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University Daily Kansan, February 3, 1982
News Briefs From United Press International
Building material, not bullet cause of Bush shot incident
WASHINGTON—Some sort of building material rather than a bullet caused the "shot" that hit Vice President George Bush's limousine yesterday morning, the Secret Service said. No one was hurt in the incident
"We were just driving to work and heard a loud bang and that was it." Bush said later. "I just asked what it was and nobody was sure, so we drove down and saw a large explosion."
The rush-hour incident touched off a massive investigation to determine if a shot had been fired at Bush's armored limousine, but officials said a laboratory analysis of the car roof showed that no bullet was involved.
A Secret Service spokesman said an FBI examination of the V-shaped dent on the roof of Bush's car "revealed the presence of building material consistent with building materials being used in the area."
The spokesman speculated that the dent could have been caused by a piece of brick or dried mortar being used by construction workers along the route.
Bush appeared unshaken by the incident as he went about his regular schedule for the day with tighter-than-usual security measures evident. He suggested that while the matter was "nothing to laugh about," perhaps too much had been made of it.
President Reagan was immediately notified of the incident, and Bush telephoned him later.
Dozier returning, will visit Reagan
WASHINGTON—Army Brig. Gen. James Dozier, held captive for 42 days by Red Brigade terrorists in Italy, will come home today and is to meet with President Reagan tomorrow, the Pentagon said yesterday.
Vice President George Bush will greet Dozer and Judith, on their 12:30 p.m. arrival at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.
The General is scheduled to attend a prayer breakfast at the White House tomorrow and to meet with Defense Secretary Casper W. Weinberger at the White House.
Dozier was freed unharmed on Jan. 28 by a special squad of Italian police. He will return to the United States for briefings, a physical examination and an indefinite leave, the Pentagon said.
Florida plane hijacked to Havana
KEY WEST, Fla. — An Air Florida 737 with 77 people aboard was hijacked to Cuba yesterday by a man claiming to have a flammable liquid. All those people were killed.
The Boeing 737 landed safely in Havana at 2:28 p.m. and was released by Cuban authorities two hours later.
It arrived in Key West from Cuba at 5:30 p.m. and a few minutes later the passengers, all unharmed, got into the plane cheering and clapping at a celebration.
The hijacker, described by an unidentified source as a "young Latin man make calls to Havana under custody of Cuban authorities, a request for Air Force help."
The pilot of Air Florida's flight 710 from Miami to Key West radioed about 20 minutes after takeoff that he was being forced to fly to Havana. At that time the plane, carrying 72 passengers and a crew of five, was about 60 miles southwest of Miami, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Haig defends aid to El Salvador
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Alexander Haig said yesterday that a "growing threat" from Cuba and Nicaragua had forced the United States to triple its 1982 military aid to El Salvador and to consider other "political, economic and security" sanctions.
But three congressional critics proposed stripping all security assistance to the U.S.-backed Salvadoran junta.
Defending Monday's administration announcement to send $55 million in emergency military assistance to El Salvador, Haig said the level of arms shipments to leftist guerrillas was near the high levels of a year ago.
"All of the countries in the Caribbean are confronted by a growing threat from Cuba and its new-found ally, Nicaragua." Haiti told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.
Higa reaffirmed President Reagan's "strong reservations" about sending U.S. cattail troops to El Salvador "except in extremis." But he would not send them.
Blood stains tie Williams to killings
ATLANTA—Witnesses testified yesterday that stains found in the car by accused killer Wayne Williams matched the relatively rare blood types.
Williams was linked by the blood stains to victim William Barrett, who testimony revealed had type A blood that contained POMB enzymes, a drug used in the manufacture of heroin.
The other victim linked to the stains had type B blood, also with PGM-1 enzymes, a combination common to only 24 percent of all humans.
Williams, 23, a black photographer and aspiring impresario, is on trial for the murder of Nathaniel Cater, 27, and Jimmy Ray Payne, 21, two of his neighbors. The case was unsuccessful.
Panel OKs extra job center funds
WASHINGTON - A congressional panel approved an additional $2.3 billion yesterday to extend unemployment compensation benefits and prevent state employment offices from closing as a result of President Reagan's budget cuts.
Shortly before the vote, Assistant Labor Secretary Albert Angersi told the panel that no more job placement centers would be shut down. He said the State Employment Services office, scheduled to close this month, had notified to stay open because Congress expects to appropriate more funds.
The House Appropriations labor subcommittee voted unanimously to advance the unemployment compensation trust fund $1.9 billion and make the changes. The House Committee approved the budget.
In Topeka, Gov. John Carlin ordered a delay in closing 17 of the state's job service centers. The Department of Human Resources was scheduled to shut down on Thursday.
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Donald Regan said yesterday that President Reagan had no immediate plan to seek accelerated natural gas production.
"At the current moment, the president is not going to propose deregulation of natural gas nor a windfall profits tax on it." Regan told a luncheon
Later in the afternoon, however, Marlin Fitzwater, a Regan spokesman, said the Treasury secretary really did not mean to rule out legislation to decontrol the price of natural gas. He said Regan was only ruling out a windfall profits tax.
Blizzard hits Plains, moves North
Earlier in the day, however, the Treasury Department was essentially confirming the secretary's original comments.
At least 50 deaths were blamed on back-to-back storms this week that smothered the Midwest under up to two feet of snow.
Winter's latest blizzard covered the southern Plains yesterday with more than a foot of snow that wrecked cars, shut down schools and was blown into hip-deep drifts. Then it took another wipe at the snowbound Great Lakes states.
The most recent storm slammed into the Texas panhandle yesterday and dumped 13 inches of snow on Jefferson, Okla., just south of the Kansas border.
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