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Thursday, February 23, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Senate stops canal treaty switch
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate conducted its first vote on the Panama Canal treaties yesterday, rejecting a parliamentary motion by the treaty aimed at protecting the pacts.
The Senate rejected by a 67-30 vote to effort first to take up the pact turning over control of the Panama to Panama instead of moving the treaty first, as Senate leaders wanted.
Had this move passed, the Senate would have had to decide whether to turn over the canal to Panama before passing the treaty guaranteeing the canal's neutrality, giving U.S. ships priority access and guaranteeing U.S. rights to defend the waterway.
ALTHOUGH MOST of those voting against the pact are expected to oppose the treaties, the 67-30 result was only a procedural question and did not provide a clear test of strength on the treaties themselves.
It followed a 14-hour closed-door debate on the alleged Panamanian drug connection yesterday which ended with a declaration by a lawyer for Mr. Byrd that the drugs should be put to rest.
Senators on both sides expressed strong doubts that the secret session changed any minds on the Panama Canal Treaty, but the spokesman moved to keep the issue alive.
Coal operators and union asked to negotiate again
WASHINGTON (AP)—Labor Secretary Ray Marshall called union and management together yesterday as the administration tried once more to produce a negotiated settlement in the 79-day-old coal strike.
AFTER DOORS to the chamber galleries were reopened, Byrd declared that the inquiry by the intelligence committee had produced negative findings on all counts.
A key district leader of the union told reporters that binding arbitration would deny union members their constitutional right to vote on a contract proposal.
Marshall arranged the bargaining session after the United Mine Workers union gave a cool reception to the Bituminous Coal Operators Association's call for binding arbitration and an immediate return to work.
Union officials all but ignored the proposal and the UMW's 39-member bargaining council was expected to reject it formally during a pre-bargaining session
Presidential press secretary Jody Powell, the stinker's increasing economic impact, said the government could not permit the stalemate to continue in
He said the "exhaustive investigation" showed "no evidence that would stand up in any U.S. court of law linking Panamanian leader Omar Torrínez to illegal narcotics operations, or that the issue had affected the treaty negotiations or their outcome.
Meanwhile, there were reports that a
CAIRO (AP)—President Anwar Sadat said yesterday he had ordered Egyptian commands to Larnaca airport on the rescue mission that resulted in fighting with Cypriot forces. In a speech to his troops, Salad alsowithdraw recognition of Cyprus President Spyros Kyprianou and called him a dwarf.
Sadat admits he advocated commando raid
Sadat said it was his decision to use force Sunday night in capturing two terrorists who killed Egyptian newspaper editor Youssef el-Sebaei and held 11 Arab diplomats and four crewmembers aboard a Cyprus Airways DC-8 not the initiative of Brig. Nabil Shukry, leader of the commandos.
HE SAID Shukur then decided to storm
the building and return with the hostages and
terrorists.
"THE COMMANDER'S decision to attack the plane and rescue the hostages and arrest the criminals was based on the facts of the mission he was given," Sadat said at the War Ministry after the funeral of the 15 commanders who died.
"He was following what went on between the control tower and the killers and it became apparent to him and to us here in Egypt also . . . that Cyprus was preparing two passports for the killers so they could enter and they had not committed a crime." Said said.
Nominee hits more problems in investigation
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The nomination of G. William Miller to head the Federal Reserve Board ran into more difficulty yesterday when the Senate Banking Committee decided to further investigate a case in which Miller's firm made in Iran five years ago.
It was also revealed that the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the payment in an investigation which may take four to six months.
Miller will be asked to testify on Tuesday, more than one month after he originally appeared before the committee in his bid to head the organization as head of the central bank.
Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan, who asked for the secret session, said changing votes wasn't the point. He hoped the disclosures had influenced the thinking of the approximately 15 senators who are publicly undeclared on the treaties.
Monday, the banking panel will question several past and present officials of Textron Inc. c, the conglomerate headed by Miller, and its key subsidiary, Bell Helicopter.
The issue involves a $2.9 million payment Bell made in 1973 to an Iranian firm called Air Taxi, which was acting as Bell's sales agent in Iran. The payment was awarded the award was awarded $500.1 million contract to deliver 40 helicopters to the Iranian army.
What has raised the most interest among the senators is the information that the company was owned by Gen. Mohammad Khatemi, the Shah's brother-in-law and head of the Iranian Air Force until his death in 1975.
Miller testified on Jan. 24 he did not know Khaiten would not have given the payment if he had
Sen. Edward Brooke (R-Mass.) said there was currently no evidence that Mr. Miller ever knew about Khatiem. However, he said it was clear that he should be resolved."
The committee's staff investigation, however, showed Bell officials were told on three occasions between 1960 and 1968 that Khatiemi owned or controlled Air Taxi.
The intelligence panel's report was based almost entirely on data provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration, most of which contained information was furnished by other agencies.
The report said Torrijes older brother Moises, Panama's ambassador to Spain, evidently had been involved in illicit drug trade and Omar Torrijes had not done enough to prevent his brother's drug activities.
major coal producer was threatening to break from the 130-member BCOA and negotiate its own settlement with the union. The union did not negotiate a strike-ending agreement.
NEW INFORMATION FOUND IN MURPHY CASE
Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity announced today that some information has been received concerning the whereabouts of their missing member, Paddy Murphy. Fraternity spokesman, Arnold Zifffe, said today that a few of the 246 calls received since Monday had related to the Murphy case.
"The information we have so far is only fragmentary and no one has any recent information about where he (Paddy Murphy) is now." Zittle said. "We do know that he crawled out of the sewer system at 10th and Mass, on Dec. 7th and went into the closest bar. Also between Dec. 14th and 17th Paddy visited 17 Lawrence liquor and grocery stores spending a total of $392.53 on M.D 20-20, Derby Club Bourbon, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Tang, olive oil, and IG tomato juice. Old Paddy loved to drink what he called 'lunchjumpers' but no reports have been received that would indicate he ever purchased the remaining ingredients."
If you have any information about Murphy's whereabouts, please call the SAE fraternity house at 913-843-5770.
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