Page 2--The Michigan Daily- Monday, November 13,1989 E. GERMANY continued from Page 1 try" in the wake of the massive Westward stream of visitors. More than three million East Germans headed West over the week- end, while several hundredtthousand people made their way to Berlin from other countries to join a 4-day- old celebration. As East Germans bought Western goods, stores' inventories of food and items such as radios were de- pleted. In Hamburg, East Germans swarmed into the red-light district, cramming into sex shops, leafing through magazines, examining mer- clandise and getting a close look at what they've long been told is West- ern moral decadence. However, most of them did not buy anything. U.S. continued from Page 1 Bloc allies to with- diraw from the Warsaw Pact, the communist alliance's counterpart to the West's North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But Baker said, "They have made it very clear to us... that they will not use force in Eastern Europe." "To do, they said, would mean that perestroika has failed," he said, using the Russian word for the So- viet reforms. Baker said the administration wants to work with the Soviets " to assist them where we can with tech- nical economic advice in their efforts to move to a free market economy." The Soviets "won't ask us for American cash," Baker said. "They haven't yet. They've said they're not going to and I don't believe we'll see that in Malta." But if the Soviets want to move from competition to cooperation, he added, "we need to see cooperation in Central America." The secretary of state said the United States wants to avoid "overreacting" to the situation in Eastern Europe or doing anything to promote instability, He said it was premature to even consider a meeting between Bush and new East German communist leader Egon Krenz. An unidentified West Berliner swings a sledge hammer while trying to destroy the Berlin Wail near Potsdamar Platz yesterday. A new East-West passage was opened nearby. Hundreds of thousands of East Germans have poured into West Berlin since the borders were opened Thursday. IN BIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Cheney: Soviets continue to modernize nuclear weapons WASHINGTON, D.C. - Defense Secretary Dick Cheney insisted yesterday that the Kremlin continues to replace older nuclear weapons systems by deploying new ones, although a published report said some deployments had been cut in anticipation of an arms control deal. "The fact of the matter is the Soviets have continued to modernize their strategic forces," Cheney said on the NBC-TV program "Meet the Press." He also said the Soviets "still have thousands of nuclear weapons aimed at the United States." Cheney did not flatly deny a report published yesterday in The Wash- ington Post that quoted unidentified government sources as saying the Soviets had stopped producing four new weapons systems. Responding to that assertion, Cheney said the Soviets might have slowed deployments of some new systems in order not to exceed a ceiling proposed for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Oil spill cleanup bill passes WASHINGTON - Proposed legislation to prevent oil spills on the nation's waterways, including the Great Lakes, and provide for effective cleanup when they occur, sailed through the House with near-unanimous support. The bill passed 375-5 last Thursday, backed by all of Michigan's rep- resentatives except William Broomfield (R-Birmingham) and Bob Traxler (D-Bay City) who did not vote. Two amendments to the bill did gather opposition. The House voted 279-143 to let states set stricter oil-spill liability standards than those in the federal law. Opponents said the amendment would drive reputable oil transporters out of business, while supporters said states have the right to pass laws that meet their particular environmental needs. Parochial schools sue state LANSING - A lawsuit filed by four state churches that operate schools is challenging the state's authority to require reports with infor- mation on teacher certification. The number of church schools refusing to give the state information about their operations has jumped from 30 to 200 in the past year according to the Michigan Association of Christian Schools. The suit seeks to block the state from closing schools that fail to re- port, contending that it interferes with their religious freedom. A hearing on the state Department of Education's request that the suit be dismissed is scheduled for today in Ingham County Circuit Court. The certification law, under fire from fundamentalist Christians for a decade, was upheld in 1986 by an equally divided Michigan Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the case in 1987. Bill may lower auto insurance LANSING - Sometimes the conventional wisdom dies hard. That's how state Rep. Nelson Saunders describes reaction to a State Insurance Bureau report on auto insurance that found low rates paid by ru- ral motorists were being subsidized by high rates paid by Detroit drivers. For years, the Detroit Democrat said, insurance companies have in- sisted that selling insurance in Detroit was a losing proposition because of auto theft and accident rates. But the report issued last week found that Detroit drivers are more than paying their fair share for auto insurance. Saunders has sponsored legislation to reduce auto insurance rates 20 percent statewide. Industry representatives are preparing to scrutinize those findings. In- surance Commissioner Dhiraj Shah said industry reaction to the-report "is obviously pretty negative." EXTRAS Skull confirmed as that of long-dead de-composer VIENNA, Austria - An Austrian paleontologist and anthropologist said Thursday that his studies confirmed a skull long assumed to belong to composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was authentic. Gottfried Tichy, a professor at Salzburg University, said that in three and a half years of study he found no indications the skull was not Mozart's. The skull has been kept in the Mozarteum School of Music in Salzburg since early this century and was assumed to be that of the com- poser. Tichy said he carefully examined not only the skull but contemporary portraits of Mozart, historical accounts of his life, medical reports and cor- respondence. He said the skull belonged to a man aged 30 to 40 and had specific characteristics seen in portraits of Mozart. Tichy said it also showed signs of a hemorrhage that could have explained headaches Mozart reportedly complained of in his later letters. Mozart died at age 36 in 1791. abelflrbganeaiug The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. 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