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U.S. never alsked Chin a
not to attack Taiwan
Students to seek southern sun
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S.
never asked China for written assuran-
ces it would not try to seize Taiwan by
force, White House press, secretary
Jody Powell said yesterday.
Powell told reporters that Secretary
of State Cyrus Vance, during a visit to
Peking in August 1977, raised the
Taiwan question but did not request a
commitment in writing.
NEITHER DID other U.S. officials
who subsequently negotiated with the
Chinese, Powell said.
He added the administration found in
July 1977 that an explicity Chinese
assurance was "very unlikely." He said
this was the case because former
President Richard Nixon; in signing the
1972 Shanghai communique, had accep-
ted the view that there is only one China
and that Taiwan is part of China.
That view is shared by the gover-
nment on Taiwan, but the Taiwanese
argue that they are the sole legitimate
government of all of China.
SEN. JACOB JAVITS, senior
Republican on the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said yesterday
he believes Peking would accept a
stronger U.S. commitment to the in-
dependence of Taiwan than the ad-
ministration has made.
"I think the administration, at least
in its public face, underestimates what
the People's Republic of China will ac-
cept," the New York senator told a
group of reporters.
Javits is working with committee
chairman Sen. Frank Church (D-
Idaho) to draft a statement, acceptable
to the administrition, that would ex-
press U.S. concern about the future of
Taiwan.
AT A JAN. 17 news conference, Car-
ter was asked: "Did you at any point
ask the Chinese to provide a binding,
written pledge that they would not try
to seize Taiwan by force?"
Carter began his response, according
to the official White House transcript,
saying, "Yes. One of our goals was to
get a public commitment on the part of
China that the differences with Taiwan
would be resolved peacefully. This was
not possible to achieve ...
Powell said the Policy Review Com-
mittee of the National Security Council
prepared in April 1977 a memorandum
that listed explicit Chinese assurances
concerning Taiwan as a U.S. goal in
negotiating for diplomatic ties with
Peking.
But Powell said the document was
revised three months later, following a
policy review, because the ad-
ministration had decided the goal was
unrealistic.
MARTY'S... GOES DUTCH TREAT WITH THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL ...
While acknowledging that "Michigan
students are pretty wild," Fort
Lauderdale Police spokesperson Diana
Cipriani said most of the problems en-
countered by officers involve transients
and local indigents, known in Florida as
"dirtbags."
"THE NUMBER of arrests jumps
drastically during this time, but the
majority of those arrested aren't
college students," said Cipriani. "We
mostly arrest the dirtbags who try to
rip the kids off." Cipriani advised
students to never leave anything of
value in hotel rooms.
"Many times the rooms are ripped off
with no sign of forced entry, indicating
that someone who stayed in the room
before kept the key, or the maid is
responsible. Always leave all valuables
with the hotel desk to put in their safe.
That's what they are there for," she
said.
While students are warned to beware
of rip-offs, they should also find out just
how much rowdiness Florida police will
tolerate. Although the drinking age in
Florida is 18, Daytona Beach Police
spokesman Brad Cowell said that at
least 70 per cent of the arrests there
during the spring rush are for alcohol-
related offenses.
"Drinking on the street and the beach
are strictly prohibited," said Cowell.
"There are signs posted all over the
city stating the city and state laws." He
explained that anyone seen breaking
the drinking laws can be arrested,
taken to jail, and required to post a $32
bond to get out from behind the bars.
A court date is then scheduled for
sometime during the remainder of the
law-breaker's stay in Florida, if
possible.
HARSH PENALTIES and strict en-
forcement of marijuana laws are ad-
ditional considerations for students
vacationing in Florida. Possession of
under five grams of marijuana is a
misdemeanor requiring $502 bond for
release from jail in Daytona Beach.
Possession of over five grams is a
felony that carries a possible five-year
prison sentence with it. A $1,000 bond is
standard for release from jail on this
charge.
"This is the South," said Fort
Lauderdale's Cipriani. "We won't
tolerate pot or narcotics-even one
joint is against the law." Cowell added
that enforcement of the law wasn't a
discretionary matter with police of-
ficers. "Kids don't realize this," he
said. "As police we are sworn to uphold
the law, and leave it to the judge to
throw the thing out if he wants to."
,The two officers also encouraged
Florida travelers to arrange confirmed
hotel reservations, since sleeping on the
beach after 8 p.m. in Fort Lauderdale,
and after 9 p.m. in Daytona Beach, is
also against the law.
SLEEPING ON the beach during the
day, however, is acceptable to both
police, and vacationers, since mercury
in thermometers across Florida climbs
past 70 degrees Fahrenheit most March
days. Tourists will swarm to Disney
World in Lake Buena Vista near Orlan-
do, and to Busch Gardens near Tamps,
which lies on the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico. And along the Gold Coast,
more vacationers will visit the Kennedy
Space Center near sleepy Cocoa Beach,
watch the motorcycle races in Daytona,
and some will venture farther south to
the reefs in the Florida Keys.
Spring training for major league
baseball will be under way for 18 teams
in various Florida cities by the first
week of March. Among the teams prac-
ticing in Florida will be the Detroit
SOME BUSINESS proprietors
down in Florida just don't appre-
ciate those fun-loving young
folks who invade the premises
each year with beach balls and
bare feet. And some have no
qualms about being blunt.
Tigers in Lakeland, the New York
Yankees in Fort Lauderdale, the Mon-
treal Expos in Daytona Beach, and the
Cincinnati Reds in Tampa.
The cost of round trip flights to dif-
ferent cities in Florida varies between
$130 to $150 on the night Super Saver
flights. There are still a few spots
available, though most of the prime
departure dates are filled. Various
charter flights offered through travel
agents and newspaper ads are also
nearly booked. Florida authorities
warn those still hoping to arrange a
flight and accommodations on their
own to do so immediately, lest the
hopeful vacationers be unable to find a
booking or vacancy.
So as students in snow-covered
Michigan look forvard to a week of cut-
ting loose in Florida, the travel agents,
the airlines, the hotels, the bars, the gas
stations, and the police in the Sunshine
State prepare for their arrival. The an-
nual migration is about to begin.
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