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"I believe they will paper over their differences," said Wayne Smith, who headed the U.S. public interest section in Havana between 1979 and 1982 and now teaches at the Johns Hopkins Advanced School of International Studies in Washington. "But I think Gorbachev will make it clear that the public criticism is not necessary or particularly helpful." The Bush administration in recent days has tried to isolate Castro from the Soviet But in private talks the Soviet leader is expected to seek to quiet Castro's sometimes harsh criticism of the Soviet leader's reforms under glasnost and perestroika political liberalization and economic restructuring. The charismatic Cuban leader has been his most public critic among foreign Communist leaders. Castro argued in a December speech that "we must expect difficulties not only from the enemy camp but also from our own friends.

New experiences, all kinds of reforms are taking place in the socialist camp, especially in the Soviet Union. If they are successful, it will be good for socialism and for everybody. If they run into Union, reminding Gorbachev of his pledge to back regional settlements of conflicts such as in Central America. Secretary of State James A. Baker III, in a confidential memo sent to diplomatic posts in Latin America last week, wrote: "Cuba continues to engage in military adventurism abroad and to support subversive movements in the Western Hemisphere to the detriment of peace, stability and democratic processes." "The message could not be any clearer," said a Latin diplomat in Mexico City.

"It's time for Gorbachev to exercise his considerable persuasive powers. But it would be a mistake to say he will lean on Castro. lllini out of tourney See Sports Late-night fire '4'- ,4 Warrant issued for skipper By Washington Post VALDEZ, Alaska Alaskan authorities issued an arrest warrant yesterday for Joseph J. Hazelwood, captain of the Exxon oil tanker that ran aground March 24 and spilled more than 10 million gallons Of oil in Prince William Sound. Attorney General Doug Baily said the state will seek Hazel-wood's extradition from New York, where he is believed to have gone several days after the accident, the worst tanker spill in U.S.

history. Now nine-days-old and covering more than 860 square miles, the spill is moving slowly toward the Gulf of Alaska. Fishing villages in its path immediately launched efforts to protect critical fishing areas with floating booms. An oil skimmer, which separates surface oil from water, is on the way from the Soviet Union. Coast Guard officials said skimmers now in use are beginning to clog as the oil ages and becomes denser sludge.

"The Soviets have some capability of dealing with more solid substances," Coast Guard spokesman Rob McWhorter said. Hazelwood, 42, was fired by the Exxon Shipping Co. last Thursday, shortly after tests revealed that he had impermissibly high blood-alcohol levels more than 10 hours after the 978-foot Exxon Valdez struck a well-marked reef. Hazelwood was in his cabin at the time, having turned the ship over to his third mate. The state has charged him with operating a motorcraft under the influence of alcohol, reckless en-dangerment and negligent discharge of oil.

All are misdemeanors, carrying a total potential penalty of two years and three months in prison and an $11,000 fine. The PantagraphMAUREEN O'CONNOR Bloomington firefighters battled a blaze that gutted a vacant building at 920 E. Grove St. late last night. The building was reportedly set for demolition.

Please see additional photo on next page. Blaze guts vacant east-side building Israelis pushed Iran deal By Newsday WASHINGTON, D.C. Secret Israeli documents compiled for thp Iran-Contra probe and obtained by Newsday show that Israel urged Washington to resume arms-for-hostages dealing with Iran in 1986 out of fear that the Palestine Liberation Organization might arrange to free U.S. captives and thereby win better ties with the United States. The Israeli move, at a time when many White House officials wanted to halt the arms deliveries, led to an expansion of the deals with under the direction of White House aide Oliver North, according to the documents.

The Israeli government's official chronology of events shows that' this was only one of several occasions in 1986 in which Israel persuaded the Reagan administration" to take actions in support of Is- rael's foreign policy agenda. Israel itself became more deeply involved in mid-February 1986, after two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped in Southern Lebanon by the Hezbollah, a radical faction with close ties to Iran. Thereafter, Amiram Nir, counterterrorism adviser to then-' Prime Minister Shimon Peres, pressed hard for a major Israeli role in any arms-for-hostages deal and convinced Peres to write President Reagan at the end of February stating his hope that the two countries would work to-; gether for the freedom of the Israelis as well as American captives. Another occasion when Israel persuaded the United States to act in support of Israeli foreign policy aims occurred in July 1986, when Nir asked North to dissuade then-Vice President George Bush from going to Syria to welcome the Rev. Lawrence Jenco, a U.S.

hostage just freed from Beirut. Bush did not make the trip. The documents suggest that it was Nir's energetic lobbying with Peres' personal approval in late 1985 and early 1986 that had the greatest impact on U.S. foreign policy toward Iran. Both Israel and the United States had decided tentatively to end arms-for-hostages dealings after repeated disappointments.

But in December 1985 Israel obtained information about "activity by Yasser Arafat's el Fatah organization" suggesting that the PLO "intended to broker a deal between the Hezbollah organization and the government of Kuwait which would end in the release of the American hostages," the chronology said. In mid-December, Nir gave Peres a compilation of activities by Arafat's aides, stating he was not sure if the United States was aware of the PLO activities or involved in them. But he added: "In order to prevent the PLO from succeeding and winning a 'quid pro quo' in case of success in obtaining the release of the hostages," Nir proposed that Peres "take action in order to be ahead of that activity by assisting the U.S. to release the hostages." Some power outages in the neighborhood were reported. Bloomington Mayor Jesse Smart appealed to residents to conserve water because of the large quantity needed to fight the fire.

Ray A. Carnahan, 504 E. Locust a former maintenance man for Beer Nuts, said the building had five sprinkler systems, but they were all turned off last fall. There was no water or electricity service to the building, and it was scheduled to be demolished, Carnahan said. Police said workers were inside the building yesterday gutting it jn preparation for demolition, but it was.

not known immediately what company the workers back from their original position because of the intense heat. The high winds propelled debris onto the building next door, AB Hatchery and Garden Center, 916 E. Grove and firefighters were working to keep the fire from spreading. Onlookers could feel the intense heat more than 100 yards from the scene. At one point, the third-floor wall on the north and east sides crashed down, causing a power line to snap.

Fire officials were worried that what was left of the building could fall on a 12,500 volt main feeder line, and moved curious onlookers farther back from the fire, which extended back half a city block. By TOM ERDMANN Pantagraph staff A fire late last night gutted an empty, three-story brick building at 920 E. Grove Bloomington. There were no reports of injuries. The building, formerly owned by Portable Elevator, is now owned by Beer Nuts Inc.

Firefighters were- called to the- scene shortly before 10 p.m. after a passerby, Terry Scarbeary of Bloomington, noticed a glow coming from the second story and smoke pouring through the roof. Firefighters were hampered by strong southerly winds that fanned the flames. After battling the blaze for 25 minutes, fire-fighters in two ladder units had to pull Wfll "I A I Guerrilla raids Namibian transition in jeopardy Abby C10 Homes F1 Business E1 Classified F3 Clipboard C14 Crossword B6 Deaths E5 Focus C1 On the Record E6 Opinion A10 Sports D1 Travel Leisure B1 Namibian officials said there were three incursions overnight of groups of up to 50 guerrillas, a pattern that suggested a coordinated attack. Officials said some of the rebels carried mortars and surface-to-air missiles.

The officials, though, gave no indication of why SWAPO would want to undermine an agreement that is expected to lead to a SWAPO-governed independent Namibia or whether dissidents in the guerrilla movement might be responsible. Botha said that unless U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar "makes his position clear on this flagrant violation of a decision of the Security Council, based on international agreements, the South African government will be left with no choice but to request (the U.N. force) to depart from South West Africa. who has been seen as poised to help broker peace in the southern Africa subcontinent.

Thatcher condemned the incursions, calling them "the most serious challenge to the authority of the United Nations and the peace agreement." The South African warning, ordered by President Pieter W. Botha, raised doubts about the entire Namibian independence plan even before the first day of its implementation process ended. Foreign Minister Roelof F. Botha said that in the last 24 hours, groups of armed guerrillas of the South West Africa People's Organization crossed the Angolan border and clashed with police inside Namibia. He said 38 guerrillas and two policemen were killed in the encounters, and 14 people were wounded.

By Washington Post WINDHOEK, Namibia Cross-border raids early yesterday by black nationalist guerrillas, in which 40 people reportedly died, threatened to unravel an interna; tional accord for the independence of Namibia on the very day a United Nations peacekeeping force began to supervise the transition of this South African-controlled territory to a sovereign republic. South Africa warned it might ask the United Nations force to leave Namibia because of what it called "flagrant" incursions by the Angola-based rebels. The threat not only cast a pall over what was to have been the historic beginning of a seven-month process freeing the territory known as "Africa's Last Colony," but it also marred a visit here by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Cloudy again by afternoon today with a 40 percent chance of rain late, highs around 60. Tonight, cloudy with lows near 40 and a 70 percent chance of rain. Complete weather on E6 Daily: 807 Pick 4: 1481 Lotto: 4 29 39 41 43 54 Copyright 1089, Evargratn Communications Inc..