4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, October 4, 1983 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. e White military bases. FORESTRY .. . You're Needed All Over the World. 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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. 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