0 Page 2-Thursday, November 18, 1982-The Michigan Daily Reader's Digest source of Reagan claim IN BRIEF- WASHINGTON (AP)- President Reagan's claim that Soviet agents are partly behind the American campaign for a nuclear weapons freeze was apparen- tly based on similar allegations about the peace movement in Western Europe and on an article in Reader's Digest, one of his favorite magazines. When Reagan's assertion at a news conference last week was questioned, the White House produced a list of published materials in an attempt to document the president's statement. Those materials, however, contain few references to the domestic freeze cam- paign. And what little evidence they do cite relates to the charge that the Soviet Union has sought to stir up opposition to development of the neutron warhead and modern nuclear weapons in Europe. ACCORDING TO the White House press office, Reagan also had in mind a recent Reader's Digest ar- ticle when he told reporters that "there is plenty of evidence" that foreign agents have helped organize major pro-freeze demonstrations. That article, written by John Barron and published in the October issue, named five Soviet officials, three of them United Nations diplomats, one embassy official and an official of the Soviet Institute for the U.S.A. and Canada who were said to have par- ticipated in disarmament conferences in the United States. The article identified them as agents of the KGB, the Soviet secret police. Reagan's charges have drawn demands, in Congress and elsewhere, for hard evidence of in- filtration. Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) and a member of the Armed Services Committee, asked Chairman John Tower (R-Texas) yesterady to request the ad- ministration to produce its proof at a closed hearing. "The conclusions the president has drawn from this evidence are so serious that I believe he should share it . . . with the Armed Services Committee," Hart said. Tower did not immediately answer the written request. Earlier, Sen. Mark Hatfield, (R-Ore.), a sponsor of a nuclear freeze resolution, declared that "I have not seen or been aware of any communist or KGB mem- ber in the movement and I've literally looked behind the doors and in the closet. If President Reagan has evidence of infiltration, he owes it to the American people . . . to disclose the evidence so that we may eject or expel those infiltrators." When Reagan was pressed for more detail at his news conference, he said said, "I can't go beyond what I've done because I don't discuss intelligence matters." Drug PORTLAND, Maine (AP) heat on in Florida, drug smi found a paradise in the vas and secluded coves alonj miles of coastline in Maine say. A federal crackdown o trade in South Florida 'h many dealers northward t which in addition to its c more than 200 small, airstrips and 50 unguarded the Canadian border. MAINE, SAYS U.S. Attor Cohen, is "very desir smuggling. Just this week, 30 tons o were seized aboard a 90-f smugglers fina - With the that docked in the night in the coastal ugglers have village of Bremen, with eight Colom- t woodlands bians among the 24-man crew. tg the 3,504 Also, Cohen says, "there is cocaine authorities smuggling going on by air" involving people "normally seen in South n the drug Florida." as diverted MAINE traditionally has been an en- o this state, try point for drugs, primarily oastline, has mariujuana, that is immediately unattended trucked elsewhere to be sold. But Scrossings to Cohen says recent investigations in- dicate Maine may be developing into a ney Richard distribution center as well, with able," for cargoes stored here and shipped out of state in small loads. f marijuana Cohen helped institute an anti-drug I paradise t smuggling task force composed of state police and federal agents, and one of, President Reagan's 12 new drug- fighting task forces is to be located in New England. But the Coast Guard's 1982 budget as held to 1981 levels, and its vessels are in dire need, of repair at a time when smuggling "is getting worse," Cohen said. "IF WE'RE intercepting one in 10 smuggles, we're doing well," said Cohen. Authorities consider the smuggling to be the work of organized crime, but the individuals involved do not fit the con- ventional image of hardened criminals, n Maine Cohen said. "A lot of them are bright, young people, veterans, some college graduates," he said. TO THE smugglers, he said, marijuana is a "cash crop" that is not harmful. Sneaking marijuana into Maine is becoming increasingly difficult, and even the most clandestine operation might be detected, Stern said. "It's like a militia up here," he said from his office in Penobscot County, about three hours north of Portland. Local residents, he said, "all have their CBs on and they have their eyes open." 'ot freighter Area treated to meteor shower show (Continued from Page 1) MANY METEORS-especially big ones like Tuesday's-are airy and hollow, Loudon said. "Like cotton can- dy." These airy meteors never make it to the earth's surface. Tuesday night was also special because it was the high point in an an- OUR BSN IS WORH AN OFFICER'S COMMISSION IN THE ARMY Your BSN means you're a professional. In the Army, it also means you're an officer. You start as a full-fledged member of our medical team. Write: Army Nurse Opportunities, P.O. Box 7713, Burbank, CA 91510. ARMY NURSE CORPS. t BE ALLYOU CAN BE. nual meteor shower. The Leonid shower-no relation to the deceased Soviet leader-appears yearly in the sky, and is one of a series of meteor showers that occur for a few nights each year. Tuesday's fireball, however, was probably unrelated to the Leonid down- pour, Loudon said. The best time to see the Leonids was late Tuesday and last night, The next meteor shower will be the Orionid shower, coming to the Ann Arbor area Dec. 13. Daily staff writer Richard Cam- pbellfiled a report for this story. UNISEX Long or Short Haircuts by Professionals at ... DASCOLA STYLISTS Liberty oft State ..... 668-9329 East U. at South U........ 662-0354 Arborland:.............971-975 Maple Village ...........761-2733 Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports Factory use hits record low WASHINGTON- Nearly one-third of the production ines at U.S. factories stood idle last month as the recession deepened, in what one economist called a "near depression." The 68.4 percent factory-use rate reported yesterday was the worst on record. The October decline was the 13th in 15 months. And rather than getting smaller, the monthly drops have been getting larger: 0.2 percent in August, 0.6 in September and now 0.8 in October. There were new declines in two major industries: Factory use fell to 49.7 percent for automakers and to 42 percent for iron and steel producers. The latter figure was that industry's lowest since a big 1959 strike stifled output. For the first time in the recession, overall factory use fell below the 1975 low of 69 percent, a figure that had been the lowest level in statistics going back to 1948. Owen elected House speaker LANSING- Senate Democratic Leader William Faust held on to his job yesterday despite a labor union challenge and Rep. Gary Owen, as expected, was elected the new speaker of the Democratic controlled House. Faust won re-election to the position he has held for five years over Sen. Gary Corbin in a tight 11-9 secret ballot election conducted behind closed doors. Only one vote was taken. "I don't see a significant change in policy," Owen, who was unopposed, 'said after his selection. "I've got the same leadership team, and that gives anyone starting out an advantage." The Senate Democratic leadership election was most vigorously disputed contest. Faust emerged from the one-hour meeting saying the 20 Democrats he will lead beginning in January are "a united caucus." Faust is the only surviving incumbent of the current leadership team. Owen replaces retiring House Speaker Bobby Crim (D-Davison). House Republicans selected Michael Busch of Saginaw Tuesday to succeed William Bryant of Grosse Pointe Farms who did not seek re-election. State committee passes anti-pornography bill LANSING- The Senate Judiciary Committee, with little debate, complied with the wishes of anti-pronography groups yesterday and approved a tough bill cracking down on peddlers of obscene material. "Michigan has been in need of a strong obscenity statute for years," said Jean Rulman, spokeswoman for Citizens Against Pornography. She said the measure combines the best of laws which have been'ruled constitutional in other states and is considered legally sound by obscenity statue experts. The measure, passed by the House and sponsored by Rep. Jelt Sietsema, adopts a U.S. Supreme Court standard which determines that material is pornographic based on "community standards." The bill also provides penalties of up to 20 years in prison on a second of- fense for distributing pornographic materials and contains portions w'hich allow civil actions to close pornographic shops and destroy obscene material. Former CIA agent convicted of smuggling arms to Libya ALEXANDRIA, Va.- A federal court jury dismissed former CIA agent Edwin Wilson's claim that he was working for the CIA in Libya and convic- ted him yesterday of smuggling five weapons to officials of that radical Arab nation in 1979. The seven female and five male jurors, mostly housewives and office workers from the Washington suburbs, took a little more than four hours to decide that the husky, dour-faced Wilson, 54, was guilty of seven of the eight charges against him. The jury acquitted him on one count of interstate transportation of four pistols from North Carolina to Virginia, but left him facing a maximum penalty of 39 years in prison and a $240,000 fine. Sentencing was set for Dec. 17. Wilson's chief lawyer, Herald Price Fahringer, said he was "awfully disappointed." He said he would appeal the verdict, partly on the ground that pretrial rulings had limited his ability to subpoena officials in support of claims that Wilson was working surreptitiously for the CIA in Libya. Reagan considers Jan. tax cut WASHINGTON- Despite estimates that the federal deficit is headed for $200 billion, President Reagan is thinking about a six-month speedup in next year's 10 percent income tax cut, as an "appealing" way of boosting con- sumer spending. The Treasury Department proposal, would make the cut effective in paychecks beginning Jan. 1 rather than July 1. Officials say that would put an additional $14.6 billion into workers' hands, enabling them to help spend the weak economy out of recession. "We're thinking about it. We're talking about that," Reagan told reporters yesterday in Florida, just before returning to the White House. "It would stimulate the economy. That's what so appealing about it." The idea of speeding up the cut is being pushed by Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, who proposed it to the president within the past two weeks, according to administration sources. However, budget director David Stockman and chief White House economist Martin Feldstein are strongly opposed to the move as a weak economic tonic that would increase an already bloated budget deficit, ac- cording to the sources, who did not want their names used. Vol. XCIII, No. 61 Thursday, November 18, 1982 S 0 r SP S Sq The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Sub- scription rates: $13 September through April (2 semesters); $14 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mor- nings. Subscription rates: $7.50 in Ann Arbor; $8 Dy mail outside Ann Arbor. 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