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Show 2A Th Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, December 24, lf&5 Reagan Signs Bill and Predicts Better Times for Farm Belt Cootioued From l meot and keep the loan money, meaning effectively that the government has bought the crop at the support rate. Administration officials argue that higher U S. support rates encourage foreign competition and cut U S. farmers out of world markets. x ulated on The income supports, market prices and farmers' production costs, would continue at or above the record highs reached in two of the last three years. Legislators insisted on the high subsidy levels as the price for bowing to administration derates. mands for lower Throughout the year of intense political grappling over farm policy, the debate over price and income supports was punctuated by frequent administration threats of veto if Congress did not produce a more austere, A-- a price-suppo- rt bill. on Monday gave lawmakReagan market-oriente- d - ers credit for a "good faith effort to cut program costs, which escalated during the year amid falling prices, slumping exports and severe credit problems in the farm belt. The president did not refer directly to the political side of the debate. Republicans feared that if Reagan made good on his veto threats, a farm-statbacklash next year could endanger GOP control of the Senate and cause party setbacks in the House Nine Senate Republicans from major farm in 1986. states are up for Our reforms will provide new hope for Americas farmers, Reagan said. If things are not going right down on the farm, things cannot continue to go well in our cities. The president said he thought Congress could have done more to keep farm program costs down. But in a later teleconference with Agriculture e hard-workin- g Secretary John R Block, he said the extra cost is what is necessary if we are going to do the job. Even with the president's generally upbeat assessment of the legislation, Block said that it would not be enough to stop the flow of failed farmers out of business this winter. There is no question but what we will lose some more farmers, the secretary told reporters. But Reagan and Block said the bill, along with the separate farm-cred- it measure, would provide more flexibility for lenders to help farmers over some rough spots. The Farm Credit System, which holds d of the countrys $214 about billion farm debt, will be required to move assets from healthy districts to needier ones where falling land values have jeopardized thousands of loans. farm one-thir- Jackson Says Aid Mandelas by Punishing Firms - : CHICAGO (UPI) The Rev. Jesse Jackson Monday urged massive acts of ctvil disobedience against U.S. firms doing business with South Africa until the safety and freedom of activists Winnie and Nelson Mandela are assured. Constructive engagement has failed and the United States must stop trading with South Africa and take the profit out of apartheid through divestment, disinvestment, trade and cultural isolation, Jackson told a news conference, adding at one point, trade is their jugular vein. Jackson, flanked by Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind., and 25 black women, said the weekend arrest of Winnie Mandela for defying an explusion order from her home in Soweto township shows she is not safe. ' Mandela, wife of imprisoned African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, was released without bail Monday and flew to Cape Town to spend Christmas Day with her husband, her lawyer said. Reagan to speak out forcefully regarding the safety and freedom of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, he said. Jackson said he is organizing a delegation of black American women to go to South Africa and help the antiapartheid movement. Continued From l fountains on the deck of the suburban shopping center. My jacket caught fire My hand caught fire, said Bret Jacobus, 25, of Concord. My jacket was burned off. I didn't take it off . . . We re real lucky. There was stuff flying I thought it was all over. Officials at Mount Diablo Hospital said they treated 40 people and admitted 24. Several other hospitals reported treating victims of the accident. Officials said at least six people were critically injured. There was a panic, people were running everywhere, said Dave Belli, a shopper. The place filled up with smoke, and the power went out. People were crying and hugging each other. Friends and relatives were tending to the injured. Belli said he first heard a buzzing noise, followed by an explosion. I saw a ball of fire 30 to 40 feet in the air, said Harry Sundstrom of Concord, who was at the mall. It felt like an earthquake, said Andrew Tynes, 17, of Oakland, adding that he saw people on fire. The aircraft was on an instrument approach to the airport, said Buchanan Airport manager Harold Wight. We had fog and a low ceiling at the time. The aircraft missed the approach and was making a go around at the time that he went in. The airport is about a mile from the mall. The aircraft was a Beechcraft e Baron, aircraft, Wight said. We believe there were two people on board, but were not certain of that at the moment. There were no indications of problems on the approach or uo until the time the aircraft went in. A-- twin-engin- Dogs No Bozo Saves Mistress Life - On.'d Press Inernotkol We call on President - Photo Jolly Old Senor Nick Pancbo Gaos, Santas cousin, keeps busy finding out what girls and boys in Texas want for Christmas. Raul Sanchez annually dresses as the Spanish Santa, whom he says lives at the South Pole. SAN ANTONIO, Texas south-of-the-bord- er A deg CYPRESS, Calif. (UPI) named Bozo saved his elderly mistress life by barking to alert her that her apartment was on fire, officials said Monday. Patricia Boxley, 68, was asleep and may not have awakened except for her big black dog, who started barking after an extension cord ignited a couch in the apartment just before midnight Sunday, Orange County Fire Department spokesman David Pierce said I would like to take a Bozo home like that any day, said Red Cross spokesman harry Huggins. Another dog also escaped but a third canine and two ca's died in the fire that caused $30,090 in damage to the womans apartment. V Tons of Food, Mounds of Toys and Cold Cash -l Drive, issued an urgent plea for donations, and they have not stopped. In three hours Sunday, about 750 hams, chickens and turkeys were collected. One man came down here and gave us 40 chickens, said organization President Ty Reid. A Christmas party in St. Louis for 75 underprivileged children went on Monday, thanks to people who contributed to replace 300 items stolen Friday night. Its fantastic, said Eileen Imrn-keday-car- e director of the King n, Tragedy-Stricke- dom House on the city's South Side. People couldnt have done a better job and they did it so quickly. New U.S. citizen Benjamin Cheang will be serving free food at his Happy China Restaurant in Commerce City, Colo., on Christmas Day. Its my way of saying, Merry Christ, as and thank you, said the old Hong Kong native who became an American citizen two weeks ago. The way the economy is going around here, a lot of people n wont be able to make their own holiday meal. Since Dec. 16, R.H. Shorty Gonder has served more than 600 free meals at his New Albany, Ind., restaurant with no questions asked. The Christmas spirit shouldnt be measured in dollars and cents, says owner of the New Althe bany Inn. Every diner is given a bill, but or dont want those who cant pay to can drop the bill off at the counter as they leave. U.S. Judge Bars Confession Letters in Spy Trial - A federSAN FRANCISCO (AP) al judge Monday barred from evidence letters purportedly written by y an man accused of spying, saying that while the letters amounted to a confession prosecutors had not gcqved the defendant wrote them. v But U.S. District Judge John Vuka-si- n said at a preliminary hearing that he .may admit the three letters if prosecutors present a promised handwriting analysis indicating that for- mer Navy code expert Jerry Whitworth was the author. The letters, all signed RUS, were received by the FBI office in San Francisco office between May and August 1984. , According to the FBI, the first two letters outlined the writers involvement in an espionage ring for several years and offered cooperation in breaking up the operation in return for immunity from prosecution, while the third letter withdrew the offer. Vukasin said the letters amount to a confession, and told Assistant U.S. Attorney William Farmer that if Whitworth was shown to be the author you probably dont need a trial. Vukasin admitted as evidence let- ters from Whitworths longtime Navy friend John Walker, who confessed to d running a spy ring and has agreed to testify against Whitworth. Whitworth, 46, of Davis, Calif., is accused of selling secret information about Navy communications systems Soviet-controlle- and codes for $332,000 to the operation led by Walker, whose son and brother also were involved in the ring. Whitworth is charged with espionage, conspiracy and tax fraud in a indictment that includes seven charges with potential life sentences. U.S. Analyst Pleads Innocent to Spy Charges BALTIMORE (UPI) - Ronald The indictment alleged District Judge Herbert Murray, a former National Pelton met with Soviet Pel-to- Security Agency analyst who was turned in by KGB double defector Vitaly Yurchenko, pleaded innocent Monday to charges he sold secret documents to the Soviets. communicaPelton, a tions analyst, appeared calm and relaxed when he entered his plea before Associated Press Writer Terry Knutson collects parking tickets the way furniture collects dust. He : pays some, fights some and ignores the rest. And he once spent 21 days in jail rather than pay fines for parking in front of his own driveway. . ! have more problems with parking than most people have with their whole lives," he said, Monday. clown known profes- Knutson, a sionally as Clownzo and Terryteene who lives in Van Nuys, Calif., has been slapped with nearly .300 parking tickets over the years and he claims most of them are undeserved. Knutson's ticket total made him the winner of $100 from a contest sponsored by the publisher of the New York City Alternate Side of the Street Parking Calendar, which lists the days on which parking rules are suspended and offers tips for avoiding tickets. ' Calendar Publisher Glen Bolofsky said he was NEW YORK r "off-colo- Rathers U.S.-Sovi- British actress, says Robert Redford does a and she cant understand why director Sydney decent English accent Pollack vetoed its use in the movie Out of Africa. Redford plays the Oxford scholar and white hunter Denys Finch Hatton in the movie, delivering his lines in distinctly American style. But hed tested an English accent with Seymour before Pollack changed his mind. We filmed several scenes from Out of Africa here in Los Angeles with Sydney Pollack directing, and I thought Redfords accent was not bad at all, Seymour said. to Although Seymour was in the test, the lead opposite Redford went of Baroness for the accent a Danish mastered part Maryl Streep, who Karen Blixen. Jane Seymour, a now 77, refuses to be typecast. Stewart says he about three script proposals a week but he doesnt like the roles. gets he says. The problem is theyre all crotchety old grandfathers, Tve1 never been a crotchety old grandfather so why start now? Oie role he did like was a spot on the Remington Steele series. , Stephanie Zimbalist is one of the best young actresses around, Stew-old man. a is not and role art told USA Today, crotchety my Jimmy Stewart, Tribune Wire Services Federal Subsidy Cuts Force Amtrak to Trim Service - WASHINGTON (AP) Amtrak service will reduce passenger-trai- n on major routes beginning next month because of a drop in federal support money, officials of the national rail company said Monday. Reductions beginmng Jan. 12 will affect service between cities on such routes as Chicago-Detroi- t, Orleans and Chicago-Lake Salt However, all 24,000 miles that Amtrak serves will keep at least some passenger service, officials said. President Reagan has been trying to eliminate all federal subsidies for a move the company the system says would be fatal for the type of interstate service Amtrak provides. Announcement of the service changes follows congressional approval last Thursday of a $616 million Washing-ton-Atlanta-Ne- Defense Says Spy Suspect Just Bragging By Tom Seppy Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON A federal magistrate on Monday ordered a hearing for Randy Miles Jeffries, accused of spying for the Soviets, after his attorney argued that the government has no proof Jeffries did anything more serious than make idle boasts. - U.S. who set a March 24 nine-pag- e trial date. Not guilty to all counts, Pelton said when asked to enter his plea. Pelton was indicted Dec. 20 on six counts of espionage for allegedly selling classified U.S. defense documents to the Soviets for a five-yeperiod to pull himself from a financial rut. a agent in Vienna in 1980 and received $20,000 in exchange for classified information. Pelton, who wore a blue suit and pink shirt to court, is also accused of receiving $15,000 from the Soviets money he needed to offset some bad business investments documents in 1983. for secret shocked to learn Knutson had spent three weeks in jail for being a parking scofflaw. Knutson recalls the parking dilemma that led to his incarceration: I had an apartment a block off Hollywood Boulevard. It had an abandoned driveway and I had a sports car at that time, a little Nash Metropolitan that fit in this space in front of the unused driveway. And two or three times a week I was ticketed for blocking a driveway. I paid many, many of these tickets. But it just got overwhelm-- , ing so I just let it go and thats when I got trouble. The jig was up when he was stopped for a traffic check and police discovered 25 outstanding parking tickets, with warrants out for 24 of them. Knutson was hauled into court and ordered to pay $350. When this happened in 1966, $350 was an awful lot of money and I didn't want to pay it. Well, I got a judge and he said; '30 days.' "I was young and innocent then. , . He threw hard-nose- d , t out the tickets but threw me in jail for ignoring the obligation to go to court. That was their reasoning. I still dont buy it. Apparently a criminal record did not damage his reputation because the Los Angeles City Council proclaimed Jan. 25, 1978, Terryteene Day" for his clowning at more than 100 charity shows the previous year. He has performed with the Circus Vargas and the Big John Strong Circus. "They take it really seriously down at the courthouse. But being a clown, I can laugh at a lot of things. Of course being in jail for 21 days wasnt funny. It was an experience, but it wasnt funny," Knutson said in a telephone interview from his home. He now lives on a cul de sac, where there are more parking problems. Knutson does have a carport, but he also has a and a motor home. So he is again collecting tickets for blocking his own drivewty. car 1 federal Amtrak subsidy for fiscal 1986, which began Oct. 1. n Rejecting Reagan's as it had in his first request administration Congress decided instead to reduce this years payment by about 10 percent from last years $684 million. In additior Amtrak officials say the service cuts anticipate an additional subsidy loss of about 4 n percent from general legislation passed and signed by Reagan. In a statement, Amtrak President W. Graham Claytor said subsidy reductions dictated that we take these difficult steps to reduce our operating costs. In all cases, we have tried to preserve an adequate level of service on every route to satisfy public demand and maintain our revenues. Spokesman John Jacobsen said Amtrak has also laid off workers, frozen wages and cut capital improvements to nearly nothing in efforts to trim overhead. The federal subsidy now accounts for about 40 percent of operating revenue, compared with 60 percent five years ago, he added. Service Cuts in the West include: Chicago-Sal- t Lake The "Pioneer" will be reduced from daily service to three times a week west of Salt Lake City through March 20, after which daily service will be resumed. Portland-Seattle: The Mt. Rainier will be reduced from daily service to four days a week. In the Midwest: Chicago-DetroiThe eastbound morning Wolverine and the westbound Twilight Limited will be reduced from daily service to three times a week, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. subsidy-eliminatio- , budget-reductio- City-Seattl- t: Magistrate Jean F. Dwyer ordered that a preliminary hearing be held Tuesday for Jeffries, a courier with access to records of congressional hearings, who was arrested Friday night by undercover FBI agents. Jeffries worked as a messenger for Acme Reporting Co., a District of Columbia stenographic firm that transcribes closed sessions of the House. During such sessions, classified information relating to the national defense is discussed. U.S. top-secr- et Police Don't Clown Around When Clownzo Gets Tickets By Marjorie Anders r remark by A1 new use for scripts, an are into brief advertising II entry Paul McGuire and Pope John cited in this yeirs J. Fred Muggs absurdities and the gaffes among Awards from TV Guide. his senr I to douse a fire conThe magazine cited Rather for using minutes before a live report from the suming a technician's trousers Geneva. in summit award went to McGuire, who wondered The Massimno Midn t bring those two Rollie aloud why Villariova Coach the NCAA basketball championbench off the during in white guys big ship. a short but pointed The popes promo of the NBC Today show rated headline: Blessed are the Ratings. And then there was the CBS Morning News interview of Cathleen Webb and the man she says she falsely accused of rape. Gary Dotson. Phvllis George asked them. How about a hug. TV Guide replied: Dan City-Seattl- e. Americans Befriend the Needy and Continued From Awhere donation efforts suffered setbacks. San Diego's Holiday Food Drive, which was foundering last week, got a. shot in the arm over the weekend after residents heard that 31 tons of frozen chickens destined for the needy were stolen from a truck. . Only 30 tons of food had been collected for 7,500 needy families, 20 tons short of the goal. After the theft, the Ban Diego Police Officers Association, a sponsor of the Holiday Food Spotlight Plane Crashes Into Mall; 2 Die, 60 Hurt He is charged with gathering and attempting to deliver national defense secrets to the Soviet Union. Jeffries was being held without bond pending Tuesdays hearing. In a related development, House legal counsel Steven Ross, who attended the hearing, said the House has began an internal review to determine if security measures should be tightened on Capitol Hill. We will be taking a look at what steps should be taken to ensure that there are no security leaks," he said. During the hearing, Jeffries attorney, G. Allen Dale, asked that the complaint against Jeffries be dismissed because it contained "an unsubstantiated confession by my client. It is just an idle boast by my client." Rhonda Fields, assistant U.S. attorney, said Jeffries told an undercover agent posing as a Soviet representative that he had met on two occasions with Soviet officials and had delivered to them portions of documents. She said Jeffries told the agent that he had already delivered approximately 60 sample pages of documents to Soviet officials. 4 Chicago-Carbondal- Chicago to 111.: e, Champaign-Urban- The a ni will be extended to Carbondale to replace service on the Chicago-Carbonda- le "Shawnee. Ind.: The Chicago-Valparais- Calumet commuter train between the two cities will keep its current schedule, providing one daily round trip in place of the service now provided by it and its sister train, the "Indiana Connection. Chicago-St- . Louis: Of the six daily trains between the cities, the State House will drop Saturday service southbound and Sunday service northbound. On the East Coast: New York-NeOrleans: The daily Crescent will continue to operate daily between New York and Atlanta, but only three days a week between Atlanta and New Orleans. Daily service will resume after March 20 when ridership normally increases. New Ga.: The will be reduced to three times a week south of Washington, resuming daily service after March 20. Palmetto , Pa.: service will be cut from 11 weekday trains to an of seven with lesser reductionsaverage on Philadelphia-Harrisburg- Round-tri- p will keep its daily runs f York and Albany but will continue on to Niagara Fal i |
