state/nation/world Reagan celebrates, praises Penn State dinal John Krol. He praised the Pauline fathers for choosing the location, noting DOYLESTOWN Thou- that it was not far from Philadel sands of Polish Americans, many phia. _ . By LEE LINDER Associated Press Writer wearing the colorful garb of the Reagan reserved part of his old country, gathered yesterday at speech for praising Pennsylvania their annual festival to sing, and Republican Gov. Thornburgh. dance, eat traditional foods and "Your governor's Ben Franklin see President Reagan cam- Partnership Prorgam is a model paigning for ethnic votes. for America," the president said. Father Lucius Tyrasinski had "You can be proud that your asked the President in a letter last state government, the business July to make a non-political visit. community and many of your fine It all happened at the windup of universities like the University the week-long celebration at the City Science Center, Pennsylva- National Shrine of Our Lady of nia, Penn State, Lehigh, Bucknell, Czestochowa, which houses a Lafayette, Carnegie-Mellon, Uni painting called the "Black Madon- versity of Pittsburgh, and others na." are working in harmony to Reagan was greeted by Gov. spark technological growth and Dick Thornburgh, who joined Car- create secure jobs for the future." Meese withdrawn from nomination WASHINGTON (AP) Presi dent Reagan's nomination of Ed win Meese 111 as attorney general was removed from Senate consid eration Friday, but the president said that barring the unexpected he will resubmit Meese's name next year. Edwin Meese I!! "I have not seen the report yet," the president told reporters as he left the White House to spend the weekend at Camp David, Md. "But barring anything unforeseen and I don't expect anything of that kind I have not changed my mind about him." The removal of the nomination from Senate consideration effecti vely postponed Meese's chances of becoming the nation's top law enforcement official until a possi ble second Reagan term. Reagan said he understood the delay because of "the crowded agenda they have with regard to the election and I don't think there is anything unusual about that at all." Asked flat out if he would resub mit his counselor's nomination if he wins re-election on Nov. 6, the president said, "yes, yes." Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Strom Thurmond, R- S.C., stripped the nomination from his panel's agenda for the rest of the congressional session to avoid election-year politics, an aide an nounced. U.S., Soviet relations at 'low' LONDON Relations between the United States I have to believe that if we can persuade the and the Soviet Union have dropped "to the lowest Soviet Union to join in reducing those weapons, point in their history" and President Reagan is perhaps we can all see the wisdom of not only trying to delude the world by saying he wants reducing but eliminating. I don't think the world talks with Moscow and nuclear disarmament, should have to live with this great threat hanging the official Soviet news agency Tass said yester- over it," the president was quoted assaying. day. "We must and will engage the Soviet Union in "The words of the White House chief are belied dialogue as serious and constructive as the by his practical deeds," Tass political news Soviet leader permit," the newspaper quoted the analyst Anatoly Krasikov said in a commentary president as saying. The newspaper quoted Rea on an interview with Reagan published by Lon- gan as saying, "a nuclear war cannot be won and don's Sunday Times newspaper. must never be fought." Asked by the newspaper what his top foreign However, Tass said Reagan was trying "for policy objective in a second term would be, the umpteenth time to delude the world public." Reagan was quoted as saying: Tass released its commentary in London, but "Well, it has to be peace and it has to be not in Moscow. Krasikov accused the Reagan reduced arms, particularly in the strategic field. administration of doing "a good deal to disorga- II • • MI II Shames traine d f or suici d e attac k s By MONA ZIADE automobile into an Israeli armored ple. South Lebanon is mainly inhab- complain again to the United Na- Associated Press Writer personnel carrier on June 16. ited by Shiites. They fought with the tions about Israel after the United Israel said at the time that five Palestine Liberation Organization States last week used its veto power BEIRUT, Lebanon Shiite Mos- Israeli soldiers were - wounded, but against Israel in 1982. to, kill a resolution on Israeli poli lem leader Nabih Berri, a leading local reporters and Lebanese police Berri spoke at a Shiite rally held cies in south Lebanon. figure in Lebanon's national coali- sources said some soldiers were in Beirut's southern suburb of Hay "We should escalate the attacks tion Cabinet, said yesterday that killed. Fahs, who was 20, has since el-Sellum to commemorate "mar until Israel goes to the United Na more than 50 young Lebanese are been eulogized as the "bridegroom tryrs" who died during the Septem- . bons to complain. We achieve victo trained and ready for suicide at- of south Lebanon." His pictures fill ber 1983 round of civil war in ry only after Israel complains," he tacks against Israel's occupation the streets of Shiite Moslem-inhab- Lebanon. said. forces in south Lebanon. ited parts of Lebanon. Young Shiite male and female The justice minister, who also "We shall blow them up and blow fighters, some carrying AK-47 as- On Thursday, the United States serves as minister of state for south ourselves up with them," said Berri sault rifles and some waving their vetoed a resolution at the Security Lebanon in the Syrian-backed Cab- of the Israelis, who have occupied fists, applauded and chanted "Allah Council calling for a change in inet, said, "I challenge Israel to 'south Lebanon since invading it in akbar!," God is great, as Berri Israeli occupation policy in south 'remain in south Lebanon .. . I have 1982. spoke and invited all Lebanese to Lebanon, saying it was one-sided begun issuing orders to more than The invasion radicalized the join "the path of martyrdom to and failed to mention the problems 50 young men like Bilal Fahs," who Shiite majority, who make up 1.2 liberate south Lebanon." in Syrian-controlled parts of Leb crashed his bomb-laden Mercedes million of Lebanon's 4 million peo- Berri said Lebanon should not anon. Labor Party s left wing votes to leave JERUSALEM The Labor Party's left wing Citizen's Rights Movement, which also has split down "at the moment when this government has voted yesterday to leave the party over the from Labor and joined the opposition. to make a substantial decision," such as any new decision to form a joint government with Likud Mapam and Sarid's decisions will reduce Le- initiative on the Middle East peace process. and give Ariel Sharon, Likud's controversial bor's parliamentary strength from 44 to 37 seats, Prime Minister-designate Shimon Peres said former defense minister, a senior Cabinet post. against 41 for the Likud bloc. But Labor was after a meeting of the Labor Party's central Victor Shem-Tov, secretary-general of the hoping to form a new alliance with the three-seat committee that he had received letters and leftist Mapam faction, said in a telephone inter- Yahad party and independent Yigal Hurwitz, telegrams from many party members asking view that the Mapam central committee voted restoring it to parity with Likud. him to pull out of his planned coalition with 400-7 to break the alliance with Labor after the Shem-Tov told The Associated Press that Ma- Likud. national unity government is presented to the pam decided to vote against the Labor-Likud But Israel television reported later that despite Israeli Knesset, or parliament. Mapam will join administration because "this government will be the promised walkouts from his party, Peres the opposition. a very strange creature, a monster with two would sign the coalition agreement with outgoing Mapam's vote followed the announcement by heads in which both parties will be able to veto Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir on Wednesday, maverick Labor Party member Yossi Sarid that the other." following final party meetings to approve the he was quitting Labor and joining the dovish He predicted the arrangement would break coalition. The Daily Collegian Monday, Sept 10, 1984 Hijacked Iranian hostages freed By MOHAMMED SALAM Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq An Iranian police officer and a man accom panied by his wife and two young sons hijacked an Iran Air Boeing 727 and freed their 71 hostages at a southern Iraqi military airbase after being granted political asy lum. The leader of the hijackers said they were monarchists opposed to the Islamic Republic of Ayatol lah Ruhollah Khomeini. reliable Iraqi official, who spoke on condition he remain anonymous, said 71 hostages were released. Forty-five passen gers escaped during an earlier stop to evacuate a supposedly wounded crewman in Cairo, Egypt, according to Iraqi sources. However, Egyptian re ports said 52 .people escaped in Cairo. The Iraqi official also said one of the passengers gave birth on yesterday after the jet entered Iraqi airspace. The airliner, seized on a domestic flight Satur day, was the third Iranian pas senger plane hijacked in the past month. Iraq has been at war with Iran for almost four years and Iraqi officials have provided asylum to Iranians opposed to Khomeini's regime. The leader of the hijackers, speaking to reporters at Baghdad Airport, identified himself as po lice First Lt. Toufan. He said he and his friend Ferwez, and his friend's unidentified wife were followers of former Iranian Pre mier Shahpour Bakhtiar. Bakhtiar was the last prime minister appointed by the shah before he was deposed. nize and even destroy what was achieved by its predecessors" on U.S.-Soviet relations. Reagan was insisting that the United States talk to the Soviet Union from a position of strength, he said. The United States and the Soviet Union can only talk as equals. "Mr. Reagan has convinced himself, and many Americans as well, that the U.S„ can and must talk with the Soviet Union only from positions of strength. And now he is surprised that there has been no talk with the Soviet Union," Krasikov said. The Soviets "will never permit U.S. military superiority, will not permit any violation of the principle of equality and equal security, once recognized by Washington but today rejected by it," he said. state news briefs Pittsburgh puts a freeze on hiring PITTSBURGH (AP) The city of Pittsburgh has frozen its hiring until a taxpayers' suit that could force up to $3l million in spending cuts is decided. "Why should we bring on a lot of new people when, if the decision is not favorable, we'd just have to lay them off again," Mayor Richard Caliguiri said recently. "We'll continue to recruit, we'll continue to test and we'll continue to interview prospective applicants. We just won't take the final step of hiring them," said David Matter, the mayor's eecutive secretary. Two city taxpayers sued the city last month, charging its 2.5 percent wage tax and 1.5 percent deed transfer tax are higher than state law allows. The plaintiffs are asking for a rebate of the allegedly overpaid taxes dating back to 1979. ' . The city has asked the state Supreme Court to rule in the case. Contract talks set for area schools (AP) Contract talks have been scheduled in the York, South Fayette and Tulpehocken school districts, where teachers re mained on strike Saturday, but no developments were reported in the strike in the New Castle district. Classes are scheduled to resume today in the Donegal and Hempfield school districts in Lancaster County, where contracts were approved. Talks are scheduled for today in the South Fayette district of Allegheny County, where school superintendent Joel Carr said classes for 100 seniors will be taught next week by administrators and "other certified personnel." In York, a state mediator announced a new negotiating session for tomorrow morning. District spokesman David E. Kochik said he was optimistic about the situation. But Paul Ritchey, president of the York City Education Associa tion said, "I'm not overly optimistic, but we are ready and willing to negotiate." In the Tulpehocken district in Berks County, a state mediator has scheduled a negotiating session for tomorrow night, said board negotiator Paul Kilar. No progress and no talks were reported in the dispute in New Castle, Lawrence County. Student has heart attack after race EASTON (AP) A 19-year-old college student was listed in critical condition at a hospital Saturday after collapsing on a track following a race during an intramural track event, officials said. Robert Benning, a junior at Lafayette College, was in the intensive care unit at Easton Hospital on Saturday. Benning of Edison, N.J., was running the second leg of an 880- meter relay when he collapsed Thursday, police said. He had suffered an apparent heart attack and tests were being taken to determine why, said a hospital spokeswoman who refused to identify herself. Pat Facciponti, director of public information at the college, said• Benning passed a physical examination required for students who participate in intramural sports. nation news briefs AID victims barred from classroom MIAMI (AP) A set of Haitian triplets will be barred from attending public kindergarten classes because the 4-year-olds show early symptoms of the often-fatal acquired immune defi ciency syndrome, according to a report published yesterday. Dade" County school officials told The Orlando Sentinel that they feared that the unidentified triplets could infect their classmates. Bob Adams, health coordinator for the school system, said his superiors decided, "Let's not take a chance." Eight children in Florida have been found to have AIDS, which affects the body's disease-fighting capabilities. But many more, including the triplets, have its forerunner, called AIDS-related complex, which results in a depressed immune system, the newspaper said, The triplets, apparently infected in the womb, do not have the telltale "opportunistic infections" associated with AIDS, which their mother suffers, according to the report. Execution scheduled in Louisiana ANGOLA, La. (AP) His appeals exhausted yesterday, a man convicted of murdering an 85-year-old blind woman was "in good spirits" and "prepared" to die early today in Louisiana's electric chair, Frank Blackburn, the prison warden said. Timothy Baldwin has seen seven execution dates pass since he was convicted in the 1978 slaying, and an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court failed yesterday when the court voted 7-2 to cleir the way for his execution, expected to occur between 12 and 3 a.m. EST. The 46-year-old itinerant laborer was convicted of first-degree murder in the April 1978 death of Mary James Peters of West Monroe, a former neighbor who was godmother of Baldwin's youngest son. Peters was beaten with a wooden stool, a small television set, a telephone and an iron skillet. Two bank bags belonging to the victim were found in Baldwin's van when police arrested him in El Dorado, Ark., and police said his fingerprints were in her ransacked home. Peace talks fail in British coal strike EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) As Britain's coal strike en tered its 27th week, miners' leaders and coal industry chiefs gathered yesterday for the first peace talks in seven weeks. Neither side, however, showed any sign of compromise. National Coal Board chief lan MacGregor, clowning for photog raphers by peeping out from behind a plastic bag held in front of his face, arrived at a hotel outside Edinburgh 2 1 / 2 hours before the start of the meeting with miners' leader Arthur Scargill. MacGre gor grinned, but made no comment. Both sides had tried to keep the venue secret after a week of increasing hostility in public statements between the leftist leader of the 183,000 -strong National Union of Mineworkers and the Scots-born American executive who heads the state-run coal industry. Both MacGregor and Scargill had vowed not to budge over the crux of the dispute the coal board's plans to close 20 money losing pits and get rid of 20,000 jobs in the industry, which loses $1.3 billion a year. The strike led to two supporting dock walkouts this summer. Flock of birds causes plane crash WIESBADEN, West Germany (AP) A twin-engine U.S. Army reconnaissance plane crashed after flying into a flock of birds shortly after take-off Saturday, injuring two crew members who ejected, the military said. Several of the birds were sucked into one engine, causing loss of power and forcing the crew to eject at an altitude of about 100 feet, the Army statement said. The RV-1D Mohawk aircraft, part of the Ist Military Intellie gnce Battalion, crashed near a highway after taking off from the Wiesbaden Army airfield shortly after 8 a.m., the statement said. The two crew members, who were not identified, were hospital ized in the Army's regional medical center at Wiesbaden. An Army spokesman, contacted by telephone, said he did not know their condition. All Interested Students Are Invited Career Planning for English Majors Wednesday, September 12 7-8 p.m 121 Sparks Building t9l ~'. (RE %. . KEEP Up Willi WORTS. REAd THE Daly COLLEGIAN. tu t ATTENTION! Ac =l4, A Important Pre-Vet Club meeting. 1 1 ; 1 2 v Dr. Dave Morrow will be speaking on • a ki veterinary education at the University of 4, - , Michigan on Monday, Sept. 10 at 7:00 p.m. in sk vh 111 Henning Building. ,-0- 4, 1 0 i Good turn out appreciated. it * it Free refreshments will be supplied. R2ll ro ti ie .145v404:14N-2.4N4,400~,epega.ceemw74.4.44cw.14-3.~.0 e. 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