2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, November 14, 1988
World and Nation
Deficit commission's future
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON The high-level
commission created to break the
seven-year deadlock over the federal
budget deficit is beset by internal
dissension as hopes dim that it will
be able to fulfill its mission.
Long-simmering disputes over tax
and spending questions have broken
into the open among commission
members, and some fear President
elect George Bush may dismiss the
whole exercise.
44 At this stage, it is hard to tell
whether there is any hope for the
commission or whether their entire
effort will be a waste of time," said
David Wyss, senior financial econ
omist for Data Resources Inc., a
private economic consulting firm.
PtO leaders accept
From Associated Press reports
ALGIERS, Algeria PLO lead
ers accepted a U.N. resolution Sun
day implicitly recognizing Israel's
right to exist and recommended the
PLO's parliament endorse the
decision.
Approval by the Palestine National
Council, the PLO's parliament-in-exile,
is virtually certain and would
meet one of the conditions for U.S.
recognition of the Palestine Libera
tion Organization.
The action by a committee of PLO
on n n
LOUCUO OIIOC
of Shas, Agydat Israel parties
From Associated Press reports
JERUSALEM Two ultra
Orthodox parties endorsed the hard
line Likud bloc Sunday, apparently
giving party leader Prime Minister
Yitzhak Shamir the parliament
majority he needs to form a coalition
government.
President Chaim Herzog planned
to meet Monday with representatives
of Likud and its rival, the left-leaning
Labor Party, and give the party with
the greatest support the go-ahead to
form the government.
The endorsements ended almost
two weeks of uncertainty following
the inconclusive results of the Nov.
1 elections in which neither of the two
main political parties gained a major
ity in the 120-member Knesset, or
parliament. Likud won 40 seats and
Labor 39.
The support of the Orthodox Shas
and Agudat Israel parties will give
Likud and its allies on the far right
control of 63 seats.
Although most observers were
certain that Likud would secure the
support of the Shas and Agudat
Israel, both parties delayed their
endorsements apparently to win
concessions from Likud.
n n
juuiyjuuiyj
7&
GDni sift
)(oi(rD
Ca't fcrt d fc? yes1 Eni?'$
i
i
I Buy any bagel sandwich and a beverage j
and get a free cup of soup.
Does not include bagel with butter.
Offer valid with coupon only.
One coupon per customer per visit.
Not to be combined with other offers.
Offer is only good Monday -Friday
Expires 111888
A-M . mt ''- S Ivjr Jgf m-d. 16 .af..,.VJf. J.v.v
626 Ninth St.
Durham 286-7897
104 West Franklin St.
Chapel Hill 967-5248
The current state of affairs is a far
cry from what supporters had in mind
when Congress created the commis
sion a year ago.
The 12-member panel, which will
grow to 14 with the appointment of
two more members by Bush, was
expected to come up with a solution
to the thorny deficit problem by
devising a package of spending cuts
and tax increases acceptable to the
new administration and Congress.
Supporters believed the weight of
the commission's recommendations
would mobilize the support needed
for the politically painful actions
necessary to eliminate the string of
deficits that have sent the national
debt spiraling to $2.6 trillion, almost
triple the level when President Rea
leaders showed chairman Yasser
Arafat had won his struggle with
hardliners over the controversial
U.N. Resolution 242. In the 450
member PNC, 80 percent to 85
percent of the parliamentarians are
aligned with Arafat.
In Washington, President Reagan
was asked if he was pleased with the
PLO leaders action and said, "We're
still looking at that; that's all I can
say."
The declaration accepting the
resolution will be presented to the
ets endorsements
The main concession Likud had to
offer was a promise to amend the
"Who-is-a-Jew" law, which defines
who is Jewish and thus eligible for
automatic Israeli citizenship.
The Orthodox have demanded the
law be amended so only Orthodox
rabbis would be able to convert non
Jews to Judaism. Those converted by
non-Orthodox rabbis would not
qualify for citizenship.
Jewish leaders in the United States,
where most Jews belong to the more
liberal Conservative and Reform
streams of Judaism, have strongly
opposed the amendment, seeing it as
a slight to the more liberal streams.
They have said it could cause a rift
among the Jewish people. . . .
Shamir made the concession over
the proposed amendment last week.
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres,
whose Labor Party apparently lost
the slim chance it had to form a
government, said he was disap
pointed by the recommendations of
the religious parties. Peres held last
minute negotiations with the parties
Sunday afternoon.
"We did what we could and these
are the results," he said. "I don't know
exactly what happened behind closed
il
E::d E:ry cess every F.!ry
i
i
TT. Try: . . . 1 1 tttt?-.t . n . 9-r.:::
Hwy 70 West '
Pleasant Valley Promenade I
Raleigh 782-9600 I
u
U
I
I
J
2302 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh 832-6118
gan took office.
The commission will kick off its
post-election deliberations on Wed
nesday at a daylong session when it
will hear from some of the biggest
names on budget and economic
matters, including Federal Reserve
Chairman Alan Greenspan.
But supporters are worried about
what comes after the hearing. Orig
inally, the commission had an ambi
tious schedule that involved almost
daily meetings in late November and
early December, aiming toward
completion of a final report by Dec.
21.
However, that timetable has now
been scrapped with commission co
chairman Robert Strauss suggesting
the panel's report may be delayed
Israel's irasht to exist
plenary session of the PNC, which
began a special four-day meeting in
Algiers on Saturday.
"The PNC will come out with a
political decision and a program of
peace," PLO spokesman Ahmed
Abdul-Rahman said.
"In the political statement, we will
adopt all resolutions of the U.N.
Security Council dealing with the
Palestinian question. What's more,
we will emphasize resolutions 242 and
338 as the basis for an international
conference to achieve peace in the
doors, but during the day there was
reason to think it would go
otherwise.''
Rabbi Aryeh Deri of the Shas party
told The Associated Press Sunday
that "the Council of Torah Sages
decided after a long and difficult
meeting that . . . Shas will recom
mend to the president that Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir will form
the next government.''
The Council of Torah Sages, a
panel of rabbis, serves as the spiritual
leadership of the Shas and made the
party's decision about the
endorsement.
Deri telephoned Shamir and told
him he would continue being prime
minister for four more years, Israel
television said.
Mao goes
From Associated Press reports
WEST GARDINER, Maine A
man posing as a policeman killed a
state official and wounded three other
people in a two-state shooting spree
believed linked to his 'firing from a
home for the retarded, police said
Sunday.
The man killed himself while police
chased him at speeds up to 90 mph.
Alan Matterson, former head of
the Mechanic Falls group home, shot
the home's former bookkeeper, two
officials involved in regulating such
homes and one of their relatives. One
was upgraded from critical to serious
condition Sunday night.
The series of shootings spanned
about 100 miles in New Hampshire
and Maine within less than four hours
late Saturday and early Sunday, said
state police spokesman Stephen
McCausland.
Matterson, 36, of Cumberland,
was spotted near Gardiner, and two
m FALL SPECIALS g
ITO Tiravell Ceimfteirs
INCLUDES: Roundtrip air from RDU via American Airlines Two
nights hotel Breakfast daily Sightseeing Bateaux Mouche Croise
Printemps discount card Fashion show VAT room tax
LONDON
INCLUDES: Roundtrip air from RDU via Piedmont Airlines Two
nights hotel Continental breakfast 15 VAT - This tour and
Paris are avail, for 2 21 nights with a minimum of 7 air nights.
LAS VEGAS
INCLUDES: Roundtrip air from RDU via American Airlines Two
nights hotel Transfer from the airport to your hotel Coupons and
funbooks for free drinks, lounge shows, & casino fun Hotel taxes
HEW YORK fow $
INCLUDES: Roundtrip air from RDU via Piedmont Airlines Two
nights hotel Admission to the "New York Experience" Discount
coupons for selected Broadway Shows All taxes
In doubt
until March or perhaps as late as
September 1989.
The delay was apparently first
proposed by Republican members of
the commission with Strauss and
other Democrats deciding to go
along.
Some argue that Strauss, consi
dered a savvy Washington insider, is
being politically astute in deferring to
Bush's desires on the grounds that the
commission's work-product will go
nowhere without the support of the
new administration.
But Rep. William Gray, a commis
sion member and the head of the
House Budget Committee, com
plained that too much delay would
make the commission's efforts
"irrelevant.''
Middle East."
Resolution 242 calls for an end to
hostilities and Israeli withdrawal
from territories occupied in the 1967
war. Adopted by the Security Council
in 1967, it implicitly recognizes Israel
by referring to the right of all states
in the area to live within secure and
recognized borders.
Resolution 338, passed in 1973
during the Arab-Israeli war, calls for
an end to fighting; urges implemen
tation of Resolution 242; and, most
important, calls for negotiations
between Arabs and Israel toward "a
just and durable peace in the Middle
East."
In closed-door committee meet
ings, there was strong opposition to
Resolution 242 from the Marxist
oriented groups, particularly George
Habash's Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine.
Habash's faction is the second
largest of the eight groups comprising
the PLO. Arafat's Fatah is the largest.
Sources close to the talks said that
after two days of haggling, it was clear
no compromise was possible.
Habash agreed to note his reser
vations but bow to the majority and
not create a major split.
Salah Khalaf, a top Arafat aide
known as Abu Iyad, said, "Never in
my career have I seen the Palestinian
leadership acting as responsibly as it
is during this session. "
Abdul-Rahman said the council
wanted to adopt resolutions unanim
ously, although It also was capable
of operating by majority rule.
on shooting spiree after job fwn
state police cars pursued him at high
speeds.
The state troopers saw Matterson
shoot himself during the chase,
McCausland said. That sent his car
careening off the road, becoming
airborne for a moment before it
landed in a field.
McCausland said the motive
appeared to be revenge. .
"He knew his victims by their first
names and asked for them specifically
when he came to their home," he said.
Gov. John McKernan said he was
"deeply disturbed and saddened by
this weekend's tragic shooting. My
heart goes out to the families and
friends of the victims of this shocking
episode."
"I am totally shocked," said Com
missioner Susan Parker of the Maine
Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation. "The unfairness
of it all makes me furious."
Matterson posed as a police officer
ITG Travel Centers
Raleigh782-2662 Chapel Hill967-1438
R.T.P.941-5014 Greenville355-5075
Inspectors to check for ice
on planes in Denver airport
From Associated Press reports
DENVER A year after an
airliner crashed while taking off
in a snowstorm, inspectors have
been ordered onto runways at
Denver's airport to determine if
planes need respraying with de
icing fluid before takeoff.
Ice buildup on the wings of
Continental Flight 1713 was
believed to have been a factor in
the Nov. 15, 1987, crash of the DC
9 in which 28 people, including the
pilot and co-pilot, were killed and
54 others injured.
Even a minute accumulation of
ice or snow can change the shape
of an airplane's wings, reducing
the amount of lift they can
generate.
Inspectors at Stapleton Interna
tional Airport will check planes
awaiting takeoff for evidence of
surface ice or snow contamination
in what is believed to be the only
such program in the nation, said
Bob Shelton, manager of the;
Federal Aviation Administration
flight standards district office in
Denver.
Less stringent runway inspec
tions were implemented following
the Continental crash.
Parole, probation numbers rise
WASHINGTON Nearly 2
percent of American adults were
being punished for crimes last
year, with record numbers on
parole or probation, according to
a Justice Department study.
The report by the department's
Bureau of Justice Statistics said
that of the 3.4 million Americans
under the supervision of federal,
state or local corrections officers,
a record 2.6 million men and
women were either on probation
or parole.
Of those, 2.24 million were on
probation, a 6 percent increase
over the previous year, and
362,000 were on parole, an 11
percent increase. The study is
based on records for the end of
1987.
Joseph M. Bessette, acting
bureau director, said the proba
tion and parole population has
grown by 40 percent since 1983,
while the number of people in jails
or prisons increased about 33
, percent. He gave no explanation
, for the increases.
at at least one of the residences where
the shootings occurred, McCausland
said. He said a police hat, handcuffs,
flashlight, two pistols and other items
were found in Matterson's car.
The shooting spree began in Milton
Mills, N.H., on the Maine border,
where Howard Hedegard, 43, and his
sister-in-law, Patricia Collins, 27, of
Deny, N.H., were shot at Hedegard's
home, police said. They were treated
at Frisbee Memorial Hospital in
Rochester and released, said a nurs
ing supervisor who declined to be
identified.
Hedegard had been a bookkeeper
at the group home in Mechanic Falls,
Parker said.
The next stop was in Poland,
Maine, about 50 miles east, where
William Twarog, 44, a regional
administrator for the Mental Retar
dation Bureau, was killed at his home,
McCausland said.
After that, he said, Matterson
EARN $1200 PER MONTH YOUR
SENIOR YEAR
Is your academic major one of the following?
Any Engineering Degree
Engineering Analysis
Textile Chemistry
Chemistry
Geology
Biochemistry
Mathematics
If your major is one of those listed above you may very well
have the basic academic prerequisite to be eligible for a
program that will pay you $1200 a month during your
senior year at Carolina. If you are in your junior or senior
year, have a strong background in calculus and technical
physics and could use an extra $1200 each month, check
with the Navy Officer information team at Hanes Hall. This
program involves a year of nuclear reactor training after
graduation, and a job that pays approximately $48,000
after four years. The team is also available to answer any
questions you might have about management opportuni
ties open to all majors in shipboard operations, aviation,
business, engineering and intelligence. There are even
medical school scholarships available through the Navy.
All interested students should submit resume through the
Office of Career Planning and Placement Services.
For more Information, call 1-800-662-7419, or contact
Lt. Brian Halsey
Date: 22 November 1988 5iL Place: Hanes Hail
NAVY
You are Tbmorrow.
-You are the Navy. :
News in Brief
Guerilla kills hostage
JERUSALEM A Palestinian
guerrilla, who kept himself awake
during an 18-hour hostage drama
by cutting his arm with a bayonet
and pouring salt in the wound,
killed a Lebanese captive Sunday
before being overpowered by U.N.
soldiers.
The gunman, who U.N. officials
said was high on drugs or alcohol,
belonged to a five-member Pales
tininan squad that seized a U.N.
observation post in south
Lebanon about 8 p.m. Saturday.
The guerrillas took the victim
a Lebanese technician and
five Finnish soldiers hostage after
their plans to launch an attack in .
Israel failed, security sources in
south Lebanon said.
Timur Goksel, spokesman for
the 5,700-member U.N. Interim
Force in Lebanon, said U.N. '
negotiators refused to meet the
guerrillas demands for a helicop
ter or an escort to take them to .
the port city of Sidon. After
nightlong negotiations, four Pales
tinian guerrillas surrendered Sun
day morning.
Party makes segregation plans
JOHANNESBURG, South .
Africa Plans by the far-right -
Conservative Party to resegregate
facilities in about 100 towns have
set off fears of a black backlash
at home and tougher sanctions
from abroad.
Nearly 400 Conservative Party
town councilmen, who were
elected Oct. 26 in nationwide
balloting, held a closed-door
meeting Saturday in Pretoria to
plan the party's pro-apartheid
strategy on the local level.
The party which campaigned
on a promise to return the "whites
only" rule to public spaces won
control of about 100 towns, mostly
in Transvaal, the most populous
province. . .
The National Party, which
controls Parliament, has in recent
years rescinded many of the so
called "petty apartheid" laws.
Restaurants, bars, hotels and
. xinemas began opening to all
races.
drove to lopsham, where he shot:
Louis T. Dorogi, 46, director of:
licensing for nursing homes in the:
state Human Services Department, in
the kitchen of his home.
Dorogi was in charge of inspection
of state-affiliated homes for com:
pliance with Medicaid standards,
Parker said. He was in serious
condition Sunday after emergency
surgery at Brunswick Regional
Memorial Hospital.
Management and financial prob-;
lems came to light at the Mechanic;
Falls group home, formerly known'
as Androscoggin Commumty Home,:
in mid-1987, Parker said. "Alan had
trouble keeping track of the finances,
she said.
Matterson was fired in early 1987
as the home's administrator, said
Betsy Davenport, director of the
department's Bureau of Mental;
Retardation.
Botany (Moelcular Option)
Microbiology
Physics
Zoology
Pre-Professional Health
Science
OFFICER
v.
V
n