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Page 4 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS Monday. January 14, 1985 Moore vows strong W. Virginia economy ten Are the good times back? Arch Moore the money was not reported in his 1972 campaign disclosures. Moore said disclosure was not required because his office merely funneled the money from contributors to GOP organizations. In his 1984 gubernatorial campaign, Moore dismissed See's contention that he lacks integrity, noting that he was never convicted of a crime.

West Virginians remember good years under Moore, times in which the coal industry boomed and a free-spending Congress pumped hundreds of millions of Federal dollars into the state. Moore's political advertising capitalized on those memories, telling voters in his commercials that "the good times are coming back." But Rockefeller, who takes his oath of office tomorrow as U.S. senator, has said he does not expect West Virginia's economy to revive soon. He cited the still depressed coal and steel industries and cuts in Federal money under the Reagan adminstration. "We've had a billion dollars in Federal aid lost in the last four years," Rockefeller said.

"Energy research, coal research, all kinds of things are in decline. I think it's going to be a tough period." After a military stint during World War II, Moore began his political career by serving in the state House of Delegates from 1953 to 1954. He Jost a 1954 race for Congress in West Virginia's 1st District, but his personality propelled him to the House of Representatives in 1956, where he served six terms before winning election as governor in 1968. Moore served an unprecedented two four-year terms as governor, defeating Rockefeller in 1972 in a bitter re-election fight. In 1976.

however, the state Supreme Court ruled that Moore was constitutionally prohibited from seeking a third straight term. He retired from politics for two years before his unsuccessful challenge of Randolph and rematch with Rockefeller. Despite his unquestioned popularity, Moore's political career has not been without its troubles. He has been criticized for a decision he made in his last days as governor. Moore quietly settled for $1 million in a $100 million lawsuit against Pittston Co.

for damages stemming from the 1972 Buffalo Creek flood, in which 125 people died. Later, a Bv STEV Le VINE CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Today inauguration of Arch A. Moore Jr. as West Virginia governor marks the rebirth of a political career, as the charismatic Republican returns to the job he had to leave in 1976 after serving a maximum two consecutive terms.

Moore's victory over Democrat Clyde See in November was his first in a general election since gaining a second term as governor in 1972. In 1978, Moore failed to unseat U.S. Sen. Jennings Randolph, and in 1980 he was defeated in an attempt to oust arch rival Gov. Jay Rockefeller.

But Moore, 61. is by far the state's most popular Republican, claiming numerous victories over the years in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1. Moore has fueled his career with bluster and charm, bullying reporters who have challenged him while confidently assuring West Virginians they are on their way out of economic malaise. 'There's a kind of chemistry, an aura that seems to accompany the guy," says state GOP chairman Kent Hall of Moore. Federal judge ruled that the state owed the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers $3.7 million for cleanup costs. The state liquor commissioner during Moore's administration, Richard Barber, went to Federal prison following conviction for extorting money and alcohol from liquor companies. Moore himself was tried and acquitted on Federal extortion charges in 1977. During the trial, his lawyer admitted that Moore kept more than 5100.000 in cash in the governor's office, although Accused spy thought hefd penetrated KGB 1 'n, 'Si iff? t- afterward should not be allowed as evidence. "Mr.

Bretzing was my boss. He was also a member of my church. I looked up to Mr. Bretzing I respected his opinion, and I felt compelled to follow his direction," Miller said. "I was distraught, torn up about totally verbally disemboweling myself by telling about everything I had done.

I was spiritually, physically and emotionally disintegrated. There was practically nothing left of me." Instead, five days later Miller was arrested on espionage charges. LOS ANGELES (UPIt Richard Miller says he thought he had infiltrated the Soviet KGB. and was shocked to find himself the first FBI agent ever charged with espionage. In an unusual weekend hearing in Federal court.

Miller testified that when he was called into a meeting with a superior, he was anxious to reveal that his involvement with a pair of Soviet emigres was part of his plan to nab them as spies. "I was excited and enthusiastic about what I had to tell." Miller testified in a hearing on several motions prior to his Feb. 12 trial. "I was under the impression I had done what no one ever had done before in the bureau, to have an FBI agent infiltrate a foreign intelligence agency the KGB." Miller, 48, and Svetlana Ogorodnikova. 34.

a self proclaimed KGB major, were arrested Oct. 2 on spy charges. Ogorodnikova's husband. Nikolay, 51. also was arrested.

They could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors contend Miller intended to sell secret documents to the Soviets, but his lawyers maintain he was trying to snare the couple as spies and save his faltering career. Miller, who was excommunicated from the Mormon Church in January 1984 for adultery, also testified he confessed sins ranging from stealing candy bars to sleeping with Mrs. Ogorodnikova to giving secret papers to the Russians after a "spiritual lecture" from Richard Bretzing, chief of the FBI's Los Angeles office, and a Mormon bishop. His lawyers have argued that Miller was emotionally shattered by the Sept.

29 meeting with Bretzing. and any statements he made Richard Miller THE Congressmen jockey for panel posts 4 SHIRLEY WAY Ay MEANS TRULY A REMEMBERED SERVICE SHTRLEVYX BROTHERS y. FUNERALS may not if the membership ot that commitee is reduced, Harkin said. Why does he want Appropriations instead of something that might relate more to his state such as Agriculture? "I was on the Agriculture Committee for years in the House. I already know a lot about agriculture.

Now I need a position of influence and power," he said. i i hi 4 ttr hit ii "-rifriiT WASHINGTON CAP Little more than two months after the November elections, members of Congress are back on the campaign trail. They're not jockeying for votes this time but for committee assignments, and the battling can be just as intense, the outcome nearly as important for budding congressional careers. Budget and Appropriations committees are the biggest attractions this deficit sensitive Congress and have the longest lists of applicants for the fewest vacancies, say con gressionai officials. Some formerly desirable slots, i ke the House Public Works Com mittee.

have lost their luster. In fact. 17 Democratic members of that panel have requested transfers off. Apparently, in a time of $200 billion plus deficits, few lawmakers expect much activity this year from a panel that traditionally dispenses public works projects the fabied And costly "pork barrel" Democratic and Republican steering committees in both cham hers will meet for several days at the end of this month to fill vacan cies on the 16 permanent committees in the Senate and the 21 in the House Members of these four panels are now the most sought after, most courted men and women in town Ai ini- campaign "It's basically like running a mini campaign." said Rep. Carl Perkins.

Ky a freshman lobbying for professional economist in Congress. "From my point of view, there's not much point in going for a long shot and then getting bumped to the bottom of the heap," he said. He aimed instead for the House Educa tion and Labor Committee. The committee process may be slowed this year by revamping the committee structure in the Senate and partisan wrangling over party ratios in the House. Senate assignments can't be set until leaders decide whether to act on a study panel's recommendation to reduce the size of some commit tees while ending a variety of ex ceptions that allow many senators to serve on more than three com mittees.

In the House, minority Republi cans claim there is a lack of propor tional representation on most com mittees and are threatening not to appoint any GOP members to committees unless Democrats relin quish some seats. Members are asked to list their first, second, third, fourth, even fifth choices when applying for committee assignments. Budget most popular The Budget Committee leads the list of requests in the House, with 17 Democrats vying for seven openings, according to Gene Bernhardt of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. He said the least-requested are those on the District of Columbia. Judiciary, Post Office and Civil Service and the one no one, but no one ever applies for Standards of Official Conduct (ethics).

"It goes with the times." Bernhardt said, noting that in the days of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society," the House Education and Labor Committee was "one of the big committees. Now. you have to draft people for it." Despite the number of members from rural America, few lawmakers request the House Agriculture Com mittee, the official said. Once on the panel, few ask for transfers, he added. In the Republican controlled Senate, with fewer members and fewer committees, freshmen may have a better chance at key com mittees but campaigning for openings is just as vigorous and complex as in the House.

Freshman Sen. Tom Harkin. Iowa, said he has been lobbying for a slot on the Senate Appropriations Committee since last September two months before he unseated Re publican Roger Jepsen. He said the lobbying consists of repeated contacts, both by phone and in person, with the 20 Democrats on the steering committee that will make the assignments. "I feel I have a reasonable chance.

I've been working for this for months but every day it seems like a new obstacle crops up." he complained. Harkin said the latest frustration is the possibility that the seat he covets now held by Sen. Thomas Eagleton. Mo. may not become open.

Eagleton had been expected to switch to Foreign Relations, but Sen. Tom Harkin a seat on the House Appropriations Committee. "There's a real scramble going on Thirteen of us are running for only two positions." Since most of the work of Congress is done not on the floor but in committees, assignments become crucial Although there are numerous exceptions. House members are generally limited to two committees apiece: senators three. The chance of a freshman winning a key committee assignment is rated by congressional leaders as somewhere between slim and nonexistent.

Rep Richard Armey. another freshman, said he didn't even put in for a spending related committee, even though he's the only Shultz and Weinb deliweroog The News differ erqer on results of Geneva arms talks something that the President holds Are you 11 years of age or older? Do you need a part-time job that fits into your school-sports-club-hobby-homework schedule? Go into business for yourself: Deliver The News! Earn the money you need for school expenses, clothes, gifts, hobbies or a savings account, and still have time for all of your activities. Mail the coupon below or call the Carrier Action Line at 633-1111 to find out if there is a News route available in your neighborhood. talks in Geneva, beginning some time in March While Shultz said he won't lead the U.S. delegation to the talks, he said he probably will go to Moscow for discussions with Gromyko on the overall American-Soviet relationship.

Shultz said individual negotiators hadn't yet been picked. But he said Paul H. Nitze said will probably remain in Washington as a key adviser on the talks to both him and President Reagan. Weinberger yesterday appeared to be less flexible than Shultz on whether the Star Wars project would be a subject for negotiation with Moscow. Gromyko said the deployment of American Star Wars weapons would be an issue in the negotiations and that Moscow would demand an agreement to ban them.

Research to go on Weinberger said, however, "I hate to disagree with Mr. Gromyko before the talks start, but that was clearly not our position "There was no agreement of any kind, as I understand it. that we would agree to ban or prohibit very dear and regards as one of his highest priorities." Weinberger said. He said the United States would proceed with research and would "obviously want to talk about ways to deploy" in the future. But he said he was "ruling out the possibility of giving up a strategic defense" if the Star Wars program shows one is feasible.

But Shultz. by acknowledging the question of space arms is related to other issues, seemed to be suggesting that agreements in one area could be traded off for agreements in another. 'The relationship between these areas is very much something the President has been putting forward for some time, and I think he is right about it." Shultz said. Disputes between the State Department and the Pentagon plagued the administration in forging a negotiating strategy for arms talks in the past four years. Shultz has emerged as the key strategist for Reagan's second term, but Weinberger may have signaled that Shultz will continue to encounter strong resistance from the Pentagon when it disagrees with his strategy.

Geneva last week that the three subjects for negotiation are related. But State Department officials say Shultz is only acknowledging the obvious, which is that if the Soviets insist on a link it is pointless to insist there isn't one. Officials in both departments talked to a reporter last week on the understanding they not be identified. While Shultz voiced his hope yesterday that Moscow would conclude agreements in individual areas, he acknowledged that the talks could be derailed if Moscow pressed for concessions on Star Wars in exchange for agreements on deep cuts in nuclear arms. "It remains to be seen what will happen if we agree on something in one area, but not in some other area," Shultz said.

"It may or may not go forward." Gromyko suggested at a news conference of his own in Moscow yesterday that the talks would fail if the Reagan administration failed to agree to a ban on deployment of weapons from its $26 billion Star Wars research program. Also known as the Strategtc Defense Initiative, the research is aimed at developing, weapons to destroy attacking Soviet missiles while still in space. Shultz said he didn't view Gro-myko's statement as a new impediment to the negotiations, which are expected to take many months if By R. GREGORY NOKES WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger are offering different interpretations of the Geneva arms talks accord with Moscow, suggesting continuing deep divisions in the administration over negotiating strategy. Yesterday Shultz said the admin Jstration agrees with Moscow that there should be a connection between the three areas of negotiations strategic weapons, intermediate weapons and space arms.

as the administration's "Star Wars" program "There is no argument about the fact that there is a relationship." Shultz said in appearance on the NBC-TV program. 'Meet the Press." He said. "We advocate that." Told the Soviets have said they won't conclude agreements for cuts in nuclear arms if the United States won't agree to a curb on space weapons. Shultz said. "We may seek to link things ourselves.

It makes sense to look at the relationship among the different things you are talking about." But Weinberger took a different view. "I don't understand that there is any degree of linkage." he said in an appearance on the CBS-TV program. "Face the Nation." Settlement denied "I don't think the linkage was "settled at Geneva," he added. Pentagon officials privately say Jhey think Shultz erred in acknowledging after his tallcs with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in ir The News Carrier Application Circulation Department P.O. Box 145 Indianapolis, IN 46206 I would like more information on how to become a News carrier.

0 Name- Pollutant study aims at Maumee Phone Date of Birth. Street 0 Zip. City Name of Parent or Guardian: will be tested for chemical and heavy metal pollutants. Coats said. The study is part of an effort to draft a flood-control proposal for Fort Wayne and other cities along the Maumee, St.

Marys and SL Joseph rivers. Coats said. WASHINGTON (AP) The Maumee River watershed in northeast Indiana will be studied by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for pollutants as part of a flood control proposal. Rep.

Dan Coats. said. River sediment fish and water not years. Shultz said diplomatic contacts will begin next week to fix the date and location of the opening of the negotiations. Other officials have said Washington favors holding the.