Show mmimx Serving Weber North Davis Morgan and Box Elder Counties 25C Daily Ogden Utah Saturday July 28 1984 No 210 97th Year 75C Sunday Libya may pull out of games LOS ANGELES (UPI) — f®ir bo3 Pe- ter Ueberroth president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing off Committee said Friday Libya had not yet decided whether to pull its the summer games six-memb- er team from In a report monitored in Be- By DON BAKER earlier Friday Libya announced its withdrawal — irut Standard-Examine- is- sue visas to three men who said they were Libyan journalists The State Department cited "security reasons" for the ban "The Libyan Arab Jamahiriya decided to withdraw from the Olympic Games in Los Angeles"' the official Libyan news agency said But at a news conference Ueberroth said he had spoken to the president of the Libyan Na- ot 1 much-neede- a participant here a weightlifter I hope he's in the ceremonies If he's not he's not I would rather focus attention on the more than 7000 athletes who will be partic- Ma-thes- ipating" There was no elaboration on the statement from Tripoli The Libyan news agency report referred to Col Moammar Khada-fy'- s nation by its official title the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya The announcement made Libya the 19th nation to boycott or pull out of the games that begin Saturday with opening ceremonies It could not be immediately determined whether the six Libyan athletes originally entered in the Olympics had left Los An- s trian team had been canceled In Washington a State De- partment spokesman identified Shla-g- u Abdus Salam Ben Chayal and Kalifa Abdel Sadeq He said they were denied visas under the US Immigration and Nationali- ty Act for "security reasons" on three-legge- geles The Libyan team included a weightlifter and five horsemen Ueberroth said a charter carrying horses for the Libyan eques- the three Libyans as Milud Steve JonesStandard-Examine- r top of the photo is the area where the Southern Pacific causeway is scheduled to be breached Wednesday At annms talks sti ssDblle p® Dnsodle Despite Soviet statement Americans stili prepare for meeting in Vienna WASHINGTON (AP) — The United the talks to a total ban on space weaponry and to impose the testing and deployment moratorium while the negotiations proceed He charged that the Reagan administration's position on the talks "has been negative and ambiguous from the very beginning and remains so now" Speakes said that in addition to the talks on space weapons the United States still intends to raise the possibility at Vienna of renewing the suspended Gevena talks on the reduction of offensive nuclear weapons But he said this approach does not represent a and added: "If the Soviets do not choose to listen to our views on this subject they need not" States does not agree with Soviet officials that arms control talks planned for Vienna in September are now impossible and is continuing preparations in the expectation the talks will take place White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Friday Earlier in Moscow Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister Viktor G Komplektov told reporters that the talks have become impossible because the United States won't agree to Soviet demands to limit the agenda and impose a moratorium on testing and deployment The Soviets proposed that both sides issue a joint statement agreeing to limit pre-conditi- on "But for us and for mankind this subject is too important to ignore" Speakes said Gregory Nokcs is chief State Department correspondent for Analysis The Associated Press By R GREGORY NOKES WASHINGTON — The Soviet Union's assertion that the United States has rendered "impossible" scheduled negotiations on space weaponry comes as little surprise And it probably isn't the last word either over an issue where both sides have so far done most of their talking past — rather than to — one another The date Sept 18 was agreed and the place Vienna was too And according to White House spokesman Larry Speakes the United States still intends to show up But from the beginning when the administration quickly ac- - cepted the Soviets' June 29 proposal for the meeting there has been a vast difference over the purpose of it all While the administration said it was accepting the Soviet proposal to hold talks on space weapons it insisted on the right to raise other arms control issues — such as intercontinental and intermediate-rang- e nuclear mis- siles Moscow countered that it wouldn't allow that and wanted the agenda limited to a proposed ban of space weaponry — namely weapons known as ASATs Moreover the Kremlin wanted the United States to immediately agree to an interim moratori Speakes complained that the Soviet on weapons seriously and respond constructively" Speakes said "We simply point out that we wish to restore exchanges on a subject of offensive nuclear arms" he said "The world has a right to expect the USSR and the United States to maintain such news agency Tass had "misrepresented" the US position on the talks That position he said "is that we have discussions" vigorously and we expect to be in Vienna" Speakes said "We do not believe that such discussions are 'impossible'" he said "And we are continuing to deal with this subject in private diplomatic channels" te Speakes said the United States is very reluctant to go along with a Soviet proposal for maratorium on testing space weaponry before the talks begin He said the Soviet Union already has anti-satelli- te um on the testing and deployment of such weapons The Soviet Union which already has tested a somewhat crude ASAT device declared a unilateral moratorium last November the administration has balked at delaying development of a more sophisticated and effective US ASAT weapon saying its production and testing is needed for parity with the Sovi- ets Speakes said that "We will take whatever the Soviets say on weapons seriously and respond constructively" At the same time he said the United States still plans to raise the issue of strategic weapons and "If the Soviets do not choose to listen to our views on this subject they need not" The US approach on the talks anti-sate- llite 3 The Public Communications Department is the key to getting news of the LDS 1C Church to the world disadvantage "We will take whatever the Soviets say anti-satelli- Communicate tested such weapons and a moratorium would place the United States at a serious the discussions without the talks But the Soviet position also has been carefully set out as each side sought to portray itself to global public opinion as fa- hoping to pin the blame on the other if the talks didn't get off the ground One senior State Department official told a reporter several days ago that the Soviets may voring negotiations have expected Washington to ject the proposed talks and were "caught off guard" by the adminre- accep- tance The official who spoke on condition he not be identified suggested Moscow had '511 pics "Our preparations are continuing officials at the Pentagon and State Department after Washington was taken by surprise when the Soviets first proposed v calendar lists the coming week's events at the Olyrm A Soviet proposal pre-conditio- was carefully crafted — and carefully vague — according to istration's statement of Event list for in Vienna in September accepted Superpowers have been talking past — rather than to — each other R 1B ot who wanted to talk again Friday night "They have not made a decision one way or another" Ueb- have asked — last-ditc- tional Organizing Committee "They Injunction County Commission and the Ogden Area Chamber of Commerce Those entities have contended the breach will do little to control lake flooding but could substantially damage or even destroy a vital $86 million successful Weber County chemical extracHeavy equipment is expected tion industry breach in to complete a 300-foMeanwhile construction crews the Southern Pacific causeway at are to complete the 300-forushing 1:30 am allowing a free flow railroad trestle that will carof water between the north and ry rail traffic over the breach south arms of the lake Workmen need to finish The breach is expected to several sections of the trestle equalize the levels of the lake arms redistributing valuable bridge and excavate the fill brines that are the source of salt material put in place when the and other minerals produced by breach was built According to a Southern many lakeside industries Heralded by state officials as a Pacific spokesman the small d flood control mea- wall of dirt and rock will remain sure the breach should drop the in place Wednesday morning for north arm of the lake by about 9 removal by a drag line inches and boost the south arm The force of water flowing by about 2 feet between the arms of the lake will A brief ceremony to signal do the rest he said completion of the breach will be Dr Wally Gwynn chief of the keynoted by Gov Scott M Utah Geological and Mineral who has been a chief minerals section said proponent of the $37 million Survey's effects the of the breach will be breach project and Southern Pain several locations monitored cific Transportation Company during the next few months Chairman Denman K McNear However the event could be Gywnn said a monitoring called off if a businessman is tower — installed earlier this successful in his efforts to obtain month about five miles south of a court injunction blocking the the causeway and northwest of breach Carrington Island — will allow J who William Colman operstate officials to evaluate specific ates solar ponds that extract lithchanges in lake chemistry due to from lake brines chloride ium the breach at precise levels has filed a motion in state disd tower which The trict court asking for an injunccost about state the $14000 is tion He says the breach would cause him substantial financial also equipped with a fairly sophisticated weather station damage without providing correthat will provide meteorological sponding benefits to the public data to the National Weather A previous suit by Great Salt Lake Chemicals and Minerals service and other agencies Data on the present chemistry Corp which sought a federal court injunction to halt the of the south arm is already being breach was rejected by Federal gathered at the tower and other locations Gwynn said to Judge Aldon Anderson The breach proposal has been provide a basis for comparison bitterly opposed since its incep- once the water begins to flow tion by GSL and has also drawn between the north and south strong protests from the Weber arms More on Olympics — 3B erroth said staff r The last few tons of earth will be moved Wednesday to complete what has become one of the most controversial water projects in Utah history — unless a lakeside businessman's h attempt to stop it is apparently in retaliation for State Department refusal to ©aysewsiw M kw&&"l4 8 r: "painted itself into a corner" and would be looking for a way out But although Secretary of State George P Shultz said on several occasions that the Soviets "just won't take yes for an answer" the reality was that the administration never really did accept the Soviet proposal Key Pentagon officials suspected the Kremlin's goal was to maintain an advantage in ASAT weapons and also to block the Reagan administration plans for — or "Star Wars" space-base- d — weapons with pressure from Congress and the State Department to move on the But space weaponry front Reagan's political advisers didn't want to pass up an opportunity to soften the president's image of being See ANALYSIS on 2A Piggybacking it — 5A Sections 38 Pages) Church News C Section (3 Classified Comics Editorials LocalMetro Mini Page Movies Obituaries Sports Television Utahthe West Weather 8B-15- B 8A-9- A 4A B Section 2B 6A-7- A 7B 3B-6- B 8A 6A 2A |