state/nation/world • S a l va doran re f uge es t o go h ome El Salvador conditions improve, Honduran foreign minister says By FREDDY CUEVAS election May 6, and took office June 1. transfer program began in June more than 12,500 • Associated Press Writer About 20,000 Salvadoran refugees living in Guatemalan refugees have been moved to the three major camps within a few miles of the state of Campeche, on, the Yucatan, from camps TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Foreign Min- border have refused to return to their homeland. in the jungle area of Mexico's southernmost state ister Edgardo Paz Bernice said yesterday that They also oppose being transferred deeper into of Chiapas. conditions have improved in war-ravaged El Honduras. The government estimates there are The 600 mile-trip takes two days, and the rainy Salvador so that 30,000 Salvadoran refugees in at least another 10,000 Salvadoran refugees liv- season has made the trek difficult. Some of the Honduras can return home safely. ing in villages in other parts of the country. refugees have refused to move, saying the Yuca "The Salvadoran refugees should return to In Mexico City, meanwhile, the head of the tan climate is too hot and they would be too far their country as soon as possible because we government committee aiding the estimated 46,- from their families in Guatemala. simply believe that the government of President 000 Guatemalan refugees in Mexico said a pro- The Mexican government announced the relo- Jose Napoleon Duarte can guarantee their secu- gram to move them from the Guatemalan border cation program in May, saying the refugees rity," Paz Barnica said in a telephone interview to Yucatan peninsula in the north will go for- would have better living conditions and security with The Associated Press. ward, despite heavy rains and some of the away from the border. The refugees, most of Duarte, a leader of the moderate Christian refugees' objections to the transfer. them Indian peasants, started coming to Mexico Democratic Party in El Salvador, defeated right- Oscar Gonzalez, coordinator of the Mexican in large numbers in 1980, when leftist guerrilla ist candidate Roberto d'Aubuisson in a runoff Commission to Aid Refugees, said that-since the activity intensified in their country. Lebanon official escapes death By MONA ZIADE Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon Education and Labor Minister Selim Hoss escaped assassination yesterday by a remote-controlled car bomb that exploded as he was driven past on the way to dawn prayers. The blast killed his driver, two police escorts and a women pedes trian, and injured 25 other people. The 55-year-old former prime minister was rushed to the Ameri can University Hospital where he was treated for cuts on his head and face, police and hospital The Daily Collegian Thursday, Sept. 6, 1984 Landslide surprises Canadians By CHARLES CAMPBELL Associated Press Writer TORONTO Businessmen were delighted yesterday and nearly all Canadians astonished at the record-setting Progressive Conservative victory that will make Brian Mulroney prime minister later this month. But the business euphoria did not show in major stock and currency markets, apparently because most investors had been aware for weeks that a Tory landslide was developing. The Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges both lost ground in the early trading yesterday, and the Canadian dollar fell by three-tenths of a cent to 76.66 cents U.S. "The prospect of a big majority Tory victory had already been discounted by the market weeks ago," George Chisholm, the pres ident of an investment firm, told the Canadian Press. Conservatives won 211 of the 282 seats in Parliament in Tues day's election, the most in Ca nadian history. The Liberals of Prime Minister John Turner were battered, emerging with 40 seats. The left-leaning New Dem ocrats won 30 seats and one inde pendent was elected. . . "It's an overwhelming majori ty, more than I ever imagined," said John Bulloch, president of the Canadian Federation of Inde pendent business. "It's a very exciting time." President Reagan called Mul roney from Chicago to offer con gratulations and "expressed his readiness to work closely with Mr. Mulroney to the mutual bene fit of both Canada and the United States," White House spokesman Larry Speakes reported. sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The bomb was in a green Re nault parked 80 yards from the home of Grand Mufti Hassan Khaled, Lebanon's chief Sunni Moslem leader. Police said it was detonated by remote control and estimated it contained 245 pounds of explosives. Hoss was on his way to pick up Khaled and the chief Shiite Mos lem religious leader, Sheik Mo hammed Mehdi Shamseddin, to accompany them to dawn prayers state news bkiefs • Thornburgh reshuffles administration HARRISBURG (AP) Gov. Dick Thornburgh, faced with the departure of some key members of his administration, yesterday announced a major reshuffling of the cabinet. The governor named Secretary of Labor and Industry Barry H. Stern to a new cabinet-level position of special assistant to the governor for government operations. James W. Knepper Jr., a former state lawmaker who is executive director of the Human Resources Committee, was nominated by Thornburgh to replace Stern. The governor also named Margaret A. Smith, the state's basic education commissioner, as acting secretary of education. Smith, 43, replaces Robert C. Wilburn, who left the cabinet to become chief executive officer of the Carnegie Institute and Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh. And David R. Runkel was appointed Thornburgh's press secre tary and director of communications to replace Paul W. Critch low, who has been one of the governor's closest advisers. Thornburgh's second and final term as governor ends in January 1987 and some of his top officers already have left the administration to take private-sector jobs. Democrats name Mellow chairman HARRISBURG (AP) Sen. Robert Mellow of Lackawanna County was appointed chairman of the statewide Democratic campaign organization, the party announced yesterday. Mellow will coordinate the state committee's activities for Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale's Pennsylva nia campaign as well as state, legislative and local campaigns. State chairman Edward Mezvinsky said he appointed the 41- year-old lawmaker because he possesses the necessary lead ership to rally the state behind the Democratic Party. Mellow said President Reagan's policies have hurt the state's steel and textile industries. "It is imperative that we elect Walter Mondale as president in November," he said. " . . . Pennsylvania deserves better lead ership." Teachers picket in 4 more states (AP) New strikes by teachers broke out in four states yesterday, raising the number of strikers to more than 10,000 and disrupting education for about 153,000 students nationwide. In Chicago and San Francisco, however, classes began as scheduled this year despite earlier threats of disruptions. One teacher picketing in Grand Rapids, Mich., where schools opened despite a strike by 1,800 educators, was slightly injured yesterday after being hit by a car, witnesses said. The teacher injured was struck by a car outside Ottawa Hills High School, witnesses said. She was treated at Blodgett Memori al Medical Center and released. No further details of the accident were available. The new strikes began yesterday in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsyl vania and New Jersey. All four states already had districts on strike. Walkouts also continued yesterday in Rhode Island, Louisiana and New York. nation news briefs Reagan may veto U.N. resolution WASHINGTON (AP) The Reagan administration would probably veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling on Israel to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon, a State Depart ment spokesman said yesterday. "Experience convinces us that a contentious Security Council debate on southern Lebanon is not likely to help Lebanon regain its full sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity," said spokesman John Hughes. Asked if that meant the United States would veto a resolution focusing on southern Lebanon, Hughes said, "it certainly seems to be the implication" of the U.S. position. ' Lebanon has asked the Security Council to call on Israel to withdraw from the southern portion of its country; and its request is currently being debated behind closed doors. However, it is widely assumed that Lebanon does not want to press the issue so far as to risk U.S. veto, and that it will therefore allow the debate to lapse without pressing for a vote on a resolution. Air Force One in need of makeover WASHINGTON (AP) A seal on a stove vent broke on Air Force One as President Reagan flew to Washington yesterday, forcing the pilot to drop altitude because of a loss of pressure. But an Air Force steward said neither the president nor any of the other 60 or so passengers was in any danger, and the aircraft landed safely about 20 minutes after the incident occurred. Deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes said Reagan "experienced some minor discomfokt. He could feel it in his ears, but no problems." world news briefs Pope urges Catholics to procreate VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope John Paul II yesterday warned that sometimes Roman Catholic couples must not even use the church-approved natural family planning method to limit the size of their families. During his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, the pontiff gave the eighth in a series of a dozen planned lectures aimed at reinforcing the church's ban on artificial birth control. "The use of infertile periods in married life can become the source of abuses if the couples seek in such a way to avoid without just reasons procreation, lowering procreation below the morally correct level of births for their family," the pontiff told a crowd of several thousand tourists and pilgrims. The pontiff said, "This level (of procreation) must be estab lished not only by taking into account the good of the family and the health and financial opportunities of the married spouses, but also the good of society they belong to and the good of the church and even all humanity." The only means of birth control currently approved by the Roman Catholic Church is what it calls natural family planning abstinence from sex during a woman's fertile period. Crews tally typhoon deaths at 830 (AP) Disaster crews pulled more bodies from the wreckage of Philippiness villages yesterday, raising to 830 the number of known dead from the worst typhoon to hit the Philippines in four decades. In Bangkok, Thailand, the Meteorological Department said Typhoon Ike swirled over the Chinese island of Hainan yesterday, 200 miles off the Vietnamese coast. It said the typhoon was moving northwest into the Gulf of Tonkin at 15 mph, carrying winds as high as 100 mph, and was expected to hit Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, today. The • typhoon battered central and southern islands in the Philippines last weekend and Monday with winds up to 115 mph. Local officials said the Philippines toll may rise as floods ebb and government workers restore communications in areas that have been isolated by the disaster. Surigao Del Norte province, 650 miles southeast of Manila, was hardest hit, with 565 dead, according to statistics released by provincial officials. On the island of Negros in the central Philippines, 101 people were killed, most of them drowned. The typhoon was the worst to hit the Philippines since 1947, according to Red Cross figures. About 200,000 people were homeless. [ Remember Grandparents Day • isle t tjr* State College Floral Shoppe We' can take care of your grandparents wherever they are 127 W. Beaver CIPIERIE'ITE 1:r:: CINEMA M=I7MIMMI BOLERO NIGHTLY: 7:45, 9:45 REVENGE OF THE NERDS R NIGHTLY: 8:00, 10:00 13EM!!=t2M=1 PURPLE RAIN R NIGHTLY: 8:00, 10:00 FLASHPOINT R NIGHTLY: 7:45, 9:45 GHOSTBUSTERS PG NIGHTLY: 8:00, 10:00 .mil ***************************** 4 ATTENTION I GET INVOLVED Meeting for all students who wish to help in the VOTER REGISTRTION DRIVE * -XThurs., Sept. 6, 8:30 Room 111- Forum * i r * If you cannot attend the meeting, call 863-0295 for info. lc. *****************************R- UNIVERSITY CALENDAR - Thursday, September 6 Board of Trustees meeting. Also Sept. 7. Cinematheque, Fellini: A Retrospective, Variety Lights, 7 and 9 p.m., HUB Assembly Room. Also Sept. 7. Gamma Sigma Sigma meeting, 6:30 p.m., Room 265 Willard. History Roundtable meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 119 Boucke. Alpha Phi Omega meeting, 8 p.m., Room 320, 321, 322 HUB. Interested in the future of Penn State? The Daily Collegian Thursday, Sept. 6, 1984-5
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