Article: REAGAN CALLS SOVIET UNION POTENTIAL ALLY.(Main)

Byline: Owen Ullmann and James McCartney Knight-Ridder

President Reagan proclaimed Thursday night that "extraordinary things have happened" to improve U.S.-Soviet relations since Mikhail Gorbachev took power in 1985 and even raised the hope that someday the two superpowers might become allies again.

In a farewell news conference touched with reflections on his eight-year presidency, Reagan spoke warmly of the Soviet leader and said he believes Gorbachev wants to remake the Soviet Union into a less threatening country.

"So the path remains open, and the pace of peace continues," Reagan declared, standing on the spot where one year ago he and ...

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