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Haig calls Egypt friend in Mideast
By R. GREGORY NOKES
Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Secretary of
State Alexander M. Haig Jr. said yester
day that Egypt is America's "foremost
friend" in the Middle East and predicted
a reconciliation soon between Egypt and
Saudi Arabia.
He also said the United States would
become more involved in the Mideast as
a result of President Anwar Sadat's
assassination, "demonstrating that it is
not fatal to be an ally of the United
States."
"We're going to have to show our
presence here from time to time," Haig
said.
In Moscow, the Soviet government
issued a statement early today accusing
the United States of exerting - "gross
pressure" on Egypt and interfering with
Egypt's "internal affairs."
The statement, carried by the official
news agency Tass, said, "What is hap
pening around Egypt cannot but affect
the interests of the Soviet Union's securi
ty and it will attentively follow the devel
opment of events."
After Sadat's assassination, the United
States put some of its military forces in
the Mediterranean on alert and warned
other countries not to take advantage of
the situation in Egypt.
Haig talked with Egyptian President
designate Hosni Mubarak for nearly an
hour yesterday in their second meeting
since the secretary arrived Friday at the
head of the U.S. delegation to Sadat's
funeral.
"The United States intends to work
news briefs
Teachers defy court order
PHILADELPHIA (AP) The
president of the striking Philadel
phia Federation of Teachers advised
his members yesterday to defy a
back-to-work order and continue
their 34-day strike.
John Murray, after meeting with
more than 300 teachers, said he
would remain on the picket lines,
ignoring an order to return to work
today. He said Friday that teachers
would not return to work until their
contract is reinstated in full.
Junkyard nun receives publicity
WINONA, Minn. (AP) The story
of a former Franciscan nun living in
a car in a downtown Winona junk
yard has triggered telephone calls,
letters, hundreds of dollars in contri
butions and offers to make her life
the subject of. a _movie.
"I'm not one for a lot of money,"
Lillian Kral said. "I'll give it to the
pope."
The former Sister Elzear has been
living in a Plymouth Duster sur
rounded by makeshift plywood and
aluminum walls since March 1980,
when she was evicted from the con
vent on grounds of insubordination.
Super Chicken crosses U.S.
• SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) A heli
um balloon bearing the unlikely
name of Super Chicken 111 breezed
across the United States and landed
. off the Georgia coast yesterday in
the first non-stop balloon flight from
one end of the country to the other.
"The champagne is flowing, we're
celebrating a World Series of our
own," said Chris Van Elk, who mon
itored the flight of the two-man craft
from the flight operations center in
• Scottsdale, Ariz.
He said pilot . John Shoecraft and
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher talks with an unidentified soldier yesterday, who was one of the 38 injured
when a bomb exploded near Chelsea Barracks, London on Saturday.
Thatcher denies IRA political status
By ROBERT GLASS
Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
yesterday took flowers to the soldiers and civilians
wounded by the IRA's bomb attack on a busload of Irish
Guards and condemned the bombing as a "cold, callous,
brutal and sub-human thing."
"I shall never, never give them political status —never,"
Thatcher said of the outlawed IriSh Republican Army,
which claimed responsibility for Saturday's deadly bomb
ing.
Scotland Yard said the attack, which came exactly one
week after the collapse of the IRA's 7-month-long hunger
strike in Northern Ireland's Maze Prison, could signal the
start of a new terror campaign in the British capital.
Guerrillas using a command wire attached to a van set
off the explosion as a bus carrying 23 Irish Guards back
actively with our friends in the region,
and foremost among those is the govern
ment of Egypt and the people of Egypt,
for whom our friendship and respect
have been deepened by this tragedy,"
Haig said.
Israel generally is considered Ameri
ca's best friend in the Mideast, with
Egypt at the top of the list among Arab
nations.
"We look forward to more strong rela
tions with the United States," said Muba
rak, who is Sadat's hand-picked
successor and the only nominee on the
ballot in tomorrow's referendum to name
a new president.
Haig and Mubarak appeared jointly
before reporters following their meeting
at Orouba Palace.
"We would welcome" a closer
relationship between Egypt and Saudi
Arabia, Haig said. "I do not expect this
will be tbo difficult in the weeks ahead.
"I see a very strong possiblity because
of the convergence of strategic outlook
and mutuality of interests between the
two regimes."
After the news conference, Haig left
for an afternoon flight back to Washing
ton.
Saudi Arabia conservative govern
ment and most other Arab regimes sev
ered diplomatic ties with Egypt because
of the Egyptian-Israeli peace pact..
Haig said he had not talked with Muba
rak about Egypt's relations with other
Arab countries. "It's an Arab matter.
It's not a matter for the United States to
impose itself," he said.
The 22,000 members of the union,
including 13,000 teachers, face fines,
jail or dismissal if they fail to heed
Wednesday's Common Pleas Court
ruling that the strike is illegal.
' Schools Superintendent Michael
Marcase has told the city's 213,000
students they would begin classes
Tuesday if enough teachers report to
work today.
The PFT had asked a higher court
to set aside the Common Pleas Court
ruling.
Lillian Kral
co-pilot Fred Gorrell, both business
men from Phoenix, Ariz., plan to
"celebrate a little and get some
rest."
"They were in the air 55 hours, 25
minutes and they traveled 2,515
miles," said Van Elk.
Earlier versions of the Super
Chicken laid eggs in two previous
attempts to float across the country.
The 10-story-high Super Chicken,
so dubbed for its egg-shaped gondo
la, touched down at 11:07 a.m. EDT
from duty at the Tower of London passed by, authorities
said.
A 62-year-old widow passerby was killed and 38 other
people, including 22 of the guardsmen and two children
aged 2 and 5, were wounded in the shower of nails from the
bomb and glass and debris flying from nearby buildings.
Witnesses said nails pierced some of the victims in the
face, head and body.
Thirteen people, including 10 soldiers and the wife of one
of them, were still hospitalized yesterday. A Defense
Ministry spokesman said two of the soldiers were in
serious condition.
Thatcher toured the scene of the blast outside Chelsea
Army Barracks less than a mile from Buckingham Palace
before visiting the injured at St. Thomas and West
minster hospitals.
U.S. Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr. and Egyptian Vice President
Hosni Mubarak meet with reporters yesterday after agreeing to continue close
U.S.-Egypt relations despite Anwar Sadat's assassination.
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Carter, Ford discuss Mideast problems
By MICHAEL PUTZEL.
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) Former Presidents Jimmy
Carter and Gerald R. Ford said in an unprecedented
joint interview en route home from the funeral of Anwar
Sadat that many moderate Arab leaders have told them
privately that they support the Camp David peace
process but cannot admit that to their own countrymen.
"When I would meet with Arab leaders . . . the Saudis
in.particular, they were hoping that the peace process
would succeed," Carter said. "But it's almost impossi
ble for an Arab to step forward because of a threat of
assassination or violence within their own fragile gov
ernment.
Either because they are weak or their hold on power is
fragile, Carter said, the leaders of Jordan, Syria and
Saudia Arabia "don't have the courage of Sadat" or the
popular support he had in Egypt.
Ford agreed that moderate Arab leaders support the
peace process. "Especially when you talk to the leaders
privately," they will tell you how hopeful they are that
the peace process continue, Ford said. "They cannot
or they have decided not to support Camp David in a
public way, but they do totally subscribe to a continua
tion of the process . . . They are as anxious as Sadat was
for peace.
"For various internal reasons or reasons within the
Arab family of nations, they can't publicly come out and
say what they tell me or tell President Carter or tell
others."
Most Arab leaders conspicuously stayed away from
yesterday's funeral for the murdered Egyptian presi
dent, who was denounced as a traitor to the Arab world
for making a separate peace with Israel. In several
Arab capitals, people took to the streets to celebrate his
assassination, and Libya declared yesterday a national
holiday in celebration of Sadat's death.
The former presidents share a mutual enmity toward
Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy, whom Carter
called "subhuman" and Ford labeled "a bully" and "a
cancer on that part of the globe."
The two past presidents also agreed the United States
eventually will have to recognize the Palestine Liber-
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford discuss solutions to the Mideast crisis during their
return trip to Washington after attending Anwar §adat's funeral Saturday
ation Organization as part of a formula for lasting peace
in the Middle East.
Carter and Ford, both in shirtsleeves, sat across a
small table from each other in the forward cabin as they
spoke to reporters yesterday aboard the presidential
aircraft they knew as Air Force One during their terms
in office. The Air Force and the White House, however,
reserve that name for the plane carrying the incumbent
president.
Former President Richard Nixon, who flew to Cairo
with the other two living former presidents, remained
behind for a private trip to several Arab nations and
was not present for the interview. The hour-long session
was charactized by its friendly tone and the number of
issues on which the two political foes agreed.
Carter defeated Ford in a close and bitter race for the
presidency in 1976; then Ford campaigned hard to help
Ronald Reagan beat Carter in a landslide last Novem
ber.
But they agreed that as former presidents they would
Egyptians visit site of tragedy
By TOM BALDWIN
Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Barred from the funeral of Anwar
Sadat to ensure the security of foreign dignitaries, Egyptians
were allowed for the first time yesterday to visit the place
where their president died and was laid to rest.
Children poked curious fingers into the bullet holes and their
fathers shook their heads and asked how it could have hap
pened. A few women wore black and someone had a tape
recording of the fatal gunfire. . .
It was the first time authorities allowed the everyday citizens
to inspect the bullet-scarred reviewing stand where Sadat was
cut down last Tuesday by assassins identified by the govern
ment as a renegade army officer and, three men masquerading
as soldiers in the annual military parade.'
Authorities say the killers are linked to a cell of Islamic
Solidarity to study
By THOMAS W. NETTER
Associated Press Writer
WARSAW, Poland (AP) Bowing to a
demand by Solidarity's congress, the
Communist government offered yester
day to include representatives of the
independent union on a commission to
solve the country's food crisis.
However, the government announced
at the same time that more price hikes
will be necessary by next month.
The conciliatory gesture came as Pol
ish consumers threatened another round
of strikes to protest food shortages, and
amid reports of panic-buying of gasoline
in Warsaw.
Following a Saturday night meeting of
the presidium, the government said im
provement in the food situation "depends
primarily on the achievement of political
stability, as a Poland shaken by conflicts
ceases to be a credible partner in trade
and cooperation," the official news agen
cy PAP reported.
Egyptian police
report attack
By TOM BALDWIN
Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) Egyptian
police sources said yesterday that
gunmen in two cars sprayed ma
chine-gun fire at the home of Interi
or Minister Nabawy Ismail, killing
some of his bodyguards. Ismail said
the report was "completely a lie."
The police sources said the attack
occurred several hours after the
funeral of slain President Anwar
Sadat on Saturday. They also said
there were attacks on at least two
police stations in Cairo and a shoot
out between police and Moslem fun
daMentalists barricaded inside a
Cairo mosque.
• Security sources, meanwhile, said
authorities were looking for two
more suspects in connection with
Sadat's assassination Tuesday dur
ing a military parade.
The government has insisted that
only four men three civilians in
army uniforrns - and an artillery lieu
tenant participated in the attack
against Sadat.
But a security officer told The
Associated Press that eyewitness
accounts had supported television
film taken during the assassination
that seemed to show there were six
Poland's economy. has a foreign debt
estimated at $23- biliran to $27 billion,
chronic shortages, a fall in coal exports
and rationing on most goods.
The presidium, according to PAP, said
the political situation • in. Poland was
"even more disquieting" after Solidari
ty's congress ended last week in Gdansk.
But instead of issuing its usual chal
lenge to the independent union, the presi
dum offered a compromise. It authorized
the Council of Ministers' Committee for
Trade Unions to "urgently put forth a
proposal for ... a standing mixed com
mission composed of representatives of
the government and trade union feder
ations," the news agency said.
PAP quoted the presidium statement
that the commission would "permanent
ly discuss and arrange matters related to
market deliveries, the rationing of COM- Past government attempts to bring the
modities and price changes." price of goods more in line with the cost
The move reflects a generally low-key of production have sparked strikes
,and
reaction by the official press to Solidari- violent protests.
not hesitate to help any incumbent president on nonpar
tisan issues.
Ford, who in the interview called his colleague
"Jimmy," revealed that whenever he came to Washing
ton during his successor's term, "I was invited to come
to the Oval Office for an hour, hour and a half, two
hours, whatever it was. We didn't publicize it."
"We talked about our areas of agreement," Ford said.
"We had areas of disagreement, but they were dis
cussed in the atmosphere of the highest office of the
land, and when you're in that atmosphere, you don't
shout at one another; you try and understand differ
ences, and it makes you more anxious to volunteer to be
helpful if the then-pre,sident, has any problems, whether
they're public or otherwise."
Ford noted that Carter had called him "on four or live
principally national security-foreign policy matters"
and mentioned the Panama Canal treaty, recognition of
the People's Republic of China and the SALT H
agreement.
extremists and security sources told The Associated Press
yesterday that at least two more suspects were being sought.
Fathers lifted toddlers into their arms and allowed them to
push their fingers into the holes the bullets left in the marble
face of the parade stand.
"I'm trying to measure off the distances and re-examine the
timing. I want to know how there could have been no security.
Where were his guards?" asked Nsari Badir, a zoology profes
sor at Cairo University.
One step at a time, the visitors paced off the 35 yards to the
place where the truck had stopped. One man, Slaim al Labad,
even had a tape recording of the gunfire, copied, he said, from a
broaddast by the British Broadcasting Corp.
Considering the distance the assailants had to charge and the
more than 30 seconds of gunfire, al Labad said, "flow did they
get so close?"
food crisis
to eight people involved.
"The security force is looking for
two more men . . . Obviously, we
think there must have been more
than four people on the ground.
Indications are there were," the
source, who asked not to be identi
fied, told the AP.
Reporters outside the home of
President-designate Hosni Mubark
saw security guards distributing
mimeographed photos of two men. A
source said they were "connected"
with the assassination. The names
and pictures were not released to the
press or public.
The purported attack on the interi
or minister's home was reported by
a reliable police source who told the
AP: "There has been shooting. Min
ister Ismail's house has been shot at.
Some of his security guards are
dead." Another police source said
that account was accurate.
Earlier yesterday, a reporter call
ing Ismail's home to inquire about a
rumor that the minister had been
shot was told by a member of the
household that the minister was
alive and working in his office in
downtown Cairo. "It was nothing
serious," the household member
said, refusing to comment further.
ty's 18-day, two-part congress. It also
represented a partial capitulation to the
congress, which threatened Wednesday
to call a national warning strike if the
government did not seek union approval
for new price hikes and economic re
forms.
Solidarity, reacting to the doubling of
the price of cigarettes last Monday, also
demanded a freeze on all prices, but the
government said yesterday that increas
es on fuel, power, heat, gas, sugar, milk
and meat will be imposed by mid-No
vember.
Zdzislaw Krasinski, state price com
mission chairman, said the price hikes
may be instituted gradually, but he did
not say what the increases would be.
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