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Israeli, Syrian
crisis continues
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JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime
Minister Menachem Begin said yester-
day the Syrians are moving reinfor-
cements into Lebanon but that he was
patiently awaiting the outcome of the
U.S. attempt to defuse the Syrian-
Israeli missile crisis.
Begin spoke after a Cabinet meeting
and did not elaborate on his claim that
Syria was increasing the estimated
22,000 troops it has in the country.
U.S. ENVOY Philip Habib was in his
fourth day in Israel awaiting what
Begin said was a message from Saudi
Arabia that would determine whether
the American diplomat should go to
Damascus for talks on the crisis.
In Beirut, unidentified planes
believed to be Israeli flew over the
Lebanese capital at dusk, drawing
heavy anti-aircraft fire from ground
positions in predominantly Moslem
West Beirut. None of the planes was hit.
Lebanese police said at least 10
people were killed Monday in clashes
by a warring Lebanese faction.
POLICE REPORTS said the
Christiar city of Zahle, 30 miles east of
Beirut, was shelled overnight and three
people were reported killed and seven
wounded.
Zahle is one of the flashpoints bet-
ween Israel and Syria. Israel supports
the Lebanese Christians there, and on
April 28 Israeli jets shot down two
Syrian helicopters involved ina siege of
Zahle.
Neither Israeli news media nor the
Lebanese government paid much atten-
tion to an invitation to peace talks
which Begin made Monday in a cam-
paign speech.
Atlanta police find
latest murder victim
From AP and UPI
ATLANTA - The latest victim in a
string of 28 murders of young black
men and children here was the oldest
and the largest, giving police more
variables to worry about in the already
baffling cases, Public Safety Com-
missioner Lee Brown said yesterday.
The victim was identified yesterday
- just three days before what would
have been his 28th birthday - as
Nathaniel Cater, whose last known ad-
dress was a downtown Atlanta hotel.
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larger than most victims and was the
oldest.
THE BODY WAS found Sunday in the
suburban Chattahoochee River, where
five other victims have been found, but
the name was withheld until Brown
made the announcement, reportedly to
avoid interference by reporters during
the early stages of the investigation.
The addition of Cater to the list of
slain blacks apparently has not brought
police closer to making an arrest in the
cases. 'We do not have any announ-
cement today in relation to an arrest,"
Brown said at a news conference
yesterday.
Although Cater differed from the
other victims in age and size, Brown
said he was added to the task force list
because of similarities to the earlier
cases, including the finding of his body
in a river and the fact that he was ap-
parently strangled.
MEANWHILE, one of two missing
people on the task force list was located
unharmed yesterday, authorities said.
Ronald Crawford, 22, who was repor-
ted missing last week and placed on the
list Monday, walked into an Augusta
police station yesterday, said Capt.
Gene Johnson of the Richmond County
sheriff's office.
Crawford is the first person to be
found alive whose name was added to
the list. One child, 10-year-old Darron
Glass, who disappeared Sept. 14, is the
only victim on the list still missing.
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In Brief
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Press International reports
Veterans stage hunger strike,
demand improved VA benefits
LOS ANGELES-Two groups of Vietnam era veterans pressed on with
their demands for improved VA benefits during the second week of a
separate sit-in and hunger strike at Wadsworth Veterans Administration
Hospital.
"We're all staying here till we drop dead unless they meet our demands,"
said hunger strike spokesman Dane Stewart, a Marine veteran who served
at Camp Pendleton in California in 1974-75 but not in Vietnam.
The protestors claim that the government has ignored Vietnam-era
veterans and does not provide proper care for physical and psychological
ailments allegedly caused by the Agent Orange jungle defoliant.
Both groups of protesters are demanding better medical treatment for
Vietnam-era veterans and protesting proposed VA budget cuts.
A hospital spokesman refused to comment on the report the demonstrators
would be arrested.
Mieh. Senate extends
governor's emergency powers
LANSING-The Senate narrowly agreed yesterday to extend for one year
the governor's special powers for dealing with energy emergencies, in-
cluding orders for gas rationing and fuel-saving curfews.
The emergency powers, granted during the height of the last energy crisis
in 1979, are set to expire June 1. The Senate voted 22-6 to extend the law until
June 1, 1982, but refused to authorize the statute through 1985 as proponents
had requested.
The law allows the governor to declare an energy emergency and then
take necessary steps to deal with it by enacting such controls as fuel
rationing, lower speed limits and limited outdoor lighting.
The measure now faces House action.
Construction of
Detroit subway delayed
LANSING-Gov. William Milliken, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, and
other officials agreed in effect today to delay construction of the Detroit
subway.for twoyears.
The move, however, was made in order to salvage a $600 million federal
transit grant and the governor emphasized later that the subway system is
not dead. He said its final status has not yet been decided.
Five years ago, Detroit was promised $600 million for the subway by then-
President Gerald Ford. But the Reagan administration announced recently
no federal funds will be spent to build new subways, placing the subway's
status in jeopardy.
Suburbanites have long fought the subway, charging it is just another
bailout for the city and is not practical because of Detroit's layout.
Administration demands
delay on nine-digit ZIP
WASHINGTON-The Reagan administration, acting under broad new an-
ti-regulation authority, demanded yesterday that the Postal Service delay
putting its controversial nine-digit ZIP code into effect next month. -
The Postal Service, an independent government corporation, was to
publish notice of the rules surrounding use of the nine-digit ZIP code next
Monday.
It has contended that the longer ZIP-which would be strictly volun-
tary-would make mail-handling operations more efficient and allow more
automation.
Opponents, including many members of Congress and elements of the
business community, claim it will impose a billion-dollar-plus burden on
bulk mailers who will have to change their address labels.
Areo charged with
inflating foreign oil prices
WASHINGTON-The Department of Energy announced yesterday it has
charged the Atlantic Richfield Co. with inflating its foreign oil costs by $167
million between 1973 and 1981.
The Energy Department issued a statement saying that if the charge is
sustained, Arco will be ordered to recalculate its costs for the period and
identify overcharges on petroleum products involved.
An Arco lawyer said the company would counter the charges, maintaining
that its calculations were proper. Arco will have 15 days to file a notice of ob-
jection to the allegation, the DOE statement said.
It said Arco "improperly revised" its May 1973 costs for crude oil by $1.7
million, basing the revision on a 1974 order intended to be used in
calculations of future purchases, not past ones.