Soviet and Afghan troops
surround U.S. embassy
By BARRY SCHWEID
Associated Press Writer
HELSINKI, Finland A Soviet
soldier seeking refuge in the U.S.
Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, met
the Soviet ambassador yesterday in
the presence of American diplomats
and a U.S. Marine guard, the U.S.
State Department said.
Soviet and Afghan troops mean
while continued their siege of the
embassy, amidst reports that the
troops had mistreated an American
who tried to leave the compound,
according to U.S. diplomats in Isla
mabad, Pakistan.
The diplomats said power to the
embassy in the Afghan capital was
cut Saturday and security forces
were shining searchlights across the
building at night.
One person tried to leave and , was
"not treated gently," said an Ameri
can source, speaking yesterday on
condition he not be identified.
The embassy staff consists of about
12 people, including diplomats and
two or three U.S. Marine guards, and
does not live at the embassy.
A Western diplomat in Islamabad
said several Western embassies in
Islamabad were waiting for word
from their counterparts in Kabul on
the situation at the American mis
Penn State poised
to become No. 1
By CHRIS LINDSLEY
Collegian Sports Writer
During the Penn State-Boston
College football game Saturday,
perhaps the loudest cheer to rise
out of spacious Beaver Stadium
was the one following the an
nouncement that Ohio State was
beating No. 1 lowa.
The Hawkeyes did indeed fall to
No. 8 Ohio State 22-13, and coupled
with the Lions 16-12 victory over
the Eagles, 8-0 Penn State is now
left as a possible No. 1 in the wire
service polls.
The Lions, who were No. 2 be
hind lowa in the United Press
International poll, also known as
the coaches poll, are almost cer
tain to take over the top spot there.
In the Associated Press, or writers
poll, however, No. 2 Florida looks
to be the• top choice, with Penn
State coming in a close second.
Florida, however, is ineligible
for post-season play because they
are on National Collegiate Athletic
Association probation, meaning
the Lions would really be the No. 1
team at the present time in both
polls as far as bowl games are
concerned.
Penn State Head Coach Joe Pa
terno has said all season that he
doesn't even know where his team
is ranked, that the polls are only
important at the end of the season.
And linebacker Rogers Alexander,
for one, feels the same way.
"It's nice to be recognized by the
polls as being No. 1," Alexander
said yesterday, "but at this point
in time it really makes no differ
ence whether we're No. 1 or 20.
It's nice in that we can say we're
No. 1 at some point in the season,
but we're not going to be satisfied
with that."
Penn State still has to face Cin
cinnati, Notre Dame and Pitts
burgh before bowl bids will be
announced Nov. 23 at 6 p.m., and
the Lions know a loss between now
and then will virtually knock them
out of the race for No. 1.
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sion. Other Western diplomats might
try to take food to the embassy if the
blockade continues, the diplomat
said.
U.S. State Department officials
said protests have been lodged with
Soviet and Afghan authorities in Ka
bul and with Soviet officials in Wash
ington and Moscow over the
"intimidation" attempt.
The Soviet soldier entered the U.S.
Embassy gates Friday as another
person was leaving, U.S. officials
said.
U.S. officials said the man, identi
fied only as a 19-year Soviet private,
had been on guard duty at Radio
Kabul near the embassy. He seemed
confused, saying at first that he
wanted to go home and was tired of
the war.
The soldier met Soviet Ambassador
Fikryat A. Tabeev at 3 p.m. in the
U.S. Embassy in the presence of the
U.S. charge d'affairs, Edward Hur
witz.
"The meeting was held at the sol
dier's request," according to a
statement distributed to reporters
traveling with Secretary of State
George P. Shultz.
"The upshot of the meeting was
that the Soviet soldier has asked for
more time to think over any decision
he may take. A second meeting has
Being at or near the top of the
polls gives Penn State opponents
that much more incentive to do
well against the Lions, something
Alexander said makes it more
difficult to keep winning._
"When you're undefeated each
game becomes that much more
pressurized, because of the fact
that you haven't been beaten,"
Alexander said. "And the teams
that we play the rest of the season
aren't going to be easy teams, so
we've got our work cut out for us."
But center Keith Radecic said
with all the publicity surrounding
a No. 1 team, it's hard not to get
caught up in it.
"I think it's always in the back
of everybody's mind," Radecic
said. "Any collegiate team has the
goal to be No. 1, but we can't let it
overwhelm us."
Although the Lions are 8-0,
they've won only one game by
more than seven points (27-0
against West Virginia Oct. 25 at
Beaver Stadium), leaving doubt
as to whether their play justifies
such a high ranking.
Only three Division I-A schools,
Penn State, Air Force and Bowling
Green, remain undefeated and
untied at this point in the season,
however, and tailback D.J. Dozier
said that statistic speaks for itself.
"We're undefeated, we haven't
been beaten," Dozier said, "so
why shouldn't we be ranked in the
top five?"
And although Paterno claims
not to have seen the polls, Radecic
said the Lions' position in the
rankings seems to have a direct
affect on how tough their practice
is.
"Tuesday is probably the hard
est day of practice for us," Radec
ic said, "and I think as we get
higher in the polls, Joe gets harder
and harder in practice. Everybody
turns to that page first, saying
'Oh, what are we ranked,' and it's
nice to be nationally ranked, espe
cially this high this week, but we
can't let it overwhelm us."
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been set for tomorrow (Monday)
morning at the U.S. Embassy," said
the statement.
The statement said Hurwitz re
minded the soldier several times he
could "terminate the discussion at
any point and resume it at a later
date,"
Rep. Dan Mica, D-Fla., said he was
told during a briefing with the State
Department yesterday morning that
the "Soviet ambassador indicated a
willingness to let the soldier return to
the Soviet Union without facing any
charges, if he chose to do so."
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Beam Hall group considers relocation gripes
By GREGG BORTZ
Collegian Staff Writer
The Beam Hall Conversion Committee will meet
this afternoon to reconsider its original decision to
relocate several North Halls interest houses be
cause of negative student reaction and suggestions
from residents, said the director of Residence Hall.
Programs.
Gail Hurley said she and other members of the
committee heard complaints and concerns from
residents of interest houses in a meeting last
Tuesday, and decided to reconvene today to con
sider the students' input and possibly make adjust
ments in their decision.
"We're going to take another look at everything
that was suggested," Hurley said. "We may
change some things, but we could also stick to our
original decision."
Five interest houses must be moved with the
conversion of Beam Hall from a residence hall into
an office building. The offices are planned to be
occupied by the fall of next year.
Michelle Armstrong, president of the North
Halls Association of Students, said this meeting
might produce some minor adjustments of the
decision, but any major changes are doubtful.
"There's room for improvement, but there will
probably not be any fundamental changes," she
said.
Many residents of the International Languages
House and the Social and Self Awareness House,
which the committee decided to relocate to Beaver
Hall, are upset because they do not believe the
U.S. calls for arms ceiling
By BARRY SCHWEID
AP Diplomatic Writer
HELSINKI, Finland The United States has pro
posed a ceiling on American and Soviet strategic
bombers and a freeze on nuclear missiles in Europe as
part of a new arms control accord with Moscow, a
senior U.S. official said yesterday.
Other key elements of the package now before Soviet
negotiators in Geneva include a ceiling of 3,000 on long
range nuclear warheads and no limits on submarine
launched cruise missiles.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
said there is "compromise" in President Reagan's
proposal to overcome what he described as "hookers"
snares in the plan Soviet leader Mikhail S.
Gorbachev submitted five weeks ago.
For instance, the ceiling of 3,000 on intercontinental
ballistic missile warheads is 500 higher than the initial
U.S. position in the Geneva negotiations. It would allow
the Soviets to retain more of their land-based missile
arsenal, the heart of Soviet nuclear strength.
Gorbachev called for a 3,600 limit on warheads on
strategic ground missiles, bombers and nuclear sub
marines.
The U.S. official said that if the Soviets accepted the
American package deal, there would be no mobile
Soviet strategic missiles or any new heavy interconti
nental ballistic missiles added to the superpowers'
arsenals.
This would presumably prompt the United States, in
return, to scuttle the single warhead Midget Man,
which has stirred complaints by some members of
Congress. The Soviet SS-24 missile and SS-25 mobile
missile are much more advanced than the Midget Man,
which is still on drawing broad.
But the outlook for an early agreement appears dim.
committee took their needs into consideration in
their initial decision.
Saundra Reichel, housing chairperson of the
International Languages House in Beam Hall, said
residents of the interest house are upset by the
committee's decision to separate male and female
residents by floors due to the unequal size of wings
in Beaver Hall.
"Being separated is going to destroy floor unity,
which is essential in our house because we need
conversation and interaction for it to be success
ful," she said.
Reichel said the Interest House Council, a group
of representatives from each house, initially pro
posed converting all of North Halls into interest
houses, but the committee rejected the idea be
cause they want independents in the area. She said
moving to Beaver Hall was their second choice,
but there was no mention that if they moved there,
they would be "stacked."
"We've been compromising all along, but (the
committee) hasn't compromised with us once,"
she said.
Andrew Winters, coordinator of interest houses
and a member of the conversion committee, said
the committee "made every attempt to take the
(Interest House Council's) proposal into consider
ation."
Hurley said the committee "never made any
promises about anything."
She said the committee considered many possi
bilities and "chose the one that made the best
sense."
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Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who is expected to
discuss prospects for an accord during two days of
talks in Moscow beginning Monday, told reporters the
two sides remain "quite a distance apart."
The main stumbling block is a Soviet demand for a
"total ban" on all arms in space. The senior official
said Moscow's definition encompasses all U.S. at
tempts "to counter objects in space." It is aimed at
stopping Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, which
envisages using futuristic technology in space to inter
cept and destroy attacking missiles.
The Soviets say the program, known popularly as
"Star Wars," would extend the arms competition to a
dangerous, new frontier.
After a rest stop here, Shultz leaves for Moscow
Monday morning to discuss preparations for the Nov.
19-20 Reagan-Gorbachev summit meeting with For
eign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze and Gorba
chev.
The ceiling on heavy bombers proposed by Reagan is
350, the official said. They could carry up to 1,500 air
launched cruise missiles. By U.S. count, the Soviets
now have 375 Backfires, Bisons and Bears. The United
States has 263 B-525.
Gorbachev's call for a total of 6,000 nuclear
"charges" lumped bombers in with all kinds of nuclear
weapons, from potent globe-girdling missiles to mines.
American and Soviet intermediate-range missiles in
Europe, meanwhile, would be frozen at 140 under the
U.S. proposal. This would require a reduction of 103
Soviet SS-20 missiles and no reductions by the United
States in the Pershing 2 and cruise missiles deployed
among NATO allies.
The U.S. quota would include 108 Pershing 2 ballistic
missiles and 32 low-flying, pilotless cruises. But, the
official said, U.S. negotiators were prepared to "dis
cuss the mix" with the Soviets.
Awareness House in Leete Hall, said she and the
residents in her house were unclear whether the
committee's initial decision, outlined in a memo to
interest house residents two weeks ago, was a final
decision.
"The memo from the committee was very
vague," she said, adding that "most of (the
residents) thought the decisions were just recom
mendations."
Hurley said the decisions were originally in
tended to be final.
Patty Martin, president of the Association of
Residence Hall Students and a member of the
committee, said the committee must reach a final
decision and notify all residents by Dec. 14 accord
ing to University policy concerning displacement.
She said she considered the decision final, but the
committee would reconvene before then if nec
essary.
"If there is'a serious problem with the move or
(the residents) have a strong enough argument to
stay, of course we will try to work something out,"
Martin said.
Winters said: "It was inevitable that someone
was going to be disappointed given the options of
the proposal."
Emily Robert, a resident of the SSA house, said
many residents of the house do not intend to move
to Beaver Hall next year if the house is relocated
there.
"The general consensus of the floor is that
nobody wants to go," she said.
"We can understand why some of the houses had
to move, but there's no reason for us to have to
move out of North (Halls)," she said.
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