state/nation/world Filipino rebels threaten to halt truce By ROBERT H. REID Associated Press Writer MANILA, Philippines Negotiators for Com munist rebels insisted yesterday that U.S. bases here be closed. They also pressed their challenge of the military’s right to patrol and seize arms, threatening to delay this week’s scheduled truce. The government-run Philippine News Agency said the military was concerned over “mounting rebel atrocities in various parts of the country” before the cease-fire, which is to begin tomorrow. Armed forces spokesman Col. Honesto Isleta said two helicopter gunshlps were sent yesterday to Abra province of northern Luzon to help troops fight off about 200 Communist rebels besieging an army patrol there. The Philippine News Agency said at least two soldiers were killed and seven wounded in “two major attacks” and three ambushes on Luzon Island Sunday. Government peace negotiator Teofisto Guingo na said he would seek a meeting with his rebel counterparts to resolve a dispute centering on conditions under which the army can keep up Managua denies air raids By FILADELFO ALEMAN Associated Press Writer MANAGUA, Nicaragua The Sandinista government denied yes terday that its troops made a raid into Honduras and claimed seven Nicara guan soldiers were killed and 12 peo ple were wounded in air raids inside Nicaragua by enemy warplanes. Foreign Minister Miguel d’Escotc and other officials of the leftist gov ernment denied claims by the Hondu ran government that Nicaraguan troops had penetrated Honduran ter ritory over the weekend and burned three abandoned border villages. Instead, D’Escoto told a news con ference Sunday that American war planes ‘coming from bases in Honduras bombed two Nicaraguan border villages, but when challenged to provide proof that they were U.S. warplanes he sidestepped the issue. • “I said that everything indicates that the United States for many years has been carrying out a war against Nicaragua,” he said. “It is not Hon duras. It is a war that, although not officially declared, is being carried out by the United States.” Michael O’Brien, a spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa,the Honduran capital, called D’Escoto’s charge “completely false.” He said it was “obviously another example of Sandinista disinformation.” The Honduran military issued a statement saying about 20 of its planes bombed and strafed a Nicara guan force of about 700 troopers as they were withdrawing from Hondu ran territory and returning to their homeland. • Although D’Escoto had spoke of American planes, a statement from the Nicaraguan Defense Ministry early yesterday dropped all mention of U.S. aircraft and said five unidenti fied planes flying in from Honduran territory bombed two villages Sunday afternoon. It said three planes attacked the village of Murra, 119 miles north of Managua, killing seven Sandinista soldiers and wounding nine. It said two more planes then attacked Wiwi li, another village nine miles south east of Murra, wounding one soldier and two children. Sunday’s clash was the most se rious in a series of incidents along the border between the two countries. U.S.-supported Nicaraguan rebels, known as Contras, have been fighting for more than four years to overthrow the Sandinistas.'Many of the rebels operate from base camps on the Honduran side of the border. Last week, President Daniel Orte ga accused the Reagan administra tion of “heating up a conflict between Honduras and Nicaragua to detract the attention of American public opin ion from the scandal caused by the secret sale of arms to Iran and divert ing the proceeds to the Contras.” Ortega claimed last week that Sandinista military positions on the Nicaraguan side were shelled by 105 mm artillery from the Honduran side of the border by Honduran troops airlifted to the frontier by the United States. The U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa denied that accusation. Ortega at that time demanded that Honduras force the Contras out of its territory and said U.S. troops in the area “could create a situation that could culminate in an intervention by American troops against Nicara gua.” Sunday night, the Sandinista gov ernment proposed that Honduras ask U.N. General-Secretary Javier Perez de Cuellar to send immediately a special commission to inspect the border area. Foreign Ministry officials said they had not received any response from the Honduran government. patrols and weapons seizures during the cease fire. He said he and Defense Minister Rafael Ileto reached an understanding on the issue, but he refused to give details until he met the rebels. At a breakfast meeting with reporters, three officials of the Communist-led National Democrat ic Front, which negotiated the Nov. 27 cease-fire pact on behalf of the rebels, said they stood fast in opposing the U.S. bases. They also objected to statements by Chief of Staff Gen. Fidel V. Ramos that the military would continue patrols in rebel areas during the cease fire in the 17-year-old Communist insurgency and would arrest anyone carrying unregistered weap ons. The status of the U.S. military installations at Clark Air Base north of Manila and Subic Naval Base northwest of the capital is among "substan tive issues” to be taken up during a second stage of negotiations to begin once the truce takes effect. About 40,000 troops, U.S. civilians and depen dents are at the bases, the largest U.S. bases outside the United States. National Democratic Front official Bobby Ma- Capitol movement: Pennsylvania reps for desirable office-space By JEFF BARKER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pennsyl vania congressmen weigh the chance of a spectacular view and bigger space with the cost of mov ing their office as the House’s room assignment lottery winds to a close this week. The lottery has been compared to the NFL draft because of the ad vance scouting and gamesmanship that accompany it. Before the raffle is held, teams of aides are dis patched by lawmakers to size up available offices. “People were trooping in here like you wouldn’t beleve,” said Ted Piccone, an aide to Rep. Bob Ed gar, D-Delaware County. “Sometimes, one or two would come in and then they would come back with four or five of them. We counted one day when 19 different parties came in.” Edgar, ending his sixth term, passed up seeking re-election to run for the U.S. Senate and was defeat ed by incumbent Arlen Specter. Edgar’s three-room Rayburn Building office was considered de sirable because of its size. The office, No. 2352, was claimed by Rep. Toby Roth, a Wisconsin Re publican. “We get GOO extra square feet compared to what we have now,” said Roth aide Tom Springer. The one drawback to the office, Springer said, was its location in an in raffle out-of-the-way corridor on the third floor. The first time the congress man went to inspect his new digs, he got lost. “We’ll have to tell constituents to leave an hour earlier when they visit,” Springer said. Pennsylvania’s 23 congressmen live in three buildings Rayburn, Cannon and Longworth. All are connected to the Capitol by an un derground subway system. The office selection system, like so many other things in Congress, is based on seniority. The longest serving members drawing the low est lottery numbers get the first crack at the offices of defeated or retiring colleagues. In turn, the senior members’ offices are tossed into the pool for the next class of representatives. Lawmakers often choose offices near the hearing rooms of their committees for convenience. But to impress constituents, nothing beats a Capitol view. “It’s really spectacular, especial ly at night,” said aide Ken Nakamu ra of the postcard-perfect view that his boss, Michigan Republican Rep. William Broomfield, has of the Ca pitol dome. No congressman is forced to give up an existing office, and many find it easier to stay. Democratic Rep. Austin Murphy of Washington County drew No. l in the lottery for lawmakers elected in 1976. The office of departing Loui siana Republican Henson Moore lay-.Ocampo said the bases “will have to go” eventually because “they are the cornerstone of American control, and domination of the Phil ippines.” Front spokesman Antonio Zumel called the bases “an affront to .. . (Philippine) indepen dence and sovereignty.” The lease on the bases expires in 1991. President Corazon Aquino has refused to say if she will support any extension. Ocampo said the two sides will have to decide during second-stage negotiations how to achieve “a common objective of establishing our true independence from the military presence of Amer ican power.” He said in reference to Ramos’ statement on patrols and arms seizures that “unless the politi cal leadership clarifies or revokes this supposed policy statement... we are afraid the cease-fire might not go into effect by Dec. 10... or that there would be violations very soon.” The truce accord bans “hostile acts” but lets the army continue “peace-keeping functions ... to ensure the safety of the civilian populace.” possessed a lovely view of Capitol Hill, but Murphy decided to stay put. Another factor in deciding not to move is the cost. It can amount to as much as $5,000, including hook ing up telephones. The money comes out of the office budget. The prospect of the expenses, plus drawing a high lottery number, helped four-term Republican Rep. William Clinger of Warren County Jim Wright 6 killed during riots over news article By EILEEN ALT POWELL Associated Press Writer NEW DELHI, India - Moslems offended by a newspaper article they considered an insult to the Prophet Mohammed rioted in several south ern cities yesterday. Six people were shot to death by police who tried to disperse the mobs. The two-day death toll was 17 as rioting that began Sunday in Banga lore spread to several other cities in Karnataka state, state-run radio re ported. Scores of people were injured in the clashes, including more than 30 po j licemen, the radio and United News of India said. The article which triggered the violence, published in the English language Deccan Herald, was about a mentally handicapped youth named Mohammed and was printed below a headline that included the words “Idi ot Mohammed.” Islam’s prophet Mo hammed was mentioned in the story. State radio said the newspaper’s editor, M.P. Yeshwant Kumar, and its publisher were arrested yesterday and charged with promoting commu nal enmity, but they were freed on bail. An apology from the newspaper was broadcast by radio and television Sunday. The violence continued for a second day in Bangalore and spread to the First lady denies dispute By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. Nancy Reagan acknowledged yesterday that she and President Reagan disagree sometimes, but denied that she and her husband quarreled over whether chief of staff Donald T. Regan should be fired and that her husband told her to “get off my goddamn back.” Nancy Reagan, leading a press corps tour of the White Iloqse Christmas decorations, was asked about the report that had appeared over the weekend in the Washington Post. Asked whether the president had made such a remark, Reagan shook her head and replied sternly, “No.” Pressed by reporters on whether the couple had disagreed over wheth er the president should fire Regan because of the controversy over the sale of arms to Iran and the diversion of funds to the Contras, she again replied in the negative. “We disagree sometimes; every body disagrees,” said Reagan, who is regarded by White House insiders as having great influence over the presi dent’s personnel decisions. She told reporters that she had watched “five minutes” of Secretary of State George Shultz’s testimony earlier in the morning before the House Foreign Affairs Committee decide not to move even though his office has a view of ventilators in the Longworth courtyard. The lottery for congressmen elected in 1984 was scheduled for later this week, meaning Demo cratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Lu zerne County had to wait to see if he draws a number low enough to make leaving his office high atop the Longworth Building worth while. The Daily Collegian Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1986 ancient temple city of Mysore, 80 miles to the southwest, and Kolar, 48 miles to the northeast. Five people were killed and eight were injured, including two po licemen, when police fired to disperse angry mobs thatset fire to five shops and three rickshaws in Mysore, the United News of India reported. The news agency said the shooting started after tear-gas canisters and charges by police with wooden batons failed to disperse the crowds. A government bus and a newspaper delivery van were set on fire in Kolar, UNI reported. The van’s driver and his assistant were injured by stones thrown from the crowd, it said. The disturbances in Bangalore in cluded attacks on police by protesters throwing gas bombs, soda bottles and rocks. One person died when police fired after tear gas failed to disperse the crowds. Two other people were hospitalized in serious condition. Eleven deaths were reported in Bangalore, the state capital, on Sun day, when more than 6,000 Moslems armed with iron rods, sticks, gasoline bombs and bottles took to the streets to protest the newspaper article. The rioting in southern India came a week after clashes in New Delhi between Hindus and Sikhs. Hindus rampaged for two days to protest the killing of 24 Hindu bus passengers by Sikh extremists in Punjab state Nov. 30. and that she thought his performance was “very good.” As reporters continued to question her, she entreated, “No, now come on, this is Christmas.” The first lady, dressed in a Christmas red satin blouse and wool skirt, tried to turn the press corps’ attention to the new Christmas deco rations in the state rooms of the White House, brilliantly arrayed with ever green boughs, holly, poinsettas and bedecked Christmas trees. The White House had issued a statement from the president himself over the weekend also denying that the two had had a tiff or that the first lady had pushed for Regan’s remov al. “There is no truth to it either the quote or anything else. There is just no truth to it,” White House spokes man Dan Howard quoted the presi dent as saying. The first lady, asked about the president’s mood while dealing with the controversy, responded, “Fine. He is fine.” Queried whether the president scheduled to meet hundreds of mem bers of the press corps during two White House Christmas parties this week still held the view that the media was acting like “sharks cir cling,” she smiled and said Reagan was looking forward to the parties. Jim Wright new speaker By STEVEN KONIAROW Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C. House Democrats on yesterday selected Jim Wright of Texas, their ma jority leader for the past decade, to become the chamber’s 48th speaker. Wright accepted the unani mous nomination of his party colleagues with a promise to quickly move a legislative agen da that will include but not be dominated by investigation of the Reagan administration’s Iran arms sales. Democrats “hope to demon strate to the American peo ple. .. that we Democrats have our act together, and that we can govern,” Wright said. The speaker of the House holds a constitutional position, in line of succession to the presidency af ter the vice president. Wright’s nomination requires ratification by the full House on Jan. 6. Democrats will hold a 258-177 majority, and party allegiance in such a vote is nearly absolute. The Democrats, in their open party caucus, also unanimously chose Rep. Thomas Foley, D- Wash., currently the majority whip, to move up to become ma jority leader. Wright said the House will move quickly to establish a spe cial committee “to get all the facts of the Iranian arms misad venture on the table.” state news briefs nation news briefs world news briefs * A High-tech jobs grow in western Pa. PITTSBURGH (AP) A small but fast-growing high-technology sector is creating new jobs four times faster than the overall economy in western Pennsylvania, according to a University of Pittsburgh study released yesterday. The study, sponsored by the Pittsburgh High Technology Council, a trade group, identified 639 “high-technology” companies employ ing about 66,000 people in western Pennsylvania. The study said nearly 30 percent of high-technology companies in western Pennsylvania were founded since 1980 and more than half were started in the past two years. It also said 57 percent of high-technology firms employed fewer than 25 people and more than 45 percent had revenues of less than $1 million in 1985. Nearly half of the firms surveyed manufacture a product and the rest are service companies, research and development companies, consultants or distribution firms, according to the study. Nearly 57 percent of the companies are located in downtown Pittsburgh or near the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie- Mellon University in Pittsburgh’s Oakland section, the study said. Town supports suspended doctor GRAND MEADOW, Minn. (AP) Many of this town’s 900 residents think the world of Dr. Hideo D. Mori, their only doctor for 26 years, and they want him back at work. But the state has suspended his license, saying he committed sexual improprieties with female patients. “The whole town is in a state of shock,” said Robert Lamp, administrator of the Meadow Manor nursing home. “He was accessible 24 hours a day and a fantastic doctor.” “It’s been like a funeral around here. People are devastated,” said Kitty Sween, a home health aide and longtime resident. Mori, 56, has been a popular and respected leader in this southeastern Minnesota town of 900. In 1970 the father of four was named father of the year, and three years later he was honored with the Community Better Life Award. He also served on the school and hospital boards, taught judo, and helped train ambulance crews, Sween said. But the state Board of Medical Examiners, suspended Mori on Nov. 18 and a hearing is scheduled tomorrow. The allegations involve seven female patients over 19 years. David Ziegenhagen, executive director of the panel, declined to discuss details. “It seems a shame that seven people can deprive ... people of their doctor,” said Sween. Mori’s request for a temporary restraining order to block his suspension was denied. In a Nov. 26 memorandum, Ramsey County District Judge E. Thomas Brennan said Mori admitted the “sexual exploitation of several women,” but said there had been no complaints in the past five or six years. Many share view of divine guidance WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) A new survey of religious attitudes shows there is little point in attacking or ridiculing a political candidate just because he says he is being guided by God, pollster George Gallup Jr. suggested yesterday. Many Americans have felt the same divine guidance, so “the public understands when a leader says God has spoken to him or guided him to take a specific course ( of action,” Gallup said. The new poll by the Gallup Organization was sponsored by the •Christian Broadcasting Network, whose founder, the Rev. Pfit Robertson, has said he will formally run for the Republican presidential nomination if he believes he has sufficient backing next year. Some opponents have made television evangelist Robertson a target of satire or criticism because of his statements that he was being guided by God in his decision whether or not to run and that his praying had helped keep a hurricane away from the Virginia shore, where his operation is based. However, Gallup said in an interview, his new poll found that 69 percent of adult Americans questioned said God has led or guided them in making decisions and 36 percent said God has spoken directly to them. Neither Robertson nor politics in general are mentioned in the actual survey, and Gallup said his organization is strictly neutral and doesn’t do political polling. However, when asked about possible political significance of the survey, Gallup said, “The public is perhaps more open to a person saying he is receiving guidance from God than the press has indicated, and not just in terms of Pat’s statements about hurri canes and so forth but also in a broad sense.” Students force withdrawal PARIS (AP) Premier Jacques Chirac bowed yesterday to student demands and withdrew a bill to revise the state-run university system after a three-week campaign of violent protests. In the Latin Quarter, the capital’s student district, about 30,000 demonstrators marched peacefully through the streets to mourn the death of a 22-year-old student who had been beaten by police. According to an autopsy, the student died of a heart attack after he was beaten. Throughout the country, people paused for a moment of silence. In West Berlin, an estimated 1,200 demonstrators sympathetic with the French students marched through the streets during the visit of French Foreign Minister Jean-Bernard Raimond. About 30 of the demonstrators became violent and ran through the city damaging storefronts, police said. They reported there were several arrests, but gave no number. Raimond, who arrived in West Berlin yesterday afternoon for a short visit with city officials and West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, did not cross paths with the demonstra tors. . It was not clear if the Berlin demonstrators were aware of Chirac’s earlier decision to withdraw the plan or chose to ignore it. Opposition to Chirac’s center-right government has been snow balling since the protests began. Teachers, unions, leftist poli ticians and even government officials have spoken out against the university bill. The government has said the measure would make higher education more competitive, but critics claim it is elitist and diminishes students’ freedom of choice. Farmer removes bomb to save grass CLYDACH, Wales (AP) A farmer said he carried an unex ploded World War II bomb off his land because he didn’t want bomb disposal experts trampling his newly sown grass seed. “I know it was a silly thing to do, but it was just on the spur of the moment,” 46-year-old Gordon Griffiths said yesterday, after bomb experts defused the device and found its detonator still intact. He said his pickax struck the bomb while he was working on his 100-acre farm near Swansea in south Wales during the weekend. He called the bomb squad, but then picked up the 30-inch-long projectile and carried it 60 yards to the edge of the field. Griffiths said he was “sweating and frightened” but guessed that if his pickax hadn’t detonated it, it was safe. “I knew what these police and bomb disposal people would be like, and I was worried about my grass. I’m just a down-to-earth farmer and I wanted to keep my land tidy.” A police spokesman who declined to be identified said, “We would not recommend anyone do what Mr. Griffiths did.” of bill $2.00 OFF Vour Purchase Of Any Two 14" or 18" Subs Of Your Choice HI * ,,t '* * * ** r W ** < ***• '**"o it««w IBnnMIIBIHIIHIIBHIIIBHBkBBBHIBIHBIHBIIBBaBIHIB 237-7314 Expires 12/11/86 Open: 11 AM for Lunch Till 2 AM at Night FRI.-SAT. Till 3 AM Cfct'Onw p«n »ppi>cao>« ••>•» t«> Hoi «»kd • I* I*l (ovpar o* r*»**w ri*