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.World View_ International Leader limits strikes BRASILIA. Brazil (AP) President lose Sarney an nounced on Thursday night an emergency measure restricting the right to strike and imposing other curbs, saying "savage waves of strikes" threaten to undermine democracy in finan cially distressed Brazil "I do not condemn legitimate strikes guaranteed by the con stitution." he said over nation al TV'. "But 1 cannot tolerate the action of hoodlums who through violence occupy facto ries. or armed demonstrators who throw bombs.” During his 10-minute ad dress. Sarney attacked "politi cal groups who do not accept the democratic game" for what he called illegal strikes that paralyzed key economic sec tors. Much of Brazil's economic woes stem from inflation. Sarney said his provisional measure — the equivalent of a presidential decree — goes into effect immediately and will force unions to maintain a emergency work force in essen tial sectors such as electricity, communications, hospitals, transportation, water, fuel dis tribution, ports and the Central Bank. Workers in basic industries and services will have to give 48-hour advance notice before walking out. he said. As a third limitation, Sarney said strikes now must be ap proved by one-third of the total union membership. The president spoke as ports nationwide were idled for a second day, union officials said, by a strike of 80,000 dock workers for higher pay. Arms policy blasted BONN, West Germany (AP) — West German leaders on Thursday criticized Washing ton's rejection of superpower talks on short-range nuclear weapons and urged NATO to show more readiness to deal with the Soviet bloc. “There is much to fear in this world. But we certainly don’t have to fear negotiations, or a Soviet Union that is ready to talk," Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher told Parlia ment. winning cheers and ap plause from opposition as well as government party law makers. Mis remarks followed a major policy speech in Parliament by Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Kohl also stepped up [ires sure on the United States to agree to negotiations with the Soviets on reducing short-range nuclear rockets and artillery "Because of the range of the short-range systems, th« Feder al Republic of Germany is af fected more by these weapons than the other partners in the (NATO) alliance," Kohl said. Kohl also has called on the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion to delay a decision on modernizing aging short-range I.ance nuclear missiles until af ter federal elections next year. The NATO nations are in dis array over Kohl's proposal for superpower negotiations on short-range weapons. Washington has given Kohl a clear rebuff, fearing negoti ations could lead to elimination of the short-range weapons and increase the threat to Western Europe from superior Warsaw Pact conventional forces Britain also rejects kohl's proposal. Hut NATO allies Belgium. Norway and Denmark have in dicated their sup(H>rt for kohl. Another NATO partner. Italy, on Thursday announced it was siding with kohl. National Drug boss arrested CLEVELAND (AP) - The president of Kite Aid Corp.. the nation's largest retail pharmacy chain, was arrested Thursday on c harges of paying .1 $33.(MM) bribe to a state Pharmacy Hoard member, authorities said Martin C.rass allegedly was videotaped saying the money was intended to induce the hoard member to quit so a re placement of Kite Aid's choos ing could !>e appointed by the administration of Gov Richard Celeste, prosecutors said. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor William Caine said Grass also promised the phar macy board member family medical insurance for four years if the member signed an undated resignation letter Kite Aid. in a statement, said the arrest stemmed from a ven detta by the pharmacy board against Kite Aid and said the payment by check reflected money legally owed by the chain to the board member. A spokesman for the gover nor denied Celeste intended to appoint a pharmacy board member who would be sup portive of Rite Aid. which is based in Shlremanstown. Pa The prosecutor's office did not identify the target of the al leged bribe attempt but Kite Aid said Crass met with board member Melvin Wilczynski of Toledo, who declined to com ment on the allegations. Caine said Grass brought six drafts of an undated resignation letter, one of which the board member signed, and suggested that the board member ret in between June and October Door fault not seen SEATTLE (AP) - The federal inspector who oversees United Airlines' Boeing 747 fleet testi fied Thursday he had not been aware the airline hod a problem with a cargo door that later blew off in flight, killing nine passengers. Inspector George Hatiza also said the Federal Aviation Ad ministration had failed to en sure that United complied with a federal rule that took effect last |uly 1. requiring airlines to inspect cargo doors after they were manually operated be cause of electrical problems Testimony on the final day of a three-day hearing into the ac cident held by the National Transportation Safety Board also centered on Boeing's de sign for the door But the hear ing failed to unearth any defi nite cause for the accident. On Wednesday, the airline testified that it was unaware of the FAA's inspection rule and was not in compliance for about nine months. But by coincidence, company mechanics made a partial in spection of the ill-fated cargo door in late December, two months before the Feb. 24 di saster, a United executive said Thursday. The inspection fol lowed repairs made to the door. which had failed to open and close electrically. "I am convinced the check verified that the door was working." said Robert Doll. United vice president for tech nical services. He added, however, that the inspection was not as thorough as the Federal Aviation Admin istration required under the new rule. Itatiza testified that he was unaware of the repairs at the time and had not found any de ficiencies in United's mainten ance program recently Regional Delay 'outrageous' WASHINGTON {AP) U S Kep Ron Wvden. 1) Ore . told a House panel Thursday it was outrageous for the U S Envi ronmental Protection Agent v to delay a decision on drilling wells to detect leaks at a haz ardous waste site in Oregon. Wyden told the investiga tions subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the EPA still has not reached a decision on an appeal over drilling new wells at the Chem-Security waste disposal site in Arling ton, Ore., just south of the Co lumbia River. "Over a year ago. EPA and the state of Oregon determined that several new monitoring wells were essential at the Ar lington site to immediately de tect leaks." Wyden said "That appeal has been sitting at EPA for almost a year now," the Oregon Derriw rat said "Wells that the EPA deter mined were essential are not being drilled This is outra geous." tvyoen also mm me shim oin mittee that new wells may not lie enough to detect contamina lion before a costly i leaiuip is required In addition, VVyden ex pressed concern over the fact that the monitoring wells them selves can create new pathways for groundwater contamina tion. "As the wells age. they can deteriorate and wastes can trav el down along their casings." VVyden said. lie said Oregonians also are concerned about the potential for serious groundwater con tamination at the Hanford nu clear reservation in southeast Washington, also near the Co lumbia River Wyden's testimony came as a congressional investigator told the subcommittee that Kf’A offi cials had weakened a draft re port by a task force that was highly critical of the agency's efforts to protect groundwater from chemical contamination. DNA tests planned ASTORIA (AP) In a move unprecedented in Oregon crim inal trial history, the prosecu tion in an aggravated murder case here plans to introduce ge netic testing of DNA material to link evidence found at a crime scene to a defendant. Pretrial motions began Wed nesday in Clatsop County Cir cuit Course in the case arising from the strangulation of an HH year-old Seaside woman, whose body was found in her duplex April 2. Jackson Futch. 31. lived near Robertson at the time of her death. Ho was indicted in connec tion with Robertson's death Oct. 10. He has pleaded inno cent to two charm's of aggravat ed murder and one count each of first-degree sodomy and murder. Prosecutor Clenn Faber of the Clatsop County district attor ney's office says he wants to in troduce the UNA testing results to prove that semen found on Robertson's clothing and body matches the UNA in blood and hair samples taken from Futch. Although the UNA test re sults have never lawn used in an Oregon criminal case, the technique is used regularly to establish paternity in child sup port cases, said Phil lemman, a spokesman for the state attor MOVING OVERSEAS TO STUDY? or RETl RNING HOME? or SENDING GUTS TO FRIENDS? l et Airport Brokers sate )ou on the transportation cost. We offer air and ocean rates on oserseas shipments. Before sou ship call us for a rate! AlKHHtl BKOKUtstORPomriON (503) 249-0031 nev general's office in Salem. Defense attorney Keith L. 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