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Monday, April 14, 1986 Page 2 Daily Nebraskan w By The Associated Press Digest A pners sent to bases in Libya; ebates move against Khadafy Forei U.S. TRIPOLI, Libya Col. Moammar Khadafy's government claimed Sunday it had moved foreign workers, includ ing U.S. citizens, to oil fields in the desert and army bases purportedly tar geted for attack by American forces. But a Western diplomat told The Associated Press he had spoken to sev eral representatives of his country in Libya, and "none of them reported any such incident." He spoke on condition he not be identified further. The U.S. 6th fleet, meanwhile, was poised in the Mediterranean off Libya, awaiting President Reagan's decision on a possible strike in retaliation for Khadafy's reputed support of interna tional terrorism. Reagan and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany have said Libya is a prime suspect in the April 5 bombing of a West Berlin discotheque that was a gathering place for U.S. troops stati oned in West Germany. Diplomats ordered all Americans out under risk of a 10-year prison sent ence and cut all U.S. economic ties with Libya after terrorists attacked the Rome and Vienna airports Dec. 27, kil ling 20 people, including five Ameri cans. Khadafy told a new conference Wed nesday that he and his top command ers had made military plans in the event of an American strike against this country. In Washington, Vice President George Bush said Sunday that "Libyans had their fingerprints all over state-sponsored terrorism" and the United States had a duty to punish those who threaten Americans overseas. Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead said U.S. officials had infor mation implicating Khadafy in the bombing of a West Berlin nightclub in which an American was killed and indicating that Khadafy was plotting more such attacks. President Reagan is weighing the use of military force against Libya in retaliation for the attacks, Whitehead said, but added, "the prospect of mil itary action is something that only the president will decide on. He has not yet made that decision." Reagan last week indicated his wil lingness to take military action if the perpetrators could be identified and an appropriate target located. Two U.S. aircraft carriers, the Amer ica and Coral Sea, which last month engaged Libyan forces in the disputed Gulf of Sidra, remained "underway in the Mediterranean," said Pentagon spokesman Maj. Larry Icenogle. The Reagan administration was con sulting with key members of Congress and U.S. allies in Western Europe over the next step against Khadafy. "The United States has an obligation to protect its citizens living abroad and to bring to justice in some, in any way possible, those who threaten the lives or take the lives of Americans abroad," Bush said. Student writing skills poor, study shows BALTIMORE - A federally financed survey released Saturday found that 02 percent to SO percent of American 17-year-olds demonstrated unsat isfactory writing skills, depending on the type of writing tested. Despite some recent improvements, the 10-year study, which also tested 9-and 13-year-olds, concluded that American students' writing skills re main in dismal shape. The study, released at a national convention of education writers, said there is "clear cause for concern about the writing proficiency of the nation's students." The report was issued by t he Nat ional Assessment of Educational Progress, established by Congress 17 years ago to test how well the nation's schools are doing in various subjects. The latest survey tested 15,000 9-, 1:- and 17-year-olds from around the country in 1984. It compared perfor mance in three kinds of writing persuasive, informative and imagina tive - with students similarly tested in 1979 and 1974. A total of 95,000 st u dents took part in the three assess ment years. Among the findings: 70 percent of 17-year-olds, 8:1 percent of Dl-yeai'-olds and 95 percent of 9-year-olds could not write an ade quate imaginative piece of writing. O 02 percent of 17-year-olds, 81 percent of 1:1-year-olds and 97 percent of 9-year-olds wrote unsatisfactory infor mative prose. O 80 percent of 17-year-olds. 90 percent of Dl-yeai-olds, and two-thirds of 9-year olds could not write a persua sive letter. In Brief Popo visits s ynngoguc ROME Pope John Paul II sr.d Rome's . leading rabbi embraced, read from the Psalms and pray tef&ther in &I!ence Sunday during the Hrct reccricd visit ty a pcyo to northwestern city of Quetta, where he was opening a sports event. He said the opposition rallies were part of the democratic process, but that he was determined to maintain law and crder. John Paul d?f Icrcd the "hatred trJ persecution" cf the Jews thrci'clv cut the centuries. "You are cur dearly beloved brothers and, in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers," John Paul said to re sounding applause from the crowd of about 1,000 people. Speaking in Rome's monumental main synagogue facing the Tiber River, spiritual center of what is believed to be the oldest Jewish community in the west, the pope pledged the Roman Catholic Church would further its efforts to remove all forms of prejudice. Bhutto rally GUJRANWALA, Pakistan Op position leader Benazir Bhutto led tens of thousands of people on a triumphant 38-mile procession through the countryside Saturday, as President Mohammed Zia ul-Ilaq warned that such rallies would not be allowed to get out of hand. She has attracted hundreds of thousands of people at rallies since her return to Pakistan from self imposed exile in London on Thurs day. She repeated on Saturday her demands that Gen. Zia immediately be removed from power and free elections held. Zia talked to reporters in the EEEXELEY, C;!l A University of Cdifcrr.ia student who fell nine stcrics fro a d::rr;tcry window cr,to a parkcJ c:j suffered only miner ir-des a.tcr he crashed through the rod tf the car and his fall was broken ty the seat cushions, authorities said. Michael McGuinness, 19, of Davis, suffered cuts and bruises but no fractures, according to officials at Herrick Hospital. Abe Totah, another resident of the dormitory, said he was studying on the ground floor when he heard a "big thud." Totah, who ran to the parking lot, said McGuinness had some blood on his shoulder and was conscious. "He was asking where he was and what happened," Totah said. Poet honored JOHANNESBURG, South Africa White, anti-apartheid poet Brey ten Breytenbach, who was jailed for seven years on a terrorism convic tion, was awarded South Africa's richest literary prize Saturday for poems he wrote while in prison. Breytenbach, 45, has lived in Paris since his release from prison in 1982. He returned to South Africa Friday for the first time since then to accept the first-ever Rapport Prize for Literature. Walker spy case most damaging in history, author says RICHMOND, Va. A writer who retraced the steps of John A. Walker Jr. says the convicted spy and his cohorts dealt the United States the most devastating intelligence loss in its history. "The FBI and the Naval Intelligence Service say this, not the Rosenbergs, is the biggest spy case in U.S. history," said Jack M. Kneece, author of the forthcoming book, "Family Trea son: The Walker Spy Case." "The Rosenbergs gave the Soviets about a four-year jump on the atomic bomb. These guys gave the Soviets over 18 to 20 years a devastating amount of information," Kneece said. Julius and Ehtel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 after they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Russians. Last summer, Navy officials said the secrets Walker is accused of selling may have comprom ised submarine warfare strategies by exposing secret Navy codes. The public image of Walker that emerged during legal proceedings against him appeared to waver between the ridiculous and the sublime. He had obtained top-secret documents for years without being detected, but as a private investigator tended to bungle investigations and got involved in costly lawsuits. Kneece is a 48-year-old journalist who has worked for wire services and newspapers for 27 years. His book, to be published in June by Stein and Day of Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., apparently is the first of what promises to be a wealth of Walker literature. Walker, 48, is serving two life terms plus 10 years in prison as part of a plea bargain made with authorities in October. His 22-year-old son, Michael L. Walker, received a 25-year sentence on five spying counts as part of the agreement. Kneece estimated that Walker earned about $1 million from the Soviets, and the U.S. military will have to spend about $100 million to repair the leaks. With Walker's help, the Soviets were able to decrypt U.S. naval communications and to over . come a vast U.S. superiority in anti-submarine warfare, said Kneece. Walker also passed along a map of the sonic listening devices the Navy used to track Soviet submarines, and gave away the Navy technology used to identify Soviet vessels by their sound. Nebraskan 34 Nebraska Union 1 400 R St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0448 Editor Managing Editor News Editor Assoc. News Editor Editorial Page Editors Wire Editor Copy Desk Chiefs Sports Editor Arts & Entertain ment Editor Photo Chief Asst. 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But he said he did not get any promise from the company for renewed negotiations with Local P-9 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union. Nyberg had said Saturday of Jack son's visit: "His suggesions, any sug gestions, would be most welcome. A pure mediation role, we don't think, would be positive." Jackson said he sees some room for agreement between the Geo. A. Hormel & Co. and the union. He said meat packers might have a chance to return to work if such issues as retirement, expanding the workforce at the com pany's flagship plant and employee attrition are dealt with. Seventeen demonstrators were arrest ed Friday during a violent protest out side Hormel's Austin plant, and author ities said 16 remained in jail Sunday. A 5 ... 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