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University Daily Kansan, September 6, 1983
NEWS BRIEFS From United Press International
Houston crowd welcomes Challenger crew on return
SPACE CENTER, Houston — A cheering Labor Day crowd of about 400 gave Challenger's astronauts a rousing welcome yesterday on their return to their hometown.
Some of the biggest cheers came after the introduction of America's first black spaceman, Guy Bluford.
"I have a deep feeling of thanks to you because without you, we wouldn't have as much fun as we were having," Bluford told the crowd, many of whom were NASA workers.
Astronaut Dale Gardner walked out to meet the crowd and carried his baby son Todd.
"Todd is trying for the year 2012's astronaut selection," said Gardner. "It's really hard to tell you how great this flight was."
Commander Richard Truly said it was nice to be in the daylight again after the shuttle's night flight.
after the shuttle's night flight.
Soviet airline crash kills all aboard
MOSCOW — A Soviet Aeroflot airliner crashed a week ago on a domestic flight as it approached Alma-Ata airport in the Kazakstan Republic, killing all those on board, said a local newspaper reaching Moscow yesterday.
The TU-134 capacity is 72 passengers and a crew of five. Virtually all domestic flights in the Soviet Union are filled to capacity. No casualty figures were given, but the mention of the crash in the media indicated a high death toll.
The one-paragraph story in the Thursday edition of Kazakhstanskaya Pravda (Kazakhstan, News) said that “a special commission is investigating causes of the crash.” That also indicated a high casualty toll.
The newspaper also said, "The Ministry of Civil Aviation expresses its deep condolences to the relatives of the lost people."
Treason case begins in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa. The German-born commander of a top-secret naval base and his history on trial yesterday for spying for the Islamic State have moved to Belfast.
Daniel Rossouw, Attorney General for Cape Province, asked Judge George Mumuk for a secret trial for Commodore Dierter G尔德尔, 47.
Gerhardt and his Swiss wife Ruth, 41, were arrested in January on charges of saving for the Soviets.
Rossouw gave no details of the indictment against the couple, claiming that to disclose them would prejudice state security.
Chrvsler. UAW reach tentative pact
"I'm happy tonight." UAW President Owen Bieber said. "I think I remember this as one of the happiest Labor Days I've had in a long
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Corp. reached a tentative agreement last night on a new contract covering 85,000 active workers.
Details of the new agreement were withheld pending a report to the 170-member UAW Chrysler Council that meets in Detroit this
The settlement was reached in just 6 $ _{1/2} $ hours of talks.
Chrysler workers in both the United States and Canada make about $2 an hour less than their counterparts at General Motors and Ford because of three sets of concessions made since 1979 to help Chrysler avoid bankruptcy.
Mexico's ruling party claims victory
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's ruling party announced yesterday the triumph of its candidates in state elections in Baja California North and Veracruz, but its main opposition said it was too early to call the races.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party, known as PRI, said it won the elections for governor, four mayors and 13 state legislators in Baja California North, and 80 percent of the vote in Veracruz in Sunday elections.
The official results of the elections will be announced next week.
The PRI, which has dominated politics for 54 years, suffered unprecedented losses in July's local and state elections in the states of
But a spokesman for the National Action Party, known as the PAN, disputed the PRI claims of victories in Baja California North and Veracruz.
Famous ballet figure dies in London
LONDON  John Glipin, a distinguished figure in the world of ballet who married the sister of Prince Rainer of Monaco six weeks ago, died on December 18.
A spokesman for London's Festival Ballet, with which Gilpin spent most of his long career as a dancer, the Englishman came to Britain from France to attend a performance at the Royal Opera House in Bergen. Gilpin appeared to be in excellent health as recently as Thursday.
Robberv suspect leaves address behind
PITTSBURGH — A suspect in a bank robbery forgot the first rule about holdings: don't leave your forwarding address in the bank.
Nolden allegedly entered the bank unarmed Friday and passed a note to a teller stating “put $50s, $100s and $20s in the bag . . . don't get hurt.”
City police said yesterday that they were searching for Elwoodolden, 34, who lists addresses in Pittsburgh and suburban Wilkinsburg, as their chief suspect in the robbery of a downtownEnubank branch.
After he got money from one teller, he then moved to another and repeated the procedure. police said. He then walked out of the bank and into the building.
The note was written on the back of an envelope that contained a subpoena from Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, bearing the address of none other than Elwood Nolden.
WEATHER FACTS
Today, the weather will be mostly fair across the nation.
Today, the weather will 68 mostly fair across the nation.
Locally, today will be partly cloudy with a high around 90, according to the National Weather Service.
Tonight will be clear with a low around 55.
Tomorrow will be sunny with a high in the upper 80s.
Begin delays resignation to aid coalition
TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Menachem Begin delayed his formal resignation yesterday, giving Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a chance to form a new coalition government.
By United Press International
Shamir, 68, must unite a fractional coalition of six parties to stop Herzog from asking the opposition Labor Party to elect a president. The party was nominated to succeed Begin by the
Begin, 70, abruptly canceled a meeting with President Chaim Herzog set for today without giving any reason. An investigation was opened for a new meeting had been scheduled.
ISRAELI REPORTS had predicted Begin would formally quit before the Jewish New Year, which commences at sunset tomorrow. It has been a week since Begin announced his intention to resign.
Herzog, a former Labor parliament member, cannot choose a new person to form the next Israeli government until Bend hands him a letter of resignation.
premier's Herut party.
"Any possibility (Labor party chairman) Sunil Peres will be asked to form a government has to be approved by the newspaper quoted Begin telling aides.
Labor has four more seats than Begin's Likud in the 120-member
Knisset, but Begin was able to put together, ruling coalition on Labs卢帕.
Cancellation of the meeting gave Shamir more time to bring the unruly coalition into line Israel Radio said on Wednesday. It would until after the New Year and Babylon.
A six-member committee, led by Deputy Prime Minister David Levy, met with leaders of two government parties, the Tami party and Agudah Israel, to hear their conditions for remaining in the coalition.
Shamir faces a Tami demand to repeal new austerity measures and pressure from the orthodox Agudath
Israel to reaffirm support for legislation on religious issues and limiting archeological excavations.
SINCE WINNING the Herit nomination Thursday, Shamir has received a written pledge from coalition parties to support a government under his leadership. But a final coalition agreement has not been signed.
"It is a little strange and perhaps to a certain extent, not too democratic," complained Labor deputy Avraham Katz-Oz, referring to the resignation delay. "The law doesn't oblige Begin to quit immediately . . . but as Israel's leader, he should be, out of a sense of honor."
Rebels say offensive a success
By United Press International
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Guerrillas expanded a new offensive yesterday to four provinces and said that a devastating artillery and infantry blitz of the nation's third largest city was "100 percent successful."
Telephone communications were cut to El Salvador's four easternmost provinces amid reports that guerrillas bombed the Pacayal microwave communications station, nine miles west of San Miguel, a city of 100,000 people.
Local officials of Antel, the government telephone company, said that in the cities of San Vicente and Cojotepeque rebels had blown up the station, which had been attacked once before in a rebel offensive in May.
Meanwhile, U.S. envoy Richard Stone ended a Latin American tour saying a dialogue with rebels was "but we are not out of the woods."
IN MEXICO CITY, Stone held separate talks with President Miguel de la Madrid and Foreign Minister
Bernardo Sepulveda helped with his meeting
with Salvador rebels in Costa Rica.
"It is counterproductive to be taking the temperature every five minutes of this delicate dialogue." Stone said at a news conference before he departed for England. He declined to say if he planned to meet with leftist guerrilla again.
Mexico is the last of the four member nations of the Contadora peace group that Stone visited after meeting with the rebels. The other three Contadora nations are Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger begins a three-day whirlwind tour of three Central American countries today.
WEINBERGER HAS traveled extensively as defense secretary but never has journeyed to Latin America. His trip comes at a time when the administration is pressing Congress to appropriate more money for the Salvadoran war effort against an estimated 7,000 leftist insurgents.
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