The Michigan Daily Vol. XC, No. 21-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Friday, June 6, 1980 Ten Cents Sixteen Pages Carter, Kenned meet From The Associated Press Sen. Edward Kennedy's private meeting with President Carter yester- - day did not change his mind about challenging Carter for the Democratic presidential nomination. "I have every intention of continuing in this cam- paign," Kennedy said after the meeting. from t A similar meeting between former White Republican rival Ronald Reagan and little m former President Gerald Ford Cart produced exactly the opposite result, reporte with Ford saying he would work drop ou "wholeheartedly" for Reagan, who is make." the virtually certain GOP nominee. Kenn THE'MASSACHUSETTS senator said would Carter did not ask him to withdraw as ex *' Y Ic The tour bus in which 20 persons died in Jas ravine. Thirty-three passengers were on the bu as "suicide ridge." See story, Page 7. U.N.o hits Israel for two bomb rattacks !ord backs Reagan as Dem splt itngers he presidential race during the presidential nomination. House meeting, which lasted a CARTER, ASKED whether he ex- ore than an hour. pected Kennedy's support, said "I er confirmed that, saying to didn't pin him down on that." ers later, "I did not ask him to Ford, who did not endorse Reagan it..That's a-judgment for him to until the former California governor ",1 had outlasted his last Republican op. redy declined to say that he ponent several weeks ago, said he had support Carter if the president, changed his mind since saying earlier nected. wins their narty's in the campaign that Reagan was too conservative to be elected. "Yes, I thought there was a problem of Governor Reagan being elected, he said. "But I can just as firmly say today that I think Ron Reagan can be elected president." ASKED WHAT changed his mind, Ford cited two things: First, he's shown he's a pretty good vote-getter in a few primaries around the country. And the economic policies of the Carter ad- ministration are a disaster. They are a catastrophe and they're going to get worse. "We're going to have unemployment of close to nine per cent, continuing high inflation, continuing high interest rates . .. and the blame is right on the White House under President Carter." The former president answered almost all the questions at a joint news conference with Reagan at Ford's Palm Springs, Calif., home. When the two men were asked about their past differences, Reagan said, "I think we know each other better now." FORD, WHO had waited to endorse Reagan until nearly the end of the primary season, said he would not con- sider running as Reagan's vice presidential candidate. In Washington, Kennedy was asked after the White House meeting whether he had "a prayer" in wresting the Democratic presidential nomination from Carter. "More than a prayer," he replied. Kennedy refused to discuss what the president said to him in their Oval Of- fice meeting, at which no aides were present. TO HELP smooth relations between the two rivals, they appointed Richard Moe, Vice President Walter Mondale's chief of staff, and Paul Kirk, Kennedy's political director, as liaisons. Kennedy said that he had continued to press Carter to debate him publicly but added he doubted such a confron- tation would occur. Asked whether he was ready to release his delegates to the convention, Kennedy replied, "I'm a candidate for the nomination and I'm going to press my candidacy forward and advance my See CARTER, Page 11 Fatal bus " per, Ark. early yesterday morning is removed from a steep, wooded us when it crashed on a stretch of mountainous highway known locally ,J UNITED NATIONS (AP)-The Security Council voted 14-0 yesterday to condemn attempts on the lives of West Bank Arab mayors, and said Israel should compensate the victims. The United States ab- stained. Meanwhile, Israeli troops killed Palestinian guerrillas yesterday in a thrust into southern Lebanon on the 13th anniversay of the start of the Six Day Middle East War. Tension remained high in the West Bank, site of the assassination attempts against the mayors this week. In announcing the Lebanon raid, the military command said it was aimed at deterring guerrilla at- tacks on Israel. It said the troops killed a number of guerrillas. IN TWO BOMB attacks Monday in the Israeli- occupied West Bank of the Jordan River, Mayor Bassam Shakaa of Nablus lost both lelgs and Mayor Kerim Khalaf of Ramallah lost a foot. Mayor Ibrahim Tawil of El Bireh escaped injury from a third bomb, but an Israeli policeman was wounded severely. No one was apprehended in connection with the bombings. After holding his hand up to signal the abstention, U.S. Ambassador Donald McHenry told, the 15- member council: "The resolution contains a number of provisions which we cannot approve and as a whole it is incom- plete." HE DID NOT GO into detail, but the Arab-inspired resolution spoke in three places of Israeli-occupied Arab territories, "including Jerusalem." After McHenry voted for a similarly worded resolution adopted March 1, President Carter said that was a mistake because he had wanted all references to Jerusalem deleted. Cyrus Vance, then secretary of state, took responsibility for a break- down in communications with McHenry. Voting for the resolution yesterday were China, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, East Germany, Niger, Zambia, Bangladesh, See U.N., Page 14