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1985 On Today's Editorial Page Th Mail Most Go Through Editorial Should Warn Him' Editorial ou Dow Jones 4.82 Close 1,329.19 illinois news Page 4 Vol. 107, No. 247 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985 64 Page Copyright 1985 25 U.S. Would Go 'Halfway' Gorbachev Spurs Hope it I (A By Bill Lambrecht Poat-Dispatch Waahington Bureau WASHINGTON The White House has responded to published statements of Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev by saying that the United States "Is willing to meet the Soviets halfway in an effort to solve problems." In a statement Tuesday, presidential spokesman Larry Speakes also called on the Soviets to give President Ronald Reagan access to Soviet television.

Television in the Soviet Union is controlled by the government. Speakes was responding to an interview of Gorbachev in the Sept 9 Issue of Time magazine. The interview is the new Soviet leader's first with a Western news organization. In the interview, Gorbachev predicts that the United States will take a hard line at the summit meeting in November. He says he expects the Soviet Union to make all the concessions.

Speakes said in response to Gorbachev: "We MOSCOW (AP) Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev is ready to make "radical" offers to cut strategic arsenals of the superpowers and may not oppose basic U.S. research on space weapons, says a delegation of U.S. senators who met with Gorbachev on Tuesday. Sen.

Sam Nunn, said that in 3 hours of talks in the Kremlin, "Gorbachev made very clear that fundamental (space weapons) research cannot be verified." This Implied, Nunn said, that Gorbachev believes basic research on space weapons can be allowed under the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty. The two powers signed that treaty in 1972. Asked to define what Gorbachev meant by fundamental research, Nunn said: "He defines it essentially as what you do in a lab." Nunn called Gorbachev's statement a move in the right direction on arms control, but said it was not a "substantive breakthrough." The senator insisted that the Soviet definition of permissible research and Soviet offers to approach the summit in a serious frame of mind. We are prepared to deal with the Soviets in this meeting on a realistic basis on a basis that we would be prepared to have serious discussions and to go meet them halfway on a number of issues. "But the important thing is to get to the meeting, have the two men look at each other, size each other up, lay out their views on the various topics and set out an agenda to be able to deal with these in the future," Speakes added.

Speakes said that the United States viewed the causes of tension between the two powers as "quite different" from the causes cited by Gorbachev. In the interview, Gorbachev says that the United States is setting the stage "for a bout between some kind of political super-gladiators with the only thought In mind being how best to deal a deft blow at the opponent. "It appears that even the slightest headway See GORBACHEV, Page 15 SOVIET LEADERS are turning to public relations Page 1B cut strategic weapons if the United States banned space weapons research and testing should be discussed at the arms talks in Geneva. Switzerland, between the two powers. In the past the Soviets have charged that President Ronald Reagan's proposals to develop space-based missile defenses, popularly called "Star Wars," violated the ABM treaty.

Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia quoted Gorbachev as saying that "if the U.S. were prepared to discuss the question of preventing the militarization of space, then they will hear from the Soviet side the most radical proposals on strategic arms and intermediate-range weapons." Byrd is Democratic minority leader in the Senate and head of the eight-man delegation. Such Soviet offers could come "the very next See SOVIETS, Page 15 Mikhail S.

Gorbachev Expects U.S. to take hard line Few Snafus ark Schools' Opening Mil i a "I 4 1 i j. I I tiff -ci -y v. I I By Linda Eardley and Dale Singer Of tha Poat-Diapatch Staff The third year of the areawide de-' segregation plan opened fairly smoothly Tuesday as an estimated 7,500 students from the city of St. Louis began classes in districts in St.

Louis County. In the city, schools open today with about 700 county students enrolled in specialized magnet schools. In a talk to teachers and staff Tuesday, Superintendent Jerome B. Jones called last week's court-ordered desegregation budget a "major catastrophe." But he said the district would try to continue making progress in improving student test scores and winning the confidence of the public. Susan Uchltelle, director of the Vol- untary Interdistrict Coordinating Council, said there had been "the usual first-day concerns" of mix-ups among the 462 desegregation buses Tuesday morning.

But she reported no major problems. Some buses coming from the city were late in getting to county schools; a few did not show up at their destinations at all. But officials said such mix-ups were typical for the start of school and should improve as students and drivers become more familiar with the routes and schedules. "It's to be expected there was a lot of confusion," said a spokesman for R.W. Harmon Sons which runs 225 buses for the desegregation program.

But the transportation program will be modified to work out the bugs, he said. Similar comments were made Tuesday by spokesmen for M-K Bus Lines which runs 37 buses for the desegregation program, and Rustman Bus Co. which runs 200 buses in the desegregation program. In Jefferson City, Gov. John D.

Ash-croft said Tuesday that he planned in coming weeks to visit several schools noted for outstanding instructional programs. Names of schools will be announced later, he said. "We want to do everything possible to foster a climate for excellence In See SCHOOLS, Page I CHICAGO AND Seattle teachers go on strike PageSA 4 After Elena, Food Is Short Compiled From Newa Services PASCAGOULA, Miss. Residents of Mississippi's Gulf Coast set to work Tuesday to recover from the damage wrought by Hurricane Elena. They faced shortages of housing, electricity and food.

According to the American Red Cross, at least 1 4,200 families in Mississippi suffered some loss in the hurricane. About 200 single-family homes were destroyed, 1,200 sustained major damage and 12,000 sustained minor damage. Red Cross spokeswoman Terry Gautier said at least 390 mobile homes were destroyed, 1,190 sustained major damage and 1,100 sustained minor damage. More than 100,000 people across the Gulf Coast were without electricity Tuesday, and many may not get it back until next week. Many lined up for gas for their generators and ice to keep food from spoiling.

Ernest Wells, community relations director for the Salvation Army in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, said "food seems to be a serious problem because of the lack of power for refrigeration." Officials in Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula and Ocean Springs set curfews from 8 p.m. until dawn to prevent looting. Nighttime curfews also were called in the Louisiana towns of Bogalusa and Franklinton, where about 8,000 people were without power. National Guardsmen patrolled littered streets as federal and state officials toured the areas to assess the storm's effects. "We need temporary housing for families that had to be See ELENA, Page 16 Income Tax Plan Targets Pensions 1985, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The administration of President Ronald Reagan revised its income tax plan Tuesday, proposing to repeal a popular tax-deferred pension plan and make other changes.

The tax-deferred pension plan is known as 401 (k) pension plan. It is used by about 20 million employees and allows them to set aside part of their pay tax-free until after retirement. By proposing to abolish the popular salary reduction device, the Department of the Treasury estimates that the government would get $1 1.6 billion in extra taxes over the next five years. The administration's new plan was designed to meet congressional objections that Reagan's tax package would increase future budget deficits. The new tax plan would raise a total of $22.9 billion over the next five years.

The plan also would retain the current child-care credit for working couples. The White House had earlier proposed to convert the credit to a tax deduction that would be more beneficial to upper-income taxpayers. At the same time, business would be asked to pay $11.1 See TAXES, Page 16 Illinois Top Loser Of Factory Jobs WASHINGTON (AP) Illinois has lost more manufacturing jobs than any other state since 1 979 and its gains in service-industry employment have failed to match the decrease, congressional researchers said Tuesday. A study by the staff of the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition an association of congressmen from Northern states says Illinois lost 286,100 manufacturing Jobs between 1979 and last year. That represents a 22.5 percent drop in such jobs.

The nation's second-highest loss of factory jobs was reported in Pennsylvania, where manufacturing employment tumbled by 267,000, or 19.3 percent. At the same time, employment in service industries in Illinois rose by 124,700 jobs, 'or 13.5 percent, the study says. The total of non-farm jobs in Illinois fell from roughly 4.9 million in 1979 to about 4.6 million last year a See JOBS, Page 5 i3 Lynn T. SpencePost-Dispatch Kindergarten teacher Dorothy Taylor (right) conduct- School in the Parkway District while the principal, ing classes Tuesday in the cafeteria of Barretts Vinnie Warner (center background), looks on. Titanic's Hull 'Like Museum Piece9 Wreck Off Titanic Found If 5 Southampton ZJ? Newfoundland Mother And Son Shot To Death By H.J.

Jackson Ot tha Poat-Diapatch Staff Mark Clark, 13, was excited about starting classes and playing basketball this season at Clark Junior High School In East St. Louis. "I expected great things from him. He wanted to play for the Clark Tigers," said Johnny Summers, his former coach at Park Annex Elementary School. "I called the basketball coach at Clark and told him to watch for him." But Monday night, Mark and his mother, Lucy Patterson, 37, were fatally shot In their home, In the 500 block of North 22nd Street.

Police say a 53-year-old man that Patterson lived with shot Mark four times with a pistol and then had turned the pistol on Patterson and fired at her once. Patterson died instantly with one gunshot wound to her chest. Her son died In the ambulance en route to St Mary's See KILLINGS, Page 5 r.y EUROPE Compiled From Nawa Sarvlcea BOSTON The sunken ship Titanic is remarkably intact a hull "like a museum piece," but any salvage attempts would desecrate the graveslte of the more than 1,500 people who died with it, the first man to view the wreckage said Tuesday. Robert Ballard, chief scientist of the Joint U.S.-French venture that found the ocean-liner on Sunday, described the remote-control television survey he made of the 73-year-old wreck. He is an engineer at the Woods Hole Oceanographlc See TITANIC Page 15 XNew York'-' UNITED STATES titanic Found nuuie ui i name AFRICA 1,000 Atlantic Ocean Inside Weather Features National League American League Cardinals 6 Cincinnati 4 Detroit 14 California 8 Houston 8 Chicago 7 Kansas City 3 Chicago 2 Philadelphia 4 San Francisco 3 Oakland 3 Baltimore 2 Atlanta 2 Pittsburgh 0 New York 6 Seattle 3 Cloudy FAST TRACK: St Louis skateboarders (right) take their sport full speed ahead, with a new generation of boards and tracks built for zip.

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