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Superpowers hold talks
VIENNA. Austria (AP) - The
United States and the Soviet
Union traded charges of human
rights violations Wednesday
and then held extended talks on
how to tarry out their Iceland
summit pledges for sharp
reductions in nuclear weapons.
Secretary of State George P.
Shultz, speaking at a 35-nation
conference aimed at improving
relations between East and
West, said "a tragic human
rights situation” existed in the
Soviet Union and among its
Pastern allies. He warned that
arms control would falter unless
the perceived abuses were
corrected.
Tehran says it'll bargain
NICOSIA. Cyprus (AP) -
Two Iranian officials said
Wednesday that Tehran is will
ing to work for the release of
American and French hostages
in Lebanon in return for
weapons, unfreezing of Iranian
assets in the United States and
freedom for political prisoners.
Parliament speaker Hashemi
Rafsanjani ridiculed what he
said was a mission to Tehran by
former National Security Ad
viser Robert McFarlane and four
other Americans to try to mend
U.S.-Iranian relations. U.S. of
ficials have not confirmed the
mission.
But Rafsanjani signaled that
rejection of the purported mis
sion does not mean Iran won’t
help. “If you want us to help
you...we will help — if our
friends in Lebanon accept,”
Rafsanjani was quoted as
saying.
Waite speaks to press
LONDON (AP) — Anglican
Church envoy Terry Waite said
Wednesday that British press
speculation he was acting on
behalf of governments in his
mission to free hostages in
I.ebanon had made his Middle
Hast contacts nervous and could
cost his life.
‘‘There are certain
speculative comments now
moving around that perhaps
Mr. Waite is used by or closely
associated with governments.”
Waite told reporters.
“Give me a break. It is your
fellow journalist 1 am working
for.” he said, referring to
Associated Press reporter Terry
Anderson, one of six Americans
still missing in Lebanon.
National
EPA urges lead cleanup
WASHINGTON (AP) - An
investment of $140 million by
community water systems to
reduce lead in drinking water
could yield up to $t billion in
savings, concludes a draft EPA
report released Wednesday.
The Environmental Protec
tion Agency report attempts to
compare the dollar value of the
benefits of reduced lead content
with the cost of chemically
treating water
Recant studies show that lead
can stunt the growth of
children, possibly leading to
retardation and even death. In
adults, lead can raise blood
pressure, thus increasing the
likelihood of strokes and heart
attacks.
Regional
Voters OK Klamath jail
KLAMATH FALLS (AP) —
Klamath County voters approv
ed an $8 million bond to build a
new jail, according to returns
announced Wednesday.
With all precincts counted
and about 900 absentee ballots
outstanding, the vote was
10,691 in favor to 8,548 against
the jail, according to county
elections officials.
The county was under a
federal court order to build a
new jail because overcrowding
and antiquated conditions in
the old one violated the con
stitutional rights of inmates
against cruel and unusual
punisment.
Goldschmidt causes stir
PORTLAND (AP) - In his
first full day as governor-elect,
Democrat Neil Goldschmidt
created a stir Wednesday by
urging a halt to further con
sideration of appointments
made by Gov. Vic Atiyeh.
Goldschmidt, who defeated
Norma Paulus in Tuesday's
election, said the Oregon Senate
should hold off on confirming
Atiyeh's appointments to
dozens of state boards and
commissions.
At a news conference,
Goldschmidt said it's important
that as incoming governor he
has some say over the people
who will serve on those boards
and commissions and help
carry out his agenda
Hanford efforts hurt
PORTLAND (AP) - The
Republican Party's loss of con
trol of the Senate will make it
tougher to block a proposed
nuclear waste disposal site at
the Hanford nuclear reserva
tion. Sen. Mark Hatfield
acknowledged Wednesday.
When the Democrats regained
control of the Senate in Tues
day's election. Hatfield was
among six senators from the
West to lose committee
chairmanships.
Democrats move to set agenda
with newly won Senate control
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Jubilant Democrats, savoring
their newly won control of the
Senate, moved Wednesday to
settle internal squabbles and
fashion a legislative agenda for
their next election showdown
with the Republicans in 1988.
Senate Democratic leader
Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia
— poised to become majority
leader in the 100th Congress —
predicted that his party would
use its fresh 55-45 edge to "pull
the administration back toward
the center in its extremes in
foreign policy and its extremes
in domestic policy.”
Democrats regained the ma
jority after six years of GOP con
trol by grabbing Republican
seats in nine states: Alabama.
Florida. Georgia. Maryland.
Nevada. North Carolina. North
Dakota. South Dakota and
Washington. They also turned
back strong GOP challenges to
Democratic seats in California,
Colorado and Louisiana and
yielded a Democratic seat only
in Missouri.
With the majority. Democrats
are claiming the prize of ap
pointing committee chairmen
and setting the legislative
agenda.
But now they also are under
pressure to develop a program,
something that will Im* easier
said than done for a party that
has yet to develop a consensus
on such key issues as military
spending, the budget. U.S. aid
to Nicaraguan Contra rebels ami
the president's Strategic
Defense Initiative.
It v r il repeatedly said
Democrats want to cooperate
with Reagan, hut he made clear
that he wants to enact farm and
trade' measures, even if the
president resists.
The administration has op
posed most trade measures of
fered over the last two years on
grounds they would backfire
and cause retaliation abroad. Its
farm program, approved by
Congress in 1985. has not
boosted exports as much as
many agriculturalists had
hoped it would.
As the votes wore counted
Tuesday night and itato
Wednesday, one GOP seat after
another fell to the Democrats.
In the South. Democratic
Gov. Bob Graham defeated Sen.
Paula Hawkins in Florida.
In Louisiana. Rep. John
Breaux kept the Senate seat of
retiring veteran Russell Long in
the Democratic column by
defeating GOP Rep. Henson
Moore.
Georgia Democratic Rep.
Election roundup
TIm Senate
Democrats won 20 of 34 elect ions, enough to capture •
55-45 majority of the Senate They won formerly Republican
seats in nine states; the GOP won a single Democratic seat.
The margin going in; Republicans 53. Democrats 47,
The margin following the 1982 election: Republicans 54.
Democrats 46.
Highlights: New senators included Gov. Bob Graham. D
Fla.; Rep. Barbara Mikutski. D-Md.; Gov, Christopher Bond.
R-Mo.. and Terry Sanford. D-N.C. The number of women in
the Senate remained the same: two. as Mikulski won In
Maryland but Sen. Paula Hawkins, a Republican, lost in
Florida.
Democrats went into the election with e 73-vote majori
ty, 253-180. aside from two vacancies, and were adding to
their control slightly. With races decided in most of the 435
elections. Democrats had won 258 seats and were lending in
one. though Rep. John filler. R-lnd.. was protesting that a
counting mistake had wrongly labeled him a loser.
Republicans bed won 173 rad were hading in three.
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bis sister, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, lost In Maryland.
Rep. )lm Wright. D-Texaa. won re election to bis Port Worth
Democrats won at hast 18 governorships — and pro
bably a 19th as soon as the Vermont Legislature ratifies the
victory of incumbent Madeleine Kunin — to 17 for the
Republicans. However, since a big majority of the seats st
stake had been held by Democrats, the Republicans reduced
their national governor deficit from 18 to just two.
Wyche Fowler ousted one-term
GOP Sen. Mack Mattingly,
while Alabama Democratic Rep.
Richard Shelby pul GOP Sen
feremiah Denton out of office.
Former North Carolina Gov.
Terry Sanford put un end to the
brief Senate career of GOP Sen.
lames T. Broyhill. who was ap
pointed to the position earlier
this year to replace Sen. John
Hast, who committed suicide.
In Maryland. Rep. Barbara
Mikulski swept aside conser
vative Republican Linda
Chavez, a former Reagan aide,
in the race for the seat being
vacated by retiring GOP Sen.
Charles Mathias.
South Dakota Republican
Sen. |ames Abdnor went down
to defeat at the bands of
Democratic Rep. Thomas A.
Daschle.
Former Transportation
Secretary Brock Adams
unseated Republican Sen. Slade
Gorton in Washington.
And in a close race in
Nevada, Democratic Rep. Harry
Reid defeated GOP Rep. James
Santini to take the Republican
seat being vacated by Sen. Paul
Laxalt.
One of the few bright spots in
an otherwise gloomy night for
the GOP was the victory in
Missouri of formei Republican
Gov. Christopher S. Bond over
l.t Gov. Harriott Woods for the
Democratic seat vacated by
retiring Sen. Thomas F.
Kagloton In Arizona, for retir
ing GOP Sen. Barry Goldwater’s
seat. Republican Rep |ohn Me
Cain turned aside Democrat
Richard Kimludl.
Democrats fought back a
strong Republican challenge in
Colorado for the seat of
Democratic Sen. Gary Hurt, who
is retiring to concentrate on his
expected bid for the presidency
in 1988. Democratic Rep. Tim
Wirth defeated GOP Rep. Ken
neth B. Kramer.
And in California, throe-term
Democrat Alan Cranston
defeated Rep. Gd Zachau.
The last Democratic victory
was assured at midday Wednes
day when the final votes were
counted in North Dakota and
showed Kent Conrad, the
Democratic state tax commis
sioner. a winner over first-term
Republican Mark Andrews.
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