Soviets declare Olympic boycott irrevocable MOSCOW (UPI) - The. Soviet Union declared its boycott of the Los Angeles Olympic Games "irrevocable" yester- day and accused the Reagan ad- ministration of supporting plots to kid- nap and use mind-altering drugs on its athletes. Soviet Sports Minister Marat Gramov also told a news conference Moscow would not hold an alternative "Red Olympics" to compete with the Los Angeles Games, which begin July 28. Eight nations have pulled out of the Games so far. IN WASHINGTON, the State Depar- tment denounced Gramov's charges as a "classic case of complete distortion." State Department spokesman Alan Romberg described the Soviet charges as "outrageous, totally inexcusable." In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, the hosts of the Winter Olympics confirmed Yugoslavia would participate in the Los Angeles Games and reiterated regret over the Soviet boycott. "WE CANNOT but regret that one part of athletes will not be there," said Zdravko Mutin, president of the Yugoslav Olympic Committee. "You know our stand," Mutin told reporters. "We have not changed it and we shall not change it this year. We shall go to Los Angeles." President Reagan said yesterday there is nothing "that would be prudent" for him to do personally to President Reagan looks on as gymnast Kurt Thomas, right, and Charlotte Pearson of the Special Olympics attempt to light an Olympic torch yesterday at the White House. convince the Soviets to take part in the summer Olympics. The president arranged a late after- noon ceremony on the South Lawn to receive the Olympic flame from former Olympics gymnast Kurt Thomas, and pass it to Charlotte Pearson, a member of the Special Olympics for handicap- ped youth. The torch was carried Monday through the streets of Baltimore and Annapolis. After leaving the White House, the 9,000-mile relay will con- tinue through nearby Virginia counties; Flat Lick, Ky.; Ivy Log, Ga.; and Dixie, Texas on its way across country to arrive in Los Angeles July 28. At a 15-minute informal news con- ference earlier, Reagan was asked to explain the Soviets' decision to boycott the Olympics in America, taking most Eastern bloc nations out with them. "The reasons they have given (for the boycott) are absolutely false," the president replied, "and we've been able to prove it." "You'd have to ask them the reason," he said. Reagan said the Soviets claim "they don't believe we can provide adquate protection," but declared, "We have given them chapter and verse on what we have done, and there's never been anything like it." Lebanese (ContinuedfromPage 1) complete failure." The U.S. role "may have hinged on the perception that since the Lebanese government had invited the marines, (the American force) should fight on behalf of the government." Consequen- tly, he said, the U.S., found itself at war with factions hostile to President Amin Gemayel's administration. "A LOT could have been done by the U.S. government to keep the Lebanese government from becoming party to the conflict," he said. But the former prime minister is op- timistic about future U.S.-Lebanese relations. "I think once Lebanon decides what it wants, it should ap- proach the U.S.," he said. According to Hoss, a rash of shellings in the past three days which has left 20 dead and 105 wounded in Beirut "would delay but not undo" the progress of the new cabinet toward a nonsectarian agreement. THE NEW cabinet includes members of Lebanon's principal warring sects and represents the most recent attempt at a non-sectarian coalition. Principal among the topics on its agenda are the reconstruction of the army, an examination of the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon, and the improvement of internal security with the aim of reopening Beirut's international airport and harbor and official blames 'warlords' for violence eliminating the "green line," which the president be a Maronite christian, top posts." divides predominantly-Christian East the prime ministera Sunni Muslim, and Beirut from the Muslim West. the speaker of parliament a Shiite The former prime minister claimed Lebanon has a "confessional" form Muslim. "the force of events" was making of government, whereby each top AT A PRESS conference yesterday, Lebanese sectarianism insupportable. administrative post is reserved Hoss said this political constraint was "You have to abolish sectarianism exclusively for a member of a "conducive to radicalization." altogether - and then you don't mind particular sect. The charter France (which sect) is more numerous, and established in 1943 when it granted "Radical movements are led by (whithemt temjobnuhersad Lebanon independence provides that persons who are not eligible to the three you fit the man to the job," he said. Mortar ire kills child in Beirut From AP and UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon - Mortar fire killed a child and woun- ded 22 others in a Beirut playground yesterday just before a Cabinet panel agreed that Lebanon's new government would emphasize security "above everything else." "The blood of these children will not be shed in vain," war- ned Fadi Frem, commander of the Lebanese Forces, the militia of the right-wing Christian Phalange party founded by President Amin Gemayel's father, Pierre. PRIME MINISTER Rashid Karami vowed his two-week- old Cabinet would work to restore peace. He met with a committee of Christian and Moslem Cabinet members that drafted a policy statement on steps for ending the nine-year- old civil war. Details of the statement were kept secret, but Karami said it would be submitted to the full Cabinet tomorrow. Once ap- proved by the Cabinet, the statement' will be sent to Parliament for a vote. In southern Lebanon, Israeli occupation troops came under fresh attach by suspected Shiite Moslem guerrillas. Three soldiers were reported killed and four others wounded. "WE HAVE achieved what the Lebanese people are seeking," Karami said after the Cabinet panel's meeting. "That is, security - security before and above everything else." Despite Karami's optimistic assessment of government ef- forts to curb the violence, renewed sniper and mortar fire julted the Green Line dividing Beirut into Moslem and Christian sectors. A single mortar round slammed into a crowded school playground in east Beirut's Ashrafiyeh neighborhood. Christian radio said a 12-year-old boy was killed and 22 other youngsters were wounded. SIX CIVILIANS also were reported wounded in shelling of Christian east Beirut near the playground, pushing the casualty toll to at least 20 killed and 105 wounded in three days of violence in the city. The children had been enjoying recess at the Sayidat al Bishara school, across the street from a hospital. "We were eating a sandwich and chatting with our frien- ds," said a 14-year-old boy quoted by Voice of Lebanon radio.