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MOSCOW — U.S. officials laid
the cornerstone of the new $100 mil
lion American Embassy, long de
layed and specially designed to pre
vent Soviet hugging and microwave
bombardment.
U.S. Ambassador Malcolm Toon,
who is leaving his post next month
and returning to private life, got in a
few diplomatic barbs Friday, allud
ing in particular to the protracted
delays in getting the project started.
The new 10-acre embassy com
plex — next to the cramped yellow-
stucco building used since 1952 —
should be completed by 1983, at
which time the Russians will move
into their new embassy in Washing
ton.
The ceremonies for the most ex
pensive U.S. Embassy in the world
were about as smooth as negotia
tions on the complex, which drag
ged on for 17 years and several
times came to a halt.
“During 46 years of relations be
tween our countries, the American
Embassy has been in two buildings
that were described as temporary,
the veteran silver-haired diplomat
said. “I have had the pleasure — I
assume that’s the proper word — of
working in both buildings. Toon
told the U.S. and Soviet officials.
U.S. officials said the new em
bassy will be constructed by Soviet
workers, but supervised by Ameri
cans who will check for electronic
bugging devices.
When the political section of the
old embassy was remodeled in 1975,
Navy Seabee crews found dozens of
hidden microphones built into ceil
ings and walls.
In 1960, a microphone was found
in the eagle’s beak of a U.S. seal
presented to the United States by
the Soviets.
In June 1978, U.S. security
guards making a routine check
found an empty shaft in the embassy
and an underground tunnel filled
with tape recorders and other bug
ging equipment.
Special materials also are being
brought in that will resist mi
crowave bombardment of the em
bassy.
Elections to decide
fate of amendments
United Press International
AUSTIN — There are no elec
tions for statewide office holders this
fell, but voters still will get an op
portunity on Nov. 6 to adopt three
proposed constitutional amend
ments passed by the Legislature last
spring.
One constitutional amendment
would authorize the Legislature to
establish a program of state guaran
teed loans to he used for the pur
chase of farm or ranch land.
The amendment would authorize
$10 million in general obligation
bonds, the proceeds of which would
be administered by the agriculture
commissioner.
The bonds would he used to:
—Guarantee loans made by pri
vate lenders to individuals for the
purchase of farm or ranch land.
I —Acquire mortgages or deeds of
trust on lands purchased under a
[guaranteed loan.
I —Advance to the borrower a per
centage of the principal and interest
due on a guaranteed loan.
Rep. Luther Jones, D-El Paso,
sponsored the proposed constitu-
i : tional amendment to help '‘entry-
level’ farmers and ranchers obtain
land.
Jones said voter Approval of the
amendment would preserve family
farms in Texas.
The second proposed constitu
tional amendment would authorize
the Legislature to provide terms of
office for notaries public of two to
four years. Notaries now serve
two-year terms.
The amendment also gives the
secretary of state power to appoint
notaries public for the state rather
than the present appointment of
notaries for each individual county.
Passage of the amendment would
save the state money by reducing
costs to both government and
notaries public by decreasing the
number of renewals and reappoint
ments to be made.
The third proposed constitutional
amendment would authorize the
Legislature to establish procedures
for “legislative review’ of state-
agency rulemaking. The law could
prescribe conditions for agency
rules to take effect and could
provide for suspension, repeal or
expiration of existing rules.
Woman says
she saw aide
use cocaine
United Press International
NEW YORK — An attorney
for a Houston woman says his
client told the Justice Depart
ment she saw Hamilton Jordan,
President Carter’s chief of staff,
use cocaine at a Beverly Hills,
Calif., dinner party in 1977, the
New York Times reported Sun
day.
Attorney Irving R. Osser said
the woman, Lana Jean Rawls, 36,
ex-wife of singer Lou Rawls, was
prepared to testify under oath if
she were granted immunity, the
Times said.
Members of the White House
group who accompanied Jordan
on the West Coast trip have de
nied that Jordan or anyone else
in the group used or purchased
illegal drugs while in Los
Angeles.
But Rawls said she had ob
tained $500 from a member of
Jordan’s party at Sergio’s — a re
staurant which has since gone
out of business, the newspaper
said. She said she then left the
table and came back a short time
later with from 5 to 7 grams of
cocaine, the Times said.
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