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inter/national news From Associated Pros* reports Poles confront riot police WARSAW, Poland Fighting erupted Tuesday in the southern industrial city of Katowice when police seized three Solidarity unionists and accused them of distributing "anti-state, anti-Soviet" pamph lets Warsaw Television said two of the men escaped when mobs stoned the police station where they had been taken and over turned a police car It said the third detainee, Tadeusz Buranowski, later was released and helped calm an angry crowd that had gathered outside the local Solidarity headquarters to demonstrate support for the union Solidarity sources in Ka towice. 160 miles south of War saw, said several thousand people gathered when "plain clothesmen" moved in to arrest the three unionists, and 10 to 20 vans arrived with riot police who dispersed the crowd with no injuries reported In Zyradow, 30 miles south west of Warsaw, thousands of striking textile workers protest ing food shortages, appealed to the new party chief, Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski, to improve the quality of life for the "women who are toiling so hard " About 12,000 workers — most of them women — at the Zy radrdow textile mills ignored the party's demand to end protests and were in the eighth day of a sit-in Some 180,000 workers in Zielona Gora province called a warning strike for Wednesday and farmers near Radom joined other Solidarity labor union chapters in declaring strike alerts Explosion kills two, injures 99 ANTWERP, Belgium A booby-trapped yellow van exploded near a synagogue in the heart of Antwerp's diamond district Tuesday, killing two women and wounding 99 other people a half-hour before ser vices were to begin, police said It was the fourth fatal attack on Jews in Europe in 15 months. An organization called "Di rect Action Group, Section Bel gium" claimed responsibility, but former members of an anar chist group with a similar name in France denied any role and said the claim was “idiotic " The Israeli Embassy blamed the Palestine Liberation Organiza tion, but the PLO denied the charge Officials question balanced budget WASHINGTON It may be impossible for Pres Reagan to meet his goal of a balanced federal budget by 1984, administration officials suggested Tuesday “I think we are all coming to the realization that the (budget) deficit is not going to evapor ate." assistant budget director Lawrence Kudlow told the Sen ate Budget Committee Appearing before the same panel, Treasury Undersecretary Beryl Sprinkel said that enact ing all aspects of Reagan's economic program and balanc ing the budget in 1984 would be “perfection ” Reagan fires military general WASHINGTON The top military officer on the National Security Council staff was fired this morning after saying in a speech that the "Soviets are on the move, they are going to strike." Pres Reagan said he disa greed with the officer, Army Maj Gen Robert L Schweitzer, but Reagan praised him as "a fine soldier" whose services in an other post will continue to "be of great benefit to the country." Reagan's brief comments came only minutes after a senior White House official told reporters Schweitzer was being relieved of his post as director of EARN MONEY WHILE YOU STUDY DONATE PLASMA Briny your books in to Eugene Plasma Corn, study for two hours while you donate plasma, and walk out with cash in your pocket Earn up to $100 a month And remember, bring a friend and get a $5 referral bonus. Bring in this ad and get *5 extra on your first donation. Clean, friendly, medically supervised, Call for an Appmt. 484*2241 Mon. Wed. 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