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3 li's Time Tail's House Nov Being Restored For Fairs. vESgHBi Sveinbrenner Fires Another Yanks Manager Page D-l PageC-l N6 NNATI ENQUIRER FINAL EDITIONNEWSSTAND PRICE 25t A GANNETT NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1982 stmiaiiis In On Trapped Pale Cloe No refuge left, Page A-8. PLO refugee camps from the rest of west Beirut -'The Israelis are intent on storming the city of Beirut," the Palestinian news agency WAFA said in a communique late Wednesday. Artillery exchanges raged unabated. At least 54 people were report ed killed and 157 wounded as of late Wednesday afternoon, Lebanese police and doctors reported.

The U.S. government and the United Nations were considering the possibility of Imposing sanctions unless the Israelis stopped their offensive. 1 PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin of Israel vowed to resist any punitive actions, declaring, "Nobody is going to bring Israel to her knees." There was no indication the Israelis were about to pull back from their campaign to crush the PLO. Correspondents saw apartment buildings disintegrating and fires gutting city blocks In Israel BY ASSOCIATED PRESS Israeli Jets dlvebombed west Bel-rut In thunderous sundown attacks Wednesday as tank columns closed In on the shrinking Palestinian guerrilla enclave behind a day-long artillery and gunboat bombardment Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief Yasser Arafat urged his -trapped guerrillas to fight to the death, declaring, "Martyrdom is the key to victory." There was a brief evening lull In the action, and Lebanon's privately owned radio stations said an undeclared cease-fire had taken effect after President Rea-gan urged the PLO to leave Beirut Immediately and warned Israel to re-establish and maintain a "strict cease-fire so that this matter can be promptly resolved." BUT WAVES of Israeli war-planes swooped In under cover of darkness to stage a 00-minute raid that touched off fires in and around the PLO's beleaguered redoubt on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital. Israeli tanks knifed In from Beirut's airport to within a few hundred yards of the targets attacked earlier In the day in a drive apparently aimed at Isolating the ISRAELI SOLDIERS run past tanks donations were broadcast, and Lebanese President Ellas Sarkis appealed to Mr.

Reagan to stop "what is happening in Beirut, where Innocent civilians are being subjected to mass killing and destruction." At the United Nations, the Security Council adopted a Jordanian-Spanish resolution Wednesday night against the Israeli thrust into west Beirut. The vote was 14-0 with the United States abstaining. THE TWO sponsors, trying to avoid a U.S. veto, softened a threat of sanctions against Israel that was contained In the original draft submitted at a morning council meeting called at the request of the Soviet Union. The key amendment Inserted a new provision that "takes note of the decision of the Palestine Liberation Organization to move the Palestinian armed forces from Beirut" That balanced one of the original provisions that "calls for the prompt return of Israeli troops which have moved forward subsequent to" 1:35 p.m.

EDT last (See LEBANON, back of this section) APLuerptoto ARROWS SHOW Israeli push across Beirut's Green Line, top and center, while other forces close in on Palestinian stronghold from the south. Reagan Calls For PLO Withdrawal the PLO stronghold and In residential neighborhoods and commercial throughfares of west Bel-rut. Israeli warplanes roared over the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital at sunset and "bombed coastal areas near the Kuwaiti Embassy, the stadium that houses a guerrilla outpost and the Fakhanl neighborhood where Arafat has his command headquarters. PLO communiques and Lebanon's state radio said the Kuwaiti Embassy compound, the Blr Hassan residential neighborhood and the Rlyad Solh palace bore the brunt of the bombing sorties. AERIAL ATTACKS had been withheld, Israeli officers said, to prevent any accidental bombing of advancing Israeli armored columns that moved up the coast and crossed the Oreen Line, 1 which separates Moslem west Beirut from Christian east Beirut Arafat Issued a radio appeal to ail able-bodied Palestinians to take up arms against "this mighty American-Israeli murderous war machine to defend what is left of your nation's honor unto death.

Urgent appeals for blood "Fr3 Of those 22 Democrats, 11 are seeking re-election this year. Even if Mr. Reagan prevails with the record tax increase now before Congress and manages to Implement all the spending cuts he wants, he still will preside over the largest deficits In American history. The so-called balanced-budget amendment wouldn't take effect until long after the next presidential election. Despite, that name, the.

amendment doesn't actually ban deficit spending. It would require, however, that red-Ink appropriations be approved by three-fifths of the House and Senate. SIXTY-SEVEN VOTES were required for approval. Supporters must win House passage by the same two-thirds majority before the measure Is submitted to the states for ratification, with approval needed from at least 38 states. Archibald Cox, chairman of (See BUDGET; back of this section) .7 Wednesday during the armored column's push Into west Beirut's Moslem sector.

BY STORER ROWLEY Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON-Presldent Reagan called Wednesday for Immediate withdrawal of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from Lebanon and admonished Israel that restoration of a strict cease-fire in Beirut is an "absolute necessity." Mr. Reagan's call for a PLO withdrawal was contained in a message that the White House said he had sent to Arab governments which, unlike the United States, have direct contact with the PLO. CLEARLY DISPLEASED by Israel's latest military move against beleaguered PLO forces In west Beirut, Mr. Reagan renewed his call for a cease-fire In a personal message to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. As Israeli tanks, warplanes and armored troops attacked Palestinian guerrillas in west Beirut, an emergency meeting of the ci its Pension limit job program pass, Page A-4.

-ed an "argumentive and combative" meeting, Mr. Reagan and others bawled out Kemp, the New Yorker who has been leading a very public effort to get Republl- cans to reject the tax bill, now' being debated by a group of Sen-i' ate and House conferees. One person present at the session said an angry Sen. Paul Lax-alt, told Kemp that Mr. Reagan was the President and leader of the Republican Party, not Kemp, and that he could oppose tax Increases, but should not Senate Narrowly OKs Kemp 'Taken To The Woodshed' As President Pushes Tax Package Balanced-Budget Bill President's crisis-management team was convened, and Mr.

Rea gan attended a National Security Council session to discuss dlplo matlc remedies and the possibil ity of sanctions against Israel. No sanction's, economic or military, were announced by the White House. Deputy press secre tary Larry Speakes refused to dls cuss any specifics about possible sanctions. IN A personal message to Begin, Mr. Reagan said he had stressed "the absolute necessity of re-establishing and maintaining a strict cease-fire in place so that this matter can be promptly re- i a i suiveu.

In a message to Arab govern ments, "which have direct contact" with the PLO, he said: "I have expressed my strong convlc tion that the PLO must not delay further its withdrawal from Lebanon." (See REAGAN; back of this section) be leading a drive against them. Another source said Kemp was "taken to the woodshed" by the President prior to the group congressional session for a "one-on-one" talking to by Mr. Reagan in which the President told him It was disloyal to split the Republicans who are already a minority in the House. The scolding didn't have immediate effect. Within hours of the White House session, Kemp and other opponents were meeting to plan further strategy against the legislation.

DISCUSSING THE White House sessions, Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, (See TAXES, back of this section) JOHN HELD critices Luken BY TOAA RAUAA- Aisodated Press WASHINOTON-A constitutional amendment Impeding deficit federal spending was passed by a squeaky two votes in the Senate on Wednesday and sent to an uncertain fate in the House, which President Reagan challenged to "heed the will of, the people." The 69-31 vote was a major victory for Mr. Reagan, whose last-minute lobbying for the measure kept the majority Republicans virtually in line and helped ensure the necessary two-thirds margin with help from 22 Democrats. Senators on both sides of the issue also credited the election- Four Sections, 142nd Year, No. 118 ACTION LINE P-2 AROUND TOWN -3 BOGGLE -5 BRIDGE PJ BUSINESS C-frM CLASSIFIED B-5-12 COLUMNISTS COMICS P-W CROSSWORD D-6 BY ANN DEVROY Gannett News Service WASHINGTON-Presldent Reagan stepped up his campaign for tax increases on Wednesday, proclaiming his support for a $99 billion tax package and chastising the main opponent, fellow Republican Jack Kemp, for leading the drive against It. Unlike his highly public campaign to cut taxes, the presidential effort to raise them has thus far been private, including almost two hours of meetings Wednesday with members of the Senate and House who sought a straightforward endorsement of the legislation and a display of presidential leadership.

IN WHAT one participant call- Watt Street Journal story, PageB-4. turn on his friends," Luken said. "I guess he doesn't have anything else to do these days but criticize fellow Democrats." GILLIGAN, NOW a professor at Notre Dame, could not be reached at his' South Bend, home for a reply. As for Sheehan's statement that Luken has "abandoned ship" on label's broad social agenda, year popularity of the proposal, arising at a time of record deficits likely to exceed $140 billion next year alone for the measure's success "Now it is up to the liberal leadership in the House to heed the will of the people," Mr. Rea- gan said after the Senate vote.

"Americans, In overwhelming numbers, have Just one message for the House leadership: "Let our representatives vote." MR. REAGAN said he joined millions of Americans In saluting the Senate, where "47 Republicans and 22 Democrats stood shoulder-to-shoulder to pass the amendment and resist Intense special Interest pressure for still more red-Ink spending." HORSE SENSE D-9 JUMBLE D-9 LEVOY D-l RACES C-8 TV RADIO D-17 WEIKEL B-l WHEN I WAS A BOY D-18 WORD GAME D-9 SPORTS RESULTS Telephone 369-1005 or 369-1006 Mostly cloudy with widely scattered showers and thunder showers today through Friday. High today and Friday will be 85 to 88. Low tonight near 68. Chance of rain is 30 today and tonight.

Weather map and details, Rage A-2. Luken Denies Anti-Labor Shift BY BOB WESTON Enquirer Reporter On balance, Rep. Thomas A. Luken was delighted to be featured on the front page of the WaJJ Street Journal last Thursday, even though he was Incensed by some statements attributed to his former Cincinnati allies. The Cincinnati Democrat was particularly miffed at quotes from former Ohio Gov.

John J. Gllllgan, his close ally when they served on city council, and from William P. Sheehan, executive secretary-treasurer of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council. "'m sorry Jack Gllllgan has to Luken said that comment had no basis in fact He noted that he has a 75 cumulative approval rating In his congressional votes from Sheehan's own organization. "They had me voting 'right' on 80 out of 106 votes," he said.

By contrast, Luken said, he was rated quite low by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce In its voting approval ratings Issued in May. "They had me listed as voting right six times and wrong 13 times for a 32 rating," he said. "That's not very pro-business." Luken's overall rating by the (See REACTION, ry. back of this section) DEAR ABBY D-2 DEATHS B-5 DINING OUT D-l 1,15 DODO C-l EDITORIALS i A-16 ENTERTAINMENT D-1M7 GO GUIDE P-14, 16 GRAHAM D-18, HOROSCOPE D-5.

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