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The run up to the summit'
Reagan uses movies, books to prepare for meetings
In Bnov
WASHINGTON - President Reagan's
staff has been loading him down with
books, briefing papers, personality pro
files, videotapes and even Russian
movies to prepare him for his summit
meeting next week with Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev.
But aides say Reagan's own convic
tions and the almost daily talks they
have had with him on other pre-summit
events seem to have had the most
effect on his thinking.
"He has read books for quite a while
now," said one White House official
involved in helping the president get
ready for the summit. "We've given him
books and articles on the Soviet econ
omy, trade, historical, the role of the
Soviet military, the KGB, domestic
issues, foreign trade."
But that official and others, all of
whom agreed to discuss Reagan's pre
summit work on condition they not be
identified, said the president's general
views about the Soviet Union have been
formed during a quarter century and
aren't likely to be changed during the
period they call "the run up to the
summit."
The White House obtained a copy of
a Russian movie called "Moscow With
out Tears" for the president to watch.
Aides said Reagan also has been
shown videotapes of Gorbachev's pub
lic appearances, particularly those he
has made in Britain and France, and
has seen videotapes "on the Soviet
people and personalities."
"He is reading biographic assess
ments of each one of the people he's
going to be meeting with," one official
said, and he has briefing papers on the
Soviet Union's top leaders, Communist
Party structure, the role of the party
and how it interacts at the various lev
els of society."
In Geneva, the government announced
Monday that 2,000 Swiss soldiers would
join 1,400 policemen to beef up secur
ity and help insure that Geneva remains
"an island of public peace" during the
summit meeting.
State police director Guy Fontanet
said border and airspace controls will
be tightened and that soldiers are
under orders to shoot at any trespasser
not stopping on first warning.
Soldiers from German-speaking Swit
zerland also are getting a crash course
in French, focusing on these fourwords:
"Halte ou je tire" (Halt or I shoot).
Children lie less than adults
about sexual abuse, study shows
CHICAGO Children rarely make
false allegations of being sexually
abused even though the public gener
ally will believe the adult being accused
instead of the youngster, according to a
study released Monday.
Children who made such allegations
were lying or incorrect less than 2 per
cent of the time and made fewer false
complaints about sexual abuse than
adults, said Dr. David Young, clinical
director of the Kempe National Center
for the Prevention and Treatment of
Child Abuse and Neglect in Denver.
"I found that children make false or
fictitious accounts very rarely," said
Young. ;
! "Do they ever "get it ' wrong? Yes;
sometimes they (to, but mostly they
don't,", said Young, who is to present
his findings today at the Seventh
National Conference on Child Abuse
13 years later. . .
and Neglect.
He said a study of 576 reports of
possible sexual abuse of children to
the Denver Department of Social Ser
vices in 1983 showed 267 of them were
unfounded, either because there was
insufficient evidence or because inves
tigation determined the incidents did
not happen.
Young said 45 of the unfounded
cases stemmed from false reports filed
by adults or children. Adults filed 36
false reports, or 6.25 percent of the
total, and children filed nine false
reports, or 1.56 percent.
Other studies have shown the public
tends not to believe a child who claims
to have been sexually abused when the
accused adult denies it, unless there is
other supporting evidence, Young said.
"In general, the public doesn't like
to believe a child against an adult
unless there is some other evidence
that helps them make that decision,"
he said.
There is no way for authorities inves
tigating a child's complaint to deter
mine if the child is lying, he said.
"I wish there was some sort of litmus
test to determine if a child is telling
the truth," Young said.
"There are indications that inter
viewers can watch for as the story
unfolds. In my experience, children
offering fictitious acounts showed an
absence of any emotion," he said.
"They weren't depressed or saddened
or anxious." ;
' The adults who made false reports of
child sexual abuse were generally
involved in custody disputes or had
been victims of abuse as children, he
said.
Nixon papers, tapes still under seal
WASHINGTON Thirteen years have
passed since Congress passed a law
seizing Richard Nixon's presidential
papers and tape recordings. Despite
orders that documents dealing with
Watergate be released "at the earliest
reasonable date," not a single one has
been made public.
Nor has anyone been able to listen to
the 4,000 hours of tapes. Only 12Vi
hours of the recordings are public
because they were used in the criminal
trials of Nixon's subordinates.
The latest attempt by the National
Archives and Records Administration
to provide for public access to the 40
million pages of Nixon materials is
stalled in the bureaucracy, although
; the Reagan administration denies there
is any political reason.
" The archives sent a final draft of
proposed regulations to the White House's
Office of Management and Budget for
routine approval on July 11. Robert
Bedell of OMB acknowledged receipt
on July 23 and said without further
explanation that "it has been neces
sary for us to extend our review period."
Nothing has been heard about the reg
ulations since then. No regulations, no
public access.
The proposed regulations represent
the sixth attempt to let the public see
the Nixon documents. The first three
sets of regulations were rejected by
Congress, the fourth was submitted
and withdrawn for legal reasons. The
fifth set was ruled unconstitutional by
a federal court.
. .One problem may be that many peo
ple who worked for Nixon are, or have
been, associated with the Reagan ad
ministration. Fred Fielding, the White House
counsel who worked in the same office
in the Nixon administration under
Watergate conspirator John Dean, said
he has deliberately stayed out of the
matter.
An associate counsel in Fielding's
office, John Roberts, said "We don't
want to create the appearance we are
involved in this for some sort of politi
cal reasons. People on staff here, who
were in the Nixon White House, have
recused themselves. We have no reason
to keep these things from coming out."
The Archives had been prepared in
1983 to begin making public 1.5 million
pages of documents those marked
"special files" by the Nixon staff.
These include internal memoranda,
advice to the president, political and
fund-raising memos and legislative
problems not Watergate related.
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A roundup of the day's happenings
William Schroeder, 53, the world's longest-living
recipient of a permanent artificial heart, suffered a third
stroke Monday and was readmitted to a Louisville, Ky.,
hospital. He is listed in serious condition.
Omaha businessman Willy Theisen, 40, says he will
decide between Dec. 1 and Dec. 1 5 whether he will run for
governor of Nebraska. Theisen, a Democrat, confirmed he
is "very, very seriously" considering a bid for the office. He
is founder of the Godfather's pizza chain and owner of
Flakey Jake's restaurant in Omaha.
Art Carney, famous for his role as the zany swere
worker on television's "The Honeymooners," says he
decided to play a priest in a television movie about the
Boys Town orphanage because it is "an uplifting story."
Carney, 67, will star as Father O'Halleran in "Miracle of
the Heart: A Boys Town Story," which is being filmed in
Omaha.
Who do 4,000 American high schoolers consider their
heroes? Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy, President Reagan
ard TV star Bill Cosby took top honors, followed by singer
Prince and actor Sylvester Stallone (tied at 4th), actor
Clint Eastwood (5th), rock singer Madonna, dancer
actress Debbie Allen and basketball star Michael Jordan
(6th), rock singers Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Van
Halen (8th), and actor Harrison Ford (9th). The students
were chosen by local newspapers in 145 cities in the World
Almanac and Book of Facts' sixth annual poll.
Two California astronomers were the first to see
Halley's comet (Friday) on its current visit without the aid
of telescopes or binoculars, an astronomical reporting
agency says. Astronomers Steve Edberg and Charles Mor
ris say they saw the comet from the 7,000-foot level in the
San Gabriel Mountains near Mount Waterman, about 30
miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Ezra Taft Benson, expressing love for everyone of
"every color, creed and political persuasion," said he had
been appointed by God as the Mormon Church's 13th
prophet and president. Benson, 86, a former U.S. agricul
ture secretary whose ultraconservative politics made him
the most controversial modern church apostle, said he
planned no major changes as successor to President
Spencer W. Kimball, who died last Tuesday.
S. Africa may expel foreign workers
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The government, declaring that
"charity begins at home," said Monday it may have to send home thou
sands of foreign black workers if sanctions force more South Africans out
of work. , . .
Minister of Manpower Pietie du Plessis denied a report in an influential
financial newspaper that the government already had approved the
expulsion of some of the 1.5 million black foreign workers, many of whom
work in the gold and diamond mines that supply much of South Africa's
hard currency.
But du Plessis said "contingency plans were being drafted to send
home foreign blacks if necessary in the future. "This action has been
forced on the South African government by those who favor sanctions and
disinvestment without having regard for the detrimental effect on inno
cent people," he said.
"Since charity begins at home, the government has no option but tc
give preference to the needs of its own citizens as re&u-ds job opportuni
ties," du Plessis said in a statement issued in Pretoria, the capital.
State organizes employee health plan
LINCOLN Following the lead of many private companies, the state o
Nebraska has organized a "Well-Team" to promote good health among it
13,500 employees.
Program coordinator Luanne Stock said the effort has received "tre
mendous support from top management," which includes Gov. Bob Kerrej
and state Health Department Director Dr. Gregg Wright.
Stock and others said that promoting good health can be cost effective
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Two critics! parts of the campaign, which bcn 1 v&
to Begin, mock saia.
The first is a health-risk survey that will identify lifestyle risks such as
smoking, sest-bdt use and stress nrs5encr.i. The c rfcer is a health
interest survey. , -
Fewer high school dropouts reported
LINCOLN The nurr.tcr cf C:vt o--i t:z:. re. !;a 11$ schools has
been declining gradually far the pr. t f.. 3 ycer-, the t'ats Department of
Education reports. , . .
ill; arcpout rate icr tr.3 iisi-l j scr.oci ytu v.a3 z.) r -
secondary seho ol raextcr-hf p, or 3,743 cf the 1 C3,
seven through 12.
While the dropout rate for the past tv.-o years is highv.
low of 2.6 percent in 1932-83, it has not reached the rates of more than 3
percent experienced in the Lite 1970s and the early 1000s, the department
said. . 'v : '"V f -, ' " -
In 1980-81, there were 5,53i dropouts out of 148,664 students in the
seventh through 12th grades, or 3.7 percent.
A dropout is defined as a student who leaves school for any reason
except death or expulsion, before graduation or completion of his or her
studies, and who does not transfer to another school.
Lancaster County schools, including Lincoln, reported 445 dropouts
during 1984-85, or 3.1 percent of the total secondary school enrollment of
"14,344. ' ' '
UPI, major creditors discuss buyers
WASHINGTON United Press International and its major creditors
sought Monday to agree on a prospective buyer from among three final
bidders for the news agency.
UPI spokesman William Adler said the three finalists were Mario
Vazque2 Rana, a Mexican newspaper publisher; Joe Russo, a Houston real
estate developer and a six-member consortium led by Financial News
Network Inc. of New York, a cable TV company.
A news story that UPI transmitted to its subscribers Monday and made
available to The Associated Press said the final bidders had made offers
ranging from $36 million to $40 million in cash and working capital.
Immigration report under review
WASHINGTON The Immigration and Naturalization Service has
completed an internal probe into its handling of would-be Soviet defector
, Miroslav Medvid, and that report is being reviewed by the Justice Depart
ment, an administration official said Monday.
The official, declining to be identified publicly, said the INS report was
beir.g studied by high-ranking officials at the department, including aides
to Attorney General Edwin Keese and Djputy Attorney General D. Lowell
Jensen.
Meese will likely review the report before any fir.;-1 action is taken, the
official said.
Meanwhile, Peter RousseL, a White House spokesman, declined to
comment on a published report that the Mite I!cu:o favors punishment
for officials found responsible for prematurely returr.Lns Medvid to his
ship. .
AIDS victim dies in treatment
PARIS An AIDS patient undergoing experimental treatment with
the drug cyclosporine has died, one of the developers of the treatment
announced Monday.
Dr. Phillippe Even of Laennec Hospital in Paris said the 38-year-old
male patient died Saturday night after about three weeks of treatment,
but he said other patients were responding well to cyclosporine and that
research and clinical tests of the treatment "would be expanded to
several other French hospitals later this week."
Even said the death was not unexpected, given the advanced stage of
the man's illness and his multiple infections. He zvA the treatment
appeared "more and more promising" and thct the nr.Lcr of patients
undergoing it would be doubled to about 2D.
Cyclosporine is normally used to prevent njaticn cf transplanted
organs. The French researchers use it to paralyze cells containing AIDS,
hoping to keep the disease from sprsadiisa ar.d kt the body build up its
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