The Michigan Daily-Friday, February 4, 1983-Page 5 Poland expels reporter; halts UPI operations VIENNA, Austria (UPI) - The Polish Foreign Ministry yesterday or- dered the suspension of United Press International's operations in Poland and stripped its one remaining correspondent in Warsaw of his ac- creditation. The Ministry said UPI operations would be suspended until a new correspondent is accredited to replace expelled UPI reporter Ruth Gruber in Warsaw and the Polish news agency PAP in Washington resumes operation. GRUBER WAS expelled from Poland for alleged "espionage activity." She had been detained by police for questioning for 23 hours Jan. 11 andor- dered expelled the next day. The U.S. State Department respon- ded to Gruber's forced.departure by or- dering the expulsion Jan. 18 of PAP's Washington-based correspondent, ef- fectively closing down the one-man operation. Polish-born UPI Warsaw correspon- dent Bogdan Turek, 46, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry yesterday mor- ning to hear a prepared statement on the "temporary" decision to withdraw his accreditation card and suspend UPI operations. He said officials were "very polite" and he was not detained. "THE LEADERSHIP of the Polish Foreign Ministry decided to suspend instantaneously the operation of (the) UPI office until the day when a suc- cessor to Miss Ruth Gruber is ac- credited and until the office of the Polish news agency in Washington resumes its operation," Turek quoted the Ministry statement. In a statement released in New York, UPI President William Small said: "The action of the U.S. State Depar- tment in expelling the Polish journalist was not at UPI's request. We at UPI believe in full access to news coverage in every country by professional jour- nalists. We hope that both governments will reconsider and allow resumption of news coverage, including- the ap- proval of a replacement for UPI's correspondent who was earlier ex- pelled." Social Security benefits going to illegal aliens WASHINGTON (AP) - Social Security's ailing trust funds could wind up paying $1 billion to $2.4 billion a year in benefits to aliens working illegally in the United States, a congressional wat- chdog agency reported yesterday. Rep. G. William Whitehurst, who released the preliminary General Ac- counting Office report, introduced a bill to bar benefits to illegal aliens and place other restrictions on retirees and their kin who collect Social Security abroad. The law now permits illegal aliens to get Social Security, provided they paid payroll taxes long enough to qualify. THE GAO, using what it said were conservative figures, estimated two- thirds of some 3.5 million illegal aliens hold jobs covered by Social Security. If 10 percent wind up drawing benefits, it would cost $1 billion a year; if 25 per- cent get benefits, the cost would be $2.4 billion. retirees and younger people that Social Security is tottering on the brink of collapse has been allowed to continue too long," said Schweiker, who is leaving the Cabinet to become chief lobbyist for the life insurance industry. SCHWEIKER SAID THE interests of retirees and taxpayers alike "cannot be allowed to fall victim to narrow viewpoints now when we are so close to restoring Social Security's ability to meet its commitments today and for the future." Schweiker said the old age trust fund should repay as soon as possible the $12.4 billion it has borrowed from the Medicare trust futiid, which itself could go broke in 1990 or sooner. "It's all linked together and if we can't solve one, it's like a row of dominoes - the others are going to fall, too," said Schweiker. Mired in Minnesota AP Photo Snow and 45-mile an hour winds - not striking truckdrivers - forced this tractor-trailer off a Worthington, Minn. road yesterday. A tow truck prepares to help. Shultz pleased with China talks PEKING (AP) - Secretary of State George Shultz said yesterday that fric- tion in U.S.-Chinese relations should not obscure "how far we have come in so brief a time." But Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xuegian said "obstacles" still exist, harmful to cooperation between Peking and Washington. THE TWO diplomats concluded talks that left the outstanding problems un- changed: differences over arms sales to Taiwan, transfer of U.S. high technology to China and setting new quotas for imported Chinese textiles. While Shultz said he does not dismiss the importance of these frictions and differences in approach, he said he is trying to stress the positive elements in the situation facing the two countries, which established diplomatic relations four years ago after three decades of hostility.' "My presence here in Peking today is a good indication that both sides recognize the potential benefit of good relations," Shultz told a group of American corporation executives. "WE HAVE steered through some rocky stretches this past year in U.S.- Chinese relations," Shultz said. "I think both sides have navigated suc- cessfully and we are out in the clear again." Shultz was referring to protracted negotiations that led to a U.S: agreement last summer not to increase arms sales to Taiwan and eventually decrease them. Wu and Shultz met for eight hours over two days. Their talks were the longest and most extensive Shultz will have with Chinese leaders in Peking, but he also meets Friday and Saturday with Premier Zhao Ziyang, Defense Minister Zhang Aiping, Finance Minister Wang Bingqian and Deng Xiaoping, China's most authoritative leader. Shultz High school seniors drug use declining, survey says, (Continued from Page 1) ... pleased with talks Last Chance to Ski the West! Ste 11Oat Ski the Champagne Powder' steamboat springs, colorado the study concluded, noting that 93 per- cent of those students surveyed had ex- perimented with liquor by the end of their senior year. CIGARETTE SMOKING fell dramatically between 1977 and 1981, but that may change, according to John- ston. "A very sharp decline in smoking has bottomed out and may be rever- sing," he said. Johnston also expressed concern about the use of over-the-counter drugs such as diet pills. "I think the numbers are pretty impressive concerning women and diet pills," he said. Over 40 percent of the women questioned had tried diet pills, accor- ding to survey results. ALTHOUGH THE link is not entirely clear, there is a correlation between the use of over-the-counter and illegal drugs, Johnston said. "I think that it might reflect a certain personality fac- tor in the use of psychoactives," he said. The researchers also noted some dif- ferences in the popularity of different drugs. "One of the regional differences is with cocaine, which is very popular in the West and Northeast, and not in the Northwest and Central (regions)," Johnston said. He added that drug use also varied from city to city and bet- ween high schools. The survey, which is funded through research grants from the National In- stitute on Drug Abuse, has been con- ducted annually since 1975. The resear- chers also survey the students for ten years after they have graduated from high school. No data on continuing drug use, however, has been studied yet. 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