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World beat International Concerns grow BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Fears grew Tuesday for Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite, last seen eight days ago when he left for secret talks with Shiite Moslem kidnappers to seek the release of hostages. One report Tuesday said Waite was still negotiating. Another said he was placed under house arrest by the Moslems he went to bargain with. Archbishop Robert Runcie of Canterbury said in London he was “greatly concerned” about Waite’s safety. Waite arrived in the Lebanese capital on Jan. 12. Since then. 11 more foreigners have been abducted in Beirut. The latest, a Saudi Arabian, was grabbed by gunmen Monday night. Accused spy released MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Sam Nesley Hall, a self described freedom fighter and brother of a U.S. congressman, will be turned over to his family’s lawyer and will leave Nicaragua Wednesday, a government official said. Javier Chamorro Mora, a deputy foreign minister, told a news conference that Hall has been “excused of criminal responsibility” because of the state of his mental health. Hall, 49, was arrested Dec. 12 at Punta Huete air base, 13 miles northeast of Managua, with maps and sketches of the airfield, crudely drawn on hotel stationery, stuffed in his socks, the Sandinistas said at the time. The Nicaraguan government ac cused him of spying. Brother arrested BONN, West Germany (AP) — Police have arrested a brother of the jailed Lebanese man ac cused in the 1985 TWA hijack ing, security sources said Tuesday. They said Ali Abbas Hamadi, brother of imprisoned Moham med Ali Hamadi, 22, was taken into custody at Frankfurt airport Monday night because in vestigators think he may have been involved in this month’s kidnapping of two West Ger mans in Lebanon. "We suspect he was either in volved or knows something about the kidnappings,” one source, speaking on condition he was not identified, told The Associated Press. Fresh Shark Steak & Pork Chops GRILL HOUSE 1225 Alder St • MJ-9601 I lam-2am In an incident West German television said was related to the arrest, police in Saarland state shot and wounded a 23-year-old Palestinian and ar rested his father and three brothers, a family member said. Air raids continue NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Iraq resumed air raids on Iranian cities Tuesday after a one-day lull, and Iran claimed its inva sion force seized part of a highway leading to Basra. Iraq's southern provincial capital. At an Islamic conference in Kuwait, only 50 miles from the battle. King Hussein of Jordan appealed for an immediate truce and negotiations to end the war, which began in September 1980. The official Iraqi news agency said jet bombers pounded Ilam, Delhoran and Islamabad-Gharb in western Iran in retaliation for Iran’s shelling of Iraqi cities. Later dispatches reported raids on Iran's holy city of Qom. which has been hit almost every day since the Iranian invasion began Jan. 9. Isfahan in central Iran and two other cities. The agency reported 170 sorties by Iraqi jets. National Reagan regrets effort WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi dent Reagan said Tuesday night that his failed effort to reach out to Iran and win the release of American hostages in Lebanon was his “one major regret” but he called on the nation not to be “obsessed with failure.” He said it was not wrong to try to establish contact with a nation of strategic importance and “certainly it was not wrong to try to secure freedom for our citizens held in barbaric captivi ty. But we did not achieve what we wished, and serious mistakes were made in trying to do so.” Reagan said his administra tion had made progress on many fronts but “1 have one ma jor regret. “I took a risk with regard to our action in Iran. It did not work and for that I assume full responsibility,” Reagan said. Democrats respond WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders answered President Reagan's State of the 1 Union address with a pledge of cooperation, but they warned him to clean up the Iran scandal and move toward compromise on domestic programs. “The last two years of the Reagan presidency need not Ik? a period of discord. A weakened president serves no one." Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-YV.Va., said in the Democrats' formal response to the address. But Reagan must take steps to restore his and the nation’s credibility, Byrd said. “The administration has the obligation to tell 'We the American People* exactly what led to the arms-for-hostage deal — and what happened to ac countability in the White House," said Byrd, using the "We the People” theme of the president's address. Carriers remain WASHINGTON (AP) The? Reagan administration has ordered the Navy to extend the deployment of the aircraft car rier John F. Kennedy in the Mediterranean Sea. The move maintains two car rier battle groups in the Mediterranean indefinitely, the Pentagon said. Wage increases down WASHINGTON (AP) - Wage and salary increases last year averaged 3.5 percent, down from 4.4 percent in 1985, as more employers heaped year end bonuses on their workers in lieu of larger pay raises, the government reported Tuesday. Schoolteachers enjoyed tin; largest average pay gains for the second year in a row, 5.9 per cent on top of the t». 1 percent in crease they received in 1985. Regional Bills introduced SAI.KM (AP) — A hill to pro vide low-cost health-care in surance to the poor was among those introduced in the Oregon Legislature on Tuesday. Drafted by the joint Interim UO Bookstore— LOW Photo PRICES ©WOP ★ Guaranteed Lowest Prices We’ll match or beat the price ot any local photo coupon. it One Oay Service In by 4 p m. back by NOON the next day (C41-color print film). ★ Enlargements, Reprints and Slides Good service and great prices in our full service Photo Dept. Your lull sen ice Photo Dept. We carry KODAK. OLYMPUS, and PENTAX cameras & supplies. uo BOOKSTORE 13th & Kincaid M f 7 30 6 30 SAT 10 00 4 00 6864331 Committee on Health Care, IB2352 would create an in iurance program for low ncome people under 65 who ire not covered b y a n employer’s group plan. Dump delayed WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Phil Gramm said Tuesday the Department of Energy will delay the targeted completion date for the nation's first high level nuclear dump for five /ears to give itself and Congress i chance to re-evaluate the J program. "I have learned that the Department of Energy (today) will issue an amended mission plan in response to concerns raised by me and others about the nuclear waste repository siting.” said Gramm, R-Texas. The action would move the government's projected com pletion date of the waste repository from 1008 to 2003 and could moan a delay of the entire nuclear waste repository program for up to five years. Gramm said. University Neighborhood Dentist ^ Gentle care for students for 14 years. ^ Student Discount Available ( J. Scott Baxter, d.n.dj.c. ( ( 622 E. 22nd Ave Building F (corner of Patterson £» 22nd) 344-6371 ( “N /" X /~\ /~\( /^\ /'''N / X /'"X. The Town Quacker Announces The University of Oregon Housing Department is now accepting applications for the position of STUDENT MANAGER ACADEMIC YEAR 1987-88 QUALIFICATIONS: Must be a regular ly enrolled student with experience as a Resident Assistant, or comparable ex perience as determined by the selection committee Must be available to students and stall during most weeknights and weekends. Will not be allowed to hold an outside 10b REIMBURSEMENT: Current Student Managers receive $4,04 1 room and board credit and $3,210.90 as a c ash stipend SELECTION PROCESS: Will begin February 20. and should be completed by the end ol Winter term MANDATORY MEETING: Thursday. February 19, at 4pm, Nous ing Office. Walton Hall APPLICATIONS: Ait* available at tire front desk of the1 Housing Office in Walton Hall Due February lb. 1987, no later than 5pm. 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