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2The Tar Heel Thursday, July 7, 1988 State and National Conference documents omit Gorbechev's proposals From Associated Press reports MOSCOW The Communist Party conference directed formation of a system of stronger government and individual rights, but Mikhail Gorbachev's proposal for a powerful new presidency was conspicuously absent from documents released Tuesday. Resolutions of the four-day con ference that ended Friday made no mention of the powers Gorbachev sought for the presidency and gave a lukewarm endorsement to his proposal to make local party leaders head of their areas' legislative bodies. The proposed changes could have given Gorbachev significant new powers as president while he retained It brings out the best in all of us." the job of party general secretary, which now is the single most influen tial position in the Soviet Union's system of collective party leadership. A high-ranking party official said after the close of the conference that Gorbachev had won approval for a presidency with powers to control domestic, international and defense policies. But the resolution on that issue wasn't published until after the ruling 132-man Politburo met Monday in special session to review the confer ence's work. A knowledgeable Soviet source, when asked privately what had delayed publication of the resolution, would say only, "Editing." One Western diplomatic source in Moscow, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the absence of a stronger reference to the presidency was surprising, but that it was too early to say Gorbachev had lost a political battle on the question. J O O C 1 I J I Fresh Pasta LASAGNE VERDI LINGUINE VENEZIA CANESTRELLI CON FETTUCINE Grilled Seafood and Vegetarian Specialties WEST FRANKLIN STREET THE COURTYARD CHAPEL HILL 929-0297 Pyewacket Restaurant &Bar The documents also made the following directives: B A Constitutional Supervision Committee will be formed to make sure laws and government decisions are legal. Police work is to be improved, and the national Interior Ministry will take over many police investigations. Defense lawyers are to get involved earlier in criminal cases. Members of the policy-making Central Committee should become more active in the work of the Politburo. Commissions with Central Committee membership should be formed to deal with foreign and domestic policy issues. Party and government elected officials should be limited to two 5 year terms, and there should be more than one candidate for party and government elected positions. The documents, released by the Tass news agency, backed Gorba chev's call to take the party out of day-to-day administration of the economy and government and reduce party bureaucracy. They supported Gorbachev's call for a new legislative body, the 2,250 member Congress of People's Dep uties, that would select a smaller standing legislature, the Supreme Soviet. It also would "elect by secret ballot the president of the Supreme Soviet." That was the only reference to the presidency in the 15-page resolution on political reform, one of six released by Tass on Tuesday. A seventh, setting a timetable for reform, was released Saturday. In his speech opening the confer ence June 28, Gorbachev said a stronger president "could exercise overall guidance in the drafting of legislation and of major socio economic programs; decide on the key issues of foreign policy, defense and national security; chair the Defense Council; submit proposals on nominating the Chairman of the U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers." But there was no mention of those powers in the official conference documents. The presidency, now a ceremonial job, is held by Andrei Gromyko. The resolution also made only a brief reference to Gorbachev's pro posal to make party leaders also head of their local governing councils. It said the councils would be stronger if the party leader "were usually recommended" to lead them. For the Record D D MODEL T's s 929-6593 D Willow Creek Shopping Center 3 E3 E9 C3 E3 E3 E3 ES E9 E3 E3 B3 E3 a ur " The June 30 Tar Heel article "Toll free AIDS hotline serves North Carolina," incorrectly reported that the national AIDS hotline was scheduled to be phased out by the end of June. The hotline, which is operated by the American Social Health Association with offices in Research Triangle Park and New York City, will remain open to answer any questions the public has about acquired immune deficiency syn drome. The hotline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can be reached by calling 1-800-342-AIDS. The N.C. hotline in Raleigh may be reached at 1-800-535-2437. The Tar Heel regrets the error. 3 a n BUY ONE GET ONE FREE" (of equal or lesser value with coupon on take out only) expires 73188 Q D D e3 Milton's Annual Hot-Diggity Frogstrangler! This is the time of year when profit is a dirty word, and the buys couldn't be better. Lots of deals on year round wear - not only for summer roasting. 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