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Administration officials have de fended spending billions of dollars on star wars to offset what they say are comparable amounts the Soviets have spent in secret on their own missile defenses. U.S. officials fear that the Soviets might suddenly “break out” of the ABM treaty by de ploying all over their nation large numbers of the type of anti-ballistic missiles the pact allows them to sta tion near Moscow. Gorbachev, in an interview broad- bv NBC News, acknowledged that the Soviets are engaged “in re search, basic research” similar to the star wars program, also known as the Strategic Defense Initiative. He said the Soviet Union “is doing all that the United States is doing” to defend against nuclear attack. However, he said, “We will not build an SDI. We will not deploy SDI and we call upon the United States to act likewise. If the Americans fail to heed that call, we will find a re sponse. The White House had no com ment on Gorbachev’s intervie#, However, tentative plans are beiti made for Reagan to be interviews by network anchormen, perhaps early as Thursday but possibly latn Gorbachev is expected to endtk summit with a news conferena Reagan will not hold a news ence, Fitzwater said, but is expects to give a speech. Meanwhile, the White House sail! it was unlikely the summit will pn> duce any breakthrough in U.S.-$o viet negotiations for a 50 percent re duction in strategic nuclear arms. Offshore earthquake shakes Alaska; thousands flee low-lvina costal areas PALMER, Alaska (AP) — A major offshore earthquake rocked south- central Alaska on Monday, prompt ing thousands of people to flee low- lying coastal areas for the second time in two weeks. There were no reports of major damage or injuries in the quake, which measured at least 7.4 on the Richter scale. It shook the ground for a full minute and was felt more than 300 miles from the epicenter, in Anchorage and the Yukon Terri tory. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning of a tsu nami, or giant sea wave, but canceled it after 90 minutes when a 3.3-foot wave was recorded at Yakutat, the community closest to the epicenter. preliminary magnitude at 7.4, Uni- ' ~ lifoi versity of California seismographs measured the quake at 7.7 on the Richter scale. “The wave was just insignificant,” Tom Sokolowski, geophyscist in charge of the warning center, said. People began returning to their homes after the tsunami warning was canceled. While center officials reported the The center issued a tsunami warn ing for Gulf of Alaska communities and British Columbia and issued a tsunami watch for Washington, Ore gon, California and Hawaii. nesses and started them toward higi ground. Residents of some Canadian » munities were warned not to tali out boats and airplanes because strong winds and high waves. Emergency sirens and police loudspeakers roused coastal Alaska residents from their homes and busi- Rosemary Ryman, a secretary at community high school, said in !a kutat the lights went out and aboa 300 people jammed into the schod The crowd at the school include nervous parents who rushed to with their children. Minority of inmates block hostage release ATLANTA (AP) — A “small but aggressive minority” of Cuban inmates blocked the release of 90 hostages from a federal penitentiary Mon day, officials said, while hundreds of Cubans who surrendered in Louisiana were sent to other fed eral prisons. rector of the public affairs for the U.S. Justice Department said. The same 100 Cubans, out of a total popula tion of 1,118, earlier blocked the release of 50 hostages in Atlanta, Patrick Korten, deputy di- “Unfortunately, a small but aggressive mi nority appears to be able to intimidate this major ity into dragging out the incident and avoiding a settlement,” Korten said. “Had it been up to those who have been negotiating on behalf of the apparent majority, they (the hostages) would probably be out.” The prison was quiet Monday, and there wn no inmate reaction to the Louisiana settlement The riots by Cuban detainees in both states fol lowed a government announcement that 2,51 ] er sey 1 Cubans — mostly criminals or mentally il would be returned to their homeland. The mates have demanded that they be allowed ton main in the United States. Cubans seized Oakdale, La., prison Nov. 21 and the Atlanii penitentiary two days later. 1.87 Hi n $11 WAS! Suprem fused u momenl school s whether imperm prayer. The that the sought i court n legal sta The i ing aboi 1982 Ni dents rr ments “ templat Aboi lar laws A fei down t that it \ require state. The likely w chargee “Thi live qu Dowell Catholr Civil Ri McD urged t “I ex law will court,” “Witl France, Iran end standoff by trading diplomats NL WAS bur “cli PARIS (AP) — France and Iran ended their 4 1 /2-month embassy standoff by trading a pair of diplo mats on Monday, days after pro-Ira nian captors in Lebanon freed two Frenchmen. Officials called the events a coor dinated effort to mend a rift be tween the two nations. President Francois Mitterrand said the process should lead to free dom soon for the three remaining French hostages in Lebanon, but ad vised pursuing it carefully, “with re spect for the dignity of our country.” Paul Torri, first secretary of the French Embassy in Tehran, and Wa hid Gordji, listed as an interpreter at the Iranian Embassy in Paris, were flown to Karachi, Pakistan. They were frisked on the runway at Karachi airport and turned over to officials of their own countries. lay as v Each flew home in the plane till! racts f< had delivered the other. he nex Police pulled down barricade induse around the Iranian Embassy in Pi ris, which they surrounded for fin months, and the Foreign Ministn said staff members were free leave. The 5 12,000 i The station are Bo( FAA plans tougher rules for airplane maintenance WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is planning tighter rules on when air lines may postpone maintenance amid findings that work at Eastern Airlines — and possibly other car riers — often has been delayed to keep planes to their schedules, FAA officials said Monday. They said the agency has been looking at 10 airlines to determine whether federal maintenance re quirements are being abused. Except for Eastern, none of the other air lines were named, but sources said the review included virtually all the major carriers. The broader investigation was prompted by the findings last sum mer at Eastern. An FAA report made public this week concluded that Eastern had interpreted FAA maintenance requirements so broadly that it amounted to a “mis use” of the latitude given to air car riers on repairing items that do not themselves pose a danger to flight. Such items are allowed to go unre paired until a proper repair facility is available because their failure nor mally does not affect the airworthi ness of the aircraft. But aviation safety experts have said an accumu lation of a large number of such un repaired items on a plane could pose a hazard. FAA regulations require such re pairs be made when an adequate re pair station is available. In the case of Eastern, the repairs routinely were delayed because airline officials said the airport did not have enough “ground time” to make the repairs. By postponing repairs on the basis of not having enough ground time, Eastern has “extremely liberalized” the FAA maintenance requirements amounting to a “misuse” of the regu lation, the FAA report said. Eastern officials said the airline, at the request of the FAA, changed its maintenance policy last August. Stephen Kolski, Eastern’s counsel for regulatory compliance, said the airline no longer allows a mainte nance delay on major “minimum equipment list” items unless parts are not available. Then, the item must be fixed at the next stop, he said in an interview. Poles reject economic, political reform WARSAW, Poland (AP) —Vot ers on Sunday rejected economic and political reforms, including painful price increases, that Po land’s communist leaders said were needed to revitalize an ail ing, debt-ridden economy, the government said Monday. The government has, however, previously said that if it lost the referendum, reforms would con tinue, but at a slower rate. It has already made moves to stream line its economic planning. Court denies couple custody of son WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday re jected an attempt by a mentally retarded Illinois couple to regain the 3-year-old son taken from them. The court, without comment, let stand rulings that Paul and Patti Ensign were unfit parents even though they loved their son and never intentionally neglected him. Lawyers for the couple had argued that state court rulings against the Ensigns demonstrate “inherent prejudice against per sons with mental retardation.” Chicago mayor honored at funeral CHICAGO (AP) — The city bade a tearful farewell Monday to Mayor Harold Washington with prayers and praise as dignitaries, family and friends gathered at his funeral and thousands mourned outside under wet, gray skies. Ministers, politicians and rela tives eulogized the city’s first black mayor before his flag- draped casket as a scrappy politi cal fighter with a warm sense of humor. 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