state/nation/world 14 nations agree to make S. Pacific nuclear-free By BARRY RENFREW Associated Press Writer SYDNEY, Australia Fourteen South Pacific nations agreed yesterday to make plans to declare the region a nuclear-free zone, while stipulating each nation would retain the right to allow visits by U.S. nuclear-powered warships. Leaders of the 14 nations of the South Pacific Forum, meeting on the tiny island state of Tuvalu, accepted a plan by Austra lian Prime Minister Bob Hawke to appoint a working group to draw up a draft treaty on a South Pacific nuclear-free zone. The plan would forbid the forum mem bers to possess or test nuclear weapons, or to allow nuclear waste to be dumped in the Arrests continue in 'safe bet' probe By SHARON COHEN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO A nightclub owner yesterday became the fifth person arrested in’ the FBl’s Operation Safe Bet, a three-year undercover probe of organized crime’s ties to prostitution in suburban Chicago, authorities said. Nick Stevens, 48, owner and operator of the Torch Club in north suburban Palatine Township, was charged with conspiracy to dis tribute cocaine, said FBI spokes man Bob Long. In Operation Safe Bet, undercover FBI agents operated a credit-card processing company and handled $3O million in payments to suburban sex clubs by customers. —The Washington Post The Torch Club, which features topless dancers, was one of 14 suburban nightclubs raided about two weeks ago by federal agents, Long said. He also said all 14 clubs “appear to be connected with the organized crime element in Chi cago.” Financial material and other evidence from the raids has been turned over to a federal grand jury, Long said. Pacific. But Hawke, speaking after the first day of the annual meeting, said his proposal gave each nation the right to decide if it would permit visits by U.S. nuclear-powered warships. The forum, a loose consultative group, consists of New Zealand, Australia, Papua New .Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Cook Is lands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Tonga, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Western Samoa and the Federated States of Micronesia. Hawke rejected suggestions that nations choosing to allow visits by U.S. nuclear powered warships weakened the nuclear free zone plan. The forum turned down a proposal by New Zealand for calling on the .United U.S. Magistrate James T. Balog set Stevens’ bond at $25,000 and ordered him to surrender his pas sport after a Justice Department official said Stevens planned to travel to Greece and was carrying $13,000 in $lOO bills when arrested. Stevens’ arrest followed the ar rest Sunday of four people charged with conspiracy to distribute co caine who were identified as a result of the undercover sting. A fifth person was being sought. Edward Hegarty, special agent in charge of the FBI in Chicago, announced the four arrests Sun day as he acknowledged that a way since 1981 had focused on extortion, prostitution, corruption of public officials and the distribution of controlled sub stances. In Operation Safe Bet, under; cover FBI agents operated a cred it-card processing company and handled $3O million in payments to suburban sex clubs by customers, many of whom claimed the pay ments as tax deductions, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The clubs reportedly stayed open by bribing law enforcement officials and maintaining ties to organized crime figures. Long declined to comment on reports that as many as 75 indict ments may result from the grand jury probe. He also refused to say who was targeted in the investigation, but added that “a couple of law-en forcement people who accepted bribes” are likely to be indicted. In the sting operation, federal agents made secret recordings of conversations with customers of massage parlors. Nations, to declare the South Pacific a nuclear-free zone, Hawke told Australian reporters. The new socialist government of New Zealand under David Lange has said it will not allow nuclear weapons on its territory, and has banned visits by U.S. nuclear-pow ered warships. Hawke said the forum had agreed that before going to the United Nations, a work ing party should first determine what would be involved in declaring a nuclear-free zone. “We came to the view that it makes more sense to clarify precisely the sorts of things we have in mind, and that you’re more likely to get the opportunity of maximizing support within the United Nations once we Shuttle lavished with attention Countdown crews hope to avoid contamination , further delays By HARRY F. ROSENTHAL Associated Press Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP), With launch two days away, countdown crews lavished special attention yesterday on the engines of space shuttle Discovery to avoid a repeat of the contamination that caused the last-second postpone ment of the ship’s first flight. The count for tomorrow’s 8:35 a.m. EDT liftoff was on schedule, the weather forecast was fine and the ship’s commander and pilot did some practice flying in a specially equipped trainer. “I can guarantee you one thing, the crew is ready and we’re anxious to go,” said commander Henry W. Hartsfield, the only one in the crew of six to have flown in space before. Others on the six-day flight are Judy Resnik, a mission specialist who will become the second Ameri can woman in space; Charles Walk er, an industry engineer who will be the first paying customer; pilot Michael Coats, and mission special ists Steve Hawley and Richard Mul lane. Discovery is the third ship in America’s shuttle fleet. It was to have made its debut in June, but a computer failure stopped the first attempt nine minutes before sched uled launch. The next day, the sec ond try was halted four seconds short of liftoff when computers de tected something wrong in a fuel valve and ordered the engines one of them already firing shut down. “Although not yet proven, the most plausible theory now under consideration involves the possibili ty of microscopic silt accumula- Members of Space Shuttle Discovery crew pose for a formal portrait prior to their flight. Crew members in the back row are Charles D. Walker, payload specialist, and Judith A. Resnik, mission specialist. In the front row (left to right) are: Richard M. Mullane, astronaut; Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist; Henry W. Hartsfield, astronaut and crew commander; and Michael L. Coats, pilot. tions,” said an announcement yesterday by the National Aeronau tics and Space Administration. To prevent recurrence, the valve will be checked and hydraulic fluid will be circulated before liftoff. On the pad yesterday, crews were pur ging the engine of contaminants iran-lraq conflict not likely to grow By BILL McCLOSKEY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON A Senate re- Iraqi capital, it said “below the port said yesterday that the Iran- surface there is war weariness.” Iraq war is unlikely to result in “Recent successes have bol superpower hostilities because stered morale,” the staff said, but both the United States and the it added that “observers, believe Soviet Union share the same short- that the war is not popular” in term goal —an end to the conflict. Iraq. The Foreign Relations Commitr “Iran would have to find a weak tee staff report says “senior U.S. spot in Iraqi defenses and hope the military commanders in the re- resulting breakthrough would af gion do not envision realistic con- % feet the Iraqi morale and decision tingencies that would require U.S. making,” the report said, ground troops, except for security On the other hand, it said, “A guard duty.” massive Iraqi attack on Iran’s oil There are 11,500 U.S. sailors and soldiers in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea area. Committee chairman Charles H. Percy, R-111., said: “The report shows the current U.S. energy, political and security policies have helped calm the international oil market and reduced the fears of the nations of the region.” When the investigators visited eight countries in the area in July, they found “the tanker war is having remarkably little effect on Persian Gulf exports (of oil) through the Strait of Hormuz.” The report says the military balance in the war has shifted toward Iraq in the last year be cause of massive Franch and Sovi et arms sales to the Iraqis and a worldwide arms embargo on Iran. “It is our assessment that an Iranian assault on Iraq would probably lead to a defeat for Iran unless Iraqi morale collapses,” the report says, but it does list the morale of Iraqi troops as a “poten- had done that work,” said Hawke, who was named spokesman for the summit. Hawke supports close military ties with the United States, including ship visits. New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Tonga are the only members of the forum that regularly are visited by U.S. warships, and all but New Zealand strongly defended their right at the meeting to maintain such ties, Hawke said. Australia said before yesterday’s meeting that the working group for a nucle ar-free zone would report its findings to the forum at its 1985 meeting. Hawke proposed yesterday that none of the forum members “develop, or manufac ture, or receive from others, or acquire or test any nuclear explosive device.” Canberra lets U.S. vessels use its ports with helium Discovery’s payload will weigh 20 tons, which is heavier than that on any previous flight. The crew will „ Thrown off. schedule by the June launch three commercial commu- launch failures, NASA decided to nications satellites, operate a min- combine the cargoes of Discovery’s iature. drug-making factory and first two flights, resulting in the conduct experiments for three days heavy payload. The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1984 tially serious” military liability. Although the investigators found “few signs of war in Baghdad, the exporting facilities at Kharg Is land remains a distinct possibili ty.” If the Iranians would take the “act of desperation” of closing the Persian Gulf, it could lead to “dev astating air strikes on Iranian ports and air bases.” “While the United States might find it necessary to take such action, it could provide political and military opportunities for the Soviets in Iran. Therefore,” the report says, “a high priority of U.S. diplomacy should be to pro mote a settlement of the war.” It quotes unidentified “sources in the area” as saying “without the capabilities provided to the Saudis by U.S. arms sales, the Saudis might well now be seeking the direct support of U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft to defend their oil fields." U.S.-operated radar and air borne refueling tankers give the Saudis added defense capabilities, the report says. under the ANZUS defense pact among Aus tralia, New Zealand and the United States. New Zealand and Vanuatu called for strong action on the nuclear-free plan, with Vanuatu saying U.S. nuclear-powered a warships should be barred from the region, Australian officials said before the meeting. New Zealand has warned it will also ban visits by conventionally powered U.S. warships if Washington refuses to end its traditional policy of declining to say which of its warships carry nuclear weapons. Visits by U.S. warships to foreign ports are scheduled months in advance, and U.S. officials have said that no New Zealand port calls are planned for the next few months, to avoid any confrontation. with a solar “sail,” a device that will supply power for space stations of the future. state news briefs Thornburgh proposes waste site HARRISBURG (AP) The Thornburgh administration has proposed to neighboring states a plan to place a low-level radioactive waste storage site in Pennsylvania, a top state official said yesterday. But the proposal does not say where in Pennsylvania such a dump would be and the administration insists site selection has not started. “We will have a site” under the proposal, said state Secretary for Policy and Planning Frank Wright. “There is no plan on where this site is going to be. Any concept of where it’s going to be just doesn’t exist.” Representatives from West Virginia and Pennsylvania will meet within two weeks to work on an Appalachian States Low- Level Radioactive Waste Compact, said Wright. Other border states are now reviewing the initial compact proposal and should indicate “very soon” whether they intend to participate in the upcoming drafting session, Wright said. Pa. court upholds obscenity statute PHILADELPHIA (AP) The state Siiperior Court yesterday upheld the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s obscenity statute in a challenge lodged by a group of booksellers who said it was too vague a law. “Appellants have not met the heavy burden borne by those challenging the constitutionality of an act of the General Assem bly,” the Superior Court ruled. The challenge was filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court in 1980 by the American Booksellers Association Inc.; Association of American Publishers; Council for Periodical Distributors Asso ciations; Freedom to Read Foundation; National Association of College Stores Inc.; Robin’s Book Store Inc.; Sandford Books Inc.; Valley Distributors Inc., and Nina Landsberg. The action was prompted by changes made in the obscenity law by the Legislature in 1980 that specifically covered the display of sexually explicit materials. The lower court upheld the validity of the law, and the booksellers appealed. The plaintiffs claimed the law was so vague that nearly any bookstore could be prosecuted under it, and that bookstore owners thus would deny the rights of readers to a full selection of books. That situation amounted to prior restraint and constituted a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protections granted to literature and periodicals, the booksellers said. The booksellers had contended, for example, that store owners claimed “the mere shelving of a book or magazine with sexually graphic photographs could lead to criminal prosecution.” The Superior Court said it did not agree. The court said a dictionary defines “display” as “an opening or unfolding, exhibition, manifestation, ostentatious show, exhibi tion for effect, parade.” The court added that such a definition seems rather clear. In addition, the court said no person can be prosecuted for breaking the law unless they knowingly violated it. nation news briefs Reagan hopes to 'shuttle' teacher WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan announced yester day he has ordered a nationwide search for a school teacher to be the first citizen passenger to journey into space aboard the space shuttle. Speaking to teachers and administrators from some of the nation’s outstanding public secondary schools, Reagan began the process of elimination that will settle a question that has long occupied space buffs and dreamers: Who will be the first outsider in space? Shuttle flights presently are restricted to astronauts, mission specialists and payload specialists, all with specific tasks to perform on board the spacecraft. The teacher, to be selected from one of the nation’s elementary or secondary schools, would be the first observer to fly a mission. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has debat ed for years who might be selected, and there have been reports in recent months that the possibilities had narrowed to the fields of education and journalism. “It has long been a goal of our space shuttle program to some day carry citizen passengers into space,” Reagan said. “Until now we had not decided who the first citizen passenger would be. “But today, I am directing NASA to begin a search in all of our elementary and secondary schools and to choose as the first citizen passenger in the history of our space program one of America’s finest: a teacher.” Drug crackdown plagued by errors SEATTLE '(AP) Sloppy testing and paperwork have forced the Navy and Air Force to reverse disciplinary action against more than 5,000 servicemen charged in a huge military crack down on illegal drugs, The Seattle Times reported. Meanwhile, the Army is trying to track down 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers to tell them faulty documentation of their drug tests may allow them to appeal disciplinary action, according to a copyright story in Sunday’s Times. During the last 2% years, the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines have conducted 6 million tests on urine samples from servicemen. About 375,000 tests indicated drug use, and 72,000 servicemen were disciplined, the newspaper said. The testing program was started in 1982 by now-retired Chief of Naval Operations Thomas Hayward, and spread from the Navy to the other branches of the military, the newspaper said. world news briefs South Africa's Asians given vote LENASIA, South Africa (AP) South Africa’s Asians will vote in national elections today for the first time in the country’s history for a new segregated Asian chamber of the white controlled Parliament. Last week, mixed-race voters elected the first chamber for South Africans of mixed race known as “colored” here. Opponents call the new Parliamentary system a fraud because the white chamber has veto power to overturn any decisions made by the other two houses. And the nation’s black majority 22 million people was excluded from the plan. They have no voice in the government, are not permitted to move about freely or own land. A boycott of the mixed-race election was called in an attempt to reduce the election’s credibility, and about 70 percent of the 1 voters did not cast ballots. The government claimed the election was legitimate, despite the low turnout. Newest Soviet battle cruiser sails COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) The Soviet Union’s newest fighting ship, the battle cruiser Frunze, sailed through the Danish straits yesterday en route to the North Atlantic, the Danish military reported. The navy’s operations command called it the Soviets’ most powerful fighting ship. Capt. Sven Gobel, of the navy command, said the 25,000-ton cruiser was accompanied by the guided missile frigate Krivak “possibly for a shakedown cruise” before it joins the Soviet Northern Fleet, based in Murmansk. He said a few Soviet naval units were exercising in the North Atlantic, “but I doubt they (the Frunze and Krivak) will have anything to do with that." Danish military intelligence confirmed that the 825-foot-long Frunze is fresh from the Leningrad shipyard and is believed to be virtually a carbon copy of the cruiser Kirov, built in 1981. The operations command did not explain why the Frunze was consid ered the most powerful. UNIVERSITY CALENDAR Tuesday, August 28 P.S. Internationale Dancers, meeting for new members, 7 p.m., 133 White Bldg. Circle K meeting, 7 p.m., Room 323-34 HUB. Gamma Sigma Sigma meeting, 7 p.m., Room 265 Willard. Transfer Liaison Corp. meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 320, 321, 322 HUB. | IT'S GREAT TO BE GREEK | Come find out why. . . 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