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Tyson joins Warped
dignitaries
at golf course
by Scott McCu
MOSCOW (AP) — Heavyweight
boxing champion Mike Tyson joined
a Russian Orthodox clergyman and
other dignitaries Sunday at the So
viet Union’s first golf course for the
opening of the driving range.
The golf course, near the Swedish
Embassy in south Moscow, is a pro
ject organized by former Swedish
hockey player Sven Tumba and So
viet sports officials.
Those who attended the opening
said they were seeking peace
through sports.
“I’m sure that sports promotes
friendship and I’m deeply convinced
that the birth of a new game in the
Soviet Union will bring about new
contacts among people in various
countries who will find a lot of new
friends,” Tumba said, according to a
report by the Tass news agency.
Former Brazilian soccer star Pele,
who also attended the opening, said,
“I’m sure that sports will lead to
peace in the world.”
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House votes on proposals to fine
drug-users, take away liscenses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
House faces renewed anti-drug
amendment battles this week, in
cluding votes on proposals to fine
drug users $10,000 and induce
states to take away their right to
drive.
As lawmakers resume amending
their all-inclusive drug fighting bill
on Wednesday, they also must de
cide whether to retain a seven-day
waiting period for handgun pur
chasers, along with an optional po
lice background check.
Rep. Bill McCollum, R-Fla., will
try to eliminate the gun control lan
guage from the 375-page bill that
would add some $2 billion to the na
tion’s $3.9 billion war on drugs.
found to be in possession of small,
personal use, amounts of marijuana,
cocaine, and other controlled sub
stances.
Proof of guilt for a civil offense
only requires clear and convincing
evidence, while a criminal conviction
demands proof of guilt beyond a
reasonable doubt.
Rep. Glenn M. Anderson, D-
Calif., would provide up to $125 mil
lion over three years to states with
drug enforcement programs that in
clude license suspension or revo
cation for convicted drug offenders.
do with a $140 billion social pro
grams spending bill that has but one
area of disagreement between the
two houses — abortion.
Senators previously passed the
legislation with an expansion of the
Medicaid program to cover abor
tions for rape anti incest victims.
The House last Friday refused to ac
cept that provision of the Labor, Ed
ucation, and Health and Human
Services spending bill.
Proponents say the mtad
which President Reagan is expej
to veto, would save jobs in ihtJ
port-ravaged textile and appartj
dust l ies. Critics contend theira
u \ is no longer suf fering.
His proposed substitute would es
tablish a system for gun sellers to
run a check by phone or other
means, to determine if a purchaser is
a convicted felon.
McCollum will counter with a plan
to require withholding a portion of
U.S. highway money from states fail
ing to enact suspension or revo
cation provisions.
The Senate is expected to give fi
nal approval and send the House a
bill that would freeze this year’s tex
tile and apparel imports at 1987 lev
els and allow 1 percent annual
growth thereafter.
In the House, passage isexpe
for an insider trading mea
which, for the first time, would:
it possible for securities firmsn
fined for violations commiiic
their employees. It also would
< tease prison terms and lines.
The Senate must decide what to
It would bar increases in non-rub
her footwear import levels.
The Senate Foreign Rek:
Committee has scheduled a Wed
dav vote on House-passed legik
to impose harsh new sanctior
South Africa, including a cuto
virtually all U.S. investment in
country because p| its apartheid
icv.
Congress also is wrestling with a
number of other domestic and for
eign issues this week: abortion, in
sider trading, job leave, sanctions
against South Africa, child care, wel
fare reform and textile import
curbs.
The House drug bill likely will re
ceive a final vote Thursday or Fri
day.
Last week, those favoring the
harshest possible penalties, won
amendment battles that attached
provisions for a federal death pen
alty, denial of government benefits
for twice convicted drug users, and
court admission of evidence seized
illegally by police acting in good
faith.
President-elect direct, tough
Mexico’s problems tougher
Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, ex
pressing his personal opinion, told a
reporter last week he supports the
handgun waiting period.
“I can’t see that it’s an infringe
ment on the rights of any law-abid
ing citizen to have a simple waiting
period,” he said.
“If you’ve got to have a gun right
this minute, you’ve got to have some
violent intent,” he said. “A responsi
ble person wouldn’t mind waiting
seven days.”
The National Rifle Association
has told lawmakers that criminals
would obtain guns regardless of the
waiting period, and that only law-
abiding citizens would suffer from
the delay.
Rep. Mickey Edwards, R-Okla.,
will propose civil penalties of up to
$10,000 per violation against those
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Presi
dent-elect Carlos Salinas de Gortari
is tough and highly disciplined de
spite his modest demeanor, qualities
he will need to govern Mexico for
the next six years.
Salinas, 40, faces protracted eco
nomic problems that affect Mexico’s
relationship with the United States
and a vocal opposition that still ques
tions whether his mandate was won
fairly.
“Given the circumstances, he is
going to have to be a great president
because otherwise the problems of
the country will become enormously
complicated,” Manuel Camacho
Solis, a close colleague and general
secretary of the governing Institutio
nal Revolutionary Party, said.
An illustration of one lingering
problem was the vote Saturday by
the Chamber of Deputies to certify
Salinas’ July 6 election as president.
Virtually all votes came from the
governing party, the PRI.
The opposition, which held the
PRI to 50.7 percent of the official
vote —- the lowest since PRI took
power in 1929 — maintains the pre
sidency was won by fraud.
Salinas was the chief architect of
an economic austerity program that
rescued this nation of 85 million
people from near bankruptcy and
has cut its record 159 percent infla
tion for 1987 by half this year. Still,
his policies remain unpopular be
cause workers have lost half their
buying power.
The United States and Mexico
share a 2,000-mile border, and bilat
eral issues include Mexico’s $104 bil
lion debt, drug trafficking and im
migration. If Mexico’s economy gets
worse, many Mexicans are likely to
vote with their feet by moving north.
Salinas also will have to deal with a
party that is struggling to adapt to a
more democratic environment.
Many of his ideas to decentralize the
economy and reduce the role of the
state are unpopular with politicians
used to wielding unquestioned
power.
Salinas, like his three predeces
sors, rose in the bureaucracy and has
no previous experience in elective
office, although he grew up with
politics. His lather was a former
commerce minister, his mother an
economist active in party politics.
Born in Mexico City, Salinas lived
in the village of Tetla in central Mex
ico while researching his doctoral
thesis on the connection between
government spending and political
power.
Salinas holds two master’s degrees
and one doctorate from Harvard
University, where his lather also
tended. 1 !e speaks fluent Englist
After graduation, Salinas i
vanced quickly in governs
catching the eye of MigueldeL
dritl and becoming budget secret
when de la Madrid became pri
dent in 1982.
"He’s very comprehensive, in I
sense that he seems to have act
puter in his head” to manage®
problems at once, Otto Granai
information secretary of the PI
said.
Another associate said Sab
likes to l>e informed on evervlhi
and as president may have to lo
to “let go of things more.”
Salinas has had to fight their
that he is a technocrat without]#
cal experience. His public comm
are unrevealing, he lacks chatis
and is often depicted in local
toons as a mouse because of hisl
ness, big ears and mustache
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done well and promptly.
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attains it,” one associate said.notr
that Salinas decided to learni
about three years ago and has®
become a good amateur player.
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