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University Daily Kansan, February 27, 1985
NATION AND WORLD
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NEWS BRIEFS
Hatch Act violations charged
WASHINGTON - The government yesterday formally charged the presidents of the three largest civil service and postal unions of violating the Hatch Act by supporting Walter Mondale's presidential campaign.
The charges were filed by K. William O'Connor, special counsel for the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. O'Connor accused the presidents of the American Federation of Government Employees, the American Postal Workers Union and the National Association of Letter Carriers of violating the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activities.
Search for plane resumed
VALDEZ, Alaska — The Air Force yesterday dispatched a sophisticated, high-altitude reconnaissance plane to look for a downed training aircraft with three aboard after fog and snow blocked earlier search efforts.
The four-engine RC-135, a training aircraft, vanished from radar screens at 10:41 a.m. Monday while doing practice landings, officials said.
Ground and air crews waited for the weather to ease in rugged mountains on Prince William Sound where the plane was believed to have crashed.
"When I saw the people screaming, I just thought, 'Get them out; get them away,' said Alice Alcombright after spending nearly an hour helping firefighters at the burning house in suburban Washington, D.C.
ADELPHI, Md. — A maintenance man on his way to work yesterday saved two firefighters battling a raging house fire, caught a man leaping from a window and helped a woman escaping the flames.
Man jailed after making date
DENVER — Police yesterday jailed a man who they say showed up for a date with a pizza delivery woman he had robbed earlier.
Detective George Masciotio said the incident began Monday night when the woman was robbed by two men after she was in a home where she had made a delivery.
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After forcing her to drive a few blocks away, one suspect left the car, and the other stayed and talked to her for a while.
"He told her he would let her go if she would come back when she got off work at 2 a.m." the detective said.
Police arrested the suspect when he showed up for the date.
Sandinista leader offers peace plan to U.S.
Compiled from United Press International reports.
By United Press International
MANAGUA. Nicaragua — President Daniel Ortega announced yesterday that he was preparing a significant peace proposal that included inviting U.S. congressional leaders to visit Nicaragua's military bases and war zones.
Ortega, announcing his plans after coming out of a meeting with a group of American Roman Catholic bishops, said his peace initiative would revive the Contadora talks aimed at achieving peace in Central America.
"We were quite surprised and certainly very pleased that he took the bold moves that he did," said Bishop Rene Gracida of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Ortega said, "We hope that President Reagan will reflect on and take to heart these
He said he would notify Senate Republican leader Robert Dole of Kansas and House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, D-Mass, today that a bipartisan congressional commission would be able to come to Nicaragua "without any restriction whatsoever" to visit the country's military bases and war zones.
initiatives and contribute to the search for a peaceful solution to the Central American
"We want them to get to know the reality of our military development." Ortega said.
The Reagan administration has long argued that the leftist Sandista government of Nicaragua is stockpiling Soviet weapons and building up its military arsenal to export its revolution to other nations in Central America.
Nicaragua has repeatedly denied the concession.
accusation.
Ortaea, also said Nicaragua would be
taking steps to revive the Contadora process later this week in Montevideo, Uruguay, during the inauguration of President Jose Varia Sanguinetti.
The so-called Contadora group countries — Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Colombia — seek a peaceful, regional settlement of the conflict in Central America.
Costa Rica has been boycotting the Contadora talks because of the dispute.
Although the Ortega said nothing further, it was expected that Nicaragua would agree to settle an asylum dispute with Costa Rica by releasing a youth arrested by Sandinista police at the Costa Rican Embassy in Managua.
Ortega, dressed in his usual military greens, said he would answer no further questions after his statement. He hugged the leader of the delegation, New York Archbishop John O'Connor of New York, and left.
"The president very graciously took the opportunity to share with us these initiatives," O'Cameron said. "We now leave the response to the political leaders in the United
The announcement by Ortega capped a hectic three-day visit by the bishops, who met with the president twice to discuss the benefits beetle hostage to the Nicaragua Catholic Church hierarchy.
O'Connor is head of the five-member delegation that arrived in Nicaragua Sunday at the invitation of the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference.
"Ortega said he would be grateful if we churchmen could assist in building bridges between the United States and Nicaragua." Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, the archbishop of Chicago, said after the group's first meeting with Ortega late Monday.
FBI indicts five reputed Mafia bosses
By United Press International
NEW YORK — The reputed godfathers of the nation's five most powerful Mafia families were named for the first time yesterday in a single racketeering indictment as overlords of a crime commission that rules the turbulent underworld with threats and murder.
"The major muscle of organized crime has now been brought to the bar of justice," said FBI Director William Webster, hailing the operation as "one against the notorious criminal brotherhood.
It was the first time law enforcement officials had been able to tie together in one indictment the five bosses of the powerful Mafia families, a coalition that supervises most criminal activities in the nation's
largest city and makes its power felt throughout the country.
It was the most spectacular one-day sweep against the Mafia since the famous raid on a conclave of crime lords at Appalachin, N.Y., on Nov. 14, 1857.
THOSE NAMED in the 15-count racketeering indictment included the bosses of the Gambino, Bonanno, Genovese, Colombo and Lucchese crime families, many of whom already were under indictment on other charges.
The indictment detailed the rise of the Mafia at the turn of the century and the creation in 1934 of the commission — a crime board of directors that maintained order among the nation's often-feuding Mafia families.
The commission authorized the executions of troublesome members, the indictment
said, including the 1979 murder Carmine Galante, then boss of the Bonanno crime family, and three of his captains.
Its leaders established a code of conduct for Mafia members and regulated criminal activities, including drug trafficking, prostitution, labor racketeering, loan sharking and gambling. Webster said.
The five bosses indicted were: Paul "Big Paul" Castellano, reputed head of the powerful Gambino family and known as the boss of bosses; Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno, reputed head of the Genovese family; Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo, reputed leader of the Lucchese family; Philip "Rusty" Rastelli, reputed head of the Bonanno family; and Gennaro "Gerry Lang" Langella, reputed acting boss of the Colombo family.
New Zealand may end U.S. defense ties
LOS ANGELES — New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange said yesterday that any American retaliation for his country's ban on nuclear-armed or -powered U.S. ships be "an end to our defense relationship."
By United Press International
Lange met with William Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, in Los Angeles to discuss his government's policy of banning all U.S. Navy vessels from New Zealand's waters if they carry nuclear material.
"The exchange was very straightforward, he had his menu and told me what steps to take."
administration, "Langer sait of the exchange with Brown in an interview with ABC News.
"These are basically that they are going to stop bilateral defense exercising with New Zealand, cut off some intelligence, mostly of the raw military type, and there would be in that respect an end to our defense relationship," he said.
In a speech to the New Zealand Connection, a group of business leaders. Lange reiterated his stand that no nuclear warships would be allowed to dock in New Zealand, a policy that prompted the United States to cancel the planned exercise of new New Zealand-U.S. alliance military exercises.
"What we have done in New Zealand is to state unquivocal that New Zealanders
want no part of nuclear weapons." Lange said. "We do not ask, we do not expect the United States to come to New Zealand's assistance with nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors."
Lange said that New Zealanders were not anti-American and "have not rejected the United States any more than they have rejected ANZUS."
But the prime minister maintained that New Zealand had never been a part of a nuclear strategy.
"Unlike NATO, the ANZUS alliance has in the past been regarded by the treaty partners as a conventional alliance, not a nuclear alliance."
Tina Turner takes home 4 Grammys
By United Press International
LOS ANGELES — Tina Turner, the comeback queen of rhythm and blues, last night won four Grammy Awards, including record of the year, and her hit "What's Love Got to Do With It" picked up the award as song of the year.
"Turner was also named best pop female vocalist for "What's Love Got to Do With It" and best rock female vocalist for "Better Be Good To Me."
Lionel Richie's "Can't Slow Down" was named album of the year and Cynthi Launer was chosen best new artist.
france, with his band the Revolution won Grammys in the best rock performance by a group and best original movie score categories for their album "Purple Rain." He also received a Grammy for Peel for You, recorded by Chaka Khan.
Michael Jackson, who last year won eight awards, received one Grammy this year, for the video "Making Michael his Thriller." He did not attend the show.
Bruce Springsteen was named best rock male vocalist for "Dancing in the Dark." Phil Collins was a surprise winner as best male pop vocalist for "Against All Odds"
Country winners included Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, the Judds and Ricky Skaggs.
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