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Monday, September 21, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Nation/World
Iraqi planes hit Kharg Island ship after Iran attacks Saudi oil tanker
MANAMA, Bahrain — Iraqi warplanes raided a ship off Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal in the northern Persian Gulf yesterday as speedboats attacked a Saudi Arabian tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iraiqi fighter raided a "large maritime target," military terminology for a ship, a military spokesman said.
Filipino rebels say U.S. in on leftist's death
Earlier yesterday, Iranians in a speedboat approached the 39.915 ton tanker Petroship B and sprayed it with machine-gun fire in Iran's first attack on shipping in 10 days.
Arab leaders meanwhile set a November summit yesterday to discuss whether to break ties with Iran if it continues to ignore peace calls.
MANILA, Philippines — Communist rebels charged yesterday that the ambush killing of prominent leftist Lean Alejandro was part of a U.S. plot to reimpose military rule and ensure the future of U.S. bases in the country.
In a prepared statement, the communist-dominated Central Luzon command of the Nation!
Democratic Front charged that the death of Alejandro, 27, secretary-general of the New Patriotic Union, put a plot by the "U.S. Aauine regime."
"Behind this plot is U.S. imperialism and the efforts to protect its strategic interests in the country," the command said.
Hess' suicide provokes varied reactions
FRANKFURT, West Germany — The suicide of Rudolf Hess provoked a flood of letters to newspapers and magazines expressing feelings ranging from condemnation of the former Hitler deputy to descriptions of him as a national hero.
Many letters denounced the Allies for not releasing the 99-year-old Hess when his health began to fail after nearly five decades behind bars. Others noted that Hess had never repudiated his Nazi past and therefore deserved no mercy.
Approaching equinox marks summer's end
WASHINGTON — The twice-a day year of equal light and darkness will occur at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. The autumnal and vernal equinoxes are the only days, some believe, that an egg can be stood on its end.
The equinox is the supposed
moment of balance when the forces of the solar system become equal. It will occur as the sun crosses the equator on its annual trek south. The equinox marks the end of summer in this hemisphere as calculated by calendar makers.
Elizabeth Taylor denies wedding rumors
BEDMISTER, N.J. — Magazine publisher and motorcycle enthusiast Malcolm Forbes gave actress Elizabeth Taylor a custom-painted purple motorcycle yesterday, and the two denied wedding rumors before riding
away on it together.
"The only engagement we have to take this for a spin." Taylor said of the gift, a 1988 Harley Davidson 883 "Huger," which she described as "super."
Arms pact hurdles remain
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Despite an agreement in principle on a nuclear arms pact, the United States and the Soviet Union remain divided on two important provisions and are sending their experts back to the bargaining table.
After three days of talks, President Reagan announced on Friday that he and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev were committed to signing the treaty at a summit meeting in the United States this year, but details must still be worked out.
Yet to be resolved are differences over the timetable for withdrawal of the intermediate-range nuclear missiles covered by the agreement and a set of rules to prevent violations of the treaty.
From The Associated Press.
The meat of the agreement is a pledge by the superpowers to
remove the nuclear warheads from all ground-launched missiles in the 300-mile to 3,400-mile range and destroy the launching tubes. The United States has 332 of these weapons, and the Soviet Union has about 680 of them.
The Soviets want to remove the nuclear payloads and the guidance systems from all the missiles within a year of agreement and then proceed at a more leisurely pace to destroy the launchers; two years for the shorter-range weapons and two years for the longer-range missiles.
Five years is needed, the Russians said, to mitigate the environmental problem created by te burning of natural gas in a rocket packet launchers.
Under the U.S. proposal, the shorter-range rockets would be destroyed in one year and the longer-range weapons would be
gone in three years.
Also, the United States wants to remove the missiles regiment-by-regiment, getting rid of warheads and launchers at the same time. That would leave some operational missiles in Europe up to the very end of the withdrawal timetable. The Soviets want to get rid of all the warheads first and then go to work on the tubes.
The United States has charged often in recent years that the Soviets are violating arms control agreements, and last week the Reagan administration proposed a lengthy list of measures it believes are necessary to insure Soviet compliance with this pact.
In general, the Soviets have agreed to a U.S. demand for onsite inspection.
Verification to prevent cheating is an even larger task.
Senators say 1972 pact must stand
The Associated Press
in a long-running fight between President Reagan and congressional Democrats over the 1972 pact, which limits the variety and type of defenses that each super-power can deploy.
WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration incorrectly claims it can unilaterally reinterpret the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow expanded U.S. "Star Wars" testing, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said yesterday.
At issue in the battle is development of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.
The attempt by the Republican administration to change the U.S. view of the 15-year-old treaty could affect Senate consideration of a possible treaty on intermediate nuclear武器, the Democratic-controlled committee said in a 106-page report.
The report was the latest round
Pope visits subarctic Indians Pontiff speaks in support of aborigines
The Associated Press
FORT SIMPSON, Northwest Territories — Welcome with a drum song and a sacred fire, Pope John Paul II yesterday kept a promise by visiting this subarctic outpost, where he spoke in support of native rights and warned Indians not to let "instability" undermine their society.
"Once again, I affirm your rights to a 'just and equitable measure of self-governing' along with a land base and adequate resources necessary for developing a viable economy
for present and future generations," the pontiff said.
The pope hugged babies, blessed women and reached into the crowd to shake hands.
An estimated 4,000 Dene Indians huddled under white plastic raincoats in front of a 55-foot tepee, which had been erected three years ago for a papal address and had not been dismantled.
John Paul had scheduled a stop here during a Canadian tour in September 1894 but could not land
because of thick fog.
"I pray that the Holy Spirit will help you all to find the just way so that Canada may be a model for the world in upholding the dignity of the aboriginal peoples." John Paul said.
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In a 20-minute address delivered
before Mass, the pope reaffirmed the
church's support for native rights
and prayed for a just agreement with
the Canadian government on protection
for those rights in the Constitution.
Bork still faces key testimony
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — After the first week of his confirmation hearings, Robert H. Bork's chance of becoming a Supreme Court justice remains as uncertain as the effect his five days of testimony packs for future nomination fights.
As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hear from Bork's backers and detractors in the hearings' second phase, key questions are
—Will the impressions Bork created in his bid to win approval by a majority of the committee's 14 riders or eroded as the hearings continue?
—What effect will the committee's vote, still weeks off, have when the nomination reaches the full Senate?
—Has the Senate now established beyond a doubt the propriety of asking a Supreme Court nominee about his or her judicial ideology and political beliefs and then voting based on those views?
-Has Bork's willingness to provide answers to such queries, a break from recent precedent, set the model for future nominees?
Among the committee's eight Democrats and six Republicans, Bork appears likely to win the support of the Democratic opposition, negative votes from five Democrats.
Bork's fate in the committee then would be determined by three Democrats and one Republican still claiming to be on the fence. They are Democrats, Pennis DeConciini of Arizona, Howell Heflin of Alabama and Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
Three prominent Bork supporters, retired Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, former presidential counsel Lloyd Cutler and Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson, are scheduled to testify when the committee reconvenes today.
Representatives of the American Bar Association also are to testify. They are expected to be pepered with questions about the ABA's 10-5 vote finding Bork qualified to serve on the court.