. P Nity e y ta Ninety-seven years of editorial freedom Iai1Q Vol. XCVII - No..29 Copyright 1986, The Michigan Daily Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, October 14, 1986 Eight Pages Reagan faileds reviews ummit Agreement is closer, WASHINGTON (AP) - In a speech broadcast nationally from the Oval Office, Reagan reviewed the collapse of his summit talks on Sunday with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland. "I cannot promise, nor can any president promise, that the talks in Iceland or any future discussions with Mr. Gorbachev will lead inevitably to great breakthroughs or momentous treaty signings," Reagan said. And he insisted that "we prefer no agreement than to bring home a bad agreement to the United States." REAGAN acknowledged that Gorbachev gave no indication "when or whether" he would come to the United States for the summit the leaders went to Iceland to pre- pare for. "Our invitation stands," the president said. "We continue to believe additional meetings would be useful. But that's a decision the Soviets must make." After refusing to compromise with Gorbachev on the testing of his hypothetical strategic defense system known formally as the Strategic Defense Initiative, Reagan said, "We are dealing now from a position of strength, and for that reason we have it within our grasp to move speedily with the Soviets toward even more breakthroughs." Reagan's national security adviser, Vice Adm. John Poin- dexter, told reporters yesterday that U.S. arms negotiators in Geneva will try to salvage elements of the accord that won tentative approval at the summit. IN HIS SPEECH, Reagan said, "Our ideas are out there on the table." He was referring to the two superpowers' unfinished agreements to phase out medium and long- range nuclear missiles by 1996. "They won't go away," he said. "We are ready to pick up where we left off.. .So there is reason-good reason-for hope." Meanwhile, an official traveling he says with Secretary of State George Shultz en route with the secretary home from Brussels, Belgium said that Shultz will attend an international human rights con- ference in Vienna in early Novem- ber, and may at that time meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze. R E A G A N painted a much more optimistic picture than Shultz, who announced the collapse of the summit talks 28 hours See PRESIDENT, Page 3 Agreement wasn't likely, ' prof. says By ANDY MILLS with wire reports University Political Science Prof. Raymond Tanter does not believe that the U.S. and the Soviets were as close to an arms control agreement as U.S. administrators seem to think. Tanter, who supports Strategic Defense Initiative research, believes that both good and bad came out of the summit in Reykjavik, Iceland. The good news, according to Tanter, is that the Soviets made an offer as a result of SDI. The bad news is that President Ronald Reagan appears to be the "bad guy" because he rejected the offer. Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, on the verge of an agreement to destroy all their offensive nuclear weapons over the next 10 years, ended their summit in disappointment Sunday over a dispute concerning the testing of American "Star Wars" technology. See REAGAN, Page 3 Daily Photo by SCOTT LITUCHYI Treetop music A man who identified himself only as "Treetop" plays what he calls a "kind of flute" under the arch at West Engineer= y esterday. Baker: Pursell cut benefits By PETER MOONEY In a congressional campaign that is rapidly heating up, Democratic challenger Dean Baker criticized incumbent Rep. Carl Pursell (R- Plymouth) for advocating "phasing out" Social Security and for supporting a bill which eliminated minimum benefits. According to the Adrian Daily Telegram, Pursell last April advocated replacing Social Security with private pensions and Individual Retirement Accounts in a speech to Lenawee County residents. Baker also denounced Pursell's vote in 1981 on a measure which eliminated the minimum monthly benefit, resulting in $2.6 billion cut in benefits over three years. Baker said that Pursell "has tried to mislead senior citizens into believing that he has voted for their interests." B E F O R E minimum benefits were eliminated in 1981, people who were at the bottom of the pay scale received a minimum monthly stipend of $125, but now they can receive less than that. People who have higher lifetime earnings receive proportionally higher benefits. Pursell's press secretary Gary Cates defended the votes. He said that in the speech in Adrian, Pursell was referring to the necessity of finding alternatives to Social Security il the future. Cates said that the baby boom generation 'will break the system when it reaches retirement age and with "fewer people paying in and more people taking out, something should done." But he maintains that Pursell has "never advocated cutting anyone out" who is currently receiving benefits. Cates said that Pursell's vote to eliminate minimum benefits was part of a $35 billion budget bill. Pursell feels that "it is imperative to reduce the budget deficit," he said, adding that Pursell had opposed the amendment to the bill which eliminated minimum benefit. Baker said that "those things are always in packages." He noted that the bill only passed by 6 votes and with a few changed votes "it would not have passed." Baker called Pursell's prediction of the breakdown of the Social Security system "ridiculous speculation." He said that "where we're going to be in 2010 is virtually impossible to tell." .: : Baker ... criticizes Pursell Fewer +advance, study says By LYNNE CHAPMAN with wire reports The number of women promoted into the highest executive posts in business is decreasing, according to a survey conducted by University professors. University business school pro- fessors Herbert Hildebrandt, Edwin Miller, and Floyd Bond, and Phys- ical Education and Fitness Research Center Prof. Dee Edington con- ducted the 16th annual-survey of the top officers in U.S. corporations. The survey revealed that the percentage of women promoted into 'vice presidential level positions has decreased in relation to the number of women promoted to other levels of management. Hildebrandt felt that this finding may foretell of future reductions in women being promoted into presidential and chairmen's pos- itions. He said that if fewer women become vice presidents, fewer will be able to climb the corporate ladder to higher positions. The typical top officers are in See STUDY, Page 6 Salvadorans bury 890 victims SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Homeless Salvadorans set up makeshift shelters in fields, the Maternity Hospital delivered babies in the parking lot, and survivors yesterday went about burying the nation's 890 known earthquake dead President Jose Napoleon Duarte put the number of injured in last Friday's catastrophe at 10,000 and the homeless at 150,000. Rescue workers intensified searches for victims trapped under tons of twisted rubble, as aftershocks continued yesterday. THE DEVASTATION was confined mostly to this capital city of 800,000 people, and Duarte told El Salvador in a broadcast Sunday night, "We are practically going to have to reconstruct all of the city." He asked for more international aid, requesting medicines and sup - plies for battered hospitals where teams worked outside to treat patients. Search teams struggled to retrieve victims from toppled buildings. Specially trained dogs led by Swiss, French, and American teams burrowed into crawl spaces looking for signs of life. U.S. Embassy spokesman Jake Gillespie said two Americans, who also held Salvadoran citizenship and lived in San Salvador, were killed. They were identified as Jose Mauricio Juarez, in his 40s, and Yolanda Suzanne Stets, 12. CROWDS downtown stood behind roped off areas yesterday guarded by the army and watched rescuers use cranes, torches, and bare hands. The stench of dead bodies rose in the stifling heat. Some stores and restuarants reopened yesterday, but in most cases owners only wanted to assess damages. Duarte said the city suffered $2 billion in damage and that every government building in this Central American capital was hit, including the presidential palace. GOVERNMENT operations were moved to the military com - mand headquarters. At Bermeja Cemetery on the southern outskirts of San Salvador, a line of 26 open graves awaited earthquake victims early yesterday. Within hours, the newly dug holes began to fill as families came to bury their dead, singly and in groups. ON THE OTHER side of the cemetery, near the administration buildings, workers were digging a pit 50 feet long, 30 feet wide, 20 feet deep. "This is for people who don't have any money," said cemetery worker Alexander Cedeno, motioning to the pit. "Over there," he said, pointing across the gently sloping hill where the graves stood open, "is for the people who can afford it." Cemetery superintendent Hum - berto Lopez said 174 people had been buried at Bermeja since Friday. The quake seemed to strike at random, cracking or destroying some structures, bypassing others. TODAY Pizza prop T echnology has made a breakthrough in the fli'7'7 huu-.inevQ fnr thnce' whn areiolr of nie'ino, here (Domino's) and I've been here three years." Sources say the lid supports have popped up at North Beach Pizza and Cybelle's Pizza in San Francisco. Spiritual guidance guidance before agreeing to return to the show this fall. He says he originally left "Dallas" because he feared burnout. In leaving, he said, he also turned to his religion, seeking advice from a spiritual mentor who works as a greengrocer. "He told me that a good farmer looks at a crop and knows when to pick it. It might not appear to be the right time INSIDE ASSASSINATIONS: Opinion questions motiva- tion for disinformation. See Page 4. DEADLY CINEMA: Arts reviews the new movie "Deadly Friend". See Page 5.