Show EMESDAYIEVENIN EINAIIEOUION House of Peace Workers’ fate still uncertain — opens starts station — HorizonsIOA Japanese in Week USX calls back some School-fe- BusinessID hurdle niarft-IEsamt- or Tuesday February 3 1987 — 100th Year of Serving Northern Utah Vd 100 No 34 WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick J Buchanan President Reagan’s chief of communications and pugnacious champion of conservative policies has resigned effective March I it was announced today His resignation was the second announced in two days by the White House The first was William Casey as director of the CIA Robert Gates is nominated to succeed him White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater acknowledged that there is “open speculation around town" that Richard Perle one of and politics of 1988 and the direction of the conservative movethe administration’s most influment and the Republican Party ential policymakers on arms control is poised to resign as by speaking and writing from a assistant secretary of defense vantage point outside the WHite Fitzwater said the House" However Before joining the White White House has not received a House in February 1985 Buchanletter of resignation or any offian wrote a newspaper column cial word that Perle is leaving There was no immediate an- and was a television commentanouncement of a successor for tor Buchanan Reagan in a statement relayed Fitzwater said Buchanan who by Fitzwater said “Pat’s commurecently said he would not run nications skills and his commitfor president in 1988 felt he ment to conservative political could “better influence the issues beliefs have been an important part of my administration for the last two years I will miss his leadership and his support Buchanan's resignation from the $77400 job has been rumored for months He persistently has urged the White House to take a hard line on issues and frequently found himself overridden Buchanan has been the White House’s leading voice for conservatism and a determined defender of the president The White House recently disassociated the president from opposition concedes Associated Press Filipinos read the news about Monday’s plebiscite Several leftist groups that demand more radical social reforms than those provided for in the charter also acknowledged Aquino’s triumph but pressed for land reform and a shake-u- p of the military “What made the people vote for ratification of the constitution is their desire for a politi Weather forecast lems “It is urgent that we should not allow the issues to slip away like the ‘Mendiola massacre’ ” a reference to the Jan 22 killing by security forces of 12 peasant protesters The plebiscite marked the first time Aquino turned to the electorate for endorsement NICOSIA Cyprus (AP) — Iran’s official radio said today that Wall Street Journal reporter Gerald F Seib was being held as a “spy of the Zionist regime” It said the United States had officially asked Iran to release him Tehran radio monitored in London did not say when or how the American request was made and gave no other details This is the first time Iran has officially confirmed Seib’s arrest Seib 30 was detained by Iranian authorities on Saturday He was one of 57 foreign journalists invited to Iran for a tour last week of the war front where Iran has been fighting with Iraq since September 1980 Seib had spent 10 days in Iran before he was seized Saturday night outside his hotel in Tehran Following his detention Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency said a “spy of the Zionist regime" had been arrested after entering the country with a false passport and disguised as a journalist It did not identify the person by name or nationality Tehran radio today said Seib was the “spy of the Zionist regime who had come to Iran disguised as a journalist" Seib has been a Journal reporter since 1978 and has covered the Middle East from Cairo since 1985 Warren H Phillips Journal chairman said Monday that the 1PAKTCHIAN SiaixJafO Eiammer A have “You (kidnappers) gone too far It's too much" chanted the demonstrators as they marched through the commercial thoroughfare of Hamra Banks restaurants schools shops and other businesses were closed by the strike Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine which claims to hold the four teachers issued a statment Monday say- - cally stable government not a consistently government shaken by militarist coup attempts" said Leto Villar chairman of the militant leftist Katipunang Anakpawis or Federation of the Toiling Masses JV Bautista a leader of the leftist group Bayan said Aquino still faces tough political prob By SUSAN in Beirut lease post some of Buchanan’s controversial remarks such as his suggestion that laws can be broken if the cause was justified He raised that idea in defending the actions of Oliver North who was fired National Security Council staff for engineering the diversion of profits from Iranian arms sales to Contra rebels in Nicaragua Buchanan also waged war with leading Republicans accusing the GOP on Capitol Hill of “heading for the tall grass" instead of defending the president during the scandal ‘We believe that a dreadful mistake has been made in the detention’ — Warren H Phillips newspaper was trying to work through Iranian and other diplomatic channels to gain Seib’s re lease : Phillips said the Journal is trying “to convey to the Iranian government that this is: a American reporter who has been seized without any cause at all” He said he knew of no charges filed against Seib After conferring with Secretary of State George P Shultz on Monday Philipps said of Seib’s detention “We believe that a dreadful mistake has been made in the detention and we fervently hope that the government of Iran realizes it has made a mistake and will set him free" State Department spokesman Charles E Redman said the Swiss Embassy which handles US interests in Iran protested Seib’s detention to Iranian authorities and demanded his release At the White House presiden tial spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the administration has no indication that Seib “was anything other than a reporter covering the q war" Two plans offered for school mergers Students protest BEIRUT Lebanon (AP) — general strike protesting the Jan 24 kidnappings of four teachers from Beirut University College paralyzed Moslem west Beirut today The Moslem kidnappers of the three Americans and an Indian said they moved the captives out of Beirut because they believe the United States plans to attack Lebanon in an effort to free hostages Hundreds of chanting students staged street demonstrations demanding the hostages’ immediate re- 35 cents Iran confirms American held Philippine MANILA Philippines (AP) — The defense minister today said the landslide approval of President Corazon Aquino’s new constitution strengthened the government's hand in batCommutling the nist insurgency “This shows repudiation of the Communist claim that it has the support of the people" Defense Minister Rafael Ileto said in a statement “It is clear our position is gaining ground” Opposition leaders on the right and left conceded defeat today as early unofficial returns indicated a huge victory for Aquino in voting on the constitution “We accept the verdict of the people" former Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile who campaigned against the charter said in a statement “We must now join hands in addressing the serious problems of our country” Final official returns from Monday’s vote were not expected for several days The private National Movement for Free Elections said its unofficial count as of late this afternoon showed 9754012 votes for the charter or 785 percent and 2669231 against it The count came from slightly more than half the nation’s 86703 precincts plan e clears committee — Utah2B House debate next AtOCil4 ?( Moslem students carry signs during protest it moved them from Beirut to “different secure areas" The statement was accompanied by a photograph of American hos47 a tage Alann Steen communications instructor at Beirut University College The group also renewed its threat to kill the hostages unless Israel releases 400 Arab prisoners but moved the deadline back from Saturday to next Monday Israel has rejected the demand ing Consolidation staff Many have suggested consolidating Utah’s school districts but few have come up with specific merger proposals There are two formal plans for consolidation and reorganization of the 40 school districts One is being debated in the state Capitol the other is tucked away in a 1974 consolidation report is Rep Kim Burningham sponsoring a bill that would allow only one school district per county reducing the number from 40 to 29 Fiscal analysts estimate it would save the state $457000 that now helps cover administration costs in those districts The bill would give districts with more than 50000 students the ability to set up a third layer of administration — such as area superintendents who report to the district superintendent — to ensure communication with Last in a series parents But many education officials dislike proposal' It would put more than of the state’s schoolchildren in the Salt Lake County school district “In 20 years that district could have over 250000 students" said Jordan Superintendent Ray Whittenburg Whittenburg said a district of thatize would have to have a third layer of administration and bringing those people in likely would offset most of the savings realized through consolidation Although Burningham’s plan concentrates mostly on cost savings another reorganization proposal was drafted 13 years ago that its author says still could work and is aimed at balancing the student population among districts The proposal was developed in 1974 by William Boren a member of the finance unit of the State Office of Education and former superintendent of the Weber district Many education officials recognize him as Utah’s foremost authority on consolidation Boren’s plan would trim the number of districts to 23 but leave most of the Wasatch Front districts intact It would however require the Ogden district to expand and include more Weber students and would reorganize the Murray Granite and Jordan districts to expand Murray and shrink the other two See PROPOSALS on 2A Efforts to kill school consolidation bill fail By SUSAN IPAKTCHIAN CfTna §ft SALT LAKE CITY — A bill to consolidate tome of the state's 40 public school districts is on its way to the House floor despite efforts by local boards and superintendents to kill the measure in committee But the bill's sponsor Rep Kim Burning-hasaid he already has prepared a weaker version as a “backup" position in case the original draft appears headed for defeat The House Education Committee voted Monday to recommend the bill favor Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers tonight Temperatures dropping to the low 30s Snow level between 5000 and 6000 feet 2A Incirta IllblUC f Arfmi lUUay A 7?77 Legislature - ably to the full House It will be debated by the 75 members of the legislative body If approved it would go to the Senate from there the governor's signature would be needed to make it law The measure would allow only one school district per county cutting the number of districts from 40 to 29 The bill was amended last week to delay its Cridge6A Dusiness1-4Ciassifiods7-IIComcs6 7A effective date to July I 1989 Orginally it was supposed to take force July I this year Fiscal ana!sts estimate the bill would save the state $457000 that now goes toward ad' ministrativc costs in districts that would be abolished under the proposal Several superintendents and school board members from around the state testified before the committee Monday asking that the bill be killed They said it would hurt rural districts and end up costing money not saving it They urged the committee to scrap the consohdaSea BILL on 2A Crossword7A Dear AtbyIOA Edtonais4A Moroscope7A Letters5A HorizonsI0-11- Movies3B Loca!1-3- National38A 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