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U.S. proposes new
peace negotiations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres
Reagan told the Soviet Union on
Wednesday to "butt out" of the
Falkland Islands crisis as
Secretary of State Alexander
Haig prepared to carry a revised
peace proposal to Argentina
Haig, who met with Reagan at
the White House after returning
from Britain, announced he has
some "new ideas" which can
avert war but require flexibility
from London and Buenos Aires.
Meanwhile, he said, the situa
tion remains "exceptionally dif
ficult and dangerous "
In Buenos Aires, the Argen
tine coast guard said two of its
gunboats had broken the British
blockade of the Falklands and
were patroling the shores of the
archipelago
In London, British Prime Min
ister Margaret Thatcher said at
the start of an emergency
debate in Parliament that
"withdrawal of the (Argentine)
invaders' troops" must precede
any negotiations over the future
of the islands taken over by
Argentina on April 2
"Our diplomacy is backed by
strength,” she asserted "And
we have the resolve to use that
strength if necessary ”
The president told reporters
that the Soviet Union evidently
is providing military intelligence
to Argentina, based on "what
I've heard and read " And "I'd
like to see them butt out,' he
declared
Deputy White House press
secretary Larry Speakes said
later the president based his
comments on press reports and
stated "I'm not going into what
we know or don't know from
intelligence sources "
Earlier Wednesday, Argen
tina's ambassador here,
Esteban Takacs, denied his
nation was receiving intel
ligence from the Soviet Union
Haig, who planned to depart
for Buenos Aires on Thursday
morning, said he had received
assurances from British and
Argentine leaders that they are
ready to continue to work with
him
Thatcher told the House of
Commons that some progress
had been achieved during
Haig’s talks, but Argentina was
still demanding “some things
which we could not consider
because they flouted our basic
principles."
In Buenos Aires, Capt Victor
Badini told The Associated
Press that two gunboats, each
carrying a crew of 30, crossed
the 250 miles to the islands
Tuesday It was the first con
firmation of Argentine naval
activity in the blockade zone
imposed by Britain before dawn
Monday
There was no indication of
change in status of the Argen
tine naval fleet The 31 warships
were reported tied up at the
Puerto Belgrano naval base,
about 430 miles south of Buen
os Aries, and "ready to sail"
upon orders from naval
command
Two Argentine journalists
said on return from the
Falklands that C-130 transports
mainland “are landing and
taking off continuously and Air
Force Dagger fighter-bombers
— the Israeli version of France's
Mirage — are constantly flying
over the islands "
Haig said a solution “will
require flexibility on both sides
— not abandonment of principle
— but responsible and defensi
ble adjustments ” The secretary
spoke at a hastily-arranged
appearance before State
Department reporters
Haid said that as a result of his
conversations in London, plus
telephone conversations on
Wednesday, he has developed
"new ideas which I have de
scribed to the Argentine
government
"Based on these new ideas,
the Argentinians have invited
me to return to Buenos Aires I
propose to do so tomorrow
(Thursday)."
Unemployment rate
rises to 11.4 percent
SALEM (AP) — Oregon's sea
sonally adjusted unemployment
rate rose .2 percent to 11 4 per
cent in March, the state Em
ployment Division said Tuesday
Oregon followed the national
unemployment trend, which
also rose 2 percent to 9 per
cent
In March, 1,149,900 Oregon
ians held jobs, an increase of
6,700 over February The
number unemployed was
161,000, down 1,800 from the
previous month Nevertheless,
the seasonally adjusted unem
ployment figure went up beca
use not as many Oregonians
went back to work as normally
would, said Libby Leonard,
deputy administrator of the divi
sion
March is traditionally a pivotal
month when unemployment
begins to head down following
winter layoffs, said Leonard
The employment figures are
obtained by the federal Bureau
of Labor Statistics which makes
a random household survey in
every state to determine how
many people are working and
how many are looking for jobs.
The survey does not reflect
the number of people who have
become discouraged and given
up looking for work, said
Leonard
High interest rates continue
to plague Oregon's economy,
causing problems for the key
lumber industry The number of
lumber and wood products
plants closed or on reduced
production schedules stands in
the hundreds, idling roughly
one-third of the industry, the
division said
Reduced to 55,300 workers
throughout the first quarter of
1982, employment in lumber
and wood products is at its
lowest point in over three
decades
"The plain fact is that there
are no signs of recovery yet
evident in Oregon,” Leonard
said "Until interest rates recede
to the point of sparking some
demand for home building,
Oregon's economy will contin
ue to suffer."
She said she does not expect
recovery in Oregon until at least
the third quarter of the year •
Thursday, April 15,1982