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The president told a national ly televised news conference that the United States will be “flexible, patient and determin ed” when the talks resume, with the ultimate objective of “complete elimination of nuclear weapons.” He said there would be "no preconditions” for the talks. But on one main sticking point — the $26 billion space research effort which the Soviets want halted — the president said, “we have made it clear that we are going forward on research.” Asked whether Star Wars would be a bargaining chip, he said, “No, oh, no.” Reagan said he does not like the term “Star Wars,” and said his goal is to develop a moral and humane system, which would destroy weapons instead of people. “Our objective in these talks will be the reduction of nuclear weapons.... Our ultimate ob jective is complete elimination of nuclear weapons,” he said. Busses leave daily from in front of the EMU. Call EMU Main Desk for more information 686-4363 Take a light course... at TacoTime You deserve it Tacdlime The news conference was Reagan’s first in six months, and came 11 days before he takes the oath of office for a se cond term. It was a session dominated by questions about the news that the United States and the Soviet Union would resume arms negotiations, but the president also discussed the domestic economy, the recent high-level staff shakeup in his administra tion and prospects of a summit with his Soviet counterpart. He said he intends to press later in the year for simplifica tion of the income tax code, but stood by his opposition to a tax increase, saying it would be "counterproductive” to the economic recovery. He brushed aside projections saying that his own deficit reduction plan would not meet his objectives. "Those projections — frankly, I pay no attention to them,” he said. The president also said that if an "overwhelming majority” of Congress proposed canceling next year’s Social Security cost of-living increases to reduce the deficit, “I would have to look at that situation and what 1 was faced with." Reagan campaigned for re election as an opponent of tax increases and reductions in Social Security benefits for cur rent or future recipients. Atiyeh opposes Army weapons HERMISTON, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Vic Atiyeh says if he had his “druthers,” the Army would destroy obsolete chemical weapons at the Umatilla Army Depot where they are stored, rather than move them to a disposal plant in Utah. The Army is studying whether to build a $42 million facility to destroy the weapons, which contain a deadly nerve agent, or to transport them by truck, plane or train to an ex isting disposal plant in Tooele, Utah. The governor, who has said he is opposed to weapons con taining nerve agents, said he would rather not have the weapons in the state at all, but that decision was not up to him. He had praise, however, for the Army’s handling of the munitions. Atiyeh described their safety precautions as "meticulous.” Since November 1983, the Ar my has been destroying weapons leaking the nerve agent GB. chemically known as isopropyl methyl phosphonofluoridate. It is a col orless, odorless liquid that when released acts like a human insecticide. If even a small quantity is breathed in or ab sorbed by the skin, it will kill within four minutes. One M-55 rocket contains 10 pounds of the chemical. A “leaking” rocket or projec tile is one that shows signs of chemicals escaping within the bomb casing, said Susan Voss, an Army spokeswoman. A mobile unit is used to remove the chemical agent from the bomb and destroy the cas ing. Initially, the Army iden tified 123 rockets, land mines and projectiles for destruction. Since then, an additional 236 have been discovered. The team of specialists has disposed of 197 of the munitions and is ex pected to complete the re mainder by May or June, Ms. Voss said. LET’S GO TO A CONCERT by “FLIGHT^j^A Friday, January 11 7:00 p.m., EMU FORUM NO ADMISSION CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SPONSORED by the BAPTIST STUDENT UNION WHERE CAN YOU GET MORE $$$ FOR YOUR TEXTBOOKS? at the ] BOOK EXCHANGE American Advertising Federation UO Chapter HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: You bring in your books and consign them to us. YOU set your own prices. We’ll try to sell them through the first week of classes. If any sell, you get the price minus our 10% commission. If your books don t sell, you get them back, with no fee to us. There’s no risk involved. Give us a try. January 7-11 10-4 • Room 108 EMU
