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Page 16AThe BattalionAVednesday, January 15, 1986 Westland bids Thatcher to face debate over handling of takeover attempt Associated Press LONDON — Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Tuesday den ied that her trade secretary misled Parliament in a growing dispute over a joint U.S. and Italian bid to purchase the financially troubled Westland PLC helicopter company. An opinion poll showed her gov erning Conservative Party trailing the socialist Labor Party by five per centage points, 38 percent to 33 per cent. Thatcher faces a full-blown de bate today in Parliament on her handling of the takeover bids for Westland. Defense Secretary Michael Hesel- tine resigned Thursday and un leashed a blast at the prime minister, claiming she had tried to stifle his right to lobby against the U.S.-Ital ian bid in favor of a British-Euro- pean consortium. The political battle widened Mon day when Trade Secretary Leon Brittan gave an incomplete answer to a question Heseltine asked about a letter from British Aerospace re lated to the dispute. Brittan said, “I have not received any such letter,” but admitted later he knew Thatcher had received a letter from British Aerospace. “I do not accept that (Brittan) mis led the House,” Thatcher said dur ing prime minister’s question time, the twice-weekly, 15-minute session when she must respond to legis lators’ questions. Not telling the truth in Parliament is a serious offense, and opposition Labor lawmakers called for Brittan’s resignation when he apologized for his answer. The letter was marked private and strictly confidential, Brittan said, and he had not felt he was au thorized to reveal its existence. Thatcher, pressed Tuesday by La bor lawmaker Peter Pike to explain why she had remained silent while Brittan gave an incorrect answer, re plied, “It is my practice not to pub lish exchanges from third parties . . . especially if they are marked private and strictly confidential.” Political commentators speculated that the letter concerns a meeting at which Brittan allegedly urged Brit ish Aerospace officials to withdraw from a .European consortium seek ing to buy Westland. British Aerospace’s withdrawal would weaken the consortium’s bid and improve chances for a rival bid by a U.S. subsidiary of United Tech nologies, Sikorsky, and the Italian automaker, Fiat. Heseltine has charged that Brittan tried to get British Aerospace to withdraw from the Westland rescue effort. He has accused Thatcher of trying to muzzle him and of ignoring what he said was a Cabinet majority in favor of a British-European con sortium to take over Westland. Westland’s future could be de cided Friday at a shareholders’ meet ing where a 75 percent majority is required to approve the Sikorsky- Fiat bid, whicn is endorsed by the Westland board of directors. Rebels advance on leader’s palace Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain — Rebel troops and militiamen in Marxist South Yemen advanced on the presi dential palace behind tanks Tuesday in the capital city of Aden, Persian Gulf sources reported. They said earlier that President Ali Nasser Mo hammed was badly wounded. Gulf-based shipping executives said Mohammed was hospitalized following a would-be assassination Monday during a coup attempt by leaders of a radical faction closely tied to the Soviet Union. Reports reaching London from “We have information . . . about President Mohammed being hospitalized for serious injuries he suffered in the assassination attempt.” — a Persian Gulf shipping executive, who spoke on condition he not be identified. States has no diplomatic representa tion in South Yemen and said there were few, if any, Americans there. A gulf shipping executive, who spoke on condition he not be identi fied, told the AP, “We have informa tion received by wireless from the port of Aden about President Mo hammed being hospitalized for se- itf< ' is " the Red Sea on the southern end of the Arabian peninsula. Aden told of unidentified planes bombing Aden airport Tuesday and of artillery and small arms fire in central Aden and in the city’s port. Washington, State Department South Yemen, a key Soviet ally in spokesman Charles E. Redman the Mideast, lies near the mouth of noted Tuesday that the United rious injuries he suffered in the as sassination attempt.” Marine executives in Bahrain, Du bai and Kuwait said they been re ceiving wireless messages about street fighting from ships anchored at Aden. Actress Reed, 64, succumbs to cancel Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Donna Reed, who starred as a model wife and mother on her own television series but won an Academy Award portraying a prostitute, died Tuesday of pan creatic cancer. She was 64. “Miss Reed died at her Beverly Hills home at 9:17 a.m. — her husband, Grover Asmus, was at her side,” said Pat Gibson, a press agent for Reed’s publicist and friend Harry Flynn. Reed won a supporting actress Oscar in 1953 for her role as a prostitute in “From Here to Eter nity,” the tale of Army life on the eve of Pearl Harbor. But she is probably best re membered as Mrs. Stone, the ideal wife to a pediatrician and mother of two on ABC-TV’s “The Donna Reed Show,” which co-starred Carl Betz, Paul Peter son, Shelley Fabares and, in later years, Patty Peterson. The show ran for eight seasons beginning in 1958. During the 1984-85 season, the hazel-eyed Reed appeared as Miss Ellie on the prime-time soap opera hit “Dallas,” but that role ended with a lawsuit when she was cut to make room for the re turn of Barbara Bel Geddes in the role. Leonard Katzman, producer of “Dallas” from its beginning in 1978 until 1985, said, “She was just a lovely person. It (herdeatli) hurts a lot. Reed was hospitalized several months ago for ulcers. While be ing treated at Cedars-Sinai Medi cal Center for bleeding ulcers in December, the malignancy in her pancreas was discovered Reed’s other film appearances included Frank Capra’s dassk “It’s a Wonderful Life," “ThePic ture of Dorian Gray,” “Green Dolphin Street,” “The Last Time I Saw Paris” and “The Benin Goodman Story.” Gibson said funeral services will be at Westwood Cemeten, but a date or time hasn’t beendt termined. In 1978, she starred in the four-hour NBC movie, "TheBesi Place to Be,” then returned it 1979 for a two-hour episode o( “Love Boat," filmed m Honj Kong. She agreed to take over thti role of Miss Ellie on “Dallas' when Bel Geddes, who had nit the ranch for six seasons, told producers she could not continucl because of ill health. But last April, producers foi Lot imai Prodiu tions, which filml "Dallas” for CBS, told Reedthaif Bel Geddes had agreed torettinB to the show. 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