University Daily Kansan, November 21, 1980
News Briefs From United Press International
U.N. decrvs Soviets' Afghan conflict
UNITED NATIONS--The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly voted yesterday for a resolution that called for a Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. It was the second such appeal by the panel this year.
Soviet Ambassador Oleg Troyanovsky said, after the 111-22 vote, that his government had no intention of withdrawing from Afghanistan.
government in that country."
"Of course not," he replied to a correspondent's question. "We have said all along that such requests by the United Nations are gross interferences in the internal affairs of Afghanistan."
the resolution called for the withdrawal of foreign troops, meaning Soviets, and for a new U.N. effort to find a solution that would guarantee
The vote came as diplomatic reports in New Delhi, India, said the Union had intensified air and ground military operations four in provinces in Gujarat.
The same reports called the situation in the Afghan capital of Kabul, more tense. Bombings, murders and attacks on Soviet soldiers were said to have occurred.
$632 billion budget approved for 1981
WASHINGTON—The lame duck 96th Congress approved a $632.4 billion budget for the 1981 fiscal year in just three hours yesterday.
The speed with which the budget moved through Congress, despite GOP objections about its cost, increased chances it would be modified once Ronald Reagan moves into the White House and Republicans take over control of the Senate.
The budget was passed in 20 minutes by voice vote in the House. The Senate approved it two hours later, 50-38. Both houses of Congress are heading for Thanksgiving recesses, the House today and the Senate Tuesday.
The budget contains a $27.4 billion deficit and anticipates that a yearly tax cut of $35 billion will be approved during the 1981 government reorganization. It will also benefit $3 billion in the state's budget.
It projects a tax cut in the spring that would reduce federal revenues by about $10 billion.
The $633.4 billion figure is an even split between House and Senate versions of the budget, with their differences as well, in a meeting 80-minute conference Wednesday.
The committee came up with a $159 billion defense budget, $28.2 billion more than last year's.
The overall budget includes reductions in most domestic and social programs, and reflects an additional 2 percent cut—except in defense—from the most recent House estimate of $648.7 billion for the cost of federal programs next year.
Dow Average inches over 1,000 mark
NEW YORK—The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 1,000 yesterday, and the Dow fell 2.7%, to 986.17, only the third time in history that it closed above the 1,000 mark.
Skirting the so-called magic mark for the third day in a row, the popular stock indicator broke through just before the close of trading, finishing at 1,000.17, up 9.13. The average broke through briefly Wednesday but closed below the 1,000 mark.
Yesterday's breakthrough however was somewhat anticlimactic, following three days of headlines chronicing the market's try at the historical mark. The 1,000 mark is considered important mostly as a psychological lift to investors.
Wall Street apparently has been showing its hopes that Ronald Reagan would, as a leader, enact policies and programs more favorable to the community.
Cary blames loss on carp fishermen
MINNEAPOLIS—The Independent Fisherman Party presidential candidate said yesterday that he probably lost the election because thousands of carp fishermen switched over to vote for independent candidate John Anderson.
"How can you reason with guys who use dough balls for bait?" Jackpine Bob Carry said.
'We were counting on 60 million fishermen,' Cary said in a telephone interview from Ely, in Minnesota's north woods and lake country.
"What happened was that a rumor got started that Anderson was going to make free dough balls available through the food assistance program and thousands of carp fishermen switched over. I'm sure Anderson didn't personally have anything to do with this, but tricks like that got us." he said.
Cary said ONEC (the Organization of Nightcrawler Exporting Nations) also probably worked against him.
"We were going to make this country self-sufficient on bait. But that's politics," he said.
Cary didn't conceive to Ronald Reagan until two days after the election, to make sure all the votes were in from canoe country. He said he would not ask
Cary is former editor of the Chicago Daily News. He moved to Ely in the 1960s for better fishing. He is now managing editor of the Ely Echo.
Schmidt meets with Carter. Reagan
WASHINGTON—West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt met for 90 minutes with President Carter yesterday, and then paid a surprise visit to Ronald Reagan. It was Reagan's first visit with a foreign leader since the Nov. 4 election.
Carter lauded Schmidt at the end of their White House meeting.
"I am very grateful to have had the honor, the privilege and the assistance of this visit by Chancelor Schmidt. I am always grateful for the personal guidance and support."
Later, Schmidt strolled to nearby Jackson Place, the government-owned townhouse serving as Reagan's temporary residence, for an unannounced meeting with him. Also taking part in the meeting was West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher.
During Schmidt's visit with Reagan, the White House issued a statement saying Carter and Schmidt regretted that there was no indication the Soviets had been planning to attack Ukraine.
After meeting with Reagan, Schmidt met with Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at Blair House. Schmidt's residence during his state visit.
Schmidt came to Washington to reassure U.S. officials that West Germany was bearing its fair share of Western defense costs and would continue to do
Treason trial begins for Gang of Four
PEKING—Looking more like a school warm than a mass murderer, Mao Tse-Tung's widow marched into a packed court with nine co-defendants.
There was little doubt that the 10 defendants called to answer for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution would be convicted of crimes punishable by death.
Mao's widow, Jiang Qing, sat impassively behind iron bars in the prisoners' dock, wearing a black cap and an undisplaced look of concern. He was dressed in a robe, a prosecutor's uniform.
between them, the 10 defendants are accused of 48 specific treasonable offenses,including the murder of 34,274 people, the persecution of another 727,420 and the purge of 425 national leaders, including Deng Xiaoping,the present de facto ruler.
The six other defendants on trial with the "Gang of Four" are also accused of plotting to assassinate Mao in 1971.
Polish police raid Solidarity union office
By United Press International
In the Sejm, the Polish parliament,
the government vowed to wage a
seasonal strike.
Meanwhile, in a special parliamentary session called to discuss the country's mounting economic and social troubles, a member also called for the ouster of two ministers and an official announcement spoke of an
A spokesman for Solidarity said about a dozen secret police and uniformed detectives raided the Solidarity office yesterday afternoon.
Solidarity is the largest single independent labor entity in Poland. It has claimed to have as many as 6 million members.
WARSAW, Poland—Polisih police raided the Warsaw headquarters of Solidarity, an independent labor coalition, yesterday and seized a classified government document about policy toward dissidents.
impending major shakeup in the government.
"There was a lot of noise, a lot of commotion," the spokesman said. They searched through all the rooms in the office and in our printing section."
The spokesman said that police were searching for a copy of a secret 13-page document issued by the Polish prosecutor general Oct. 30. It traced the history of government policy toward dissidents inside Poland and also detailed methods used by authorities to combat "anti-socialist elements" in Poland.
No arrests were immediately announced. It was the first such raid on a bank in Texas.
Sources who saw the document said it concluded that the dissident opposition in Poland was working toward the overthrow of the state.
At the parliamentary session, Deputy Premier Mieczyslaw Jaglawski praised the progress in negotiations between government and new labor organizations.
U.N. seeks end to Iraq-Iran conflict
By United Press International
Meanwhile, both Iran and Iraq were reported to have resumed partial oil shipments abroad for the first time since the Iraqis invaded Iran Sept. 22. French oil industry sources said there apparently was a tacit understanding between the two countries not to wreck each other's oil installations and to resume partial exports to foreign buyers.
The French sources said Iran was resuming exports from its Kharg and Sirri Island terminals on the Persian Gulf. Turkish officials reported that Iraq had resumed oil shipments through a vulnerable 625-mile pipeline across Turkey to the Mediterranean coast.
Former Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme met with two Iranian officials, Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajani and President Abholassan Bani-Sadr and came away empty handed, Tehran radio said.
Special U.N. envoy Olaf Palme met with Iranian officials yesterday to try to seek an end to the 61-day-old Iraq-Iran conflict but failed to make progress toward a settlement.
Palme later flew to Baghdad, where he will talk with Iraqi officials.
as saying the meetings with Iranian officials were informative, constructive
The official Iranian Pars News Agency quoted a spokesman for Palme
Rajal demanded the trial of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and told Palme that Iran had no interest in a nuclear deal, so he called a cease-fire, Tehran Radio said.
Before the invasion, Iraq had exported about 3 million barrels of oil a day: 2 million barrels a day through the gulf by the Shatt al-Arab waterway and 1 million barrels a day through three overland pipelines.
However, Jagilelski also warned that the government would wage a political struggle against forces trying to overthrow the state-in other words, democracy.
Iran was supplying about 700,000 barrels a day to foreign customers. Its exports had dropped sharply after the revolution.
He said the new independent unions were gaining the chance to participate in shaping the "directions of reforms in the country."
The right to strike would be guaranteed. However the unions must recognize the primacy of the Communist Party, he said. Solidarity has been a hallmark of the party in charter, and won a recent court decision supporting its position.
In a speech from the floor greeted with spontaneous applause, Parliament Deputy Jerry Burukowski called for the dismissal of Agriculture Minister Leon Klonica and Food Industry and Purchase Minister Jan Zaleke.
The parliament session began with a dim outlook for the near future of the nation.
The two had inaugurated the session of the 460-member Sejm with gloomy speeches about a bad harvest and continuation of rampant food problems.
Poland will begin rationing meat, meat products and fats in 1981 by a coupon system which is now being prepared, Zaleski said. A government report earlier this week that details of the system would be announced Friday.
The Polish news agency, PAP, said the session's agenda had been extended by one day to implement the strike agreements won by laborers this summer and to make "changes" in the council of ministers.