European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes briefs Jenco meets with Reagan Washington a the Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco freed by moslem extremists after36 Days of Captivity delivered a confidential message from his kidnappers to president Rea Gan Friday and said the ordeal of other Ameri can hostages must be resolved within 90 minutes of his arrival in the United tales. Jenco was at the White House to meet with Reagan. Standing Between the president and his wife Nancy the 51-Ycar-old roman Catholic priest said i Appeal to those who Hel me captive to those still holding Tom Suther land Terry Anderson and David Jacobsen trend this he urged the kidnappers to meet soon with anglican Church envoy Terry wait to continue ngot Illions for the release of he . Hostages. . Rejects Resolution United nations a the United Stales on thursday vetoed a Security Council Resolution calling for it to comply with a world court order to Slop aiding nicaraguan rebels. The vote was 1 1-1 for he Resolution with thai land Britain and France abstaining. The negative vote of the United states one of five permanent members Oft i Council killed the measure. . Ambassador Vernon Walters said the Resolution painted an inaccurate picture of the True situation in Central America and have contributed to peace in the area. Wallers said the court decision included baseless assertions against the United stat Sand ignored very substantial evidence of Nic Pragman Praxi forms government Rome upi1 prime minister designate Batlino Praxi called on president Francesco Corsiga Friday and old him he has succeeded in forming a new government ending Italy s four week political crisis. Praxi 52, Wen to the Quirinale Palace at 12 10 . And presented inc list of ministers in his new government to Corsiga Crail s office announced. The names of the new ministers were not immediately announced but officials close to Cra isaid the list contained Only a few changes from inc lineup when Praxi resigned june 27 after defeat on a finance decree in parliament. The new government is a coalition formed of he same parties which formed Praxi s previous government that lasted nearly three Yean from aug. 4, 1983 to june 27, 1986. They Are the Christian democrats socialists social democrats republicans and Literals. Us closes plants Pittsburgh up1 hundreds of us corp. Employees some chanting we want to work picketed outside locked factory gales Friday after he nation s no. I steel producer closed plants in seven states in Advance of a threatened strike. The Union claims it has been locked out be cause the company jumped the gun and closed its plants before the old contract expired. But company officials accused Stet Woiten of trying to masquerade the strike As a lockout to qualify for unemployment compensation. The strike became a certainly when us announced at 10 . Thursday that it was closing ale of its plants although the old contract did not expire until Midnight. Bomb kills 1 in Lebanon Beirut Lebanon up a bomb hidden in a car rocked a Christian thoroughfare in East Beirut Friday killing a lebanese army Soldier and wounding at least 27 people Christian voice of Lebanon radio said. The radio said the 3 . Blast was set of by a 10-Pound explosive hidden in the this week two car bombs one in the Christian and the other in the moslem sector killed 56 people and injured about 300 people. Panel oks Contra Aid Washington not _ a Senate subcommittee approved president Reagan s request thurs Day to Send si00 million in Aid up the insurgent forces righting the government of Nicaragua but the measure stil faces the threat of a filibuster once it reaches the Senate floor and the Issue has become ensnared in parliamentary in fighting As Congress tries to get away for an a gust Holiday. Saturday August 2,1986 & Senate for s. African Sanctis Washington up the Senate foreign relations committee voted 15-2 Friday to order Tough economic sanctions against South Africa to pressure the White minority government to Grant full political rights to Blacks. The committee action after two Days of debate sent he Bill to the Senate floor where it will face on aim certain filibuster by sen. Jesse Helms arc with sen. Larry Presster r-s.d., voted Agama be Bill with warnings it could Lead to the Faux Hrth Africa to communists. President Reagan has Popou Unitive economic sanctions to Force an end a Mona s discrimination against Blacks. But tin no Neil Lugar r-ind., said he crafted the Bill to penfjj0fhe White leadership and not Lack workers who avoiding any extreme penalties that would i scism t loaf increases in textile imports from Pretoria business in South amp hey discriminate against r 1 in the Wake of congressional Crit a of the administration s new agreement ban new investments by . Companies doing corporations controlled by the 0eny use of the american banking system to the Ruth african government and its industries. Ban Landing rights for the South african airline in the United Stales. Indefinitely extend the sanctions Reagan ordered against Pretoria last year including a prohibition on Gold Krugerrand and joans 10 the government. Lugar the committee chairman and his Republican allies succeeded in fighting off amendments that would have weakened support for the Bill in the Senate and prevented passage by a two thirds majority vote the amount needed to overturn a possible Reagan veto. Sens. Charles Malhins. R-md., and Daniel Evans r wish toughened the Bill by saving Reagan could lift the sanctions Only if he found the blot a government had made substantial Progress in dismantling apart Heid. Reagan Shields Rehnquist memos Washington up chief Justice nominee William Rehnquist was charged Friday with harassing Black voters in the i960, while president Reagan touched off a new Contro Veny by invoking executive privilege to bar Senate critic from viewing Rehnquist memos dating from the Nixon administration. As testimony entered its final Day before the Senate judiciary committee democrats called civil right leaders and feminists who testified Rehnquist is insensitive to minority and women s rights charges that have dogged him since he was nominated by president Reagan to be the nation s 16th chief Justice. Democrats also planned to Call 10 witnesses to testify about charges Rehnquist harassed minority voter sin Phoenix in the Early 1960s, accusations that first surfaced during Rehnquist s confirmation hearings in 1971 to join the court As an associate Justice. Republicans said they would counter inc stories with nine witnesses that would Back up Rehnquist s version that he did not harass voters. Former assistant . Attorney James Brusnahan in a prepared statement disagreed with Rehnquist s 1971 statement that he never personally challenged the qualifications of any voters. This docs not romped with my recollection of the events i witnessed in 1962 when or. Rehnquist did serve As a challenger said Brosnahan now a san Francisco attorney. Earlier a Host of with Issei representing civil rights and women s groups attacked Rehnquist s record. Longtime civil rights lawyer Joseph Rauh said Rehnquist s nomination was a desecration of the supreme court of the United president Eleanor Smeal of the National Organiza Tion for women said that if Rehnquist becomes chief Justice he will turn Back the clock on abortion and a Host of other women s issues. Late thursday after Rehnquist concluded 14 hours of testimony a new controversy broke out Over memos he wrote while an attorney for the Nixon administration. Within minutes after Rehnquist s departure. Assist ant attorney general John Bolton appeared before the committee to announce Reagan had invoked executive privilege and would not turn Over memos Rehn quist wrote when he worked in the Justice department from 1969 to 1971. Rehnquist who became a supreme court Justice in 1972, earlier said he would not object to disclosure of the documents. Sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., who had requested the papers charged the while House must have some thing to he said the memos were critical because they were written on the eve of watergate and could reveal Rehnquist s thoughts on key civil rights questions. Budget from Page 1 mum on repair and maintenance. A number of the regions had projects they really wanted to attend to Szot said. He said the policy switch would come too late to affect one time denials such As those for sabbaticals this coming year or items Fiat stretch into the fiscal year that begins oct. 1. We could t approve a leave now those people Are already scheduled to teach this year Szot said. He said the opening of school will not be change again. In february Dodds was faced with More than $50 million in budget cuts about half ordered by Congress and half triggered by the Gnamm Rudman budget Batan Ting Law. Szot said the March instruction to the regions rep resented about 130 million in savings. He said delaying the opening of school from aug. 25 to sept. 5 saved about $15 million. Reducing the minimum that could be spent on repairs saved another $12 million and cancelling teacher transfers for a year saved about j3 million. Dodds from Page 1 december by Chapman Cox. Cox said last month in an interview with the stars and stripes he had to Reserve judgment on How Good a Job Stephens was doing As Dodds director. Stephens 68, said she will return to the University of Texas department she headed before accepting the Dodds directorship in May 1982 and will teach and do research. She said the University has held the Job for her and the school course Catalon for the coming fall semester already lists her As teaching three courses. Joseph Blackstead regional director of Dodds in Germany said he was aware of Stephens resignation but had no immediate comment. Other Dodds directors in Europe could not be reached or had not been informed of Stephens decision Ernie Lehmann executive director of the Oversea federation of teachers expressed happiness when in formed of the resignation. Lehmann said the Teachen Union has twice called for Stephens resignation or dismissal i am very Happy that she is resigning he has done More to damage the Quality of Educa Tion and the morale of the teaching staff than any three people can think of. We Welcome her Lehmann said the seven period school Day and the teacher Transfer program both instituted during Ste phen tenure have been her hallmark has been creating solutions for prob lems that Don t exist he said. Stephens said Friday she will take annual leave be ginning at the end of August and plans to return Only to Complete co processing. it. Kominko to Dili report
