" Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 19-S I Saturday, May 27, 1978 m ichigan DA IL Sixteen Pages Ann Arbor, Michigan Ten Cents Soviets ask ban o neutron bomb UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, calling the neutron bomb "Vicious and cruel," yesterday urged the United States to give an "unambiguous reply" to the Soviet Union's proposal that both nations forgo producing the weapon. At the same time, he made apparent overtures to the United States in the key areas of strategic arms reduction and a general nuclear test ban. ANOTHER SPEAKER to the U.N. General Assembly's special session on disarmament, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, suggested agreement be reached to ban testing of strategic delivery systems-an apparent reference to the American cruise missile and the Soviet "Backfire" bomber and SS-20 missile. In'his one-hour speech, Gromyko said the neutron bomb "must be banned on- ce and for all" as "a particularly vicious and cruel means of mass destruction, intended specially to an- nihilate all things living." The American eveloped weapon is a high-radiation but low-blast nuclear weapon for tactical missiles and ar- tillery that would kill troops while sparing buildings. President Carter has deferred its production and deployment against Soviet-led Warsaw Pact forces in Europe ina bid for Soviet concessions on troop and weapons strength. GROMYKO SAID the Soviet Union was against the weapon because it would add "a new dimension to the ar- ms race." The neutron bomb is con- sidered a tactical weapon and is not covered by current U.S.-Soviet strategic arms limitation talks. "This weapon is not directed against one country or two countries, or five or six countries," Gromyko said, in an improvisation on his prepared text. "It is directed against mankind." U.S. officials have said the Soviet of- fer to forgo neutron bomb production if America will is meaningless because See GROMYKO, Page 6 AP Photo Andrei Gromyko Guzman wins disputed election SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican only two of 84 electoral districts still yterd help to private enterprise." Republic (AP) - Central election uncounted. yestrday morning. Balaguer and his Reform board figures showed yesterday that Results of the May 16 election are G U Z M A N ' S Dominican developed strong relations wit Antonio Guzman has won the presiden- unofficial until the board makes a for- Revolutionary Party - PRD - was ex- United States and Guzman said cy of this central Caribbean nation, en- mal declaration of the winner. pected to tilt the country toward the will be maintained. "I don't fores ding Joaquin Balaguer's 12-year rule. The count was interrupted twice. left, but Guzman told reporters the par- difficulties," he said. "We advoca Guzman, a 67-year-old landowner, Army units occupied the election board ty "has been remodeled" since it called g defense of human rights, as said his government will be "politically office May 17 when Guzman took an for "popular dictatorship" under for- President Carter." in the center" and will "maintain the early lead and a military coup was mer President Juan Bosch. good relations we have had with the feared, but the soldiers withdrew. On Guzman, who has a 1,300-acre farm HE WAS ASKED about conser United States." Tuesday, the count was suspended where he grows coffee and raises cat- army commanders who have GUZMAN HAD 832,319 votes to awaiting the arrival of results from tle, said he will encourage economic known their distrust of the PRI 669,112 for Balaguer with ballots from some outlying districts. It resumed development by "giving all kinds of replied: "I am sure the militar respect the outcome of the elect " 0 0 e have no fear that they would ma xO e oirs o ng slowly Guzman said his government laarf Prnlla' rr"n Party th the these ee any ate the does vative made D and y will ions. I ake an iill ac- SETIB .:0M~ By MICHAEL ARKUSH Ann Arbor's liberal community has never been very receptive to Richard Nixon, and the way his new book is selling in local book stores, it seems that things haven't changed. The ex-President released his new book, Memoirs of Richard Nixon, several weeks ago. Since then, local book store managers report that the! book is not faring well. "I just think people are sick and tired of the whole thing," said Marilee Kelley, a worker at Ulrich's book store. THE BOOK, which sells for the retail price of $19.95 (or $17.95 in some stores), features Nixon's accounts of the Watergate debacle, the historical visits to China, and his occasionally frustrating struggle for the presidency. Early nationwide reports indicate the book is selling very slowly. Most local book store managers blame its sur- prising failure on the attitude of most University students, who insist, they See MEMOIRS, Page 6 ceerateBaaguer s agrarian reform program "by using better techniques and better planning." It also plans to "review the contracts with foreign multinational mining companies to make sure the government receives the fair deal it deserves." Mining companies operating here in- clude Falconbridge, Alcoa and Rosario. GUZMAN, WHO is to take office Aug. '18, said he hopes to meet with Balaguer and discuss the transfer of power. Balaguer, 70, was seeking a fourth four-year term as leader of the six million citizens of the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. He was first elec- ted in 1966. In 1974 he was virtually unopposed when Guzman and the PRD pulled out of the race, charging the government was preparing to commit election fraud. The PRD, organized by Juan Bosch, emerged as a well organized party in 1962 when politicians returned here af- ter the assassination of dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, who ruled for 30 years.