Moslems hijack Libyan jetliner to Beirut By FERESHTEH EMAMI Aisociated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Three Lebanese Moslems armed with grenades hijacked a Libyan jetliner Mon -1 clay and forced it to fly to Beirut where they said they were seeking the return of a Shiite Moslem leader who ' disappeared three years ago. They threatened to order t i the plane aloft and blow it up, airport officials said. "We don't care about the crew. We don't care about ourselves," one of the hijackers who identified himself as Ali Hamdu said over the plane's radio to the Beirut control tower. One airport tower official who declined to be identi fled said the hijackers were negotiating with officials I and calling for the return of Imam Moussa Sadr, a Shiite clergyman who disappeared in August 1978 after visit ing Libya. His whereabouts remain a mystery. ' ,I, "We don't care if you shoot us. Our blood is for Imam state/nation/world news briefs New prison cells may be built HARRISBURG (AP) The state would be authorized to build 2,500 new prison cells at a cost of $B5 million, under a bill approved yes terday by a House-Senate confer ence committee. The conference report was ap- church for the Reagans? WASHINGTON ( AP) First lady. Nancy Reagan said yesterday that recently tightened security precau tions may prevent her and President Reagan from attending church on Christmas. She said she didn't know if she and the president will go to church on Board may oversee colleges HARRISBURG (AP) Legis lation establising an independent authority to oversee Indiana Univer sity of Pennsylvania and the 13 state colleges was appproved yesterday by the Senate Education Committee. The colleges are now under the Department of Education, although other state agencies have a hand in developing policy for the schools in a. some areas. Students, troops clash in Gaza; By DANIEL GREBLER As . soeiated Press Writer GAZA, Occupied Gaza Strip (AP) Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestin iai teenager in a clash with_ rioting students yesterday as a week of strikes against Israeli rule erupted into violence in the , Gaza Strip. Two other Arabs and a soldier were insured in the demonstration, in the southern Gaza 'Strip town of Rafah, the military command said. It was the first anti-Israeli violence in the area in years. The Gaza Strip has usually stayed quiet despite continual unrest in the occupied West Bank of the Jofdan River. A military spokesman said five sol diers were on a routine patrol in Rafah when a crowd of students surrounded their vehicle, threw rocks and punched the soldiers. He said the troops fired into the air. When the students did not disperse, the troops shot at them. Military police opened an investigation, but the spokes man said that "according to preliminary reports, the soldiers acted according to standing orders." Israeli military authorities arrested dozens of demonstrators and warned the mayor and town officials against further disturbances, the state radio reported. In Gaza City, the municipality de clared the third two-day strike in a week to protest Israel's occupation of the area 40 years later: Pearl Harbor By LINDY WASHBURN Associated Press Writer PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) Forty years ago, Japa nese bombers swooped out of the sky to attack Pearl Harbor. Yesterday, military leaders, veterans of the attack and aver age citizens gathered here and in other parts of the nation to mourn the dead and renew their patriotism. "Our history lesson is that if we are to survive if our cherished freedoms are to live we must pay the bill in full," Adm. James D. Watkins, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet, said at ceremonies at the USS Arizona Memorial. "We must do all we can to avoid the kind of tragedy which unfolded in this harbor," he said. "We must never again be perceived as other than ready and strong by those tempted to deny us our rights and freedoms." _ There was a minute of silence at 7:55 a.m. (12:55 p.m. EST) the exact moment the attack began on a quiet Sunday ;morning at the gleaming white pavilion, which straddles the ':submerged hull of the battleship where 1,177 American sailors .:are buried where they died. Single flowers from dozens of floral wreaths were dropped on .;the harbor waters above the battleship, and they floated away ;;in the early morning sunlight. - Four Phantom jets flew over in a tight formation, with one proved unanimously without any debate. It now goes to the House floor, where lawmakers can debate the measure but not amend it. The legislation calls for new pris on cells at five existing prisons and the conversion of two state hospitals. Christmas. She explained, "It's very difficult to go to church because you feel self-conscious about being X rayed and so on," an apparent refer ence to the airport-style metal detec tors that have been used at most large gatherings attended by the Reagans since last spring's assassi nation attempt. The legislation, which goes to. the Senate floor, would create a higher education system administered by a 20-member board of governors. The day-to-day control would be under a chancellor hired by the board. Under this plan, the board would be independent of the Education Department, which supports the leg islation. Similar legislation has been introduced since 1974. teenager killed and Israeli taxes on local businesses. In a notice in a Jerusalem Arabic newspaper, the municipality said the strike was called "to reject the occupa tion and show that the Palestinians want their own rights and a free Palestinian government." Military authorities in the town or dered shopkeepers to open their stores and welded shut the doors ofishops whose owners refused. Gaza doctors and pharmacists also were striking to protest Israel's imple mentation of a 12 percent tax on their transactions. In the occupied West Bank, Jamil Al- Khatib took over his assassinated fa ther's post as head of the Ramallah Village Asiociation. Yussuf Al-khatib was shot Nov. 17 and died several days later. The Palestine Liberation Organi zation in Beirut claimed responsibility for the shooting, charging he was a servant of Israel's occupation. Al-Khatib's other son, Qazem, also died in the shooting. Israel has cultivated village leagues in Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron as a means of countering PLO influence in the West Bank's urban areas. Meanwhile, an Israeli military court sentenced two El Bireh Arabs to 18 years in prison for bombings in Jerusalem in 1979. Two Israelis were injured in the separate bombing incidents. Sadr,". Hamdu said over the radio. Iranian Shiite Moslem militia known as Amal were at The airport official said the hijackers freed a preg- the scene, apparently to negotiate. nant Libyan passenger after several hours of negotia- The plane was hijacked on a flight from Z urich to tions. \ Tripoli. The pilot reported a 'gunman barged into the Sources at the airport said the plane was refueling cockpit while the plane was over Italy and ordered him and the hijackers had indicated they wanted to fly to to turn east to Beirut. Libya, where they claimed Sadr was being held, and return to Beirut with the Shiite leader and two of his aides. Security forces ringed the Boeing 727 after it landed at 11:06 p.m. (4:06 p.m. EST) with about 45 people aboard. It was the sixth such hijacking over the disappear ance of Sadr, spiritual leader of the 1 million Shiites in Lebanon. Shiite Moslems have long accused Libyan leader Col. Moammar Khadafy, a Sunni Moslem, of jailing the 53-year-old Sadr after inviting him to Libya. Khadafy has denied the charge. Reporters at the airport said three leaders of the pro- soaring up and away from the . diamond to symbolize men missing in action. From the anchor key where the Arizona was moored on a Sunday morning 40 years ago, a squad of Marines fired a 21-gun salute, and crewmembers aboard the destroyer Rathburne "manned the rails" in dress whites as the ship sailed past during the observance Among honored guests at the ceremony were Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy Joseph K. Taussig Jr. and Mary Paulsen, the sister of an Arizona crewmember killed in the attack. Taussig was an anti-aircraft gunner aboard the battleship Nevada the day of the attack and won a medal for valor for refusing to leave his post. His leg later was amputated as the result of injuries he suffered that day. "I've shed a few tears this morning," he said after receiving a flag that flew from the flagpole attached- to the sunken battleship. Not far away, 3,000 members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association met at the National Cemetery of the Pacifip overlooking Honolulu, for a similar observance, and planned to convene at the memorial for sunset observances and taps. Six,Arizona crewmembers who survived the attack were to join with 14 sailors who served aboard the ship before the war in a private remembrance at the memorial during the morning. Republican chairman scolded for remarks By DONALD M. ROTHBERG AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Party Chairman Richard Richards has been taken to the woodshed by White House aides unhappy with his recent predictions that President Reagan might not seek re-election and that Richard Allen and David Stockman will soon lose their jobs. Sources at the White House and GOP headquarters denied that Richards is on his way out as Republican national chair man. "He's on his way to keeping his mouth shut," said a White House source who asked not to be identified. William Greener 111, communications director for the Republican National Committee, acknowledged yesterday that since his comments a week: ago, Richards has had several discussions with White House aides and "they were, full, and they were frank." Greener refused to discuss the sub stance of the conversations or identify the people, but he said the aides were "less than pleased" by. Richards' predic tions to a closed meeting of Republican contributors in Cincinnati. "There is absolutely no foundation to the idea that the chairman will be' mov ing," said Greener. Richards thought no one but the people It landed as gun battles erupted along the line that arbitrarily divides Beirut into Moslem and Christian zones. At least three bombs exploded after nightfall in clashes betwee the city's rival private militias, local radio stations reported. The airport was sealed off by Syrian peacekeeping troops stationed in Lebanon to enforce a truce between the country's right-wing Christians and leftist Moslems. , Airport tower officials said 45 people; including the hijackers, were aboard. Howeyer, a, Libyan airlines . official in Zurich said plane was carrying 36 passengers and a crew of eight. . Richards will keep his job with party, sources say WASHINGTON (AP) In the gloo miest forecast yet, Reagan administra tion economists estimate the budget deficit could soar to a record $lO9 billion in 1982 and $162 billion by 1984, placing further strains on the president's eco nomic program. The bleak projections, which do not take into account the new budget cuts the president will seek from Congress early next year, point to the "monstrous prob lem" confronting Reagan in his quest for a balanced budget and a strong economic recovery, one administration official said yesterday. Adniinistration sources, who asked not to be identified, said the new projected flood of red ink is part of a preliminary economic forecast given Reagan last Friday to help him decide on a 1983 budget plan that is expected to seek who paid $5,000-a-couple last Monday were listening when he said, "I don't think Mr. Allen will be babk" as national security adviser. Allen has taken a leave during an investigation of his receipt of $l,OOO from representatives of a Japa nese women's magazine for arranging an interview with the first lady. Richards was unaware that a reporter from the Cincinnati Enquirer was out side the room listening to the remarks. An account of the speech was on page one of the newspaper the next morning. 'I think if his health.is good and if there's no further threat on his life, he'll run again, If there is another attempt on his life, I think Nancy would put her foot down and say, "That's it." ' —Richard Richards, Republican Party chairman In the same speech, Richards pre dicted that Budget Director Stockman would be forced by his credibility prob lem with Congress to submit a second resignation and "next time, the president will accept it." Stockman's private criticism of Rea gan's economic plan was published in a Deficit predictions gloomy By OWEN ULLMANN Associated Press Writer recent magazine article. Stockman of fered his resignation, but Reagan reject ed it in a meeting Stockman later described as a visit to the woodshed. During a question and answer period, Richards was asked if he thought Reagan will seek re-election in 1984. He replied: "I think if his health is good and if there's no further threat on his life; he'll run again. If there is another attempt on his life, I think Nancy would put her foot down and say, 'That's it.' " Reagan was wounded March 30 in an assassination attempt. When asked last June about Reagan's plans, Richards said, "I'm operating on the assumption that he'll run again and that he'll win." In the aftermath of the Cincinnati drastic new cuts in a variety of social programs. Last September, the administration forecast deficits averaging about $6O billion a year through 1984, without any further spending cuts or new tax increas es. Now, with the economy in a deepening recession that the administration had not predicted, the deficit projections are ballooning for the three fiscal years that began Oct. 1. Without new budget cuts or tax in creases, according to the new forecast, the deficit will reach $109.1 billion in fiscal 1982, $152.3 billion in fiscal 1983 and $162 billion in fiscal 1983. By comparison, the 1981 deficit was $57.9 billion, and the record deficit, $66.4 billion, occurred in 1976 during President Ford's last year ,in office. President Carter's largest deficit was $59.6 billion is fiscal 1980. Zurich speech, Richards' office issued a statement acknowledging the accuracy of the quotes, although claiming the chairman was quoted "out of context." As for his predictions about Allen and Stockman, the statement said Richards' comments should not be taken as a recommendation that the pair be ousted or "as a suggestion as to how the White House will decide" to handle their cases. "With regard to President Reagan seeking re-election, there is no doubt he will do so," the statement added. Greener said Richards intends to "con tinue to speak out on the issues," but he acknowledged that "the issues" will not be White House personnel matters or the president's political plans. Reagan picked Richards last January to take control of the party apparatus. Even before his formal election as party chairman, the Utah lawyer and party activist got into trouble with con servatives when he said groups such as the National Conservative Political Ac tion Committee had overstated their im pact on the 1980 elections. He has since said that such indepen dent expenditure committees "create all kinds of mischief" and "are not responsi ble to anyone." As a candidate, Reagan attacked Car ter's budget policies and pledged to bal ance the budget by 1983 at the latest. As president, he postponed that goal; first to 1984, and now to an unspecified later date. Budget officials blame' the soaring deficits on the recession, because with less economic prosperity the government takes in less tax money. Moreover, a mounting deficit in 1982 guarantees bud get woes in subsequent years as the government is forced to make ever larg er interest payments on its burgeoning debt currently in excess of $1 trillion. The revised figures underscore the problem Reagan faces if he sticks to his current course of narrowing the deficit almost entirely through spending cuts. Up, to now, the president has rejected suggestions by several advisers that he cut deeper into his record defense spend ing plan or seek significant tax increases. The- Daily Collegian Tuesday, Dec. 8 Teaching man's origins prompts suit begins By BILL SIMMONS Associated Press Writer LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) A federal judge began hearing a suit yesterday against an Arkansas law requiring public schools that teach evolution to give equal time to creationism, the theory that the universe was created suddenly from nothing. In oiening arguments, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union, which brought the suit, called the law a "dan gerous violation" of the constitution. But the state maintained that it would broa den the knowledge of school children and did not require the teaching of religion. The law, the Balanced Treatment for Creatioh-Science and Evolution-Science Act, was signed last March by Gov. Frank White and goes into effect next fall. The trial, expected to last about two weeks, has attracted national and inter national attention. The U.S.' marshal's office said that about 40 news organiza tions, some from overseas, registered for courtroom passes. Louisiana has enacted a similar propo sal, and the ACLU is challenging it as well. Opening witnesses in the ACLU's chal lenge of the new law said it reflects a literal interpretation of the biblical book of Genesis and is not rooted in science. ACLU attorney Robert Cearley argued that the law was "a clear and dangerous violation" of the First Amendment prohi bition againgt laws that establish reli gion. State Attorney General Steve Clark, who is defending the law before U.S. District Judge. William Overton, con tended that the law forbids references to religious writings and requires balanced treatment of a long-controversial sub ject. "The issue is whether balanced treat ment without reference to religious writ ings or instruction violates the constitution," Clark said. The law provides no punishment for violations. While requiring equal treat ment for the two theories, it does not require that either creationism or evolu tion be taught. 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Cearley called the law "an unprece dented attempt by the Legislature to arrogate to itself to define what science is and to force religion into the schools in the guise of science." The state maintains that similarities between some religious beliefs and the language of the law is coincidental and does not entangle the state in religion. "This is not a trial about religion," Clark said. "It is a trial about science." As the ACLU's case opened, Bishop Kenneth W. Hicks of the United Method ist Church of Arkansas testified that the creation-science law is a reflection of a literalistic view of the Bible's first book, Genesis. " 'ln the beginning, God created' I hold very dearly," said Hicks, a plaintiff in the case. "From that point on, I feel it belittles God and does an injustice to both religion - and science to try to circums cribe the way he did it." a v~`aod oom ^osp`sLa' "C 4 410 13 §1111~§40 3 Nitl i" 3 4 1 0 4 )410 31 N10 3 N :. 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Gift Certificate geittlem e4 OPEN DAILY FROM 10-5 Former Centralia residents Eleanor O'Hearn, left, and David Lamb, right, who have moved because of the 19-year-old mine fire under Centralia, appear in the state Capitol yesterday to attend a rally with other residents and officials. 7;k -i 1 238-4050 N rC i .1-,.5, ® .t.-=. itiiNg /ir& \141,N The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1981 AP Laserphoto Watch out for bikes ! Fires in mines discussed by Pa. residents By JILL LAWRENCE Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG (AP) Hours of meetings with legislators and state officials elicited sympathy but few commitments yesterday for Central ia residents threatened by a sim mering underground mine fire. The residents, wearing red rib bons symbolizing danger and bu reaucratic red tape, converged on the Capitol to plead for government action. But in repeated confrontations, each part of government blamed another branch for the lack of dol lars and plans to end the 20-year blaze that has created gas and subsi dence hazards. Local officials from the northeast ern Pennsylvania mining town com plained that Gov. Dick Thornburgh has failed to press for federal action, while state legislators said their hands are tied until the governor takes the initiative. Meanwhile, administration offi • cials said they are trying to make progress, but the U.S. Interior De partment has failed to answer let ters, and a Dec. 16 meeting will be the first contact in months. "Our principal problem has been our inability to communicate satis factorily on a sustained basis with our federal brothers and sisters, or to elicit a federal policy on Central ia," said DeWitt Smith, head of the Pennsylvania Emergency Manage ment Agency. "There is a very strong feeling on their part that this is a problem that will go away if they ignore it. We're not going to leave them alone," said Robin Ross, deputy counsel to Thornburgh. The fire, which erupted above ground in two places last July, has aggravated respiratory diseases and forced some people from their homes. Monitors have been installed in other homes to measure gas seep age. Interior Secretary James Watt has said his department's $1 million purchase of some 30 endangered homes is as far as it will go in dealing with the long-running fire.
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