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UK drops second game of season with
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‘Alice’ opens season for
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Vol. xci. No. 91

independentslnce 1971

Group seeks raise in student employee

liy JAY BLANTON
Executive Editor

A student group is asking the ad-
ministration to consider raising
hourly wages for all student and
part-time employees at UK by $1.

Members of Socially Concerned
Students, a group of politically ac-
tive students, claim that the begin-
iiing hourly wage of $3.48 for student
and part-time employees is not
enough in light of recent tuition in-
creases and cuts in financial aid.

However. University officials said
the student group‘s figures are mis-
leading and ill-timed in light of Uni-
versit y budget problems.

SCS will take its proposal — an—
nounced in a press conference yes-
terday afternoon — to the Student
Government Association in hopes
that SGA will recommend the wage

Joint plans
for theater
changed

By MATT STAlll.
Contributing Writer

A decision made by the Lexington-
Fayette Urban County Government
might force UK to have to wait a
little longer for an amphitheater.

The local government earlier this
week scrapped a plan that would
have provided the city and UK with
an outdoor theater to go along with
the University‘s planned $3 million
to $4 million arboretum.

Both were to be located on a 100-
acre tract of land east of the Greg
Page Stadium View Apartments and
south of Alumni Drive.

Despite the city‘s decision, the
University will go ahead with its
plan to build the arboretum, accord-
ing to Jack Blanton, vice chancellor
for administration.

UK announced an agreement be-
tween the school and the city Oct.
15, 1986, for the loo-acre arboretum
to be used as an outdoor laboratory,
serving in a teaching and research
capacity.

In addition to an initial contribu-
tion of $500,000, the city agreed to
plan and build an amphitheater on
the site.

UK will build the amphitheater
anyway. but plans to reduce the size
of the original by one-third and look
to private donations for funding.
Blanton said.

The city will still help fund the
aboretum under the original
agreement.

"We're still committed to the
$500,000.“ Lexington Mayor Baesler
said. “There will be no change at
all."

Blanton said the freeze put on con-
struction and equipment purchases
by UK this week would not affect
the arboretum because that money
"is donated for that purpose.“

Should the University find a donor
and/or donors for the arboretum,
Blanton said it would still be located
in the same general area, “but
we're not certain it would be in that
exact location."

The mayor also said yesterday
that another reason ~ other than
cost overruns and heavy use — the
city changed gears in its idea for an
amphitheater was because it
planned to do more things with the
arts and also wanted to subsidize
other programs through the theater.

Originally the amphitheater was
expected to cost about $1 million,
but the lowest bid received by the
city was $1.3 million. Baesler said
the city was ready to begin slicing
into the plans. but “we were getting
into the gutsoi'it.“

The mayor said that the project
costs may have exceeded $1.3 mil-
lion after space for storage and
other items were considered.

The city has now upgraded its am-
phitheater plans in order to “maxi-
mize what you can do with it,"
Baesler said, and it is looking for al-
ternativesites. ~

The city is looking at the structure
as a potential money maker, he
said.

“I think it will make more than
anticipated," Baesler said, “but it
will also cost more."

One potential area mentioned by

Baesler was the Kentucky Horn
Park locatedonlron Works Pike.

increase to the administration.

SGA Senator at Large David Bot—
kins, who is sponsoring the bill in
the SGA senate, said raising hourly
wages is a “feasible concept

With the current state budget
crunch, it is important that students
be given the ability to pay, he said.

And with increases in inflation,
students‘ buying power has de-
creased, according to SCS Chief Re-
searcher Chris Bush.

The University is requesting $26
million from the state for faculty
and staff salaries, Bush said. That
total is 4.78 percent of UK‘s budget
for the 1987-88 fiscal year.

To raise part-time and student
wages to $4.35 would take only $4.1
million — or seven~tenths of 1 per-
cent of the University‘s budget, he
said.

But two University officials say

that SCS‘s figures don't accurately
reflect the average wages that stu-
dents and part-time employees re
ceive.

For example, many students earn
more than the minimum wage level.
according to Wally Skiba. director of
human resources.

Through programs like Student
Temporary Employment Service,
students are able to work outside the
University at rates higher than min~
imum wage, Skiba said.

Director of Auxiliary Services
Allen Rieman said that students who
do work at the University, do so on a
graduated pay scale and are able to
get raises quickly in 20-cent incre-
merits.

Consequently, a student that
works close to 20 hours a week in
food services could be making $3.75
or $4 an hour within a year, Rieman
said.

If a wage increase were approved.
Rieman said, students would see
room and board rates increase "dra»
matically“ next year.

About 40 percent of housing costs
comes in labor, Rieman said. Room
and board rates would have to be in-
creased to make up for the labor
costs.

SCS members said yesterday that
they want to pursue any avenue nec-
essary to get the increase.

Botkins, who heads up SGA‘s lob-
bying effort, said he personally will
not be involved with attempts to get
a wage increase through the state
legislature, but would leave that up
to the UK administration.

Botkins said that in this issue. he
wants to keep his role of lobbyist
separate from that of SGA senator
and just concentrate on getting the
resolution to the SGA senate.

 

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“I wouldn‘t be here if I didn't
think it was feasible." Botkins said.

But the feasibility of a wage in-
crease at this time is precisely what
has SGA President (‘yndi Weaver
worried.

Although she thinks the idea of the
wage increase is a good one. Weaver
said that with budget situation the
t'nivei'sity is facing it may not be
realistic to expect an increase right
now.

The t'niversity announced at
Tuesday's Board of Trustees' meet
ing that equipment purchases and
future capital construction are being
frozen to s.. cc money.

Weaver suggested that St‘S mem-
bers narrow down their proposal to
include workstudy students At that
stage. she said. St'S would be deal-
ing with financial aid and scholA
arship money. which might be a
more pliable proposal

DAVID BOTKINS

Arts & sciences dean
leaving UK to go
to New York college

B) ”(it (i 'l'.\'["l‘l‘2l{Sll;\l.l.
(‘ontributing Writer

Nancy Dye. associate dean of the
(‘ollege of Arts & Sciences, will be
leaving UK after this semester to
become dean of the college at “is
sar (‘ollege in New York.

Dye came to {K as an assistant
history professor in 1974 She as—
sumed the duties of associate dean
four years ago. though she continued
teaching history courses. Her con-
centration is women‘s history.

“l've always enjoyed exploring al-
ternatives. and l guess (history.i al-
lows yoii to do that." Dye said. “It
allows you to see how you fit in your
society.“

Although she has contributed in
many ways to t‘K. its history pro-
gram and to the (‘ollege of Arts 8:
Sciences. Dye said she feels her
greatest contribution was being part
of the increase in women faculty
and women's studies.

"She will be sorely missed." said
Michael liacr. dean of the college.
"She has a personal style that en-
ables her to communicate well with
facultyand administrator alike."

Dye was selected over 117 appli-
cants at Vassar. where her new po-
sition makes her the chief academic
officer. She will be responsible for
curriculum and faculty personel
concerns, both of which she has
been responsible for in arts & SCI-
cnces, Bacr said

Dye said opportunity and personal
ties are the reason for the change.

“l felt ready to take on the chal-
lenge of a new job and Vassar had a
special appeal for me because l‘m
an alumnus." Dye said.

“Once I saw the announcement for
a deanship tthe opportunity)
took on new meaning for me.”

However. she said she has nothing
but strong affection for UK.

“The University of Kentucky is a
very exciting institution.” Dye said.

NANCY DYE

“ll works hard to accomplish things
in many areas "

While [K is a lllulll'liit't’tt‘ti lllsllr
tutioii with obligations to rest-arch
as well as the undergraduate pro-
gram. Dye said. Vassar is a liberal
arts college \‘tllll about itooo stu-
dcnts, concentrating llt‘ii\'li_\ on its
undergraduate program

()ne challenge Dyc .\.it(i she “I”
face iii her new Job t\ to maintain
the academic program offered to
Vassar's students while also pl‘tiVld'
ing an atmosphere favorable for face
ulty research,

"(Dyei was the first in many
years (in arts 8.- sciences adminis-
trationi from the Humanities and
she was able to call to our attention
the importance of providing for stu-
dents in the Humanities," Baer said.

Dye. who earned her doctorate
from the University of Wisconsin,
was named Outstanding Professor of
the Year by the {K Student Govern—
ment Association in 1979

Committee urges UK to close on King’s birthday

By JULIE ESSEIJIAN
Staff Writer

UK may soon be joining the large
number of institutions that observe
Martin Luther King Jr.‘s birthday
as a legal holiday.

The Student Government Associa-
tion's Political Affairs Committee
last night unanimously passed a bill
stating that UK has a “moral obliga-
tion" to accept the national holiday
and should recognize it by being
closedonthat day.

“UK is a big-name college that
represents the state.“ said SGA ad-
ministrative assistant Craig Fried
man, the primary- sponsor of the
bill. “We should respect Martin Lu-
ther King Jr.'s birthday and recog-
nize that this is an end of racial dis-
crimination."

UK is one of the few universities
in Kentucky that is not closed on
King's birthday since it was made a
legal holiday in the United States.
said Friedman.

Currently the University of Louis-
ville, Eastern Kentucky University.

Western Kentucky University and
Kentucky State University are
schools in this state which close
their campuses on King‘s birthday.

“We‘re the University of Kentucky
- the flagship university here and
if we don't take the initiative some
time. we‘re going to lose our posi-
tion," said Tai Doram. a member of
the executive branch and a co—spon-
sor of the bill. “We need to take the
initiative to be the leader in the
state."

“It‘s time UK takes a stand," said
Communicatiom Senator Jason Wil-
liams, another of the bill's co-spon‘
sors. "This stands for an idea, not
just thepeison."

The sponsors emphasized the im-
portance of the ideas that King in-
voked and his influence in curbing
racial inequality.

"It‘s not so much he stood for
blacks,“ said Doram. "He stood for
everybody. We‘ve all got to stand
equal—that‘soneofthethingshe
stoodfor."

“Martin lather King, Jr. stanth
for the fact that we are all equal

human beings," said Friedman. He
said it would be a “good symbol" it'
it closed in recognition of King's
birthday.

The bill will next go to the Senate
floor Wednesday. if it passes there.
it goes to the University Senate.
which is composed of faculty. and fi~
nally to the Board of Trustees.

In other business last night:

0 the Operations and Evaluations
Committee favorably passed a bill

that would revise the Student (‘onsti-
tutioii by having one \’l(‘€‘ president
elected by the student body and a
chief of staf.r appointed by the presi-
dent

(‘urrently there is both a senior
vice president and an executive vice
president

”This will lessen the possibility of
dissention in the executive branch
and in some ways lessen red tape."

said Davni liingliam. one of the
bill's sponsors.

o the Political Affairs (‘oniiiiittec
passed a bill allowing the Student
Lobby to work for the allowance of
commercialization ol the Student

Center.

0 Campus Relations t‘oniniittec ta-
bled a bill for revision that would lll-
crease University employees' mini-
mum wage.

Reagan: contras last hope for peace

By TERENCE HUNT
Associated Press

WASHlNGTON ~— President Rea-
gan said yesterday that Congress
will commit "one of America's most
tragic mistakes" if it refuses to give
more money to Nicarguan rebels.

Home Speaker Jim Wright. D-
Texas. accused Reagan of pursuing
a military victory and the overthrow
of the Sandinista regime.

There was a sharpening of rhetor-

ic on both sides as supporters and
opponents of rebel aid tried to
marshal forces for a showdown vote
next month that will sustain the con-
tra force or effectively put it out of
business.

The White House angrily rebutted
charges that the administration was
trying to sabotage the peace process
in Central America.

"The Democrats, Chris Dodd and
others, they want a surrender,“ said
presidential spokesman Marlin Fitz-

water. “They think surrender is the
best way to achieve peace. We dis-
agree."

Dodd. a Democratic senator from
Connecticut and opponent of contra
aid, had said the administration
“might to at least see whether or not
that peace process can succeed" be
fore pressing for more contra aid.

Replying to Fitzwater‘s statement,
Dodd said, “These smear tactics are
only further evidence of how deeper.

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Sports ?

ators upset UK at

It) TODD JONES
Sports Editor

All night long. Florida and Ken-
lucky scratched. clawed and knifed
away at each other like cornered
thugs in a dark alley In the end. UK
had the dagger at the right time. It
Just had it in the wrong hands.

Trailing 58-56 with 21 seconds on
the clock. Kentucky coach Eddie
Sutton called time-out and sketched
a final shot for Rex Chapman. He
never got the hall.

UK lorward Richard Madison
fired up a 22-iooter with seven sec-
onds on the clock. The ball clanged.
Florida scooped it up and scooted
out of the dark alley called Rupp
Arena. End of game.

The 58-56 defeat last night dropped
[K to 12-2. 5—2 in the Southeastern
Conference. Florida raised to 13—4
overall and 4-1 in the league. In the
process. the Gators became only the
18th team in 12 years to escape
Rupp Arena with a victory.

"The plan was for Rex to come off
a pick and get the ball.“ Madison
said. "But I was the one with the
ball and I had to take the shot.“

"They were playing the passing
lanes and that‘s probably why Rich-
ard had to take the shot." L'K guard
Ed Davender said. “You can‘t
blame Richard for missing the shot.
Those things happen. At least he had
the guts to take the shot . "

It was fitting that the final L'K
shot never touched nylon. Few did.
The Wildcats hit iust 16 of 57 shots
from the field for a microscopic 28.1
percent. Yes. that‘s no mistake

It was also fitting that no Wildcat
got a paw on Madison‘s misfire. All
night long it was the Gators in
orange who were corralling the
orange bricks flying off the rim.

The final stats showed just a 4033
rebounding edge for Florida. But it
was a lot worse at crucial times. es-
pecially early when the Gators set
the tone.

UK was outrebounded 24-14 in the
first half. helm of those Florida
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hauled in nine in the first half — six
on the offensive end. He finished
with a gamehigh dozen.

“They really kicked us on the
boards.“ Sutton said. “Our de-
fensive board work was just horri-
ble.“

Kentucky missed its first five
shots from the field and 10 of its
first 1:1. The Gators canned six of
their first eight shots to dump a few
spades of dirt on the Cats. Florida
led early lH) and 13-2.

"I was a little surprised with the
first five minute of the game."
Gator coach Norm Sloan said. “I
knew that wasn't going to last.

"I wasn't even thrilled with hav-
ing a topoint lead at that time. I fig-
ured it was going to get wiped out
and we might fold."

The lead did get wiped out. Flor-
ida did not fold.

After trailing 21—9, UK came out
after a TV time-out and went on a
13-2 tear. Madison started the streak
with two buckets and Davender fin-

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ished it with five points. UK trailed
just 34-33 at the half.

“I really felt good at the half with
just a one—point deficit," Sutton said.

The action during the second half
was just as hot as the first. Florida
warmed up a bit more when it had
to. At 41-40, the Gators went on an
8-3 run ignited by two buckets from

center Dwayne Schintzius. The 7—
foot-2 sophomore finished with 18
points, eight rebounds and four
blocked shots.

UK roared back to cut the deficit
at 48—47 only to see the Gators run it
up to 58-5] with 3:38 to go. Kentucky
fought back once more to draw with-
in 58-56. That‘s when the knife went
to the wrong hands.

Todd Jones
Sports Editor

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Wildcat baseball team
ranked 23rd in natio

By 10M SPALDING

Staff Writer

It’s not baseball season, but
you’d have a hard time telling
that to UK baseball coach Keith'

Madison.

No weeks ago Collegiate

Baseball

Magazine

ranked

Madison’s Wildcats 23rd in the
country in its preseason Top-30
poll, and for good reason.

Kentucky returns all but three
players from last year's team
which set school records for most
wins with a 40-15 record.

“We're excited about the pre-
season ranking but we know with
the prestige comes a lot of re-
sponsibilty," Madison said.

“We’ll have to play well the
early part of the season to main-

tain the ranking. We’re working
hard now in practice to accompl-

ish that."

Sci/en regulars that bit above
.300 last season are back, and the
starting rotation returns intact.

But it was the national ranking
that sparked the most interest
among the UK players. Especial-
ly after UK was left out of last
year 's NCAA tournament.

“(The players) realize it was a
fluke that we didn‘t get into the
(NCAA regional)," Madison said.
“I think the team realizes that if
we perform as well as last year
our chances are tremendous.”

“It doesn‘t make up for it, but
is over,"
Doug Sutton said. “This is a good
start for us. We got slighted last
year when we deserved to go, but
we’ve just got to put this behind

last season

Oklahoma State was picked
No. l in the publication. Stanford,
Florida State, Texas and Michi-
gan rounded out the top five.

The Southeastern Conference

was well represented in the polls.
Mississippi State was tabbed

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KEITH MADISON

No. 6, LSU No. 20, Kentucky

for the attention.”

azine. Estep.

pitcher runs and 21 RBI.

his own,

No. 23 and Auburn No.30.
“I think a lot of guys on the
m felt we should have been
ranked last year," UK pitcher
John Hudson said.
come as a surprise, but I’m glad

“It doesn’t

UK was tabbed with individual
honors as well. Junior outfielder
Chris Estep was named presea-
son All—American by the mag-
native of
Indianapolis, was one of six out~
fielders chosen by the publica-
tion. In the fall exhibition season.
Estep hit .558 with seven home

But Estep was concerned more
about his team’s progress than
especially since he
knows the Wildcats could be a

force to be reckoned with in the

SEC this year.

“The sky’s the limit for us," he
said. “Now we have to go out and
show that we’re not a fluke. We
have a lot to prove. We want to
be respected not only in the con-
ference but also to the nation."

 

 

 

 

 

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 Dukakis campaign
claiming progress
in parts of South

It) ('UR'I‘ ANDERSON
Associated Press

ATLANTA -— The Southern coordi-
nator of Massachusetts Gov. Mi—
chael Dukakis‘ presidential cam-
paign said yesterday that his strong
showing among Georgia's potential
Democratic convention delegates in-
dicates the South's voters are warm~
ing to Dukakis' message.

But a spokeswoman for former
Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt, who at~
tracted low numbers of potential
delegates in Georgia. said it‘s more
an indication of staff and campaign
funds than popularity.

"This business of delegate selec-
tion is money. Dukakis has the
money to spend on it,“ said Elaine
Kamarck of" the Babbitt campaign.

The Georgia Democratic Party
yesterday released a summary of
the estimated 1,250 people who want
to be delegates to the Democratic
National Convention this summer in
Atlanta. Only 86 of them — and 17
alternates _.- will be chosen, based
on how well their candidates do in
the March 8 primary.

Dukakis was the preference of the
most potential delegates, edging two
candidates considered strong in the
South W Sen. Albert Gore Jr. of Ten-
nessee and the Rev. .lesse Jackson.

"We do think it is a very, very
strong sign that we filed more dele—
gates than Jackson or Gore." said
Debbie Willhite, Southern coordina-
tor for the Dukakis campaign. “This
is the governor of Massachusetts.
not a natural name for this region.”

Dukakis was the choice of" 268 po-
tential delegates. followed by Jack»
son with 255 and Gore with 249. Illi-
nois Sen. Paul Simon was fourth
with HT pledging support. trailed by
former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart.
10?; Missouri Congressman Richard
Gephardt. 84; and Babbitt. 33.

()l‘ the seven candidates. only Bab~
bitt failed to attract a full slate of
potential delegates from each of
Georgia's it) congressional districts.
In Districts 2 and 3. no one filed to
support Babbitt.

Kamarck said Babbitt‘s low-bud-
get campaign was focusing on the
Iowa caucuses and the New Hamp
shire primary. She said Babbitt did
not have a staff member in Georgia
to round up possible convention dele-
gates.

MICHAEL DUKAKIS

“We are concentrating on the
early states. We don’t have a lot of
resources, and when you’re a cam-
paign like us you have to set priori-
ties,“ she said.

The only other Southern state that
has passed a deadline for potential
convention delegates to indicate a
preference is Alabama. also one of
the states holding primaries on
Super Tuesday, March 8. In that
state. Gore was first with 208, fol-
lowed by Dukakis with 164 and Jack
son with 135.

“We see it as a positive sign of po-
tential support for the governor and
his message of economic opportuni-
y "Willhite said.

In Georgia. the potential delegates
will compete during Jan. 30 party
caucuses for 50 convention slots and
17 alternates. but whether they actu—
ally attend the convention depends
on the outcome of the presidential
primary.

The remaining 36 delegates and
nine alternates will be selected by
the State Committee of the Demo-
cratic Party. with some positions al-
ready filled by party leaders. Dele-
gates already chosen include former
President Jimmy Carter and Gov.
Joe Frank Harris.

The delegate preference statistics
released yesterday showed that,
with one exception, each candidate
has the most potential delegates in
the 4th District east of Atlanta.

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Cosmonaut tells of his 326 days in space

By CAROL J. WILLIAMS
Associated Press

MOSCOW (‘osmonaut Yuri
Romanenko said Wednesday he bat-
tled boredom and isolation during
his record 326 days in space by
watching the Earth spin beneath
him and telling his wife via a TV
hookup how to renovate their apart»
ment.

Soviet space officials said
Romanenko‘s rapid recovery from
his voyage proves there are no phys»
ical barriers to a manned mission to
Mars.

Romanenko, who holds the space
endurance record. and other space
officials met with reporters to talk
about his 11-month space flight that
ended when a new crew of" cosmo»
nauts came to the Mir space station
three weeks ago.

The mission commander. who
even wrote songs during his mission.
bounded onto the speakers' platform
and talked animatedly for nearly
two hours, describing some of the
170 experiments conducted over the
last year and the psychological ef-
fects of being so far from home and
family.

Romanenko. 43, and Alexander
Laveikin blasted off on Feb. ti. 1987.
aboard the Soyuz TM-2 capsule.
docking at the Mir station two days
later. Mission control ordered
Laveikin back to Earth after five
months because of heart problems.

Laveikin was replaced by
Alexander Alexandrov in July dur-
ing a joint Soviet-Syrian mission to
the space station.

Romanenko made light of the iso-
lation of' space. He joked that he was
able to avoid the discomfort of a
major apartment renovation that he
supervised from space via television
linkups with his wife once or twice a
week.

“My wife got our apartment reno»
vated during the mission and I gave
her good advice from afar.“ he said.
“When I came back the flat was all
ready."

He said he didn't have time to be
bored because of the volume of sei-
entific work to be performed. the
wonder of having planet Earth spin
by as the space station completed 16
orbits daily and the need to check in
with mission control every hour.

“Difficult psychological situations
can arise among crew members on

Soviets resuming disinformation, agency says

Associated Press

WASHINGTON _, The director of
the US. Information Agency says
that despite complaints from the
Reagan administration. the Soviet
Union is again spreading disinfor«
mation about the United States to
Third World countries.

The L'nited States has complained
to the Soviet Union through diplo-
matic channels about a Jan. 9 report
in an African newspaper, the Gha—
naian Times. that the United States
gave South Africa chemical weap-

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ons. USIA Director Charles Z. Wick
said Monday.

Wick said he also voiced a protest
to Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin.
during a meeting on Jan. 12. Ivan
Yeliseyev, a Soviet Embassy press
officer, declined to comment.

For years. the State Department
has been accusing the Soviet Union
of spreading lies about the United
States by disseminating phony sto-
ries to news organizations around
the world. notably in non-aligned de-
veloping countries.

The department has said many of
the stories are carried by Tass. the

Soviet news agency. including one in
recent years that the AIDS virus
was first developed as an experi»
ment in biological warfare at a US.
military laboratory at Fort Detrick.
Md.

The disinformation issue was
raised at last month's l'.S.-Soviet
summit and Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev said he would look into
the allegations. According to Wick.
the Soviet ambassador “came to see
me as a followup to my meetings
with Gorbachev. “

“We are trying to set up an agen—
da for these future discussions about

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these complaints." Wick told The
Associated Press.
Resumption of a disinformation
campaign "could undermine the
move toward greater understanding
between our two countries.” he said.
"It would be very good for our rela-
tions if they follow through in good
faith; it is a simple thing to deter-
mine. based upon their deeds,”
According to the State Depart-
ment, the story in the (lhanian
newspaper originated at a Soviet
news agency and alleged that the
United States had given chemical
weapons to the South Africans.

space ships. and this has been ob
served during long flights."
liomanenko said. “In this case. how
ever. we had comradely con-
tacts. and our colleagues. my com-
rades—in—arms so to speak. always
worked well together.‘

Vladimir Shatalov. chief of (1)5”th
naut training. and Valery ltyumin ot
the Mission (‘ontrol (‘enter said
Romanenko wrote 20 songs aboard
the Mir station. some of which were
light-hearted and show-rd he was
generally in a good mood

Itomanenko suffered no apparent
long-term health effects from the
protracted absence of gravity and
showed the least loss of bone calci»
um of any cosmonaut who has taken
part in a lengthy mission. said
Anatoly Grigoriev. deputy director
of the Bio-Medical Space Research
Institute.

Romancnko lost less than 3 per
cent of his bone calcium during the
mission. Grigoriev said. other cos
moiiauts have suffered losses of up
to 20 percent.

“I don‘t think we will get any dif—
ferent results if we ha\e cosmonauts
spend it;- years in space. and we are
not striving just for i'-‘.'etoids ‘
Shatalov said. "There should be a
purpose in all of this and I think in
the near future the goal will be a
manned flight to Mars "

Space experts have said that a
manned flight to Mars would take
about three years for a round trip

No date has been mentioned yet
for such a mission. but ['5‘ and
Soyiet space officials have said a
joint trip co