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Israel denies troops evacuating Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon state radio reported Sunday that Israeli troops began withdrawing from the central mountains so the Lebanese army could enter and prevent further fighting between Christian and Druse militiamen, but the Israeli command denied the report. In Moslem west Beirut, the army suspended its slum clear ing operation near the interna tional airport after several days of violent clashes with Shiite Moslem refugees in which four people were killed The radio said the withdrawal of Israeli forces was expected to be completed later Sunday and the Lebanese army units would move in soon afterwards How ever. there was no confirmation of the report All that was known was Israeli troops were moving in the Shouf Mountain area; but they could have been taking up new posi tions. giving the appearance of withdrawing. His stories are called ‘unfacts,’ but truth, Reagan speaks false WASHINGTON (AP) - In a factory cafeteria on the out skirts of Columbus, Ohio, Pres. Ronald Reagan told a surprising story about Linda Brown, the little girl who lent her name to a lawsuit and became a symbol of American school desegrega tion The president's story made the kind of compelling anecdote that Reagan loves and helped justify the administration’s recent announcement that it was prepared to join communi ties seeking to overturn local, court-ordered busing plans But the story wasn't true A month ago, in his remarks to a group of editors of religious journals, Reagan used a figure on the survivability of premature babies to bolster his argument that abortion should be out lawed His figure wasn't correct And in his last news confer ence Reagan said unem ployment went up in the closing months of Jimmy Carter's presidency when it actually went down He claimed the gross national product, used to measure recession and recovery, had grown for four quarters when he meant two For a time, published ac counts of presidential mis statements of high-level searches for exculpatory evidence Now. more and more, officials simply snrug their shoulders when Reagan com mits another faux pas. The president's inability to get his facts straight, a longtime subject of derisive comment among the reporters who cover him, has become a matter of diminishing concern for the White House staff "I think it's basically gone away because it's no big deal.'" says communications chief David Gergen "The things that people are concerned about are of a totally different nature " "We try to get the press to focus on the big picture," said a Reagan aide who agreed to dis cuss the problem when promised anonymity "In most cases the president Knows the substance of the issue And I think we've just come to the conclusion that people (within the White House) are not going to devote endless amounts of time chasing down figures ." Asked if he meant to say it doesn t matter if the president gets his facts wrong in public, the aide said, “Sure, but when he's out there talking all the time he's going to occasionally be off on one, it's not a federal case Reagan's stories generally are intended to make a point, and in Columbus, on Oct 4, he was attempting to explain his move against school busing A worker at the AccuRay plant asked the president if local communities could be permitted to decide whether to require school busing for desegrega tion The president repeated his oft-stated belief that ' busing has failed in its purpose Then he went on to tell a story about Linda Brown, whose name gave title to the 1954 Brown v Board of Education case By deciding in favor of Linda and her fellow black school children, the Su preme Court held school se gregation inherently unequal and unconstitutional Mrs Brown took this all the way to the Supreme Court because of her own memories of her childhood when she had to go miles past a school near her home simply because of se gregation." Reagan said "And then she had a daughter of her own, and Mrs Brown is op posed to busing in her own community because, she said, now her daughter is bused miles past the school near their home, and she said that wasn't what she had in mind As a girl, Linda Brown — now Linda Brown Smith — was bused miles past a white school near her home to attend a black school on the other side of Topeka, Kan., before the Su preme Court decision. But her daughter wasn't As the world turns, fickle Andy jilts Koo for another LONDON (AP) — Prince An drew is due back on duly Mon day with the Royal Navy after a Caribbean holiday with an American actress that became one of the hottest royal gossip items in recent weeks While the 22-year-old prince's military leave is over, the head lines aren't. The British tabloids are now reporting another woman was with the prince dur ing his eight-day vacation on the island of Mustique, a woman said to be dearer to his heart Under the headline “Koo Loves Andy True” the weekly Sunday People quoted friends of the pair as saying actress Koo Stark is "deeply in love" with the prince The rival Sunday Mirror said Andrew, second-eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and a Royal Cash For Textbooks Mon.- Fri. Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Bl. From Campus 345-1651 Navy helicopter pilot, may have designs on another of the women who stayed with him at the island home of his aunt. Princess Margaret Gossip columnist Chris Hut chins said a Mustique friend who attended a party with the group reported that “the prince seemed more preoccupied with another female companion, and islanders formed a strong opin ion that Stark was no more than a flamboyant decoy.” The other woman wasn't named Whatever the truth, several British papers said Sunday that free-lance reporter Elizabeth Salomon, who joined photo grapher Jocelyn Grey, publisher John Rickatson-Hatt and Stark, 25, on the island, was peddling Bamboo Pavillion Hours: Mon.-Sun. 11:00-3:00 Buffet Lunch 4:30-9:30 Dinner, upstairs 683-8886 1275 Alder St. (gs—ti—O—tf <r. her account of the holiday in New York The U S. weekly The Star and British tabloids were among the possible purchasers, and sums of up $170,000 were being dis cussed, according to the ac counts. The Mustique holiday is not the first time Salomon, 27, has been seen on Andrew’s arm. On his first date after returning from service in the Falklands, An drew took her to see the London production of ‘Pirates of Pen zance " Salomon is said to have met the prince at the London apart ment of Stark, daughter of American movie producer Wil bur Stark. In her teens, Stark made two soft-porn films — ■‘Emily” and “Cruel Passion.” In Tel Aviv, an Israeli military command spokesman, who de clined to be named, said its forces were not withdrawing from the area He sard there had been no change in Israeli policy about the presence of troops in the area to prevent further clashes Last week. Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered the Israeli army to protect the Lebanese Druse villagers Israel is torn between its loyalty to both the Lebanese Christian Phalangists and the Israeli Druse, who are loyal to Israel and unlike other Arabs serve in the Israeli army. The Druse are a sect of Islam Meanwhile. Lebanese Pres Amin Gemayel presided over a meeting of Christian and Druse representatives in an attempt to work out an arrangement to al low the army to take control of the Druse villages where at least five people died in four days of fighting last week, the radio said Gemayel later flew to New York to address the United Na tions In an announcement following the meeting. Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan was quoted by the radio as an nouncing the committee had endorsed a government deci sion calling for withdrawing the militiamen from Kfarmatta. Dak roun. Abbey and Baaouerta Israeli troops moved in Friday to halt four days of fierce fight ing between rightist Phalange militiamen and the leftist Druse gunmen of the Socialist Pro gressive party In Jerusalem Sunday, officials said the Israeli Cabinet was op timistic about the prospects of an early agreement on procedures for securing Israel's northern border, a key element of a wider accord on withdraw ing foreign forces from Leban on When Gemayei arrived in New York Sunday he asked the U N Security Council and Reagan for help in stabilizing and rebuilding his war-torn country Gemayei, 40, took office Sept 23 after the assassination of his brother, President-elect Bashir Gemayei. ANNUAL TELEFUND STATISTICS Watch this space for the daily report on what the student organizations have raised for the Annual Fund Telefund Each organization will be competing for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes of $100, $75 and $50, based on the total pledges from alumni for gifts to the Annual Fund If your organization would like to participate, contact Joe Farmer, Annual Fund Director, 142 Susan Campbell Hall, ext. 3016. Tonight Mortar Board and Druids will be calling to establish the record other organizations will attempt to beat. Grad Students, Looking for a clean, quiet place to live? Gilbert Arms 1071 Fairfield St., Eugene 688-9429 One Bedroom Apts, for $150 were $212 Norkenzie Village 2300 Norkenzie, Eugene 343-2393 Two Bedroom Townhouses $187 were $236 INTRODUCING - THE BREAKFAST CLUB 10% off 5 different breakfast specials between 7 - 9 each weekday morning. LUNCH SPECIALS - home cooked meals, changing daily NEW ITEMS - fish and chips, chicken 1249 Alder 484-2956 Paae 5
