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U.N. votes to ask U.S. officials
to grant PLO leader Arafat visa
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The
General Assembly’s legal committee
voted 121-2 Tuesday night to ask the
State Department to grant PLO
Chairman Yasser Arafat a U.S. visa.
Only the United States and Israel
were oppeased.
It was an indication of how lop
sided the vote is likely tea be Wednes
day when the 159-member General
Assembly takes up the Arab-spon
sored resolution deploring U.S. de
nial of a visa to Arafat so he can ad
dress the assembly at U.N.
headquarters in New York.
In denying the visa on Saturday,
the State Department said Arafat
had condoned acts of terrorism com
mitted by the Palestine Liberation
Organization. On Tuesday it said its
rejection was final.
All U.N. member nations are rep
resented on the legal committee, but
not all were present for the vote
Tuesday night.
U.N. officials, meanwhile, began
calculating the cost of the unprece-
lented step of moving the General
Assembly to Geneva to hear Arafat
speak on the Palestinian problem
and Middle East issues. One source
suggested it could run around
$150,000.
Arab diplomats, speaking on con
dition of anonymity, said they have
enough votes to reconvene the Gen
eral Assembly in Geneva. They said
the session probably would be in the
week of Dec. 12-16, with Dec. 13-14
the likely dates.
Most nations were expected to as
sign their Geneva ambassadors to
the session and nations would bear
the cost of their own travel, diplo
mats said.
The General Assembly on Tues
day delayed its annual debate on the
Palestinian problem, originally
scheduled for Thursday, Friday and
Dec. 6, to permit arrangements for
Arafat to speak elsewhere.
The U.S. rejection of a visa set off
an international uproar and de
mands that Arafat be allowed to
speak.
If U.S. authorities reject the reso
lution to reconsider, as is expected,
the next step will be a second resolu
tion later this week seeking to move
the assembly to Geneva, the diplo
mats said.
Backstage deliberations spon
sored by the British failed to remove
harsh language from the first resolu
tion. It says America is in “violation”
of the host country agreement and
“deplores” the failure to grant Ar
afat a visa.
Under the 1947 U.S.-U.N. Head
quarters Agreement, the United
States pledges not to impede the
travel or work of U.N. diplomats or
guests. The PLO holds non-voting
observer status at the United Na
tions and is an honored invitee.
mate representative of the Palestin
ian people and is invited to speak in
all such debates.
In Washington, Secretary of State
George P. Shultz said the strong op
position to his decision to bar Arafat
shows that people are forgetting
what a threat international terrorism
Itjs considered the sole, legiti- is.
Two dead, one wounded
in bagel restaurant shooting
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —
Two men are dead and a woman was
in critical condition Tuesday after a
shooting at a bagel restaurant in Al
buquerque’s Northeast Heights, po
lice said.
Albuquerque Police Sgt. Ruth
Lowe said a man walked into the Ba
gel Lovers restaurant about 9 a.m.
and opened fire, shooting a couple
in the shop and a man behind the
counter. All three were shot in the
head, police said.
Lowe said one man, identified as
Richard Wilt, 39, of Albuquerque,
Pentagon says B-1B crash
does not show ice as factor
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air
Force does not believe a buildup of
ice on the wings caused the Nov. 17
boti crash of a B-1 B bomber in South Da-
fid kota and sees no need to consider
the addition of wing de-icing equip-
olji ment to the long-range bombers, of
ficials said Tuesday.
Pentagon spokesman Fred Hof
fman said, “We do not have any evi
dence that icing was a contributor to
the B-1B crash at Ellsworth (Air
Force Base).
“Wing icing was not considered a
potential problem when designing
the aircraft and there never has been
any operational evidence that wing
icing is a problem,” he;said.
Lt. Col. Rick Oborn, an Air Force
officer and Pentagon spokesman,
said, “We have no plans to study the
addition of de-icing equipment.
That hasn’t even been considered.”
The spokesmen were responding
to continuing questions prompted by
a published report last week that the
B-1B may have been downed by ex-
scok cessive ice on its wings.
The Air Force previously had
downplayed that report by the Chi
cago Tribune, but Hoffman’s
statement Tuesday was the most cat
egorical to date.
In a related development, Hof
fman said the Air Force would look
into allegations by some Rockwell
International Corp. employees that
flawed parts might have been used
in building the B-1 B bombers.
“But the Air Force does not have
any evidence at this time, which cor
roborates the assertions by former
Rockwell employees that substan
dard parts were used in the con
struction of B- Is,” Hoffman said.
“However, the Air Force is investi
gating or is looking into these allega
tions.”
A copyright report Monday by
WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio,
noted workers as saying substan-
ard parts disappeared after being
rejected by plant inspectors. The
employees said they believe those
parts subsequently were used in
building the bombers to meet pro
duction schedules.
The $280 million B-1B, like many
types of military aircraft, does not
have any built-in de-icing equipment
for its wings.
It does, however, carry an anti-ic
ing system for its four engines and
an ice detection system for the
wings.
Pentagon officials, speaking on
condition they not be named, said
Tuesday the ice detection system on
the plane that crashed at Ellsworth
did not indicate the bomber had ex
perienced a dangerous build-up of
ice.
“There was some icing,” one
source said. “There was ice on the
wings of another B-1B that landed
just before this one. But it wasn’t a
problem.”
Another official agreed: “There is
no indication at all of a problem hav
ing occurred with icing that would
eventually lead to an accident.”
Capt. Jay DeFrank, an Air Force
spokesman, said the rationale for
leaving de-icing equipment off the
B-IB was simple.
“The B-1B can fly at such high
speeds at low altitude that it nor
mally melts what would build up on
(the wings,)” he said.
“And if you know you’re facing ic
ing conditions, you normally fly to
another base or move to a different
altitude.
“The plane has an ice detection
system for the wings.”
The Pentagon sources insisted the
problem of icing had been consid
ered adequately in the design of the
B-1B.
The plane’s General Electric Co.
engines, in particular, were built to
survive the ingestion of ice and keep
flying, one source said.
And the wings, which can be
swept forward and backward into
different positions, were tested ex
tensively in wind tunnels, the source
said.
The B-1B that crashed Nov. 17
was practicing instrument landing
approaches.
It was attempting to land shortly
after another B-1B made a success
ful approach and for reasons un
known, came in too low and clipped
a utility pole and power lines.
The four crewmen survived after
successfully ejecting from the plane.
“What we still don’t know conclu-!
sively is what caused what,” one Air)
Force official, commenting on the|
service’s investigation, said.
was dead at the scene.
The other, identified as Joseph
Famiglietta Sr., 62, of Rio Rancho,
died at University of New Mexico
Hospital at 10:27 a.m., hospital
spokesman Bob Hlady said.
Wilt’s wife, Jean, was in critical
condition at the hospital, Hlady said.
Officers said two other people in
side the shop were not injured and
no money was taken.
Police were looking for a white
male in his early 30s, about 5-foot-5
to 5-foot-8 and clean-shaven. They
said the man was wearing a ski mask.
Lowe said a witness told police the
gunman paced back and forth in
front of the restaurant before he
went in.
Witnesses told police that when
the man entered the shop he pulled
out a gun and shot Famiglietta and
Mrs. Wilt. Rick Wilt ran to help them
and also was shot, police said.
The man fled and Wilt staggered
outside the shop behind him before
collapsing on the sidewalk, officers
said.
Albert Chavez, manager of a
neighboring office supply store, said
one of his employees stumbled on
the scene shortly after the shootings
and thought Wilt had injured him
self.
“But when I saw him I knew
something more had happened and
I set off our alarm,” Chavez said.
Walt and Famiglietta, who was
Mrs. Wilt’s father, were co-owners of
the shop. Both families had moved
to Albuquerque from New York
about a year ago, said Jim Moore,
who owns another neighboring
shop.
Forecast doesn’t stall
Atlantis countdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— NASA forged ahead Tuesday
with the countdown for the secret
mission of space shuttle Atlantis de
spite a forecast for unacceptably
high wind at launch time.
The forecast, which also con
tained clouds and isolated showers,
was examined closely by shuttle
managers as they met to decide
whether to launch Atlantis on
Thursday on a flight carrying five
astronauts and a spy satellite.
“All countdown activities are on
schedule,” the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration said in a
five-paragraph statusjreport.
Democrats elect Mitchell
Senate majority leader
WASHINGTON (AP) — George
Mitchell of Maine was elected Senate
majority leader on Tuesday by Dem
ocrats seeking a forceful new spokes
man during yet another Republican
reign at the White House, and he
quickly promised George Bush his
initiatives will be met with “interest
and enthusiasm.”
the next
said.
administration,” Mitchell
Mitchell, who was just elected to
his second term in the Senate, has a
liberal voting record but promised
“to work with all the Democrats in
developing a broad agenda.”
That statement and the manage
ment team’s decision were the only
announcements expected from the
usually open space agency. Air Force
rules prevented the civilian agency
from holding its usual pre-launch
briefings.
The Air Force has said only that
the launch is scheduled for Thurs
day between 6:32 a.m. and 9:32 a.m.
EST. The precise time will be dis
closed just nine minutes before lift
off. The big countdown clocks at the
site were kept blank.
Despite the secrecy, much is
known about Atlantis’s mission. The
astronauts will release a $500 million
satellite — the first of a series called
Lacrosse — that can discern targets
of military interest in 80 percent of
the Soviet Union.
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Once they have released the satel
lite, dropping it overboard using the
shuttle’s robot crane, Atlantis will
hover nearby to make sure every
thing works. If it doesn’t, the astro
nauts will retrieve the Lacrosse and
bring it back to Earth.
NASA said there was a 70 percent
probability that the weather will be
below the strict limits laid down since
the Challenger explosion Jan. 28,
1986, that claimed seven lives.
Those rules include winds of less
than 19 mph from the south or 28
mph from any direction, no rain at
the pad or in the flight path and no
thunderstorms within five miles.
The forecast was for winds of 15
to 28 mph, three layers of clouds
and isolated showers.
The flight will be the third shuttle
mission dedicated to the military and
the second flight since the Chal
lenger disaster. No details will be re
leased during the flight unless some-
thing goes wrong with the
spacecraft. The other all-military
flights were in 1985.
The crew will be Navy Cmdr.
Robert L. Gibson, spaceship com
mander; Air Force Lt. Col. Guy S.
Gardner, pilot; and mission special
ists Col. Richard M. Mullane and Lt.
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Mitchell, a 55-year-old former
federal judge, easily defeated Sens.
Bennett Johnston of Louisiana and
Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. He suc-
ceeds Robert C. Byrd of West Vir
ginia, who stepped aside after 12
years as the Senate’s Democratic
leader.
Asked if he would cooperate with
Bush, Mitchell said he plans to meet
soon with the president-elect.
Mitchell said he plans to move for
ward on a broad range of issues in
cluding the federal deficit, health
care, day care and the environment.
Mitchell also planned to meet
Wednesday with Sen. Bob Dole of
Kansas, re-elected by Republicans to
a third term as their leader earlier
Tuesday.
New Mexican president must deal
with poor economy, opposition
Mitchell received congratulatory
calls from Bush and Vice President
elect Dan Quayle, as well as Presi
dent Reagan.
“The Democrats await with inter
est and enthusiasm the proposals of
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
has proved himself tough and flexible, necessary qual
ities for dealing with the economic crisis and growing
political opposition he will face after becoming presi-
dent on Tnursday.
He is an economist with no experience in elective of
fice, and at 40 will be Mexico’s youngest president in
half a century.
That may be fitting, since more than half the nation’s
84 million people are under 16.
Salinas also has a disadvantage none of his predeces
sors has experienced: serious division within the Insti
tutional Revolutionary Party, which is known by its
Spanish initials PRI and has governed Mexico since
1929.
In addition to being the youngest president in de
cades, Salinas also is one of the best educated.
He has two master’s degrees and a doctorate in pub
lic administration, all troin Harvard, and speaks tluem
English and French.
Salinas is known as a demanding boss who expects
things to run on time — what Mexicans call “American
time” rather than the less precise “Mexican time.”
Salinas won narrowly in an election July 6 that was
tainted by charges of fraud.
The PRI won only 260 seats in the 500-seat Chamber
of Deputies, compared with its customary 70 percent or
more.
Political analysts say the results last election’s results
indicate people are weary of the PRTs high-handed
ways and want a change.
In speeches and interviews, Salinas has said he will
“modernize” Mexico, paring down the bureaucracy,
getting rid of state-owned companies that lose money,
fighting corruption, balancing the budget, reducing in
flation, forcing export industries to become more effi
cient and reforming the PRI.
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