Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1980-12-06

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73rd Year - No. 71 Good Morning! ItV Saturday, December 6. 1980 16 Pages - 25 Cents
Soviet bloc gives Poland time to settle labor unrest
Prom our wire services
MOSCOW The leaders of the Sovi
et Union and its Eastern European al
lies expressed confidence Friday night
that Poland would overcome its crisis
and that its workers would " assure the
country's development along the so-cialist
path"
The declaration, issued by Tass, the
official Soviet news agency was the
first official indication of the summit
meeting, one that took place Friday in
Moscow in total secrecy Not until late
Friday afternoon more than 24 hours
after the leaders began arriving here
did the first word of the emergency
session begin to leak out
Western officials had various the-ories
about the meeting Most said that
the Polish government seemed to have
won a breathing space o- o- m Moscow,
but many thought it might be short A
senior diplomat said that this increas-es
the pressure on Warsaw in a major
way, and the Kremlin has left all its
options open, including invasion "
The Tass account also said that the
Warsaw Pact nations were determined
to continue the policy of detente and to
adopt a constructive approach in the
development of relations with the Unit-ed
States, if the new American admin- -
istration displays the same approach "
Although the public language was
conciliatory, especially m view of stern
warnings to the Soviets from the West
about the consequences of armed inter-vention
in Poland, the circumstances
of the meeting seemed ominous to
Western analysts, and so did one
phrase in the Tass summary
" The Polish people," said the news
agency in its report, ' can firmly count
on the fraternal solidarity and support
of the Warsaw treaty countries "
The question in Moscow Friday night
was whether that support would take
the form of patience while the Polish
leadership headed by Stamslaw Ka-ma,
the first secretary of the Polish
Communist Party, found ways of meet-ing
the challenge posed by the indepen-dent
trade unions, or whether it would
take the form of an invasion designed
to demonstrate ' socialist solidarity'
and preserve Communist hegemony
Western diplomats conceded that
they were not certain Several men-tioned
the most obvious recent parallel
to Friday's extraordinary conference
the meeting held in Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia, on Aug 3 1968 It took
place in the midst of efforts by Czech
reformers within the party apparatus
to ease the state's control of national
life
The communique issued after that
meeting appeared to presage a com
promise between Moscow and the dis
sidents in Prague But on Aug 18 the
Soviet Communist Party charged that
the Czech leadership was losing con
trol, and three days later, Soviet and
Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czecho-slovakia
That meeting involved the . same
countries as those Friday, except that
Romania did not take part in 1968 Nic- ol- ae
Ceausescu, the Romanian presi-dent,
was present for the conference on
the Polish question in the Kremlin Fri-day,
and his presence indicated how
apprehensively the Warsaw Pact
even its mavericks views the uphea-vals
in Poland
The sense of urgency with which Pol-ish
leader Kama and other Warsaw
Pact chiefs rushed off to Moscow when
summoned prompted immediate spec-ulation
of military intervention
There was no evidence here howev-er,
to suggest that an invasion was im-minent
Although Western experts re-port
that Soviet troops along the Polish
border have been placed in a high state
of readiness, Soviet and Western
( See POLES, Page 16)
Cameras
in courtroom
stir debate
Court to decide
in Florida case
By Aim Moore
Washington reporting program
WASHINGTON Florida is known
as the Sunshine State But the U3 Su-preme
Court may decide just how
much sunshine will be allowed in the
state s courtrooms
Florida has allowed cameras In its
courtrooms since 1977 But Noel Chan-dler
and Robert Granger, two Miami
Beach policemen convicted of bur
glary, are contesting the provision,
saying the cameras interfered with
their receiving a fair tnal The Su-preme
Court heard arguments on the
case in mid- Novem- ber The prosecu-tion,
represented by the Florida Attor- -
Insight
ne General s office, is supporting the
media's presence in the courtrooms
The state believes the officers received
a fair tnal
The outcome could have ramifica-tions
in all 26 states that allow camera
coverage in courtrooms and other
states, including Missouri, that are
considering admittance of the electron-ic
media.
Clues to what the Supreme Court
might decide m the ChandlerGranger
case can be found in the 1965 Estes v
Texas case the only precedent
Billy Sol Estes was convicted of
fraud for selling fictitious fertilizer
equipment to Texas farmers in 1962.
Estes asked at a pre- tri- al hearing that
cameras be banned from the court-room.
The request was denied, so por
tons of the bearing and the trial were
televised The Supreme Court later
ruled that Estes was denied his consti-tutional
rights
Twelve years later, Florida began
allowing cameras in the courtroom, as
part of a one- ye- ar experiment The test
was so successful the state continued it
after the experimental period ended
The cameras caused no problem in
several well- publiciz- ed cases, includ-ing
the murder trials of Ronny Zamora
and Theodore Bundy Zamora was the
youth whose defense centered on the
influence of violent televison pro-grams
Bundy was convicted of slaying
college coeds in Florda and was a sus-( S- ee
DEFENDANTS, Page 16)
More troops reported at Polish border
WARSAW, Poland ( UPI) - Fresh
divisions of Soviet troops reportedly
marched to the Polish border raising
new fears of an invasion despite a sur
pnse summit of Warsaw Pact nations
that renounced the use of force and a
pledge by the unions to end crippling
strikes
The communique from Friday s sur
prise meeting of Warsaw Pact leaders
in Moscow was broadcast on nation
wide radio and television in Poland
signifying the importance the Polish
government gave to it
It said Warsaw Pact nations re-nounced
the use of force and that they
were confident that Poland " will be
able to overcome the present dirhcul
ties and will assure the country s fur
ther development along the socialist
path
The message was an apparent signal
from the military pact that there would
be no invasion if Poland s socialist sys-tem
was not threatened
And just hours after the meeting
broke up Swedish television quoting
unidentified sources said military ac
tivity around Poland had increased
dramatically Friday night and said di
visions around the Polish border in
East Germany the Soviet Union and
Czechoslovakia were moving in much
wider areas than they had previously
The same sources said divisions
from deep within the Soviet Union had
been moved forward to the Polish bor
der and that Soviet troop transport
planes had been put on increased alert
The reports could not oe confirmed
immediately
Diplomatic sources in Moscow point
ed out that the Soviet Union still appar
ently followed the so- call- ed Brezhnev
Doctrine under which Moscow says it
can use any means to maintain Com
munist rule in Eastern Europe The
doctrine was issued by Soviet Presi
dent Leonid Brezhnev when Russian
troops uiv aded Czechoslav akia in 1368
At the same time the national lead
ership of Solidarity the umbrella
group of independent Polish unions is
sued a statement saying no strikes or
protests were going on in Poland and
none were planned
There is no reason for concern or
alarm in this respect the Solidantj
statement said
The union leaders said the statement
was issued as the result of concern ex
pressed following the publication of
Western reports of possible Soviet in
tervention and of a dramatic appeal
for order by the Communist Party Cen
tral Committee
The Solidarity statement was clearly
meant to reaffirm what the organiza
tion sees as its own responsible atti
tude and was a declaration that the in
dependent unions would try to prevent
anv further disruption of the delicate
internal situation
Responding to U S warnings that So-viet
military intervention in Poland
would have grave consequences for
detente the statement said the War-saw
Pact sought good relations with
all states on the basis of indepen-dence
sovereignty and the renuncia-tion
of the use or threat of force
- fT , t
Jason Gallup, son of Louis and Carole Furlong,
41 Wynwood Townhouses, paints a Santa Claus
on his paper Christmas wreath while classmate
In the eye8 of a child
Kindergarteners discover the fun of creating;
Christmas wreath decorations brighten season
By LeeAnn Pratt
Missounan staff writer
The kindergarteners in Janice Ous- ley- ' s
Blue Ridge Elementary School
Hacre can call them " reefs" and
" reets " Or you can call them wreaths
But no matter what you call them, they
say ' Merry Christmas "
They might not know how to pro-nounce
them, but the students do know
how to make delightful holiday
wreaths to decorate the classroom.
The tubular wreaths, made from green
construction paper, have hand- color- ed
holly berries on both sides
" They do enjoy the holidays They
enjoy their own work, they do They've
accomplished something," Mrs Ous- -
Kevin Tsora, son of Janice Tsora looks on with
interest Right, Mrs Janice Ousley hangs Ja-son's
wreath at Blue Ridge Elementary School
ley said
Scott Montgomery, 6, son of Lynn
and Lois Montgomery, 2016 Lovejoy
Lane, became the bead nbbon- tie- r for
wreaths his class made
' I'm tying this I was tying his ( an-other
classmate s) bow, and Mrs Ous-ley
gives me another bow, and she
hangs it ( a wreath) from the light
Shelby Verden, 5, daughter of Donna
and Thomas Verden, 3608 Wayside
Drive, finished her wreath before ev-eryone
else, but she said she had no
special secret
You just work," she said, shrug-ging
her shoulders I just got it fin-ished,
that's all I just work fast "
Jodi Fisher, 5, daughter of Carta and
Edwin Fisher, 2008 Lovejoy Lane, de--
scribed ' making ( the) Christmas
reets as having to cut on lines and
having to make groups of threes ( ber-ries)
She liked the project " because
we put bemes on it, and we can put it
( the berries) on both sides "
After finishing their wreaths, the stu-dents
weren't through They had to
clean up the bits and shreds of green
paper scattered on the floor
We don't want it messy," said An-thony
Jaco, 5, the son of Lena Jaco
1300 EUeta Blvd.
Mohammed Darrat, 5 son of Fatuna
Senousa and Ah Darrat, 17 Wynwood
Townhouses, agreed with his class-mate
We don't want it yucky because it
will smell stinky," he said
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' Siiror SQaannttaaV CoiapnteV snggestS giftS Super for St Louig 8hoppers
ST LOUIS ( UPI) A young cou-ple
strolled through the shopping
center, occupied with thoughts of
Christmas How could she let him
know just what she wanted7
Her answer lay just ahead under a
season- decorate- d gazebo " Super
Santa," a gift- suggesti- ng computer
The woman punched in the re-quired
information about herself fe-male,
20s, jewelry more than $ 100 In
two minutes, the computer produced
a long list of expensive gifts and the
stores where they could be bought
She handed the printout to her boyf-riend
and said " Here This should
get you on your way "
The young man scowled, turned to
the computer and said, " Thanks a
lot"
Operators of Crestwood Plaza
shopping center say most shoppers
are pleased with gift suggestions
from die computer, only the second
to be used in the country
Andrea Luebbert, shopping center
public relations director, said the
system was installed because so
many customers complained about
making Christmas gift selections
Shopping center officials also were
interested in helping fund the Ronald
McDonald House of St Louis, which
provides lodging for families of chil-dren
in area hospitals Shoppers are
asked to mate donations to the house
in exchange for the computer serv-ice
The computer was installed by
Digital Equipment Corp Ron Van
Liew, manager of Digital's computer
store at Northwest Plaza, said the
system is easy for shoppers to use
" Basically, they have to punch four
keys"
Shoppers are asked to give the sex
and age of the person they are shop-ping
for, as well as the cost and cat-egory
of merchandise sports,
tools, cooking, clothes and general
merchandise
The computer has 1,100 gift sug-gestions
from stares in the mall. It
returns one to 20 suggestions to the
shopper with the name of the store,
the price and a brief description
Van Liew said the computer sys-tem
was first set up two years ago
for a shopping center in New Hamp-shire
Figures show inflation
up again in November
WASHINGTON ( UPI) Inflation
continued to edge upward last month,
posting a 0 6 percent gam at the whole-sale
level, while unemployment
dropped slightly to 7JS percent, the gov-ernment
reported Friday
Sen Lloyd Bentsen, D- Tex- as, chair-man
of Congress' Joint Economic
Committee, said the November figures
were " good tidings "
But private economists warned that
both inflation and unemployment will
worsen in coming months as food and
energy prices resume their surge and
the economy's continued weakness re-sults
in more layoffs.
The Labor Department said the Pro-ducer
Price Intra for finished goods
rose 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjust-ed
basis m November, compared to Oc-tober's
0J percent increase
Prices at the wholesale level were
11 9 percent higher than a year ago
The index now stands at 253.2, meaning
goods that cost $ 100 to produce in 1967
now cost $ 253.20
The report attributed the moderate
rise m November to smaller increases
in the price of new cars and capital
equipment
Other components of the index were
relatively stable Consumer goods, ex-cluding
food, rose 0 7 percent m No-vember,
about the same as in October
Food prices rose 0.5 percent for the
second consecutive month.
Lawrence Chimerine, chief econo-mist
for the Chase Econometrics fore-casting
firm in Bala Cynwood, Pa,
noted that declining meat prices,
( See MORE, Page 16)
Inside today
Berry, Frazier
lead Tigers to win
Curbs Berry and Ricky Frazier each
scored 20 points to lead the Missouri
Tigers to an 88-- 70 victory over West
Texas State Friday night in the first
round of the Show- M- e Classic at the
Hearnes Center
The Tigers, who have won all seven
previous Show- M- e championships, will
meet Lamar a 67- 6- 5 winner over Pitt
in tonight's title game at 9
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