Page 6--Tuesday, July 15, 1980-The Michigan Daily Billy Carter registers as Libyan agent a 6 WASHINGTON (AP )-President Carter's brother, Billy, registered withs the Justice Department yesterday as an agent of the Libyan government and revealed that he has received nearly a quarter of a million dollars from the African country. In papers filed in U.S. District Court, the Justice Department resolved its months-long probe of Billy Carter's ac- tivities on behalf of the radical Arab government without bringing criminal charges. THE PAPERS SAID Billy Carter received $220,000 from the Libyans this year, which the president's brother described as loans. The Justice Department filed a civil suit against Billy Carter, which was resolved by a consent agreement filed at the same time yesterday. Under the agreement, the president's brother registered as an agent of a foreign government, but denied any previous wrongdoing. Justice Department spokesman John Russell noted that in only one previous case, involving a columnist in 1963, has the Justice Department filed a criminal s S ?:t-l Donskins and Bathing Suits for a - '' lmited time only atv thAe 330 S. State n Nickels Arcade 761-6207 charge for failure to register under the 42-year-old Foreign Agents Registration Act. Russell said the columnist pleaded no contest and was fined. THE CRIMINAL PENALTY for violating the registration law is up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The act requires that certain persons and firms disclose their connections with foreign governments, foreign political parties, and other foreign principals. It also required that they " disclose their activities in the United States on behalf of those foreign in- terests. BILLY CARTER, WHO lives in Buena Vista, Ga., was not immediately available for comment on whether he intends to do that. The president's outspoken younger brother has previously declared that he t was not an agent of any foreign gover- nment and so was not required to file with the Justice Department as a '. . r. foreign agent. But in its complaint, the Justice Department said Billy Carter, through,-S/" f various actions including two highly- r publicized trips to Libya, "undertook a propaganda campaign" for that coun- APPhot try during the past two years. TWO DETROIT POLICEMEN gaze at some "elephant tracks" covering a few of the city's downtown streets Sunday. The "tracks" lead from the conven- tion complex to a neighborhood bar. Reagan to assess V.P. choices; several candidates wait in wings 6 0 From AP and UPI DETROIT - Ronald Reagan, still publicly undecided about his choice of a running mate, has set aside time to in- terview the Republicans who might join him on the presidential ticket, an aide said yesterday. Reagan, whose arrival here puts the vice presidential guessing game into high gear, is said to be waiting until tomorrow night at the earliest to make -his choice. ON HIS ARRIVAL in the convention city, the GOP nominee-in-waiting said he still had not decided who he would select. "I don't know. I really don't know," he told reporters. The vice presidential candidate will be formally introduced to the Republican National Convention on Thursday night, the closing session of the meeting that began yesterday mor- ning. - While Reagan flew here yesterday from his home in Los Angeles, the speculation about candidates, and the jockeying to promote a favorite, con- tinued ina flourishing rumor mill. THE FORMER California governor spent some of his last days at home before the convention pondering the decision with aides. One staff member, who declined- to be identified, said Reagan "has reserved some time" to see the candidates before tomorrow, although the meetings were not for- mally announced and are not certain. Nor was a list of those to be interviewed made available. Trying to send a signal that he might make the choice on ideological grounds, rather than those of political expedien- cy, he volunteered that he thought there was "something cynical in choosing someone with a different political view from your own with the idea in mind of getting votes." Former President Gerald Ford, who has taken himself out of the running for the vice presidential job that he once held, will meet with Reagan today. CONSERVATIVES fearing Reagan will pick a moderate running mate to balance the Republican ticket vowed yesterday to stage a floor fight if necessary to get a right-wing vice presidential candidate. There were increasing indications Reagan was eliminating the conser- vatives from his list of prospects, with George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Sen. Richard Lugar and Rep. Guy Vander Jagt - pretty much in that order - emerging as favorites. A survey of Republican leaders in the 50 state delegations by UPI reporters showed that the convention was sharply polarized on the vice presidential question. Conservatives told Reagan they wanted Rep. Jack Kemp for vice 6 6 ART FAIR CONTACT LENS SPECIAL $17850 soft and hard* contact lenses *includes two pairs All professional fees included Dr. Paul C. Uslan, Optometrist 545 Churth Street 769-1222 by appointment offer expirs! u1y 22