Reagan Visits

... ‘Real World 6 VOL. XV, NO. 60 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint many's WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1980 Students hold election West Bank violence By Earl Rix There were no clear winners in the five district Student Senate elections held yesterday. As a result, there will be run-offs between involves the top two vote-getters in each district on Thursday. The on-campus turnout was44 percent but the off-campus turnout was only 2.6 percent according to Tom Koegel, Ombudsman election soldiers, chairman. Only thirty off-campus students voted. OBUD director Tom Phillis noted that the turnout was slightly lower than the 50 percent turnout usually seen in campus-wide elections. “The candidates did very little actual campaigning,” said students Phillis. Ramallah, Occupied West No votes from Villa Angela were counted in the election. “Villa Bank (AP) - Israeli soldiers fired Angela’s ballot box was not returned within the time limit so all votes on bands of rock-throwing Arab from there were invalidated” said Phillis. “Villa Angela does not have youngsters yesterday, wounding a J-Board chairman so the hall president got the ballot box” said 10 in the m elees here and in Phillis. Bethlehem. The violence on the When informed that no Villa Angela votes were counted, hall occupied West Bank was the resident Beth Holloway said,“I don’t think I like it too much.” SI worst in five months and was Although election chairman Tofn Koegel said, “The margin of triggered by an earlier shooting v ctory means that it was virtually im possible that it affected results in incident and the closure of an that district,” Villa Angela has 34 residents and the difference Arab university. between second and third places in District 4 was only 15 votes. At the Jabaliya refugee camp Villa Angela president Theresa Ross said,“He did not give us any 50 miles away in the occupied times or deadlines or anything. He didn’t in the past either. In past Gaza" Strip, an unidentified elections he did give us extensions on time because most of our gunm an walked into the office o f people aren’t home till 7:00 or 8:00 p.m.” acting Mayor Mohammed “I missed connections with the girl who was running the election Hamed Abu Ouarda yesterday with me. When I finally met her and got the box I went to the OBUD morning and shot him dead while offfice and brought it in. This was about 10:15 p.m.” Ross said. several members of the muni “I was really shocked when he (Phillis) said they were invalid. When cipal council looked on in shock, I told him that there were only 11 votes, he said it didn’t matter a military spokesman said. It was anyway. He said that if there were 15 it would make a difference. He the second assassination in less then flipped through the ballots and said that they were spread out than 24 hours of an Arab who was between the candidates anyway. I feel really bad but I would have felt Marty Smith prepares tofinish hispottery project in ceramics. (Photo byfriendly to the Israelis. (continued on page j ) Joel Annabel) Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin said in New York that he was cutting a U.S. Parks in danger visit short by one day and would return to Israel because of a challenge to his government in the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, Environmentalists protest over economic issues. There was no indication the West Bank trouble was a factor in his return. By George Tibbets ■> Canyon Plateau, vistas hundreds But enviromentalists say the California. Two slurry lines with Three boys and three girls of miles distant. system would be a disaster for a combined length of 256 miles were wounded here by the troops Associated Press Writer In the next century, if de would pipe coal to the 2,000- two national parks - Bryce and who fired to halt a stone- velopers have their way, the view megawatt Harry Allen plant Zion - and for water-poor ranch throwing riot in the main square northeast of Las Vegas and the The view from this overlook at may include something else -a ers in Kane County, south of o f the town, which is just north of 5 00-megawatt Warner Valley the southern tip of Bryce Canyon strip mine less than four miles Bryce. Bethlehem. National Park is spectacular: away. The $4 billion AWV system plant near St. George, Utah. While some Palestinians en peach and white sandstone spires Coal fields near Alton, Utah, calls for two plants generating Project participants are couraged the demonstrations, a in the park and often much of would feed the proposed Allen- 2,500 megawatts of electricity, Southern California Edison, woman administrator at a girls southern Utah and the Grand Warner Valley Energy System. 90 percent of it bound for Pacific Gas & Electric, Nevada school said she had tried to stop Power Co. and the City o f St. the protest. George. Utah International Inc. “I told them it is dangerous, Congress partnership would mine the coal. and I didn’t want them to get Development vs. scenery is shot,” she said. “At this age, they becoming a familiar battle in can’t realize the dangers, they Reagan visits southern Utah, where not so just want to express their long ago a new county road was a feelings." WASHINGTON (AP) - ers in general agreem ent with his his four years in office, Reagan major project. The ages of the victims were President-elect Reagan went proposal to place a high priority promised the lawmakers that not known, although one was looking for friends yesterday on on a tax cut after his Jan. 20 “we’re not going to just throw up reported to be 14-year-old Capitol Hill and came away with inauguration. surprises” to Capitol Hill. WEDNESDAY Haniya Baramki, the daughter of a pledge of cooperation from Republican Howard Baker, “W e aren’t going to accom the acting president of Bit Zeit House and Senate leaders of who will become the Senate plish anything unless we co FOCUS University. both parties. Majority Leader in January, and operate with the House and the The Rev. Audeh Rantissi, an Visting the Capitol for the first Democrat Robert Byrd, the Senate,” Reagan said following That changed when devel Anglican clergyman who is time since his election, Reagan current leader, agreed that a tax amicable meetings with every opers began to eye two of the acting mayor, said he would not expressed his desire for cooper cut should be one of the first major figure in both Houses of region’s few resources - abun try to stop the demonstrations. ation between the White House pieces of business for the new Congress. dant minerals and even more “The Israelis think if they and Congress and told leaders of Congress. Afterwards, House Speaker abundant space. escalate their iron-fist policy the House and Senate. After criss-crossing the Capitol Thom as P. O ’Neill, D/Mass., said Soon to begin construction isthey can drive otlr people out,” with Vice President-elect he promised Reagan that he he said. He told leaders that one of his the $5 billion, 3,000-megawatt George Bush to make his various would withhold criticism of the Four students were wounded initial legislative priorities will be Intermountain Power Project courtesy calls, Reagan said he neW president for six months “so at Bethlehem. a 30 percent individual tax cut near Lynndyl. The plant, also to over the next three years. believes the country needs the we can turn the econom y around The army accused the students send most of its power to Travelling to the Capitol on a tax cut he promised during his and make the country work.” of stockpiling stones to ambush California, was' first planned for cloudy and wintry morning, campaign. Baker said Reagan intends to the troops, who were en route to Salt Wash but was moved 120 Reagan moved through a series “This still holds true as what I forge a new partnership with the walled campus to investigate miles west after Interior Secre of meetings with congressional believe we can accomplish...,” he Congress as soon as he is a noisy Palestinian nationalist tary Cecil Andrus said it would leaders, spoke briefly with repor said. “This would be one o f the inaugurated. demonstration. ters during breaks in the sessions early things we would want to “It is clear to me he under harm air at Capitol Reef National The spokesman said “hun and steadfastly refused to com do.” stands the nature of the two- Park, 10 miles away. dreds” of students had attacked a ment on reports about the Indicating he would seek party system and the relationship The S3.5 billion Kaiparowits jeep carrying three soldiers. He makeup of his administration. better relations with Congress said warning shots failed to (continued on page 4) (continued on page 4) He found congressional lead than President Carter had during disperse the mob. News Briefs Wednesday, November 19, 1S>80 — page 2 by The Observer and The Associated Press Inside Wednesday A pay as you go program wm be pan of an all-out operation scheduled ny the nation’s largest public Time for standing up television station. The station, faced with a decline in federal support, plans on selling its programs through cassettes, cable, Some memorabilia requiring reflection: video discs and over-the-air subscriptions. The financial plan is Twelve years ago, at the height of the Vietnam part o f a major structural change at N ew York’s W NET, one o f War, the Notre Dame chapter of Students for a public TV’s major producing stations.

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