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Removal offered
MOSCOW (AP) - Mikhail
Gorbachev offered Tuesday to
eliminate Soviet short-range
nuclear weapons in Europe,
which the official news agency
Tass said went beyond arms
control proposals he made last
week. It quoted the Soviet
leader as saying to Secretary of
State George Shultz: "We are
for a reliable agreement with the
most stringent and a 11 -
embracing control.”
Gorbachev said last week that
the Soviets would be willing to
discuss reductions in tactical,
or short-range, nuclear weapons
apart from negotiations on
eliminating med i u m - ra nge
missiles from Europe. NATO
allies in Europe have expressed
concern about vulnerability to
Soviet superiority in tactical
weapons and conventional
forces if medium-range missiles
are withdrawn.
Levels questioned
BONN, West Germany (AP)
— West Germany, which was in
the path of Chernobyl radiation,
said Tuesday it is asking
Moscow whether higher
radioactivity levels detected in
Europe last month were caused
by another Soviet nuclear acci
dent. West Germany, Sweden,
Switzerland, Norway and
France confirmed Tuesday that
varying increases in at
mospheric radiation were
recorded in March, but reported
no damage or injuries. Kremlin
officials denied the Soviet
Union was tin; source.
The Soviets were criticized
for a delay of nearly three days
in reporting the explosion and
tire last April at the Chernobyl
nuclear power plant in the
Ukraine. It killed 31 people and
spewed an invisible cloud of
radiation over Europe that even
tually worked its way around
the world.
National
Inmates write
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Presidential assailant John Hin
ckley Jr. wrote convicted killer
Theodore Bundy three or four
letters after initiating the cor
respondence last spring, pro
secutors said today. Assistant
U.S. Attorney Roger Adelman
told a federal judge that Bundy,
on death row in Florida for
three 1978 killings, told Secret
Service agents he first received
a letter from Hinckley last May.
Secret Service agents talked
with Bundy today after pro
secutors obtained two letters he
had written to Hinckley.
Adelman said. The letters found
in Hinckley’s room at St.
Elizabeths Hospital here, in
dicated a more extensive cor
respondence between the two.
Adelman said.
Household size drops
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
number of people living in the
average American household
has dipped to its lowest level
ever, as the nation’s maturing
population is setting up new
homes faster than it is growing
overall. The typical household
included only 2.67 people as of
last July 1. a number that has
been declining steadily over the
years, the Census Bureau
reported Tuesday. The average
was 2.76 in 1980.
The major reason for the
decline is the fact that America
is aging — tin; share of adults in
the population is growing in
contrast to younger people, said
Campbell Gibson of the bureau.
The number of people per
household fell as household
growth outstripped the popula
tion increase by 10.5 percent to
6.4 percent between 1980 and
1986, the agency reported.
Dealer believed killed
KOKOMO. 1 ml. (AP) A
man on trial for dealing drugs
was believed killed Tuesday
when a briefcase he was carry
ing exploded in tin; Howard
County courthouse, and at least
15 other people were injured,
including the sheriff, officers
said. The defendant. Robert
Gray of Marion, was "believed
to be dead’’ in the blast, pro
secutor James Andrews said.
Sheriff John Beatty was
seriously injured by the blast.
Cray’s attorney and two other
law officers were hospitalized,
and 11 people were treated and
released from hospitals. Police
said the courthouse was sealed
off because they feared more ex
plosives might be inside.
Authorities also feared that the
building had received severe
structural damage that could
endanger searchers.
Regional
Textbook goes on trial
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studies textbook that critics say
is pro-industry, gets its first air
ing in court Wednesday. More
than a year after the book made
the state’s approved-text list,
the Oregon Court of Appeals
will hear arguments in an ap
peal brought by two en
vironmental groups.
They claim the book has
mistakes and is slanted toward
exploiting the state’s natural
resources. Amid heated con
troversy. the state Board of
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proved the l)ook for use as a
fourth-grade social studies text,
going along with a recommen
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argue the hook shouldn't have
the state's seal of approval.
Panel OKs plan
SAI.KM (AIM — Cov. Neil
(Goldschmidt’s plan to spend
$11 million to try to attract the
federal government's ’’super
collider” to Oregon was endors
ed Tuesday hv a legislative
budget panel. (Goldschmidt
wants to use $1 million in state
lottery money to bankroll the
operations of a task force that’s
to submit Oregon’s hid for tin?
federal particle accelerator.
The task force is to prepare
proposals for two Oregon sites
that earlier were identified by
another super collider task
force. The sites are near
Lebanon and Hermiston
(Goldschmidt's $! million plan
was unanimously endorsed by a
subcommittee of the Joint Ways
and Means committee. It now
goes to the full budget-writing
panel for consideration.
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