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-wire Reagan to visit Latin America WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan, reflecting his adminstration's new interest in hemispheric affairs, is t/iauiiuig a nve-oay trip in late November and early December to Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica. A senior U.S. official said Monday night the trip will center on hemispheric economic problems, the future of interAmerican relations following the Falkland Islands war and "continuing security threats in this hemisphere," particularly in Central America. The official, who briefed reporters at the White House on the condition he not be identified, said Reagan will depart W achi nrtf/\n 1 ^ iTU0iitugiuu iiuv, ov? ctuu bptnu ucc, i-z in rjrazil, Dec. 3 in Colombia and Dec. 4 in Costa Rica. Another official, also speaking privately, said the trip is related to the administration's desire to support what has been a shift toward democratic rule in Latin America. Bishops condemn use of arms WASHINGTON (AP) - Roman Catholic bishops would condemn any first use of nuclear weapons under a draft declaration on modern arms to be debated at the annual National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The position contrasts with the "flexible response" policy adopted by the United States and its European allies. That policy would allow each side to use tactical nuclear weapons in Europe if necessary to repel an attack with conventional armc MI XIIO . "We do not perceive of any situation in which the deliberate initiation of nuclear warfare, on however restricted a scale, can be morally justified," the bishops' proposed analysis states. "Non-nuclear attacks by another state must be resisted by other than nuclear means." The 105-page draft document, prepared by the bishops' AdHoc Committee on War and Peace, states the overwhelming evidence is that a nuclear exchange would be impossible to 1 irr? i I The new draft is the second version of a major pastoral letter on which the committee has been at work for more than a year. It was released prior to the bishops' annual meeting in Washington, scheduled for Nov. 15-18. The bishops are expected to do more work on it there prior to its formal issue in 1983. n ?!-? - - - - " ueciaiine sex in evasion case LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge hearing a draft evasion case has given the government until Wednesday to surrender White House documents that the prosecution says are protected by executive privilege. But U.S. District Judge Terry Hatter Jr. agreed last Wednesday to three requests by U.S. Attorney Richard Romero aimed at keeping the documents secret. I.au/vpre frtr " uc?>u zi, a rasadena resident and former Yale University philosophy student charged with failing to register for the draft, say the documents will back their claim that the government is selectively prosecuting vocal opponents of the draft. Hatter agreed to Romero's requests that the documents remain in the government's custody when the judge is not actively reviewing them, that their contents not hp di^incoH to deiense lawyers while they are under review, and that the judge be general in any discussion of the documents in open court. He also rejected a defense motion by American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Mark Rosenbaum, who asked that the case be thrown out on the grounds that the government's restrictions showed a "continuing pattern of effrontery to. this judicial process." Key West prepares for party KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Residents on this coral island, often battered by hurricanes, are bracing for a storm of rowdy visitors, some in X-rated costumes. "When we get done with this party, the entire island will be burnt out," said Townsend Keiffer, director of the Fantasy Poc Povnitro 1 'on ml~ ~ * A J * x ^ vcm.vai oz., int; lu-uay extravaganza promises to be one of America's biggest Halloween bashes. Residents who revel in Key West's reputation for eccentricity say they expect 25,000 visitors to join the 24,000 natives in drinking, dancing and costumed fantasies under the palm and banyan trees. The festival peaks on Oct. 29 with a masquerade ball and a nocturnal costume parade past the Victorian homes and gingerbread boutiques of Duval Street. "People have been worrying all year about what thov aro going to wear," said Key West dressmaker William Sours, stitching costumes for 44 partygoers. "One of my customers is coming as Oscar, you know, the movie statuette. He'll be completely covered in gold glitter, holding a sword and immobile on a black pedestal being pulled by a friend." Crtm/. J:- ?-! ' oumc wi me uisguises are irartKiy risque. Although police rules explicitly say "no genitalia," minors will be barred * from certain costumed events. "Last year, we had a woman show up on the streets wrapped in cellophane. Period. Just cellophane," said Mayor Dennis Wardlow. "And that was mild compared to some I won't talk about." USC todaij RH film: "The Bride of Frankenstein" starring Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester, 2:30, 7 and 9:30 p.m., FREE. Southern Studies Fall Lecture Series: Dr. Frank Shelton, Limestone College, "The Sense of Distance and Gift of Sympathy in Anne Tyler's Novels," 3:30 p.m., Gambrell 152, FREE. ? ?? Election lacl WASHINGTON (AP) - With the nation at peace and candidates concentrating on the economy, American foreign policy is ^virtually a non-issue in the 1982 election cam paign. There are some races where supporters of a nuclear freeze are active and analysts say they could affect the outcome. But there are few echoes of past debates over "who lost China," or over U.S. policy toward Israel or the sale of AWACs radar planes to Cntl/1? A WriKIrt oauui ni duict. Bernard Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin, says he isn't surprised. Foreign policy is a big issue in elections "on rare occasions, rather than es I JOP** Camouflaged This van belonging to a USC staff me presence. Qilonno fnllniii VSIRCslllsIs lUIIUVl BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - In the thn kidnapping of David S. Dodge II, the act American University of Beirut, there's tape recording from him saying he's alive weeks of silence. The U.S. Embassy will say nothing operating on the assumption that Dodge i say investigators are working franticall> trying to get in touch with the kidnapp< release. "The sad fact is there is no one to neg< well-placed source who asked not to be "It's strange. You kidnap someone I something, but we haven't been able t( them." Sources said Dodge sent a handwritte recording to American officials in late At alive and well and statinc h is kiHnannoi --0 has been nothing from him ? or his kidna The kidnappers want to exchange Doc diplomants abducted in Lebanon in Jul? The problem, according to the source, is who abducted the Iranians or how to get kidnappers to arrange an exchange. Class teaches GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - In the world of latch-key children and families with two working parents, plenty can go wrong at home. But Darents tparh^rc anH rvni?i;? f f M?1M ^/UUllV officials in a Greenville County elementary school are teaching the kids at school about how to handle being home alone. The problems of fire, break-ins and child abuse are among the topics discussed. Third graders at Duncan Chapel Elementary School in Greenville County will be facing those dangers this week in a pilot program developed by the Greenville County Legal Auxiliary, the victim-witness assistance program of the 13th Circuit Solicitor's office, and parents and leacners 01 uuncan unapel. Called "Housewise-Streetwise," the five-hour project uses films, artwork, games, activity sheets and guest speakers to illustrate ways children can make appropriate decisions about personal safety.w. Often <?hildren don't have any idea mmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmmmw ks foreign po tho nthnr utnv nrnnnH " Pnhnn coirl in VIIV WllVi TW WJ U1 VUUV*, WIIVII OUIU ill an interview. He credited President Ronald Reagan with success in "slicing up the issue like bologna" in a way that keeps constituencies from building up. Also, Cohen said, the Democrats want to concentrate on the economy, and the Republicans are unable to claim credit for any particular foreign policy move. Another political scientist, William Schneider of the American Enterprise Institute, said that since 1974, "the economy has been the major issue and pushed everything else off the agenda." Communism and the Cold War were issues in the 1950s, and then Vietnam r ? ' ' . . ',"' v "**.,. feyS^vffsjlpjg^ . ;:v> ??$; ^"?Sv$ :\":><$y | ||| .-5"- - ^j-.- -> J"'_^ - v^'-"-'"-'-^-"-;^-v" mber was spotted on campus recently desp /s kidnapping >e months since the The case is so s ing president of the Western officials wl been a letter and a understanding that t j, then six agonizing The 58-year-old D ducted by two gunm I more than it is campus at sunset * s alive. But sources prominent Americai ' h^hinrl th*? c^onoc rT11? TT ? " 1 V..v UWilVO, int: u.a. n,mDass grs to press for his moved to the Christi the west in its Organization. Some otiate with," said a jia(j remained open, further identified, would have been kidi Decause you want There has been sp ) get in touch with students at the univt past the guards at I n letter and a tape overlooking the Med; igust, saying he was At first, Lebanesi rs' demands. There Dodge was kidnap] ppers ? since. Lebanese Shi'ite Mo: Ige for four Iranian condemned the abdi /, the sources said, do with it. ; that no nnp nowever, Lebane in touch with their former Amal rnemb< one sources said. kids to deal w'n what to do in the face of emergencies or other difficult k/tvUUVlV/lIOi "We have to deal with the way the world is, not necessarily as we'd like it to be," said Duncan Chapel Principal Jay Casbon. "Kids have to develop skills to deal with the fears they face every day. It's a kind of pitfall therapy. You tell a child, 'here's a pit you may fall into, but here's a ladder you can use to get out."' The program's curriculum was developed "totally from scratch" over the summer by parents, teachers and mfmhprc ui me auxiliary snd victim witness program, Casbon said. The total cost - including films and materials - is about $300, which the legal auxiliary is paying, he said. "You don't have to have a lot of money - you just need the commitment of the community." Some of the officials involved have personal reasons for being interested. "I've got three latch-key children of my own, and my concern was that ilicy issue in the 1960s. But this year. Schneider said, foreign policy is dormant in the campaign. "There is an old axiom in politics," he said. "When the economy is bad, the economy is the issue. When the economy is good, something else is the issue." Leon Billings, director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, said foreign policy is an issue "in a negative way" in a few campaigns. In thp Sun RpH fnr inctannn ?... ^v... ftVA IUOVUIICC, Billings said opponents have tried to use the Panama Canal treaties against Senate Democrats Dennis DeConcini of Arizona and Lloyd Bentsen of Texas. $PSW**9S^ ' " . Photo by Andy Lavallcy ite an obvious attempt to hide its in liUnot D AlfB 14* I Ill VV COL UCII lil ensitive that nearly all Lebanese and io agreed to talk about it did so with the hey be identified only as "sources." odge, who was born in Beirut, was aben as he strolled home from his office on July 19. At the time, he was the most i living in mostly Moslem West Beirut, y had closed June 23 and its diplomats an east side of the city as Israel bombed war with the Palestine I.ihftration sources said they believe if the embassy an American diplomat ? not Dodge ? lapped. eculation that the gunmen were former jrsity, which could explain how they got he gate to the 70-acre wooded campus 1 terra nean. 2 security sources said they suspected ped by Amal, a group of pro-Iranian slems. But Nabih Berri, tht Amal leader, iction and said his people had nothing to se police believe a splinter group of 3rs may have carried out the kidnapping, th emergencies there are so many children alone in the afternoon after school making some pretty big decisions on their own," said Jayne Crisp, director of tne victim-witness assistance program. Casbon said the program's creators hope to copyright the project and present it to other schools in the Greenville County district and the state. He said he has had calls from out-of-state school officials interested in seeing copies of the curriculum. "This can be adapted to fit the needs of individual schools or in dividual communities," he said. "One school may want to focus on stealing, if that is a problem in its community ." The program is designed for five one-hour presentations that mix games, drills, films and discussions. The children will see a film called "Who Do You Tell?" that deals with several situations children face and the people they can go to for help.