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Democrats debate
1984 platform

IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Press International reports

WASHINGTON (AP) - Walter Mon-
dale's supporters yesterday proposed a
Democratic platform broad enough to
cover all the party's candidates, but
backers of Gary Hart argued for
specifies, including reform of "the
glaring excesses" of the tax law passed
early in the Reagan administration.
"I believe we must be more specific,"
Rep. Timothy Wirth (D-Colo.), one of
five Hart backers on the 15-member
platform drafting committee, said as
the panel beganwork.
BUT REP. Geraldine Ferraro (D-
N.Y.), chairman of the platform com-
mittee, and Mayor Richard Arrington
of Birmingham, Ala., chairman of the
drafting unit, both favor a broader,
more general approach.
Despite the differences, Hart and
Mondale supporters predicted that a
compromise could be reached. Backers
of the Rev. Jesse Jackson weren't as
confident.
The drafting committee plans to meet
through tomorrow and then submit its
proposal to the full committee for adop-
tion later in the week, subject to
possible change at the party's national
convention in San Francisco next mon-
th.
In Minnesota, meanwhile, Mondale
said he would interview Los Angeles

Mayor Tom Bradley on Thursday in his
search for a running mate. Mayor
Bradley is apparently the first black
ever to be seriously considered for vice
president. ,.
Bradley, a longtime Mondale ally
who nominated him at the 1976 and 1980
Democratic convenions, will travel to
Mondale's home just hours before
Mondale will interview Sen. Lloyd Ben-
tson of Texas and San Francisco Mayor
Dianne Feinstein as prospective vice
presidential candidates.
Mondale's supporters control the
platform drafting committee, with
eight members to the five for Hart and
two for Jackson.
On the issue of taxes, the proposed
draft says that "by broadening the tax
base, simplifying the tax code, and
eliminating unproductive deductions,
we can raise the revenues we need and
promote growth without increasing the
burden on average taxpayers."
The plank called for a delay in in-
dexing, "with special provisions made
to protect low-income individuals;"
limiting the benefits of the last year of
the Reagan tax cut to individuals with
incomes under $50,000; and a 5 to 10
percent surcharge on incomes above
$100,000.

Trade deficit skyrockets
WASHINGTON - A flood of im-
ports from oversea factories
plunged the broadest measure of the
nation's foreign trade to a record
deficit of $19.4 billion for the first.
quarter of this year, the government
reported yesterday.
The old record, $17.2 billion, had
been set only three months earlier.
Commerce Secretary Malcolm
Baldrige said more bad news lay
ahead, though he applauded "an en-
couraging" increase in U.S. com-
panies' exports.
Inmates win reprieves
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Two in-
mates scheduled for execution today
- the convicted killer of a con-
venience store clerk and a man con-
victed of killing two women - won
reprieves yesterday from federal
courts.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap-
peals yesterday evening stayed the
execution of Carl Shriner, who was
to have been electrocuted at 7 a.m.
today at Florida State Prison near
Stark.
Earlier in the day, Carl Jackson
won a stay of execution from U.S.
District Judge Roger Vinson in Pen-
sacola. Jackson was convicted of
killing twowomenin Panama City.
Senate discusses
defense spending
WASHINGTON The Senate, with
fights still to come on covert aid to
Nicaragua and NATO spending
levels, opened another marathon
session yesterday on the $291 billion
defense authorization bill.
The senate also expected to
discuss a proposal by Sam Nunn of
Georgia, ranking Democrat on the
Senate Armed Services Committee,
to reduce U.S. troops in Europe if
NATO allies do not live up to their.
defense spending commitments, and
senators were alerted yesterday to
expect to work past midnight.
Blanchard may urge
Midland arbitration
GRAND RAPIDS - Gov. James
-Blanchard said yesterday Con-
sumers Power Co. should consider
letting an arbitrator decide the fate
of the Midland nuclear power plant if
an agreement cannot be reached
through negotiations.
Blanchard said arbitration is one

of two options the utility can pursue
if it cannot reach agreement with in-
terested parties regarding the
massive nuclear plant, which has
been plagued with cost overruns and
extensive delays.
"I urge you to return to the
bargaining table as soon as possible
to continue bargaining towards an
equitable solution," Blanchard said
in a letter to Consumers Power
Chairman John Seley.
High court to rule
on lethal injections
WASHINGTON - The Supreme
Court agreed yesterday to decide
whether states may continue to
execute convicted murderers by in-
jecting them with deadly drugs even
though there is no proof the method
is a "safe and effective" way to kill
people.
The justices will review a federal
appeals court decision barring lethal
injections, permited or required by
12 states' death penalty laws,
without approval by the Federal
Food and Drug Administration.
Extremists gain in
European elections
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Governing
parties in Britain, France, West
Germany and Italy suffered
significant losses in European
Parliament voting in which Com-
munists, extreme rightistsand
pacifists made inroada in several
countries, tallies showed yesterday.
In the most dramatic develop-
ment, Italian Communists won a
plurality of the popular vote, polling
33.3 percent. Italy's long-dominant
Christian Democrats got 33 percent
and Premier Bettino Craxi's
Socialists took 11.2 percent.
Syrians, Lebanese confer
BIKFAYA, Lebanon - Vice
President Abdul-Halim Khaddam of
Syria met with Lebanon's leaders
for four hours yesterday to try to
break a stalemate that has
paralyzed the country's new
Cabinet.
The top Syrian expert on Lebanese
affairs met behind closed doors with
President Amin Gemayel and Prime
Minister Rashid Karami, then bega-
n a series of talks with leaders of the
various warring factions, most of
whom are members of the new
"national unity" government under
Karami.

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Guardian Angels plan ptrob

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pondering the problem of campus
crime but had "never even considered"
involving the Guardian Angels. He said
he would like to meet with Sliwa but,
refused to comment on the planned new
chapter until it can be discussed by the
assembly.
Sliwa said he will make a public
presentation to students in the fall even
if he meets stiff opposition from
University officials. "We're used to it,"
he said.
SLIWA DESCRIBED the "Alliance of
Guardian Angels, Inc." as a "service
group that particularly is...patroling
the city and acting as a visual deterrent
to crime. Part of the program is escor-
ting, sure, but we don't have people
who just sit in the dorm and wait for a
call to come in. If someone's in need of
an escort...we'll already be out there,"
he said.
Wearing T-shirts and berets, and
carrying an ID card that certifies that
each member underwent three months
of training, the Guardian Angels would
patrol the city in groups of two or more,
Sliwa said.
"IF, IN THE course of patrol, we
should see a crime in process . . . we
would intervene and hold them until the
police arrive. that is a citizen's arrest.
"As a citizen, you have the right to
detain a person but if you try to move
him against his will (to the police station,
for instance) then you are violating his
rights, and he, in turn, can have you
arrested," said Sliwa.
The convicton rate for people
arrested by the Guardian Angels is
better than that of most police
departments, Sliwa said. Out of 168
citizen's arrests the group has made in
incidents where guns or knives were
involved, convictions and prison terms
of six months or more were received in

89 of them.
"NEVER ONCE has a Guardian
Angel been arrested for improper
detention or using force, and we've
never been sued," said Sliwa, who
founded the organization over five years
ago in New York City.
The Guardian Angels are widely
established, with 51 chapters across the
nation and four in Canada. Three years
ago, the Detroit chapter was set up.
"There was tremendous opposition,"
said Sliwa. Back then, the main
problem "stemmed from within the
organization because the founding
members (in Detroit) were a suburban
group in nature and background who
were expected to patrol inner-city
areas like Cass Corridor, the south side,
etc. They were not used to it."
After the group got accustomed to it,
other "satellite" chapters were
launched in Benton Harbor and
Kalamazoo. Now the Detroit
organization plans to expand into Ann
Arbor, Saginaw, and Flint as well
TWO GUARDIAN Angels escort
services have been started on the
campuses of Ohio State and
Northwestern Universities.
"The way we set up on campus is
different .., we cannot appiy stringent
rules of city life," explained Sliwa. He
said he tries to be conscious of a
community's need for the Guardian
Angels' services, which range from
distributing food to those who cannot
get it, to tutoring and escorting, but the
main emphasis is on patrolling.
The structure of the Ann Arbor
chapter will not be known until Sliwa
and the Detroit members evaluate the
needs of the campus and the
community and, most importantly, get
feedback from the community, Sliwa
said.
"It is the decision of the students,"
said Sliwa. "They won't be forced."

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