age 12/The Battalion/Friday, April 10, 1987 World and Nation Official: U.S. arms proposal ‘dead issue’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Reagan’s proposal at the Ice land summit to scrap all U.S. and So viet ballistic missiles over 10 years is a dead issue, nuclear arms control director Kenneth L. Adelman said Thursday. “The Soviets have rejected it out of hand,” Adelman said. He told reporters the U.S. propo sal is still on the negotiating table in Geneva. But, he said, “I don’t think it’s going to come on the radar screen on arms control again, if you ask me.” Reagan proposed a two-stage plan to Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorba chev in Reykjavik, Iceland. In the first five years, the two sides would cut by about one-half their long- range bombers, missiles and subma rines. In the next five years, all bal listic missiles would be phased out. U.S. negotiators formally pre sented the proposal to Soviet nego tiators later at Geneva. But, Adel man said, “they didn’t give us the time of day.” The director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency said the Soviets refused the offer be cause “they figure that the backbone of their military and their arsenal has been land-based ballistic mis siles.” Some U.S. allies in Western Eu rope also had reservations about Reagan’s proposal. Secretary of State George P. Shultz responded to those concerns by saying a small force of U.S. ballistic missiles might be retained. Shultz will discuss arms control is sues next Monday through Wednes day in Moscow with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze. On another nuclear issue, Adelman said the United States would offer the Soviets a timetable on “Star Wars” experiments in exchange for information on their anti-missile re search program. He said he did not expect the of fer to change the fundamental dif ferences between the two sides on space-based defenses. But, he said, “there are some elements that would interest them.” The disagreement over Reagan’s program to find a way to shoot down missiles in space has slowed negotia tions over curbing U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons. Adelman said Shultz would put the emphasis on limiting strategic nuclear weapons. The two sides are closer to an agreement on curbing intermediate- range rockets, but Adelman called the strategic arms reduction talks “the apple of our eye.” The United States seeks to force a reduction of about 50 percent in the heavy land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles that form the heart of the Soviets’ nuclear arsenal. While Gorbachev showed interest in such an accord last October, the Soviets are insisting that the Star Wars program be curbed as well. Reagan: America is adjusting to high tech future WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Presi dent Reagan predicted Thursday high tech nology will provide millions of jobs and said Americans should not be intimidated by it. Speaking to students and faculty at Purdue University, Reagan, pressing his campaign to improve American competitiveness, said the nation had adjusted well to the recent eco nomic changes in which “older industries sometimes gave way to newer.” Noting that about 113 million Amercians are working, Reagan said, “Technology is not the enemy of job creation but its parent — the very source of our economic dynamism and creativity.” Reagan was buoyed by an enthusiastic re ception by hundreds of people at Purdue University Airport, and said the crowd made him feel “three inches taller.” He made a short speech, then walked over and shook hands and visited briefly with young people, mostly college students, stand ing behind the ropes. After viewing a demonstration of com puter-assisted manufacturing techniques, Reagan was given a brass-plated elephant with a cut-out reading “Gipper.” Inside Mackey Arena, home of the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team, majorettes strutted and a brass band blared march music as a warm-up for Reagan’s entry. Reagan, scheduled to fly to Los Angeles late Thursday for the start of a 12-day Cali fornia stay, has asked Congress to enact a $980 million job retraining program and other steps, including an easing of antitrust laws, to help shrink the nation’s $170 billion trade deficit. The trip is the president’s second outside the Washington area this week. He traveled to Canada on Sunday for two days of dis cussions with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on trade, acid rain and other is sues. Reagan has been making more frequent trips in recent weeks as he seeks to recover from the Iran-Contra affair. In his speech at Purdue, Reagan argued that government regulation of the economy f ireduces failure — not prosperity — while ree-market policies achieve success. Bond rates, weakdolla hurt market NEW YORK (AP)—Thesi market suffered a 1 1 hursday, stung by lofterb: prices, a weak, dollar and fean, higher interest rates, ana}] said. 1 he Dow Jones average of! industrial stocks closed. 2,339.20, down 32.96 points it, Wednesday. Earlier in die* sion, it had been down more 4t> points. Chrysler was down2 l /itO)S and Ford was at 86Va,downJ : : Among retailers, K ntatn down 2 to 62%; J.C. Pennes. down 2 5 /b to 99V#; while ia R( >ebuck was down % tool 1 . Nationwide turnover in S York Stock Exchange-listed sues, including trades in tin, stoc ks on regional exchanger a in the over-the-counter ina totaled 208.13 million shares fhe NYSE index was it 2.42 to 166.09. Standard & Poor'sindext industrials fell 4.90 to 3; and S&rP’s 500-stock com| index was down 4.40to2!*. 1 Meet JIM EVERHART Author of The Illustrated TTacUlmtinncd s Texas Diciionaiy a* ybi , yawl! Tbe Illustrated Dictionaty of the English Language Volume One-Six Aggies, During Parents’ Weekend, you’ll enjoy in troducing your parents to Jim Everhart Friday, April 10, Noon to 1:30 at The Texas A&M Bookstore when he will autograph The Illus trated Texas Dictionary, $2.95 ea. . C8LH Ihcdonary EngMh LaMfluBy. _ V ^ All! ^ !, ti 845-8681 M- The Illustrated Texas Languago 696-ODIE CULPEPPER PLAZA n a (5 FAJITAS Previously served at Fajita Rita’s Express. Fajita’s with homemade tortillas. CHICKEN Oo-B i 0««p FrW