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Show 6A The Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday, February 83 Flood Deaths, 15. 1984 U.S. Fully Engaged In Lebanon Support - Presi(UPI) dent Reagan told Congress Tuesday the United States will remain fully engaged in Lebanon, although the 1,400 Marines sent to keep the peace could be withdrawn from their vulnerable ground positions in a matter of weeks. Reagan sent Congress a report on the military and political situation in Lebanon, spelling out the rationale for American actions in support of the tottering government of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel but avoiding specifics. We have decided that the large contingent of Marines dug in at the Beirut airport is no longer the most effective way of maintaining an MNF (multinational force) presence, said the report, prepared by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of State George WASHINGTON Shultz. Target in Area said the Marines, who lost They 241 men in the Oct. 23 bombing of their headquarters, have become a target in an area that is no longer under government control. As the administration presented its justification to Congress, which is on recess, spokesmen remained vague on the exact timetable for the Marines withdrawal while expressing interest in an expanded role for U.N. peacekeepers. White House spokesman Robert Sims said he did not know when the first of the approximately 1,500 Marines will start leaving, but added, Theyre packing their gear. Deputy White House press secretary Larry Speakes reiterated the president's goal of removing at least 500 Marines and possibly all of w ithin a month. them Redeployment Intended Reagans report said, The intention is to redeploy our military resources in a way that can best help the Lebanese, without signalling a lessening in our resolve. The United States will remain fully engaged. We will continue our intensive efforts to bring all sides to the bargaining table. Without stability, the report said, Lebanon will be a flashpoint for conflict between Israel and Syria and therefore potentially between the United States and the USSR. It said the Marines would be withdrawn as soon as conditions warrant following U.S. consultations with Gemayels government and the governments providing other peacekeeping forces. From a purely military standpoint, the report said, the redeployment can be accomplished in a matter of weeks. Dennis the Menace Bv Hank Retchani Damage Double Average 40-Ye- ar The tobacco industry urged WASHINGTON (UPI) the Civil Aeronautics Board Tuesday to reject a plan to ban smoking on most domestic flights, arguing current rules provide adequate protection for all passengers. But an organization said people have no legal right to light up aboard airplanes, because that is a fire hazard and drifting smoke can make others ill. - Deaths (AP) and property damage from floods in 1983 were nearly twice the annual average of the past 40 years, as greater numbers of Americans armake their homes in flood-pron- e eas, the National Weather Service said Tuesday. There were 204 flood deaths last year, primarily from flash floods, and property damage totaled more than $4 billion, the agency said. WASHINGTON "Flood fatalities and damage are increasing because of our growing, mobile population and the larger numbers of people who now live in flood-pron- e areas, said Richard E. Hallgren, the weather service director. Over the past 40 years, Hallgren said, flood deaths have averaged about 100 a year and damage about $2 billion. Tobacco Firms Oppose Flight Smoking Ban anti-smoki- Richard Kingham, counsel to the Tobacco Institute, told the board present rules requiring airlines to provide no smoking sections are fair and reasonable and accommodate the interests of both smokers and s. My dad says be owes money to everybody except ME." Stiffer rules now before the CAB, Kingham said, would effectively ban smoking on most commercial flights in the United States." The board is considering whether to ban all smoking during short flights, lasting either one hour or less or two hours or less. It also is considering whether smokeiing should be banned entirely on smaller aircraft, 60 or seats with on those or 30 or fewer ther with seats less. An agency official said about 90 percent of domestic flights would be affected by the proposals. Manufacturers Lose Court Bid Agent Orange - WASHINGTON (UPI) The manufacturers of Agent Orange lost an attempt in the Supreme Court Tuesday to block a national publicity campaign to find those who say they were injured by the herbicide during the Vietnam War. Diamond Shamrock Chemicals Co. asked Justice Thurgood Marshall to stay a ruling stemming from a class action suit filed by people exposed to the herbicide. Agent Or-- Topic Central America ange was used by U.S. military forces to defoliate forests in Southeast Asia between 1961 and 1972. Marshall, who handles emergency legal requests from the New York area, denied the stay just before the federal district court ruling was set to take effect at noon EST. Hundreds of suits were filed in New York and several hundred more were transferred to a New York federal court. Suits have been filed for personal injury and wrong ful death claims by Americans, Aus- tralians and New Zealanders. The company appealed U.S. Dis- trict Judge Jack Weinstein's ruling televi- allowing publicity through sion and print media to solicit class members whose identity or whereabouts are unknown. Diamond Shamrock said the mass notification would cause confusion, and would not protect the legal rights of absent class members. But lawyers for those suing urged Marshall not to intervene, arguing that the company really wants to ck the case from being tried as a class action. A trial date is set for 1 May 7. Weinstein said the notice has to at once, if the case is to pro- go out ceed. Lawyers for those suing said that media notification would not cause confusion. KMI Shultz Lost His Cool, British Visitor Says - WASHINGTON (UPI) British Labor Party leader Neil Kinnock said Tuesday Secretary of State George Shultz lost his customary diplomatic cool during a discussion on Central America. Kinnock told a news conference on the last day of a weeklong U.S. visit that he met for 55 minutes g Monday with Shultz for a discussion centering on the Middle East. .'Then I mentioned the question of Central America and Mr. Shultz voluntarily departed from his normal diplomatic stance, he said. The outspoken Welshman, who was voted Labor Party leader last October, said he told Shultz of his "great disquiet over U.S. policy in Central America. Kinnock said the secretary of state responded that his views on Central America are "misinformed and misguided. .Asked whether Shultz shouted or raised his voice, Kinnock said his tone was an insistent drawl and that he had gotten out of his pram (baby carriage) over the situation in Nicaragua. Kinnock said the expression is a colloquialism meaning to lose your wide-rangin- cool. At the State Department, a spokesman described Monday's talk between Shultz and Kinnock as a frank exchange, and added, There were clearly differences of viewpoints on such assorted issues as Central America and nuclear deterrence. The Labor Party leader arranged to meet with President Reagan and address a lunch at the National Press Club later Tuesday. He said Shultz's view was that despite U.S. assistance to the Sandinis-ta- s in securing the downfall of former dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979, the Nicaraguans had not kept their end of the bargain, going off in the direction of insurrection and threatening peace in Central America. I disagreed," Kinnock told the news conference, and thought that the main problem in Nicaragua related to the impoverishment and embattlement of that country.- "If it was provided with the means for economic and political security it could become stable and secure, he said. Following the Sandinista takerelations deteover, Nicaragua-U.S- . riorated with Washington charging Soviet and Cuban interference and Nicaragua accusing the United States of conducting a campaign of terror against its new Marxist-le- d government Leader of Grenada Reports U.S. Agency Backs Airport - WASHINGTON (AP) The head of Grenada's caretaker government said Tuesday the U.S. Agency for International Development has decided to recommend completion of the international airport on the island, a facility once viewed by the Reagan administration as a threat to U.S. security. Nicholas Brathwaite, chairman of Grenadas Advisory Council, told a news conference the administration is expected to make an announcement later in the week. Brathwaite said an study recommends $24 million be spent to complete the airport which, until the American-le- d invasion last October, had been financed by Cuba, the Soviet Union and other communist countries. 15 House Demos Query Reagan Missile Actions - WASHINGTON (UPI) Fifteen House Democrats urged President Reagan Tuesday to explain why cruise missiles already are being installed in Europe even though its guidance system will be tested later this year. The administration's rush to deploy the cruise missile in Europe is based on political considerations rather than a coherent arms policy, said Rep. Bruce Vento. , an14 he and that others, nouncing among them eight committee and subcommittee chairmen, wrote Reagan questioning the policy Vento said that at the same time the missile is being installed in Europe its guidance system is being assigned for tests later this year in Canada We are asking the president to explain this contradiction," said Vento DBy - A U.S. official, asking not to be identified, confirmed the $24 million figure and said the administration hopes to provide at least $15 million of that amount. The remainder would come from other donors, he said. Brathwaite, here for meetings at the World Bank, said that about $40 million had been spent on the facility, located at Point Salines, since it was begun in 1980 by the government of the late Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. The U.S. official said $65 million has been invested, including cash and Cuban contributions of manpower and material. Before last October, the Reagan administration repeatedly raised objections to the facility, argung that Cuba intended to use it to project its military power into the northern tier of South America. The Bishop government had maintained that the airport was exclusively for commercial purposes. Secretary of State George Shultz made a visit to Grenada last week while on a tour of Latin America and the Caribbean. His Peeing 707 made use of the 9.700-forunway and Shultz said during his stay that he favored completion of the project. The Bishop government had aggressive intentions but the new regime is different, he said. six-ho- At present, the airport lacks a terminal, a navigation system, a load- area and other facilities. U.S. officials said the feasibility study completed two weeks ago essentially recommends a no frills project that omits amenities such as a shopping plaza, a VIP lounge and restaurants. Ild; so H April fi wnflU mnms yun ttsax DDDsaIk, Too Bad! Its so easy to get. 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