University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 17, 1989 Nation/World 7 COUP IN PANAMA PLANNED: The Bush administration has launched a covert effort to overthrow Panama's Gen. Manuel A. Noriega, with the acquiescence of the Senate and House intelligence committees, the Los Angeles Times reported yesterday. The CIA has been authorized to spend $3 million initially to sponsor a coup by recruiting Panamanian military officers or other dissidents, the newspaper reported. The covert operation has no restrictions beyond an order prohibiting Noriega's assassination. The use of U.S. troops, along with other "high risk" options, are under consideration, the newspaper said. The Times quoted an unidentified source as calling the operation "an unimpeded effort to try to topple Noriega." "We're going into it with the understanding that there may be loss of life, though the effort will be not to anyone," the source told the Times. No White House press spokesman was available for comment on the report. The United States has been trying to force Norgiea from power since he was indicted on drug-trafficking charges in February 1988 by federal grand juries in Miami and Tampa, Fla. SOUTH AFRICA: South African President F.W. de Klerk yesterday declared all beaches open to Blacks, and he promised that the law allowing racial segregation of public areas would be repealed as soon as possible. "There is no alternative for South Africa but the road of reconciliation, of creating opportunities for all the people of this country in a way which is fair, just and equitable," he said. "The time has arrived to repeal this act," he said, referring to the Separate Amenities Act, which his National Party put into law in 1953, allowing white local governments across the country to bar Blacks from parks, libraries, swimming pools, civic centers, buses and public toilets. The act cannot be repealed formally until Parliament reconvenes Feb. 2. De Klerk's declaration "that all beachs will henceforth be accessible to all members of the public" also requires action by municipal and provincial authorities. In many communities, most or all public places are open to all races. But whites-only areas remain in the administrative capital, Pretoria, in many rural towns and in several small industrial cities where the farright Conservative Party took power in municipal elections last year. ARMS DEALERS INDICTED: Three South Africans and two U.S. citizens were indicted yesterday for conspiring to export $50 million worth of U.S. missile-guidance equipment to South Africa through Israel. The five were charged as part of an ongoing Customs Service undercover operation in which agents pose as arms brokers in an attempt to stop high-speed hijackers from stealing items and military hardware from the United States. The missile-guidance devices, consisting of gyroscopes manufactured by Northrop Corp., were destined for Armorcs, the South African national arms company, according to the report. It was also the production of missiles designed to knock out the Soviet T-90 battle tank The defendants told customs agents that their work had been approved by South African government officials, according to an affidavit filed by a customs agent in the case. One of the South Africans charged in the case, Symone Morris Behrmann, said that Israel Aircraft Industries, a state-owned concern, would help obtain the gyroscopes for a price that would be "very high," according to the affidavit. In order to encourage an end in apartheid, Congress in 1986 prohibited the export of a wide array of military items to South Africa. ABOVE: House members voted yesterday to raise their pay by more than $30,000 a year, to more than $120,000 a year, during the next 13 months. They also revised ethics rules to put new limits on outsideearnings. The bill was passed 252 to 174, just 10 months after intense public criticism forced the House to reject a larger pay increase. The new proposal sped through the House with strong support from the leaders of both parties and an endorsement from President Bush. A slight majority of Republicans opposed the bill. The Senate was expected to consider it today. The complex, 100-page pay and ethics package was announced by Democratic and Republican leaders Wednesday, but copies were not made available to the public until yesterday. The bill would increase salaries in the House, for federal judges and for top executive branch officials by 35 to 40 percent WALERA CONTINUES VISIT: Solidity leader Lech Walesa declared yesterday that "the Iron Curtain is no more." But he also said the West would be to blame if Poland's experiment in democracy fails for lack of economic support. 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