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Direct election of the president has been a ma jor opposition demand, but Chun announced in April that discussion of political reform would be postponed until after tne 1988 Summer Olym pics in Seoul. He said his successor would be cho sen by the present electoral college system, which favors the government. Roh, a former army general like Chun, called for a direct presidential election and declared support for other opposition demands such as press freedom, human rights guarantees and an end to strong central government controls. He said he acted because of enormous public support for the anti-government protests that be an June 10, the day a party convention en- orsed Chun’s choice of his ally as its candidate. “The people are the masters of their country, and the people’s will must come before every thing else,” Roh said Monday. Presidential spokesman Lee Jong-ryool said Chun was studying Roh’s demands and “will make a final decision soon.” Officials have predicted privately that the au thoritarian government would have to make con cessions, particularly in light of growing support for the protests by the middle class and other in fluential groups. Opposition groups welcomed Roh’s package of proposed ref orms and pushed for pres:; elections by late October or early Novemlm “The new development will be recordeii; tory as a brilliant victory for the peoplt fought vigorously for democratization,"si; National Coalition for a Democratic Cta tion, a new opposition alliance that spouses! protests. Kim Young-sam, president of then, sition Reunification Democratic Party, im vision of the constitution and electoral: September to clear the way for a dirtc; dential election. In Washington, the White Housecaidll proposals “very positive and forward-looki Roh helped install Chun in poweraftal dent Park Chung-hee was assassinatedc and has long been regarded asoneoffc allies. He has tried to present himselfasra ate in the present crisis. Official: Top embassy floors should be torn down, rebuilt WASHINGTON (AP) — The top three floors of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, riddled with bugs, should be torn off and a new six-story an nex constructed alongside to house the mission’s most sensitive func tions, former Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger said Monday. The cost of the rebuilding job is estimated at $80 million. Schlesinger, asked by President Reagan to recommend what to do with the crippled eight-story struc ture, said the entire episode indi cates how Soviet advances in spy technology have pushed Moscow ahead of the Unitea States. “As a nation, we failed to allow for the boldness, thoroughness and ex tent of the penetration,” Schlesinger told the Senate Budget Commitee. “We now face a rising curve of So viet technology with no gap between what we can do and what tne Soviets can do,” he said. “In fact, in some areas they are ahead of us.” Among other recommendations for the embassy complex, Schle singer said he believes the United States should try to “neutralize” lis tening devices hidden in the lower five floors of the chancery building and put that space to use for less sen sitive functions. Schlesinger said the top three floors should be replaced with floors made of shielded steel components. He said those floors would then be secure and could be used for sensi tive diplomatic purposes. But the embassy’s most secret ac tivities would be carried out in the annex, to be built next door, he said. Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead, who testified at the same “We now face a rising curve of Soviet technology with no gap between what we can do and what the Soviets can do. In fact, in some areas they are ahead of us. ” — James R. Schlesinger, former Defense secretary hearing, said that depending oh the size of the annex, which he said should be roughly one-fourth the size of the main chancery building, the project would cost about $80 mil lion to complete. Reagan asked Schlesinger on Feb. 26 to study the embassy’s construc tion problems. Scnlesinger said he presented his findings and recommendations to Secretary of State George P. Shultz on Friday at a private meeting. Mon day’s testimony was the first public discussion of the report. He said Shultz had been “very re sponsive” to his suggestions, al though they have not yet been for mally adopted. He said the 1972 agreement un der which each country is building a new embassy in the other’s capital should be adjusted to make clear that all new U.S. construction in Moscow will be done with security- cleared American personnel, not with Soviet workers. But he said that when the new em bassy in Moscow finally is completed — in 1990 if the Soviets cooperate — the Soviets should be allowed to oc cupy their new complex on Mount Alto, one of the highest sites in Washington. Schlesinger said while much has been made of the advantages of that site as an intelligence-gathering post, “the intelligence potential of Mount Alto is consideraoly less than popu larly assumed.” Young pilot doesn't qua for record bo CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP)-Ae year-old pilot took off Modi for Cincinnati on oneoftk legs of a trip he hoped would him in the Guinness World Records as the person to make a transom:! tal ilight. But his dream maybesla lived. Guinness spokeswoman Smith in New York said John vin Hill of Arlington, Ti doesn't qualify for the rtc book. Guinness doesn't tot category for “the youngso son to fly across country.' It does, however, have a egory for youngest solo pik and that record is held b G: Locke, who at 9, flewa&s 150 in Mexicali, Mexico in! ruary 1983, Smith said. John is “not going to geta Guinness book,” Smith said I’m sure he's having a J time.” The young pilot, whoearfe the day toured Cardinal Cler; Children's Hospital in St. was unaware of Smith's ments when he departed it Cahokia’s St. Louis Down: Parks Airport. New home sales take 14.9% plunge biggest decline in more than 5 yean WASHINGTON (AP) — New home sales plummeted 14.9 percent in May, the biggest decline in more than five years, as a sharp spike in mortgage rates drove first-time home buyers out of the market, the government reported Monday. The Commerce Department said new single-family homes were sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 616,000 units in May while the median price of a new home shot up to a record $ 106,800. Analysts attributed the jump in home prices to the fact that many first-time buyers, who normally pur chase less expensive homes, had been driven out of the market by the higher mortgage rates. With fewer low-priced homes sold, both the me dian and average sales prices in creased. Unless there is a downward revi sion in later reports, the May in crease marked the first time the me dian price of a new home has topped $100,000. The May increase put prices 9.1 percent higher than in April, when the median price of a new home was $97,900. The median price means half the homes sold for more and half for less. In addition to the jump in median prices, the average price of a home rose as well, climbing 10.3 percent to a record $ 129,600 in May. The 14.9 percent drop in sales fol lowed a slight 1.0 percent increase in April and was the biggest monthly sales decline since a 19.5 percent plunge in January 1982. The May decline, which left the annual sales rate at its lowest point since December 1984, was blamed on a big jump in mortgage rates caused by financial market jitters over rising inflation and a weaker dollar. After declining to a nine-year low of about 9 percent in late March, fixed-rate mortgages shot up to a high of 10.81 percent on May 22. They have retreated slightly since then and now stand at 10.35 per cent, according to a weekly survey by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. In the first five months of sales of new homes havefallf- percent from the same tiiti year. For May, sales were dowi stantially in all parts of the* led by a 34.5 percent plunjf Midwest, whicn left salesthw annual rate of 78,000 units. Sales were down 12.5 p 1 the South, which accounted' most half of the newhomesst' year, dropping the annuaU 253,000 units in that area. In the Northeast, sales*'; 10.3 percent to a rate of • units, and in the West.salesff | 9.5 percent to a rate of I f * units. ERA announces plans restricting construction of air pollution sources WASHINGTON (AP) — The En vironmental Protection Agency on Monday announced tentative plans to restrict construction of large new air pollution sources in 14 metropol itan areas.* The agency said it was acting gen erally because state air pollution con trol plans for those areas show they won’t meet federal air quality stan dards for either ozone or carbon monoxide by or soon after the Dec. 31 deadline. The turn of scores of other dirty areas — those for which papers are in order — will come later this sum mer, the EPA said. However, only about a dozen of them are expected to face similar restrictions on con struction because most areas are near compliance. One of the 14 areas — Cleveland — could lose federal highway aid and air pollution program grants for not living up to a commitment to in spect cars for exhaust pollution. It. was the only area proposed for a fi nancial penalty and EPA officials said they did not know how much money was involved. EPA Administrator Lee M. Thomas said in a statement the agency wants to reserve such harsh penalties for situations “only when there is no longer a reasonable pros pect that the state will progress at a satisfactory pace.” Though air pollution profession als refer to construction “bans,” the builder of a large new pollution source — 100 tons a year or more, such as a refinery, a steel mill or a large paint shop — may go ahead if he can win emission reductions from other sources to offset what the new project would add. Spokesman for the California Air Resources Board, Bill Sessa, said, “Our air quality rules are so strin- ent that it is rare we would ever ave an industrial facility that would put out as much pollution as EPA chooses to define as a major source.” Dallas and Fort Worth are the only Texas cities under consider ation for charges. SEC to have Texas court review Texaco defense NEW YORK (AP) — The Se curities and Exchange Commis sion said Monday it would ask the Texas Supreme Court to review a crucial part of Texaco Inc.’s de fense in the oil company’s multi- billion-dollar legal battle against Pennzoil Co. The SEC, in a letter to Texaco from general counsel Daniel L. Goelzer, stated it would file a brief focusing on an SEC rule that is central to Texaco’s appeal of a $10.3 billion judgment against it in Texas state court. The SEC would not comment on the contents of its planned brief, but analysts familiar with the case said the commission’s in volvement likely signaled a legal interpretation favoring Texaco, which in turn could increase pres sure on Pennzoil to settle the mat ter out of court. Texaco stock rose 75 cents per share to $38.62‘A, while Pennzoil tumbled $3.87‘/2 to $79 in New York Stock Exchange trading fol lowing news of the brief. Texaco earlier this month asked the Texas Supreme Court to overturn a 1985 state J ; award of more than $10bil- Pennzoil, which had conie* Texaco wrongly interfered i 1 attempted merger with Gelt' Co. in 1984. A state appellate court the award in February. Texaco, which is White Plains, N.Y Chapter 11 bankruptcy [t'J tion April 12. It said it forced into the action by tlief sibility, under Texas law, might have posted a ruinous $12 billion security while pursuing its appeal. At issue is Pennzoil’sclaii"; it had a binding agreeuieit 1 Getty to merge, and than 1 ;' fered damages because interference in the merger aco later merged with Getty Texaco contended that Pennzoil had an outstandiir der offer for Getty sharer nzoil also had a p r ;j agreement to purchase thedj held by the J. Paul Celt' seum, of Malibu, Calif.