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University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Thursday, Oct. 3, 1985
News Briefs House rejects request from representative
WASHINGTON — The House rejected a petition yesterday from former Rep. George Hansen to void the results of the 1984 election that cost him his Idaho congressional seat.
By a roll call vote of 247-4, the members passed a resolution dismissing the petition Hansen filed last December after he lost the election to Democrat Richard Stallings by 170 votes.
Hansen, 55, an ultra-
conservative Republican, wanted
the House to declare the election
void or to disqualify some of the
votes where Stallings had-won
heavily.
Hinckley may wed
WASHINGTON — Presidential assailant John Hinckley has had a "languishing relationship" with a fellow mental patient who killed her 10-year-old daughter, a judge said yesterday, but there were doubts about a report the two wud wed.
NBC News said Hinckley, committed to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, planned to marry Leslie deVeau, 42, who was placed there after being acquitted, by reason of insanity, of murder charges.
DeVeau's attorney, public defender Mark Carlin, said early yesterday that reports of the planned nuptials were "categorically untrue."
'McPizza' on menu
OAK BROOK, ill — McDonald's Corp. is testing a new product called "mPizza" in 10 of its fast-food restaurants in Philadelphia, company officials said yesterday.
The new product, described as oval-shaped, is undergoing "operational testing" to see whether it can be made in McDonald's restaurants, spokeswoman Lana Ehrsam said.
The pocket pizza is a 5 1/2-ounce serving containing provolone and mozarella cheese, ground beef, pepperoni and pizza sauce in a pocket of dough. It sells for 99 cents. It was introduced at the Philadelphia restaurants in late summer, she said.
From staff and wire reports.
Gorbachev visits France for conference
United Press International
PARIS — Mikhail Gorbachev, traveling to the West for the first time since becoming Soviet leader, arrived in Paris yesterday on a trip designed to strengthen his diplomatic hand before next month's summit with President Reagan in Geneva.
"The Soviet Union and France have a long tradition of good relations which has not happened by chance." Gorbachev said on his arrival at Orly airport with his wife, Raisa, and members of the ruling Politburo. "It is our hope we can strengthen these ties."
President Francois Mitterrand greeted the Soviet leader at the beginning of his four-day state visit, Gorbachev's first trip to the West since he took power in March. Gorbachev bowed to an honor guard of about 300 French military men, and the leaders stood at attention as their national anthems were played.
"The Soviet Union is in favor of constructive dialogue between differing social systems, and we hope to resolve European and worldwide
Soviet proposals please Reagan
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Reagan, stressing that the United States has a serious desire to see arms control, told congressional leaders yesterday that he was gratified the Soviet Union had made concrete proposals for arms reductions at the Geneva arms talks.
Chief U.S. arms negotiator Max Kempelman headed home from Switzerland and was expected to speak with Reagan about the new Soviet arms reduction offer, which he called "very complex and very conditioned."
Reagan, speaking to Republican congressional leaders about the new Soviet move, said the United
States was in favor of "real reduction of nuclear arms. We are not seeking military superiority, but not accepting less than parity."
White House spokesman Larry Speaker said Reagan told the congressional leaders he was gratified the general secretary was suggesting concrete proposals for arms cuts.
The proposals were presented in Geneva by Viktor Karpov, chief Soviet negotiator at the talks. Monday and Tuesday during special plenary sessions.
problems facing us," said Gorbachev in an address at the Honor Pavilion. "These include detente, the arms race in space and on earth, and international cooperation."
Mitterrand welcomed Gorbachev as a "representative of a people fundamental to the equilibrium of the world.
U. S. sources said they were not certain why Moscow presented such, a tough package proposal just six weeks before the November summit between Gorbachev and Reagan in Geneva.
"We hope you will get from your
visit everything that you expect, particularly constructive bilateral relations." the French president said.
Mitterrand and Gorbachev later held the first of three scheduled talks during the visit, which is widely viewed as a warm-up for the Nov. 19-20 superpower summit in Geneva.
Presidential spokesman Michel Vauzelle, in a briefing after the
140-minute meeting, said the session was "cordial" and "marked by a will to understand each other better, and understand things frankly and without ambiguity.
He described the discussions as "a tour of the world situation, including East-West relations, particularly in Europe, and what kind of verifiable
Asked whether the discussions included the U.S. Strategic Defense Program, the space-based missile defense program known as "Star Wars," Vauzelle said, "Star Wars" was naturally included in the talk about overall disarmament."
procedures can be put in place to reduce nuclear arms."
Soviet spokesman Leonid Zamytai said at a separate news conference that the discussions were "constructive, businesslike."
Zamyatin said the two talked about "detente and the possibilities of reducing the arms race in space and on Earth." He said he would outline today Soviet proposals submitted Monday and Tuesday to the U.S. delegation at the Geneva arms talks.
The Soviet package is thought to offer a 50 percent reduction in nuclear arsenals in return for the scrapping of 'Star Wars.'
Diplomats said Gorbachev would try to persuade France to sign a joint statement condemning "Star Wars."
Moscow criticizes killing of hostage
United Press International
MOSCOW — The Soviet Union said yesterday that one of its four kidnapped embassy officials in Lebanon had been killed and it demanded the immediate release of the remaining hostages.
Moscow also blamed Israel indirectly for the abduction of the four Soviet officials in Beirut, Lebanon.
"The Soviet government is strongly demanding the immediate and unconditional release of the Soviet people," a government statement carried by the Tass news agency said.
the release of the Soviet citizens. The criminals, however, continue forcibly to hold them, and on Oct. 2, one of the Soviet citizens was killed by them."
"Procrastination in this matter, let alone violence against the Soviet citizens, will further aggrate the guilt of all those who have anything to do with this matter."
The statement said that after the kidnappings Monday, "the Soviet side took every measure to secure
It was the first official acknowledgment that one of the diplomats was killed by the kidnappers, who call themselves the Islamic Liberation Organization.
A Soviet Embassy spokesman in Beirut identified the slain man as Arkady Katkov, 32, an embassy counselor. Katkov, two other diplomats, and the embassy doctor were taken from their cars Monday by armed Mosque extremists.
"The prime cause of internal Lebanese strife, of which Soviet citizens became innocent victims, is Israel, deliberately inciting that strife," the statement said. "It should bear the responsibility for the consequences of its policy."
The Soviet statement also criticized Lebanese officials.
Iowa halts farm foreclosures
United Press International
DES MOINES, Iowa — Gov. Terry Branstad said yesterday that a moratorium he issued on farm foreclosures would save about 1,000 Iowa farms, but struggling farmers wondered whether the order could provide financial relief in time.
Dennis Day of Eartham said he planned to seek a judge's ruling on the moratorium in hopes of temporarily preventing the Raccoon
Valley State Bank from repossessing his farm machinery.
Day, who farms almost 450 acres about 20 miles west of Des Moines, said the attempt to repossess his equipment yesterday would cripple his operation just as the harvest season is in full swing.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Iowa attorney general's office said many farmers, attorneys and reporters had called the state's top legal official concerning the
moratorium's impact after Branstad's announcement Tuesday
Branstad said he thought the moratorium was a clear signal to the president that the problems in nature were not a partisan issue.
"We think the Congress and the administration need to get together and pass a farm bill that not only will improve the income of farmers but also deal with the credit crisis," Branstad said.
U.N. clash causes Arab walkout
United Press International
UNITED NATIONS — Arab and non-aligned U.N. delegates stomped out of the General Assembly yesterday as Israel launched a public defense of its air raid on the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia.
"Ishrael's air force acted against the terrorists only after it became evident that they were mounting attacks from 'Tumis with impunity.'
israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir told the half-empty assembly.
"We acted against murderous criminals in order to prevent the continuation of their criminal acts," Shamir said.
Israeli warplanes Tuesday bombed PLO headquarters in Tunisia, killing at least 73 people, in retaliation for last week's terrorist slayings of three Israelis in Cyprus on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
Arab delegates, joined by others from non-aligned nations, walked out of the assembly hall when Shamir began speaking.
In his speech, Shamir called on King Hussein of Jordan "to enter into direct negotiations with Israel"
Hussein and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat support a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation aimed at achieving peace in the Middle East.
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