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United Press International
UNITED NATIONS — The
Egyptian ambassador to the United
Nations said Tuesday that the Camp
David accords “are not in them
selves the end of the road” to peace
in the Middle East, “but only the
beginning.”
The ambassador, A. Esmat Abdel
Meguid, also told the 33rd regular
session of the General Assembly
that a “comprehensive settlement”
must involve Israeli withdrawal
from all Arab territories occupied
since 1967, including Jerusalem.
Meguid’s address came two days
before the scheduled start of
Egyptian-Israeli talks in Washington
and a day after Israeli Foreign Min
ister Moshe Dayan hinted to the
same General Assembly that Israel
intends to hold onto its settlements
in the West Bank.
The West Bank settlements and
the issue of Jerusalem, which the Is
raelis have said flatly they do not in
tend to give up, loomed as the major
issues in the upcoming Washington
talks.
The Camp David agreements
“are not in themselves the end of
the road, but only the beginning,”
Meguid said.
Meguid insisted Egypt “is not
seeking a separate peace” with Is
rael, “but a comprehensive settle
ment which takes into consideration
the legitimate rights of the Palesti
nian people and the withdrawal of
Israel” from occupied Arab ter
ritories.
But Meguid stopped short of cal
ling for a separate Palestinian state,
which hard-line Arab nations have
demanded.
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with the roar of a giant “vacuum cleaner" being used to clean
the dorm roof before resurfacing. According to Harold Davis,
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operations superintendent of Gerlach Roof systems of Texas,
the roof must be cleaned and patched before it can be re
saturated with asphalt. Battalion photo by Anne Marsden
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SEATTLE — The first foreign-designed major weapon system
built in America for the U.S. Army has successfully passed the prin
cipal part of its test program, demonstrating that the United States
can benefit from weapons technology developed by its allies.
A report from the Boeing Aerospace Company said Monday the
U.S. Roland air defense missile system has completed a series of
| stringent tests with firing over the White Sands Missile Range, N. M.,
and ground tests at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
The tests, begun last February, highlighted a program to transfer
the French-German Roland design to the United States, build four
fire units and more than 100 missiles and test the equipment against
Army specifications and for compatiblitiy with the European
hardware.
In the White Sands tests, the supersonic missiles were fired against
computer-simulated targets, drones and unmanned F86 and F-102
fighters. Americian missiles were fired from U.S. and European fire
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lealth care plan
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Ameri-
n Medical Association told Con-
iss Tuesday it strongly opposes
i-J. Edward Kennedy’s proposal
R >r a federally controlled national
alth insurance plan.
We do not find such a program
1 ' e in the interest of the citizens of
p country, Dr. James H. Sam-
Rns, executive vice president of
le AMA, told a Senate health sub-
Immittee chaired by Kennedy,
?-Mass.
(But AFL-CIO President George
leany and United Auto Workers
pident Douglas Fraser praised
Tnm-r 1 r Kennedy plan and said it should
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pelicans by 1985.
^Sammons told the committee on
P second day of hearings that while
“ere are drawbacks in U.S. health
Ii’ i' S ,„ su P er ior to any other in
y e world and Kennedy's proposal
'u hurt the system through fed-
| a a< Jministration and control.
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“Just a minute. Doctor,” Ken
nedy interrupted. “I can’t let that
statement go by without comment-
ing.
“It may be the finest for those
who can afford it; it’s not the finest
for the 26 million Americans who
have no health insurance,” Kennedy
said.
Dr. William C. Felch of Rye,
N.Y., chairman of the AMA’s Coun
cil on Legislation, also attacked the
Kennedy plan.
“In our opinion, we do not think
the American public will want its
health care directed and controlled
by the federal government,” Felch
said.
Meany took the opposite stand.
“The medical care situation in the
United States is a disaster waiting to
happen. Costs are escalating out of
hand,” he said.
On Monday, the committee
heard Canadians praise their coun
try’s national health insurance prog
ram and a litany of woes from sev
eral U.S. families hard hit by the
rising cost of medical care in this
country.
units, and American equipment fired both U.S. and European mis
siles.
In some flights the target was maneuvered and took evasive action.
In one test, a single fire unit scored successes against two targets in
only seven seconds. In one day five Roland missiles knocked down
two unmanned fighters, one drone, and came within lethal distance
of two more drones.
During the early tests, crews were comprised of employees of
Hughes Aircraft Company and Boeing’s Army Systems Division. Boe
ing assembled the fire units and trained the Army crews. In later
tests. Army crews conducted the firings, including several under
“no-warning” simulated combat conditions. German and French
crews also participated in the test firings.
Advantages of the Roland missile system include its ability to oper
ate day or night and in any weather. The White Sands tests included
firings when the gunner could not see the target, relying entirely on
radar.
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