The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, March 2, 1988- Page 5 Reagan adds Panama to list of countries with drug problems WASHINGTON (AP) - The Reagan administration yesterday added Panama to the list of countries ineligible for aid because of its poor anti-drug efforts, and said 1988 would be a boom year for cocaine produc- tion in Peru and Colombia because of ineffective crop-killing programs. In its annual report on the international drug situation, the State Department found major faults with drug programs in Mexico and Colombia, but stopped short of placing them among countries that have suffered aid cutbacks. The administration, citing na- tional security considerations, also declined to list Lebanon, Paraguay and Laos among nations not doing enough to stop drugs. Laos was kept off the list out of concern that a condemnation would harm U.S. efforts to win Laotian help in accounting for more than 500 U.S. troops listed as missing there after the Vietnam War, said Ann Wrobleski, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics matters. Under a law designed to help Congress decide who deserves U.S. assistance, resident Reagan is required to certify each year that countries are taking proper steps to stop drug pro- duction and trafficking. Ms. Wrobleski told a news con- ference that Panama was denied certi- fication this year because its military chief and de-facto leader, Gen. Namuel Antonio Noriega, was in- dicted on drug conspiracy charges by a U.S. grand jury. "Panama has been a drug traffick- ers' and money launderers' haven," she said. Panama will not lose U.S. aid as a result of Tuesday's action because its assistance from the United States already has been cut, Wrobleski said, however, that the decision gives the president the option of taking further steps, such as increasing tariffs on Panamanian goods and withdrawing certain customs rights that make it easier for Panama to sell products in the United States. No decisions on such steps have been made, but the administration will watch events in Panama over the next few weeks to see if improve- ments are made, she said. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) said he would in- troduce legislation Wednesday imposing a trade embargo on Panama. And at a White House conference on drugs, a group of lawmakers said the administration has failed to stop the heavy influx of illicit drugs into the United States. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) chided administration officials, in- cluding President Reagan, for claim- ing the battle against drugs was being won. "If we are winning the war on drugs, I wish the commanders would go out and tell it to the troops in the field," Rangel told the White House Conference on a Drug-Free America. -Associated Press DeLores Brown, of Traverse City, demonstrates in front of the State Capital in Lansing. Brown and 40 other mental health workers protested the state's decision to close the Traverse City National Psychiatric Hospital where they are employed, by October 1989. Proeterwat TraseGity men v~n ves tal hospital to stay open -Associated rress The Pontiac Division of General Motors Corp. announced yesterday that production of the Pontiac Fiero will be discontinued at the end of the 1988 model year. The action will idle more than 1,100 workers. Pontiac drops Fiero car production PONTIAC (AP) - Pontiac will Pontiac Division General Manager before last fall. But Losh refused to drop its sporty two-seat Fiero and Michael Losh said. speculate on whether the plant might close the General Motors Corp. plant "We led the world into this reopen. that makes the mid-engine car some- (market) segment and we may lead a Last year, GM recalled the entire time this summer, idling more than piece of the world out of it," he said 1984 production run of the cars be- 1,100 workers, Pontiac officials said in announcing that the car would be cause of frequent engine fires, but yesterday. discontinued because of poor sales. Losh and industry analysts said they, -"We have seen a switch away GM said it is idling the plant in- believed the market played a bigger' from the high volumes of people definitely, since its contract with the role than the fires in the car's death. who were willing to buy two-seat United Auto Workers forbids plant Union and city officials said they cars with limited luggage capacity," closing s that were not announced were surprised by the decision. LANSING (AP) - About 40 mental health workers demonstrated yesterday at the Capitol in an effort to keep the 103-year-old Traverse City Regional Psychiatric Hospital open. Carrying signs reading "Protect the Mentally Ill," the demonstrators said they hoped to win legislative support to block the state Depart- ment of Mental Health's decision to close the 140-bed facility. Following the protest, the demonstrators jammed a Senate Ap- propriations subcommittee meeting to press lawmakers to continue full funding for the hospital. The de- partment wants to close the facility by October 1989. Dept. of Mental Health Director Thomas Watkins said afterward that he wasn't swayed by the emotional testimony, which included pleas from two former patients to keep the hospital open. "I believe the decision we made is the correct one," he said. Sen. Robert Geake (R-Northville), chair of the subcommittee, agreed. "It's my opinion it would be in the best interest of the total system to phase out this hospital and move the money to the community mental health system," Geake said, caution- ing that he was speaking only for himself. "I'm in favor of reduction the number of people we have locked up in hospitals," he said. Watkins said the Traverse City hospital has a $12.9 million budget. If it's closed, patients would be transferred to other facilities and the money used for community-based treatment, he said. 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