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2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, October 2, 1989
World and Nation
Embassy
From Associated Press reports
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia Po
lice blocked off the West German
Embassy Sunday, barring entry for
newly arrived East Germans just hours
after the departure of the last freedom
train for the West crammed with their
countrymen.
The liberal government in Poland
praised its hard-line ally East Germany
for "high flexibility and understanding
of this human dimension" in allowing
refugees holed up in the Prague and
Warsaw embassies Saturday to emi
grate. But East Germans trying to emigrate
a day later were not as lucky as their
compatriots. Czechoslovakia slammed
shut the door to the West as quickly as
it had been opened.
At the Prague embassy, uniformed
police moved into place overnight,
blocking the approach to the heavy iron
front gate and to the backyard fence
that served as the main entry point to
the compound.
Police led away one young man who
tried to scale the back fence.
Another succeeded, joining an un
specified number of refugees still
thought to be inside. A baby's cries
could be heard from within the ornate
former palace.
About 60 East Germans most
young, many with small children
Lebanese
From Associated Press reports
TAIF, Saudi Arabia Lebanese
lawmakers clashed Sunday over the
presence of Syrian troops in their coun
try, and Christian leader Gen. Michel
Aoun demanded a timetable for their
pullout before agreeing to peace.
In Beirut, where Aoun made his
comments. Christian forces and Syrian-backed
Druse militiamen battled
for 15 minutes around the mountain
garrison of Souk al-Gharb, testing a
fragile cease-fire. No casualties were
reported.
Reporters are barred from the parlia
ment sessions in Taif, a Saudi Arabian
resort, and from direct access to the
lawmakers.
But sources at the meeting reported
a stormy session Sunday as the 63
members of parliament 33 Chris
tians and 30 Moslems gathered for a
second day in their bid to end the 14-year-old
civil war and address an Arab
League peace plan.
The session was dominated by dis
Senate leader calls
From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON Senate Major
ity Leader George Mitchell said Sun
day he had the votes to defeat the House
passed version of President Bush's
capital gains tax cut, a measure he lik
ened to crack cocaine.
However, Mitchell acknowledged
that a revised version might have enough
support to win narrow approval be
cause Bush's "irresponsible position ...
makes it extremely difficult to prevent
any tax cut from occurring."
Interviewed on NBC-TV's "Meet
the Press" the Maine Democrat said he
was positive the 27-month capital gains
tax cut approved by the House last
week would not be enacted by the
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closed to East Germans
milled about aimlessly in front of the
embassy gate after an employee said
over the intercom system that the build
ing was closed for the day.
Their desperation grew after West
German Ambassador Hermann Huber
appeared briefly and urged them to go
back home.
"Last night was a one-time situ
ation,' Huber said of the exodus of
thousands of East Germans on trains
from Prague and Warsaw to West
Germany. "The occupation of the
embassy will not improve the situation."
In Bonn, Rudolf Seiters, an aide to
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl,
told the ARD TV network that the
Prague embassy had been closed for
unspecified renovations.
Seiters added, however, that free
entry to the embassy would continue in
the future, saying, "There can be no
compromising here."
He said West Germany hoped that
changes in East German emigration
rights would mean an end to future
occupations of Bonn's embassies.
He did not elaborate.
In Warsaw, dozens of East Germans
appeared at the West German Embassy,
including some who missed the train to
the West by only a few minutes.
The glum-looking refugees sat in
cars or milled about the street, filling
out forms for the embassy staff and
officials demand Syrian exit
agreements between Christians and
Moslems over what Syria's role in
Lebanon should be, said the sources,
who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Saudi host Foreign Minister Prince
Saud al-Faisal played down the dis
cord. "We do not regard this as disturbing
in any way. In fact, it is a healthy sign
that all views are aired and opinions
expressed," he said.
He praised former Lebanese Prime
Minister Saeb Salaam for invoking the
slogan "failure is not permissible."
Supporters of Aoun, a Maronite
Catholic, say they will not agree to give
Moslems a greater share of political
power until there is a timetable for a
pullout of the estimated 40,000 Syrian
troops in Lebanon.
Syrian troops first entered Lebanon
in 1976 as part of an Arab League
peacekeeping force. They initially
sought to curb Moslem factions, but
wound up fighting the Christians and
Aoun says they have lost their man
Senate.
"It is so bad, so wrong for the econ
omy. It will do for the deficit what
crack does for the user: a quick short
high followed by a long, painful de
pression." The measure would reduce from 33
percent to 19.6 percent the maximum
tax rate on profits from the sale of
stocks and other investments until 1 992.
The rate then would climb back to 28
percent with assets indexed so that any
gains attributed to inflation after that
point would not be taxed.
Its attractiveness to lawmakers stems
from predictions by economists that a
sell off by investors rushing to cash in
on the low-rate window would gener
wondering where they would spend the
night.
Several said they were convinced
that eventually there would be another
train for them.
A remarkable agreement between
Bonn and communist East Berlin
cleared the way for the exodus of thou
sands of East Germans who had been
holed up in or registered with Bonn's
embassies in Prague and Warsaw.
The agreement highlighted the dra
matic political changes at work in the
East bloc as Warsaw Pact nations slowly
follow the lead of Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev, who has initiated
widespread reform in his own country.
The reform-oriented leadership in
Budapest was the first to take up the
challenge presented by the East Ger
man refugees, opening its western
border to them on Sept. 11.
Poland was cautious, reluctant to
antagonize its ally in Berlin despite the
enormous political changes in Warsaw
that led to the advent of the first East
bloc government not led by Commu
nists. But Polish officials did not in
hibit the movement of the refugees
around the city, so they did not have to
be crammed into embassy grounds.
The hard-line government in Prague
pledged not to let East Germans emi
grate to the West through its territory.
But on Saturday, West German televi
date.
Syrian-backed Moslem leaders sup
port a continuing role for Syria to pro
tect their position and help guarantee a
settlement of Lebanon's civil war.
Moslem lawmakers argued that Syria
should stay in Lebanon until Israel
withdraws from a southern Lebanese
border strip it has occupied since 1982.
Israel says the strip, six to 10 miles
wide, is a security zone.
Iraq has been supplying weapons to
the Christians, partly to get even with
Syria for backing Iran, Iraq's enemy, in
the eight-year Persian Gulf war.
Damascus has said it will not con
sider a withdrawal until its Moslem
allies are given an equal share of power
with the Christians, who have domi
nated the executive, army and judiciary
since Lebanon gained independence in
1943.
Moslems are now believed to make
up 55 percent of the population, al
though there has been no official cen
sus since 1932.
capita
ate $9.4 billion in additional tax reve
nue over the next three years.
After then, however, the revenues
would fall dramatically and actually
worsen the deficit by a total of $21
billion over the following five years,
according to Congress' Joint Commit
tee on Taxation.
"I'm confident that this so-called
yo-yo on two years, off two years
and the way in which it's constructed
cannot pass," Mitchell said. "There's a
growing realization that it will be bad
for the economy ... and will do nothing
for the future of this country."
While saying he personally opposes
any cut in capital gains taxes now,
Mitchell acknowledged that many
gas
Cross-examination in Bakker trial
From Associated Press reports
CHARLOTTE Jim Bakker re
turns to the stand for more cross-examination
at his fraud trial Monday,
after a session last week that even his
defense lawyer says is "very devastat
ing" to his case.
Bakker, on trial for 24 counts of
fraud and conspiracy related to his
handling of finances at the PTL televi
sion ministry he founded, testified Fri
day that he never defrauded anyone or
conspired with others at PTL to commit
fraud.
The jury probably will begin delib
erating that question later this week.
Even George Davis, Bakker' s 82-year-old
lead defense attorney, didn't
appear confident that Bakker's testi
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sion showed Czechoslovak police
standing by idly as refugees prepared
for their trip west.
Six special East German trains, each
carrying about 1,000 East Germans,
began departing for West Germany late
Saturday evening from Prague.
A train with about 800 East Germans
on board set off for the same destina
tion from Warsaw early Sunday, and
West German officials said East Ger
many was considering sending a sec
ond train to the Polish capital to pick up
the overflow of emigres.
More than 100,000 East Germans
have emigrated to West Germany this
year, taking advantage of a law auto
matically granting them citizenship on
arrival.
Among them are about 25,000 who
emigrated over Hungary's western
border. West German border police in
Munich said Sunday nearly 1,000 East
Germans arrived via Austria from
Hungary overnight the highest
number in recent days.
East Germany, Czechoslovakia and
other hard-line Warsaw Pact countries
have been critical of Hungary for open
ing its border.
In Prague, Huber suggested the
Czechoslovaks had acted unilaterally
in sealing off the embassy, saying that
he "for sure" did not ask for the police
presence.
Addressing supporters in Beirut on
Sunday, Aoun said: "We shall accept
nothing now that we have rejected in
the past because our demands are indi
visible ... We have waged war to achieve
peace."
"Our only essential goal is to liberate
our land and re-establish sovereignty
over Lebanon's entire territory. We shall
not compromise the blood of our mar
tyrs," Auon said.
His remarks appeared to be a re
sponse to pressures on Christian law
makers in Taif to agree to postpone
discussion of Syria's role until after the
election of a new president, formation
of a new government and agreement on
political reforms.
Under that scenario, the Syrians then
would begin to withdraw from Moslem
west Beirut and regroup in eastern
Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. The with
drawal from the greater Beirut area
would be completed in two years, ac
cording to officials in Beirut.
os tax cot
members of his party favor enacting a
differential that would tax capital gains
at a lower rate than wages, interest or
dividend income.
"Whether or not they will coalesce
behind any plan along with Republi
cans, I don't know," he said. "It will be
very close on some other plan."
A majority of Senate Democrats have
united behind an alternative plan pro
posed by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas,
to restore up to $1,000 a year of tax
deductibility for contributions to Indi
vidual Retirement Accounts. IRA de
ductibility ended in 1987 under the
loophole-closing tax law a year earlier
that also raised the rate on capital gains.
House Democratic leaders tried the
mony on Friday had convinced the jury
that his client is innocent.
"That was a pretty heavy cross-examination,"
Davis told the Greensboro
News & Record, when asked how he
thought the questioning had gone. "It
was very damaging, very devastating."
He smiled weakly and added, "It
didn't have anything to do with the
issues, but ... "
Several episodes during Friday's
testimony indicated Bakker's team may
have been caught off-guard.
In one instance, a defense chart was
ruled inadmissible partly because it
summarized information not in evi
dence. In several other instances, Bakker
claimed that he had told viewers on his
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Anglican leader clarifies
wish for papal
From Associated Press reports
ROME Anglican leader Robert
Runcie, criticized for suggesting the
pope play a leadership role for Angli
cans, declared Sunday he had not
meant the pontiff should administer
the affairs of the Church of England.
Runcie issued the statement hours
after three Protestant clergymen inter
rupted his Sunday sermon by shout
ing that his four-day visit to the Vati
can was "a betrayal."
Runcie, who as archbishop of
Canterbury is spiritual head of the
state Church of England and leader
of the world's 70 million Anglicans,
is making his first official trip to the
Vatican as part of a quest to someday
bring the churches together.
He said in his statement that some
people had charged his suggestion to
give the pope some sort of primacy
among Christians "subverts the Brit
ish Constitution."
Mexican president visits U.S.
WASHINGTON Mexican
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
arrived here Sunday on an official
visit that the Bush administration
hopes will reinforce the steady im
provement in U.S.-Mexican relations.
Seven agreements are expected to be
signed during Salinas' stay.
President Bush, who has met with
Salinas twice previously, invited the
Mexican leader to his retreat at Camp
David for a family dinner Sunday
evening. A more formal meeting was
planned for the White House on
Tuesday.
The agreements they were to sign
during the visit were symbolic of
increased U.S.-Mexican cooperation
since Bush and Salinas assumed the
presidency of their respective coun
tries within a few weeks of each other
less than a year ago.
The pacts cover such issues as
trade, investment, the environment,
tourism and law enforcement, ac
cording to U.S. officials.
Officials from both sides seemed
relieved that the spirit of hostility
which characterized cross-border
relations during the Reagan admini
stration has largely disappeared.
Dallas cracks down on sex trade
DALLAS Prostitutes continue
working Harry Hines Boulevard in
an industrial section of Dallas even
as the city prepares to defend before
the U.S. Supreme Court its efforts to
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same IRA substitute but linked it to an
increase in taxes on families with in
comes of more than $145,000 a year.
Mitchell said Senate Democrats
would not link their IRA proposal to
such an increase but rather would pro
pose to make up revenue lost to ex
panded IRA deductions by extending
telephone and other excise taxes that
were due to expire at the end of this
year.
Meanwhile, House Speaker Thomas
Foley predicted on the same program
that the House probably would vote
this week to repeal Medicare cata
strophic health care coverage that it
enacted last year for some 33 million
elderly Americans.
television shows that some changes
would be made in the PTL lodging
programs at issue in the charges against
him.
But he was unable to say when he
had made the announcements, despite
the fact that since Feb. 14, the defense
has had access to the same videotapes
Styrofoam
down faster.
Kurz denied these plastics worked in
real situations. "The plastics that claim
to be biodegradable are only biode
gradable when exposed to full sunlight.
But buried in a landfill, they last just as
long as regular plastics."
Carolina Dining Services is looking
into recycling as a simultaneous meas
ure to go along with paper products,
Derby said. "We want to see where we
can get involved in recycling, but there
is no effective recycling program at
UNC. Paper products can be recycled
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leadership
News in Brief '2
slow down or at least regulate the sex
trade.
The high court will hear arguments
Wednesday on whether the city can
enforce portions of an ordinance that
is aimed at adult bookstores, clubs
and motels.
The ordinance, which took effect
in June, seeks to regulate the sex
trade chiefly through zoning and a
licensing requirement for business
operators, as well as lesser provi
sions such as a requirement that motel
rooms be rented for at least a 10-hour
period.
The Supreme Court has upheld the
city's zoning regulations, and will
debate only the licensing requirement,
which calls for background checks
on the owners of sexually oriented
businesses.
Owners convicted of certain
crimes, including two violations ef
the state's obscenity laws, can l5e
refused a license or lose a license
already granted.
The appeal filed by 14 businesses
argues that this action constitutes prior
restraint. '
i They are also challenging a provi
sion giving the police chief sole dis
cretion in issuing licenses, saying
that power is too broad.
Parents to choose schools for kids
WASHINGTON Secretary of
Education Lauro Cavazos praised
parental choice Sunday as the "cor
nerstone" to rebuilding America's
schools, but said some restrictions on
student transfers may be necessary to
prevent segregation.
Cavazos, in an interview on ABC
TV's "This Week With David Brin
kley," also defended his 13-month
tenure and said that he has been push
ing all along the same school reform
ideas that President Bush and the
governors agreed upon at last week's
summit in Charlottesville, Va.
The summit ended Thursday with
unanimous support for efforts to give
parents more say in choosing which
public school their child attends,
instead of assigning them strictly Jby
neighborhood lines. ;
"Parental choice of schools is'vi,
tal. It's the cornerstone for restriiq
turing American education," Ca;
vazos said. '
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Many beneficiaries, especially the
wealthier among them, have balked at
having to pay premiums this year 0$ up
to $800 to help cover medical expenses
for retirees of more modest means.!
"I hope personally that the program
is retained on a modified form,"", said
Foley, D-Wash. "But ... there are a
great number of Republicans and some
Democrats in the House who are in
favor of repeal. If I were guessing to
day, I think it probably would be re
pealed." ' !
Foley also said it was doubtful that
Congress would complete action ion a
deficit-reduction bill, which would
include any tax measure, before the
Oct. 16 deadline.
continues
and program summaries that the gov
ernment has.
"There are so many dates," Bakker,
laughing, said at one point.
"Mr. Bakker, you've known ... that
you were going to be sitting here-answering
these questions," prosecutor
Deborah Smith said. :
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as well as aluminum cans the only
major problem is washing them.'"'
Kurz said SEAC was working .on a
program with Franklin Street merchants
to institute a 14 oz. plastic cup with the
SEAC logo on it that would be refil
lable for 50 cents.
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"I know it's impossible, but we would
like people to bring their own contain
ers," Kurz said. "Students should try to
eat in or merchants should allow. stu
dents to bring their own containers and
get a better deal."
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