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PageD4 -World Nation. Decatur, Illinois, Thursday, January 1, 1987 Peking police battle crowds PEKING (AP) Police trying to prevent a pro-democracy demonstration by students Thursday at Tiananmen Square pushed back thousands of people, most of them ordinary citizens who had gathered to mark New Year's Day. Illegal posters displayed this week at Peking University and other city colleges have urged students to gather at the square on New Year's Day to demonstrate for democratic reforms and greater individual freedom. But police ringed the square Thursday morning and another line of people in civilian clothes encircled the Monument to the People's Heroes at the square's south end. Most of the people who arrived at the square early today were citizens who traditionally gather there on holidays.

There also were groups of several hundred students, some from Peking University. None of them carried banners. People shouted "What's the matter with being in the square?" and chanted "You're not allowed to arrest people" as several hundred police waded into the crowd and pushed it back. Wednesday night, hundreds of students clustered around outlawed wall posters at Peking University, discussing the true road to democracy and a possible New Year's Day demonstration on the square. A city official warned that anyone "who dares make trouble in the capital of our great socialist motherland and on sacred Tiananmen Square will be severely punished." His comments, carried in the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily, also accused the anti-Communist leadership of Taiwan of mobilizing "secret agents" to incite student demonstrators, the first time that charge has been made.

The newly pasted-up wall posters at Peking University accused the government of failing to live up to its promises of democratic reform and urged students to take the lead in bringing freedom and democracy to China. A demonstration on Tiananmen Square would be the first Peking, rally by the students outside their isolated academic area in the northwest part of the capital. The municipal official, whose; name was not used in the editorial statement, said "a handful of ele-! ments hostile to the socialist system are planning to create disturbances' on Tiananmen Square soon in an attempt to create chaos in Peking," thus leading to nationwide chaos." Authorities say no arrests of stu- dents have been made so far in pro-democracy protests reported this month in at least 10 Chinese cities. In Hefei, capital of Anhui province and one of the first cities hit by the current student demonstrations, a 22-year-old university senior named Xia Ma was elected this week to the local People's Congress. The local congresses, or legislatures, are the only level of China's government at which direct elections are held.

Hair-raising job There are no catty remarks in this beauty parlor. John Mossier, museum technician at the youth museum in Punta Gorda, uses a brush and hair blower to freshen the mane of an African lion as part of an ongoing maintenance program of the museum's permanent collec tion. Mossier said he dusts' and vacuums the stuffed animals whenever he gets some spare time, and decided to give the lion some special treatment. He decided the hair brush and hair blower would perfect the look. (AP LaserPhoto) Skies safer in 1 986 Gommercial aviation crashes decline Save on holiday photo finishing with Venture's Everyday Low Prices! DC-9 and a private plane over Cerri-tos, last Labor Day weekend killed 82 people.

Two commuter planes crashed in Michigan and the Virgin Islands, claiming a total of four lives, and a sightseeing plane collided with a helicopter over the Grand Canyon, killing all 25 people aboard the two crafts. Aviation safety experts noted that the collision over Cerritos as the Mexican plane was making an approach to Los Angeles could just as easily have involved a U.S. air carrier. But because the airline was foreign, it is not included in U.S. airline accident statistics.

The last time the major U.S. airlines recorded a fatality-free year was in 1980 when the airlines flew nearly a million fewer flights. "We're delighted," said William Bolger, head of the Air Transport Associaton, which represents the major U.S. air carriers. But Bolger.

WASHINGTON (AP) After a rash of airline crashes in 1985 that claimed, more than 1,600 lives worldwide, 1986 has been one of commercial aviation's safest years with one fatal jetliner crash in this country and none involving a major U.S. airline. The safety performance came during a year when U.S. airlines flew a record 6.2 million flights, according to the Air Transport Asso-' ciation, which represents the industry. Jet airline accident fatalities worldwide also appear to be down, according to aviation safety experts, although official figures were not yet compiled.

Unofficial tabulations showed nearly 500 people killed in commercial airline accidents around the globe during the year. In the United States there was one fatal airline accident involving a regularly scheduled jetliner. The collision of an Aeromexico Airlines Airline passenger apparently shot Jr mfi S7 i Ua(0)iS) like other airline officials, had no answer for the question of why the skies seemed to be much safer in 1986 than the year before. The airlines, he said, are not doing anything different in terms of safety, although he conceded that the-widespread publicity surrounding the high number of aviation fatalities in 1985 might have resulted in a greater focus on safety matters. When commercial and private air traffic is lumped under one category, the Federal Aviation Administration said 1986 also showed a continuing decline in the overall accident rates.

Preliminary FAA figures showed 1.09 accidents per 100.000 flying hours during 1986. compared to nearly 1.5 five years ago when the rate began to steadily drop. "It was one of the best, if not the best, years for aviation FAA Administrator Donald Engen said in an interview. condition at Rex Hospital. As the plane approached the airport from about one or two miles away, a small object believed to be a bullet pierced the underside of the airplane and hit the passenger.

Gonring said. At the the point where it was reported hit, aircraft are usually 500 to 1,000 feet off the ground, said Don Paschall, chief of airport police. Paschall said it was not known what hit the aircraft. The jet's fuselage was pierced behind the wing on the right-hand side, he said. The disputed money would go to the states to help pay for sewage and wastewater treatment plants under a federal grant program credited with fostering dramatic improvements in the nation's water quality.

The administration wanted to end the aid program in 1989 after giving the states $6 billion more toward projects that the EPA has estimated would cost $108 billion to complete by the year 2000. Congress agreed to end the program but decided that $18 billion should be paid out through 1994 $9.6 billion in direct grants through 1990 and the rest distributed starting in 1989 to allow states to set up funds to make water quality loans to their cities and towns. cable TV they'll reinvest the added revenue in technological and program improvements. Outside analysts have warned quick rate hikes could send cable customers swarming to the video rental store. Furthermore, the industry is continually cautious of a reputation for poor service.

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Barry Rollins, 30, of New York City, was injured in the right thigh and jaw, and was listed in stable cit," Thomas said. "I think it is a credible alternative as far as need is concerned and dealing with the deficit issue." The Democratic-controlled Congress convenes next week, with leaders on both sides of the Capitol saying that speedy reintroduction and passage of the vetoed bill is among the first orders of The legislation enjoys immense support. It was passed 408-0 by the House and 96-0 by the Senate amid warnings from lawmakers from both parties that it would be a mistake for the president to veto it. The veto came two days after the November elections and after the last Congress had ended its session, thus preventing any votes to override the veto and requiring reintroduction of the bill in the new session. ends the authority of states and local governments to control cable prices, although regulators still will have the power to decide which cable operators could go into business and where they could set up shop.

Most cable channels have been governed by the municipalities they serve. Only 11 states chose to regulate the industry. The new federal deregulation applies to all but the few cable stations with competition from less than three over-the-air broadcast stations. Industry officials acknowledge that rates will rise. But they say WASHINGTON (AP) The Reagan administration, hoping to avoid an early showdown with the new Congress, would agree to spending $12 billion to help clean up polluted waterways, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator said Wednesday.

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