I Paae 2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 21, 1983 Diplomat's restdence IN BRIEF shelled in Beirut suburb ot t (Continued from Page 1) - least 20 shells were fired. The ships con- tinued shooting for about 10 minutes, they said. THE SHELLS striking the am- bassador's compound apparently came from Druse militia positions in the nearby hills. Sever hours before the late-night shelling began, Druse militiamen and Palestinian guerrillas returned to the attack on Souk el-Gharb after being repulsed twice earlier in the day. One attack during the afternoon. caught U.S. military observers in the strategic Christian townoverlooking Beirut, but an American spokesman said he didn't think they were still there when the night attack began. THE AMERICANS apparently were conferring with the local Lebanese. command at their headquarters in the hotel when the fighting broke out about a mile away. An hour-long battle followed in which hundreds of shells and rockets were exchanged, but there was no report that any Americans were wounded. Despite the continuing fighting, an in- formed government source who refused to be identified by name said the Lebanese government was hopeful that Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan's mediation efforts would produce a cease-fire within the next 24 hours. But former Prime Minister Saeb Salam, who is involved in the mediation effort, said he doubted the negotiations would succeed soon because the Syrians "are playing for time." MONDAY'S Navy action marked the first time that U.S. forces had directly. supported the Lebanese army in its bat- tle for Beirut against Syrian-backed Druse and Palestinian militiamen. The Reagan administration has em- phasized that it is determined to protect Souk el-Gharb and one key ad- ministration official said army control of the town was "vital." Meanwhile in Washington, after a week of negotiations, President Reagan and congressional leaders reached a compromise yesterday that authorizes the 1,200 U.S. Marines in Lebanon to remain on their peacekeeping mission for the next 18 months. THE PROPOSAL must be passed by- the House and the Senate, and Reagan said he has "substantial reservations" about its legality even as he is willing to sign it. Essentially, the compromise enables Congress and the White House to sidestep a confrontation over the War Powers Act, which sets a 60-to-90 day limit on the time U.S. forces may be stationed in conflict situations without a declaration of war. The terms of the compromise agreement would prohibit any substan- tial increase in the current 1,200-man Marine force now stationed in Beirut, but would guarantee the Marine mission will not be scuttled by the lawmakers for 18 months. The 18-month provision, a stumbling block in the talks, was inserted to remove the issue from the 1984 presidential campaign. "We are in agreement with the philosophy and the policy of the White House," said House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, following the talks which in- cluded leaders of the Democratic House the Republican-controlled Senate and senior White House advisers. 1.t511 AP Photo Pro-government demonstrators retreat as debris is thrown from buildings. The rally - designed to boost the beleaguered government of President Ferdinand Marcos - was cut short when its main organizer, Mayor Nemesio Yabut, was hit by a water balloon. Militant protesters halt poMcsrally MANILA, Philippines (AP) -'- A suburban rally for President Ferdinand Marcos disintegrated yesterday when thousands of counter-demonstrators burned the stage and pelted Marcos supporters with mops, garbage and urine-filled cans. At the same time, about 7,000 studen- ts screaming "Marcos resign!" and "Marcos Hitler!" staged the biggest protest march by students in the capital in years, demanding that the right-wing president quit. THE MELEE IN suburban Makati, metropolitan Manila's financial center, and the march in the capital were the latest anti-government demonstrations to protest the assassination of Benigno Aquino, Marcos' main rival. Aquino was shot dead as he stepped off a plane Aug. 21, returning home from three years of voluntary exile in the United States. Security agents im- mediately shot a man they claim was the assassin, but dissidents say the government ordered Aquino killed. A big anti-Marcos demonstration has been scheduled by the opposition for today at a downtown Manila plaza to be attended by Aquino's family and the Philippines' most prominent dissident leaders. THE DEMONSTRATION coincides with the 11th anniversary of Marcos' declaration of martial law, which he ended in 1981 after eight years. Marcos considers the day sacred because he claims military rule saved the country. "It will take more than speeches," he told Filipino reporters "We have the capability to maintain our gover- nment." HE DESCRIBED the presidency as an "august covenant" between him and the people. But critics say it is clear from the series of demonstrations, which have spread to include middle- class families, businessmen and clerics, that Marcos is facing one of his biggest political crises. At least three people were slightly in- jured in the Makati melee. Mayor Nemesio Yabut, who organized the pro- Marcos rally, said police arrested five "vandals" for disrupting the peace. Police estimated at least 10,000 people spilled into Makati's main Ayala Avenue, scene of another anti-Marcos demonstration last Friday. About 2,000 were government supporters assem- bled by Yabut for the pro-Marcos rally. But attempts by Yabut, atop a stage, to rouse his generally silent crowd into chanting "Marcos, Marcos!" were drowned by Aquino supporters who shouted "Ninoy, Ninoy!," the nickname of Marcos' assassinated rival. Yabut fled when a water balloon lob- bed by soieone in a high-rise office building exploded inches away. Security guards-whisked him off the stage and hastily decreed the rally can- celed. Complied front Associated Press anid United Press International reports Senate committee defeats nuclear freeze resolution WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent to the. Senate yesterday a nuclear freeze resolution and a substitute proposal for a "build-down" in nuclear weapons, but suggested that both proposals be defeated. The committee first rejected the freeze resolution and then baely defeated, a substitute resolution by Chariman Charles Percy (R-Ill.) which supported the build-down, an arms reduction approach preferred by the White House. Then, after a series of confused and partisan votes, the panel voted to send both measures to the Senate floor with negative recommendations. The freeze resolution, originally sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy (D- Mass.) and Mark Hatfield (R-Ore.), calls for the United States and the Soviet Union to negotiate a mutual and verifiable freeze of nuclear weaponry at present levels. It was defeated by a 10-7 vote, with Democrat Edward Zorinsky of Nebraska joining the solid Republican majority. Percy's alternative endorses the so-called build-down, which would allow continued development of new weapons in conjunction of removal of older weapons at a faster rate. Reagan pushes school prayer COLUMBIA, S.C. - President Reagan, stumping on the home territory of Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) resurrected several conservative proposals yesterday - including tuition tax credits and a. constitutional school prayer amendment - that he shelved earlier this year to focus on classroom stan- dards. In prepared remarks at the University of South Carolina, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate, Reagan declared: "I'm convinced that if we can send astronauts to the moon, we can put these common-sense prin- ciples into practice." Reagan originally made the school aid and prayer proposals as part of his State of the Union address last January, but changed course when his National Commission on Excellence in Education warned in April that a "rising tide of mediocrity in the schools threatens our very future as a nation." The president promptly endorsed the commission's report and embarked on a cross-country campaign to support its call for more homework, more required courses in English, math and science, longer school hours and teacher salaries based on merit rather than seniority alone. Michigan's primary jeopardized LANSING - Michigan's presidential primary took another step toward eventual elimination yesterday as the House Election Committee voted to kill the practice permanently. "It's a media event! It doesn't mean an- ything," said Committee Chairman Michael Griffin (D-Jackson) after the panel voted 11-1 to send the repeal legislation to the full House. A major argument against the primary, which does not meet national Democratic Party rules, has been its estimated $5 million cost. Both parties have indicated they will not use Michigan's "open" primary - which allos voters of either party and independents to participate - to select national convention delegates. To replace the primary, Wiener said there will be about 400 caucuses. Par- ticipants will have to attest they are Democrats and then will be able to cast a vote Reagan administration ilegally coerces welfare recipients WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the Reagan administration used illegal coercifonlast Year when it tried to per- suade 4 *iillfn aged, blind and disabddwelfare recipients to disclose how, much they are worth. The administration hinted that Supplemental Security Income benefits might be denied if recipients refused to authorize government access to their confidential tax returns. The appeals court said federal law might permit the Internal Revenue Service to disclose the contents of an individual's tax return to another gov- ernment agency if the individual freely gives him consent. Bu the court, in an opinion by Judge Abner Mikva, said a form mailed to the 4 million recipients of SSI seeking access to the information "makes a mockery of the consent requirement." "The form itself contained poorly veiled threats the recipients' benefits would be terminated if they failed to sign the forms," Mikva wrote. "The language of the form was thus likely to coerce individuals, who depend on Social Security for their subsistence, into giving up their right to confiden- tiality. Airline, unions reach impasse HOUSTON - Continental Airlines officials said yesterday they have been unable to reach a reement with two unionr on details of a cost-cutting plan aimed at restoring the airline to profitbiliy ndtal.f ot-utn A pilots' union and a flight attendants' union agreed in principle to helping the company cut costs, but negotiations on details of the plan have reached an impasse, said company spokesman Bruce Hicks. Continental, which has lost $84 million in the last six months, has asked its employees to develop plans to help the carrier save $150 million. The company proposed last week that the flight attendants agree to a 50 percent pay cut, 16 hours of work on domestic flights and 18 hours on inter- national flights, and a guaranteed seven-hour rest period between shifts, There are 1,620 Continental pilots working and another 400 have been laid off. The company is seeking a 46 percent reduction in the pilot costs and has suggested the layoff of another 34 pilots. Salaries for pilots range from $40,000 to $80,000 annually. 0 be Litbigan wat g Vol. XCIV -no.12 Wednesday, September 21, 1983 (ISSN 0745-967X) 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. 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U.S. officials said the Soviets have been harassing the U.S. Navy which located and then lost signals from the plane's flight recorder. The Soviets informed the U.S. and Japanese Embassies in Moscow of the turnover date. State Department spokesman John Hughes told reporters in Washingon there was no elaboration on the nature of the items except that they would not include remains of any of the victims. HUGHES ALSO DENIED a Soviet charge that the plane delayed its depar- ture from Anchorage, Alaska, to syn- chronize its approach to the Kam- chatka Peninsula with the flight of a U.S. spy satellite. A Japanese Foreign Ministry official, who declined to be identified, told reporters in Wakkanai that the "items and documents" will be turned over at Nevelisk, on the west coast of Sakhalin Island near the area where the Korean Air Lines jet was shot down by Soviet interceptor Sept. 1. The airliner carried 269 people, in- cluding 61 Americans, to their deaths. A feverish hunt is under way by the Soviet, U.S., Japanese and South Korean ships for the "black box," the in-flight recording system that includes at least two devices that could shed light on the flight's final moments. THERE WERE unconfirmed reports that the Soviets had found the "black box," but Pentagon sources in Washington were skeptical. "We've heard they may have found something, but it could be a plant," said one source, voicing fears that the Soviets. may publicly announce finding a "black box" that may actually have been doctored to provide support for Soviet charges the KAL flight was part of an American intelligence-gathering mission. Pentagon spokesman Benjamin Welles said the U.S. Navy twice found and then lost signals from the "black box" in international waters 2,500 feet deep off Sakhalin. "We're quite certain what we got was what we're looking for, then we lost it," Welles said. HE SAID THE U.S. ships searching for the flight recorder are being harassed by the Soviet flotilla that is also looking for the recorder and wreckage. Welles said there "are continuing in- stances where U.S. ships have maneuvered to avoid potentially hazardous navigational situations." He also said the Soviets have created "electronic disturbances," apparently to jam the U.S. hunt for the flight recorder. The"pings from the flight recorder were picked up Monday by the Narragansett, a Navy tug that is trailing an underwater microphone tuned to receive the signals. The signals were lost after 1 hour, picked up again for 30 minutes, and then lost a second time, Welles said. The search for wreckage is being complicated by the large number of vessels in the area, Welles said. In ad- dition to Soviet and U.S. vessels, Japanese and South Korean ships are also combing the area. 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