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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
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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
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,•...,...,,. 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
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,Liberation Organization, official said i the unaltered U.S. poli
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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
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"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. .
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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starring
DOROTHY DANDRIDGE
HARRY BELAFONTE
BROCK PETERS
PEARL BAILEY
DIAHANN CARROLL
The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Feb. 15, 1984-5
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