omaha, $8,000; North Bend Elementary. North Bend. $7,300; Wilber Pub
lic, Wilber, $8,600; St. Wenceshus Elementary, Vv'jhoo, $12,000, and
Neumann High, Wahoo, $7,300.
The fines were proposed after inspections of the schoolj. Each district
has 20 days to request a hearing, meet with EPA oSlciah cr develop a
compliance schedule.
Schools with buildings that contain "friable asbestos" sire required by
federal regulations to send written notices to schools employees, parent
teacher associations and parents. Such schools must also maintain
records for public review.
Farmers tell relatives: get another job
..LINCOLN A majority of farmers surveyed by the University of
Nebraska Bureau of Sociological Research said they would not recom-
.. mend that their relatives take up fanning.
"Farmers from all income groups overwhelmingly said they would not
recommend farming to a relative," bureau director David Johnson said.
"Among farmers with the lowest incomes, 88 percent said they wouldn't,
and only 5 percent said they would." :
Johnson's report was based on a spring survey cf 1,S 13 Nt t raskans in all
walks of life in the 1935 Nebraska Annua! Socid In -Jif store Survey.
Overall, the survey found that more farmers ?rA r.nchcrs than not like
their work but many aren't happy with their fin.:n f :iv.ilivr.s and don't
' expect to continue in the work 10 ycurs from now. ': -1 : ,!y found that
while financial satisfaction h Irv kwi f,.r:ne:i; u . 1 u. M.icrj, their job
satisfaction is high in ail inclr:.s " .
Pa. officials debate : ;I -i : rt i t : 1 regulation
' - WASHINGTON A PemisVivr: b 1 y:r
Tuesday to reinstate that state's L;;.:. : - !
they fall within a "permisc;lle "rcl3 Lr it e
decisions to end their prcr. cks.
State Deputy Attorney Cr.:ni Andrew's C :-i
' "showed a proper regnrtf t.t -1 rulic-s ttzt
constitutional rigl.t to have an tertian. "
He said the state lesbture "cticrrr'. : i i - rt
the ript and the prelection 'cf tnsienll : : ;
But Philadelphia lawyer Kr.ryn ri;
College cf Obstetricians and Gyncctilo Is, t? t
said they could sprk "increased level-; cf v!
clinics Mdincresscd levels cfhar-:"" . :frv.
The focal point in the Pennsylvania cl. :, 1.
dispute cred after it, tm been these stitcs
athreat of .criminal sanctions, their rer-!-fcry r
perform abortions.
12 dead as rivers rise; tin
P.Ivers reared out of tvr.'r h-
flooding disaster and 12 rer-Tla d!e J
horses 8r.d.leavir.g ethers nhcbj
..Some residents sere r; 5 n u 1, Vy nk- j
?y&m 'also 'inundated hvrzs h Nsrth Cr.:. L.u 1 1
the storm system v,!.ivh L;i tiOi c-r tl3 C '
northed out to sea,
Kundredj of roads were subrr.c:,-. .'c jc "
cf water and others by mudslides, looiir ; 1
pockets beyond the reach c-f bu:y p ::;c.
Six one-ton canisters of poisor.cus clli r ;
James River from a plant near LyrxhL-:-Va., f t c:
A. Anderson said he was more ccr.ecrr,; j zX lit
feos Men noaiing in the river.
"With the rate of the river, they rc-'J I
bridge pilings, he said.
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appealed to President K?:-ia tD
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