Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY TuesdayJuly 19, 1977 Page.TwoTHEM.CHIGAN DALYT .eda.Ju ,9 lr I Civil war r NAIROBI, Kenya 011- Ethio- involved in a series of bitter pian government formes are re- clashes near Ethiopia's vital rail ported under attack from two city of Dire Dawe, they said. 1 sides. One rebel group claimed DIRE DAWE is of vital impor- its troops attacked the capital tance to Ethiopia because it and main port of Eritrea pro- railroad linking Ad- vince in the north while diplo- dsA with the Red Seat matic s o u r c e s said another port of Djibouti. Sixty per cent; group had assaulted an impor- of the nation's exports and im- tant rail head in the east. ports travel the rail line. -The classes in the east were Diplomatic sources said theI between the secessionist West- ' fighting apparently erupted lastt ern Somali Liberation Front Thursday and continued for two (WStF) and Ethiopian troops, or three days. It was reportedlyt diplomatic sources in the Ethio- far, greater in intensity than pre- pian capital of Addis Ababa said vious skirmishes in the area but yesterday. The two forces were full details were not immediate- ly available, the sources said. t AUGUST GRADS: Somali-backed guerrillas claimt DEADLINE FOR ORDERING" ocnrl6 per cent of the1 A CAPLAND GOWN IS Ogaden region, a bleak and hot FRI., JULY 22, '77 semi-desert region which ac- $2 Late Charge for Gowns counts for almost one-third ofs Ordered After Deadline Ethiopia's territory. It is in- AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE habited almost entirely by no-I U-CELLAR mads of Somali ethnic origin and Somalia has claimed thed ithe Basement o thregion since independence from ij Michman Union British and Italian rule in 1960.1 A Pu ;Ad Gaul If Red Cross hadn't trained young Lars Alecksen in lifesaving tech- niques,last summer Adam Gauthier just might have ended up one more drowning statistic. (Adam's alive and well today, thank you, and in the first grade in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.) We're not asking for medals (Lars is the one who deserves those). But we do need your continued support. Help us. Because the things we do really help. In your own neighborhood. And across America. And the world ages in Ethiopia A SPOKESPERSON in Rome units. have drifted increasingly toward for rebels fighting for the inde- Ethiopia has mounted a force the Soviet Union. pendence of the northern pro- of as many as 200,000 peasant The current Ethiopian leader vince of Eritrea said the guer- militia to bolster its 50,000-man Col. Mariam Haile Mengistu rillas launched assaults three army. Half of the army, is en- has expelled most of the Ameri- days ago on the provincial capi- gaged in Eritrea, with other can military and diplomatic tpl of Asmara and the principal areas of conflict involving bor- community from Ethiopia and port city of Massawa on the Red der areas with Somalia. turned to the Soviet Union for Sea. military and economic aid. Eri- The rebels freed t,000 political Ethiopia was for 25 years the trea was incorporated by Ethio- prisoners from a prison camp staunchest African ally of the pia under the Selassie regime in inside Asmara, said Amde Mi- United States. Following the fall 1962, and rebels have been fight- chael, spokesman for-the Eri- of Emperor Haile Selassie in ing for its independence ever trean People's Liberation Front 1974, the new military leaders since. (EPLF). Asmara and Massawa are among the few cities reported left in the, hands of Ethiopian troops after battlefield victories by the EPLF and the Eritrean Liberation Front. "ATTACKS ON Massawa are still going on," Amde said. "It is being shelled by heavy artil- lery." He said there are about 8,000 defenders in Asmara and 4,000 n Massawa, ncluding regular Ethiopian troos -and militia Security Council votes to let Vietnam in the U.N. UNITED NATIONS, N Security Council r agreed yesterday that should be admitted membership, denied it iblic Service ofthis newspaper& The Advertising Council' [mw .Y. ()- years because of a U.S. veto members now lifted. Vietnam An admissions c o m m i t t e e to U.N. made up of all 15 council mem- for two bers recommended that Vietnam be accepted into the world or- ganization. Well-placed sources said there was agreement in principle that the council, scheduled to meet again today, should adopt the resolution without a vote, in a so-called consensus. THAT WOULD enable the council to appear unanimous in favor of Vietnam without oblig- ing the United States to make a choice between casting a favor- able vote or abstaining. With the council's recommen- dation expected today, the Gen- eral Assembly would be able to admit Vietnam when it convenes next Sept. 20. Djibouti, already recommended, is in line for ad- mission at the same time. The United States dropped its opposition to Vietnam member- ship at a Paris meeting last May when it was announced that Vietnam was trying to account for Americans missing in action in the war. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXVII, No. 46-S Tuesday, July 19, 1977 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the Univer- sity year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor. Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: $12 Sept. thru April (2 semes- tern); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tues- day through Saturday morning. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. 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