2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, October 3, 1989
World and Nation
After 10
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON Key House
members broke a decade-long stale
mate over clean air legislation Mon
day, agreeing to apply California's strict
auto emissions standards to the entire
nation, congressional sources said.
The sources, speaking on the condi
tion of anonymity, said the compro
mise would put California's require
ments, the toughest of all 50 states, into
effect nationwide through 2002. They
could be strengthened starting in 2003.
The agreement is supported by Reps.
John Dingell, D-Mich., and Henry
Waxman, D-Calif., whose bitter differ
ences over auto emissions have played
a large role in delaying an updating of
the 1977 clean air law.
Dingell, chairman of the House
Energy and Commerce Committee,
shares the position of the auto industry,
which has resisted tougher standards.
Waxman, chairman of the panel's
environment subcommittee, supports
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From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON Egyptian Presi
dent Hosni Mubarak met with Presi
dent Bush Monday on Mideast peace
efforts and said he saw a "golden op
portunity" for a breakthrough between
Israel and the Palestinians.
Mubarak said failing to seize the
opportunity "would be a grave mis
take" and that he and Bush agreed "to
work closely together in order to utilize
the existing momentum."
"The continuation of the status quo
is hazardous to both" Israel and the
Palestinians, the Egyptian leader told
reporters after an Oval Office session
lasting nearly an hour.
However, even as Mubarak sought
to promote his plan, which includes a
demand that Israel agree in principle to
giving up seized lands, aides to Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir said the Is
raeli leader did not intend to alter his
own Palestinian peace initiative.
Monday 's White House session came
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From Associated Press reports
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia A
West German diplomat rescued an East
German who was grabbed by a police
man Monday as he tried to scale the
fence into Bonn's mission. Most
Czechoslovak police relaxed their
controls, enabling hundreds more to
enter the compound.
Refugees inside the embassy said
their number had grown to about 1 300.
Witnesses said 100 more were arriving
each hour.
Police continued patrols outside the
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years, U.S. to clean up air
the stance of environmental groups in
arguing for the strictest possible emis
sions caps.
With the two congressmen agreeing,
passage into law seems inevitable, one
source said of the new standards.
Most significant, according to the
sources, was agreement by Dingell,
Waxman and others to back the com
promise through the entire legislative
process, including any negotiations with
the Senate.
While the Senate is not part of the
agreement, principal sponsors of clean
air legislation have already introduced
a bill with strict auto emissions stan
dards. The compromise was designed to
replace looser standards in the ozone
reduction section of President Bush's
clean air legislation, which also pro
poses to cut airborne toxic chemicals
and acid rain.
Motor vehicles account for nearly
half of the nation's pollution from
president
amid new concern that settling Jewish
immigrants from the Soviet Union in
the Israeli-occupied West Bank could
threaten peace efforts.
Bush administration officials reacted
coolly to an Israeli request for $400
million in housing loan guarantees for
about 1 00,000 Jewish emigres from the
Soviet Union. Israeli officials have said
some dwellings probably would be in
the West Bank.
"The United States policy is to op
pose additional settlements in the occu
pied territories," Secretary of State
James Baker said.
Presidential press secretary Marlin
Fitzwater declared, "Our policy is we
don't allow U.S. aid to be used for
resettlement in the West Bank."
Still, Baker and Mubarak were both
upbeat about peace prospects.
"I think it's fair to say that we all
hope that conditions exist for prog
ress," said Baker.
The Egyptian president, after his
embassy but relaxed controls on pedes
trians and drivers, witnesses reported.
In Warsaw, Poland, an estimated 100
to 200 refugees had arrived at the West
German Embassy. About 800 left the
embassy Sunday for West Germany.
More East Germans sought refuge,
and safe passage to the West, after
7,000 of their countrymen were allowed
to leave the West German embassies in
Prague and Warsaw over the weekend.
On Monday, both East Germany and
Czechoslovakia accused West Germany
of breaking its word by harboring the
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ozone, which is a highly reactive gas
that is the prime ingredient of smog
a term coined by combining smoke and
fog. Ozone is produced by the combi
nation of hydrocarbons and nitrogen
oxides in the presence of sunlight and
heat.
Vehicle emission of carbon monox
ide, a colorless, odorless gas that is a
byproduct of incomplete fuel combus
tion, also is a major urban pollutant.
The agreement would require the
Environmental Protection Agency and
congressional Office of Technology
Assessment to recommend, in a study
to be completed by Dec. 31, 1999, if
even further emissions reductions were
needed.
The EPA administrator, who would
make the decision, would have to take
into account the availability of technol
ogy, safety, energy impact and the cost
effectiveness of meeting tougher stan
dards. He could decide to leave the Califor
looks toward peace
meeting with Bush, Baker and Vice
President Dan Quayle, said: "We be
lieve the potential is great for further
progress ... It would be a grave mistake
to miss the golden opportunity existing
today."
In Jerusalem, Yossi Ahimeir, a
spokesman for Shamir, said the Israeli
leader did not intend to change his own
peace plan despite pressure from Egypt,
the United States or the rival Israeli
Labor Party.
"Only five months have passed" since
Shamir presented his plan for elections
as a first step toward negotiations, and
the prime minister "does not see any
reason to change it," the spokesman
said.
Shamir's plan calls for elections in
the occupied territories to choose dele
gates for negotiations with Israel.
However, final status on the lands
occupied by Israel since the 1967
Middle East War would be decided
later.
new refugees.
ADN, the communist government's
official news agency, said East Ger
many demanded the immediate expul
sion of those in the Prague and Warsaw
embassies. The official Czechoslovak
news agency CTK issued a statement
CIAAC
antee that that's not the case."
Joey Templeton, a senior from Gas
tonia and also a CIAAC member, agreed
with McKinley.
"It seems like something someone
would do to try to make us look bad.
We've had enough bad press than to try
something like that."
The door was "pennied" shut by
forcing pennies into the door jamb,
making it impossible to open the door.
Roper reported the incident to the
area office, where she was told to call
University police, Roper said.
"An officer came and took out a
knife and pried the pennies out of the
door," she said. She filed a report with
the police.
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nia standards in place after 2002, order
a second round of stricter reductions or
place in effect tight requirement for the
21st century already proposed by
Waxman.
Waxman's proposals would take
effect automatically if the administra
tor failed to act.
Pollution control equipment would
be built for a useful life of 100,000
miles twice the current mileage, and
if the equipment failed before 75,000
miles the auto could be recalled for
repairs.
The agreement also would include
controls on toxic chemials coming from
automobiles, the sources said.
California now requires nitrogen
oxide emissions be limited to 0.4 grams
per mile up to 50,000 miles. Beginning
in 1995, California's hydrocarbon lim
its, which would be written into federal
law, will be 0.25 grams per mile for
50,000 miles and 0.3 1 grams between
50,000 and 100,000 miles.
Mubarak told reporters here the es
sential next step in the peace process is
to persuade the Israelis and the Pales
tinians to enter into a dialogue "without
preconditions."
Mubarak's meeting came as the
United States was seeking to persuade
a reluctant Israel to open discussions
with Palestinians based on Mubarak's
proposals.
U.S. officials regard the 10-point
Egyptian plan as a complement to
Shamir's proposal for elections in which
Palestinians would select representa
tives to negotiate with lsrael on limited
self-government in the occupied terri
tories. "The Egyptian 10 points ... do not
represent a competing proposal. They
represent a means of getting a dialogue
established," Baker said on Monday.
Mubarak made a similar comment.
A key element of Mubarak's pro
posal is the convening of talks between
Israelis and Palestinians in Cairo.
westward
saying West Germany had pledged not
to let any more refugees into the embas
sies. West German officials said that no
strings were attached to the weekend
agreement and that they would press
East Berlin to let the new arrivals leave
The police report, from 10:17 a.m.
Sept. 30, only mentions toilet paper and
"coins jammed into door crack," said
Sgt. Ned Comar of University police.
'The report said nothing about graf
Recall
"The ones I've talked to who haven't
signed the petition wish it would go
away. I don't think he realizes how
counterproductive this could be."
Davis said that he did not support the
petition, but that he thought Beall may
get the necessary number of signatures.
"She (Kebschull) has worked to be
editor of the DTH since she was a
freshman at this University," Davis said.
"I respect Sharon. Based upon the edi
torials last spring criticizing the BSM
and the decision to run the Playboy ad,
I feel the petitioners probably have a
good chance of gaining the petitions
they need."
For the petition to be successful, 15
Referendum
(Dist. 3), a co-sponsor of the bill, agreed
that the referendum would benefit both
graduate and undergraduate students.
"This is something that was left out
of the original code and we're trying to
put it in," Buchenau said. "It will only
change the way new fees will be voted
on.
Undergraduate members of Student
Congress said the referendum would
benefit graduate and undergraduate
students by allowing only those af
fected by the referendum to vote.
"I think it's a good idea," said Don
nie Esposito (Dist. 10). "Groups who
would not be affected would not be
voting."
Shane Johnson (Dist. 11) said the
resolution would allow the graduate
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Influx of Soviet Jews likely
in Israel after rules change
From Associated Press reports
JERUSALEM Officials expect
100,000 Soviet Jews to come to Is
rael in the next three to five years, fol
lowing a tightening of U.S. visa re
quirements, and have asked the
United States to guarantee $400
million to help house them.
But plans to settle new immigrants
in the Israeli-occupied territories may
jepoardize support from Washing
ton, which views Jewish settlements
in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as
an obstacle to Middle East peace.
White House spokesman Marlin
Fitzwater said Monday the Bush
administration would reject any re
quest for aid to resettle immigrants in
the occupied lands.
The West Bank and Gaza are home
to 1 .7 million Palestinians and 70,000
Jewish settlers and are also the scene
of a 21 -month-old Palestinian upris
ing against Israeli rule.
Rival drug cartels unite
LOS ANGELES Rival Colom
bian drug cartels may be joining
forces to keep smuggling and distri
bution lines open during their
government's crackdown, a federal
agent investigating a record cocaine
seizure said Monday.
Drug agents were surprised to find
, large amounts of cocaine from both
1 the Medellin and Cali cartels in a Los
Angeles warehouse that housed 20
tons of cocaine, said John M. Zienter,
the Drug Enforcement
Administration's special agent for
Los Angeles.
"It very well could be that, based
on the pressure in Colombia, this is a
way cartels are trying to get much of
the cocaine out of the country and to
maintain distribution channels," said
Zienter, who declined to say exactly
how much of the cocaine was from
the two cartels named for the cities
where they are based.
Seven men were arrested Friday in
Los Angeles and Las Vegas in con
nection with the seizure Thursday of
flock to embassies!'
for the West.
They said Eduard Shevardnadze, the
Soviet foreign minister, was instrumen
tal in winning the release of East Ger
man refugees and that President Mikhail
Gorbachev of the Soviet Union was in
touch with Bonn on the matter.
fiti on the door." Based on the report,
University police has considered the
incident a prank, Comar said.
Leslie Foster, area director for Cobb-Henderson-Joyner,
said any incidents
percent of the student body, or 3,500
students, must sign it. The petition will
then be given to Student Body Presi
dent Brien Lewis, and Elections Board
Chairman David Smith will check the
validity of the signatures.
"There will be a great deal of scru
tiny," Smith said. "And we will spot
check a lot of the signatures."
If a recall election is necessary,
Kebschull's name will automatically
appear on the ballot. Anyone else wish
ing to run must petition and get 500
signatures.
Kebschull said she saw no reason for
the petition. "I am surprised at the peti
students a more defined voice.
"It would allow the graduate stu
dents to determine more, to show their
one voice. They can be overpowered
by undergraduates when a bill affects
them (graduate students)."
Buchenau said the major arguments
against the resolution were that it would
give undergraduates too much power
over their fees and that it might separate
student government.
"The resolution says the general area
would be jointly administered," he said.
"The separate area of graduate and
undergraduate fees would be voted on
by one group. Graduate students can't
opt out of student activity fees or lower
their fees with the referendum."
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the 20 tons of illegal drugs. 1
Bush calls for lower interest rates
WASHINGTON The Bush
administration is putting pressure on
the Federal Reserve to lower interest
rates, but the central bank will likely
resist those efforts and keep rates
right where they are, private econo-;
mists predicted Monday.
Policymakers at the central bank
were meeting behind closed doors on
Tuesday to review the economy's
performance and set interest rate
guidelines for the coming weeks. .
In advance of the meeting, many
private economists said they believed
the Fed is already worrying that its
tight monetary policy will depress
economic growth next year and jeop
ardize Republican chances in the
November 1990 congressional elec
tions. Both Richard Darman, director of
the Office of Management and
Budget, and Michael Boskin, the
president's chief economic adviser,
have made comments recently about
the need for the Fed to lower interest
rates.
Drug for animals helps humans
BETHESDA, Md. A drug used
to kill worms in farm animals, when
prescribed in combination with an
other drug, saves the lives of some
colon cancer patients who otherwise
had little chance of survival, the
National Cancer Institute said Mon
day. Levamisole, a drug widely used to
remove worms from the intenstinal
tract of cows, horses, goats, sheep
and even elephants, was used In
combination with 5-fluorouracil,f a
well-known cancer drug, to dramati
cally increase the survival rate among
some colon cancer patients, NCI
officials announced.
. East German opposition groups criti
cized their government's approval of
the exodus, declaring in a statement
that East Germany was "losing a vil
lage every day" and reforms, including
freedom of travel, were the only "rea
sonable" solution.
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like vandalism were generally turned
over to the police for investigation. The
only action the area usually takes is
"something informal on the hall," she
said.
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tion because, while I think some of our
editorial statements have been contro
versial, I have in no way mismanaged
or neglected the paper and my duties."
The existence of the petition may
hinder the DTH's operation, Kebschull
said. "I don't think Mr. Beall realizes
how much inner turmoil this will create
at the DTH."
The last time the recall of a DTH
editor was attempted was in February
1 956, when Ed Yoder, now a nationally
syndicated political columnist, and
Louis Kraar were challenged. The cp
editors won the recall election and kept
their positions. '
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the elections board would have to get
the necessary 10 percent of graduate
students together to pass a referendum
if they were the only voters, Buchenau
said. ;
Ken Costner (Dist. 8) said the only
major problem he could foresee was
that the resolution might cause some
separation within student government.
"There may be a little disunity, but
there may be a need. The graduate
students who proposed it see a need."
The other issues students will vote
on in the fall election will be to change
eight instances in the constitution that
read "he" to read "he or she." Two
congressional districts will also vote on
an open seat in each district.
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