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Egypt, Israel resuming peace talks
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (UPI) Israel and Egypt have
agreed to resume their stalled Palestinian autonomy
negotiations later this month in New York, President Anwar
Sadat said yesterday.
Emerging from an hour-long meeting with Israeli Foreign
Minisiter Yitzhak Shamir, Sadat said the two made lots of
progress toward improving bilateral ties between their nations
hut he did not elabroate.
"As I told Begin recently, I don't . ask for
100 percent. I ask only for 50-50."
—Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
He also said Prime Minister Menachem Begin's plan to
move his office from west to Arab East Jerusalem has been
deferred, easing the recently heightened tensions between
Israel and Egypt over Israeli moves in the disputed city.
Sadat said "yes, at the United Nations" when asked
specifically whether the autonomy negotiations will be
resumed later this month.
In Tel Aviv, Begin also said talks with Egypt will restart this
month and a steering committee may convene as early as next
week to work out an agenda for future negotiations.
Sadat said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Butros Ghali
will leave for New York tomorrow to attend the U.N. General
Assembly session, which opens officially Tuesday, and par
* ticipate in the autonomy talks along with Shamir.
The two foreign ministers "are planning to meet together
and to meet also with our friends in the United States," Sadat
said.
Syria, Libya planning to merge
DAMASCUS, Syria (UPI) Libya and Syria, separated by
700 miles, proclaimed cheii• merger into a single Arab nation
yesterday and hinted the new state will seek closer ties with
the Soviet Union.
A joint communique, the Tripoli Declaration, announced
*establishment of "full political, military, economic and
cultural union" between Syria and Libya "in all fields."
But, as with past efforts by each to marry into wealthy or
strategically located states for political or military gain, the
details of this still unnamed merger, unfolded with great
fanfare and embroidered with propaganda, were left to be
o , orked out at a later date.
In the landscape of Arab politics, where alliances shift as
often as the desert sands of Libya itself, it was not im
mediately clear where the new "state" announced
simultaneously by Tripoli and Damascus radios would fit.
Some Western diplomatic observers did not take it very
seriously. Egyptian President Anwar Sada t called it
"childish" but Israel said it was worried about the added
military capability the agreement could give to Syria.
Libyan strongman Col, Moammar Khadafy proposed the
merger in characteristic fashion, announcing that if Syria did
not accept , he would take up a rifle and go to northern Galilee
to fight as a commando. -
Syrian President Hafez 'Assad, who is reported to be in
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U.S. Middle East envoy Sol Linowitz won agreement from
both sides last week to restart the talks concerning the future
of the 1.1 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and
Gaza Strip. It was also agreed to prepare for a summit with
President. Carter later this year.
Egypt suspended the autonomy negotiations Aug. 3 because
of Israel's decision to declare united Jerusalem its eternal
capital.
Shamir, returning to Israel from his 24-hour visit in time for
the start of the Jewish New Year, said he was promised a
"serious effort in many different spheres would now be made
so that the process of normalization between the two countries
would become more real."
The foreign minister had complained about Egypt's slow
pace in bilateral exchanges.
A joint communique said the two countries "recognized that
the reassessment of the normalization process would help
build up mutual trust and bring the two countries closer to
reaching their common goal of a comprehensive and lasting
settlement of the Middle East problem."
But the question of Jerusalem was still a focal point of
disagreement even as the two sides spoke to resuming their
peace efforts.
Begin told Israel Radio that if Sadat insists on separate Arab
and Jewish rule of the disputed city then "there's no
agreement on Jerusalem" and he added, "I will reject it with
both hands without hesitation . . . "
Sadat, however, said in an interview with the Israeli
newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth Tuesday that he did not "ask to
redivide the city" but insisted Israel keep in mind the religious
link of 800 million Moslems and a billion Christians to the city.
"As I told Begin.recently I don't ask for 100 percent," Sadat
said. "I ask only for 50-50."
serious trouble at home and in need of political as well as
military aid, agreed 24 hours later and flew to Tripoli for two
days of talks.
The 13-point communique proclaiming a "unified" state to
oppose "Zionism and American imperialism" and to over
throw Sadat and "liberate Palestine," was announced minutes
after Assad returned to Damascus.
It said the aim was to establish "one unified state in the two
countries, with full sovereignty over both of them," to .
"achieve full political, military, economic and cultural union
between the two countries" separated by 700 miles and by the
enemies they are uniting to oppose Egypt and Israel.
In an indication the union would take a pro-Soviet bent, the
communique said the new state "is part of the popular
liberation movement of the world and an ally to all socialist
and liberation forces."
...the details of this still unnamed
merger, unfolded with great fanfare
and embroidered with propaganda,
were left to be worked out at a later
date.
Damascus Radio said Khadafy and Assad will meet again
within one month to work out the details of a "general pan-
Arab congress and a single, one-executive authority."
This has been tried before. The closest it ever came to
working was the association between Syria and Egypt in the
United Arab Republic, which was held together for 44 months
by the charisma and ideology of Gamal Abdel Nasser in the
1950'5.
More _recent efforts have been less successful. Syria has
been in and out of unity agreements with Jordan and Iraq
while Khadafy has at various times proposed to Egypt, Tunsia
and others.
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By KAREN MCMANIMAN
Daily Collegian Staff Writer _
This year's dormitory contracts will
be accepted on the same first-come
first-served system used last year and
not by a proposed lottery system, said
University President John W. Oswald.
• Oswald announced the decision in a
letter to Raymond 0. Murphy, the
director of student affairs and Ralph E.
Zilly, vice president for business. Both
departments had worked on an alternate
plan to the first-come, first-served
system.
Murphy said that plan would have
added a lottery option to the existing 10-
line system devised by the Association of
Residence Hall Students.
"We felt that the students should have
freedom of choice as to which system
Consumers spending, businesses cutting
Economic indicators reveal mixed message
WASHINGTON (UPI) Government
indicators yesterday carried a mixed
economic message consumers con
tinue to spend more, but businesses plan
to cut back on their investments.
In a preliminary report, the Com
merce Department said retail sales rose
for the third straight month in August,
climbing 1.5 percent to a seasonally
adjusted $79.5 billion.
And the Federal Reserve Board said
Americans increased their borrowing in
July for the first time since the recession
began in February.
But another government report
released yesterday revealed that after
inflation is taken into consideration,
American businesses plan to spend
slightly less this year on plants and
contract system to rema
Oswald rejects lottery for dorm assignments
they wanted, since they're the ones who
have to wait in line," he said.
A survey by ARHS last spring
revealed that 71 percent of the 6,000
students responding to the questionnaire
preferred to wait in line, while 29 percent
said they would rather take their
chances with the lottery system.
"We have the unique opportunity here
to honor both these groups' requests
without it affecting the other," Murphy
said.
Zilly said that because the dorm
contract situation primarily affects
students, the students' sentiment
carried a lot of weight in Oswald's
decision.
ARHS President Fran Kenawell said
he was pleased to hear of Oswald's
decision to go with the first-come, first
serve system primarily be'cause
equipment than they did in 1979
It would be the first reduction in
"real" plant and equipment investment
since it fell a dramatic 10 percent during
the last recession five years ago.
The improvement in retail sales
while only about half of July's revised 3.1
percent increase was another in a
series of recent indicators suggesting
the economy may be edging out of its
seventh recession since World War 11.
The increase in retail sales was per
vasive. Every major category of store
from gas stations to auto dealers to
restaurants to department stores
showed some improvement.
Sales of durable goods those ex
pected to last at least three years
increased 2.4 percent to $25.7 billion.
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have any idea where they stand.
Kenawell, Murphy and Zilly stressed
that because Oswald's decision is final,
they are looking ahead together to the
job of organizing and implementing the
submission system. -
"ARHS did a very credible and
responsible job researching the contract
submission system and making it
worklast year," Murphy said.
M. Lee Uperaft, director of
Residential Life, said that in future
meetings Residential Life, the Office of
Housing and ARHS would conduct an
extensive evaluation to eliminate bugs
from the system. .
Uperaft and Kenawell said problem
areas with the system include:
• Determining in advance when
student lines should be inside or outside
Sales at non-durable goods stores rose 1
percent to $53.8 billion.
July's borrowing figures indicated
consumers while they continue to
reduce outstanding debts are taking
on new debts now that tight credit
controls have been lifted:
The Federal Re9erve said new credit
rose in July for the first time since
February, going from $20.7 billion to
$24.5 billion. Nevertheless, Americans
increased payment of old debts from
$24.1 billion to $25.1 billion in July,
payments accounting for an overall
contraction in outstanding credit.
Outstanding consumer debt in July fell
$609 million, just a fraction of the record
$3.46 billion drop in June and the $3.43
billion drop in May.
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In March, businesses said they ex
pected to increase capital spending by
11.1 percent this year. In June, they
reduced that figure to 9.9 percent.
In the latest suvery, firms now say
they plan to increase the spending by 8.7
percent or $192.5 billion. After that is
adjusted for inflation, it represents a
drop of about 0.1 pecent from last year.
Businesses plan to cut the spending 1.4
percent in the third quarter and raise it 1
percent in the fourth quarter.
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and how to facilitate movement of the
lines.
• Alerting students on a leave of ab
sence how and when they can apply for
contracts.
• Determining how and by whom the
lines should be monitored.
• Setting up first-aid stations to take
care ofany medical problems.
• Determining how to set up priorities
for students requesting suites.
"We couldn't really plan on
anythingbefore we knew exactly what
system we would be using; it was all just
speculation," Kenawell said.
Kenawell said one of his aims before
contract submission time is to sponsor
workshops and pamphlets informing
students of the contract submission
system and how it works.
The Commerce Department asked
businesses about plant and equipment
investment plans in July and August,
and said businessmen indicate they will
keep trimming spending plans for the
year.
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