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Show Thursday, June THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Page 22 30, 1983 National News The latest reports in national news from United Press International Policeman Dies a Hero Panel -Will Dig for Reagan 'Mole' The WASHINGTON (UPI) chairman of a House panel investigating how President Reagan's 1980 campaign acquired Jimmy Carter's debate briefing papers says he is prepared to call top officials administration nesses. as wit- White House officials, with the y trip president on a to California Wednesday, tentatively indicated the administration plans to be cooperative about testifying. The Justice Department is also investigating the disclosure in a recent book, "Reagan in the White cross-countr- House" by Time magazine correspondent Laurence Barrett, that a briefing book prepared lor carter's televised debate with Reagan was slipped to the Reagan campaign by a "mole." There were indications Barrett may have learned of the incident from David Stockman, who played the role of Carter while candidate Reagan rehearsed for the debate and is now director of the Office of Management and Budget. Stockman's spokesman, Edwin Dale, confirmed Wednesday night that Stockman had mentioned the papers to Barrett and used the term "filched" to describe the material. Barrett reported in his book that, "Apparently a mole in the Carter camp had filched papers containing the main points the president planned to make when he met Reagan for the debate." "Stockman did mention the mat- ter to Barrett," Dale said in a telephone interview. "He did not use the term 'mole' though." Dale emphasized Stockman does not know how the Reagan campaign obtained the documents. Rep. Don Albosta, chairman of the House Post Office and Civil Service subcommittee, said Wednesday he asked the - CHICAGO (UPI) A police officer was killed by a hit and run driver because he lunged into the path of a speeding car to save a partially deaf man who couldn't hear the oncoming vehicle. "He is a hero. I didn't hear the car coming because I've been deaf in my right ear since I was a child," said Jackie Coffey, 33, the White House for all campaign materials obtained from the Carter camp. "We do not know who the mole is," Albosta said. "I don't think the president knows who the mrie is. But I think people in the administration know who the mole is." Albosta said he is ready to summon top administration officials to testify if necessary. He said a congressional probe is necessary despite the fact that House man whose life wai saved by patrolman Wayne Klaica. "I came awful close to death." Sandra Little, 29, was charged with reckless homicide In the death of Klazca, 32, an officer assigned to public housing. Miss Little was also charged with possession of narcotics and driving under the influence of Intoxicants Contract Carpets, Cabinets Speaker Thomas O'Neill disagrees and Reagan said he never saw the documents. f Interiors ..it President Calls for Excellence in School By HELEN THOMAS UPI White House Reporter WHITTIER, Calif. (UPI) -President Reagan, citing the need for "a grass roots campaign for educational renewel," said today it is up to state and local officials not the federal government to restore excellence to the nation's schools. "We federal officials have the responsibility for identifying the national interest in education and providing leadership," Reagan said in remarks prepared for a regional forum on education reform. "But local officials are the ones who pay most of the bills and govern the school district," Reagan added. "And it is at the local level where progress will be made." The comments came as Reagan made a second straight day of campaigning for his back-tbasics formula for reversing a deterioration of educational quality, cited in April by the National Commission on Excel Shop weekdays o 10 9, -- lence in Education. Reagan, who pitched his program of more rigourous academic standards and closer partnership between educators and businesses Wednesday in appearances before groups in Kentucky and Kansas, said the commission report, like the first Soviet space satellite in 1957, "has shaken the nation" and once again focused intense public debate on the quality of education. At the same time, he stressed a recurrent theme in his rhetorical campaign of the last month, insist Saturday and Monday ing primary responsibility for correcting what he has called "mistakes of the past" belongs to officials at the state and local level, who can look to Washington for leadership but a limited amount of direct involvement. "Local school boards can set higher standards," Reagan said. "They can see that outstanding teachers are rewarded for their efforts. They can provide incentives and recognition for students who work to attain the outer limits of their abilities." 10 -- 6. ! j 3 j r 1 miuw 1 Interiors M ' i - Contract Carpets, Cabinets y f ' 11 Friday's Herald rM4 - I mZrs IS ' CD Closed Sunday. The keepyottrcool-aiid-eiijoale " Set our ad in -- : :,V 'X v Whirlpool air conditioners, 229.95 and up Choose from three sizes in energy efficient, room size window mount models. This is the year you buy a Whirlpool. 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