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University Daily Kansan, November 4, 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
Captain remains in sub; negotiations stalled again
KARLSKRONA, Sweden—Acting under Kremlin orders, a Soviet submarine captain yesterday refused to leave his ship for further questioning by Swedish authorities. His refusal stalled negotiations for freeing the submarine, which ran aground last week 20 miles inside Sweden's water.
"Swedish authorities are not satisfied with the results of the initial questioning," a naval official said. "It is likely to be a draw-out case."
questioning, a naval raid on Hanoi.
The Soviet captain, Pyotr Gushin, was interrogated for seven hours Monday when the Soviets bowled to Sweden's demands that he leave his ship for talks. But he would not submit to a second round of questioning.
Swedish officials immediately rejected the captain's conditions and said they were not satisfied with the explanations he gave for the vessel's presence in restricted Swedish waters.
"The captain of the marine担了 us be had instructions," a Swedish defense ministry spokesman said. "Those instructions told him if any other vessel was in danger."
The crippled, diesel-powered submarine is obsolete for battle purposes, but it is considered efficient for spying.
The gray submarine is equipped with radar equipment. Swedish officials also think it is armed with non-nuclear weapons.
Low registration causes discussed
WASHINGTON—About 25 percent of all young men required to register with the Selective Service have not registered. But the agency and an antidraft leader differ over what that statistic means.
A Selective Service spokeswoman said that 300,000 young men failed to register not because of spreading opposition, but because it was just taking a backdoor route.
But Barry Lynn, president of Draft Action, an anti-draft group, said the law compliance was caused by a public belief that President Reagan had
Begin threatens action on missiles
JERUSALEM-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin said yesterday that if the United States failed this month to convince Syria to withdraw its forces, he warned of possible retaliation.
Yesterday, Israel also sent lobbyists to Washington to warn the United States that the Saudi Arabian peace plan "could lead to dangerous places."
Begin made his promise to destroy the missiles at the end of a two-day debate in which Israeli lawmakers rejected both the Saudi and European missions.
The placement of Soviet-made missiles in Lebanon sparked a crisis in April. At the time, Begin pledged to destroy the missiles but agreed to wait until U.S. envoy Phillip Habib had tried to defuse the crisis. Habib has had no success so far.
Reagan, Hussein split on issues
WASHINGTON—President Reagan and Jordan's King Hussein yesterday ended two days of talks that resulted in an agreement on the need to strengthen Jordan's security, but left the leaders divided on how to achieve a Middle East peace.
After the meetings, Hussein he said was "more reassured . . . and more confident" of U.S. intentions in the Middle East.
"We agree on much," Hussain said. "On the necessity of making progress toward a just, lasting and comprehensive Middle East peace."
The two leaders could not agree on other issues. Reagan advocates the Camp David peace plan, but Hussein favors Saudi Arabia's peace plan and Obama's war plan.
The meeting also resulted in a plan to increase U.S. military assistance to Jordan. The move could curb the possibility of Jordan's buying arms from Turkey.
Agent Orange victims granted aid
WASHINGTON—President Reagan yesterday signed legislation granting medical care to Vietnam veterans who were exposed to dilapidants such as a stray dog.
Agent Orange, a defoliant the United States used in the Vietnam War, has been linked to serious illnesses among some servicemen.
In a statement issued as he signed the bill, Reagan said he hoped the aid could be administered "in a manner that will not add to budgetary costs of the country."
The bill provides similar medical care eligibility to soldiers exposed to radiation from nuclear weapons testing or those who occupied Nagasaki and Hiroshima after atomic bombs devastated those cities at the end of World War II.
Committee approves anti-busing bill
WASHINGTON* - A Senate subcommittee yesterday approved a stiff anti-bill bill but then refused to trim the budget of the Civil Rights Commission.
S. Errn Hatch, R-Uah, chairman of the judiciary constitution subcommittee won 3-4 approval of his bill to stop courts from using busing as a rule.
The bill, unlike some proposed legislation, would not dissolve existing busing orders.
Hatch then proposed a $12 million fiscal year 1982 budget for the Civil Rights Commission. But Charles Grassley, R-lowa, proposed cutting the budget.
Grassley said the move would be a "1.2 million" opportunity to show how much he could succeed in the United States. Grassley's motive but said the cut would "effectively kill the commission."
"I have not out said the cut would "effectively kill the commission." The measure failed, 4-1.
Walesa denounces wildcat strikes
GDANSK, Poland—With 180,000 workers still on strike, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa said yesterday he would have an unprecedented meeting with Poland's Communist Party chief and the head of Poland's Roman Catholic church.
Wales also warned he would resign as head of the independent union within two weeks if the wave of wildcat strikes did not end. But observers said they had seen no signs of an imminent attack.
Walesa called the walkouts "training strikes." He said, "They don't know what to do. These strikes will break up the union."
Khadafv orders troops from Chad
PARIS-Libyan leader Moammar Khadijyesterday ordered the withdrawal of Libyan troops from Chad, reports from Chad said. The move came after a United Nations envoy reported that
The reports were unconfirmed, but they swept through a Paris summit meeting among leaders of France and 19 African nations. The leaders met to discuss the situation in the region.
"The Libyan troops are leaving at the request of Chad." Chad's president Goukumi Guédeli said yesterday. Goukumi last month thand told Khadiyat to leave.
Libyan officers said their forces would withdraw within two or three days. The more than 7,000 Libyan troops have been in Chad since last December.
Correction
In a story in yesterday's Kansan about divestiture of University funds, an editing error was made that said the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System had $15 million in common stock holdings in South African concerns. The story should have read $153 million.
Reagan rejects tax increase to crub deficit
WASHINGTON—President Reagan is "adamant" in opposing any tax increase in the current fiscal year and is irritated by reports that only a tax increase would benefit the federal deficit. Rep. Robert Mubiel, the House Republican leader, said yesterday.
By United Press International
Michel, who met Reagan yesterday with other Republican lawmakers, said the president wanted Congress to give him a chance to program a chance before changing it.
"The president was very adamant about there being no tax increases, particularly in this fiscal year 1982." Michel said. "I guess he's been a little bit irritated by some of the stories in the press about proposals for tax increases."
Senate Republicans, however, are not as strongly opposed to tax increases. Yesterday, staff sources said, the Republican chairman of the Senate
YESTERDAY, all Republican senators met in a closed session to discuss the problem of narrowing the budget deficit. Afterward, several senators said they needed direction from the White House.
Budget Committee suggested a new budget that included an $30 billion tax increase.
"We have to wait for the administration," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Uth. "We can't do anything without administration leadership."
Sources said some senators complained that the White House "didn't know where it was going."
The lack of consensus on how to cut the budget further or which taxes was raised to a one-day postponement of a vote on the budget. The Budget Committee scheduled for today.
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THAT AMOUNT is $66 billion more than the administration requested, but the staff sources said the cuts were intended to balance the federal budget by 1984.
But congressional sources said committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M., presented Republican a plan for $141 billion in budget cuts.
They said the plan included $80 billion in new taxes, the $20 billion in defense spending reductions, the $35 billion to $40 billion in entitlement or benefit cuts, $25 to $80 billion in other domestic spending reductions, and that they expect in federal interest rate costs.
The sources said senators did not agree on the plan's specifics, but were still trying to figure it out.
Republican conference or in the White House," he said.
Sen. William Armstrong, R-Cole., said the Senate would not give the president a blank check, "but most of us are concerned that his lead if he'd care to comment on this."
Michel said lawmakers were still in the dark about White House intentions.
"There is no strong leadership in the
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DAVID GERGEN, the White House communications director, said Reagan was reassessing his economic strategy.
But Gergen said Reagan's "strong
instruction to pass down the budget,
involving all of us,"
"He doesn't want to give money with one hand and take it back with the other," Gorgen said, referring to the 25-year, once-income tax cut that began Oct. 1.
But the spokesman said Reagan was reassessing his program because of high interest rates, low treasury bills and a federal deficit of more than $100 million.
Reagan has begun a series of meetings with top economic and White House advisers concerning "where we stand" on the budget and the economy.
"The president is looking at a full range of options, but he hasn't made any decisions yet."
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