Journalist's release expected By RODEINA KENAAN Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon Defense Minister Adel Osseiran said yesterday he was "very optimistic" that kidnappers would release his son and U.S. journalist Charles Glass shortly. Earlier, Syria rejected an offer by Moslem kidnappers to release Ali Osseiran in return for keeping Glass as a hostage, sources said. Osseiran spoke after Syria's chief of mili tary intelligence in Lebanon, Brig. Gen. Gha zi Kenaan, held a closed-door conference with Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, spiritu al guide for the Iranian-backed Shiite Mos lem militants of Hezbollah, or Party of God. Brig Gen. Saeed Bairakdar, commander in-chief of Syria's 25,000 troops in northern and eastern Lebanon, also attended the one- Anti-government protests continue in S. Korea By The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) Oppo sition leader Kim Young-sam is seek ing a meeting with President Chun Doo-hwan, insisting that only through such contact can violent anti-govern ment protests end, an opposition spokesman said yesterday. Roh Tae-woo, whose nomination June 10 by the ruling Democratic Justice Party to replace Chun touched off daily nationwide demon strations, met yesterday with leaders of some minor political parties. Both Chun and Roh are former army gen erals. Intensive efforts reportedly were being made to arrange talks between Roh and Kim, president of the main opposition Reunification Democratic Party. But Kim refused, renewing his call for a meeting with Chun, said opposition party spokesman Kim Tae-ryong. Kim believes that only by meeting with Chun and convincing the presi dent to resume negotiations for elec toral reform can the crisis be stemmed, the spokesman said. The protesters are trying to bring down Chun's government and force direct democratic elections. In Washington, the Reagan admin istration on Friday urged South Ko rean authorities to pursue political the daily hour meeting at the home of Fadlallah, Lebanon's most influential Shiite cleric. The two generals then went to Osseiran's residence and met with him for 10 minutes. Asked later whether he expects an early release of the hostages, Osseiran told The Associated Press: "I guess so. I expect the release of Ali, Charles and the driver very soon." When asked what raised his hopes, he said: "New information. I'm very optimistic." He declined to give details. Sources close to Osseiran, speaking on condition of anonymity, said efforts to free the three captives • "have now entered a crucial stage." Kenaan told reporters, "Let's hope for the best." He did not elaborate. Earlier yesterday, the kidnappers offered compromise and exercise restraint in resolving the crisis. "We have informed Korea through a variety of channels that we believe they should continue a dialogue with the opposition on constitutional re form . . . that they should work to end the strife there as soon as possible by peaceful means and that we hope they will use caution and restraint," said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. Chun, who is to step down in Feb ruary, declared in April that his suc cessor 'will be chosen by the current electoral college system. Opponents say that ensures victory for the ruling party. Chun also said there will be no further discussion of constitutional change until after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. There were no reports of violence by noon today, as speculation mounted that authorities were con sidering cracking down hard on the spreading dissent. Newspapers men tioned martial law or the reinforce ment of riot police with soldiers as among the possibilities, but officials have declined public comment on such reports. On Friday, Prime Minister Lee Han-key said in a nationally televised address that the government would not tolerate further unrest. "Should it become imposible to olle • lan to release Osseiran and his driver but keep Glass, said sources close to the Syrian army command who spoke on condition of anonym ity. The sources said the kidnappers made the offer through unidentified go-betweens Who relayed the Syrian refusal back to the kidnap pers. But the command of Syria's 7,500-strong army contingent in Moslem west Beirut in sisted that all three captives be freed quickly and unconditionally, the sources said. "The Syrians also warned that they would stiffen their stance by demanding the surren der of the kidnappers themselves unless the three captives are released soon," one source said. The source didn't say what Syria meant by "soon." Fourteen kidnappers grabbed Glass, Ossei- , 1 , A tear gas grenade explodes at right forcing Korea University students back on campus during a rock and fire bomb throwing Incident Friday in Seoul. The students are protesting the government of President Chun Doo•hwan. ' restore law and order," he said, "it violence a policeman killed when a licemen sprawled on the pavement in would be inevitable for the govern- protester rammed a stolen bus into a exhaustion, watching each other war ment to make an extraordinary deci- riot squad. ily. The students have been employ sion." After a battle that lasted several ing stones and firebombs in the Also Friday, the government re- hours in the streets around a Seoul fighting, while the police use tear gas ported the first death in 10 days of university, students and riot po- and night sticks. Soviet accusation: West lacks policy Gorbachev charges West to advance in disarmament By CAROL J. WILLIAMS Associated Press Writer MOSCOW Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev, after voting in region al elections yesterday, accused the West of "a deficit of realistic policy" and called on Western leaders to make an initiative toward disarma ment. • Gorbachev voted in a single-candi date election for local governing bod ies, but Soviets in some districts were able to choose between more than one candidate for the first time. ' Afterwards, the Communist Party chief approached reporters gathered outside the pblling place and asked them to bring his views to the world's attention. "They call upon us in the Soviet Union to do something else, to do more," Gorbachev said, referring to Western leaders. "But I must say that today the Soviet leadership sees that there are many words from the West, but not many concrete steps." He also said the Kremlin's drive for economic reform was moving slowly and that tighter organization and discipline were necesssary for quick er results. He said he would press for some decentralization in the state run economy. The government newspaper Izves tia said that in "several thousand" of the country's 52,000 districts, voters were given a choice. But the nomination procedure was controlled by the Communist Party to ensure that all candidates were politi cally alligned with the party's doc trine. There was only one multicandidate contest in the Moscow region this time. Foreign reporters were not allowed to view the proceedings be cause they took place in a closed area. Gorbachev contended the West has done little in response to numerous arms control initiatives advanced by Soviet negotiators. "We are prepared to cooperate ran, and Osseiran's driver, Suleiman Sal man, a policem6n who doubled as a bodydguard, last Wednesday on a coastal highway in south Beirut's Shiite Moslem suburb of Ouzai. Glass, 36, is a Los Angeles native who left ABC television a few months ago to write a book about the Middle East. Osseiran, 40, is a Shiite engineer. Hezbollah is believed to be an umbrella group for pro-Iranian extremist factions that have claimed responsibility for kidnapping most of the 25 foreigners believed to be held hostage in Lebanon. The Christian-controlled Voice of Lebanon radio station Saturday quoted Fadlallah as saying Glass might be killed if the Syrians attempted military action. Fadlallah's office refused to comment on the report or on with all forces. But there is a deficit of realistic policy in the West," he told about 50 journalists, mostly from Western countries. "They are only concerned with how to save face. "But concrete steps are necessary on the road toward a more healthy situation, to avoid nuclear war and violence, to broaden cooperation." Gorbachev, who was accompanied by his wife Raisa, deflected all ques tions from reporters, stating repeat edly, "This will not be a press conference." He said disarmament initiatives are needed from the West, but that "the current generation of political leaders, at least in the major capital ist coutries, are concerned they may lose in public opinion." He did not specify any individual leaders or countries. "We should be concerned only with how to turn the world from confronta: tion and tension and the arms race to another direction, on the road of improvement of international rela tions and disarmament," he said. "No words, no assurances can substi tute for real policy." Soviet and U.S. officials have said the two sides are close to an agreement at arms talks in Geneva that would eliminate medium-range missiles from Europe and pave the way for a third summit between Gorbachev and President Reagan. Gorbachev began his short speech by noting that Monday is "a day of special significance for us." June 22, 1941, was the day Nazi forces invaded the Soviet Union. "Whatever we do we must think that the first priority for all people is the preservation of peace," he said. The Gorbachevs also stopped to talk with a group of about 150 Soviets who had gathered outside the polling place at the city's House of Ar chitects. Dozens of plainclothes security men kept Western reporters too far away from the exchange with citizens for them to hear the discussion. "He will come to you in a minute," said one guard as he pushed back several reporters. According to the evening news pro gram "Vremya," Gorbachev talked about economic reforms. Monday, June 22, 1987 Vol. 88, No. 7 12 pages • University Park, Pa. 16802 Published by students of The Pennsylvania State University ©1987 Collegian Inc. soon Syria's demands. Glass is the ninth American captive in Lebanon and the 25th foreigner taken hostage there. Also missing is Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite, who disappeared Jan. 20 after leaving a west Beirut hotel for a meeting with hostage holders. Glass was the first foreigner to be abducted since the Syrian army took control of Beirut's Moslem sector Feb. 22 to curb three years of militia anarchy. The kidnappings were a major challenge to Syria's attempts to pacify the city. The elder Osseiran, who heads a prominent conservative Shiite clan, said Syrian Presi dent Ha fez Assad assured him that his troops in Beirut have been ordered to "do the utmost" to ensure the release of the men. AP Laserphoto Reagan axes fairness doctrine By MERRILL HARTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON, D.C.— For mer Federal Communications Commission Chairman Mark Fowler said Sunday that Presi dent Reagan "struck a huge blow" for broadcasters' First Amendment rights by vetoing legislation to preserve the fairness doctrine. Fowler, who left as•FCC chair man last year after six years with the commission, said in a tele phone interview that "there's nothing wrong with fairness, but when the government steps into the newsroom, second-guessing the editor, ordering the editor to publish things, that is more dan gerous to a free society." The White House announced Saturday that Reagan had re fused to sign a Senate bill that would have written the 38-year old fairness doctrine into law, stripping away any opportunity for federal regulators to kill it. In vetoing the bill, Reagan called it "unconstitutional" and said that technological change in the industry, including the emer gence of cable television, had made the FCC rule unnecessary. The fairness doctrine, which has been on the FCC books since 1949, was designed to give the regulatory agency authority to police the radio and television airwaves, to make sure broad casters presented both sides of controversial issues and made airtime available to those with divergent points of view. No such federal regulation ex ists for the newspaper, magazine and publishing industry. Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee and spon sor of the bill, said Saturday that he was not going to give up his fight to put the doctrine into law. "President Reagan's veto of the fairness doctrine bill flies in the face of urgings from citizens of all political persuasions and from all parts of the political spectrum," he said. "We will move forward and will give the president many opportunities to reconsider the misguided judgment shown by this veto." Asked about this yesterday, Fowler, now in private law prac tice with the firm of Latham and Watkins here, said that "ultima tely, it may be that only the courts can rescue us from this." "The president has struck a huge blow for the freedom of the press, especially the electronic press," he said. __Luviaduy index comics opinion sports state/nation/world weather This afternoon will be hot and muggy with showers and thun der showers, and a high of 82. Tonight, scattered showers and patchy fog, low 65. Tuesday will be humid with showers and thunder showers and with a high of 78. Roberta DlPasquale
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