Volcanos - page 4 VOL XVIII, NO. 29 the independent student newspaper serving noiri dame and saint man 's WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1983 President proposes nuclear ‘build-down’ Associated Press with a group from the House and Senate before announcing the WASHINGTON — President revised U.S. position. “Let me em­ Reagan proposed yesterday that the phasize,” he said, “that the United Soviet Union and the United States States has gone the extra mile. ” each destroy at least 5 percent of At Reagan’s side was Edward their st rategic nuclear warheads Rowny, who will open a fifth round every year. “We want to reduce the of talks w ith the Soviets tom orrow in weapons of war, pure and simple,” Geneva, Switzerland. Reagan declared. The president, outlining a new “There will have to be tradeoffs U.S. bargaining position in the dead­ and the United States is prepared to locked strategic arms talks, said that make them,” Reagan said as he “everything is on the table.” He outlined Rowny’s instru t ctions to specifically offered, also, to reporters. negotiate limits on long-range bom­ Asked whether he had specific bers and air launched cruise numbers of weapons in mi t nd, the missiles. The United States holds an president replied, “Not that I would edge in bombers of 410 to 343, and mention in advance.” also is ahead in the cruise missiles Reagan adopted the proposal for a they carry guaranteed “build-down ” in U.S. and Earlier, Reagan sought to require Soviet long-range nuclear weapons substantial cutbacks in heavy at the prompting of Aspin and other missiles, which account for about members of Congress. It was backed two thirds of the Soviets’ strategic by 45 senators. AP P h o to strength, while promising to take up Bipartisan Commission bombers at a later stage. If the Soviets accept Reagan’s proposed build down, it could Three Salvadoran tratie union leaders listen as Workers Union and Farmer’s Cooperative were “We have removed the dividing smooth the way for congressional interpreter translates a statement by Dr. Henry represented. The meeting took place in Florida. line between the two phases of our Kissinger. The Farmworkers Union, Construction original proposal,” Reagan said. approval of at least part of his MX But he accused the Soviets of missile program, which would “stonewalling,” and Rep Les Aspin, deploy 100 new land-based missiles D-Wis., w ho played a key role in with 10 warheads each at Warren air American prescence in Lebanon White House consultations with force base in Wyoming. Congress, predicted “a very cold Apart from the guaranteed cut­ reaction ” from Moscow. back of 5 percent a year in warheads, is instrumental for stabilization The Soviets have proposed limit­ the proposal also would require both sides to destroy more old By PATRICK MULLEN is to “keep the Lebanese govern­ The Syrian government is ing each side to 1,800 missiles and nuclear w eapons for each new on t e News Staff ment from falling," Dowty added. factions are attempt­ bombers combined. Currently, the they add to their arsenals. For ex­ Dowty, a professor of government ing to overthrow this government, United States has about 1,600 ample, a senior official said, two in­ The United States presence in and international relations, said the said Dowty. Maronite Christians, missiles compared to 2,340 for the tercontinental ballistic missiles Lebanon is necessary to preserve role of the U.S. is to stabilize the who represent twenty percent of Soviet Union. The president met for 45 minutes might be retired for each new one. peace in the region, according to balance o f forces unsettled by Syrian Lebanon’s population, are largely in Notre Dame professor Alan Dowty. influence in the conflict. The control of the government. The U.S. is justified in keeping its Marines are in Lebanon as part of a Dowty reported that the Syrians troops in Lebanon, said Dowty, be­ multi-national peace keeping force. have a direct interest in Lebanon. cause U.S. presence in Lebanon is in­ “If the Syrians think they can over­ “Syria claims that Lebanon is histori­ strumental in achieving peace throw (Lebanese President Amin) cally a part of Syria,” he said. “Syria’s between the different warring fac­ Gemayel’s government, they won’t capital, Damascus, lies right on the tions. make any serious efforts to see LEBANESE, page 4 The United States goal in Lebanon negotiate,” said Dowty. Flood waters in Arizona recede; Officials warn of impending rain Associated Press of Arizona, flood warnings remained "might become mixed with tropical in effect along portions of the Gila moisture entering Arizona from TUCSON, Ariz. — The sun peeked and Santa Cruz rivers, with the Mexico and if that occurs it will set out yesterday, but runoff bloated forecast calling for scattered locally the stage for a new surge of heavy rivers still ran rampant in southeast­ heavy showers or thundershowers rains, possibly today or tomorrow. ern Arizona where flooding has left through today in southeastern Arizonans have had enough 11 people dead, two others missing, Arizona. trouble to deal with already. and damage in the hundreds of mil­ Bob Berkovitz of the National Interstate 10, the major link be lions of dollars. Weather Service in Phoenix said While some streams began to moisture from Hurricane Priscilla see FLOOD page 5 recede, officials warned that more rain might be on the way. As helicopters carried m ore people to safety and extra police United Way representative patrols guarded against looting in towns left in ruins, the National stresses social concerns Weather Service said a Pacific hur­ ricane might renew the downpours By THOMAS LAMB their donations to the United Way, that have caused Arizona’s worst dis­ News Staff 35 social agencies working in the aster this century. Southbend area. In Washington, White House United Way representative The HPC, in an effort to improve spokeman Larry Speakes said Presi­ Patrick Mangin presented a speech school spirit, is planning a banner dent Reagan received a request late and a film at last night’s Hall Presi­ contest for the ND South Carolina Monday from Gov. Bruce Babbitt game. The winner will receive *25. asking that 10 counties in the sout­ dent’s Council meeting held in the St. Ed’s hall was commended for heast part of the state be declared chapel of Lyons hall. Mangin, the associate director of raising over *300 for local charities major disaster areas, releasing campaign and communications for at a recent off campus party open to federal assistance for businessmen, United Way, stressed the impor all Saint Mary’s and Notre Dame stu­ homeowners and farmers ruined by tance of the United Ways’ actions in dents. the four days of flooding. The O b se rv er!P a u l C ifa relli dealing with social concerns in his Also discussed at the meeting He said Reagan directed the presentation. were the upcoming variety show, Federal Emergency Management United Way representative Patrick Mangin speaks at, last night’s In a week long campaign begin­ the party proposal, and efforts to Agency to “move with dispatch on HPC meeting. Mangin also presented a film while HPC discussed ning Oct. 4, Notre Dame students change the rules governing parie- the governor’s request.” upcoming fundraising week. tals. Although skies cleare d over most will be asked to support, through The Observer Wednesday, October 5,1983 — page 2 In Brief Boredom in Iowa , Southern Indiana will receive $7 m il­ lio nfrom the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Surface Mini­ Iowa might not be nearly as much fun this time ng to fill hazardous mine shafts, remove trash dumps and shore up around. unstable dams. Federal and state officials, citing reasons of public Four years ago, this normally quiet state played host safety, refused to pinpoint the sites to be reclaimed Although 29 Mark Worscheh to a flea market of Presidential hopefuls, each one mines are included, some have more than one site. “Many Hoosicrs News Editor have lived for years with acid streams, high walls and uncovered hoping to use an Iowa caucus victory to propel him to further primary wins in the eastern states. mine shafts for neighbors. We’ve been awfully lucky in Indiana. We But for 1984, the presidential race already looks don’t have any records of people actually being killed in mine more and more like a two-man show, pitting Ronald shafts," said John Allen, assistant director for restoration for the In­ Reagan and Walter Mondale. For your average cam­ diana Department of Natural Resources. But there have been in­ paign watcher, the prospects of such an event threaten months away, Mondale has already drawn a number of stances in which cars have pitched over high walls and into water to make spring primaries awfully boring. aces. His latest campaign boost came on Saturday when and drowned people, Allen said, adding that the OSM program is an Iowa hardly was boring in 1980: 11 candidates for the the AFL CIO endorsed his candidacy in an unprece­ attempt to prevent such disasters. —AP presidency, and most of them had criss-crossed the dented early vote. The former vice president garnered state several times before the town caucuses in late almost 97 percent of the labor union’s ballots, and the January. Multiply those 11 by the number of reporters endorsement is believed to be worth $10-15 million to in the average press entourage, and you can get the idea the Mondale campaign.