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51 Carter says U.S. seeks cooperation with Soviets in military arms buildup ;s«! time, tiODii arey italoj, Ian :hangi ngresi on it iteti tomat; im(<S inceli oroiiit thelA thepi, hly, \ are afc emajj coni[t scom^ : United Press International ANNAPOLIS, Md. — President Carter today declared the United States seeks detente and peaceful cooperation with the Soviet Union but is adequately prepared if the Soviets choose confrontation in stead. In an address to the graduating class of the U.S. Naval Academy, Carter said “detente between our two countries is central to world peace” but must be “truly recip rocal. “Both nations must exercise re straint in troubled areas and in troubled times, he said. “Both must honor meticulously those agreements, which have already been reached, to widen coopera tion, mutually limit nuclear arms production, permit the free move ment of people and the expression of ideas, and to protect human rights.' Aides described the address as an “olive branch to the Soviets, but also a “very clear expression of Car ter’s growing concern that the Rus sian military buildup in Europe, in creasing involvement in Africa and denial of human rights in its own country could damage detente and erode public support for it. The tone of the speech was moderate but the message was tough, against a backdrop of rising international tensions. The Soviet Union can choose either confrontation or coopera tion,” Carter said. “The United States is adequately prepared to meet either choice. We would prefer cooperation through a detente that increasingly involves similar restraint for both sides, similar readiness to resolve disputes by negotiation and not vio lence, similar willingness to com pete peacefully and not militarily,” he said. Bnt the president added that competition “without restraint and without shared rules” will escalate to graver tensions and the relation ship will suffer. "I do not wish this to happen — I do not believe Mr. (Leonid) Brezhnev desires it either — and this is why it is time for us to speak frankly and to face the problem squarely,” he said. As Carter spoke, diplomatic ob servers were saying the United States was giving conflicting signals in the international arena. He ap peared to be trying to dispel any impression the United States is wavering in its resources or resolve. “Let there be no doubt about our present and future strength,” he told the graduates of the academy from which he graduated. He also said there is “certainly no cause for alarm. The healthy self-criticism and free debate which are essential in a democracy should never be con fused with weakness, despair or lack of purpose.” “Our long-term objective must be to convince the Soviet Union of the advantages of cooperation and of the costs of disruptive behavior,” he said. Citing Africa as a point of tension. Carter said “the persistent and in creasing military involvement of the Soviet Union and Cuba in Africa could deny the vision of Africa as a continent free of dominance by out side powers. He urged Russia instead to join with the United States in speeding the transition to majority rule in Rhodesia and Namibia and peace fully resolving the conflicts in Eritrea and Angola. Governor Brown freezes job hiring, United Press International LOS ANGELES — Gov. Ed mund G. Brown Jr. today signed an executive order immediately freez ing all job hiring and replacements in the state of California as a result of passage of Proposition 13. Brown also announced he would go before a joint session of the legis lature today to lay out his adminis tration’s plans for dealing with the impact of the tax initiative which cuts revenues to local governments by approximately $7 billion a year. The governor told a news confer ence that he would ask for a limit on state spending and that he would implement cuts in the state gov ernment where it was possible to do so without causing “human suffer ing.” Brown said there would be no new state taxes and the approximate $5 billion surplus in the state treas ury would be allocated to cities, counties and school districts in the most practical way possible. trytoi igsciet ich stii; er, orenf) 11 bet mode! men! eanogii; ScMta search !ral go* tives,#i n injd modec the Hi tee 'd Inapcl its, hrii of pt terrori dice so lay so« Cities now may be sued for violation of persons’ rights Pacemakers, mayonnaise on latest government list United Pi •ess International WASHINGTON — In a surprise turnabout, the Supreme Court has handed the nation’s cities another financial worry: they are subject to damage suits for violations of an in dividual’s constitutional rights. The taxpayer will have to foot the bill for this new protection under the 1871 Civil Rights Act, which punishes “any person” who, under color of state law, deprives another ofhis rights under the Constitution. Cities are now “persons under the act. Prof. Oscar Chase of Brooklyn University Law School, who won the case for some New York City women employees, said it is hoped cities will be more careful in adopt ing policies that might infringe on guaranteed rights. He suggested free speech and prisoner rights as other areas where the 7-2 ruling might have an impact. The employees had been forced by the school board to take un wanted leaves of absence during pregnancy. The policy since has been changed. The women can now go to U.S. District Court and ask for back pay. Chase said an estimated 10,000 per sons were involved in the case. Still, the city can claim it relied on the law prevailing at the time and should not be obliged to dip into its debilitated treasury. Justice William Brennan’s opin ion overturned a 1961 ruling in a Chicago case that immunized cities from such suits. The Chicago case arose from a nighttime raid on the home of a black family, whose members were treated roughly while police ransacked the house for evidence. The father was taken to the police station but was never charged with anything. The widely used opinion, written by retired Justice William Douglas, allowed damage suits against gov ernment employees as individuals but not against the city itself. Under the new reasoning, offi cials may be sued — and the cities will have to pay whatever juries or judges award — if an officially adopted discriminatory policy, or dinance, regulation or “custom” is being carried out. Cities are not liable for improper conduct of employees acting outside the law. The offenders still can be sued as individuals under the 1961 decision but often they are not fi nancially able to pay damages. United Press International WASHINGTON — Mayonnaise, microwave ovens and certain types of heart pacemakers are on the gov ernment’s latest warning list. The Food and Drug Administra tion said today surgically implanted ARCO lithium-powered pacemak ers have defects that could cause them to fail. The FDA said the company sent letters to doctors last month recommending "close monitoring of patients and pacer re placement where indicated.” The devices, which help maintain the heartbeat by sending out elec tronic impulses, were distributed worldwide and 269 of the units are still implanted in patients, the FDA said. The FDA also announced the re call of more than 48,000 jars of Kraft Real Mayonnaise with Pure Lemon Juice, which it said were manufac tured in equipment which had “minute dead insects sticking to the inside. The mayonnaise, in 32-ounce jars, was distributed in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mary land, Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia. It was manufactured dur ing March of this year. The FDA also issued a warning about 318 Caloric microwave ovens which do not meet radiation safety specifications. It said Caloric Corp., Topton, Pa., is making field correc tions on the units that were distrib uted nationally. The model in volved, ERP383, was sold between Feb. 14 and April 17 of this year. ‘Briarwootf •Mpartmcats House committee to show in fall if Oswald part of conspiracy ere . in Iress session i up letball Farrai Kit tllf irollii'! *P mdtbf Board nteron iversit) MSC able, k ack-ltf; Guard all tk iand In eadin? oineo illk ;nto> e bf' , this United Press International WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The head of a House subcommittee studying President Kennedy’s assas sination says his panel probably will show this fall whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or as part of a conspiracy in the slaying. T think that from the physical, scientific and forensic evidence we will be able to demonstrate conclu sively whether or not Oswald was the lone shooter at Dealey Plaza, the Rep. L. Richardson Preyer, D-N.C., said in an interview pub lished in Sunday’s Winston-Salem Journal. “Of course, from the scientific evidence, you can’t answer the question of whether he did have help in a conspiracy,” Preyer added. But I think we ll be able to answer that too — until all of the evidence is in, it’s impossible to say. But I know we re going to answer a lot of questions and a lot of various theories. Advanced technology has enabled the committee to analyze films, rec ordings and photographs bf the as sassination with greater ability than the Warren Commission could more than a decade ago, he said. “I think we may well be able to explain shadows and the man be hind the bush, said Preyer, allud ing to the theory that an assassin was behind a bush on the grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza. “We also have a film of a man standing in the window of the depo sitory. All this is being worked on. We may have the man in the film recognizable as Oswald, he said. Another difference comes in the newly refined Zapruder film of the assassination. The difference be tween the normal and refined ver sions of the film “is startling,” ac cording to one person who saw the committee s version. Some persons have argued Cuban leaders were behind the assassina tion, so Preyer traveled into Cuba earlier this year looking for a Cuban connection. He refused to tell who he spoke to and what he learned in Cuba, but did say he still was “exchanging in formation” with Cuban officials. The committee’s findings proba bly will be released in September with about 20 days of open hearings, Preyer said. There the committee will present what it found in a step- by-step sequence. Midnight Show Friday & Saturday. “The Groove Tube” Rated “R.” All seats $1.25 Tickets on sale 10 pm Doors open 11:30 pm i Exercise Rooms (Men* Women) 2 Swimming Pools 1. 2. 3 Bedrooms Sauna Baths F W rn| Shed and Unfurnished Tennis * Volleyball Courts Recreation Center Special discounted sum mer rates. “All bills paid during summer!” Call now for information. Call Now For Information 693-3014 iWHwy» 693-2933 Huntsville Hwy. 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