The Michigan Daily-Thursday, May 18 1978-Page 13 SANTO DOMINGO QUIET Dominican troops halt election SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tabulation of presidential election results was halted by national police forces here yester- day after challenger Antonio Guzman opened a wide lead over President Joaquin Balaguer in Tuesday's balloting, according to reports in Washington. The military denied it seized the government. WHEN THE count was halted, Guz- man, 67, led Balaguer, 70, by 326,076 votes to 218,073 in unofficial returns. The capital remained calm yesterday afternoon, with no sign of the troops and police who took to the streets before dawn, sparking rumors of a coup. Guzman called on President Carter to use his influence to restore con- stitutional order. Guzman and his vice presidential candidate, Jacobo Majluta, also said they would not per- mit election results to be altered. "JIMMY CARTER and Joaquin Balaguer committed themselves before House rejects N-bban world public opinion to a free election that would be clean and respected. We are convinced Balaguer will abide by that promise," Guzman said. "It is up to the electoral board to declare me the winner," he added. Guzman said Carter could blockade the Dominican Republic, which shares the central Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, or withhold economic aid if the results are not honored. THE STATE Department initially said it was encouraged by a statement by Armed Forces Minister Gen. Juan Beauchamps Javier that the electoral process would be respected, and there were reports in Washington that the vote count had been resumed. But late in the day, the department retreated from that statement, saying the remarks attributed to Beauchamps had not been confirmed. EARLIER REPORTS said armed forces invaded the headquarters of the Central Electoral Board at 4 a.m., stopping the vote count and the broad- casting of results. Sources at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington said OAS election obser- vers reported Balaguer retained con- trol of the government and indicated he was ready to transfer power to Guzman if the opposition should win the election. The only official comment came in a military communique broadcast by Dominican radio. It said rumors of a coup were false and indicated the military would respect the election results. OAS SOURCES said national police spearheaded the takeover of election headquarters. The informants said the police leadership was historically an- tagonistic to Guzman's center-left op- position Dominican Revolutionary Par- ty, or PRD. There was no word on what prompted the intervention. Balaguer was seeking his fourth four- year term. He was first elected in 1966 after a civil war that followed the military overthrow in 1963 of the last popularly elected PRD government. U.S. troops, later incorporated into a pan-American police force, intervened in 1966 to halt the civil war and set the stage for the election of Balaguer, who has maintained close ties with the United States. Balaguer ran a vigorous campaign on his record of political stability and post civil war economic recovery. Guzman accused the president of allowing corruption to spread through the lower levels of his administration during Balaguer's long tenure. WASHINGTON (AP) - The House refused yesterday to prohibit spending for production of the neutron warhead. President Carter has postponed development of the weapon but wants to keep his option open for later develop- ment. Yesterday's 306-90 vote will keep that option alive. ON APRIL 7 Carter said he would not go ahead with the weapons system and instead would seek arms concessions from the Soviet Union. Also rejected, by a vote of 54-12, was a proposal to give Congress veto power over a presidential decision to produce the warhead. Under the amendment, production could have been blocked if both the Senate and the House voted against the weapon within 45 days after Carter decided to go ahead with it. The moves to kill the neutron warhead or restrict the President's production decision were proposed as amendments to a bill authorizing $2.9 billion in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 to maintain and modernize the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons. THE OVERALL bill was approved 348-46 and sent to the Senate. Under the bill, Carter would have authority to produce neutron warheads for Lance missiles and artillery shells if he cer- tifies they are in the interest of national security. Neutron warheads are designed to kill primarily through radiation. The weapons have smaller blast and shock effects than older nuclear weapons. Military planners say neutron weapons could be used against a Soviet tank assaulty against Western Europe. In his April 7 announcement, Carter said the ultimate decision on production of neutron weapons will be made later and "will be influenced by the degree to which the Soviet Union shows restraint in its conventional and nuclear arms programs and force deployments affec- ting the security of the United States and Western Europe." CONGRESSIONAL leaders and key members of the Senate and House Ar- med Services committees had urged Carter not to scrap neutron weapons without a Soviet arms concession. Arguing against the amendment to cut off the funding authorization, Rep. Samuel Stratton, (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Armed Services investigations subcommittee, said, "We're being asked to restrict the President of the United States, to tie the hands of the President of the United States." Stratton said the Soviets already have signaled they will not make a reciprocal arms concession, and that 'Carter "may well change his mind" about neutron weapons. He and other supporters of the neutron warhead argued it "is the only weapon system the Russians are really afraid of." REP. THEODORE Weiss, (D-N.Y.), leader of the move to cut off neutron weapon- authorization and a similar, unsuccessful campaign last year, said neutron warheads blur the distinction between neujtron and conventional weapons, thus increasing the likelihood of nuclear war. Rep. Ron Dellums, (D-Calif.), said that with the neutron warhead, "We are making nuclear war thinkable, possible, inevitable." Weiss said his amendment to delete neutron weaponi authorization would not deprive the President of the option, but would require him "to come and ask" Congress for authority. hell worship your 9lden body! Long before there's summer sun you'll be a golden goddess with Tan-A-Mat. 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