University Daily Kansan, September 30, 1981
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Reagan selects missile weapons, sources sav
By United Press International
WASHINGTON-President Reagan decided to deploy a scaled-down MX missile system in the Western states and has given a green light to the building of 50 B-1 bombers, congressional sources said yesterday.
Reagan said earlier yesterday he would announce his decisions on the two massive weapon systems on Friday.
the congressional sources said later the president planned to recommend that 100 MK missiles be built and stored in 1,000 shelters in Western states.
The sources said Reagan was considering two sets of sites. The shelters would be located mostly in Utah and Nevada, or some shelters would be in New Mexico and others would be in current missile sites in North and South Dakota.
Originally, the Air Force planned to build 200 of the MX intercontinental missiles, then hide them in 4,600 shelters in Utah and Nevada.
The scaled-down version that sources said Reagan had chosen might draw criticism from the states involved, even though a president has many political allies there.
Two of those allies, Sens Jake Garn,
R-Uttah, and Paul Laxalt, R-Nev,
called the House yesterday to
confirm reports that Reagan had settled on the scaled-down MX option. Garn said he was told such reports were "premature."
Some members of Congress have suggested scrapping the MX altogether and developing a new family of submarine or airborne missiles because no one could agree on how to base the MX.
The intercontinental missile, which can carry up to 10 individual targeted warheads, will replace the deteriorating Titans as a deterrent to enemies that try to wipe out the U.S. nuclear arsenal in one strike.
But the controversy arose when officials tried to decide where and how to step back.
Former President Carter decided to use a "shell game" system of moving the missiles randomly among silos in Utah and Nevada, but residents of those areas protested. And cost estimates for the plan ranged to more than $100 billion.
The other weapons plan Reagan is considering is a move to replace the 30-year-old B-52s with the B-1, a supersonic, manned bomber. Reagan was given with the plane going ahead with the plan or waiting until a new radar-avoiding aircraft called Stealth was ready for production.
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By United Press International
Hinckley telephoned actress, tapes show
But in a brief telephone interview yesterday, Foster confirmed that she had spoken with Hinckley, but she declined to discuss the matter further.
At an April 1 news conference, Foster said she had never "met, spoken to or in any way associated with one John W. Hinkley."
Transcripts of the calls were furnished to UPI and show Hinkley's efforts to speak to Foster and her conversation with his letters and phone calls.
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The tapes containing the conversations with Foster were found in Hinkley's Washington hotel room shortly after the president and three others were shot in Washington on March 30.
"It's not anything I can talk about," she said, adding that federal officials had asked her not to discuss the case.
During one midnight telephone call to Foster's dormitory room, Hinkley repeatedly said he just wanted to talk with the actress the screens drew.
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Do favor and don't call back. All right.
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Hinckley: How about just tomorrow?
Foster: Oh God! Oh seriously, this is really starting to bother me. Do you mind if I hang up?
Hinckley: Jodie, please.
After telling him she would be unable to talk with him again because she was leaving Yale for the week, Hickeyne
remarked: "Oh, it's almost over,
Jodie."
Hinckley: Can I call tomorrow night?
Foster: That's fine.
Hinckley: Will you be in?
Foster: Um. Maybe.
Hinckley: Will you be in?
Foster: Oh, Maybe.
Hinckley: Will you talk?
Hinckley: Will you talk?
Foster: Sure
Hinckley: Well, you just changed your mind, see?
Foster: Look, I can't be bothered with your noisome habits.
At this point, Foster agreed to talk with Hinckley again, but law enforcement officials said that was only a polite way of getting rid of Hinckley.
At one point, as her roommates laughed in the background, Foster remarked, "Yeah, I should tell him I am sitting here with a knife."
"Well, I'm not dangerous. I promise you that," Hinckley assured her later in the same conversation.
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