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America awaits relighting of Miss Liberty c. 1986 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK More than one million visitors are expected to arrive here next week for four days of outdoor ceremonies, harbor parades, street fairs, concerts and general mayhem in celebration of the Statue of Liberty’s centennial and the Fourth of July. The festivities promise to dwarf that massive outpouring of patriotism and good times that marked the Independence Day celebration in New York during the Bicentennial 10 years ago. Keeping track of the upcoming Liberty Weekend events requires a secretary, or at least a home computer. With only days left before the curtain rises on Liberty Weekend, here’s a thumbnail look at events and schedules for those planning to be in the Big Apple for the bash: The Statue of Liberty will be relighted July 3, with President Reagan pressing the button around 8:30 p.m. The International Naval Review, featuring 21 naval vessels from 13 countries and 12 U.S. naval ships, will arrive on July 3 and drop anchor in New York harbor. OpSail ’B6 on July 4 will have nearly all of the Class A “tall ships” still sailing today along with more than 250 other sailing vessels from 30 nations. July 4 evening will bring an International Fireworks Spectacular, the largest ever offered in the United States, from about 9:45 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. Ten tons of fireworks, some that have never been used in this country before, will be exploded. A New York Philharmonic concert in Central Park is the highlight on July 5, and the giant closing ceremonies come July 6 from Brendan Byrne Arena and Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands in nearby New Jersey. Following is a day-by-day rundown on the activities: THURSDAY, JULY 3: Operation Sail assembly (8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.). About 200 smaller Class B and Class C sailboats will leave a pre-arranged assembly point in Long Island Sound, sail through Hellgate and then down the Blast River and out through the harbor under the VerrazanoNarrows Bridge. They’ll then drop anchor in Gravesend Bay overnight in preparation for the OpSail parade July 4. The Class A or “tall ships” (more than 175 feet long) will not be among them. Those ships will begin arriving at Sandy Hook earlier in the week and remain at anchor until July 4 morning. to 1 p.m.). More than 30 modern naval warships from 15 countries, including the battleship USS lowa, will steam under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into New York Harbor in preparation for the International Naval Review, the fifth such gathering in U.S. history. The ships will proceed to anchorages at various points throughout the harbor. Statue of Liberty relighting (8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.). President Reagan and French President Francois Mitterrand (along with 3,000 guests paying SIO,OOO per pair of tickets) will begin the torch relighting ceremony from the Coast Guard headquarters on nearby Governors Island. The lighting ceremony itself will last about five minutes, beginning about 9:20 p.m. Seconds after the statue and her $66 million facelift are fully revealed, thousands of fireworks will soar and crackle in the night air but not as big a display as is planned for July 4 evening. As the statue is slowly illuminated, a 300-voice choir backed by a 100-piece orchestra will perform “America the Beautiful.” Minutes later, Chief Justice Warren Burger will swear in 2,000 new citizens on Ellis Island, among them ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, and 38,000 others in St. Louis, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington via television satellite. The ceremony also will include the presentation of the Medal of Liberty to 12 naturalized Americans, including Irving Berlin, Bob Hope and Henry Kissinger. It will close with the relighting of the torch about 10:50 p.m. FRIDAY, JULY 4 With President Reagan and Secretary of the Navy John Lehman aboard, the battleship USS lowa will sail down the Hudson River and through the harbor, exchanging cannon salutes and flag honors with the anchored naval vessels. At the same time, the skies will

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Workmen complete the floor In the extrance lobby to the Statue of Liberty. The statue's old flame, replaced by a new flame and gold leaf, is on display. (N.Y. Times photo)

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The refurbished Statue of Liberty will be relighted July 3 when President Reagan pushes a button in New York harbor. The ceremony will mark the 100th anniversary of the statue's dedication. (N.Y. Times photo)

Statue facts, figures NEW YORK (AP) The Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor for 100 years. Here are some facts and figures on one of America’s most beloved symbols: Sculptor: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Formal name: Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Models: Bartholdi sculpted the face using pictures of his mother; his wife was the model for the body of the statue. Height from base to torch: 151 feet, 1 inch. Height of torch: 21 feet. Height of pedestal: 89 feet. Height of foundation: 65 feet. Total height: 305 feet, 1 inch. Total weight: 225 tons. Tablet in left hand: July IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4, 1776 in Roman numerals). Spikes in crown: Seven, symbolizing the seven seas and seven continents. Dedicated: Oct. 28,1886. Designated a national monument: 1924. Cost of statue restoration: $66 million. Cost of total statue and Ellis Island restoration: s26omillion (goal). Cost of Liberty Weekend unveiling: S3O million, paid by ticket sales and television rights.

thunder with flyovers by the Blue Angels, the Air Force Thunderbirds and other aircraft from France and England. Reagan will then helicopter to Governors Island for a presidential address and the OpSail review. Operation Sail 1986 (10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Led by the Coast Guard “tall ship” the Eagle, a mammoth sail parade of more than 250 sailing ships from 30 nations will head under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and then up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge. Harbor Festival (9 a.m. to 11 p.m.). The streets of lower Manhattan, particularly along the east side, will be alive with street fairs, craft displays, entertainment and food as part of the 10th annual Harbor Festival Fair sponsored by the Port Authority. The fair will extend through Saturday and Sunday and admission is free. Americana Music Concert (8 p.m. to 10 p.m.). John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra will perform live at Liberty State Park in New Jersey, featuring music by great American composers. Tickets are sold out, but the concert will be televised. p.m.). More than 40,000 fireworks shells from nine countries will be choreographed to a specially written musical score and launched from a “necklace” of some 30 barges surrounding lower Manhattan, from below the Brooklyn Bridge on the East River, past the World Trade Center on the Hudson River and surrounding the Statue of Liberty. The show will be televised. SATURDAY, JULY 5 Statue of Liberty tours (all day). For the first time since its restoration, the Statue of Liberty along with a new American Museum of Immigration will reopen to the public. p.m.). A free public concert on the Great Lawn at Central Park, featuring Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and a number of guest stars. Anywhere from 250,000 to 500,000 are expected. SUNDAY, JULY 6 Sports Salute to the Statue (6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.). Outstanding athletes from the world of figure skating, gymnastics and basketball will celebrate the statue’s centennial in an exhibition at the Brendan Byrne Arena, including performances by Dorothy Hamill, Peggy Fleming, Mary Lou Retton and Bart Connors. Other scheduled events include the Harlem Globetrotters challenging a team of NBA All-Stars, and a tug-of-war featuring pro football players. Closing Ceremonies (8 p.m. to 11 p.m.)

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Italian government falls after coalition cabinet split

ROME (AP) A simmering dispute between the coalition Cabinet’s two major parties has led to the resignation of Socialist Premier Bettino Craxi and the fall of Italy’s longest-serving government since World War 11. Craxi, Italy’s first Socialist premier since thd war, handed in his resignation Friday night to President Francesco Cossiga, a day after the five-party coalition lost a secret vote in Parliament. Cossiga asked Craxi to stay on as caretaker until a new government is formed. The president will begin meeting with former heads of state and party leaders on Monday to try and form a new Cabinet. Craxi’s government had been in power since Aug. 4,1983, longer than any of Italy’s previous 43 postwar governments. The coalition was composed of the dominant Christian Democrats, the Socialists and the smaller Republican, Social Democratic and Liberal parties. Craxi’s Socialists had been feuding with the Christian Democrats, Italy’s largest party, over which should hold the premiership. The Christian Democrats, who attract more than 30 percent of the

Nicaragua planning to seek $1 billion damages from U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) Nicaraguan government lawyers are planning to follow up the World Court ruling denouncing American policies in Central America by seeking damages from the U.S. government in excess of $1 billion. Hours after the court handed down its opinion Friday, attorney Abram Chayes told a news conference the Nicaraguan government will base its claim for reparations from Washington on international treaties the United States has signed. The ruling was a “landmark case,” Chayes said, adding “I am confident this is a law-abiding country. I am sure that in the fullness of time, the American people will reject a policy that involves the flouting of international law.” At the State Department, spokesman Charles Redman rejected the court’s ruling and said U.S. policy in Central America is “entirely consistent with international law.” In Santa Barbara, Calif., President Reagan remained mum about the ruling, and White House spokesman Larry Speakes referred reporters to the statement issued by the State Department. The World Court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, called U.S. support for the anti-Sandinista rebels a violation of international law and asked the United States to halt all

Ireland retains ban on divorce

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) Prime Minister Garret Fitz Gerald said he had no intention of heeding opposition calls to resign after the Irish decisively rejected his government’s campaign to scrap the constitutional ban on divorce. The outcome of Thursday’s referendum, which reaffirmed Ireland’s Roman Catholic heritage, dealt a sharp blow to the reformist government’s case for getting back the Protestant-dominated, British province of Northern Ireland. “As somebody who has an aspiration to see an Ireland united by consent at some time in the future, I think that (Thursday’s) vote certainly will have pushed that off into a more distant future and I deeply regret that,” Fitz Gerald said Friday night. But Fitz Gerald told the British Broadcasting Corp.’s “Newsnight” program that the referendum results would not affect “the immediate problem we have to tackle of securing peace and stability in Nor-

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national vote, have led or dominated all postwar governments. The Socialists receive about 13 percent of the vote, and had joined in an informal alliance with the Christian Democrats to keep the nation’s second-largest party, the Communists, out of the government. Craxi’s resignation came only five days after the coalition parties polled well in Sicilian regional elections in a vote widely interpreted as a call for stability. Defense Minister Giovanni Spadolini, a Republican, said, “The elections in Sicily aggravated the divisions between Socialists and Christian Democrats. In spite of the positive result for the entire alliance, today we paid the consequences for these divisions.” Christian Democrats said they were angered by Craxi’s aggressive electioneering in Sicily. “The sight of the premier carrying out an electoral campaign against the majority was unacceptable,” said Christian Democratic party secretary Ciriaco De Mita, a contender for the premiership. In Thursday’s secret vote in the lower house, more than 70 “franchi tiratori,” or “snipers,” crossed party lines and voted against the five-

support for the insurgents. “The United States of America is under an obligation to make reparation to the Republic of Nicaragua for all injury caused to Nicaragua,” said the ruling. However, the court has no enforcement powers. Chayes’ colleague, Paul Reichler, said that with the question of American culpability now established by the court, the Nicaraguans will proceed with a damage assessment that will be presented in U.S. courts. He estimated the damages at more than $1 billion. The two attorneys, both Americans, spoke to reporters at the Nicaraguan Embassy. Redman of the State Department said the court, while expressing some reservations about Nicaragua’s innocence, “appears to have premised its opinion on a version of the facts similar to the incomplete and inaccurate version presented by Nicaragua. ” Redman said the issue involves differing interpretations of the facts. “That is, whether one accepts Nicaragua’s denial that it has attacked its neighbors or the facts repeatedly found and confirmed by the U.S. executive branch, Congress, the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America and others having full access to intelligence in-

them Ireland.” The government had staked its prestige on victory but, outside Dublin, not a single constituency in the deeply conservative Irish countryside produced a majority for divorce when results were counted Friday. An unofficial tally by Irish TV said 935,842 votes were cast against the amendment and 538,279 votes in favor, a margin of 63 to 36 percent. The vote left Ireland the only European democracy besides Malta that obliges couples to stay married for life. The referendum proposed amending the 1937 constitution so that divorce would be possible if a marriage had irretrievably broken down for at least five years. Fitz Gerald put an end to

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party coalition. The vote on a government-backed financial bill was 293 against and 266 in favor. Italian law allows secret balloting on all legislative measures except votes of confidence. Only minutes before the secret vote, the government won a public vote on a confidence motion, 338-230. Claudio Martelli, a top Craxi aide, blamed the defections on the Christian Democrats, and called the secret vote an “ambush.” Secret balloting “robs citizens of the faculty of controlling the people they elect,” Martelli said. “I have firmly insisted, without success, that the secret vote be abolished,” Craxi said after resigning. “It is a completely Italian anomaly compared to all the world’s liberal democracies.” It was the second major political crisis in Italy during Craxi’s tenure. His Cabinet fell on Oct. 17 when the small Republican Party withdrew over Craxi’s handling of the Achille Lauro ship hijacking and its aftermath. But the coalition was revived shortly afterward, with no changes in the Cabinet’s makeup.

formation,” he said. “Those bodies have repeatedly concluded that Nicaragua is engaged in a substantial, unprovoked and unlawful use of force against its neighbors. The United States has assisted the victims’ response to Nicaragua’s intervention.” In January 1985, the United States officially withdrew from the case and later said it would not submit to compulsory jurisdiction of the court. The administration has maintained that the case concerns a political and not a legal issue. In a related development, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said U.S. House approval of SIOO million in aid to rebels trying to overthrow his government amounted to a declaration of war by the United States, and vowed to respond. “To war you respond With war,” he told about 20,000 people gathered in Managua Friday the anniversary of a 1979 regrouping of Sandinista forces in the revolution that overthrew Nicaraguan strongman Anastasio Somoza later that year. “If the government of the United States rushes openly to attack us, what is left for us (to do)?” Ortega asked the crowd. He did not say what Nicaragua’s response might be.

speculation that he would retire from politics, as he once pledged to do if the Irish rejected his belief in a pluralistic society that accommodated northern Protestants. “The fact that one has a setback is no reason not to continue on the course that one has set oneself,” the Fine Gael party leader said, rejecting opposition calls that he step down. Opposition leader Charles Haughery, a former prime minister, contended that Fitz Gerald’s government “was so far removed from what the people are thinking that it really has no mandate to govern.” The landslide anti-divorce vote delighted Irish conservatives who saw it as a victory for the country’s centuries-old Catholic tradition.

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