Show 2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday February 2 1988 NATO commander endorses INF treaty WASHINGTON - The top allied commander in Europe disputing his predecessor endorsed the INF treaty in Senate testimony today and said he could still deter Soviet aggression and defend Europe under the pact Gen (UPI) John Galvin whose support for the treaty is at odds with the strong opposition of Gen Bernard Rogers who retired last June as NATO commander also told the Armed Services Committee the accord “carries some risks — risks that are avoidable if given proper attention I am convinced that the treaty should be ratified” Galvin said he told President Reagan last year as on eliminating superpower ground-base- d medium-rang- e nuclear missiles neared conclusion he could “still do the mission assigned to me in Europe — deterrence and negotiations defense” Rogers said Monday the treaty was “wrong” and Twe should not" have it but not to approve its ratification could be disastrous for NATO Also quizzed on the treaty today were five former secretaries of defense including the d Caspar Weinberger who appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee where the current chief Frank Carlucci appeared Monday All expressed support for the treaty just-retire- Weinberger strongly defended the administration’s stand on the pact against criticism by conservatives including Sen Jesse Helms but agreed with Helms the United States must have an express policy for reacting to Soviet cheating Weinberger addressed Helms's concerns about difference in CIA an approximate and Defense Intelligence Agency estimates of the number of Soviet 0 missiles the type that would be eliminated under the INF pact “I don’t know whether they have 300 more missiles or not” he told Helms “No one has claimed that the verification is 100 percent R-N- C 300-missi- le “There’s been a lot of Soviet cheating in the past” Weinberger said “Their definition of truth is different from ours" he said adding' that the Soviet definition is anything that furthers their own interests “We expect they will cheat” Weinberger said to which Helms retorted: “I think ’hey”ll cheat just to stay in practice" SS-2- perfect Weinberger also came out forcefully against Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze's recent statements that NATO cannot modernize nuclear weapons under NATO’s battlefield-rang- e the INF treaty Meese Punxsutawney Phil calls for early spring PUNXSUTAWNEY Pa (UPI) — Punxsutawney Phil the weather-forecastin- groundhog g today emerged from his hole in a steady rain and failed to see his shadow for only the ninth time in the past 101 years — a harbinger of an early spring The crowd of about 1000 people cheered wildly when “the Great Prognosticator” emerged from his e electrically heated burrow atop Gobblers' Knob and whispered his prediction in "grounghogese” to James Means president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club “Phil came out of his official home at 7:32 am to start his second century with an accurate prediction He has failed to see his shadow” said Means the sole Punxsutawnian of 8000 in this western Pennsylvania town d who is in Phil’s native tongue Legend has it that if a groundhog sees his shadow he will be scared back into his burrow for six more weeks of rain-drench- man-mad- blue-coll- ar well-verse- winter Means said it is only the ninth time in the past 101 years that the animal kingdom’s most acclaimed meteorologist has predicted an early spring Many in the crowd shrugged off the weather and rain and toasted Phil with beer as Means in top hat and tails held the rodent At the ceremony were exchange students from countries as diverse as Ireland Colombia France and Mexico “It makes you think that some of the things Americans do are a little strange waking up to see an animal” said Helena Gomez 18 of Col defends role in pipeline ombia “We don’t do it Maybe to see a person but not an animal It makes you realize that America is a completely different country” “It’s really confusiung and unusual and even a little bit crazy” said Ivan Desentis 17 of Mexico When the daybreak extravaganza in Punxsutawney ended the furry forecaster WASHINGTON was whisked to the downtown municipal building and snuggled into the heated den — complete with lights a private waterfall and a view of the public park — that Phil shares with his cousin and understudy Barney “This is the best advertising you can get It’s all over the world” said Mayor Mike Catanzarigo who has been a resident of Punxsutawney since 1919 “I tell people that Punxsutawney is tne weather capital of the world and outer Lynnette Harris staff writer After lengthy discussion and despite some dissent the Utah State University Faculty Senate agreed in a voice vote Monday to approve a separate geography department in the College of Natural Resources ee and agreed with Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil — an early temperatures spring Under cloudy skies Chuck’s fat furry body did not cast a shadow “He’s got an 80 percent record at forecasting” said zoo spokeswoman Kathy Whitford “That’s better than Phil” Assistant Provost Blythe Ahlstrom said during the Senate's regular meeting that the study conducted by an group examined several colleges as possible locations for the new departhe ment It recommended said that the new department be created and because of "the current direction and personnel” that it be added to the College of Natural Re- sources Ahlstrom said the change will cost about 825000 to fund salaries for a new department head and secretary and to cover other expenses Senate member Steven Soulier asked if it would be appropriate to create a new department when university budgets are very lean and Herald Journal USPS 701 2000 Paul Publisher W R Published every evening Monday Friday and Sunday morning by Car he Valley Publishing Co 75 West 3rd Norh Logan Utah I4J21 P O Box 487 Telephone 7S2 2121 Second Oass postage paid m Logan Utah MEMBER Audit Bureau of Circulation United 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opposed to faculty representation Kerr argues Ascione said that faculty members are employees of the system while students are Rolfe consumers The senate voted to have members notify local legislators of their position before a legislative vote on adding a seat to the Board of Regents The senate accepted the Merrill Library and Learning Resources Program annual agreed with Johanson that restaurant workers will benefit by earning better tips Bell Liquor Continued from pagel it may need to use a new accounting method to allow to be kept on the same tab as food Before making such changes however he is waiting for the new law to go into effect and for its implications to "trickle down" to him from state and local Alcohol Beverage Control officers Across the street at Gia’s Restaurant and Delicatessen 119 S Main manager Sidney "Rusty" Bell said the change "is a real small remedy to a real big problem" btll said the change is a good one “but it isn't enough" He said "I'm not satisfied with the change It's not what we need But it's the system we have to live with here in Utah" He said he would like the stale "just get out of the liquor business and open it up to the competitive market It isn't a problem anywhere else just in mini-bottl- es Utah" ' President Reagan replied “rubber stamp operation” because the item is on the At- After canceling a speaking engagement to spend most of the morning with nis attorneys Meese delivered the statement but declined to take any questions or give any indication of his plans Meese denied he promoted the pipeline project in which his longtime friend and former attorney E Robert Wallach had a financial interest and which is now the subject of independent prosecutor James McKay's investigation When asked at the White House whether he thought Meese could remain in his job Club officials insist that Phil is the very same groundhog who has been reporting on the dawn of spring for more than a century rejuvenating himself each August by drinking a secret “groundhog punch” that increases his lifespan by seven years with each sip In New York Chuck the Staten Island Zoo groundhog took a stroll outside his winter uarters' today in balmy when other departments have been considering consolidation Several members expressed concern that the senate vote would be nothing more than a - responsible” space” Despite dissent faculty senate OKs new department By (UPI) torney General Edwin Meese again predicting he will be cleared of wrongdoing says his role in a questionable $1 billion Iraqi pipeline project “was extremely limited" and lawful at all times At a news conference Monday meant to head off new allegations he may have known of illegal attempts to bribe Israeli officials to support the classified project Meese gave no indication that he intends to step aside “I did not initiate or promote this particular project” the attorney general said “I remain fully confident that on a fair evaluation of the facts and the law the independent counsel and his staff will conclude that my limited contact with the Aqaba pipeline project was entirely lawful proper and and from not having to explain “Utah’s weird liquor laws to people anymore" said Gia's employees some of whom are LDS have He expressed no dissatisfaction with the proposed law "They see it as a way to make more in tips" Bell said Under present state statutes restaurant patrons wanting alcoholic beverages with their meals can order drink "set- ups" the ic portion of the beverages and have them served at the table But diners must find get their own alcohol — from the restaurant’s bar or from some other liquor sales office state-controll- Some diners don't like that incovenience lawmakers resolutely reasoned this year And as a result one of the first likely laws to come out of the 1988 Legislature will be the one that would allow servers to e to the bring the table mini-bottl- report Ken Marks program director said because of budget cuts and the nation’s economic state the library is barely able to maintain a status quo of service and re- sources Marks said while there were some significant purchases made last year the budgets for acquisitions and for the conversion of the traditional card computer catalog to the catalog are insufficient Space allocation is another problem at the library According to the report the library currently has about 850 study stations It says ” even if we use conservative library standards which call for about 2500 seats per 10000 students it is evident how deficient we are” The library committee is looking into moving lesser used items to other spaces on campus to allow more study space and more stack space for more frequently used items The senate accepted a report from the bookstore committee on-li- containing a philosophy and operations statement as well as an analysis of bookstore operations for 1988-8- 7 Chris Coray asked why the a bookstore entity has to return revenue after expenses to the student center in addition to paying rent Vice President for Student Services Val Christensen said the bond agreement on the Taggart Student Center requires that revenue generated over and above expenses by enterprises housed in the student center be dedicated to retiring the debt on the building The senate also heard a report on staff benefits from Clark England and voted to postpone a report from the research council because Vice President for Research Bartell Jensen and Provost Peter Wagner were in Salt Lake City with other administrators to present USU's budget proposal to a committee of tne state legislature Monday: “No comment I’m not going to talk about it” Last week it was disclosed that Wallach wrote a memorandum to Meese in 1985 suggesting that payments be made to Israeli officials to win their pledge not to attack the facility The pipeline which was to have run from Iraqi oil fields to the Jordanian port of Aqaba on the Red Sea was never built “At no time was there any discussion hint or implication of a payment to any official or political party” Meese said “It contains no reference to 'bribes' or 'payoffs”’ He said the language referred to “consists of 10 words in one of two long documents” from Wallach and “I do not recall having read the specific words that have now mushroomed in importance but I certainly did not receive from the memorandum any impression of illegality whatsoever” Indeed when he said Wallach brought up the topic he was referred to Robert McFarlane then the national security adviser and the National Security Council That referral Meese said came "months after the prime minister of Israel (Snimon Peres) had provided an initial assurance that there would be no unprovoked aggression against the pipeline” Meese said Wallach was representing Swiss investor Bruce Rappaportinthedeal Major banks cut prime lending rates - NEW YORK (UPI) Several major banks including Citibank Chase Manhattan and Morgan Guaranty Trust Co cut their prime lending rates today by a quarter percentage point to 85 percent Chemical Bank also joined in the reduction in the prime lending rate which serves as the basis for calculating the interest rates on a variety of loans to consumers and small businesses was effective immediately the banks said The rate had stood at 875 percent since Nov 5 Bank spokesmen said Tuesday's reduction in the prime reflected interest rate declines that already have occurred over the past few weeks in the securities markets “(The rate cut) has no great significance for the future course of interest rales" said Jeffrey Leeds a Chemical Bank managing director “Rather it reflects conditions In the open marketplace where conditions have been easier over the last several weeks” Hoping to quell the newest in barrage of allegations against him in the last year Meese already is on the defensive for his legal advice and handling of the investigation as well as errors in his disclosure statements a Iran-Cont- and questions ra about his personal finances In addition McKay has Meese's ties to the scandal-tor- n Wedtech Corp a New York City defense conprobed tractor But the heat was turned up on the attorney general when McKay met last Friday with White House chief or staff Howard Baker and White House legal counsel AB Culvahouse to alert them to the development in his investigation of the pipeline project |