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MERIN 2A The News and Observer Raleigh NC Friday August 28 1988 News today Weather People 'W' The Accu-Weather for 6 PM today 80 An 70 I 80 70 441 1 World Economy speeds up overheating feared Page IA China forming special force US concerned Page 2A Dissident Burmese celebrate government change Page 3A Strikes continue for 10th day in Poland Page 3A Iran Iraq open direct peace talks Page 5A Iraq Iran expected to seek different goals Page 5A Accused spy served 20 years in US Army Page I3A 3ttrundi's leader says sol diers killed civilians Page I6A Masked Palestinians kill col: laborator Page I6A Soviets loosen reins on Baltic states Page I8A Us merchants refuse rubles in USSR Page 18A 0 1 70 SHOWERS PARTL711 I ps priliVH00WERS CLOUDY AtiS1 firSHOWERS 0111 a IF T- ic tc Alt 1 cumi ILApr ilic141111774144 Ix x' I i a 4 r4fA 1 ei -eA I A be 80 411k it Entliad 4 Inwe 90100 I Hotilitc 'tp 4A 1 T-STORMS FRONTS: mg7 Forecast by areas Triangle Northern Coastal Plain Mostly sunny with highs near 90 Clear tonight with lows in the mid-60s Mostly sunny Saturday with highs near 90 Outer Banks Partly cloudy today and Saturday with a 30 percent chance of rain Highs both days in the mid-80s Lows tonight in the lower 70s Northern coast Partly sunny with highs in the upper 80s Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday Lows tonight near 70 Highs Saturday in the upper 80s Central and southern coast Partly cloudy today and Saturday with a 30 percent chance of rain Highs both days near 90 Lows tonight in the lower 70s Central and Southern Coastal Plain Sandhilis Mostly sunny with highs near 90 Fair tonight with lows near 70 Partly cloudy Saturday with a 30 percent chance of rain Highs near 90 Northern Piedmont foothills Mostly sunny today and Saturday with highs both days in the upper 80s Lows tonight in the mid-60s Southern Piedmont foothills Mostly sunny today and Saturday with highs both days near 90 Lows tonight in the mid-60s Northern mountains Mostly sunny today and Saturday with highs both days in the upper 70s Lows tonight in the upper 50s Central and southern mountains Mostly sunny today and Saturday with highs both days in the mid-80s Lows tonight in the upper 50s Extreme Southwest Mostly sunny today and Saturday with highs both days in the upper 805 Lows tonight 60 to 65 Tropical storm hits Puerto Rico kills 3 i 't i I I 1 I 1 1 i 1 i I i 1 4 I Warm Cold Stationary 160 0 1988 Accu-Weather Inc Travelers' Across the state Mostly sunny in the west and central portions with partly cloudy skies in the East Remaining warm with highs around 90 except mid-70s to mid-80s in the mountains Lows tonight will again be in the 60s with 50s in the mountains Winds southwest at 10-15 knots Over the weekend a chance of showers and thunderstorms on Saturday mainly in the East becoming fairer on Sunday Highs both days in the 80s except for some upper 80s to near 90s on Saturday Weekend lows in the 60s except for some lower 70s along the coast Chance of showers and thunderstorms for Monday and Tuesday Across the nation Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast over Florida southern Georgia and along the North Carolina coast in the Southeast and over Arizona western New Mexico southwest Colorado and Utah in the West Highs are predicted to be in the 70s and 80s over much of the North and along the California coast in the 60s over Upper Michigan and northeast Minnesota between 100 and 105 in the desert Southwest and in the 90s over most of the rest of the nation Triangle Eastern NC forecast Yesterdoir NI LA Prc Today Tomorrow Hi Lo 011k HI Lo lo es 93 $1 83 se so too 80 79 54 01 82 S7 cdy 81 S4 cdy es 68 90 67 cdy 90 67 cdy 93 64 93 66 cdy 91 66 cdY $7 44 37 61 SO cdy 59 50 cdy 85 55 87 58 dr 87 59 dr 89 65 91 65 clr 91 69 cdy 0 65 02 78 64 cdy 03 65 cly 00 77 100 74 dr 1110 74 cdy 88 63 10 116 60 cdy 87 63 cdy Bess 86 60 cdy 7851 dr 93 61 93 62 dr 93 65 cdy IS S3 77 48 oly 65 49 cdy 97 63 91 56 dr 88 S3 cir 73 61 82 6S cdy 82 66 dr 77 61 12 75 59 cdy 75 56 cdy 74 54 02 76 5 8 ro 77 35 cdy 89 48 90 53 cdy 75 49 cdy 89 75 90 70 dr 88 72 cdy 82 511 84 58 clr 86 58 clr 89 69 89 65 clr 90 61 clr 71 89 89 82 89 79 55 59 Si Si 72 56 55 05 13 SI aly 70 53 cdy 77 55 clr 78 57 rn 82 57 cir Si 57 cdv TI 57 cdy 79 54 cdv 92 64 dr 90 66 cdv 79 56 dr SO 55 cdv XIS 12 56 cdv 12 SS cir lel 73 clr 103 75 clr Si 56 clr 81 54 cdv 88 62 cdy 74 60 rn 83 56 clr 79 63 rn 77 S3 cdv 78 52 cdv 01 68 49 cdy 65 45 cdv 95 70 cdv 96 69 cdv 84 59 clr 85 58 clr 70 45 cdy 65 45 cdv 76 47 cdv 62 4 cdy 01 79 57 rn 80 55 rn 76 52 cdv 76 SI cdv 78 52 cdy 14 46 cdy 93 li 82 94 83 1st 84 86 79 71 se do do so 66 S3 96 69 88 57 67 90 7850 79 57 75 59 87 53 138 64 78 56 88 64 87 62 clr 88 65 Cl 78 56 84 60 cdv B3 60 Cl 90 53 114 51 crly 78 48 dr 90 71 96 66 Cl 96 69 CdY 09 73 90 72 rn 90 72 rn 61 48 73 41 cdv 69 49 cdY 96 62 87 59 dr 85 64 cdy 95 79 98 74 dr 97 71 cdy 87 56 81 57 dr 123 57 cdy 65 88 60 cir 89 64 cdv 61 96 95 95 65 79 71 63 63 106 90 86 98 99 79 cdy 98 77 cdy 95 68 dr 96 69 dr 138 dr 86 67 dr 85 63 cir ttS 61 dr 96 68 cdy 93 69 cdY 93 69 dr 92 71 cdy 90 78 cdy 811 79 rn 77 57 dr 75 56 cdy 74 53 cdy 72 56 cdy 90 63 dr 89 64 cdv 93 73 cdy 92 73 cdy 20 85 65 cdy BS 68 dr 138 67 cdy 87 69 cdy 90 52 cdv 77 57 cdy 100 72 cdy 9 0 15 cdy 93 87 78 75 90 68 82 62 63 62 74 62 71 51 73 92 82 89 84 102 85 60 90 54 cdv 77 62 cdv 90 is 23 91 74 rn 91 75 rn 85 63 19 85 07 cdy 83 67 dr 106 86 104 83 dr 105 83 dr 81 59 79 59 cdy 78 56 cdv 70 61 90 79 58 cdv 78 57 clr 61 52 86 51 dr 85 54 clr 78 61 82 63 cdv 82 64 dr 84 56 89 58 cdy 70 54 clr 98 57 95 55 dr 93 52 dr 89 67 89 63 cdv 90 65 cdy 103 60 106 63 clt 106 63 clr 92 64 86 64 clr 88 64 cdy 96 68 92 63 dr 92 61 clr 1 00 75 19 98 76 clr 97 7S cdY 84 93 es 75 94 69 78 68 cir 75 67 clr Si 88 57 cir 84 57 dr 50 62 52 n1 68 47 cdY 53 77 54 cdy 80 56 dr 70 98 70 cir 98 71 cdy 54 86 52 cdy 71 61 cdY 86 54 dr 18 56 clr 56 55 78 $6 cdy 77 55 cdv 77 90 76 cdv 92 74 rn 50 89 58 cdy 90 cdy 73 12 98 73 cdy 99 74 cdy 73 99 72 cdv 99 77 cdy 67 88 64 cdy 86 65 cdy 69 94 65 cdy 93 70 cdY 55 134 80 58 cdv 82 56 clr 62 37 86 60 cdy 85 62 cdy 76 87 91 99 100 100 89 ce 78 AlbonyNY Albuquerque Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Atlantis Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birminghom Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo BurlinglomVt Casper ChorlestonSt CharlestonMVa Chortotte Cheyenne Chicano Cincinnoti Cleveland ColumbiaSC ColumbusOhio Concord Nit Dallas-Ft Worth Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Evansville Fairbanks Forgo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Greensboro Hartford Helena Honolulu Jacksonville Juneau Kansas City Houston Indianapolis Jackson Miss Los Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Memphis Miami Beach Milwaukee Ma's-St Pouf Nashville I New Orleans New York City NorfolkAto North Platte Oklahoma City Omoho Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh PortlandMaine PortlandOre Providence Rapid City Reno Richmond Sacramento St Louis Salt Lake City Son Antonio San Diego Son Francisco St Ste Marie Seattle Shreveport Sioux Foils Spokane Syracuse TampaSt Pirsbg Topeka Tucson Tulsa WashingtonOC Wichita Wilkes-Barre data LEVELS above sea level Wednesday Thursday 2476 2476 2106 2106 2982 2981 skies Nation Former US soldier charged in spy ring Page IA Bush voices doubt about SDI costs Page IA Dukakis calls Reagan drug policies absurd Page IA School lunches contain too much fat group says Page 7A Congress approaches spending limits Page 12A Jury deliberates 'monster' racketeering trial Page 6D North Carolina 2 pairs of falcons raise chicks in N0 Page IA Bush campaign to visit Rocky Mount next week Page 4A Partial lunar eclipse to high- light morning Page IC Tobacco prices trouble many NC farmers Page 2C Official says laws to lax to curb sea dumping Page 24C Triangle UNC-CH trustees expected re-elect leader Page IC Stolen car pulled from Ra- 7 leigh pond Page 2C Steelers' Rooney was domi riant respected Page 1B Reisman inspires summer campaigning Page 1B Features Bird-watchers' information network takes off Page ID Man wants others to recall canines' courage Page 113 Back to school: the high cost of starting out Page ID Business Pharmaceutical company scouts Wake site Page 6B Triangle MBA programs draw top students Page 6B WR Howard finds even fail: ure rewarding Page 6B -Review of NCNB's Texas sought Page 7B Editorial I Opinion Insured workers grappling with medical costs Page 20A The B-1: a cDstly symbol paying for excesses Page 20A Bush should enroll in Kennedy School courses Page 21A COASTAL WATERS South of Virginia Beach to Little River inlet Southwest winds 15-20 knots Waves 3 beet Scattered showers and thunderstorms Albemarle and Pamlico sounds Southwest winds 10-15 knots Waves 2 feet Scattered showers ond thunderstorms Temperature precipitation Pr Asheville 85 55 000 Boone 76 53 0000 Cope Hatteras 86 73 000 Charlotte 89 69 000 Cherry Point 71 000 Elizabeth City 70 Fayetteville 90 71 000 Goldsboro 92 76 000 Greensboro 88 64 000 Hickory 89 61 000 Jacksonville 89 72 Trace New Bern 90 72 000 Raleigh-Durham 91 71 000 Rocky Mount 72 000 Wilmington 90 71 001 4 1 TIDE TABLES August 261988 Highs Lows Oregon Inlet 7:37 am 11 :39 am 8:05 pm 1:51 PM Mtlead City 8' 05 pm 11:48 am 8:33 pm 2:00 Pm Wilmington 9: 15 am 3:58 am Southport 7:33 am 1 :46 am 1:56 pm OTHER POiNTS (reference: SOUTH PORT) Highs Lows Mosonboro In Wi l'ton Beach Cane Fear YOUPOrt Beach Myrtle Beach -14 min -48 min -33min -39min -27min -6 in 49 in -39 in 40min -38 in (reference: MOREHEAD CITY) Harkers Isl 70min 110 min Beoutort -3min min Atlantic Beach -64 min -58 min Bogue Inlet -36 min -32 min New River Inlet -33min -30min New Topsail 49 min 13min DATA FOR RALEIGH-DURHAM Temperature 24 hou rs as of 7 pm Thursday High 91 Low 71 Mean temperature 81 Record high for dote 97 in 1975 Record low for date 53 in 1952 Precipitation Midnight to 7 PM Thursday 000 Rainfall this month 144 Rainfall this year 2075 Below normal this month by 221 Below normal this year by 819 Humidity 6 am 90 percent Noon 42 percent 6 PM So percent The Hydra its way Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset feet Falls Jordan Kerr LAKE Cox Olsen Jessica Hahn gets Job as 'little DJ bunny' Jessica Hahn who will start virork Monday as part of the morning "Zoo Team" at Phoenix radio station KOY-FM says she hopes that stint will end the Jim Bakker phase of her life "I want to show people that there is more to me than the scandal and radio is something I've always wanted to do" she said "It's a new beginning" But now Ms Hahn must deal with HOY zoo member Glenn Beck Asked what Ms Hahn would do Beck said: "She'll be the Vanna White of the morning show She'll be our own little DJ bunny" Swimmer prepares to cross deepest lake Swimmer Lynne Cox will take the plunge into the world's deepest lake today for a 992-mile swim two days earlier than scheduled because of forecasts of heavy storms Ms Cox 31 of Los Alamitos Calif hopes to be the first person to swim across the Soviet Union's Lake Baikal which reaches a depth of 4800 feet at some points Swimming in the Angara River on Thursday boosted Ms Cox's confidence "I am now sure that I will swim well the whole 16-kilometer-long distance" she said Cindy misses yuletide reunion of Brady clan All the original cast members of TV's beloved "The Brady Bunch" which ran on ABC from 1969 to 1974 will return this winter in a CBS movie special "A Very Brady Christmas" Well all the original cast members except actress Susan Olsen who played Cindy "the youngest one in curls" Ms Olsen just married Steven Ventimiglia and their elaborate wedding-honeymoon plans couldn't be changed to accommodate the film's shooting schedule Nebraska town plans party for princess While they know the guest of honor won't attend residents of Beatrice Neb are planning a celebration to mark the birth of the newest member of England's royal family The birth of Princess Beatrice gives the community of nearly 13000 a reason to display pride in the name they share Plans call for a Sept 1 baby shower at the Chamber of Commerce to honor the princess born Aug 8 "We're planning on serving iced tea and cake" said Diane Schwenke president of the Chamber of Commerce "but maybe tea and crumpets might be more appropriate" Etcetera Freshen up that moonwalk shine up your leather pants and get ready to party Michael Jackson turns 30 on Monday Clive Cussler who made it big with his 1976 novel "Raise the Titanic" has signed a $5375000 deal with Simon Schuster and Pocket Books to write two books with "Titanic" hero Dirk Pitt as the hero Compiled by TODD WINDSOR The News and Observer "TIIE OLD RELIABLE" 385469) Vol CCXLIV No57 Published every morning of the year by THE NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY 215 McDowell St Raleigh NC 27601 Send change of address to: The News and Observer PO Box 191 Raleigh NC Second-class postage paid at Raleigh NC CIRCULATION PRICES Single daily copy 25C Single Sunday copy SI 00 Daily and Sunday $900 a month Daily only $500 a month 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The answer is the Vietnamese and possible the Indians or Taiwan and in the long run Japan" Paul HB Godwin a China scholar at the Department of Defense National War College in Washington said the Chinese military hopes to be able to "react quickly to events" as part of a general continuing shift away from Mao Tsetung's old strategy of defeating opponents by tying them down in a long war inside Chinese territory "This is part of the transition away from 'people's war' said Godwin referring to Mao's military strategy He said Chinese leaders recognize that for a regional war "you don't have time to mobilize the whole population the whole economy as you would for a major war and the war might not be big enough to require it" Several analysts said that it would be misleading to equate China's new unit with the US rapid deployment force which was designed to move large num f- tl'1 (''''2'if '1'5 Paul HB Godwin Department of Defense National War College Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON The Chinese People's Liberation Army is developing a rapid deployment force capable of moving overseas on short notice causing US experts to analyze what the purpose of such a military unit might be The special force named "Fist Platoon" apparently reflects China's new emphasis on demonstrating its military power to East Asian neighbors and on having the ability to fight smaller limited wars abroad against regional enemies such as Vietnam rather than on simply defending itself against an invasion by one of the superpowers Within the platoon the Chinese military has been giving new training to Marines and paratroopers and has been seeking to develop ships and aircraft for rapid transport according to US officials Any shift by China toward a more aggressive military posture could complicate US policy in Asia which is based on the premise that China is a generally friendly non-aligned country It also could revive old fears particularly among the nations of South east Asia that China might someday seek to dominate them For China "the Americans bers of US soldiers across very large distances to places such as the Persian Gulf They said the Chinese unit whose formation was disclosed this summer in the Liberation Army Daily the official newspaper of the Chinese armed forces is relatively small and is capable of moving much shorter distances The analysts listed several possible reasons for Chinese military leaders to create the new force The first is the possibility that Beijing is preparing for battle against Vietnam in the Sprat ly Islands the archipelago in the South China Sea more than 600 miles off China in which China Vietnam Taiwan the Philippines and Malaysia all have territorial claims Another possible factor experts said is simply China's desire to show that it has a modern military force and to keep pace with other nations "In military journals they point out that the United States the French the Soviets all have these quick-reaction forces and that's what they the Chinese have got to develop too" Godwin said A third possible reason for the rapid deployment force Robinson suggested is that Chinese military leaders need some new cause or justification to help get money for their defense budget now that the threat of war with the Soviet Union seems to be fading The reports about the new unit in the official Chinese press described it as a force designed for regional combat and emergencies Its existence "filled many blank areas in China's parachute landing force" one report said The unit was described as highly mobile but small although the exact size was not given Godwin i 1 1 I.