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i Tuesday. July 22, 1906/The Battalion/Page 5 Botha, Tutu swap viewpoints during ‘friendly exchange’ PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Presidem PW Botha met with Bishop Desmond Tutu for two hours Monday about the state of wnergency and warned him not to support economic sanctions against South Africa. The black Anglican cleric said the emergency provided temporary re lief without addressing the prooiem itself, like “an aspinn to a too thache M A statement from Botha after the meeting said he told Tutu that “I ex pect it of him as a South African to take a stand rejecting the imposition of sanctions, and . . . against foreign intervention in the affairs of our country." Tutu called it "a very friendly ex change, frank. Both of us. we didn’t mince words. My own position with regard to sanctions also came into view." Their last meeting was June IS, the day after the state of emergency was declared. It is illegal under the emergency to call for economic sanctions. Be fore it was imposed. Tutu urged in ternational action to force an end to the apartheid system of race discrim ination. The black religious leader said he also talked to Botha about “the crisis in education and the harassment of churches and church people." Botha said he would have govern ment ministers investigate Tutu's complaints about detentions of cler gymen. but added: “It is a well-known and docu mented fact that revolutionaries here, as elsewhere in the world, have at times donned the cloth to shield the eves of the world from the fact that tney do not serve Christ, but the cause of evil. Responsible church leaders have the task to seek out these prophets of evil." Monitoring groups estimate about 5.000 people nave been taken into cuuody since June 12. The Department of Education said Monday that, since 7,000 black schools reopened a week ago, there had been 50 instances near Johan nesburg of teachers and students be ing molested, forcibly prevented from going to school or new pupil identity cards being burned. In his statement Monday. Botha said: “The crisis in education has abated since the imposition of the state of emergency speaking of “the great increase in the turnout at black schools countrywide." The Bureau for Information con firmed that tear gas canisters were thrown at people leaving the Elsie's River Holy Trinity Roman Catholic church Sunday, saying a crowd at am illegal gathering began stoning po lice. The Rev. Allan Boesak, president of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, said Sunday tear gas was thrown through his car windows as he drove away from the church after am interdenominational service on behalf of people detained under the emergency His account Sunday of what police may have done during or after the service could not be printed without government permission Information bureau spokeswo man Ronelle Henning said police "gave assurance that no tear gas was intentionally thrown at any vehicle '* Oil prices continue to rebound NEW YORK (AR) — Oil prices continued to rebound Monday, de spite reports that Saudi Arabia was abandoning its production quota and widespread doubt that OPEC 1 will agree on a system of sharing cut backs when oil ministers of the cartel meet next week. On the New York Mercantile Ex change. contracts for August deliv ery of West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark U.S. crude, closed at $13.09 per 42-gallon barrel, up from Friday's $12 8o close. Among con tracts for August delivery of refined products, unleaded gasoline closed at 35.16 cents a gallon, up from 34.75 Friday, while heating oil inched up more than half a cent to 35.56 cents from Friday’s 34.97-cent dose. Rosario llacqua. am oil analyst with L.F. Rotnschile, Unterberg. Towbm in New York, said prices probably rose because of a technical increase in demand and a drop in domestic production last month “In the face of very high OPEC production the oil market has rallied (because) we're approaching the winter now," llacqua said “Inven tory usually is built up it the month of August." Raagan pressed to ‘toughen’ policy WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Reagan, on the eve of a ma jor policy speech on South Africa, was warned by Republican allies Monday he must take a tougher line toward the white-minority re gime in Pretoria or face the cer tainty Congress will enact stiff sanctions on its own. But Reagan was described by aides as adamantly opposed to sweeping sanctions and deter mined to pursue a course of dip lomatic persuasion with Pretoria. In his only public appearance Monday, Reagan declared that his selection of a new ambassador to South Africa would not be based on race. His first choice, black business man Robert J. Brown of North Carolina, withdrew under fire from consideration. Israeli, Arab leaders meet In Morocco RABAT. Morocco (AP) — Is raeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres arrived in Morocco Mon day and immediately began talks with King Hassan II, Western diplomats reported. Hassan be came only the second Arab leader to meet publicly with an Israeli prime minister Israel and Morocco are techni cally in a state of war but Hassan. who is pro-Western and a moder ate Arab leader, was involved in the opening of peace contacts be tween Egypt and Israel. According to the diplomats. Hassan announced last week the indefinite postponement of a scheduled official visit to Wash ington in order to prepare for the visit by Peres. Joke played at royal wedding rehearsal LONDON (AP) — Prince An drew and Sarah Ferguson re hearsed their wedding for the last time in Westminster Abbey Mon day. with younger brother Prince Edward oil hand with a practical joke. Two two days before the royal bash, to the stunned dismay of those waiting for the royal party at the abbey. Andrew’s 22-year- old brother Edward turned up with his left arm in a sling. There was speculation as to whether he could handle his du ties as Andrew's best man — until someone noticed the sling had been switched to his nght arm. Although a Buckingham Pal ace spokesman deadpanned that the prince was “bitten by a kiwi" in New Zealand, the palace an nounced that “it was just a joke." Drug raids continue despite foul weather LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — U.S. mili tary personnel and Bolivian police made two helicopter sweeps looking for cocaine laboratories Monday de spite foul weather over the jungles of northeastern Bolivia, the infor mation minister reported. Herman Antelo said he could not confirm reports by police sources that 15 cocaine traffickers were ar rested in and around Santa Crus Fri day and Saturday in a police action ’ separate from the joint effort. Monday’s operations were earned out by two U.S. Black Hawk assault helicopters, with American pilots, carrying 30 members of the elite Bo livian anti-narcotics squad called the Leopards. Antelo told a news con ference. The Leopards are financed and trained by the United States. The U.S.-Bolivian operation be gan Friday and is expected to last several weeks. It was suspended Sunday because a winter cold front moved over the humid, tropical re gion with heavy clouds, a light rain and temperatures down to the 50s. Document delivery dispute delays “Twilight Zone” trial LOS ANGELES (AP) — The much-delayed opening of the “Twi light Zone 4 ’ manslaughter trial was postponed another day after de fense attorneys complained they did not receive prosecution documents until they arrived in court Monday. Superior Court Judge Roger Bo ren said he would give attorneys for director John Landis and four movie crew members 24 hours to read the documents filed by Deputy District Attorney Lea d’Agostino Outside court, defense attorney Ha Hand Braun said he had received several mailed papers from d’Agos tino on Monday and contended they should have been delivered earlier “It was a dirty trick that they got caught at,“ Braun said. But d’Agostino said no harm was intended and that the documents — responses to motions by the defense — had been mailed in plenty of time Boren announced that Tuesday would mark the official opening of the trial — four years after the disas trous helicopter crash that took the lives of actor Vic Morrow and two small children on the set of the "Twi light Zone” movie. Committee delays tax plan decisions WASHINGTON (AP) — Law makers negotiating major changes in the federal income tax code delayed their first decisions Monday, side stepping action on dozens of sections that were virtually the same in the bills passed by the House and Sen ate, Among those provisions being considered by a Senate-House con ference committee are repeal of the special deduction for two-earner couples, repeal of income averaging, and watering down the deduction for business meals and entertain ment — the “three-martini lunch." Both houses agreed to the changes although there are slight differences — mainly effective oates — in the two versions. The 22-member committee must compromise hundreds of differ ences between the House and Senate bills. Rep Dan Rostenkowski, D-IU., chairman of the conference, said the lawmakers hope to compromise by mid-August, allowing the House and Senate to send the finished bill to President Reagan in eaHy Septem ber. Most of the tax changes would take effect next Jan. 1. Rostenkowski said the conferees will act first on the long list of provi sions that are essentially the same under both bills. They include: • The special deduction of up to $3,000 a year for two-earner couples would be ended.The deduction was enacted in 1981 to help offset the tax penalty that can result whenthe two spouses' incomes are combined into one that is taxed at a higher rate than if the earners were single • Income averaging, wfucl) was written into law to help taxpayers whose incomes fluctuate sharply, would be ended except for fanners • All unemployment compensation would be taxed. Present law exempts a portion of the jobless benefits; they are not taxed until a person's total income, including unemployment compensation, exceeds $ 12,000 for a single person or $18,000 for a cou ple filing a joint return. • Only 80 percent of the ex penses of business-related meals and entertainment could be deducted; present law allows full deduction. This writeoff, derided as “the three-martini lunch," has become a symbol for what is perceived as tax- deductible expense-account living. 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