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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1981
is Reagan recuperating privately
a spedaic.
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outthde* WASHINGTON — President
tatecomplfteagan, who has not been seen in
>imilarro!t)ublic for nine days, has “always
prison retjjeen a pretty good judge of hint
ed the stitijelf’ and is setting his own work
th the rest pace during his recupera-
:s and SSition, a White House aide says.
| Acting press secretary Larry
|i ( , Speakes described as “totally un-
’ l true” reports the president’s re
covery from a bullet that pierced
edbytlit'his lung will take much longer
telsforpnithan originally anticipated.
r ters. lol Reagan has remained in the
al billiwifemily quarters since returning to
e or foui l the White House and there have
r prison pbeen reports he tires easily and
court i.has some discomfort at times in
ney today'Jpathing.
lawyer,
an Francii
i delayed'
iry inoi
feping
bout time
“He’s doing extremely well,”
said Speakes, who reported
Reagan has regained five of the 10
pounds he lost during his hospital
stay.
“The color has come back to his
cheeks and there is a spring in his
step,” Speakes said.
“I think he has always been a
pretty good judge of himself,” said
an aide.
Speakes said there was a “secur
ity factor” in Reagan’s failure to
make an appearance from the bal
cony of the White House, as ex
pected, at the Monday Easter egg
roll on the South Lawn.
He explained the possible
appearance had been publicized
and with thousands of people on
the White House grounds, it was
decided he should not come out.
There also were indications
Nancy Reagan was keeping a
watchful eye on her husband and
does not want him pushed before
he is up to par.
Visitors who have seen Reagan
recently depict him as “presiden
tial” and bouncing back. At the
same time, Vice President George
Bush indicated last week Reagan’s
convalescence may go on for some
time.
Reagan was shot by a would-be
assassin March 30 as he was
emerging from a Washington
hotel.
Aides cite an intensification of
his official activities as proof of his
steady improvement.
Reagan was briefing a group of
friendly governors on his econo
mic recovery program, including
Democratic Gov. Fob James of
Alabama and Republican Govs.
William Clements of Texas,
Robert Orr of Indiana, Pierre du
Pont of Delaware, James Rhodes
of Ohio and David Treen of
Louisiana.
“I don’t think any of them are
wavering,” Speakes said, refer
ring to the governors’ support of
the Reagan plan.
The session was part of a new
“blitz” the White House is laun
ching to “heighten awareness” of
Reagan’s sweeping budget and tax
cut proposals.
One White House aide con
ceded Reagan’s convalescence
was the “spark plug.”
“With the president down, you
have got to make sure you’re doing
everything you can, ” he said. “We
were going to do all this anyway,
but I think we’re doing it a little
harder, more aggressively, to
make sure we’re touching all
bases.
“We hope to expand our base of
support,” he added.
Reagan put in a five-minute
telephone call to former President
Gerald Ford Monday as Ford was
departing Palm Springs, Calif, on
a speaking tour and lined up the
ex-president to put in a good word
for his economic package.
Sub collision causes uproar in Japan
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I WASHINGTON — The U.S.
Hitvy will pay damage claims for
K collision in which a nuclear
submarine sank a Japanese freigh-
fel, but a Navy investigation will
| O Itermine the American crew’s
L ^ lesponsibility in the accident.
r Navy Secretary John Lehman
ate” Mev r > * n a two-paragraph announce-
siderir ment Moaday, said U.S. liability
intainF'for the collision was accepted to
wid lengthy court battles and to
irmit the prompt start of nego-
M)rt( , ( ] ^nations on a settlement “with all
suggestaf volved Parties.”
irtificatioul The Navy said it expects to pay
iens andiabimt $4.2 million in damages,
i policy imObP
ttomeyCcl submarine USS George
simnort Washington, operating below the
[surface, collided with the freigh-
was na , ter Nissho Mam April 9 in the
by the air® ast China Sea. The Japanese
Florida fighter sank and two of its crew-
theinfk me,lwere killed -
> had cream The Navy said its decision was
; said thent'not the result of pressure from the
rnder revitf
problems. I
White House or the State Depart
ment.
“This was not a political deci
sion,” the statement said.
The collision caused an uproar
in Japan because of charges the
sub left the scene without picking
up survivors and U.S. authorities
failed to immediately notify Tokyo
of the crash.
The Navy did not address that
charge Monday, but said the
admission of responsibility “is li
mited to liability for the collision.
Any negotiated settlements would
address only actual damages.”
Japanese attorneys advised the
Navy they estimated damages for
the loss of the freighter, its 1,200
tons of raw cotton and claims for
the deaths of two crew members
and survivors would total about
$4.2 million.
The Navy probably will have to
ask Congress for most of the
money, the Navy said. Lehman’s
settlement authority is limited to
$1 million for a single claim and
amounts in excess of that must be
certified by Congress.
Lehman’s statement said the
decision did not mean the com
mander of the submarine, Cmdr.
Robert Woehl, 41, or members of
his crew were responsible for the
collision. Woehl , who first went
to sea on a nuclear sub in 1966, is a
20-year veteran and a recipient of
four medals.
The Navy is investigating the
collision and said the decision has
no bearing on Woehl’s legal
rights. Japanese authorities have
demanded to see a Navy report on
the collision, but it might take
months for the Navy to conclude
its investigation.
Navy officials said shortly after
the collision neither Woehl nor
the crew of a P-3 Orion anti
submarine aircraft called to the
scene by the sub was aware the
ds Former yippie to begin
p-year prison
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what the t'f NEW YORK — A wisecracking
imon. Abbie Hoffman, the ex-Yippie
outhern B;leader who eluded a seven-year
ve found ^police dragnet, surrendered today
gree and r, to begin serving up to three years
•, ” Briskm in prison for selling $36,000 worth
other.” of cocaine to undercover agents,
is given lk Hoffman, 44, dressed in a de
an and Jew: nim shirt, slacks and a down vest,
it interpret carried the book “Fire in the
canons. Hf Minds of Men: The Origins of Re-
e uniquensvolution,” and he was using a
deep respit hacksaw blade to mark his place,
e.” 'You think they’ll let me in with
le was held my bookmark?” he asked as he ar-
th Smiths rived outside the 11th floor cour-
j along 4 troom in state Supreme Court in
The sere: Manhattan.
ssionthelq "I was angry for the first day
iber after if
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tended ini
3 controvei?
(after the sentence), but I’m not
angry now,” Hoffman said before
settling into a seat to await formal
surrender.
“You know how it is when you
get old and the press stops paying
attention to you,” he joked as he
and his female commpanion,
Johanna Lawrenson, were hem
med in by dozens of reporters,
photographers and television
crews.
Asked how he felt about the
prospects of prison, Hoffman said
“I ran in the Boston marathon and
I was tempted to run again last
night.”
The former Yippie, who mas
queraded as “Barry Freed” during
his years underground, arrived at
the court at about 10 a. m. and took
the occasion to protest U.S. in
volvement in El Salvador.”
“If every inmate in the U.S.
penal system isn’t opposed to U.S.
policy in El Salvador, I’ll ask for
another three years (in prison),”
Hoffman said, adding that jail “is a
new experience for me.”
He was sentenced earlier this
month to three years in jail for
selling $36,000 worth of cocaine to
undercover agents in 1974.
“We’re still considering an
appeal, but we’re not making an
announcement yet,” his lawyer
Gerald Lefcourt said Monday.
Chimney in store traps
burglar for nearly a week
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to the met:! TRENTON, N.J. — Police say
the relatw ® enn Clark attempted to break
o faiths. ' nto a clothing store but instead
;got caught in a chimney for six
days.
Clark at first told authorities he
climbed onto the roof of Reiss’
Men and Boys Shop on April 13 to ,
commit suicide, and wound up in
the store’s chimney. But police
said Clark was one of two men who
tried to break into the store that
night. They caught one suspect,
and another was last seen running
across rooftops.
A woman, who was walking her
dog on Easter Sunday, past the
store and heard muffled calls for
help then notified police. Clark
was found on his knees, stuck in
side the chimney.
He was taken to the Mercer
Medical Center, where he was
given his first meal in nearly a
week.
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freighter was in danger. The sub
surfaced after the accident but lost
sight of the Japanese ship because
of bad weather, the officials said.
The legal basis for the decision
to accept liability is a 1974 federal
court ruling involving a surfacing
nuclear submarine and a mer
chant vessel. The court ruled a sub
operating below the surface must
“give way” to a surface ship.
The sub is at its base in Guam,
although its home port is Pearl
Harbor, a Navy spokesman said.
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