Thursday, September 25, 1986
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By the Associated Press
France appeals for action
U.N. urged to stamp out terrorism
UNITED NATIONS - Prime Minister Jacques Chirac of
France urged the I'nited Nations on Wednesday to stamp
out internal ional terrorism, which has cost his country nine
lives in the past two weeks.
Chirac told the 41st General Assembly that terrorism is
the most urgent challenge to the world and requires con
crete counter-measures, including joint action to improve
security in the air and on the sea.
"The tragic events in Istanbul, Karachi and Paris prove
once again that terrorism has become the systematic wea
pon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face,"
Chirac told delegates.
Nine people have been killed and more than ICO injured
in five bombings in Paris since Sept. 8.
Terrorists stormed a synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey, on
Sept. 6, killing 2 1 worshipers. Two gunmen also were killed.
Twenty people were killed after hijackers opened fire inside
a Pan Am jetliner in Karachi, Pakistan, on Sept. 5.
Chirac reminded delegates that among terrorism's vic
tims are the French, American and British hostages held in
Lebanon. Word of anot her French kidnap victim in Lebanon
came Wednesday, when a group called Revolutionary Jus
tice claimed it abducted a man the group called a French
secret service agent.
Chirac, who entered the U.N. building behind a phalanx
of American security agents, said terrorism "would take us
back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free
hand to corrupt democracies and destroy the basic rules of
international life."
The French prime minister addressed the third day of the
assembly's so-called "general debate," which features a
parade of government leaders from among the 159 U.N.
member states.
Other speakers Wednesday included Mexican President
Miguel de la Madrid and Chinese Foreign Minister Wu
Xuequian.
In his speech, Chirac said countries have "not always
shown the necessary lucidity toward this scourge (terror
ism) which some would like us to think is the sole means of
expression of the oppressed.
"The odious methods it uses, the slaughter of innocent
people perpetrated in free societies, the ongoing blackmail
over the lives of hostages rule out our confusing, even in
some small way, those actions with genuine resistance,"
Chirac said.
He condemned states "willing to close their eyes to
terrorist organizations' activities or that do not hesitate to
use them to their own advantage and even actually encour
age them."
Chirac praised a General Assembly resolution, passed
unanimously last year, condemning terrorism as an interna
tional crime, but he said "concrete measures" are needed.
He also said France supports proposals for an interna
tional conference on the Israeli-Arab conflict, but he said
any solution must recognize Israel's right to exist and its
security concerns as well as Palestinians' right to self-determination.
On another Middle East matter, Chirac said French
troops were in an "intolerable" situation with the U.N.
peacekeeping force in south Lebanon.
Four French soldiers and an Irish officer have been killed
since Aug. 11 in attacks on the U.N. Interim Force in
Lebanon (UNIFIL). Lebanese, Israeli and Western sources
have blamed the attacks on Iranian-backed Shiite Moslems.
The French leader reiterated his country's intention to
continue nuclear testing, saying it was being conducted
under "unquestionably safe conditions."
Manhunt continues
for alleged murderer
WRIGHT CITY, Mo. Police pressed the search Wednesday for a
former mental patient sought in a three-state rampage of murder and
abduction, and authorities said they believed he was still in the area
although the trail was growing cold.
Townspeople, meanwhile, were stocking up on ammunition and some
even said they were sleeping with their guns at their sides.
"We're assuming that he's still around here," said Missouri Highway
Patrol Capt. John Ford. "Wre're talking about a man who has demonstrated
that he has no respect for life or property. If he were out of this area, I
think something would have happened by now."
Federal, state and local law officers have been hunting for Michael W.
Jackson, 41, since he allegedly went on a crime spree that started Monday
in Indianapolis.
"The morale of our men remains good," Ford said. "They're a little
frustrated at this point, but they realize that things like this take time.
They're tired, but we intend to continue as we have as long as it takes."
Authorities suspect Jackson shot to death two people and abducted
four in Indiana, and that he killed one man, wounded a police officer,
abducted one person and tried to abduct two other after he crossed
Illinois and reached eastern Missouri. Jackson, armed with a sawed-off
shotgun, also committed two robberies and commandeered several vehi
cles, authorities said.
Jackson, of Indianapolis,, has a history of mental disorders and drug
and alcohol abuse, a lengthy criminal record and a reputation for violent
outbursts. His mother once wrote a letter asking that he be permanently
institutionalized because of his uncontrolled behavior.
Between 75 and 100 officers have been combing Wright City, about 45
miles west of St. Louis, since Jackson was spotted running from a stolen
car minutes after a gunfight with a police officer. The officer was
wounded, but not seriously.
Close vote likely
Reagan makes last-minute push
for passage of tax-reform bill
JiPllto
WASHINGTON A last-minute effort
to restore full deductions for salet
taxes and Individual Retirement Ac
counts apparently was doomed during
a closed Republican caucus, clearing
the way for a final House vote Thursday
on a landmark tax-overhaul bill.
Vote-counters working for the Demo
cratic leadership predicted the bill
will pass by a comfortable margin.
White House spokesman Peter Rous
sel said a letter from President Reagan
appealing for passage of the bill was
delivered to all members of the House
Wednesday. In a speech Tuesday to a
group of business supporters of the
measure, the president said "we can't
afford to become complacent."
A count compiled by Roussel showed
104 of the 253 Democrats solidly in
support of the measure, 35 leaning
toward approval, 42 undecided, 33 lean
ing against and 35 solidly against.
Rep. Jack Kemp of New York, chair
man of the Republican conference,
predicted the 180 Republicans would
be split 2-1 or 3-1 in favor.
Combining the two parties' most
conservative estimates would result in
a total vote of about 180 for the bill. If
all 433 members are present, 217 votes
would be- required for passage. There
are two vacancies in the 435-member
House.
The compromise bill cannot be chan
ged; the House and Senate must accept
or reject the entire package.
In his letter to House members, the
president said, "Now, as we approach
the end of a long and sometimes diffi
cult journey toward historic tax reform,
I again ask for your support."
Reagan cited key elements of the
bill and noted that when the House
first passed its version of the measure
he had promised he would not support
a final version of the legislation which
failed to meet certain criteria.
"Thanks to the hard work of the
Senate and the conference (which
drafted the compromise bill), the legis
lation now before you meets these
tests" of fairness, the letter said.
The president also reiterated his
opposition to any increase in tax rates.
"I trust you know that once this bill
is enacted I will not support any legis
lation that raises its income tax rates."
Reagan added.
House passage would send the mea
sure to the Senate for final concur
rence, probably next week. The bill
would be sent to President Reagan to
be signed into law sometime in October.
The bill, most of which would take
effect next Jan. 2, would significantly
reduce individual and corporate tax
rates and repeal or reduce several
deductions and exclusions. The aver
age individual would get a 6.1-percent
tax cut, although several million peo
ple would pay more. Corporate taxes
would rise by $120 billion over five
years.
BOSTON Necrly 40 percent of doctors under ec 40 admitted in a
survey that they used rnaryuana or cocaine to get hip with friends, and a
quarter of doctors of all aes said they recently treated themselves witlT
rsind-aTfecting dro-
Overall, more than half the physicians and three-quarters of the medi
cal students who participated in the Harvard University survey said they
hzvs used drugs at least once for self-treatment, to get high or to help
then stay awake.
, Most physicians use these drugs only occasionally, if at all But the
researchers say medical students and young doctors are more expe
rienced with drugs than are cider physicians.
WASHINGTON - A new study indicates the United States has the
world's highest rate of basic literacy, but many young adults stumble
when asked to glean information from a bus schedule or decipher a road
map, testing experts said Wednesday. .
, The National Assessment of Educational Prepress said tests it gave
Americans in their early 20s last year found 6 percent could not read as
well as the average fourth-grader, 20 percent could not read as well as an
eighth-grader, and 38.5 percent were unable to read at an eleventh-grade
level.
The report, "literacy: Profiles of America's Young Adults," said more
than 93 percent of those tested couid sign their names to a Social Security
form or write a few simple sentences describing a job they would like.
But 43 percent had trouble following directions on a map, and 20
percent were stumped by a question that required them to read the fine
print on a bus schedule.
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