Reagan Visits the Hill

-------- ~--- ---- ~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~--------.-----~ , ,, 'Real World ' - pag~ 6 VOL. XV, NO. 60 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 ip.volves 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 SO percent turnout usually seen in campus-wide elections. "The candidates did very little actual campaigning," said students P'-lillis. · 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 )-Board chairman so the hall president got the ballot box" said 10 in the melees 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." worst in five months and was Although election chairman Totn Koegel said, "The margin of triggered by an earlier shooting v•ctory means that it was virtually impossible 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 1S votes. At the Jabaliya refugee camp Villa Angela president Theresa Ross said,"He did not give us any 50 miles a~ay in the occupied· times or deadlines or anything. He didn't in the past either. In past Gaza• Strip, an unidentified ek·ctions he did give us extensions on time because most of our gunman walked into the office of 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 .wyway. He said that if there we;·e 1'5 it would make a difference. He the second assassination in less then flippcJ through the ballots and said that they were spread out . ':•. than 24 hours of an Arab who was ht·twet·n tht• canJidates anyway. I feel really bad but I would have felt Marty Smith prepares to finirh his pottery project in ceramics. (Photo by friendly to the Israelis. (continued on pa!(e 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 strip mines 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. a combined length of 256 miles system would be a disaster for were wounded here by the troops In the next century, if de would pipe coal to the 2,000- Associated Press Wrrter two national parks - Bryce and who fired to halt a stone megawatt Harry Allen plant velopers have their way, the view Zion- and for water-poor ran.;:h 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 of the town, which is just north of the southern tip ofHryceCanyon strip mine less than four miles Bryce. 500-megawatt Warner Valley Bethlehem. National Park is spectacular: away. The $4 billion A WV 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 of 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 the Hill southern Utah, where not so just want to express their long ago a new county road was a feelings." WASHINCiTON (AP)- ers in general agreement 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, alth<>ugh one was looking for friends yesterday on on a tax cut after his Jan. 20 "we're not going to just throw up WEDNESDAY.=::::::::::::::: reported to be · 14-year-old Capitol Hill and came away with inauguration. surprises" to Capitol Hill. Haniya Baramki, the daughter of a pleJge of cooperation from ·Republican Howard Baker, "We aren't going to accom :·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·. the acting president of Bir 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. AuJeh 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. Afterwartls, House Speaker abundant space. escalate their iron- fist policy the House and Senate. After criss-crossing the Capitol Thomas P. O'Neill, D/Mass., said Soon to begin construction is they can drive ollr people out," he promised Reagan that he He told leaders that one of his with Vice President-elect the $5 billion, 3,000-megawatt he said. 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 ca• turn the economy around The army accused the students tax cut he promised during his and make the country work." send most of its power to of stockpiling stones to ambush Travelling to the Capitol on a 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 invcstig;tte miles west after Interior Secre of meetings with congressional believe we can accomplish ... ," he Congress as soon as he is a noisy Palestinian nationalist leaders, spoke briefly with repor said. "This would be one of the inaugurated. tary Cecil Andrus said it would demonstration. ters during breaks in the sessions early things we would want to "It is clear to me he under-· harm air at Capitol ReefNational 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 $3.5 billion Kaiparowits jeep carrying three soldiers. He better relations with Congress said warning shots failed to makeup of his administration. (continued on page 4) He found congressional lead- than President Carter had during (continued on page 4) disperse the mob. News Brie/§ Wednesday, November 19, 1980- page 2 by The Observer and The Associated Press Inside Wedneiday ~ A oav as you e::o orogram will be part of an a11-ou~ operat1on sche'cfuled""y 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 of a major structural change at New York's WNET, one of War, the Notre Dame chapter of Students for a Pam public TV's major producing stations.JohnJay Iselin, president Democratic Society (SDS) staged a three-day sit-in of the Channel 13 station, said, "Now we believe we must against Dow Chemical and CIA recruiters.

Load more