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Wednesday, October 1, 1986 Page 2 Daily Nebraskan N Superpowers to hold giiMinit Reagan, Gorbachev to meet in Iceland In Brief WASHINGTON - President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorba chev, ending the diplomatic tug-of-war provoked by Moscow's arrest of an American journalist, agreed Tuesday to meet in Iceland in 10 days to resume the search for an aims control accord. The surprise summit was arranged as part of a deal that brought the release Monday of Moscow correspond ent Nicholas S. Daniloff and the expul sion Tuesday of accused Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov. Another element was a Soviet pledge to free Yuri Orlov, a prominent Soviet dissident exiled to Siberia, as well as Orlov's wife, next week. The chances are better than they've been for many years for reaching some agreement on arms reduction," Reagan .said. Secretary of State George P. Shultz said those chances include "reasona ble prospects" for reducing medium range missiles in Europe. l!.S. officials refused to call the Oct. 1112 session between Reagan and Gorbachev a summit, and Shultz said the administration did not expect the talks to produce the signing of a new arms accord. But Reagan told world financial leaders a short time later at the Inter national Monetary Fund that the October session is intended "to prepare the ground for a productive summit." Shultz said he still hopes a summit can take place later this year in the United States, as agreed to by Reagan and Gorbachev last year in Geneva. The one-on-one talks in Reykjavik, the secretary said, "will give a special push" to the various talks already going on at lower levels. Shultz said the hurry-up meeting scheduled in less than two weeks In the capital of the tiny NATO island nation was proposed by Gorbachev in a letter delivered to Reagan on Sept. 19, which also contained the Soviet Union's latest bargaining position on proposed nuclear weapons reductions. Reagan insisted he would never trade Daniloff for Zakharov, who he said was caught red-handed trying to buy U.S. defense secrets for his government. But Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze, in several hours of closed-door meetings in Wash ington and New York, worked out the package deal that gave both sides what they wanted most with just enough face-saving provisions to enable both to claim victory. U.S. expels accused Soviet spy; dissident to emigrate Reagan: Daniloff release a victory WASHINGTON The Reagan administration, unwrap ping the package deal that sprang Nicholas S. Daniloff and spared an accused Soviet spy a trial, proclaimed Tuesday the United States triumphed in the showdown of super powers. The month-long negotiations also culminated in the eas ing of a U.S. order expelling Soviet diplomats from the U.N. mission in New York and a Kremlin decision to permit the emigration of prominent Soviet dissident Yuri Orlov, and his wile. President Reagan, who had insisted all along that Gen nadiy Zakharov, the Soviet scientist accused of spying, would not be traded for Daniloff, told reporters in a jammed WhUe House .briefing room: "There was o connection between the two releases." Only a few minutes earlier, Zakharov was allowed to plead no contest to the spy charges in a federal court in Brooklyn with a U.S. guarantee that he would be swiftly expelled. Daniloff, the 51-year-old reporter for U.S. News & World Report, arrived at Washington-Dulles International Airport at Chantilly, Va., late Tuesday afternoon. "What can I say?" Daniloff asked. "I'm overwhelmed. Well, I'm awfully glad it's all over. I never knew what was going to happen next." Daniloff and his family were invited to meet with Reagan Wednesday at the White House. Daniloff had been held in a Soviet prison for 13 days, and then confined to the American Embasssy for 17 more days, on charges of committing espionage against the Soviet Union, before being allowed to leave Monday. Daniloff bad protested his innocence, and Reagan had vouched for the veteran American journalist in a letter the president sent to Soviet General Secretary Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Godfather's founder faces lawsuit OMAHA A trial began Monday on a lawsuit brought by residents who want to halt helicopter takeoffs and landings by businessman Willy Theisen. , (1. . .. t . , . The residents claim that Theisen s use of the helicopter in their west Omaha neighborhood is a "public annoyance or nuisance" prohibited by the city code and the local homeowners association. Theisen, founder and former head of the Godfather's Pizza chain, received city permits last year authorizing helicopter takeoffs and land ings from his home in the exclusive Regency neighborhood. Dr. James Morgan, who lives less than a block from Theisen's home, said he is concerned about the noise the helicopter makes when it takes off and lands. Morgan said he also has safety concerns about the helicop ter operation. Theisen's attorney, Bruce Ronde, said he doesn't believe the helicopter creates a nuisance because the takeoffs and landings are infrequent. First-ever Vatican hold-up foiled VATICAN CITY' Three gunmen burst into the Vatican's payroll office Tuesday in what police said was the first armed robbery ever attempted at the Vatican, but they fled empty-handed when security agents rushed to the scene. Tuesday was the monthly payday, and Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro said nearly $710,000 in lira was in the safe. ' No one was hurt and no loot was taken. Police said the bandits apparently got past Vatican security men and Swiss guards with fake identificaiton papers. As the three men threatened employees with pistols, a cashier told them the person who had the key to the safe was not expected until after 8 a.m. Another clerk pushed a button alerting the Vatican security office, Navarro said. As security agents rushed to the five-story buidling, the gunmen scrambled into their car and drove to the eastern edge of the Vatican, where they left the auto, scaled a stone wall and fled toward busy Via Aurelia. OrrBoosalis debate to be televised OMAHA Television station KETV will sponsor the final debate between Kay Orr and Helen Boosalis at its Omaha studios on Monday, Oct. 6. The debate will be broadcast live on KETV and simulcast on WOW radio in Omaha, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; CDT. Copies " the debate will be made available for rebroadcast the next day. I I Pick a trip any trip. 9 FDA approves wide-scale testing of life-prolonging AIDS drug Autumn Colors Bicycle Tour. October 24-26 This popular trip features cycling in the Missouri River Valley during the peak of Fall colors. Support vehicle, meals and camping equipment provided. Sign-Up Deadline: Oct. 16 Limit: None Cost: 35.00 Snow & Ice Climbing Seminar. November 26-30 Learn the fundamentals of travel in alpine environments. Conducted in Rocky Mt. National Park, Estes Park, Colo. Must have successfuly completed Basic Rock Climbing Seminar. Sign-Up Deadline: Nov. 12 Limit: 10 Cost: $125.00 "Tramping" in New Zealand. December 27, 1 986-January 11, 1987 Enjoy the greatest ten days of your life, walking, or "tramping" as they say in New Zealand in the fjordland region of the South Island in New Zealand. Itinerary will include two 5-day walks. Details including costs to be announced. WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Admin istration on Tuesday approved a large-scale test of the first drug that appears to prolong life and reduce symptoms in some patients with AIDS. The FDA said it approved an application to classify AZT, or azidothymidine, as a treatment investigational new drug (IND) to make it more widely available to thousands with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. While not a cure, researchers said, AZT did help relieve the symptoms of some AIDS patients and seemed to improve life expectancy. How ever, they added, long-term effects of using the drug and any extended benefits remain unknown. AZT is to be made available to AIDS sufferers who, within the previous 120 days, had bouts with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. The Hol lcome company said the drug will be made avail able free of charge until AZT received FDA approval as a prescription drug, which could occur by early next year. AZT can cause serious side effects, such as bone marrow suppression and a resulting severe anemia from decreased production of blood cells that can require transfusions. I I Mexican Odyssey. December 27, 1 986-January 11, 1987 I I Trek in the famous meeacanyons known as "Barronca del Cobre" in northern Chihuahua. See ghost mining towns, the nomadic Tatahumaran Indians, and tropical oases in the inner canyon. Sign-Up Deadline: Nov. 7 Limit 10 Cost: $325.00 Downhill Skiing. January 2-9 - Enjoy five days of skiing at one of Colorado's finest resorts in Steamboat Spring, Colorado. Sign-Up Deadline: Dec. 5 Limit: 12 Cost: $205.00 Cross-Country Skiing. January 2-10 Enjoy cross country skiing at Dear Creek Lodge in Northern Minnesota. Sign-Up Deadline: Dec. 5 Limit: 12 Cost: $205.00 . Office of Campus Recreation 1740 vine street . I NsDK&kan Editor Managing Editor Assoc. NewsEditors Graphics Editor Editorial Page Editor Editorial Page Asst. 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While the trade improvement was seen as encouraging, economists cautioned it was not signaling that exports and imports were headed back into balance anytime soon. Analysts pre dicted the deficit for this year will top $170 billion, far ahead of last year's $148.5 billion record. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige said the bulge in the trade deficit in the first half of this year came in part from higher prices of imports, reflecting the decline in the value of the dollar. As those prices deter sales in this coun try, the deficit will show improvement, he said. "The sharp improvement from July to August may be the turning point in out trade deficit," Baldrige said in a statement. .