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GENEVA Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev joined President Reagan in
this chilly seat of neutrality Monday,
and on the eve of their summit the
superpower chiefs squared off on "Star
Wars," the anti-missile program that
lies at the heart of lagging efforts to
forge a new arms agreement.
American and Soviet officials were
sharpening their proposals for today's
first session between the 74-year-old
Reagan and Gorbachev a man 20
years his junior and still relatively
untested in international affairs.
Both leaders pledged fidelity to efforts
to end the superpower arms race, but
discussed sharply divergent views on
how to achieve the goal.
Gorbachev said he came to discuss
"primarily the question of what can be
done to stop the unprecedented arms
race which has unfolded in the world
(and) to prevent it from spreading into
new spheres."
It was an unmistakable reference to
Reagan's program to develop a defen
sive space shield that could bring down
nuclear missiles before they reach,
their targets.
Reagan, questioned about the Soviet
leader's statement, told reporters, "We
both must have the same intentions. If
he feels as strongly that way as I do,
then we'll end the arms race."
But he remained determined to search
for a space-based defense, best known
as Star Wars despite his dislike for the
term, saying, "Just wait'll he hears my
proposal."
Reagan's national security adviser,
Robert C. McFarlane, also defended the
Star Wars research program, telling
reporters "the Soviet Union has driven
us to this" by building up its own offen
sive nuclear arsenal and conducting a
defensive research program of its own.
The Soviet Union, he said, "could not
reasonably expect any country to stand
by idly and watch" while Moscow
pursued a program of their own.
In a new development Monday, a
Soviet official traced a possible Krem
lin proposal to break the impasse on
Cruise ship
hijackers
all convicted
GENOA, Italy Four Palesti
nians accused of hijacking the
Achille Lauro cruise ship were
convicted with a fifth man Mon
day on charges of illegal posses
sion of arms and explosives.
Three of the defendants said
in written statements read in
court that aides to PLO official
Mohammed Abbas delivered the
weapons used in the hyacking.
Abbas has denied this.
The court ordered prison terms
ranging from four to nine years
for the five men convicted Mon
day. They face trial at a later date
on charges of kidnapping and of
murdering an American passenger
aboard the Italian cruise liner
during the Oct. 7-9 ordeal.
A panel of three judges con
victed the five men after hearing
testimony in the morning. There
was no jury. The judges deliber
ated for two hours and 20 min
utes before announcing the ver
dicts. The five defendants greeted
their sentences with an outburst
of pro-Palestinian chants.
"We will defend with our blood
and soul our country," they
chanted in Arabic while waving
victory signs.
The stiffest sentence of nine
years plus a fine of 3 million lire
(about $1,700) was given to Abbas,
identified previously as Moham
med Kalaf, who was arrested in
Genoa carrying false passports
before the Italian ship began its
Mediterranean cruise.
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space weapons by establishing a joint six years.
scientific panel for superpower intel- The Soviet Foreign Ministry spokes-
lectuals to consider "Star Wars" issues man walked out of a news briefing
together. there after being interrupted by a
The official, who spoke on condition recent Soviet emigre who sought to
of anonymity, said he did not know challenge the Kremlin's human rights
whether Gorbachev might actually raise policies.
such a proposal to Reagan. But the Reagan and Gorbachev, whose for-
source said that in Gorbachev's pre- mal title is general secretary of the
summit preparations on Star Wars, Soviet Communist Party, begin their
"the role of scientists was very im- four two-hour formal discussions with a
portant." 15-minute tete-a-tete with only their
Official Soviet arguments, however, interpreters present Tuesday morning
weren't presented Monday at the inter- in a small room at the Villa Fleur d'Eau,
national press center in Geneva, where the lakeside mansion selected by the
thousands of journalists have gathered Americans for the first day of talks at
to cover the first superpower summit in which Reagan will play host.
Trial opens in test
of widely used IUD
BALTIMORE The first major legal
battle over the nation's most widely
used intrauterine contraceptive device
began Monday, with an attorney telling
jurors that G.D. Searle & Co. rushed the
Copper 7 to market on the basis of a
"fatally flawed" study.
The 17 plaintiffs, women from all
parts of the country, blame the device
for pelvic inflammations, sterility and
other gynecological problems. They are
seeking unspecified damages.
In an emotional opening to the fed
eral court trial, eight of the women
were introduced from their front row
seats as their attorney explained the
medical problems he said they suffered
from using the IUD. Several wept after
they sat down.
The suit claims Searle was negli
gent, failed to adequately warn women
of the IUD's dangers, knowingly with
held information about its risk, and
U.S., Hanoi begin MIA search
HANOI, Vietnam Village children
lined the road Monday and watched a
gum-chewing U.S. soldier drive a trac
tor to the excavation site at Yen
Thuong village on the outskirts of
Hanoi, where remains of U.S. airmen
may be buried.
In an unprecedented joint search,
American and Vietnamese military men
are to begin digging today for remains
of the airmen, who the Vietnamese say
bombed their cities 13 years ago.
Workers tore down a brick kitchen
building so Sgt. Michael Dixon and his
7'2-ton tractor could enter the village.
Dixon, from Oak Hill, W. Va., is
attached to the 84th Engineering Bat
talion at Schofield, Honolulu.
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breached an expressed warranty about
its safety.
In opening arguments, Searle's at
torney, Paul F. Strain, countered that
the Copper 7 has "the overwhelming
endorsement of the American medical
community" and is prescribed a mil
lion times a year.
In the first stage of the trial, during
which none of the 17 women will be
called to testify, the plaintiffs will have
to prove that the Copper 7 does cause
the kind of problems alleged. If they
can prove that, they will then have to
show it was responsible for each wom
an's specific problem.
Searle, a unit of Monsanto Co. that is
based at Skokie, 111., has won six of
nine IUD lawsuits that have gone to
trial since the Copper 7 was placed on
the market in 1974, a company spo
kesman said. It lost two cases, and a
third resulted in a hung jury.
Air Force Capt. Virginia Pribyla,
spokeswoman for the U.S. team, said
U.S. experts would use metal detectors
to determine where and how far to dig.
After the tractor clears the upper layer
of earth, workers with hand shovels will
probe for what the Vietnamese say may
be the wreckage of a B-52 and the
remains of four crew members, she
said.
The 13-member U.S. military team
includes explosives experts and spe
cialists in locating and recovering
human remains. Helping them will be
10 Vietnamese soldiers and civilians
experienced in excavation work. The
operation is expected to take 10 to 12
days.
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Majority of Nebraskans favor lottery
LINCOLN A clear majority of Nebraskans who participated in a
statewide poll say they like the idea of gambling to raise revenue, poll
results show. '
And some state senators say the odds are good that Nebraska will have
a lottery by the end of the 1986 legislative session.
Results of the poll, conducted by Research Associates for the Lincoln
Journal and The Lincoln Star, showed that 69 percent of the respondents
favor a state lottery and 25 percent oppose the idea Seven percent had no
opinion.
The 448 respondents were asked: "Do you think Nebraska should
implement a state lottery?"
The poll was conducted Nov. 5 through 12 during a special legislative
session in which senators increased the state's individual income tax rate
from 19 percent to 20 percent of federal tax liability to avoid further
budget cuts.
Sen. James Pappas of North Platte, who introduced a bill that would
create a statewide video lottery, said other polls show that 60 percent of
the people support a lottery. .
Colombia death toll at 25,000
BOGOTA, Colombia Soldiers 'patrolled the town of Armero with
orders to shoct looters who roamed the sea cf mud, stepping cn the injured
in their basts to rcb the dead, ofTicials sdd Monday.
Five mens suntcrs wera found, including a 7-year-cld tc;', according to
.
Colcr.Ua's hcallh &i:Lizt srd two cases of typhcid fever had been
reported in ths Ar.iJ Valley terming town destroyed by last week's
volcanic erc;tlcs. lis the area would be fumigated to kill flies that
carry the Lzxzz tut tho operation would not interfere with rescue
0fcisl3 zzy it rat people were killed when the Nevada del Ruiz
volcano erupts 3 L:i7.cir.:sd3y, melting part cf its sncn'czp tr.d sending
a 15-fxt-fci r.ill cfrr:J down the Lanjniila River that buried Armero.
US. envoy hurries back to Beirut
LONDON The Archbishop of Canterbury's special envoy left for
Lebanon cn Monday r.i& to meet spin with kidnappers of Americans
whose release he b try&i to arrange. He conferred with U.S. officials in
London.
'I think there are certain thirds that I can now $zy (to the kidnappers),
which I hope will take the conversations forvcrd and help us in this long
and difScult process cf negotiation," Terry Waits told reporters at Lon
don's Heathrow Airport, '
He left with obvious urjencj less than 24 hours after arriving from
Beirut. He went there last week after four cf six missing Americans wrote
an appeal for help to Archthcp Robert Runcie, spiritual head cf the
Anglican church. He hft cn a Paris-bound flight and was to Cy on to the
Lebanese capital tcdsy.
Waits spent ths rnomlr.5 with U.S. officials who came to London for the
meeting, and corJfcrred s:ptcly later with British government ofHcials.
Vegetation returns to African area
NET YOn Kr-!y analyzed satellite phctcgrsphs cf fcr.in-torn
regions cf Africa shov si.ltar.:il Increases in vegetation during the last
year a tht the iq':X may be easing, a researcher says.
"Thio "3 better h r.any places," said James Tucker cf the National
Aeronautics and Cpscs AirJinisiration's Goddsrd Spce Flight Center in
Maryhni 'It prcbt'y mscos that the natural conditions underlying the
;. (routi $rii scryw bcttc in .insity srsss , .vk-"'., -:?
' The Eit& hzzzts shrar substantial increases' 'to veget&tiaiii .many
i'&ektm&tttzi ia thf.sl the'semi-arid area lying slong the southern',
border cf ths S-iratlcr crt, Tucker said. The ins-es were made to August
and Septe&tsr cf 122 1, tr.d agdn in August and September cf this year.
The vegrtsiisa ccrsists Izrizly cf grsss, which is net edible but which
fwlllmipperlfet srmtire atomtexdiisively.:!
pLStord," H izid. "Tllrfj sre based on aniroh being the converter of
;energyM teiteeeiihcr 'through milk or meat." MIrvK
Incres.sc.1 vegrtcticn growth doe3 not necessarily mean more rain has
fallen, Tucker t'i, tat it does suggest that the rain occurred at times
that are bect fcr nurturing plant growth.
Postmen watch for pornography
OMAHA An Or
monitoring pubis
sexual ejects
the Midwest.
b an efTort to find
Inspector Arthur Thompson said postal inspectors often obtain porno
graphic mancs throrh seizures at homes and businesses of people
accused of chili pcmegrc;hy.
"There r.synsi be a great number cf big dealers, but there nay be little
guys out there," Thorpes said.
Alan Stecknan cf Des Moines, Iowa, inspector in charge for Nebraska
and Iowa, said, "The crime may be merely exchanging photos by mail.
There doesn't have to be any proSt involved."
Sometimes information on child porncgraphers comes from police and
child protective services, Thompson said. Film services that receive
pornographic fUra in the mail for processing also tip inspectors, he said.
McGee tabbed NL's 'Most Valuable'
NEW YORK Datting champion Willie McGee, the flashy center
fielder cf the Naticr.il League champion St. Louis Cardinals, was named
the NL's Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of
America Monday.
McGee received 14 first place votes from a 24-writer panel, two from
each league city, and Arched with 2S0 points.
Dave Parker cf the Cincinnati Reds, who led the league with 125 runs
batted in, finished second with six firsts and 220 points. Pedro Guerrero of
the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers was third with three firsts
and 208 points and pitcher Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets, who won
the Cy Young Award last week, finished fourth with one first and 162
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versed postal inspector says postal oaiciais are
J cf pedophiles people who prefer children as
major dealers of child pornography in