The United States warned Libya that there could be “serious consequences” if it interfered with the two AWACS surveillance planes that were sent to help deter Libyan air attacks on the Sudan, according to a Reagan Administration official. The AWACS were sent to Egypt to join Egyptian fighters in patrolling Sudanese airspace.
Key Senate Republicans are urging President Reagan to drop the proposed sale of 1,613 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Jordan, and more than 40 senators have signed a letter calling for reconsideration of the move. Administration and congressional sources told the Washington Post. But Reagan, citing a promise to Jordan’s King Hussein, has refused, the sources said. Hussein last week sharply accused the United States of tilting toward Israel. Republican leaders and Secretary of State George P. Shultz have warned that if Reagan persists in the sale, Congress will likely move to block it, handing the Administration an embarrassing defeat, the sources said.
The Soviet newspaper Pravda described a battle in which Afghan troops reportedly routed a rebel force of 3.000 attempting to install a U.S.-backed provisional government close to the Pakistani border. Pravda said 600 guerrillas were killed in the fighting and gave all the credit for the successful operation to Afghan government forces. Western diplomats in Moscow said the article, which did not mention Soviet troop action in the battle late last year, appeared aimed at showing that the Afghan army could hold its own against the rebels.
Summit talks on the Common Market ran into problems when Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain again demanded far-reaching changes in the way the 10-nation European Economic Community works. A two-day meeting of European Government leaders in Brussels is widely seen as decisive for the trade-bloc’s future and for Western Europe’s hopes of closer economic and political unity.
About 40,000 British coal miners defied their union leadership and returned to work. protected by 8,000 police who guarded the nation’s mines and turned away pickets intent on prolonging a weeklong strike that has paralyzed the industry. The government-controlled National Coal Board said 44 of Britain’s 174 mines were operating. four times more than last Friday. The strike was called to oppose the coal board’s plans to shut down 20 money-losing mines.
West Germany said that an estimated 20,000 East Germans could be allowed to move to the West this year under a recent loosening of emigration controls. Inner-German Affairs Minister Heinrich Windelen estimated in a radio interview that the present flow of East Germans to the West is about 300 a day. He said the liberalization is intended to improve the Communist regime’s image and rid the country of disruptive individuals.
A prosecutor said in a statement today that a Norwegian Foreign Ministry official, already charged with spying for the Soviet Union, also spied for Iraq. The Foreign Ministry official, Arne Treholt, 41 years old, a former deputy minister, told police he received $50,000 in exchange for classified documents handed to an Iraqi official now serving with the Iraqi Embassy in Paris, the statement said. Mr. Treholt told the police that in May 1980 he made contact with the Iraqi Embassy in Athens. He had been asked to supply information to which he had access, the statement said. In August 1981, an agreement was reached on an annual remuneration of $20,000.
The statement said Mr. Treholt told the police that he had several times supplied classified documents to a man identified as Radhi A. Mohammed who, according to the statement, was known to have been a prominent agent for the Iraqi intelligence service. After Mr. Treholt’s arrest in January on charges of passing secrets to the KGB, five Soviet diplomats were expelled from Norway and four others who had previously served in Oslo were told they could not return.
More than 50,000 French farmers who are furious with the agricultural policies of European Economic Community leaders hurled eggs at public buildings, smashed cars and battled police in nationwide protests. As many as 20,000 farmers marched through Le Mans, west of Paris, protesting the Common Market’s plans to admit Spain and Portugal to membership in 1986. The farmers also denounced as a “scandalous compromise” last week’s farm-price agreement in Brussels placing curbs on farm prices and a ceiling on milk production.
Polish authorities today questioned two news correspondents – an American and a Briton – in the investigation of a human rights lawyer who is accused of “slandering the state.” The reporters, John Kifner of The New York Times and Kevin Ruane of BBC, were questioned about their contacts with the lawyer, Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki. Mr. Ruane, the BBC reporter, was questioned two hours and was asked how he had obtained a copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Sila-Nowicki to General Wojciech Jaruzelski, the Polish leader. In what Mr. Sila-Nowicki later said had been an “open letter,” he protested to General Jaruzelski that another lawyer had been jailed to block him from presenting evidence that the police fatally beat Grzegorz Przemyk, a teenage Solidarity supporter, last May. “I told them that as a journalist I could not reveal my sources of information, and they seemed to accept this,” Mr. Ruane said.
Martial law was relaxed in parts of Turkey for the first time since the 1980 military coup and less than a week before crucial local elections. It was lifted completely in three western provinces, a southern province and an eastern province. In eight provinces, it was replaced by a state of emergency, transferring the martial-law powers to civilian provincial governors.
The Indian Parliament today extended for six more months direct government control of Punjab state, where nearly 90 people have been killed in violence between Sikhs and Hindus. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government took over direct rule of the state, where Sikh militants are demanding religious concessions and more political autonomy, last October. Home Minister Prakash Chand Sethi told Parliament that the government was prepared to reopen stalled talks with Punjab’s militant Sikh Akali Dal Party on these demands. Negotiations were broken off last month after an upsurge of sectarian violence in the state.
The military Government today freed Liber Seregni, a retired general and 1971 presidential candidate who was jailed, freed and jailed again after the armed forces coup in 1973. General Seregni, 67 years old, ran for President in 1971 as the candidate of the Broad Front, a coalition of Communists, Socialists and Christian Democrats. Government critics said he was jailed because the generals felt he had betrayed them by opposing the coup. General Seregni’s only comment to reporters as he left police headquarters in downtown Montevideo, where he had been jailed, was, “I’m fine, thank you.” He was accompanied by his wife, Lily, and lawyers. One lawyer said the Supreme Military Tribunal, ruling on a 1979 appeal, ordered that General Seregni’s 14-year sentence be “considered served.” He said the general was granted complete liberty to move about, but was barred from voting or running for public office for two years.
Cuba announced that it would withdraw its 25,000 troops from Angola if a series of conditions were met involving South Africa and rebels battling Angola’s Marxist government. A communique after talks in Havana between President Fidel Castro and Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos listed among the conditions: unilateral withdrawal of South African troops from Angola; acceptance of U.N. resolutions calling for “true” independence for Namibia and withdrawal of South African troops there; cessation of threats against Angola by South Africa, the United States or its allies, and an end to aid to anti-Marxist rebels.
Joshua Nkomo, the Zimbabwean opposition leader, said today that ax-wielding supporters of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe broke up an opposition rally Sunday, wounding 10 people. Mr. Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union, said that some 200 youths armed with axes, hatchets, bricks and sticks had attacked and stoned hundreds of the party’s members in the town of Kadoma. He said the police used tear gas to disperse the youths.
Gary Hart struggled to protect what appeared to be a narrow lead on the eve of the Illinois primary in the face of a dogged effort by Walter F. Mondale to avert a defeat in the first Democratic Presidential primary in a major industrial state. The former Vice President assailed Senator Hart with bitter language.
Illinois voters were pondering which Democratic Presidential aspirant would make the best candidate and which would make the best President. Backers of Walter F. Mondale said he was more seasoned and comfortable. Backers of Gary Hart said he was more dynamic and thus would have a better chance of defeating President Reagan.
President Reagan is inspired by the technological advances the U.S. has made militarily in the past three years.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has lived in Chicago for nearly two decades. He is viewed as a hero and role model by many blacks there, but he is not liked by others. A political analyst said that outside the black community the Democratic Presidential aspirant had little support.
Prime lending rates were increased to 11½ percent from 11 percent by major banks around the country. It was the first change in the key rate since last August, and some economists and bankers, citing big budget deficits, predicted the rate could go substantially higher.
Much higher federal deficits than the Administration is projecting would result from a plan accepted by President Reagan, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The agency said an analysis showed that the $150 billion package would lower the deficits over three years by only $73 billion because half of the proposals were already in the budget.
Saying “I am 81 and feel like a million dollars” South Carolina political patriarch Strom Thurmond formally announced in Columbia, South Carolina, that he will seek a sixth full term in the U.S. Senate. Thurmond, who has served in the Senate since 1955 and switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in 1964, already has raised more than $1 million for his campaign and spent about half of it.
A woman in a small car drove to several White House gates exhibiting “non-normal behavior” after nightfall and White House guards who blocked her entry were forced to smash her window to take her into custody, police said. Officials refused to reveal what activity the unidentified woman was displaying. Bomb squads were immediately called to the scene but no explosives were found and the Secret Service said the woman did not crash into any White House gates. There were no injuries and the unidentified woman was not charged, but she was taken to a government hospital for observation, police said.
The 412 House members seeking reelection this year received $12.75 million in campaign contributions from political action committees in 1983, an increase of 39% from 1981. Common Cause said. The group. which advocates campaign financing reform, said in a report that the House leadership benefited most from pre-election-year giving by the business, labor and ideological PACS. The 27 House leaders averaged $49.142 in PAC contributions last year, compared with an average of $30,961 for the House as a whole, according to the report. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Illinois), chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, led with contributions totaling $168,150, Common Cause said.
Revised financial disclosure forms of Edwin Meese 3rd were made public by the White House as officials of the Justice Department and the FBI discussed plans for an inquiry into the financial dealings of President Reagan’s Counselor.
Rep. George Hansen (R-Idaho) lost a bid to have his trial in Washington moved to another city on the ground that publicity about White House counselor Edwin Meese III’s finances would jeopardize Hansen’s chances of getting a fair trial. U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green denied Hansen’s request, saying a change of venue “will not dilute those problems of publicity,” but she ordered that the jury be sequestered during his trial. Hansen was indicted last April on four counts of filing false reports for 1978 through 1981. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $40,000 fine.
The defense for two of four men in a gang rape trial ended their cases today after one of the defendants testified that a woman was “laughing away” as she had sex with several men on a barroom pool table. “She was enjoying herself,” John Cordeiro testified two days after another jury convicted two other men of aggravated rape in the case. His attorney, Kenneth Sullivan, called only one witness, Mr. Cordeiro. Judith Lindahl, the attorney for Victor Raposo, rested that case after a medical expert testified that blood tests showed the victim had six to seven drinks the night of the incident. Judge William Young told jurors in Superior Court they would probably hear closing arguments Wednesday. Court officials have enforced stringent security in an effort to keep the jury from learning of the guilty verdicts against Daniel Silva and Joseph Vieira, who were among six men charged with taking part in the rape last year in a New Bedford tavern.
The NASA STS 41-C vehicle with space shuttle Challenger moves to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Proposals to ban smoking on up to 85 percent of commercial domestic flights were rejected by the Civil Aeronautics Board, but the panel agreed to prohibit smoking on planes with no more than 30 seats.
Arthur Gary Bishop, a 32-year-old former bookkeeper, Eagle Scout and honor student, was found guilty tonight of first-degree murder in the abduction and slayings of five boys. The jury took four and a half hours to find Mr. Bishop guilty of five counts of first-degree murder, five counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of sexual abuse of a minor. When he was arrested, Mr. Bishop had confessed to police that he killed five boys to keep them quiet about his sexual advances toward them.
The penalty phase of the trial was scheduled for Wednesday morning. Under Utah law, Mr. Bishop can choose to have either the judge or jury hear testimony on aggravating and mitigating circumstances before deciding on a sentence of death or life in prison. Persons condemned to death in Utah can decide between lethal injection or a firing squad. David Biggs, the defense attorney, had asked the jury to convict Mr. Bishop of five counts of manslaughter in recognition of his being a “mentally deranged individual.”
The list of carcinogenic chemicals seems endless. Commercial and industrial chemicals cause only a small proportion of the nation’s 450,000 annual cancer deaths, probably less than 10 percent. Even so, such chemicals remain a significant health problem, causing tens of thousands of cancer deaths each year.
A Mobil oil tanker spills oil into Columbia River. About 42,000 gallons of oil that spilled from a grounded tanker began washing ashore along a 50-mile stretch of the Columbia River today while crews tried to free the damaged vessel from a rocky reef. Four holding tanks on the 618-foot Mobiloil were ripped open when the ship ran aground early today 13 miles north of Portland near the Oregon shore of the river, which forms the state’s border with Washington. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Ron Shay said observers were dispatched to the river today to watch for any fish and wildlife harmed by the spill, one of the worst in Columbia River history. He said no sick wildlife had yet been found.
A pesticide popular with citrus and cotton growers and home gardeners is under Federal scrutiny because it contains the banned pesticide DDT. Official announcement of the “fast track review” of Dicofol by the United States Environmental Protection Agency is expected Wednesday in Washington, sources in the agency said. The high priority study, described by the sources as “very unusual,” could lead to a ban on Dicofol or restrictions on its use by the end of the year.
Dicofol is made from DDT by adding one oxygen molecule. Rohm and Haas Company produces about two-thirds of the estimated three million pounds of Dicofol used each year in this country. The company makes Dicofol in Italy because of United States restrictions on DDT, a company spokesman said. An E.P.A. official said samples of Dicofol contain 9 percent to 15 percent DDT.
After 12 years of courtship with only one mating, giant pandas. Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing mated twice Monday, raising hopes that the National Zoo in Washington may expect offspring this summer. perhaps in July. After watching the two pandas since 1972, Devra Kleiman, a zoologist who is the zoo’s acting assistant director in charge of animal programs, was ecstatic. “I’m very happy at this point,” said Kleiman, who celebrated with champagne.
Women’s psychology is finally being widely and energetically explored. Many researchers contend that psychology has been observing life through men’s eyes, and new evidence goes a long way toward demonstrating that they are right.
American sitcom “Kate & Allie” premieres on CBS TV starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin.
Denny McLain, the last Major League pitcher to achieve a 30-win season, is indicted on various charges of racketeering, loan-sharking, extortion, and cocaine possession.
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 1171.38 (-12.98).
Born:
Barry Cofield, NFL defensive tackle and nose tackle (NFL Champions, Super Bowl 42-Giants, 2007; New York Giants, Washington Redskins), in Cleveland, Ohio.
LaJuan Ramsey, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Indianapolis Colts, St. Louis Rams), in Anniston, California.
Kyle Williams, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks), in Stockton, California.
Matt Downs, MLB pinch hitter, second baseman, and third baseman (San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros), in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Tanushree Dutta, Indian actress (“Aashiq Banaya Aapne”), in Jamshedpur, India.
Died:
Garry Winogrand, 56, American photographer, of cancer.
[Ed: Say the line, Maggie. “The problem with Socialists is, sooner or later…”]
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