state/nation/world U.S. fire in Beirut may not all be self-defense By TIM AHERN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Three top Rea gan administration officials dis agreed yesterday over why U.S. Navy guns off Lebanon would be fired in the latest confusion sur rounding the government's public justification for the shelling. "There's very definitely been a shift in emphasis to make it clear that we will be providing supporting fire to the Lebanese armed forces," Navy Secretary John Lehman said. "It is not linked to specific fire at the Marines" in Beirut. But three hours later, Pentagon spokesman Michael Burch told a briefing, "We are not providing fire in direct support of the Lebanese armed forces." White House deputy press secre tary Larry Speakes called Lehman's statement "incorrect" and said Navy guns would only shell to pro tect the Marines or other Americans in Beirut. "The administration policy is set in the Oval Office and I am speaking for the Oval Office," said Speakes. President Reagan, in his Feb. 7 announcement that most of the 1,500 Marines will be moved from the Beirut airport to ships offshore, said Navy guns would fire to "provide a . . , . , 7 : 1 ;44 Ili ''- ' , " '''' '''''' '' 'i U.S. ects request to speak with PLO • • • • • By BARRY SCHWEID with them through their chosen rep- - refused to be interviewed. But Mu- condemned the organization as ter rorist in nature.. . . , AP Diplomatic Writer - resentative, the PLO." barak said, "I think we have the ' • He said PLO chief Yasser Arafat same feeling." The senior official told reporters WASHINGTON Egyptian Pres- is "a responsible leader who has Mubarak has gradually steered .the president, while not aware of ident Hosni Mubarak yesterday demonstrated tremendous courage Egypt toward the Arab mainstream Mubarak's statement before he de called for "direct dialogue" be- under the most difficult circum- after succeeding the slain President livered it, was nqt embarrassed by . , - rol-, ,•...,...,,. tween the United States and the stances." Anwar Sadat in 1981 and has called the Egyptian leader's remarks. The Mubarak, head of the only Arab in the past foi a PLO negotiating e .. 4 ~-..e* Palestine ,Liberation Organization, official said i the unaltered U.S. poli • .. MI , ....,... f , I cy is not to deal with the PLO until it i but the Reagan administration im- country officially at peace with Is- role. However, by urging Reagan to : Al , accepts Israel's right to exist. - - mediately rejected the advice . rael, also told Reagan during their deal with Arafat's organization, "You can't control the statement meeting in the Oval Office that the Mubarak publicly challenged the speaking first, said the of a departing chief of state," said a PLO "has opted for a political set- president on his own grounds, the .. . Arab - Israeli conflict must be re •• . senior administration official. "You, tlernent and can deliver," said the White House, to make a major shift solved through negotiation involv - - • don't endorse it by . just - standing senior U: S. official, who declined to in U.S. policy. there." be identified. Israeli ambassador Meir Rosanne ing an exchange of territory for peace. He renewed his own commit- Mubarak and King Hussein of Later, asked if he expected the said he was surprised to learn of . -., - • - Jordan had concluded talks with United States to talk to the PLO, the Mubarak's praise of Arafat, "the ment to a plan based on Palestinian self-rule but not statehood in President Reagan when the Egyp- Egyptian leader said "they oppose same terrorist who danced in the association with Jordan. t" .., . . tian leader delivered his prepared that, of course." streets in Beirut when he learned of statement at a farewell ceremeony But he said "it's the only way we Sadat's assassination." • . Although Reagan touched briefly ~. •' - ' • . ' , • I" • in the White House East Room. have" to support the Palestinian The PLO is sworn under its cove- on Lebanon, it was clear from his .. At, "The Palestinian people are enti- people. "I am raising it every- AP Laserphoto tied to your support and under- where," he said. , nant to dismantle Israel as a Jewish statement that U.S. diplomatic ef state and has carried out a number forts in the Middle East would now standing," Mubarak said. "There is Hussein, who joined Mubarak for President Reagan, King Hussein of Jordan (left), and President Hosni of terrorist raids against its civil- . be focused on the Arab-Israeli dis no substitute for a direct dialogue photographs at a downtown hotel, ians and diplomats. Reagan has Pute• Mubarak of Egypt stroll near the White House yesterday. . • • • 4 ina rr . N Israeli premier says U.S. u..ed in troop w . By ARTHUR MAX Reagan met with Hussein and Mubarak at forces at the same time. Syria refused to do meeting. The government sources spoke on tion has quietly informed Congress of its plan. So far Congress has made no move to Associated Press Writer the White House yesterday. - so. condition they not be identified. ' Levy in the past has defended Washington Israeli news reports said Shamir sent a. block the sale. However, Abba Eban, a leading member JERUSALEM Deputy Premier David against critics in the Israeli Cabinet. cable to Reagan warning that abrogation of of the opposition Labor Party, told Israel The officials reiterated standing Israeli Levy criticized the United States yesterday But in a speech to U.S. Jewish leaders the accord under Syrian pressure would set • policy against the sale of arms to any Arab radio that he approved of Reagan's meet for withdrawing Marines from Lebanon yesterday, Levy said, "We decided on a rule a dangerous precedent and make future • ings with Mubaak and Hussein. "There is a country which refused to join peace talks without consulting Israel. - of discussion and coordination of positions. agreements with the Arabs more difficu lt. certain insolence in telling the president of and considered itself in an official state of Levy's remarks were part of the sharpest But it was decided to remove the Marines " Levy also reiterated that Reagan's peace the United States that he may not meet with war with Israel. criticism heard here against the Reagan without consulting us. plan of September 1982 was "unacceptable the president of Egypt and the king of "Giving them arms makes them think administration since Prime Minister Yitz- Levy's remark on the redeployment ap to Israel." Jordan. they don't have to make concessions for hak Shamir went to Washington in Novem- peared to contradict the earlier Israeli posi ber and left with pledges of "strategic tion that the Marine deployment was a Israeli officials voiced concern that Rea- "After all, when he met our prime min- Peace," said one olthe officials. coordination" in making decisions. matter between the United States and the was meeting with Hussein, and Mubarak ister, King Hussein and the president of Reagan also met Hussein on Monday. In other criticism yesterday, a source Lebanese government. was aimed at reviving the Reagan plan, Egypt were not there," said Eban, a former Later, with the king at his side, Reagan said Close to Shamir said Israel feared that Levy also referred to reports that the which envisions a Palestinian entity on the foreign minister. that "America's commitment to help Jor- Israeli-occupied West Bank in federation ~., Other officials, who spoke on condition President Reagan might be doing "some- United States was softening its support for dan meet its security needs remains firm thing behind Israel's back" in meeting with Israel's May 17 accord with Lebanon, which with Jordan. they not be identified, said Israel also ob- and unwavering." Jordan's King Hussein and Egypt's Presi- Syria and its Lebanese allies opposed. "There is a feeling that they are trying to jected to Reagan's proposal to sell Jordan Jordan's "goals and aims are one and the dent Hosni Mubarak •on the Palestinian In the accord, Israel said it would pull out do something behind Israel's back," said a as many as 1,600 shoulder-fired Stinger anti- same" with those of the 'United States, issue. its troops but only if Syria withdrew its source in Shamir's office of the Washington aircraft missiles. The Reagan administra- Reagan said. Couples perform By ROBERT W. THOMPSON Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA , For a star ry-eyed couple wanting to be mar ried on Valentine's Day, who better to visit than an unabashed roman tic named Goodheart? Bernard J. •Goodheart, a Phila delphia Common Pleas Court judge, finds himself in demand each Feb. 14 by couples who want to tie the knot on the day that symbol izes love. Yesterday, Goodheart finished up six civil cases just in time to accommodate 14 couples who came to his courtroom to be married. It meant giving up his lunch hour, but Goodheart didn't mind his labor of love. Besides, the bald, jovial father of three doesn't eat lunch he usually spends his lunch hours working out at the YMCA. naval gunfire and air support against any units firing into greater Beirut from parts of Lebanon con trolled by Syria, as well as against any units directly attacking Ameri can or multinational force personnel and facilities." The next day, the battleship USS New Jersey's 16-inch guns pounded rebel positions in Syrian-controlled parts of Lebanon in the heaviest U.S. Navy bombardment since the Viet nam War. Congressional critics questioned whether Navy gunfire in support of the Lebanese government would be permitted by the War Powers Act and the congressional compromise passed last fall backing the Marine presence in Beirut. After those questions were raised, Speakes said last Thursday that the justification for the shelling was protecting the Marines, not the gov ernment. "That is our legal basis for action we are protecting our troops," Speakes said. "The point is that we are protecting our forces." When reporters noted the discrep ancy between Lehman's comment at a breakfast meeting with the press yesterday and Speakes' statement, Lehman said, "It's no secret that the U.S. government is supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces. That's our seek Judge Valentine's The first couple to exchange vows before Goodheart yesterday were Cynthia Terleckyj, 26, and Robert D. Howell, 36, both embarking on their second marriages. With Howell's three children from his first marriage watching, the two stood before Goodheart she in a red dress for a five minute ceremony. The vows they recited had been specially written by Goodheart for previous Valentine nuptials, al though the judge admitted his wife of 17 years and two months, Har riet, "wrote the mushy stuff." "You've chosen Valentine's Day for your wedding, and the date for your many anniversaries to come.' It's a day we all celebrate love and romance," Goodheart said as the bride and groom smiled happily. Howell, who works for a bulk chemical storage facility, said he purpose there." Lehman also said the battleship has been reloaded with shells and "there is no prohibition on her fir ing." The New Jersey did not join the latest shelling, in which the destroy er Claude V. Ricketts bombarded Syrian-controlled artillery positions in central Lebanon on Monday night. Lebanese conflict: Druse capture mountain pass, By FAROUK NASSAR Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon Druse in surgents launched a surprise at tack yesterday and captured a strategic mountain corridor froni governinent troops. An American warship opened fire twice during the Druse attack and again when Lebanon's Defense Ministry came under fire, American officers said. Marine spokesmen said a total of 53 rounds were fired. The Marines fought a mortar duel at daybreak when their base came under fire from the southeast five hours after a rocket attack. Goodheart to Day nuptials and his new wife had planned to be married in March. But when they saw a story in a local newspaper about how other couples had been married by Goodheart on Valen tine's Day, they decided to move up the date. "It's a day of love and romance," said Howell. "I thought it (the wedding) was really nice." Goodheart said the tradition be gan nine years ago, shortly after he had become a judge. He heard a clerk arguing with a couple on Valentine's Day, and learned that the couple wanted to be married by him. The clerk had said Goodheart was too busy to be bothered with a wedding. The man replied that if a judge named Goodheart couldn't marry someone on Valentine's Day, he wasn't much of a judge, Goodheart recalled. Burch said the Ricketts fired at "hostile positions" east of Beirut about the same time the Marines came under fire at the airport, south of the city. But asked if the Ricketts' shelling was related to the shooting at the Marines, Burch said that wasn't the case. The Navy doesn't yet have a com- No Marines were injured, U.S. spokesmen said. Lebanon's state radio said Syri an-supported Druse took control of a mile-long corridor between the Chouf Mountains southeast of Beirut and the Aley Mountain ridge east of the capital despite the U.S. bombardment and repeated attacks by Lebanese jets. An army communique said its sol diers. retreated after being "out numbered and outgunned." The victory gives the Druse a long-sought corridor to the sea. ' U.S. Marine spokesman Maj. Dennis Brooks said the guided mis sile destroyer Claude V. Ricketts • Judge Bernard Goodheart applauds as newlyweds Robert and Cynthia Howell embrace at the conclusion of their Valentine's Day wedding. Goodheart, a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge, is a popular choice for Valentine's Day weddings. He was scheduled to perform ceremonies for 15 couples yesterday. plete damage assessment from last As for Syrian complaints that the week's pounding by the New Jersey shelling caused civilian casualities, in which 290 of the 1,900-pound Lehman said, "We have no evidence shells were fired because cloud there were significant civilian cas cover in the area had blocked follow- ualties." d up picture-taking flights by Navy But "you can't guarantee there jets, Lehman said. won't be any civilian casualties," he He said there are "unconfirmed added, noting that the shelling was intelligence reports" that a Syrian "unspotted fire" into "pre-selected general was killed. areas." pounded artillery positions in the Syrian-dontrolled central moun tains with 42 rounds from its five inch guns after nightfall. The half-hour naval bombard ment was in retaliation for renewed shelling attacks against 'the Leb anese Defense Ministry in Yarze near U.S. Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew's residence, Brooks said. U.S. Air Force Capt. Jack Giese, also a spokeman for the Americans in the multinational force, said the Ricketts fired 11 rounds from its five-inch guns in a pre-dawn attack on Syrian-controlled territory. He said the. Lebanese command had The Daily Collegian Wednesday., Feb. 15, 1984 gain access to sea requested the fire The shelling at nightfall was the fourth U.S. naval bombardment since President Reagan announced a week ago his decision to increase U.S. air and naval action against units firing into the Beirut area.or attacking the peacekeeping force. - The Marine base *at Beirut air port came under mortar 'fire from the southeast at 6:45 a.m., and the Marines answered with a 36-round barrage of 81mm mortars, said Giese. Five 'hours earlier, rockets struck at the terminal area of the Marine encampment, but the Americans did not res Pond.. Tests may be • required for diplomas HARRISBURG (AP) The House yesterday approved a bill that in 1988 would require 11th graders in public schools to pass a competency test before they could receive their diploma. The bill, approved 171-26, also would force school districts to give competency tests in the 2nd, sth and Bth grades and provide remedial,programs for students who do poorly. Gov. Dick Thornburgh yias proposed having the state, spend $2B million in 1984-85 to provide testing and remedial classes and the Legislature still must act on that funding. The state Board of Education and the Senate also are considering measures that would create competency testing, but their versions would not require a graduation test in the 11th grade. Under the House bill, a student who fails the test at the end of the 11th grade could take the test repeatedly through his,senior year to pass it and would receive extra instruction between each attempt. Girl gets first heart-liver transplant PITTSBURGH (AP) A 6-year-old girl suffering from life threatening levels of fat in her blood received a new heart and liver yesterday in a 16-hour operation that doctors said was the world's first heart-liver transplant. "It's a very important case, of course for the child, but also the amount of information that will be obtained from that kind of situation is really overwhelming," said Dr. Thomas Starzl, a liver transplant pioneer. "We had never done both before," Starzl said in an interview at his Pittsburgh home after the operation. Stormie Jones of Cumby, Texas, was moved out .of surgery at Children's Hospital at 10:30 a.m. yesterday after two transplant teams replaced first her heart, then her liver. She was in critical condition, considered normal for recent transplant patients. Stormie was born with a rare disease causing her blood choles terol levels to be extraordinarily high and damaging both her heart and liver, according to hospital officials. Stormie had suffered two heart attacks and undergone two triple coronary artery bypasses in the past few months, according to Starzl. A valve in her heart also had been replaced. i 11 ) I. i \ 1 \ tii''. l 4 ii ,~} Board could , ban smoking on flights WASHINGTON (AP) •Resuming a decade-long battle, oppo nents of smoking squared off against the airline and tobacco industries yesterday as the Civil Aeronautics Board tried to decide whether to ban smoking on flights of less than two hours: The, board is expected to vote by the end of March whether to strengthen its smoking regulations, including a possible smoking ban on short-haul flights, or leave them as they are with airlines required only to provide separate seating arrangements for non smokers. "This is a very emotional subject," said Kathleen 0. Orgiropou lis, a representative of the Air Transport Associaton, a trade group for the major- airlines. "We are the party in the middle" between smokers and non-smokers. Orgiropoulis told the board the airlines are trying to accommo date both sides of the issue and it would be best to let the current regulations stand. Healthy retail sales surprise analysts WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. retailers, benefiting fr,om milder weather, saw sales rise a robust 2.2 percent last month, the government reported yesterday, and analysts said the better-than expected showing should fuel further economic growth. The January increase was the largest since a 3.1 percent rise last May and boosted total monthly sales to a record of $104.4 billion. The key performers in the surge were auto dealers, who enjoyed another record month, and department stores, where sales were up 5.5 percent over December on.a seasonally adjusted basis. The nation's recovery from the 1981-82 recession has been spuiTed in large part by consumer spending. But after a disappoint ing 0.1 percent rise in December retail sales, many analysts predicted consumer purchases would moderate this year. Yesterday's report from the CommerCe Department caused some reassessment with one economist predicting real economic growth would hit 6 percent in the first three months of 1984. Iraq temporarily halts shelling in Iran BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Iraq called off its retaliatory shelling of Iranian border cities yesterday, shortly after reporting the most intense attacks of its four-day operation. The decision to discontinue the retaliatory action was in response to an appeal from Paris by exiled Iranian opposition leader Mass'oud Rajavi, according to an official announcement carried by the Iraqi News Agency. • The announcement said Iraq will stop shelling of Iranian cities for seven days but would resume shelling "if Khomeini's regime (Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini) continued its policy of shelling Iraqi towns." Islamic Republic News Agency in Tehran, the official Iranian news agency, said 103 civilians were killed and 453 wounded from midnight Monday until noon yesterday as a result of Iraqi air raids and missile and artillery barrages against eight Iranian cities. Hess gets private $47,000 elevator BERLIN (AP) A $47,300 elevator is being built at Spandau prison for its sole inmate, 90-year-old former Hitler deputy Rudolf Hess, well-informed sources said yesterday. The sources, who spoke on the condition that they not be named, said construction of the elevator should be completed this month. The elevator is needed, the sources said, because prison officials feared the feeble Hess would no longer be able to navigate the narrow iron staircase from his cellblock to the visiting room. The sources said Hess cannot legally be deprived of the one-hour monthly visit his family is allowed. Hess' family had hoped to win the ailing prisoner's freedom on humanitarian grounds, but construction of the elevator seemed to indicate his release was unlikely. Sentenced to life in prison at the Nuremberg war crime trials, Hess is the last surviving member of the top Nazi hierarchy. Market revels in broad advances NEW YORK (AP) = Blue chip Issues paced the stock market to a broad advance in active trading yesterday as several takeover devel opments drew Wall Street's attention. Auto stocks were strong gainers, and retail, computer, mining, financial and drug issues also rose. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which fell 10.57 Monday to a 10-month low, enjoyed its second-best day of the new year. Volume Shares 107,523,460 ssues Traded • NYSE Index 90.12 + 0.84 • Dow Jones Industrials cp 1,163.84 + 13.71 Breakfast Buffet & Fruit Bar All you care to eat! SERVED FROM 6 A.M. DAILY MONDAY THRU FRIDAY UNTIL 11:00 A.M. $2.99 WEEKEND BREAKFAST BAR $3.49 SATURDAY'- UNTIL 11:30 A.M. SUNDAY - UNTIL 1 P.M. $3.49 College Ave. *********** * * * * * * * * * * * * 1984 Winter and * Pk • * Spring Special * * Olympics *:' * * ting held *. Wednesday, February 15 at 8:30 p.m. , * w in room 272 Recreation Building for all * those Interested in planning and w * N . Qt. conducting an Ice Skating Clinic and * * Competition and a Bowling Clinic and Tournament. * * The meeting is also for those interested in being a * committee chairperson (involving 10-30 hours) for the Area * * . H Spring Special Olympics. * * * Huggers meeting will occur later in the semester. * ************ * * * * * * * * * * * * 4( * --- — ls G 0 4( * 4( * INNER VISIONS .V 12:" 4( * 4( * 4( * 4( * 4( * 4K * 4( * 4( * 4( * 4( * 4( * 4( * 4( * 4( * * * * * * * Thursday February 16 *Paul Robeson Cultural Center * Walnut Building * FREE ADMISSION ******************* LI -• 349 E. 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