Page 2- The Michigan Daily - Thursday, January 22, 1987 Officials clash over Star Wars WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's top military officer said yesterday that more information is needed before the Reagan administration decides whether to deploy some version of a "Star Wars" anti-missile system. The statement by Adm. William Crowe, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came amid reports the administration is considering early deployment of of the shield against nuclear attack called Stategic Defense Initiative or SDI, as Star Wars is formally known. Crowe told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the question of deploying an -SDI program was "a topic of discussion" within top-level Pentagon circles. But he said no decision on deployment should be made "before we know more than we know now." President Reagan announced the Star Wars research program four years ago. But SDI supporters on Capitol Hill have recently pushed for deployment of some early stages of a system, arguing that. Congress is unlikely to keep paying for research much longer without a deployment decision. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger told the Senate Armed Services Committee last week that he supports deployment of SDI "as soon as possible" if the system is part of a long-range plan. Attorney General Edwin Meese also endorsed an early deployment. Crowe, testifying about the Pentagon's budget for the next fiscal year, was asked by several senators about the SDI deployment reports. Sen. Tim Wirth (D-Colo.) said he had heard that Reagan might announce a decision in next week's State of the Union speech, but the admiral replied, "I hadn't heard State of the Union." Crowe said military planners are looking at the various SDI research projects to see what type of weapon can be built, but he added it will be "quite some time" before the review is finished. "My own view is that SDI right now is a research program," he said. "I hear so much said and written that it's (like it is) out there in the parking lot and we don't know where to put it." When Sen. Carl Levin(D-Mich.) asked whether it was unlikely that a deployment decision could be made this year, Crowe answered, "My personal view would be yes" that such a decision is unlikely. But a decision could be made next year, he said. That would leave Reagan to make a choice in the last year of his presidency on a project which has become the Pentagon's largest single research program. If the decision to deploy is made within the next two years. Crowe said, "the date of (actual) deployment would be somewhere in the mid-1990s, at the earliest." The Star Wars program has been controversial ever since it was announced by Reagan in march 1983. Critics say it will only waste money because they contend an umbrella against nuclear missiles is impossible. Panel proposes changes (Continued from Page 1) worked out soon. He added, The current concentration plan however, that "no one will find also requires students to take two themselves penalized." cognate courses in drama, but it does not specify which courses. English Department Chairman Nightingale proposed-changing this John Knott said, "I'm enthusiastic because "students would take any (about the changes). Benedict marginal (drama) course from any Nightingale has done a splendid job department." with the program." The other new requirement Nightingale thinks the new would make the 40 to 50 theater requirements, if accepted, would students meet once every week to attract more undergraduate students "cohere the theater concentrators and into the theater concentration make (them) think of themselves as because it would be less specialized. a unit," said Nightingale. "We wanted a program that Nightingale is working on a satisfies the would-be professional plan for students who are currently going into theater while giving him following the concentration, and a chance to get a solid liberal arts hopes that something could be education as well," he said. Student appeals (Continued from Page 1) proof that he was unable to register1 because of his back injury, Brown - stein said. "I have to document every fee that I waive," McElvain said. "The fee committee has certain guidelines that I have to follow." According to McElvain, not even University President Harold Shapiro could waive a fee without proper documentation - a doctor's note, in Brownstein's case. When Brownstein reached Mc - Elvain's office, he said that hisI late CRISP fee back was becoming very painful and he was having a hard time walking. He paid the late fee and, according to McElvain, Brownstein was told to mail any newspaper clipping about the accident by Feb. 8, and the money he paid for the late fee would be credited to his account. Brownstein said he was much less concerned with the money than the hassle that he had to go through to get the fee waived. LS & A SCHOLARSHIP LS&A Scholarship applications for Spring-Summer 1987 and Fall-Winter 1987-88 are now available in 1402 Mason Hall. To qualify for scholarship consideration, a student must be an LS&A undergraduate and have completed one full term in LS&A. Sophomores must have a U of M grade point of 3.7 or better and Juniors and Seniors must have a GPA of at least 3.6. The awards are based on financial need and on academic merit. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Waite meets with kidnappers BEIRUT, Lebanon - Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite had been meeting in a secret place with kidnappers who hold two Americans hostage, one of his escorts said last night, more than 24 hours after Waite dropped out of sight. A second West German disappeared, apparently abducted. "Mr.Waite is having a meeting with the hostage-holders." said Jihad Zohairi, spokesman for Walid Jumblatt's Druse militia, which is responsible for Waite's security. Another Druse official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Waite would be allowed to "see and converse" with American hostages Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland during his talks with the captors. Youths killed in South Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Attackers gunned down 12 blacks, seven of them children, in an assault early yesterday on a home in a black township south of Durban, authorities said. The assailants burst into the house of Willie Nthuli and opened fire on the occupants with AK-47 assault rifles at about 2 a.m., said Major Charl du Toit, the Durban police spokesman. Ntuli and 11 others who were in the house were killed, including six children aged between 3 and 7 and another who was 17, du Toit said. Two other people were wounded. Neither police nor the government said they knew of any motive, nor was there any immediate word on whether Ntuli was involved in politics. Transportation Department institutes random drug tests WASHINGTON - The Transportation Department and Congress began moving yesterday toward requiring random drug-testing of airline and railroad industry employees, and the department said it plans to test. 26,500 of its own workers as well. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole disclosed plans for the broad-ranging drug testing and rehabilitation program as several': members of Congress said they will introduce drug-testing legislation. in the coming days. The whirlwind of activity involving random drug testing, a controversial issue for some time, came a week after the disclosure that marijuana had been used by two Conrail train operators involved in a collision with an Amtrak passenger train Jan. 4. Sixteen people were killed and 175 injured in the accident. Panel to interview Reaan WASHINGTON - A commission investigating U.S. arms sales to Iran and National Security Council operations yesterday nailed down an appointment with President Reagan and won three more weeks to finish its work. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Claiborne Pell (D- R.I.), following a two-hour private meeting with Deputy CIA Director Robert Gates, told reporters he believes the agency's advice and intelligence on Iran had been ignored by administration policymakers. -Speakes said top White House officials have discussed "What might be done" in the event CIA Director William Casey is not well enough to return to work. But the spokesman said no search is under way for a succesor for Casey who had a tumor removed from his brain. EXTRAS Eating bad rats can make snakes growl like a dog Rosie, a 7-foot boa constrictor, is cooling off in a Massachusetts wildlife center after it growled like a dog, bit its owner on the ear, and had to be subdued with a fire extinguisher. The snake's frenzy may have been due to a snack on a tainted rat, said owner Mary O'Rourke, who was rescued Monday from atop a bed. She called police from a bedside phone while her brother, Terry, distracted the snake with a mop. "The thing just went cuckoo," said officer Ralph Campbell. "It sounded just like a dog growling." Rosie was packed off to the New England Wildlife Center in Hingham for observation after Campbell threw a blanket over it and animal officer Bill Quigley sprayed it with carbon monoxide from an extinguisher to temporarily paralyze it. If you see news happen, call 76-DAILY. Ghe Michigan BuaILI Vol. XCVll-- No.80 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms. 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