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PLO evacuation
plans nearly set,
U.S. sources say
WASHINGTON (AP)- The United than a symbolic, few men. Or, they
States expects to have final agreement said, Italians may take the place of the
within two or three days on its plan for French. The Israeli government is on
evacuating Palestinian guerrillas trap- better terms, generally, with Rome
ped in west Beirut, administration of- than with Paris.
ficials said yesterday. U.S. special envoy Philip Habib and
The first wave of a three-nation Prime Minister Menachem Begin met
peacekeeping force, probably several twice yesterday to discuss a plan for the
hundred French troops, is due to arrive evacuation and one senior Israeli of-
in the Israeli-besieged city only a few ficial admitted final agreement was
days afterward, the optimistic officials near.
said. "IT'S A MATTER of a couple of
A remaining, unresolved issue is days," the official said in Jerusalem af-
whether a few dozen U.N. observers ter the second meeting with the
also are to be sent there when the American diplomat who returned to
Palestinian guerrillas withdraw, the Beirut. "There is reason to believe we
sources said. are close to reaching agreement."
FRANCE WANTS its presence to be Despite the reported progress toward
tied to the United Nations, but Israel is peace, however, Israeli war planes
resisting out of a deep-seated suspicion bombed Palestine Liberation
that the world organization is tilted Organization targets in southern Beirut
against the Jewish state. for a third straight day and artillery
The officials, who declined to be iden- duels raged between Israeli and
tified, said the solution may be to Palestinian ground forces. Israel said
reduce the U.N. presence to little more nine of its soldiers were wounded.
Prinary night: Celebration
and sorrow for candidates
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hundred of his supporters, "and at my
age any conception at all would be dif-
ficult."
Pierce campaign workers hung their
heads, some crying, while a solumn but
seemingly light-hearted Pierce hugged
his wife and congratulated his aides for
their work. A number of his cam-
paigners presented Mrs. Pierce with a
box of roses, saying "you'll always be
our first lady."
On the Republican side supporters of
candidate Richard Headlee gathered at
the Michigan Inn in Southfield Tuesday
night were understandably ecstatic.
They celebrated and grouped around
television sets to watch local
newscasters predict Headlee's win.
ALTHOUGH Headlee was reluctant
to claim an early victory, his suppor-
ters had already set their sights on
November's general election with
shouts of "We want Headlee," and
"we're number one."
"It's up with jobs and down with
taxes," Headlee said in one of several
speeches. The theme from "Chariots of
Fire" played in the background.
By midnight, the crowd had thinned
as work crews began removing cam-
paign posters from walls, though the
race with Republican contenders
James Brickley and L. Brooks Patter-
son was still too close to call.
AT THE Brickley camp, what started
as a festive evening of entertainment
and expected victory was eventually
overshadowed by early signs of a
Headlee victory.
Only twice in the evening did
Brickley address the crowd of about 500
people gathered at the Lansing Hilton
Ballroom, preferring to spend his time
in a private suite watching televised
election returns with his family.
Although supporters danced to a four-
piece dance band and drank from a
well-stocked cash bar, the atmosphere
was predominantly anxious.
AS RETURNS showing Headlee
leading slightly were broadcast over
televisions at each end of the ballroom,
the festivities began to quiet down. By
11 p.m. when Brickley's campaign
manager announced "it was going to be
a long night" the party began to break
up.
By the time Brickley sent word of his
concession, even the bandmembers and
bartenders had left.
At the camp of Republican opponent
L. Brooks Patterson, an aura of anxiety
clouded the atmosphere as more than
200 campaign supporters awaited the
primary's preliminary results. Patter-
son mingled freely, watching the
bustling party-goers who danced to the
sounds of big band jazz.
Although the preliminary results
showed Patterson would have a good
shot at the nomination, campaigners
expressed astonishment at how well
Headlee was fairing. Jackie Stewart,
Patterson's campaign manager, said
that just the day before, their campaign
poll showed that Headlee was out of
contention.
As the results rolled in, supporters
began leaving the party-which was
quiet. By midnight, the high anxiety
was dulled by drinks and unclear elec-
tion results.
Patterson, however, remained
hopeful to the end. "I'm not optimistic
but I'm not pessimistic, I'm just waitin'
and seein'," he said.
Daily staff writers George Adams
(Pierce), Beth Allen (Headlee), Greg
Brusstar (Patterson), Lou Fintor
(Blanchard), Bill Spindle (Brickley),
and Fannie Weinstein (Ferency)
filed reports for this story, which
was compiled by Fintor.
In Brief
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Press international reports
Explosion on jet kills one
HONOLULU- An "explosive device" blew up in the passenger section of,
a Pan Am jumbo jet carrying 285 people from Tokyo to Honolulu yesterday,
killing a Japanese teen-ager and injuring four other people, authorities said.
Passengers screamed as the blast tore a hole in the cabin floor. Dense blue
smoke filled the rear of the 747 jetliner, oxygen masks dropped from their
compartments, and the cabin lost pressure, but the pilot made a normal lan-
ding 20 minutes later at Honolulu International Airport.
A middle-aged couple and a teen-age brother and sister, all Japanese,
were taken to Queens Medical Center where they were reported in satisfac-
tory condition.
John Leyden, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in
Washington, said that as the plane was 140 miles from Honolulu, the device
blew up under the seat of a 16-year-old Japanese youth who was traveling
with his parents. The youth was fatally wounded.
Reagan takes lobbying blitz
for tax hike to Montana
BILLINGS, Mont.-President Reagan, taking his lobbying blitz for a $98.8
billion tax increase on the road, said yesterday that the hodgepodge bill
won't hit the average American very hard and is necessary to preserve next
year's income tax cut.
He also reiterated the administration position that the increase is crucial
to keeping the string on a ballooning federal deficit and, hopefully, keeping
interest rates in check.
"We are looking into all kinds of ways to get that deficit down," said
Reagan. "I don't like giving the federal government one penny more than
necessary, but I have endorsed the ... tax bill ... because it's essential to
our economic recovery program."
Moreover, the president said, his support for the increase is the political
price he had to pay to get Congress to go along with $28 billion in budget cuts
without tampering with the three-year income tax cut that is the cornerstone
of his economic policy.
French Jews protest terrorism
PARIS- Outraged French Jews rallied yesterday night to protest a wave
of anti-Semitic terrorism and hold a memorial service at a heavily guarded
synagogue for victims of a massacre at a Jewish restaurant.
The activist group Jewish Renaissance called a demonstration hours after
the fifth attack in ten days-a bombing that wounded a woman outside a firm
that imports Israeli fruit. Protesters converged behind Notre Dame
Cathedral at a memorial to Jews deported to Nazi death camps during World
WarII.
The demonstration was held as a car-bomb exploded outside the Iraqi
Embassy, wounding six people, starting a fire and shattering windows. In
telephone calls to French news media, a previously unheard-of group called
the Iraqi Islamic Action Organization claimed responsibility for the attack,
which appeared unrelated to the rash of anti-Semitic violence.
FAA criticized for shortcomings
in weather-related safety efforts
WASHINGTON- The Federal Aviation Administration came under fire
yesterday from safety experts, pilots and Congress for moving too slowly to
protect aircraft against hazardous weather-a factor in half the nation's
airline accidents.
James Burnett, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board,
said the FAA often has failed to "follow through" in weather-related safety
proposals, including efforts to reduce the threat of so-called "wind shears"
to aircraft.
Asked at a congressional hearing whether he thought the FAA was
dragging its feet on weather safety, Burnett esponded, yes.
"That's a frightening piece of testimony," declared Rep. Dan Glickman
(D-Kan.), chairman of the House Science and Technology aviation subcom-
mittee.
Senator blasts news media
WASHINGTON- In an angry outburst against the news media, Sen.
Jeremiah Denton (R-Ala.) said yesterday that the national television net-
works are "all giving one side of the news," particularly on issues of national
security.
Denton also accused major news organizations of creating a political
climate which makes it difficult to gather intelligence on terrorist groups.
He made the remarks while presiding over a Senate Judiciary subcommit-
tee that heard Reagan administration officials urge wider latitude for the
FBI to spy on groups threatening violence.
Assistant Treasury Secretary John Walker said "the FBI has been hin-
* dered in collecting certain vital information about groups by Justice
Department guidelines adopted in 1976.
"Now, six years later and with the benefit of hindsight," Walker said, "I
feel that the balance struck has unduly restricted the flow of vital intelligen-
ce to the Secret Service" which guards the president and other government
officials.