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Tuesday, January 20, 1987/The Battalion/Page 11 _ t ead s , Mam Her coupi liases, sjj, through op Chinese scientist xpelled from party r preaching views ms I() k PEKING (AP) — Fang Lizhi, an i| u . , itrpphysicist who gained national t sick rojninence by standing up for stu- », ent demonstrators, was expelled learaedB 1 l ^ e Communist Party for reaching Western liberal ideas, the ffipal media reported Monday. Fang, 50, was fired last week from is position as vice president of 1 ' hipa Science and Technology Uni- 'S‘f|t y ,n Helei. Fang’s expulsion from the party j He as Zhao Ziyang, the premier pJa nd acting party chief, issued assur- Hs that intellectuals would not be ^^■‘Hmized by another ideological I He. Zhao reiterated that Deng’s Hket-oriented policies that are "’h^Hhitionizing the economy will ne ^’ Dn|inue. ) talk un^H Zhao became party head Friday :tei the resignation of Hu Yao- anl, who reportedly was driven om office because of his soft hand- ng of student protests and the r0| ingopen criticism of socialism. ae official media said the local / branch decided to expel Fang aturday because he “attempted icite intellectuals against the and students to make trouble, ■mg grave consequences.” Hhe evening news led with a five- jinute segment on an Anhui prov ince party official citing Fang’s al leged misdeeds to about 4,000 party officials gathered in Hefei, the pro vincial capital. The official said Fang denied Marxism, vilified China’s socialist system as “modern feudalism” and called for independence of universi ties from party leadership. Fang, a graduate of Peking Uni versity who became one of China’s pioneer researchers in laser theory, gained a reputation for speaking out for democracy and pointing out anomalies in the socialist system. Soviets threaten SALT II breach with launching of two new subs WASHINGTON (AP) —The Soviet Union has launched two new missile-carrying subma rines, setting the stage for the Kremlin to ex ceed one of the limits contained in the SALT II arms accord, administration sources said Monday. The sources, who agreed to discuss the mat ter only if not identified, said shipyard activity at the northern Soviet port of Severodvinsk indicated the two submarines had been launched in December. One of the new subs is a Typhoon-class sub marine — the largest such vessel in the world — and the other is a Delta IV-class submarine, the sources said. The Typhoon normally car ries 20 multiple-warhead nuclear missiles; the Delta IV carries 16. The new launches would bring to five the number of Typhoons completed by the Sovi ets and the number of Delta IVs completed to four. The launching of the two submarines, as suming normal schedules are met, would mean that sea trials for the two vessels could start this spring or summer, one source said. Once sea trials begin, the submarines and their missiles would be counted as additions to the Soviet arsenal. The addition of 36 new multiple-warhead missiles, in turn, would push the Soviet arse nal beyond one of the so-called “sub-limits” contained in the SALT II accord. In another naval development, albeit one that has no bearing on arms control issues, the Soviets are also preparing to launch their fourth Kiev-class carrier “very soon,” one source said Monday. The Kiev-class carriers are much smaller than American aircraft carriers, capable of carrying only helicopters and vertical-takeoff jets. But they are the largest ships currently deployed by the Soviet navy. The SALT’ II agreement was negotiated in 1979 by former President Carter but never ra tified by the Senate. Until last year, however, both the United States and Soviet Union had pledcred to abide bv its terms. es crosso it of Bay tie wester Love letters reveal tender side of HI. Mencken NFW YORK (AP) — H.L. Mencken, “The Bad Boy from Balti more” who was known for his cynical style and wit, revealed joy and de spair in letters he exchanged with the woman he eventually married, a new book shows. The collection of love letters, ti tled “Mencken 8c Sara,” will be pub lished Feb. 14 by the McGraw-Hill Book Co. "The letters reveal a tender and soft side,” said the collection’s editor, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers. “We tend to think of Mencken as an old cur- RUMOUR: i — FARM ROAD 60 THAT RUNS Ihrough NORTH GATE WILL Bf WIDENED TO PROVIDE A 22 ■ET MEDIAN, WITH PAVED SHOULDERS 20 FEET WIDE ON EACH SIDE. 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Rodgers found the letters in 1981 in the rare book room of the Goucher College library in Balti more. Mencken, who died in 1956, had donated them in 1936 but or dered that they not be opened for 45 years. The Baltimore-born writer’s best- known works included, “The Ameri can Language,” “Prejudices: A Se lection,” and an autobiographical tri logy, “The Days of H.L. Mencken.” Mencken met Haardt in 1923 at Goucher College in Baltimore, when she attended a lecture he was giving called “How to Catch a Husband.” At the time, Mencken, a bachelor, was 43 and Haardt 25. “He and Sara were very tradi tional in their way, but he was just as confused as men are today — it took him seven years to propose to Sara,” Rodgers noted. Haardt started the correspon dence on May 20, 1923. Referring to Mencken’s critique of her short sto ries, she wrote: “These suggestions of yours would make a villain laugh.” Many other letters also centered on the couple’s craft. But their tone grew fonder and more whimsical af ter Oct. 7, 1923, when Haardt wrote: “I know one thing: that for a mortal with a sense of humor you are the most perfect gentleman I have ever seen or heard tell of.” The pair’s marriage on Aug. 27, 1930, did not halt their correspon dence. A letter written sometime in April 1935 was the last Haardt received from Mencken. It accompanied a re cord player he sent her in the hospi tal. “Darling,” it read, “this needs no special adjustment. Simply hook the end of the thin wire to the valve of the radiator, or to the radiator itself, and plug the power wire in on your light. You will then bathe in art. The house is a desert. H.” Haardt died May 31. SHOP EARLY& SAVE Loupot’s is discovering new ways to serve you, Aggies. For book delivery with a money-back guarantee, call 846-5687 today! 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