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News Dieest Reagan ending U.S. convoys in the Persian Gulf NEW YORK — President Reagan decided Monday to end U.S. convoys of American-flagged ships in the Persian Gulf but will keep U.S. forces in the gulf to aid threatened ships, the White House announced. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that Reagan acted “after reviewing the current cease-fire .... which has been in effect since Aug. 20, and consulting w ith allies and friends in the region.” There have been no attacks on gulf shipping since the cease-fire began. Fitzwater said the president made the decision in Washington before leaving for New York, where he was to discuss the change with heads of state from the region. Reagan, after a farewell speech to the U.N. General Assembly, had meetings set with Sheik Jamir Ahmed Sabah, the ruling emir of Kuwait, and with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Councii, which is headed by Saudi Arabia. The president’s meeting with the sheik is the first since Sabah came to power in 1976. The convoy operation, begun 14 months ago, involved a precise Navy formation used to protect against potential Iranian attacks Kuwaiti tankers re-registered under the U.S. flag. “The modification entails a change from a ‘tight escort’ proce dure to an ‘accompany’ regime,” Fitzwater said on Air Force One as Reagan flew to New York. “In an ‘accompany’ regime, U.S. forces will be positioned such that they can take appropriate action if American-flagged ships are directly threatened.” There have been no attacks on gulf shipping since the cease-fire went into effect. The spokesman said that even with the change, the United States “intends to maintain in the gulf the forces required to protect U.S .-flagged ship ping and support our national objec tives. These changes in no way alter our commitment to freedom of navi gation in the gulf.” The spokesman said the move is “the first step in the change of our presence. We will continue to review our presence in the gulf and will make changes as the threat dinunishes.”For now, he said, the Navy will not reduce its presence in the gulf. The United States has 26 ships in its Joint Task Force Middle East, including 17 in the Persian Gulf. As of Sept. 16, the Navy had conducted 85 convoy operations since the escorts began. When asked whether the move could lead to normalization of rela tions with Iran, Fitzwater said, “We’ve always said we’re willing to talk to authorized Iranian officials.” Reagan gives farewell speech to U.N. UNITED NATIONS — President Reagan told the United Nations in a farewell speech Monday that this was “a moment of hope” for peace in the world and that a new U.S.-Soviet treaty to sharply reduce nuclear arms may be concluded next year. He called for an international war on drug traffickers, terrorism and hostage-taking, and vowed to main tain U.S. support for an armed insur gency against the leftist government of Nicaragua. He said the Sandinistas were pur suing “the oldest, most corrupt vice of all—man’s age-old will to power, his lust to control the lives and steal the freedoms of others.” But with his presidency nearing an end, Reagan struck a mostly philo sophical stance as he told the 43 rd General Assembly session of 159 nations that civil wars and foreign occupations were giving way around the world. Reagan said the trend was spurred by “a new era in Sovict-American relations” marked by the continuing withdrawal of the Red /Army from Afghanistan and a treaty last year to abolish intermediate-range nuclear missiles. He said U.S. and Soviet negotia tors were making steady progress on another accord to sharply reduce long-range bombers, missiles and submarines. While completion of the pact this year was “highly doubtful,” Reagan said, “1 can tell you a year from now (it) is a possibility, more than a possibility.” On the conventional front, Reagan said East-West talks to reduce non nuclear forces, tanks and other mo bile weapons in Europe “will begin soon.” The United States had demanded a Soviet commitment to give equal at tention to human rights. Reagan met last week in Washington with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevard nadze. Afterward, U.S. officials said the Soviets had promised to release 27 additional political prisoners, to make changes in their emigration procedures and to undertake other reforms. Reagan's statement indi cated the human rights obstacle had been removed. From Angola to Cambodia, and in the Persian Gulf, where U.N. Secre tary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar is trying to formalize a cease-fire to end the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, prospects for peace are bright, Reagan said. In his speech, Reagan said, “I stand at this podium, then, in a moment of hope — hope not just for the peoples of the United States or the Soviet Union, but for all the peoples of the world.” “We’ll urge downtown building owners to keep their lights on at night to make sure the skyline iooks impressive. And the Central Park Mall will be cleaned and spruced up,” Collison said. my n<w uwi tcj Auimm three or four ideas for news stories. “We asked them if they could get a story covered, what would it be,” he said. For all you guys and gals who are SHORT on money and LONG on hair--Bev Miller our newest barber/stylist is offering a $6.00 haircut if you bring in your student I.D. 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Children reportedly ran from the I—-r:- = Oakland Elementary School into ad jacent woods when the man opened fire, the newspaper reported. Janitor Thad Barr, a witness to part of the shooting, said he wasn’t sure where it started, but the man was in the lunchroom shooting then went down the hall shooting into class rooms. Physical education aide Phillip Browning said after the suspect quit shooting, he threw the pistol down and walked out of the building as if nothing were wrong. Browning said he held the suspect until police arrived. He described the man as a hefty white male in his mid 20s. “He remained calm and offered no resistance," Browning said. Greenwood is a town of about 22,000 in western South Carolina, some SO miles nortl) of Augusta, Ga. -, CHARTROOSE _ —J CABOOSE tat in or I famous steak sandwiches Lincoln's Own Carry Out or V_ J Famous NEW r«rn.r O. 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