Hard tim es Daily Photo by KATE O'LEARY
Joe Lindstrom's truck bears a message on the difficult times farmers face these days as he sells produce at the
open-air market by Kerrytown yesterday. Lindstrom runs a farm in Jackson County.
5 nations boycott Arab summit
CASABLANCA, Morocco (UPI) - King Hassan II of meetings among members of the summit produced:
Morocco opened the first Arab summit in three years merely a consensus that thorny issues should be left off
yesterday with a call for unity, but five of 21 Arab League the parley's agenda.
nations boycotted the meeting. The key issues are the Iran-Iraq Gulf war, the Jor-
The summit,twhich convened in Hassan's ornate palace danian-Palestinian accord signed Feb. 11, and the
was boycotted by Libya, Syria, Lebanon, South Yemen Syrian-backed attacks on Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut.
and Algeria. "The Arab nation is going through a very delicate
The Libyans, who sent delegation to the pre-summit state," a member of the Saudi Arabian delegation said.
preparatory meeting of the Arab foreign ministers, left "The atmosphere is just not right for any country to con-
Casablanca and joined the other hardliners in their tribute to the already existing complications."
boycott. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and some of the other Gulf
"I AM SORRY to see some of the chairs empty in front nations sent low-level delegations, taking some of the
of me," Hassan said in his opening speech. "But let me be clout out of the conference, which was delayed for three
honest and say that even those who are absent from this years by inter- Arab squabbling.
meeting can help us because we all share a common In line with the general pre-summit mood, the Jor-
cause. . danians and Palestinians said they would not put forward
"I believe that this summit, even if you do not agree on their bilateral accord for an Arab seal of approval.
everything, still constitutes an essential factor in our "We discussed the matter with our brothers and frien-
future actions. What matters most now is action and ds, and agree that the Jordanian-PLO accord is primarily
preparation to clear and purify the Arab atmosphere and our concern. We do not need their approval," a Jordanian
unite our ranks again," the king said. delegate said.
"We still have a common denominator on which we all Other sources said the pact was kept off the summit's
agree and this is the Palestinian cause," Hassan said. agenda because Saudi Arabia made it clear it did not sup-
CONFERENCE sources said a' day of closed-door port approving the pact.
BBC strike ends, documentary shown
(ContinuedfromPagei1 taped 30-second messages during was "flawed" and "unsuitable" in its
THE DISPUTE directly involved scheduled news broadcasts to explain handling of the coverage of terrorism.
only the BBC, which made the the jobaction. But at the same time the governors
documentary on violence in Ulster, th THE WRITING press did not join said they rejected government at-
but about 2,000 BBC employees were the protest, however, newspapers tempts to dicatate BBC editorial
joined in the protest against press printed as usual and news hawkers policy.
c y f along London's Fleet Street said they
ersicopenhndre pb dest- did a brisk trade in afternoon
era in competing independent
television and radio newsrooms. newspapers because of the broadcast THE DAILY
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local radio stations around the coun- decision by the BBC's government- ARE A GREAT
try kept their news programs on the appointed Board of Governors to
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IN BRIEF
From United Press International
Ex-FBI agent admits year wage freeze, citing fears the
walkout could doom the financially
involvement with spy ailing company.
LOS ANGELES - The only FBI "We definitely didn't want to kill
agent ever charged with espionage the cow," United Telegraph
admitted his four-month sex and Workers President Richard
spying liaison with a Russian im- Brockert said.
migrant when he discovered fellow
agents were monitoring him, a A strike against Western Union
prosecutor said yesterday. munications Workers of America
U.S. Attorney Robert Bonner, in entered its eighth day yesterday
the second day of his opening w it seth daytesight.
statement in the trial of Richard with no settlement in sight.
W. Miller, said the former agent Company spokesman Warren
confessed his illicit relationship Bechtel said no talks are scheduled
with Svetlana Ogorodnikova on with the CWA, which represents
Sept. 27, 1984, when he learned the 600 Western Union technicians in
FBI had placed him under sur- New York and New Jersey.
veillance, spoiling his plan to turn
over secret documents to the M ichigan Lotto to add
Soviets.
Miller, 48, claims he was only another drawing
using Ogorodnikova and her
husband, Nikolai, to infiltrate the LANSING - State Lottery of-
KGB in a last-ditch bid for glory to ficials, hoping to renew interest in
salvage an undistinguished FBI their Lotto game, announced
career. yesterday an increase to two
Poll says Americans drawings per week.
While stoutly denying that .the
favor Social Security Lotto is in any trouble, Lottery
Commissioner Michael Carr con-
W ASHINGT concept whocia ceded that interest has "leveled off
ws ectardi eaal oi onew tduring normal weeks when there is
was enactd 50 yeasall o is icanow jackpot turnover"
but those who have yet to benefi With two drawings per week,
from the system are losing con- Carr said, there will be mor.e tur-
fromete sytem ae losig son- novers - instances in which no
fidence in it, a new poll showed player correctly picks the six win-
yesterday. ning numbers - and the un-
Retirees themselves praised claimed prize money is added to
Social Security the most, but a the jackpot for the next drawing.
spokesman for the American
Association of Retired Persons, Engineers inspect
which commissioned the study,
said the results dispelled the notion Shuttle's engines
the "yuppie" generation has aban-
doned the idea of Social Security. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -
The poll of 2,052 people 25 and Engineers inspected the shuttle
older (with an error rate of plus or Challenger's rocket engines
minus 3 percent) showed 96 per- yesterday to determine what
cent of Americans believe it has caused an engine shutdown during
been a success and 88 percent op- launch and clear the way for
pose its demise. Discovery's blastoff Aug. 24.
Some employees end Challenger landed at Edwards
W s r U o srke Air Force Base, Calif., Tuesday to
'Western Union strike wrap up an eight-day science
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - The union mission and engineers said the
for 6,500 Western Union employees ship suffered little apparent
ended a 10-day strike yesterday damage from its 3.3 million-mile
and called for acceptance of a one- orbital journey.
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