i \ Wednesday, July 30,1986/The BattaUon/Page 5 Health care spending at record high WASHINGTON 390.2 billion, the second C m a row that the increase was w the double-digit levels of the previous two decades South Africa turns down appeal to free Mandela PRETORIA. South Africa (AP) — President P.W. Botha said Tuesday his government would prefer eco nomic sanctions to “national suicide” and rejected a plea by Britain’s for eign secretary lor the unconditional release of Nelson Mandela At the end of Sir Geoffrey Howe’s one-week peace mission to southern Africa. Botha said Mandela would stay jailed and Mandela’s African National Congress would stay out lawed until it renounced violence and purged the black guerrilla orga nization of what Botha said were communist leaders. Howe said m a separate news con ference, after a one-hour meeting with Botha, that peaceful dialogue was not possible unless Mandela and the ANC could participate freely. “The responses I’ve received have not yet enabled me to proclaim that I have made the progress I would have liked,” Howe said His mission, on behalf of the 12- nation European Common Market, included visits with black leaders of neighboring countries and moderate opposition leaders in South Africa. Some of South Africa's most prominent black activists spurned mm They accused Britain of seek ing to delay further international moves toward sanctions against Bot ha's government Howe said his proposals for open ing dialogue ‘'oner a realistic and fair alternative to violence and eco nomic warfare. It would offer the possibility of substantial and tangible progress without which further mea sures against South Africa are likely to be taken in one form or another in the next few months.” The only new South African pro posal mentioned by Botha was an of fer to meet with leaden of other southern African countries and of West Europe to discuss regional problems He said he would discuss South Africa's domestic political issues if other leaden would discuss internal problems of their countries. Botha reiterated his contention that sanctions would hurt neighbor ing countries more than his own. He said he told Howe that the West, if bent on punishing South Af rica, should take similar measures S ’ st all countries where racial and c discrimination exist. “I can never commit suicide by ac cepting threats and prescriptions from outside forces, ana hand South Africa over to communist forces in disguise,” he said I hope this hysterical outcry of certain Western countries against South Africa will soon pass," Botha said. “I don’t believe in sanctions. ... But if we are forced until our backs are against the wall, we will have no alternative but to stand up in self-re spect and say to the world: 'You won’t force South Africans to com mit national suicide ’ ” Botha agreed with Howe that his government holds the key to pursu ing peaceful political change, but he said there were enou “authentic’’ black leaders to deal with. U.S. trade deficit called ‘dangerous’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said Tuesday that a soaring trade deficit has put the United States in a “diffi cult and dangerous situation" and could, if not corrected, topple the country into a recession. The chairman of the central bank told the House Banking Committee that he is not now forecasting the start of another recession But he said the trade deficit, which hit a re cord $148 5 billion last year, is one of the main problems that needs to be dealt with to keep the SW-year economic expansion alive Volcker repeated a plea he made last week before the Senate Banking Committee for America’s major tra ding partners in Japan and Western Europe to do more to stimulate their growth rates in order to expand markets for U.S. products and thus narrow the trade imbalance “We live in a much more complex world than even a few years ago. ’ he said. “Our economic fortunes are to a considerable extent dependent on the strength of growth abroad " Volcker said the trade deficit had shed the country's overall debt | Id by foreigners up at a rapid pace as dollars to pay for imported goods flowed into tne hands of foreign in vestors. This foreign capital has helped the United States finance its huge federal budget deficit, but Volcker said this situation can not be sus tained forever and that time to deal pu nel World Briefs Texas man vyants to get Titanic artifacts AUSTIN (AP) — An Abilene oilman who made unsuccessful searches for Noah's Ark and the Loch Ness monster says he now plans to retrieve artifacts from the sunken Titanic. Jack Grimm, 61. of Grimm Oil Co. said he will join the French navy next summer in a submarine visit to the Titanic. But officials at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts said they have not heard of any Frenchplans to visit the wreck. Dr. Robert Ballard, a recent expedition’s chief scientist, has urged explorers to leave the Ti tanic and its artifacts as a memo rial to the 1,513 killed in the cata strophic accident. And Woods Hole officials have said they would not disclose the specific coordinates of wreckage to Gnmm or other explorers. Farmers, truckers Join to fight drought (AP) — Cattlemen cheered a mile-long train of free Indiana hay Tuesday in dried-out South Carolina, and Georgia has pro posed emergency measures it the Southeast's worst drought in a century continues Farmers across the country have donated hay to feed cattle in the drought region, and railroads and trucking companies have do nated their services to ship it. “I’ve never seen as many peo ple wanting to help their fellow man ...’’ said John Trotman, Ala bama director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. “This reminds me of World War II.. . . patriotism and people banding together ” Recent thunderstorms have eased the drought slightly in parts of the Southeast Stock market posts drop for 2nd day NEW YORK (AP) — The slock market gave up more ground Tuesday At the close of trading, the Dow Jones average of 30 indus trial stocks stood at 1766.87, down 7.03 points. Declining is sues outnumbered gainers by about a 2-to-1 margin at the New York Stock Exchange Throughout the day the Dow index hi tween levels above and below the break-even point. Analysts said many traders who weren’t selling moved to the sidelines, stunned by the previous day's 36.14-point plunge in the closely watched inoex. Monday’s drop was the seventh largest point loss ever and its biggest since M took a record 61.87-point drop on July 7. with the problem is running out. The Fed chairman said the giant trade deficit has been the mam drag on economic growth for the past two vears. “The longer that persists, the more difficult and dangerous situa tion we are in,” he said. “Our finan cial market becomes more and more hostage to the continuing flow of from abroad ” I Reagan administration has tried to fight the trade deficit by pushing the value of the dollar lower against foreign currencies. A weaker dollar is expected to discourage im ports by making them more expen sive and lower the price of U.S. goods on foreign markets. Volcker saidthis strategy will help Jenco but won’t be able to correct the prob lem unless foreign governments push for faster growth of their econ omies , The Federal Reserve, working to keep the American recovery going, has three tunes this year cut a key bank lending rate in an effort to push interest rates lower and stimu late the economy. Growth this year has been far be low expectations The economy, as measured by the gross national product, expanded at an annual rate of just 1.1 percent from April through June, the slowest pace since the end of the last recession Volcker refused to say whether the Fed was considering a fourth cut in its discount rate. (continued from page I) Associated Press in Damascus, Syria. Jacobson's message said for the Reagan administration to negotiate for the release of the remaining Americans or “our release will be death." Jenco also thanked Said for "last minute counsel" before his release, and added: “The small crucifix Ahab gave me was a great comfort during those final hours.” Still addressing the captors, he said of the other three hostages “Please let them know I will be a per sonal letter to their loved ones. Since (neither) I nor Terry or David or Tom knew that I was to be released, 1 did not have chance to hug and kiss them and to bid them farewell.’’ Americans still missing are Terry A. Anderson. 38. of Lorain. Ohio, Policies chief Middle East correspondent of The Associated Press; Jacobsen. 55, director of the American University Hospital in Beirut; Thomas Suther land. 55. of Fort Goliins. Colo., the university’s acting dean of agricul ture; and William Buckley. 58, of Medford. Mass a U.S. Embassy po litical officer. Islamic Jihad, the extremist Shiite group that claimed responsibility for all the kidnappings, said Oct. 4 that Buckley was killed in retaliation for what it called U.S. involvement in an Israeli air strike on the Palestine Lib eration Organization headquarters in Tunisia. Buckley's body was not found. Ten relatives arrived in West Ger many on Monday to greet the priest. Two more arrived later to accom pany him to Rome and London, and then back hor >mj^ Jones index had fluctuated be ITT finds musician’s unpublished songs origi nal, unpublished songs written by noted American composer Aaron Copland while still a teen-ager have been discovered at the Uni versity of Texas, the school an nounced Tuesday The songs, written by Copland when he was 17, were found in a collection of uncatalogued manu scripts. the university said Karl Korte, a music'composi tion professor at U1, said the songs were written before Co pland began his years of formal studv. He said the songs are “ex tremely precocious for someone 17 years old.” Helen Tackett, UT spokeswo man. said Copland, now 85, and his publisher had granted UT permission to give the three com positions their premier perfor mance. (continued from page I) Ortega said, “When any state re jects or ignores international law it strengthens the tendency to replace law by the law of thejungle.” The World Court, known for mally as the International Court of { ustice, is the judicial arm of the .’nited Nations. It has no enforce ment powers and depends on volun tary compliance with its rulings The Reagan administration con tends that Nicaragua is becoming a base for the Soviet Union and a threat to Central American security Ortega told a new conference that Nicaragua would continue to defend itself in the face of U.S. threats and intervention. But he offered to enter into peace talks immediately to work out a deal under which the United States would stop its intervention and Nicaragua would guarantee the security of neighboring states which felt threatened by Nicaragua. Walters repeated the U.S. position that it is ready to enter into talks with Nicaragua it the Sandinistas will suit talks with the Contras. Ortega's speech drew warm ap plause from the Security Council gallery, which was full. A U.S. diplo mat said Nicaragua received tickets for 100 gallery seats. Walters said. “Daniel Ortega found in the United States a pulpit from which to speak, an audience which listened to him and freedom to attack this country, things which would be denied to any foreigner in Nicaragua who did not like the poli cies of the Nicaraguan government." Walters said thousands of Cuban advisers were in Nicaragua Ortega said Cuban military instructors num bered 500 but the number was di minishing as Nicaraguans took over the Cubans' functions. Shuttle (continued from pegel) that M was anywhere near stable.” said flight director John Cox. The cabin's tumbling: would have made it impossible for the astronauts to escape, he said Astronaut Storey Musgrave said most members of the astronaut corps still would like to have some son of bail-out system for the’ shut tle. “but I can't say that it's justified.” He said a bail-out system for use below 50,000 feet during gliding flight would have only limited appli cation and that whether developing such a system is worth the expense and added weight “is a program matic (management) decision " Overmeyer, who retired after two shuttle flights, said he doesn't be lieve a shuttle escape system is prac tical. “You’re covered over such a short period of time, the benefit doesn't justify the weight and the expense.” shuttle, and officials say privately that a decision is expected in the fall “I expect we will nave some son of escape system,” said one official who asked not to be named “But how elaborate it is is the big question A lot will depend on what we can af ford ” NASA engineers have investi gated possible escape systems for the Al Louviere, a NASA engineer who led a team that investigated es cape systems, said a simple bail-out system ready for resumption of shuttle flights in 1988 would cost “in the tens of millions " More elaborate tion of “Uh oh?" systems could cost hundreds of mil lions and take five years to develop, he said. 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