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inter/national news From Associated Press reports Reagan chooses security advisor WASHINGTON William Clark, Pres Reagan's new national security adviser, spent his first day on the job Tuesday, attending the pre sident's meeting with West Ger man Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Meanwhile, White House spokesman David Gergen said that it was "certainly a possibili ty" that Richard Allen, Clark's predecessor, would be given a job with the administration after he finishes the temporary con sulting task he was assigned But Gergen said he was not aware of "a current search for a job” for Allen, who left the White House payroll Tuesday One White House source who asked that he not be identified said Reagan’s top advisers had concluded before Christmas that Allen would have to be re placed by Clark as a result of questions raised about $1,000 he received from Japanese journalists and watches he received from Japanese friends Allen said Monday evening that even as he entered the Oval Office to meet with the pres ident. he sought to remain in his job Gergen said Clark, appointed Monday after Allen was forced out. would meet with Reagan daily at 9:30 a m to deliver a national security briefing, im mediately after the president's daily conference with the top three members of his staff, counselor Edwin Meese. chief of staff James Baker, and depu ty chief of staff Michael Deaver Compact cars more dangerous WASHINGTON Motorists in small cars are twice as likely to be killed in accidents as those in full size models, and Japanese autos are generally less safe than their American counterparts, ac cording to a new insurance in dustry study released Tuesday The study is based on claims submitted to 10 insurance com panies, handling half of the na tion's auto policies, from 1978 through 1980 William Haddon. president of the Insurance Institute for High way Safety, said the survey provides the first "real world collision'' information which shows the danger of driving the increasingly popular, fuel-ef ficient subcompacts The study was released by the institute and the United Ser vices Automobile Association, the country s ninth largest in surer of automobiles There was no immediate comment from US au to makers "Obviously small cars are here to stay because of their fuel efficiency But as the study shows, small cars are much more deadly in accident situa tions because they are so much lighter than large cars,” Robert McDermott, chairman of USAA. told a news conference The survey showed that among occupants of subcom pacts, there were 34 1 deaths per 100,000 vehicles in 1980 By comparison, there were 23 8 deaths per 100,000 compact cars and 15 6 deaths per 100,000 full-size cars The industry survey singled out American-made cars as be ing safer than their Japanese counterparts, especially when comparing small cars produced in both countries On average, said Haddon, the risk of being killed in a crash in most Japanese subcompacts "is 34 percent higher than in the same size class American-made cars ” Reagan sinks summer cruises VANCOUVER, British Columbia A Russian cruise ship won't be making its Vancouver, British Columbia-to-Aiaska run this summer, thanks to Pres Ronald Reagan's latest round of eco nomic sanctions against the Soviet Union The ship's Vancouver agent was informed Monday the Odessa's 1982 program has been canceled Mindy Hodson, manager of March Shipping Passenger Services of Van couver, said the ship now is in Havana where her captain is awaiting instructions from the vessel's owner, Black Sea Ship ping Co of Odessa "It’s very unfortunate, but the political situation in the U S has made it impossible to continue the cruise program," said Hod son "The people hurt most are not the Soviets, but American and Canadian tour operators It's put a lot of people out of work She said the 500-passenger Odessa was already 85 percent booked for next summer's Alas ka season Cancelation notices are being sent out Odessa was cruising in the Caribbean out of New Orleans when Reagan announced sanctions against Soviet ships calling at U S ports The vessel's 300 U S pas sengers disembarked in New Orleans Anti — Semitism doubles in 1981 NEW YORK For the third straight year reported acts of anti-Semitism in the United States more than doubled in 1981. marked by an increase in violence against Jews and Jewish institutions, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith reported Tuesday Anti-Semitism “has always been there," said Nathan Perl mutter, league national director Lately, he added, "it's coming out of the closet,” The league's annual audit cit ed 974 cases of anti-Jewish vandalism and 350 attacks on or threats against "Jews as Jews" in 31 states and Washington, D C , last year In 1980 the league found 377 cases of van dalism and 112 assaults Violence increased despite new state laws against anti religious acts and new procedures for investigating them, the national survey said In New York, where the league reported the greatest increase, a police official said he did not notice a big upswing in anti-Semitic acts last year "The question has always been. Are there more incidents or are more people coming forward?’ " said Lt Abraham Kushner. who monitors bias in cidents for the police depart ment The establishment a year ago of New York s Bias Investigation Unit undoubtedly led to in creased reports, he said A squad statistician said figures would not be available until later this week The Anti-Defamation League reported 326 incidents in New York state, followed by Califor nia with 150, New Jersey with 94 and Massachusetts with 59 Court overrules creation theory LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A federal judge on Tuesday struck down an Arkansas law requiring schools that teach evolution to balance it with the theory of creationism The judge ruled the statute violated constitutional guarantees of separation between church and state It was simply and purely an effort to introduce the biblical version of creation into the public school curricula, U S District Judge William Overton said of the law. which would have taken effect next fall The verdict, following a nine day trial last month, was a vic tory for the American Civil Liberties Union, which said in a May 27 lawsuit that the law was too vague, infringed on academic freedom and abridged the First Amendment ban on laws that establish religion Overton invalidated the law on the religion issue only kinko's copies 4c Self service • computerized Xerox • reduction • 2 sided copies • binding • lamination 344-7894 764 E. 13th
