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)■ i World & Nation res lursday, August 1,1991 The Battalion Summit produces arms treaty, initiative for Mideast peace •er com ! MOSCOW (AP) — President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev voiced unprec- ?ars ove; edented solidarity Wednesday as they nt in I concluded a summit that produced a landmark arms control treaty and a Striking initiative to prod peace in the !ived mi Middle East. “Different winds are tionssm blowing," Gorbachev proclaimed. Plying 0 "We take a significant step forward Jrvice \ in dispelling a half century of mis- r "- ‘ ™ " Bush said as he and Gorbachev Clusters lone- g-negotiated Strategic Treaty in the Kremlin. i Force(,'Arms Reduction Treaty with; Jf Bush heads to Kiev in the Ukraine on Thursday for a firsthand look at life in one of the Soviet's chafing republics. The two-day summit drew to a close with a dinner at the American ambas sador's residence where the two lead ers pledged friendship and efforts to work together for peace. In addition to the treaty signing, the ceremonial centerpiece of the summit, the final day produced the ambitious move for peace in the Middle East. With Israeli participation still up in the air. Bush said he and Gorbachev had decided to seize the initiative themselves and would issue invita tions for peace talks in October. "This historic opportunity must not be lost" to get Israel, the Arab states and Palestinians to sit at the same peace table. Bush said. He said he was sending Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Jerusalem on Thursday "to obtain Israel's answer." Israeli leaders have objected to the makeup of a Palestinian delegation that would attend. n Minister Alexander h said he would travel to re- Soviet Foreij A. Bessmertny to Israel se establish The arms pact marked the first time that the superpowers had agreed to ac tually reduce the number of transconti nental nuclear weapons in their arse nals. If ratified by the Senate and the Supreme Soviet, the 700-page treaty would reduce these stockpiles by 30 percent. "It is an event of global signifi cance," Gorbachev said at the cere mony at Vladimir Hall in the Kremlin. He said the pact would begin "disman tling the infrastructure of fear that has ruled the world." separately with papers t full diplomatic relations. Asked at their concluding joint conference why they wouldn't step further and propose a ban on all nuclear weapons, both leaders said news go a that such a move would be too ex treme. Bush said it would leave the super powers helpless against "renegades getting hold of nuclear weapons." Gorbachev agreed, saying it could lead to an "absurd" situation in which smaller nations had nuclear weapons and the largest ones did not. The Soviet leader said that he was delighted that he and Bush had been able to play a role in making the world safer from nuclear. annihilation by agreeing to reverse the arms race. "I felt a feeling of solidarity in this," the Soviet president said. s enjoys tnandan; sly sent se in Flc: ns ie aid ney o\ incler j sdaybyi >t be r emmeii! federal 141-0 by ifter Sm te. asure, conomy hows slow ecovery WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's main eco nomic barometer, released Wednesday, continues to point toward recovery, but Inalysts said an accompany ing report on slumping fac tory orders illustrates the sluggish, choppy nature of the turnaround, lospit The Commerce Department ^aid its Index of Leading Eco- omic Indicators rose 0.5 per- :ent in June, its fifth straight crease. At the same time, owever, it said orders to .S. factories fell 1.4 percent, •reaking a two-month ad- ance. The string of gains in the leading indicators "pretty uch confirms that the recov- ry began in the second quar- er," said Sung won Sohn, an conomist with the Norwest brp. in Minneapolis. Still, only five of the 11 for- ard-looking indicators \at hav< iposted gains. One was vir- of Mei itually unchanged, the state' "The increases are less than patient, r jwe've been accustomed to in a | recovery, but we've been say ing it will be a weaker recov- 85 millio: iery than average," said econ- be ma::-- omist Robert G. Dederick of mvernffi [the Northern Trust Co. in lion. ; Chicago. The Bush administration I and many private analysts be- l r ag lieve the economy will grow 0 about 2.5 percent to 3 percent for the rest of the year, com- U d 111 pared to a 6 percent average i growth rate in the other eight rilCl recover les since World War II. But some analysts express concern the economy could even dip back into recession after a period of growth. Sung, for instance, said the probability of a double dip recession is not exactly negligible. If anything, it is in creasing." Richard Rahn, an econo mist with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, also contended the revival could be short lived. "At best, the numbers sup port a rate of economic growth of only about 1 per cent — hardly fitting anyone's notion of a significant recov ery," he said. I ^ (AP)' the dean 'as drag- n by a tut the bad L ers who ;tty Tin 11 an anif ie had jS ? ent stof m? 8 ! 0. Unemployment relief? _ . • i Border posts attacked; Proposed bill to create jobs Lithuanian government suspects Soviet troops WASHINGTON (AP) — Two conservative lawmakers intro duced an economic growth pack age Wednesday that they claimed would create nearly half a million new jobs by 1996. House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia and Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, told a news conference the legislation was crafted to promote invest ment, stimulate research and de velopment, encourage savings, promote home ownership, and reduce disincentives for the el derly to work. Gingrich said he planned to offer the package as an alterna tive to Democratic-backed legis lation to extend unemployment benefits to those who have ex hausted their eligibility during the current economic downturn. "After all the speeches we'll hear this week about concern for the unemployed, it would be nice to have concern for getting them a job, not just getting them a government check," Gingrich said. The legis lation in- cludes a re duction in the tax rate on capital gains, elimination of all taxes on the portion of capital gains 3 en phj| Gramm due to mfla- has introduced an tion, tax in- ec0 nomic growth centives for p acka g e . investments in urban and rural enterprise zones and tax credits for busi ness spending on research and experimentation. In addition, the bill would cre ate new individual retirement ac counts with contributions and earnings tax-free when distrib uted, provide tax credits for first time homebuyers and authorize tax-free withdrawals from IRA accounts for first-time home p chase, education or medical penses. Baltic region in six ur- ex- The bill also would raise the earnings limit at which Social Se curity recipients begin to lose benefits, and it would provide for automatic increases in the personal income tax exemption when the economy grows faster than projected. Israel refuses to attend peace talks until Palestinian question resolved JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government made clear Wednesday that Israel will not at tend a U.S.-Soviet sponsored peace conference unless the issue of Palestinian representation's resolved. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's spokesman said that the fact that Secretary of State James A. Baker III is returning to Jerusalem on Thursday "shows that certainly there is some progress." Israel opposes the participation of Palestin ians from east Jerusalem in peace talks, insisting it will talk only to Arabs from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Palestinians continued to insist Wednesday that Jerusalem Arabs must be part of any delegation. Israel TV quoted Faisal Husseini, a leading Palestinian Jerusalemite, as saying the Palestin ians stand firm in their demand for a Jerusalem negotiator, as well as a representative from the Palestine Liberation Organization. Israel radio reported that a compromise was being studied under which Jerusalem Arabs would be represented at a later stage of negotia tions. Shamir's spokesman, Yossi Achimeir, said Wednesday that Israel had not changed its posi tion on the issue of Palestinian representation. Achimeir spoke shortly after President Bush announced a U.S. and Soviet-sponsored confer ence would be held in October and that Baker would make a seventh trip to Jerusalem on Thursday. "As far as I know, there is no change in the position of Israel," he said on Israel radio. Science Minister Yuval Nee man of the right- wing Tehiya Party declared it was "chutzpah," or gall, on Bush's part to announce the confer ence before Israel had agreed to attend. MOSCOW (AP) — Assailants killed six Lithuanians at a border post and wounded two others on Wednesday in the worst vio lence in the Ba months. The incident spotlighted Mos- cow's ten sions with in dependence- minded Lithu ania just as President Bush and Mikhail Gor bachev wrap ped up their summit in the Mikhail Gorba- Soviet capital, chav has ex- Lithuania's pressed regret president and sympathy for called a spe- the victims, cial session of parliament for Fri day to consider the Kremlin's "terrorist and repressive struc tures" in the republic, and the Lithuanian government offered an $834,000 reward for informa tion leading to the identity of the killers. Lithuanian officials said they did not know who was responsi ble for the attack, but that they suspected Soviet Interior Min istry "black beret" troops, who have taken part in past anti-inde pendence violence in the Baltics. The official Tass news agency said the national Interior Min istry denied that the black berets haa any role in the attack. All troops were in their barracks at the time, it said. Soviet Interior Minister Boris Pugo said his ministry would help Lithuanian officials find the attackers. It was the most serious out break of violence in the restive region since January, when So viet troops killed 22 people and wounded hundreds of others in Lithuania and neighboring Lat via. The three Baltic republics — Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia — have all declared their indepen dence from the Soviet Union, which annexed them in 1941. Lithuania regards its border posts as important symbols of its claim to sovereignty. Soviet offi cials insist the border posts are il legal but have denied ordering any attacks. Lithuania says more than 20 customs posts in the three re publics have been seized or de stroyed in the past two months. One customs guard has been killed and nine people wounded in the previous attacks. Wednes day's was the most serious. Gorbachev expressed regret and sympathy for the families of the victims. He said the matter was being investigated. "We are doing everything in order not only to take action but also to avoid such excesses, such conflicts on the basis of resolu tion of basic issues," Gorbachev said at a joint news conference with Bush. Lithuanian President Vytautas rgis ?1 a< Vyt Landsbergis called the killings "a very cruel action of violence." Lithuania has accused the elite black berets of taking part in re cent raids on border posts and has demanded the troops with draw from the region. Drug helps people survive heart failure s she ides in ; L,, secured : becaus 4 up from' BOSTON (AP) — Drugs that relax blood vessels significantly improve sur vival of people with mild congestive heart failure, and their widespread use could prevent 10,000 to 20,000 deaths an nually in the United States, researchers say. These drugs, known as ACE inhibi tors, have been reserved largely for peo ple with severe heart failure. Two major new studies have found that they also are highly effective among those with mild and moderate cases of this common disease. "This shows that across a broad group of people, we are able to improve their survival, keep them out of the hospital and make them feel better," said Dr. Sa lim Yusuf of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. In heart failure, the heart is not strong enough to pump blood adequately throughout the body. As a result, fluid builds up in the lungs and limbs. Symp toms include shortness of breath, pain and fatigue. Yusuf's study was funded by the insti tute and the drug's manufacturer, Merck Sharp and Dohme. The study compared an ACE inhibitor called enalapril against placebos. It found that the drug reduced mortality by 16 percent averaged over a three-year period and reduced the need for hospitalization by nearly one-third. About 2 million Americans have con gestive heart failure, and about 35 per cent require hospital care each year. 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