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Reagan shortens Far
From AP and UPI
WASHINGTON - The White House
announced yesterday that President
Reagan has dropped plans to visit the
Philippines and two other Southeast
Asian nations from his trip to the Far
East next month.
THE OFFICIAL explanation given
was that Reagan decided to shorten the
trip after concluding that he needed to
be in Washington while Congress wrap-
ped up several important spending
bills.
Aides,, however, sari that one of the
major reasons was the growing
political unrest faced by Ferdinand
Marcos.
Stops in Indonesia and Thailand were
also cancelled along with Manila, shor-
tening the itinerary for Reagan's tvo-
week Far East Trip to Japan and South
Korea.
BLAMING THE press of
congressional business at home rather
than the bloody antigovernment rioting
in Manila, presidential spokesman
Larry Speakes said Reagan could visit
the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand
when he goes to China next spring.
While Reagan said earlier in the day
any change in his travel plans would be
"totally based" on his need to be in
Washington while Congress is in
session, Speakes confirmed unrest in
the Philippines was a major factor.
"All considerations were taken into
consideration," he said.
THE FIRST two weeks of November
will be "demanding legislativev
Speakes said, since key approp
bills have not yet been enacte
stopgap spending resolution wi]
Nov. 10.
Last Thursday Speakes s
always review security in ever
try we go to, but we've seen no
indicate -to change any plansi
country on the scheduled trip."
Reagan, in confirming that a
was under study yesterday m
said it was as a result of "thec
situation in Congress."
ALTHOUGH Speakes said it
change in Congress' projected
nment date from Oct. 28 until so
in November that forced the
East trip
weeks," House to re-examine the schedule,
riations congressional observers have known
d and a since July that the legislature could not
11 expire possibly complete its work in October.
Administration officials were saying
privately all last week they and Mrs.
aid we Reagan were concerned about
y coun- Reagan's security in Manila.
thing to The White House decision ended
for any speculation fueled in recent weeks by a
wave of violence and unrest in the
Philippines triggered by the Aug. 21
change assassination of opposition leader
Horning' Benigno Aguino. At least 12 people have
changed been killed and hundreds of others in-
jured in protests since the killing.
tadjour The White House sought to avoid of-
fending President Marcos, whose
ametime islands nation is the site of two key U.S.
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Supreme Court
upholds handgun ban
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TEXAS Attorney General Jim Mat-
tox advised the justices that he did not
oppose Autry's request for an execution
postponement.
"Although all of Autry's grounds for a
stay are totally meritless, we do not feel
they are frivolous," an assistant attor-
ney general said in commenting on the
Texas decision.
Beginning its 1983-84 term by acting
on some 900 cases, the court also faced
its first-ever "wrongful birth" dispute.
IN THE "wrongful birth" case, the
justices turned away the appeal of a
couple who filed an Illinois negligence
lawsuit seeking enough money to bring
up the child.
Edna and Afzal Raja, who formerly
lived in Chicago but now reside in Long
Beach, Calif., appealed the ruling to the
nation's highest court.
A tubal cauterization was performed
on Mrs. Raja in 1972 to prevent her
from conceiving. Five years later, she
gave birth to a healthy girl.
THE ILLINOIS Supreme Court threw
out the claim for rearing costs, but said
the couple is entitled to be paid medical
expenses and other childbirth and
pregnancy expenses if there was
negligence.
But the state court said that even if
there was negligence, the couple could
not recover rearing costs from a
hospital accused of malpractice.
In other matters, the justices:
Heard arguments on the legality of
using home video records to tape
copyrighted television shows and
televised movies. The court must
decide whether millions of Americans
are breaking the law and, if so, whether
the machines' manufacturers must pay
for such armchair piracy.
" Agreed to take their first look into
government control of cable television
content and decide whether Oklahoma
may ban wine commercials from cable
TV.
* Spiked the hopes of two Arizona
schoolboys who wanted to join girls-
only volleyball teams, and who argued
unsuccessfully that they were victims of
unlawful sex discrimination.
'IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Press international reports
Marines shelled despite truce
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Mortar fire slammed into the U.S. Marine compound
near Beirut airport yesterday and the Lebanese army battled rebel
militiamen in the most serious fighting since a truce was declared in the
nation's civil war eight days ago.
No Marine casualties were reported in the incident, which happened after
fighting broke out between the Lebanese army and rebel forces to the north
and south of the American position.
The fighting began when the Lebanese army tried to stop Shiite Moslem
rebels from setting up roadblocks in an area north of the Marine encam-
pment. Witnesses said rocket propelled =grenade, tank and artillery fire
could be heard for two hours.
At about the same time, the army clashed with Druze Moslem rebels in the
village of Shweifat south of the Marines.
Several mortar rounds from the fighting crashed into the Marine com-
pound and the Americans were forced into their foxholes for the first tme inr
a week.
German army accident kills 2
MIENSINGEN, West Germany - A mortar shell exploded in front of about
800 people watching shooting exercises yesterday by army recruits, killing
two officers and wounding 20 people, a military spokesman said.
West German Parliament deputy Fritz Wittmann was one of three
civilians wounded, said a press officer for the 56th Home Protection Brigade.
The blast was "an accident." but how it happened was not clear, said the
officer; who according to West German custom requested anonymity
the shell exploded a few yards in front of the spectators, who were on a
makeshift reviewing stand supported by army trucks, he said.
He said 15 of the injured were in serious conditon.
The explosion occurred just as officers gave the command for the recruits
to fire a smoke grenade, which was supposed to land about a mile from the
spectators, he said.
Chicago teachers protest wages
CHICAGO - Striking teachers, joined by other school workers, shut down
the nation's third-largest system yesterday in a pay dispute.
The Chicago Teachers Union, along with the district's 18 other unions, set
up picket lines after talks ending late Sunday failed to produce a settlement
in the pay dispute. The 27,000 teachers had voted last month to strike unless
they received more money.
Teachers union President Robert Healey said yesterday the strike would
be short if the school board drops its stance that all pay hikes over one per-
cent be met by cuts in benefits.
"If we only talk about a salary increase, it could be a short strike," said
Healey.
But if Schools Superintendent Ruth Love "insists on pre-conditions, it
could be a long strike," said Healey, who called for elimination of 500 ad-
ministrative jobs.
Said Ms. Love: "We cannot reach the demands of the union without some
concessions."
School and city officials responded to the walkout with a network of alter-
native classes and recreation programs for the district's 420,000 students.
Suspect in banker's murder
found dead; son surrenders
PADUCAH, Texas - A man and his son, on the run for killing two Min-
nesota bankers, decided to end their desperate situation with a suicide and a
surrender, Cottle County Sheriff Frank Taylor said yesterday.
Steve Jenkins, 18, surrendered to local police Sunday and told authorities
where his father could be found. Deputies found the body of James Lee
Jenkin, 46, on an abandoned farm 4 miles north of the west Texas community
of Paducah.
Taylor said Jenkins apparently stuck a shotgun in his mouth and "blowed
his head off."
Authorities found a cache of weapons in Jenkins' pickup that included an
M-1 carbine, a sawed-off shotgun, a .22-caliber pistol, hand grenades,
machetes and bayonets, as well as "quite a bit of ammunition," the sheriff
said.
Minnesota investigators were heading to Texas to pick up the younger
Jenkins. Both father and son were named in warrants charging them with
two counts of second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of the two
bankers.
Gold price drops below $400
NEW YORK - The price of gold tumbled below $400 an ounce yesterday,
its lowest level in a year, after-having languished between $400 and $450 an
ounce for seven months.
The decline was the first pronounced move in gold since bullion plum-
meted $100 an ounce in February.
Analysts attributed yesterday's slide to several factors, including a
brightened outlook for restrained inflation, slack demand for bullion world-
wide and concern that debtor nations might sell gold reserves to help pay
their bills.
In London trading, gold fell to $391 a troy ounce yesterday from $406.50 late
Friday - the first time it has fallen below $400 since it closed at $390.50 on
Oct. 5, 1982. In Zurich, gold fell $14 from Friday, closing at $392.25.
In New York trading, gold for current delivery on the Commodity Ex-
change fell $11 an ounce from Friday, to $390.90 a troy ounce.
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