November 4, 1978-The Michigan Daily Tanzania readies troops as Uganda pushes on DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) - Ugandan troops bombed a key bridge in embattled northwest Tanzania yester- day as the Tanzanians geared up hun- dreds of miles away for a major cam- paign to repel the invaders. Uganda's President Idi Amin poked fun at the Tanzanians, saying he and this coun- try's president should settle the conflict in the boxing ring. UGANDA RADIO reported that Amin's invasion force, which seized a reported 710 square miles of Tanzanian territory earlier this week, blew up the Taka Bridge at the town of Kyaka, the main road link between the conquered territory and the rest of Tanzania. The Ugandan report said a demolition team blew up the bridge un- der intense small-arms fire from Tan- zanian troops in Kyaka. But a Tanzanian war communique issued here said Ugandan warplanes bombed the bridge and two MiGs were shot down by the Tanzanians. The report gave no indication whether the bridge still stood. "The fighting con- tinues," it said. A UGANDAN government source contacted by telephone from Nairobi, Kenya, insisted that the bridge was destroyed and said it was done by Ugandan soldiers and engineers from a mining company. In Washington, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance accused Uganda of "a clear violation of Tanzania's borders," and said the United States "fully and cormpletely supports" the position of President Julius Nyerere. There have been no reports on casualties or the total number of troops involved in the fighting, although repor- ts early this week said 2,0000 to 3,000 Ugandan soldiers, backed by artillery and armor, were fighting in the Kyaka area. The Ugandan-held territory is a half- moon-shaped salient between the bor- der and the winding Kagera River. The riverbank across from Kyaka is the southernmost point of.the Ugandan ad- vance, about 20 miles south of the bor- der. Ugandan exiles suggest that the bridge was the main target of Amin's invasion and that he feared Tanzania- based Ugandans might use it for a military operation to overthrow him.' THE UGANDAN source said Amin had decided to annex the territory because Tanzania allowed anti-Amin guerrillas to establish bases just south of the Kagera. "This guerrilla force was free at any time to cross the bridge and enter Uganda," he said. "They could, go back the other way also with stolen vehicles, cattle. It was a menace." At a rally in Dar es Salaam, 700 miles southeast of the war zone, army veterans were called on Friday to begin weapons refresher courses for a general mobilization. Employers were compiling lists of workers with military experience for the government. Diplomatic sources reported that tanks based in the Arusha and Tanga districts in northeastern Tanzania were being rushed to the battle zone. Ar- mored vehicles were seen being ship- ped by rail from Dar es Salaam on Thursday. The government also has requisitioned private trucks and buses to help ferry troops and supplies to the Kyaka area. vyerere Amin Minority speakers rap actions by government Farrakhan pushes for black unity Romero tells of Chicano struggle By JULIE ENGEBRECHT ressing the importance of black y in struggling against the U.S. rnment's strangulation of blacks, ster Abdul Farrakhan sugested to audience last night at Rackham itorium that "the black nation is ier out now than it was 10 years eaking before a receptive audience bout 150, Farrkham said that the government has been trying "to k up black consciousness as it is a of black people. The effort towards gration has not been for your good; as been diabolically contrived to you from yourself.s" KE TOLD THE students "they ght you here to socialize you, to e you bonafide Americans, and to pen you as a tool to use." rrakhan said that the atmosphere e campus was much different from when he last spoke at the Univer- "In 1970, the black student was ernced with the plight of black people in America and the world. We need to look that way again," he em- phasized. "Those who thought the movement was dead will wake up one morning and find it hasn't died. It just rested a few years." Farrakhan also explained the impor- tance of understanding the past, and related the black movement to the t "The effort towards in- tegration has not been for your good. It has been diabolically contrived to keep you from yourself. " -Minister Abdul Farrakhan Jewish movement and the Holocaust. "The black high school students of today haven't even heard about Malcolm X or know what Martin Luther King was all about. The black has been robbed of history," he emphasized. "If we don't tell our story, it will happen again-in fact; it already is hap- pening." DISCUSSING THE urgency of joining in the fight toward black unity, Farrakhan raised his voice and said, "Well, if you didn't want me you shouldn't have invited me. I just don't know how to be cool. I love you, and because I love you, I tell you the things you need to know, not what you want to hear. "Individual accomplishment means little if it's not subordinated to com- munity efforts. No one man can rise above the condition of his people. Achievement is not for you, but for the rise of the people." Farrakhan said that while waling down the street, he saw blacks who looked away as he passed. "People are like little islands," he explained, "they have the attitude that if I don't know you I don't want to know you, and it can't be that way in the fight for gaining. unity. It's natural to desire to be with] our own kind. All things first function with their own kind and the government is trying to prevent us from acting naturally." HE ALSO CITED the movements of blacks all across the world as an in- spiration and focal point foriunity. "When my flesh and blood pains in Africa, we pain in America.,, Farrakhan, who has appeared on national television and radio, lectures on major college campuses in the U.S. and the West Indies. He was an obser ver of the Conference on African Unity in 1975, and of the African-Arabic summit conference in Cairo, Egypt, in 1977. He has also been "a guest of the government of Cuba and Fidel Castro,' and of Udi Amin in Uganda. Also a disciple of Mohammed for the last 23 years, Farrakhan cited exam- ples of unity in spirit from the Koran. By RON GIFFORD "Chicano lawyers, doctors, and other Chicano professionals have a big responsibility when they leave school.. They need to respond to the needs of their people," Ricardo Romero told 40 people last night at the Law School Lawyers Club lounge. Romero, a long time Chicano activist, told the crowd it is up to them to con- tinue the struggles which have been fought in the past: "IT'S MORE exciting to talk about the discos, about the next party, or about getting loaded. But man, the realities and the problems are there and they exist. It's up to us-it's up to you-to change these things," he said. "How many Chicanos went to this University in 1965 or 1966? Very few. Yet today there are many here. Did we suddenly become qualified to attend this place in the last ten years? No, your being here is the result of our struggles," Romero added. "It's your turn now to help your own people," the activist told the students. "It's easy to be involved with the struggle for four years in college. On the outside, though, when the hard times come from the fight, it's also easy to revert back to the sheepskin, which is accepted by the forces you are fighting, like IBM and ATT. You must keep fighting," he said. ROMERO SAID the United States government is trying to split up the groups of Chicanos and Mexicans who have forged common effort for their rights. "The U.S. government has tried to strip us of our identity in an attempt to control us. "I live in occupied Colo-, rado, which rightly be- longs to Mexico, along with the rest of the south- western United States. " -Ricardo Romero, Chicano activist 0 "As the result of an ugly war in 1846, the government has established a bor- der between us and our brothers, but there is still no difference between the two cultures," Romero stated. "I live in occupied Colorado, which rightly belongs to Mexico, along with the rest of the southwestern United States," Romero claimed. "A lot of white people freak out when they hear that we want it back. They ask 'What are you going to do with us?' We'll give them their own little autonomous space to practice their culture, just like they want to do to us now." "As long as the conditions in the ghet- tos and poor sections of this- country continue to deteriorate, there will be a social revolution in the U.S." Romero said. He also added that the whites tend to overlook the problems of the op. pressed. "Everyone talks of what Hitler did to six million Jews, but nobody mentions what the Americans did to 11 million Native American In- dians." Romero is not only concerned with the plight of the Chicano people, but also of any oppressed group. "I'll sup- port any struggle for the betterment of humanity," he said. "I've never met a Vietnamese person, but I'll still support theirnstruggle for human rights." "When you look around and see the problems of other people, and when you get bothered and affected by what you see, then you have begun to grow as a human being," the speaker said. N. Y. papers, union settle NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Times, the Daily News, and a unioi representing delivery truck drivers reached contract agreement yesterday, but the newspapers said readers face another 'Sunday without the publications. Agreement with truck drivers removed a major obstacle to getting the strike-bound dailies back on the street, But the pressmen, whose walkout initiated the 87-day dispute, said a ratification vote on a proposed .set- tlement with their union was set for 3 p.m. tomorrow. Without pressmen, the papers cannot publish: Shooting suspect stands mute at hearing THE DAILY' By KEVIN ROSEBOROUGH Accused murderer Billy Edward Hardesty stood mute at his arraign- ment in Washtenaw County Circuit Court yesterday, and was ordered by Judge William Ager to undergo psychiatric competency tests. Judge Ager entered a plea'of not guilty for Hardesty, charged with five counts of first degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to commit Call 764-0558 FROM murder in connection with a shooting spree October 18 and 19. FOLLOWING A motion by defense attorney Robert Meston, Judge Ager signed an order committing Hardesty to the Ypsilanti Regional Forensic Cen- ter. Hardesty will be examined for a period of time not to exceed 60 days, and a determination will be made as to whether he is mentally competent to stand trial. If found competent, he will be tried before Judge Ross Campbell January 29 in Circuit Court. Washtenaw County Prosecutor William Delhey, who had no objections to the testing, said that three factors decide the competency of a defendant. "His mental condition must be such that he can assist his counsel in a reasonable and rational manner. He must also be able to understand the proceedings pending against him, as well as understanding his relationship with those hearings," said Delhey. The psychiatric opinion that is for- FOLD BACK THIS FLAP & SEAL WITH TAPE warded to the judge, in this case, Judge Campbell, is subject to challenge by the defense or prosecution. The judge has the option of ordering new tests. The process of requesting new tests can last, under law, up to 15 months. The final determination of a defendant's competency rests with the presiding judge. DEFENSE ATTORNEY Meston likened the proceedings to a chess game. "We've got all kinds of options open to us," he said, adding that he would consider requesting another psychiatric opinion if he isn't satisfied with the diagnosis of the Forensic Cen- ter psychiatrists. Meston also said that the possibility of his client being unable to receive a fair trial in Washtenaw County due to extensive pre-trial publicity "is something that has been going through my mind." Meston said a change of venue, which would require a hearing and presentation of evidence, is a possibility. Prosecutor Delhey said that based on past precedents, he felt that Hardesty could receive a fair trial. "Look at the Collins case," said Delhey, referring to John Norman Collins, convicted of murder in connection with the deaths of several local coeds in the late sixties and early seventies. "He was convicted in Washtenaw County and the convic- tion was appealed. A fair trial was the issue and the conviction was upheld by the Michigan Court of Appeals, thE Michigan Supreme Court, Federa District Court, Circuit Court and the Supreme Court." POLICE ALLEGE that flardesty, for motives as yet unknown, murdered his parents, Ronald and Janet, at their home in Van Buren Township the evening of October 18. Police said that he struck next in the parking lot of Abigail's Dirty Shame Saloon in Yp- silanti, where Timothy Schofield and Troy Curry were slain. At about 3:30 a.m., Hardesty allegedly killed his ex-brother-in-law, Daniel Wood, and critically wounded Tommie Lee Brown and Bobby Baker at the Stiles Wood Shop in Ypsilanti. Hardesty was finally wounded and cap- tured by State Police after a shootout at his parents home about 7:30 a.m. Oc- tober 19. Hardesty, looking pale and drawn, appeared in court in a wheelchair. For Hardesty, who is being helc without bond on the murder charges. the commitment to Ypsilanti Regiona is a return of sorts. 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