Page 4-Thursday,May 20, 1982-The Michigan Daily Begin survives no-confidence test by one vote From AP and UPI JERUSALEM- Prime Minister Menachem Begin survived a no- confidence motion by one vote yester- day, defeating the most dangerous parliamentary challenge to his gover- nment since his election five years ago. "This is the beginning of the end of Shimon Peres' career," Begin, 68, said scornfully of the Labor Party chairman who engineered the challenge, savoring his victory on a 58-57 vote with three ab- stentions. THE DEFEAT of the no-confidence test was the seventh in the 10 months of Begin's second term and possibly the toughest because of two surprise defec- tions from his ruling Likud bloc Tuesday that deprived him of a majority in the 120-member Knesset. But the two-man independent TELEM faction abstained, and a third abstention in the opposition nailed down Begin's triumph. Begin hopes to restore his majority of 61 in the 120-member Knesset by drawing TELEM into his coalition. Most political analysts expect him to call an election in a few months, even though his term runs until November 1985. THE BASIS for the no-confidence motion-a 10.7 percent surge of in- flation in April-was almost obscured by the rancor generated by the defec- tion of Amnon Linn and Yitzhak Peretz to Labor. Finance Minister Yoram Aridor called the defection "a dirty trick." Begin charged that Labor had lured them out of Likud with promises of cushy political posts. "Manipulations, floor-crossings and haggling will not change the voters' wish," stormed Begin. "The gover- nment will not fall today, but Shimon Peres has fallen far far down." THE LATEST defections changed the Labor-Likud balance in Parliament from 48-48 to 50-46 in Labor's favor on thieve of the debate, setting the stage for a parliamentary cliffhanger. Analysts had predicted a tie, which is technically still a victory for the gover- nment, but Begin mustered his forces in backroom lobbying for the triumph he confidently forecast. Begin received his edge when, unknown to most in the chamber, Hanan Porat split from the other two members of his far right-wing Tehiya Party and abstained to save the gover- nment from an embarrassing tie. Porat, a militant ultra-nationalist,, explained afterward that he did not want to cause the fall of a government which was doing more than Labor would for the expansion of Jewish set- tlement in the occupied territories. In Brief Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports. Iraqi offensive reported BEIRUT, Lebanon- Iraq claimed it mounted an offensive yesterday against Iranian foces outside the embattled port of Khorramshahr, but Iran claimed the troops were pushed back after five hours. The Iraqi communique said 685 Iranian troops were killed and 18 tanks destroyed north of Khorramshahr yesterday. It conceded the deaths of 25 Iraqis and destruction of six of its tanks during the same period. Iran claimed its forces killed 100 Iraqi troops and destroyed 3 tanks in Wednesday's fighting. An Iranian communique from the official Islamic Republic News Agency said six Iraqi jet fighters had been shot down since Tuesday-all in theKhorramshahr area. Iran and Iraq are battling for control of Khorramshahr, Iran's once bustling port on the Shatt-Al-Arab waterway. Iraq, demanding full sovereignty to the waterway, its only access to the Persian Gulf, invaded Iran on Sept. 22, 1980. Polish interns on hunger strike NOWY DWOR MAZOWIECKI, Poland- Solidarity militant Jan Rulewski was brought into court in handcuffs yesterday after five months in prison and defiantly told the judge that he and 16 other internees are on a hunger strike to protest martial law. He was in court on charges of leaving the scene of an accident in which a man was killed by an automobile in March 1981. Polie allege Rulewski drove the car, but Rulewski said he was innocent. Rulewski had been free pending his trial on the traffic charge, but was in- terned along with other Solidarity leaders when martial law was imposed Dec. 13. The 38-year-old union leader from Bydgoszcz, regarded as one of the most radical leaders in the independent union, said he and other inmates of Bialoleka prison started their hunger strike May 13, five months after mar- tial law was declared and Solidarity was suspended. Baby born with two-inch tail BOSTON- The rare birth of a baby with a 2-inch-long tail is a vivid exam- ple of man's place in evolution, a doctor says. The 7-pound baby was transferred to Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston shortly after birth, and doctors removed the slender, tapered growth. Dr. Fred Ledley described the otherwise normal child, who was not iden- tified, in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The baby's sex, birthplace and date of birth were not disclosed. He said the "well-formed caudal appendage" was on the child's lower back near the end of the spine. He said it "was covered by skin of normal tex- ture and had a soft, fibrous consistency." It had hair and nerves but no bone or cartilage. Although such cases have been reported throughout history, Ledley said, few have been documented in the latter part of this century. Ledley wrote that the tail "represents a striking clinical confrontation with the reality of evolution." He said humans diverged from their most closely related tail-bearing primates 25 million years ago but that human genes still contain the infor- mation necessary for tail formation. Violence marks Indian elections NEW DELHI, India-Bombings, boycotts and allegations of fraud plagued India's local elections yesterday as about 36 million voters cast ballots in what observers called a test of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's popularity. A boy was killed by a bomb blast and several other people were wounded in other election violence. Police said they jailed more than 200 extremists on election eve. A turnout of more than 65 percent of 55 million qualified voters - 8 percent of the population - was recorded in daylong balloting for four new state legislatures, 15 vacant legislature seats in other states and seven Parliament vacancies. First results were expected sometime today. Ina test of Mrs. Gandhi's strength since she returned to office in 1980, can- didates of her Congress Party ran in nearly every race, asking citizens to vote for them by marking the drawing of an open palm - the party's emblem - printed on the ballot. Use of such identifying symbols on ballots is vital in this land where at least 60 percent of the population cannot read. Britain poised for invasion LONDON- Britain appeared to reject Argentina's last-chance bid for a peaceful end to the Falklands crisis last night, and a British task force was reported poised for an attempt to recapture the South Atlantic archipelago seized by Argentine troops April 2. The British fleet was poised in battle formation 90 miles off the Falklands in the stormy South Atlantic. Thunderstorms and gusty winds were forecast. Fleet commanders tensely awaited the code word from Mrs. Thatcher that would set the invation in motion. "The Royal Navy task force is now making the final preparations for an invasion," Times of London reporter John Witherow radioed from the air- craft carrier HMS Invincible. "Tomorrow or soon after that we could be in battle," radioed London Daily Telegraph reporter A.J. McIlroy, also aboard Invincible. In New York, Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar said his attempts to mediate were in their "last hours." A British source said there was some movement by Argentina but did not elaborate. I i 4 I Republicans reverse Social Security plan WASHINGTON (AP)- Senate on Social Security, chided Democratic Democrats mixed barbed Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia. congratulations with cries of "foul" "We've run the Republicans off on yesterday as Republicans formally the issue of Social Security cuts," ad- stripped their budget of plans to save ded Sen. Donald Riegle (D-Mich.), like $40 billion from Social Security over Byrd, a candidate for re-election this three years. fall. Pre-empted in their own attempt to At the same timle, Byrd and others reverse the Social Security proposal, complained that Republicans reversed Democrats also complained about a their field on Social Security and "totally unacceptable" $115.3 billion restored $3 billion in election-year cuts deficit in the new GOP plan and called for Medicare, guaranteed student anew for a change in the 10 percent per- loans, housing, veterans programs and sonal income tax cut scheduled for July space without consulting Democrats. 1983 to reduce the deficit. Similar jockeying for position was MAJORITY Republicans have underway in the House. 4 4 "come around to our way of thinking" Demogogues demogoguiing over budget proposals WASHINGTON (AP) - When several Reagan - that includes $40 billion in Senate Republicans suggested their Social Security system cuts. Democratic colleagues were being Senate Finance Chairman Bob Dole, "demagogues" on the Social Security (R-Kan.) entered the fray. issue, a war of words erupted. It's still "I do not want to get into this not clear who won. argument about who is a demagogue so "Now we are demagogues, our frien- I went to the dictionary," Dole said."... ds across the aisle say," said Minority I was surprised, looking in Webster's Leader Robert C. Byrd, (D-W. Va.) He New International Dictionary of the in turn accused Republicans of "all of English Language, Second Edition, the demagoguery.". Unabridged. When I went to the THE CROSS fire developed as the' definition, it says, "See Democrat." Senate's work on a defense bill became "WAS NOT the word "democrat" in ensnarled ina battle over a GOP budget lower case?",Byrd asked. proposal - supported by President See DEMOGOGUES,JPage s1s I 4